Evening star., 1908-02-02

ary, from :; to G. Tomorrow Mrs. sholes
viii be assisted by Mrs Edward s. York.
Mrs. William r. Myers. Mrs. William j.
Hutchinson, Mrs. George c. Sholes, Miss
Major, ass Belle Davenport and Miss
Fisher.
Mrs. Myron Benjamin Wright of ITO P
street will be at home Wednesdays, Feb
ruary and 10.
Mrs W. o Reder assisted by Mrs. H.
P. Andrews, will receive her friends to-
morrow from s TO 6, at IL 1st street
northeast
Miss Susanna Henning Of New York is
visiting Miss Frederica Morgan.
Mrs. II. w Fuller o. the Highlands has
cards out for luncheon and bridge, Feb
ruary IL.
Mrs. Frank Cannon, who has been visit
ing Mrs. Lambert, has returned to her
home in New York.
Mrs. George Tully Vaughan gave a
luncheon yesterday for her daughters
guests. Miss Austin of California. Miss
Campbell of Kentucky. Miss Parham of
Vermont. and last night theater party
in their honor. Mrs Vaughan and guests
will be at home next Thursday, Febru-
ary g.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Westinghouse are
at Solitude, their HomeWood avenue house
in Pittsburg. and will remain there for
a short while at least. Mrs Westing-
house has been ill with grip since the day
of her arrival and has been unable to see
any of her friends. She is in mourning tor
her brother, who died recently.
Mrs. George Nickerson of Boston is oe-
cupying the Nathaniel Simpkns house on
Connecticut avenue which she has rented
or MrS Niptnpcny, -Sa al ~,
in Boston later than she expected on ac-
count of the Sears ball, the assembly and
other occasions.
Mrs Charles Elwood Foster and Miss
Curtin will not be at home tomorrow,
Monday, February 3. =
a very pleasant time was spent We'd
nesday evening last at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Grant. at 14th and Bright
wood evenues. Many games were played,
after which the children assembled In
the dining room, where refreshments were
served. Those present were Misses Addie
Caffrey. Alma Sprinkle, Emma Grant,
Dorothy keene. Hazel Faulkner, Gertrude
and Ethel Woodworth. Annie Freeze and
Louie DENTS. The boys were Masters
keene. James Trew. Theodore Cox. Leon
and Earl Thompson, John and George
Moore, Dorsey Griffis. Harvey and Philip
Caffrey, Raymond Sprinkle, Ralph and
Edward McAleer, George DENTS and Roy
and Robert Grant.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller jr., presented
her sister Miss Elsie Aldrich, her coming
out bouquet. which she carried at the tea
last Wednesday at Churchill House.
Providence, r. l.. given by her parents
Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. 1t was a big
one made of gardenias and tied with
white ribbons. The entire lower floor of
the building was utilized for the event
and the scene suggested, more than all
things else, mammoth conservatory
peopled with the men and women of
Vanity Fair" From the entrance hall to
the far end of the ballroom the picture
was one of tropical luxuriance and
beauty. and the air was heavy with the
fragrance of roses, gardenias, violets,
lilies of the valley and other rare and
beautiful flowers. Fully 400 were present
during the reception hours and these were
received by Mrs. Aldrich and her daughter
in the large reception room at the left
of the entrance.
This was literally a garden of roses and
the fair debutante and her mother stood
within a bower Of palms and pink roses.
This was formed of huge background
of tall palms arranged in the form of
a semicircle in the foreground of which
were scores of great bouquets of pink
roses. In every part of this room were