The Washington herald., 1907-04-07


Mrs Middleton. ............. Mrs. Griffith johnson
Mr.. Middleton Capt A. r hfieole
Tom Middleton Mr.. A Keith PARIS lf.
Jessie Middleton MISS Frances Hvas
Sue Middleton Miss -eiEe ''oa"iA
Lucy Miss Mafy ". de lashnluiJ
Maud Frances biaAe
Mrs. Aiss Eizabeth Neenn
Alexander Wilson Mr. Faul waters
Katherine llu Bose
Fritz owen hetnedy
Uncle Epitumus, Mr. Ear heelef
Health Officer Mr. clark waters
| Musical selections were also delight
| fully rendered by the quartet of Christ
! Church choir, composed Of Miss Gather
/ inc B. Luxon, sopranos Miss Emma
| H0uchen. contralto; Mr.. Roger Stewart,
tenor. and Mr.. John Waters, basso.
| Mr. Stewart also sang TWO solos in
manner worthy Of note
| In q quiet corner of X street there lives
/ a lady who. in as high a degree perhaps
as any other American woman, commands
/ international repute. Mrs Van Rensse-
/ laer Cruger. whose works have been
translated, read. and praised in Europe,
/ is for the present a resident of Washing
/ ton. Its inhabitants have been glad 10
/ welcome her. For many years IN her ex-
/ quisite house in Thirty-hfth street. at her
| Husbands ancestral home. Crugers Island,
or at their own beautiful estate. "Idlesse.
/ on Long Island Sound. Mrs CTugeT was
| a conspicuous figure in New York society.
/ She is prominently dame de salon. In
/ the various cities In which she has dwelt
! her coterie has always been that Of FASH
ion. Out-of-door lIfe TO which she is de-
voted. has kept intact the lines of her tall.
3 al g. o
/ delicacy and strength. She is remarked
wherever she appears. being pre-eminently
distinguee. Mrs. Cruger lately published
la small book Of poems in London. They
/ are having a brisk sale in England and
1 are attracting attention. These s0nnets
/ and lyrics are generally OF a melancholy
/ tone. They are fun of music and elo-
Guence. The fine sonnet. 'Lassitude.
/ has been widely quoted and awarded high
merit. She contributes essays TO the fore
/ most periodicals. her more serious ones
/ frequently appearing in the North Ameri-
/ can Review. She has not lately published
/ a novel Mrs. Cruger lives In a historic
+ house, Washington's first British Lega-
/ ton, "A double mansion surrounded BY
grounds and shaded by trees. Her par
/ ticular domain is made interesting by an
/ atmosphere Of quiet, refined taste, unusual
in these garish days OF gas logs. electric
( lights. and gaudy decorations. She has
/ preserved the note of age. has eschewed
/ modern backgrounds for her many treas
/ ures. The spacious rooms are illumined
/ with lamps and candles only, full of
/ shadOwy corners. warmed by wood fires
! whose ftful Pickering lends them mys-
/ terry The child Of luxury and of pleasure,
/ Mrs. CrugeT found herself az Col Cru
gers death IN situation of unusual diff
1 hCulty. She rose - the occasion with
/ rare courage, energy, and ability. She
/ renowned at once "a handsome fortune
/ and met his liabilities. With her mothers
/ inheritance. she is still able TO make for
/ herself an attractive encourage. Her Sun
/ day afternoons. her only present mode of
| entertaining, are frequented by the most
/ distinguished Washlngtonians. and by all
/ her former New York friends when they
pass through the Capital. But her season
1 here is always short. She visits friends
in all parts of the world. and is fond Of
| travel
Mrs. Henry J. Iauman and son Eugene
are visiting in New York
Mr.. Herbert ]. Rich spent the early
part Of the week in Baltimore.
Miss Meta Newmeyer. of Havre de
/ Grace. nd. the guest Of Miss Celeste
! Goodman, left for home on Wednesday.
Mrs Louis Heller. of New York. is the
guest of her sister Mrs. A. Lehman.
Miss Rose Wheltheld. Of Baltimore, was
the guest of friends on Thursday
After delightful visit of two months
to the city. Miss Maud Garner. of New
port News. will leave for home Thurs
day.
Miss Annie Lawson and Miss Sophia
Brewer. OF Capitol Hin, returned yester-
day from Riverton. Va. where they Wis
tied friends and relatives during the Eas-
ter holidays.
Mr. oscar H. Robey has just returned
from an extended tour of the South and
is now at his home at Ills L street north
west
Miss Ethel Ryan has returned from a
visit at Charleston, s. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corcoran Hill were dinner
hosts Wednesday.
Gen, John C. Butler is on visit at
Logan, Pa.
Mrs. Robert B. Norman. of Roanoke,
is the guest of Mrs. R. J. Beall. at the
Imperial
Mrs. F. II. EIdridge was luncheon
hostess on Thursday. al her apartment
at the Highlands.
Mrs. George A. Whitford has returned
to her home in Eighteenth street from
Atlantic City.
Mrs. Bertha Crittenden Lackaye has re-
turned from an extended trip South. and
will be at her apartments in the Cham
plain for few days after which she will
leave for New York andfsail for Europe
to spend the summer visiting her mother
and sister-in-law in Scotland.
Mrs. Ord, a daughter of DIR. John S.
/ Billings and the wife of DR.. William Ord.
Of London, is visiting her sister. Mrs
Wilson, at her home. in Georgetown.
Mrs. Ord, who VIII be accompanied by
her mother Mrs. Billings, viii sail for
England on April "a
On Wednesday last Miss Janet Richards
was one Of the guests Of honor at the an
nual Honor Day Luncheon" given az
Delmonico's. in New York, by the Society
of the Daughters of 1872 The principal
address at the luncheon was delivered by
Edwin Markham, the poet. who was
also at the honor table, and with whom
Miss Richards had a most interesting