Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

* FExr week will be sayer than last.
as four large evening affairs are
I'M ON the schedule. The White
House dinner Monday will be foi-
| lowed by musicale, when the
| seating capacity Of the east room has Inn
| tied the invitations. Wednesday night the
| second of the bachelors eotillons viii De
1 danced at the New willard, Thursday night
1 the congressional reception will be held az
| the White House and Saturday night the
| Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks Will en-
| terta;n at a reception to meet the members
! of the Senate and families.
| Saturday afternoon the juvenile fancy
dress ball at Mrs. Richardson Clover's viii
| interest not only the participants, but the
| friends of the hostess. who are welcomed
| to help her in the entertainment OF the
| young people,
| Some of the dinner hosts and hostesses
| OF the week will be the Vice President ana
| Mrs. Fairbanks, the Postmaster Geneta
| and Mrs. Cortelyou. who Will entertain tor
! the President and Mrs. Roosevelt; Mr.. Johh
W. Foster, the Argentine minister; SEN
| ator and Mrs EIkins, Gen. and Mrs. San
ger and Capt. and Mrs. Kimball Pros
| pective hostesses OF luncheons will be MIS-.
| Shaw. Mrs. Corteiyou, who has invitea q
| company to meet Miss Carow; Mrs. Cnai res
l "a. Il D.
/ mann, Mrs. Ross Perry and Mrs. Lyman
I l.iany.
| Miss Roosevelt, who went to Philadelphia
| Yesterday to stay over today with the
| Lloyd C. Griscoms at 'Dolobran, their
| suburban place, has, with the 1Fequei.'
| functions on the cards for the next IoEt-
| night at the White House. very little leisure
! to give to anything outside OF 1t, until net
/ wedding day. 1t Is suggested that inc
precedent established on the night or Piesi-
| dent Cleveiands marriage De 1oho"eo az
Miss Rooseveits. In having all the churcn
and fire bells and steam whistles announce
| the noon hour Saturday. February II. D!
| as harmonious and as prolonged meuleS
Of sound as would be an appropriate eA
| preston of local participation In the event
There will be only a few invited 10 the ceIe
| mony who will be in position to actuaiIy
| see it. as naturally the first places VIII pe
| reserved for the relatives, Ambassadors, liie
| higher officials etc, so the great pleasure
| of being In the east room VIII De 70 G ~,
| graduate the happy couple afterwards. on
| less the unofficial announcements are
wrong there will be no bridesmaids, so that
| there will be nobody to distract the atten-
| ton which is due the bride. Take 1t all IN
| all those intrusted with the arrangements
| have kept their part Of the program iailn,
eulIy and little or any reliable lnrormation
| has leaked out or has been In print apart
| from that given out at the White House at
| regular intervals. If the same good luck
from their point of view continues the re-
| manning details of the wedding will be &C
| tualIy' news the day of the happy event.
| great many persons would forego at
| tendance at the wedding If they couiu SEE
| the wedding gifts Every day adds 10 theii
! value and splendor until no royal princess
| could be better or more magn!ncentty re
| nembered by friends the world over Tic
| has Miss Roosevelt. NOW that ine ih' III,
! tions are out the daily accumulation via
| he tepfoid what It has been in the last fort
| night.
| +lo Tb3pasa commission
| enent the late afternoon yesterday at .he
| home of Mr. and Mrs. John w. FoSTer, pc
| ing DESTROYS of paying their resp.tts 70 q
| the latter. whose mourning retueinen. =, a
| winter has prevented her entertaining IN
| more formal way for the visitors. MIS-
| Foster had the Vice President and MIS-.
| Fairbanks receiving with her. Among tle
| other assistants of the afternoon W V.sre
Mrs Charles DENLY, Miss Williams Miss
! Mcmillan Miss Ida Thompson, Nr. anu
| Mrs John B. Henderson, tr., ana MISE
| Boardman, all of whom have peeh III
| China. c,,>,asa
| I'VE rooms were decorated with Chinese
| lilies and In the dining room the tea tan5e'
| where Miss Boardman presided, had In tne
| center a tall vase filled win Aneiie an
| Reauty roses. The occasion was an eN-
| tremely pleasant one, the special guests VI
| the afternoon finding many treasures from
| their own country In the adornment OF 1he
| music room where they were received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, in addition
| to having the most sumptuous home at the
capital, have had also the nis',h . III "
! having given the prettiest ball of the WIN
| ter Their dance son the 10th was snaii
| and early In name and In fact, since only
! sixty were present and being Saturday
| night was over in good season AS the
| quests among whom were Miss Roosevelt
| and Mr. Longworth, passed up and down
| the splendid staircases TO the the oaii room
! the scene is described as an 'oeal one
| Unfortunately for the hundreds of Wash
| ington society who would love TO see the
| inside of this modern palace, OF whlch lts
| owners are entirely satisfied, except that
| thev find il too spacious, their entertaining
| l. not on larage scale, as REGARDS
| numbers as other residents of the same
| section However, the Andersons have IN
| yitations out for a musicale MONDAY even
ing February 5, at 1890, winch may De
| larger than they have given heretofore.
Mrs. Dewey. wife Of Admiral Dewey, who
| was compelled to give up her Monday re-
| centions by repeated attacks of bronchitis.
| is now well on the road to convalescence
| and goes out every fine morning she mas
| had no part at all in social affairs this
| winter nor does she contemplate any such
| pleasure IN the near future. The appear
| ance of the admiral at any function Is the
| signal for inquiries on every side for the
! charming wife, who Is greatly missed by
| her friends as well as society in general.
Senator Kean and Miss Kean have invi-
tations out for Friday evening, February
l6, at 10 O'Clock.
| Mrs Bates will give dinner of sixty
| guests a. Rauschers February a. the even
| ing of the charity ball at the New VIII
| lard.
| Senator and Mrs. Buckley entertained at
| dinner last night in honor of the Vice Pres
| iAent and Mrs. Fairbanks. In the company
| TO meet them We're the Secretary of Com
| merce and Labor and Mrs. Metcalf, Sena-
| tor Warren, Senator Kean, Miss kean,
| Senator Crane Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sloat Fas-
| sett. Mrs Cowles, Gen. and Mrs Bates,
| Miss May Williams, Miss Chabot. Miss
| Helen Squire. Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith and
| Can't Faison, U. S. A.
| Miss Maths niece of Representative VIM.
| b. Mckinley of Illinois, Will not receive
| until Tuesday, February @.
The following extract from a private let
ter from a missionary, Mrs. Welborn. in
| Seoul. Korea. has an interesting paragraph:
my letter is already so long, but must
mention the garden party given at the
United States legation in honor of Miss
Alice Roosevelt. To this the missionaries