Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
MISS CASSELL,
photo BY Clinedinst.)

bashful in asserting herself every day.
One sees spring gowns and hats In plenty
on fashionable wOmankind. and wherever
finery is sold or displayed up or down town
is sure to be the rendezvous for the morn
Ing prOmenaders. II you need other indi-
cations that spring Is here, the fact that
the charities patrOnized by the local world
are all clamormg for funds to replenish
their treasures affords the proof. The
attractions offered for your money are in
most cases original and interesting, and
will present the best efforts Of amateurs
and professionals. A series of after-Easter
weddings Is announced, and the proba-
bility is strong for one or more interna-
tional alliances among them.
The amount of private entertaining prof.
ected for the spring and June season Is
entirely problematical at this time, but it
is going to start off well with the Easter
Sunday breakfast at Friendship" Mr..
and Mrs John X. Mclean are already eS-
tablshed at their beautiful suburban home,
as their city house Is completely disman-
tied and partly thrown down to make way
for the new addition and improvements
contemplated on the site. and which when
completed will give great space for enter
tanning. The Wadsworth ball at Rausch-
er's Easter Monday night and the sixty
couple cotilion at the same place on April
3 are the other leading features of the Eas-
ter season.
Mrs Robert j. Wynne, wife Of the con-
sui general to London wore at her presen-
tation at court at Buckingham Palace
March a very elegant dress of white
lace with panels of silk, embroidered in
gold and edged with bias bands of white
velvet. The court train was of spanged
gold net edged with a broad band of silk,
which had design of flowers embroidered
in chenille silk and gold thread The en-
broidery was exquisitely done and was of
an original design made or Mrs. Wynne.
but excepting this the dress followed a
model which was greatly admired when
IS tlA
Queen of Spain last year. The consul gen.
eral and Mrs. Wynne have established
themselves as the most hospitable members
of London's American colony and had sew
eral Americans lately in their house party,
who. like themselves. were presented by
Ambassador Reid at the second drawing
room Mr. Wynue was also presented at
an earlier levee at st. James Palace.
Mrs. Benjamin X Leon of the Falcon has
discontinued her Wednesdays at home.
Miss Estelle Hano entertained delight
fully last Sunday evening in honor of Miss
Maud Garner of Newport News. Va
buffet supper was served Those present
were the Misses Garner, Juliet Meyer,
Juanita Kaufman. Mabel kaufman of New
York, Elsie CoblenZer and Sadie Eiseman,
and Messrs. Sydney Gunst, Joe Solomon,
Zion Burnstine, Milton Strasburger, j. Ull-
man of Warrenton, Va; Joe Baum, Morton
Luchs and DR.. Cohen.
Mr.. Sydney Haas, who has been attend
ing school In this city, left last week for
Norfolk, Va. where he expects to take up
his residence.
Mrs. Henry Baum of the Cheltenham en-
tertained at dinner Sunday in honor of the
seventy first anniversary of her birth.
Those assembled to commemorate the
happy event were her children, grand
children and out-of-town relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs CORTLAND c.. Clements have
| announced the engagement of their daugh-
ter Catherine to Mr.. Warren M. Mitchell
of this city, The wedding will take place
tn, latter part of spring.
1t is significant of the times that In q
description of a new club the colony
for Woman. opened during the past week
| in New York, 1t was announced that there
| were no restrictions against smoking any
where In the building except In the read
| ing room, but that playing for money is
not allowed In the card room. This club Is
| organized on the same lines as q mans
club with one exception, and 1t Is not in
| tended therefore for the type of femininity
known as the club woman. The excep-
| ton noted relates to the wine cellar. which
does not yet exist In this club, though
member can keep her own wine stored and
use II at will The building is a spacious
| one on Madison avenue. convenient to the
homes and resorts of NEST of its wealthy
members. Its main entrance is for men,
bers onl. with the other entrance for guests.
The large central hall has every comfort
and luxury from both a masculine as well
as a feminine point OF view, as has the
reading room opening into it. On the other
side of the big central hall is the tea room.
from which open the card room and the
winter garden. This latter has green
trellised wall. over which ivy Chambers.
There Is q fountain. near which are flower
jars of Italian marble. The dining rooms
are on the upper floor and the kitchens are
a delight to a housekeeper The chef Is
an English woman. There Is small Gin
Inc room ia gray and pink where wonder