Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
N the WORLD OF SOCIETY
RECEPTION IN HONOR OF CON.
GRESS AT WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. Townsends Ball Was Season s
Great Event-0ther Hos
tesses-Personals.

Inc annual reception in honor Of Con-
gress will be held by the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt tonight. The arrangements
for the entrance Of guests are as follows:
Carriages will approach from the north
| to the east entrance of the White House.
+ opposite the Treasury. Pedestrians will
follow the same route. After discharging.
passengers carriages will be parked
around the ellipse in the White Lot
The gates will not be open until >
o'clock. Two carriages will drive under
| the porte cochere at the same time
Coachmen will be provided with numbered
checks which must be preserved by
them In order to regain admittance to the
grounds. Guests will also be provided
with tickets of the same numbers as
their carriages These they should care
fully preserve. in order to call their car
| riages. which Will depart from the same
entrance. 1t is requested that the line of
carriages be not delayed by paying for
the carriage service. at the entrance
Carriages will be called by electric sig
nal.
After leaving cloaks in the cloakroom
guests are requested to fall in line in the
colonnade and pass up the main staircase
The southwest gate will be closed at
$50 pm. Guests holding special carriage
CARDS VIII enter the grounds by that gate.
0hu INC IOuSc ny the UOOf unuor south
| portico. Carriages will approach this en-
trance by 18th street.
Mrs. TOwnsend's ball last night more
| than realized the pleasurable anticipations
OF those who have been her guests at
| these annual Inequalities and of the
numbers of those present from other cit
les and countries who were participants
for the first time. The dinner party which
preceded the cotillon was attended by
f1ffV PnpSfS all nf whnrn fdonfi6oI
with fashionable life here and abroad
and accounted themselves happy in hav-
ing another meeting with such charm
ing hostess. Dining with Mrs. and Miss
Townsend were the Postmaster General
| and Mrs. Meyer. the assistant secretary Of
| state and Mrs. Bacon. Mr.. and Mrs. An
thonv Drexel and Miss Drexel of New
York and London. Mr.. and Mrs. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Vanderbilt Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius N.
Bliss. Mrs. Newbold Edgar. Mr.. Creigh-
ton Webb. Mr.. Arden Robbins, Mrs. Law
renee Townsend and Miss Townsend, all
of New York: Miss Paul. Mr.. Horace
Hare and Mr.. William Spencer of Phila-
coran Eustis. Representative and Mrs.
Longworth. Representative and Mrs.
W. Bourke Cochran. Mai. and Mrs.
McCawley. Mr.. and Mrs. Keep. Mr..
and Mrs. Purdy. the minister from
berg. counselor Of the German en-
| bassy: Mr.. Kroupensky Of the Russian
embassy, Miss Evelyn Walsh. Miss Julia
Meyer. Miss katherine Elkins. Miss May,
Miss Cameron. Mr.. Bonaparte Mr.. Ed
ward Beale Mclean. Baron Won Stumm
of the German embassy. Baron Hay
merle of the Austrian embassy and Mr.
| Moreton Frewen Of London. The house
was elaborately decorated with flowers
each of the drawing rooms having spe-
cial blossom massed in profusion and the
dinner and supper tables having center
pieces of orchids and white lilacs. For
| the cotillon. which Maj. Charles l.. Nc
Cawley led with Miss Townsend. there
were heaps of flowers for favors. The
company was brought up to about $50
persons by the late arrivals for the Dall
| and scintillated with official. diplomatic
and resident brilliance. Take 1T all in all.
few more elaborate or more en)oyaoie
parties have ever been given at the capl-
| tax
Mrs. Monroe, president of the board of
lady managers of the George Washington
University Hospital. was the hostess at
a reception given last evening to the ofn-
GERS of the classes and the fraternities OF
| the university. held in the arts and SCI
ences department of the woman's build
| ing of the university, at 18th and 1
streets northwest. She was assisted by the
other members of the board, and Mrs.
Needham, Mrs. Fairfax, Mrs. Hodgkins.
Mrs. Shute, Miss Ellis, Mrs. Seibert and
Mrs. Ash. The object of the reception
was to arouse the spirit Of the students
Of the university in the interests of the
students ball to be given at the New
Willard February q for the benefit of the
hospital. dance was held at the con-
clusion of the reception. Announcement
was made that arrangements have been
completed for the opening exhibit OF the
| arts and crafts department of the uni
versity Saturday, February 8. The exhibit
ton will be from to 10 o'clock. Tea
h. A RI o'clock
Senator and Mrs Shelby M. Cullom gave
an elegant dinner last night. having as
| their guests the German ambassador and
Baroness won Sternburg, the french am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand. Senator
and Mrs. Burrows. Senator and Mrs. Bev-
eridge, Senator and Mrs. Elkins. Senator
and Mrs. Dolliver. Representative Nc
Kinley. Mr.. and Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Will
liam Barrett Ridgeley, Mr.. John D.
Ames of Chicago, Mr.. John Barrett and
Miss Fisher.
Representative and Mrs. Dwight gave a
dinner last night with the Secretary of
OF honor. to meet whom there were pres
ent Mr. Justice Moody. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Richardson Glover. Gen. and Mrs.
Gillespie, Representative and Mrs. Frank
0. Lo1vden and Mrs. Emily Childs of Cal
ifornia. mother of the hostess.
Miss Louise Campbell is spending sew
eral weeks in Baltimore.
Mrs. Thomas P. Stephenson announces
| the marriage of her daughter, Anna Agnes
Stephenson. to Mr. Edward Madison Hall.
Tuesday. February 4, 1905 Owing to
| the recent death of tine brides father.
only the immediate families of both
| pa rites witnessed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Frank Parker gave
dinner last night in honor Of Mrs. Eber
hardt of Newark, N. j.. to meet whom
were present DIR. and Mrs Street. Mr.
and Mrs Miller. Mrs. Fisher. Mr.. and
Mrs. Zwissler. Mrs. Baum, Mr.. Frederick
Baum, Miss Fisher, Mr.. William Scott
and Mr.. Ralph Fisher. An orchestra
played through the evening. and both
dining room and parlOr were decorated
| with flowers and plants.
Mrs. j. Edgar Smith wifi be informally
at home the first and last Fridays in
February.
Mrs Frank A. Mute will not be at home
Friday, February Z. but will be the other
Fridays in this month.
Mrs Jesse B. Wilson and Miss Wilson
of 1923 Phelps place will not be at home
until Thursday, February 20 and -.
Miss May Haley of the graduating class
of 'CS of st. Cecilia's Academy enter
tanned the undergraduates at dance
Among those present were Marie Higgins.
Gertrude Lynch. Marietta Harvey, Lulu
Dyer Nellie Murphy, Ethel Mathews.
Marguerite Murphy. Regina Richards.