Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
AleXanOria Society

ALEXANDRIA,. December 2

ALEXANDRIA, December %, 1907.
The Christmas dance of the Alexandra
German Club was given at McBurney's
Hall last Friday night. The hall was
very prettily decorated with palms, red
Christmas bells and evergreens. The ia
vors which were reins and bells, whips,
fans, pompons. butterflies, horns and
confetti, were distributed by the chap
erons, who were Mrs. Cassius F. Lee,
Mrs. j., Sidney Douglas, Mrs. George
Uhler, Mrs. George A. Mushbach, Mrs.
Frances Smoot Danenhower, Mrs. An
thony w. Armstrong. Mrs. Arthur Snow
den and Mrs. Albert Doyle Brockett. The
cotillon was led by Mr.. Harry Carter
Beverley dancing with Miss Mary Wind
sor Snowden. Two of the seasons debu-
tantes, who were out of town at the time
of the Thanksgiving german, were pres
ent; they were Miss George McComas
French, in white net with garniture of
| pink rosebhds, dancing with Mahlon Hop
kins Janney, and Miss Jean Brent, in
painted null trimmed with bands of pink
| satin, dancing with Howard Smith.
| Among the dancers were DR.. Julian T. Mil
l'ler, U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Miller, DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Cochran. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis S. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Herbert Oliver, Miss Ann Taylor of An
niston, Ala: Miss Mary Balsley of Reds
vile, N. c.; Miss Mary Houston, Miss
| Charlotte England and Miss Elise Miller
of Baltimore. Miss Mary Donohoe and
Miss Susie Donohoe of Fairfax, Miss
Pauline Nicol of Manassa-, Miss Edith
| Mayo of Westmoreland county. Miss Ag-
mes Wysong of Charles Town, w. Va;
Miss BERTHE Gold of Delaplane, Miss Hill
dreth Gatewood. Miss Margaret Boydlin
and Miss Anne Selden of Washington,
Messrs. Charles White of Warrenton,
Richard Farr of Fairfax. John Iden of
Manassas. William Hanckel of Char
lottesville. Charles Cheyney. Reynolds
wing Smith. r. D. Adams, Frank Hough
and John Graves of Washington; Frank
Near of Baltimore. Lieut.. Rowcliffe, U: S.
Navy: Misses Lucy Douglas, Hattie
Grenough, Lisa Anderson, Grace Ander-
son. Beall Daingerfield, Laura Danen-
hover, Eliza Uhler, Rebecca Uhler Mar
ion Gregg, Mttie Herbert Alice Chinn,
Edith Ramsay. Jean Carter, Jessie Arm
strong, Kate Smoot. Ida Mclaughlin,
Mary --lllips, Bessie Jones, Clarence
Snowden, Mary Snowden. Josie Robinson,
Edith Bentley, Annie Murphy, DR.. Vivian
P. Berry, Messrs. Lewis Machen, Edward
Fawcett, Richard Chichester, ]. Thornton
Ashton. Lloyd Uhler, Anderson Sommers
Charles Smoot, Page Waller. w Inner
Waller, Gwynn Dent, Magruder Dent,
| Henry OBannon Cooper, R. d. Brum-
| bach. John Agnews Robert Davis, Robert
|
olson, James Douglas, Charles Barrett,
Wallace Lindsey, Powell Brookes, Milton
| French, John Lawrence Marye Gustav
| Thompson, Edmund P. Hunter, Beaudric
! Howell. Charles Barrett, Arthur Herbert
and Marshall King. Among others pres
ent We're Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Shep-
person. Miss Rose Macdonald. Miss Sal
| lie Kemper. Miss Clara Moore, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Carroll w. Ashby, Mrs. George H.
Robinson. Mrs. Richard Gibson Mr. and
| Mrs William Worth Smith. Messrs. Will
liam Hall, John Waller. Carroll Pierce,
Albert D. Brockett and Eugene 4aylor
| A japanese tea was held last Saturday
evening at the studio of Miss Kate Tay-
| Tor Smoot on Prince street for the benefit
of the Good Shepherd Mission. Among
| the young ladies who assisted, attired in
Japanese costume, were Miss Jean Brent,
Miss Laura Danenhower Miss Beall
| Daingerfield and Miss Clarence Snowden
Miss Jean Brent entertained informally
| Christmas night at her home on North
| Columbus street. Miss Brent's guests
liam Brooke of Staunton, Miss Mary
Dent, Miss Clarence Snowden. Miss Mary
| Snowden Miss Courtney Grenough, DIR.
| V. P Berry, Messrs. Gwyn Dent Ma
| tsruder Dent, Wilmer Waller, BoyIan
Green. Robert Standing ]. Thornton
| Ashton William Leadbeater and George
| Brent.
The Friday Afternoon Card Club was
| entertained this week by Miss Mary
! Phillips at her home on South Pitt street.
| The members present We're Mrs Thomas
B. Cochran, Miss Mildred Foster, Miss
| George French, Miss Eva Dent, Miss
| Mary Dent, Miss Clarence Snowden, Miss
Annie Murphy and Miss Hattie Douglas.