The Washington times., 1906-03-03

, and filing the house by invitation so
/ could see Havana society 10 best advan-
/ tage. The Idea was not bad, but II
4 was so badly carried out that il came
very near resulting in a fiasco.
/ IN the first place. the boxes and or
chestTa seats were disposed Of by the
city council. which calmly ignored the
social distinctions. Now. society sub
/ scribes regularly 10 the opera. and the
I boNhOIders should have been left IN pos
/ session. Instead Of that there was an
unseemly scramble for places and many
entitled TO prominent places were over
/ looked.
Another mistake was made in giving
/ II performance of The Geisha' in three
( long, dreary acts by a second rate ltal-
I ian company Had the mana cement Sc
! leCted Spanish 'zaTZuela' undoubtedly
/ it would have interested the guests more
and they might have remained to the
close. As II was, they left early and
/ looked in ON their way back to Maria
mao at the Nelado Club, which was Civ
ing its first masked bail OF the season
Before the performance Mr.. and Mrs.
LongwOrth and Mr. Morgan were dined
by The President and Mrs. Palma, and
at the theater they shared the presiden-
ttal box, the furniture OF which had been
sent from the blue room Of tie palace.
On Sunday the couple hreaKIasted at
the TELEGRAPH visited a cigar factory
went to jai alai, and drove in the car
nival paSeO.
AT jai aIai Mrs. Lsongwcrth pinned
her faith to the blues" and when they
won she tossed a rose to Macala, one
of the most skilful players at the From
ton. who seemed quite overcome at the
honor. Mrs. DongwOrth wore Il white
gown and a hat laden with burnt orange
colored plumes, but the original color of
her garments was obscured when she
drove in the paseo. as she was the re
Cipient of showers of confetti and wards
OF serpenGna. which chung about her
and trailed- after the carriage
The paseO was particularly animated,
as the day was perfect. and there were
more carriages in line than usual on the
first carnival Sunday There was little
attempt, however. at decoration The
only automobile that was out of the or
binary was the big red Harrah car.
which was decorated effectively with
palms.
In the car were Mrs. George Harrah.
Mr. Julius HaTrah. Miss Elsie Harrah,
and Mrs. Carmen King. of New York.
In one break was Senorita Lila Coron-
ado, gowned in white. and looking like
some ola-fashiOned miniature.
Others In the paseo was Sonora Jose
fna Herrera, the Marquesa de DavaIos, |
SenoTitas Faldes, Pages and EsteIa Cab
rera, Senorita L1eocadia Valdes FaUIy, /
Senoritas Ana Maria and Maria Luisa
Menocal, Sonora Josefina Embil de
Kohly, DR.. and Mrs. Damaso Lame. |
Sonora Elena Herrera de Cerdenas. and ]
Sonora Enriqueta Casanova de Carol.
ne Pres dent drove around a couple /
OF times with his daughter, Senorita |
Candida"
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Abrams have re- /
turned from their honeymoon trip. but I
will not be al home tomorrow, as
previously announced. They- will how 1
ever. receive their friends a week from
tomorrow at their home, SOC l street /
northwest
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont enter
tanned at dinner last evening, when !
their guests included the Swiss minis
ter, Leo Vogel, Commander and Mrs
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moore. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas King. of New York: Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs Rodgers.
Mrs. Barney. Mrs. Howell Carroll !
Miss Cameron. Miss Wise. Miss FIRE.
mont, Miss Alice Hartman, Miss Con-
verse. Colonel Blddle. Viscount Charles |
lie Chambrun, of the French embassy;
Pol LIE Teller. attache to the Belgian
legation; Senior Augusta Pulido first |
secretary of the legation Of Venezuela:
George W. Smalley and Mr.. Peter.
The counselor Of the French enbas-
sy and Nine. des PoTtes de la Fos;se
and Mile. des Portes, who have be IN
travelling in Europe since early Lar I
summer, are expected to arrive in NetE
ork today. They will come at once tt
their home in this city. Il.
The president. trustees and alumni
II the George Washington University, T.