Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1896, Page 7

Woodward ~. Lothrop, | roth, 11th and F Sts. N. We THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR. PAGES, ‘THE SOCIAL WORLD Beginning Monday, store wili open at 8 and close at 6, —— “The Blacksmith,” Hubert E. Delorme’s famous painting, is stion., | exhibition from 10 to 5 daily in our Art Gallery—Fourth floor, General Opening: | For the Exhibition of Our Great £ Assembly of Merchandise... ForSpring andSummierof’96: Monday, March Second. Spring Opening Colored Dress Stuffs, Black Dress Stuffs, Plonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March Second, Third, Fourth. — pa by us or found elsewhere in Washington. A Dress Goods stock eminent for originality, beauty and extraordi- nary taste in selection. Included in Part Are: Mohair Florentines, Briliiantines, Glaces, Sicilians, Grenadines, Matalasses, Mozambiques. Si combinations. Canvas Cloths, This exhibit will introduce the Fabrics to be worn by the leaders of fashion at home and abroad during the coming spring and summer, Among them is a large assortment of High-class Novelties by the yard and in Single Dress Lengths—marvels of beauty—which were made expressly to our order in exclusive designs, and cannot be duplicated Dresden Effects, Foulards, Sangliers, Cactus, All-wool Novelties. < and Wool Novelties, Checked Wool Suitings, Silk and Wool Fantaisie and Silk and Wool Plaids, in new and beautiful spring color | - RUDDEN’S Credit House, 618 7 ’ “O, promise us” * —that you will pay a little each week and our entire stock of New Furniture, Curtains, &c., is at your dis- posal. Prices as low as the “cash” stores! 6 Bal Carriages, $5. Beautiful § 10 Sideboards, $36. —on credit. Parlor Suites, TTR y wee House, 513 7th St.) fel10-3m,50 Af everybody bought cheap shoes all the time the ‘|\ People would soon be a lot of acrobats, walking on thelr hands, holding their crippled, tortured feet high In the air to give them little rest, COMFORT IS OUR HOBBY. Strange after talk- ing so much against eheap shoes* that we would turn around and offer you a good, reliable Shoe | for $3.50. Not strange, elther, for it’s a $5 Shoe. *|'$3.50 1s our price. Wilson, 929 F St. fe29-26d Bradbury Piano Warerooms, 1225 Pa. Avenue. Don’t buy a piano off-hard. Con- sider well such points as dura- bility, tone, touch and appear- ance. Durability 1s probably the most important. For this the buy- er has to depend upon the repu- tation and guarantee of the man- ufacturer. It is the conscientious use of the finest materials as well as the most skilled labor and proper facilities upon which the durability of a plano depends. The durability of the “Brad- bury" is unquestioned. It was for- ty years ago that the first ‘“Brad- bury” was made, and there are People today who purchased one of the frst instruments who tell us that they are still in use. - Time is @ just judge. You will never be disappointed If you Luy g “Bradbury.”” “Your old square taken in ex- change, and we will allow you its FULL VALUE as the first pay- ment on any “Bradbury” in the house. You may pay the balance $10 monthly. Let our representa- tive call. Bradbury Tailor Suitings, in English, Scotch and German Tweeds, Checks, Factory Warerooms, Two and Three-toned Twills, Canvas Weaves, etc. A large assortment of New Fabrics in suitable colorings manufac- tured expressly for Wheel Wear. Printed French Challis and Silk and Wool Javanaist, in a host of new and beautiful designs and colorings. In Plain or Solid Colored Fabrics are Armures, Granites, Jacquards, Diagonals, Serges, Cheviots and Henriettas. A vastly increased number of styles that are confined to this busi- ness for this market. This in general is the character of the Colored Dress Goods stock to which we ask attention. In Black Dress Stuffs We have a complete and comprehensive assortment of the very latest staple and ultra-novelty weaves, from the best European and American manufacturers, and nearly all made to our order and confined exclu- sively to us for Washington. Crepons and Kindred Fabrics will be wonderfully popular, and the weaves and designs are so entirely new that they seem to be new crea- tions. The better qualities are nearly all silk. Among the Most Attractive Weaves Are: §triped Mohair Crepon, Plain Mohair Crepon, Crepon Caniche, Beaded Crepon, ‘a Crepon Raye. Fancy Striped Crepon, Checked Crepon, Figured Crepon, Plaid Crepon, - Basket Crepon. Mosaic Dentelle, (Brocade effect, lace ground), Chenille Stripes (Chiffon ground). Ali-wool Jacquards, All-wool Figures, All-wool Diagonals, All-wool Stripes. Crepon Fantaisie, Crepon Grenadine, Satin-striped Crepon, Crepon Bengaline, Barre Crepon: Silk and Wool Crepon, Silk Crepon, Crepon Grenada, Crepon Caniche, Open Meshes, Plisse Crepon. Crinkly Cluster Stripes, Tarlatane Net Effects, Mohair Brilliantine, Mohair Sicilian, Mohair Florentine, Mohair Jacquard, Mohair Grenada. Oth st. building.) Opening Display New Season’s Ribbons, All the Staple Sorts, and the new Fan latest conceptions of the season, ew Dresdens, New Persians, New Ombre, New Jard\aieres. The patterns are wonderfully rich and effective, sh mere, broche and other unique designs in brilliant Oriental color com- binations. : We now have a very extensive assortment of Ribbons, suitable ‘for every possible ribbon use, and are constantly receiving some new tint or new form direct from Paris. We also have added an entire lew line of spring colorings to our Satin and Gros-Grains, Satin fetas, Gros Grains and Double Satins. New Plaids, New Stripes, New Chameleons, = —-—. Woodward & Lothrop. New Monotones, and Velvets, Taf- svrsreeesUnder sksttent) 1614 14th St” "Phone 998, CO owing old cash- 1225 Pa. Ave. F. G. SMITH, Manufacturer, W. P. VAN WICKLE, Manage= READING LATMIPS, BANQUET LATIIPS, PIANO LAMIPS. Lamps of all kinds for use in and the adornment of a home can be found here at popular prices. Geo. F. Muth & Co.’s, UP-TO-DATE LAMP EMPORIUM, 418 7th St. N. W. FORMERLY GEORGE RYNEAL. fo29-24d A genuine alligator Bag, $1. Seeme almost impossible to sell it for 80 little—so good a bag, too—but here it is. A bit larger size for $1.25 and $1.50. If you will see this $4.75 Trunk before you think of buying elsewhere, we know you'll buy it. ‘Trunk strap free and name marked on every trunk. Trunks repaired. FOOHCOTD ES VCDTEE YD Brentano’s clearing ~ sale of shop-worn and odd lots of Books still offer splendid pick- $ ings. Plenty of unusual book bargains still left—although the selling has been lively. BRENTANO’S, “Tith and the Avenue.” It icy Novelties—the Everything Requisite comprising —for the needs of a modern office can be bought of us. Order your office supplies WHERE YOU WILL, GET THE BEST FOR XOUR MONEY, which is synonymical of John C. Parker, 617-19 7th St. N. W. fe29-16d. ‘There are any 2 namber of Po:t Wines on the mar- Ol ket, but there is ° acett cane, bat, really leserves the name, vonger, "Fall quart. ee TO-KALON =; 1oCe Wine “e294 SMOKE CURANOLA Ge. CIGAR. THERE IS ae et TECHARD & GOe 63 Ph ate aw, \te19-1m: ‘Whiolesale Depot. Ss SSS Ss Ss ints ss th ns SOS Shs Sh ss Wh Wh Ya Ssh ss MDa ss Ma hh Shh Mh Ih Wh hh Shhh Soh Sh Sn ih shih Yh Sos Sh Sh Sk th hh Bh Shhh ths Ss ha 4 4 Sete aunching the Spring Fasiiions— | PERRY'S. The buds aif beginning to open. Our predictiohs are coming true. Boy We promised @ magnificent line of Wraps:—Suits—Waists —etc., this spring—and we haven’t raised your expecta- tions a bit higher than the developments justify. With this weather you are coming in, inquiring after the new things. And we never were prouder of the line than we are this season. Of “course it isn’t complete yet. But what have arrived are fit for “models.” We have been careful from inception to completion. Careful in the selection of styles. Careful in the selection of materials. Careful--very—in the man- ner of making. While ‘every ‘day brings something “new there is enough here now to pro- nounce our efforts a success. Come in for a look—a talk about the perfection we have wrought in ready-made gar- ments. Spring Jackets. The mention of just one lot. Enough to set you to thinking and wondering. This particular one is a jaunty, stylish, catchy* combination of good materials and good taste. Tan Kersey Cloth Jackets, lined - With Persian silk all through, and cut in the very latest fashion—$10.50. Spring Capes. Nobody wants Capes to leave the fashion list. Some- how or other they seem to just answer the requirements for so many occasions. You will “fall in love” with this lot— Cloth, Velvet ang» Satin Capes, trimmed with lace ribbons, and lined with Black a1 fancy silks— $5 to $15. a Spring Suits. You will sée it is possible for us to exactly satisfy you in a ready-made ‘Suit. “Each style is‘a distinct type. Each effect an individual—exclu- sive creation. We have had our tailors study and revise their patterns until the guar- anteeing of ‘a”perfect fit is possible. We want you to peer into the making closely —examine the putting to- gether—the finish—and then congratulate us—you will want to—and yourselves, too. Imported Black S:rge and Diagonal Cheviot ‘Taflor-made Walking Suit, With ‘flare-away” skirt and jacket, elther blazer, box-like or English fly-front. Skirts are lined with per- caline and bound with velveteen— $10, $16 and $28. Tan and Grey Tweed Tallor-made Suits, with box coats half lined and large pearl buttons, Skirts ent very full and Mned all through—$1: Noveity Cloth Sults, made with English fiy-front and Norfolk Jackets, half lined, box back, and full skirt Uned—$13.59 and $15. Covert Cloth Suits, with double- breasted close-fitting Jackets, pearl buttons, high velvet collar, big sleeves, with velvet cuffs and full lined skirts—$18. Imported Novelty Cloth, Tweed and Fancy Crepoa Suits, with box coat Uned all through with Dresden silk; large fancy buttans and full skirts— $20, $23, $80 and $35. Spring Dress Skirts. Here they are—a legion of them—all new and handsome effects. We expect some of them are higher in price than you will find anywhere else. But they are made of the richest materials—richer than usual. Quality for quality ours are cheapest. But that is-as it always is— Black Figured Mohair Skirts, lined all through and bound around with velveteen—$2.89 and $3.50. Black Figured Serge amd Plain Mohatr, Crepon, Cheviot and Sicilian Cloth Skirts, cut very full, lined all through and bound-around with vel- veteen—$1.50 te $12. Tan, Brown and Blue Mixed Skirts. Mned all throuzh—$7 to $10.50. Figured Satin and Taffeta Skirts, full gored and Ifned all throngh with French Percaline-$10 and $14, Figured Silk Ski with nine ores, and lined all’ through—$15 and Imported Silk Pood! Skirts, made extra full, afd lined with taffeta allk—$85 and $37, " 7) Spring Silk Waists, The half dozen lots that are: in are heattties. Rich novelties—in exclusive cuts of silk and [fasiion design. You will be surprised how easily we can ‘fit you. Plain -Black snd Striped Surah Silk Waists, made with ‘blouse front, crushed belt, tufa-ovgr velvet collar And Bishop slecv?s—$5 ‘and $5.50. Fancy Striped Taffeta Silk Waists, with blouse front, Bishop sleeres and trimmed with yelvet and lace—$7 and Persian and Dresden Silk Waists, with draped and blouse fronts, trim- med with Ince, yalvet and ribbons; leg 0° mutton and Bishop cleeves—a Dig Une of rich. and novel emtects—- $13.50, $15, $17 and §20. PERRY’S, Sept atatetetdetntdadtntniaainindatedateddaatadetatntnaiiainiaiahtrtetrtbsrtrtRbaiartrashadatiahatiaheiaatiatahahababaraharartrdereethahahbrdedertraereed ‘Ninth and the Avenue,”’ Eatablished 184@, °° ‘felephone 905. it , Men, Maids and. Matrons Breakfast With Mrs. McKee. DINING AT A DUCAL TABLE Things Out of the Common at Secretary Olney’s. LAST NIGHT’S DINNERS The Chilean minister and Mrs. Gane gave a-dinner last night in honor of Am- bassador and Mrs. Uhl. The other guests were the Mexican minister and Mrs. Romero, the Brazilian minister and Mrs. de Mendonca, the Guatemalan minister and Mrs. Lazo Arriaga, the Venezuelan minis~ ter and Miss Andrade, the charge d'affaires of Argentina and Mrs. Dominguez, Mr. and Mrs. Covarrubias, Miss Edwards, Miss Gana, Mr. Victor Eastman and Mr. Alfred Gana. Thea table decorations were in yel- low and white. White roses formed the centerpiece. Mrs. Newlands gave a pretty luncheon Thursday at Chevy Chase. Anfong the guests were Miss Helen Hay, the Misses Patten, the Misses Condit-Smith, Miss Hag- ner, Miss Clagett, Miss Kitty Reed, Miss Elizabeth Warder and Miss Newlands. Mr. and Mrs, Patcheller entertained at dinner last night the Spanish minister and Mrs. Dupuy de Lome, Mrs. Audenretd, Mr. and Mrs. Cropper, Dr. and Mrs. Ham- mond, Miss Gale, the Japanese minister, Miss Batcheller, ex-Minister White of the Venezuelan commission and Prince Wrede. The decorations of the table were pink reses and ferns. Representative and Mrs. Joy entertained at dinner last night Speaker and Mrs. Reed and Miss Reed, Gen. Batchelder, Senator and Mrs. Burrows, Gen, Walter Wyman, ‘Major snd Mrs. Powell, Refresentatives Aldrich and Cannon, and Mrs. Turner. The menu cards wcre novel, and consisted of ten pages held together by a gold ring, each bearing a pen and ink portrait of one of the gentlemen guests, by Coffin, and some quctation, adaptation or original sen- timent, containing a reference to Joy in some form or other. Mr. and Mrs. Whittemore have invited dinner companies for the 3d and 11th of March. The home of the Secretary of State ts full of most interesting things. Mrs. Bellamy Storer, who owns the house, is fond of gathering together rare and curious pieces of furniture and ornaments. Each room has its own collection, but the apartment which has challenged the greatest admira> tion the past winter from its hundreds of visitors is the dining room. The room is spacious, and its light comes from a win- dow which nearly covers the entire south end. The glass in it is a bright yellow, and it falls first on a great bronze Buddhist god, who takes up more room than a very large man would, seated in the same posi- tion. The light diffusing from this source is very soft, but not strong enough to make the room seem at its best until lighted up at night. The wood work, of which there ig a great deal, the walls being Wwainscoted high and the ceiling paneled, is very dark and rich in effect. On either side of the high mantel are balconies, from which gay-colored stuffs fall, like a Vene- tian house on a fete day. Everything around the room is unusual. There is an odd-shaped water pitcher on a side table of beaten brass, nearly three feet high. The chandelier hangs just over the center of the table. It is of bronze and silver, and cheerful-looking little bronze imps are posed in the act of the wildest acrobatic feats up and down dangling ornaments at the side. The dining table has a history. It once belonged to a Duke of Westmin- ster, and was purchased at a sale of his effects. Its polished surface 1s nearly as Dlack as ebony. The table has a border of most unique-carving. The design embodies all the creatures of the sea and air, with fowls and animals and some other lively looking objects for which it would be hard to assign a location in the animal king- dom. When Mrs. Olney gives a luncheon only filmy lace doylies conceal the beauties of the carving and the polish of the center. Mrs. Washington McLean, whose splendid home, corner of Connecticut avenue and K street, shows her excellent taste in every detail of its furnishing, has made of the old ball room one of the daintiest of salons, although by removing the furniture and Tugs it can be quickly transformed into a ball room again. It has low wainscoting with an ivory finish, and the upper edge has a wide molding. On this are arranged clear round the room photographs of per- sons and scenes, none very large, but all framed somewhat similarly in narrow gilt borders. Follow the band around and it reflects the pictured world of today, its celebrities, their autographs and the piaces of particular interest in the realm of beauty and fashion. Photography has add- ed a new charm to housefurnishings, but it takes considerable taste and skill to dis- play its results to good advantage. Mr. John R. McLean is one of the few men of affairs who spend much of their time at home, and spacious as his big mansion is he found after all there was no corner which was absolutely his own. The new room which he added last year is his own exclusive den. It adjoins the great stair- case, fronts on I street, and is one of the handsomest workshops in town. The wood- work is in dark, rich tones, the carpets ard hangings scarlet, and a beautiful stained glass window on the west side is directly over the mantelpiece. The latter is cov- ered with small bronze statuettes,of horses, dogs, etc. and the walls are filled with similar reminiscences of pleasures und sports. In the ball room of the Mclean mansion, which for every-day use is furnished with most elaborately carved furniture, the walls are lined with book shelves. On the top shelf there is a photograph display. Every cne is in a different frame of silver or other metal, carved wood or fancy gilt. Most of the Washington beauties of the last ten years are there, with many more of national celebrities. Some of the famous newspaper caricatures are there also. It is all so inter- esting that It takes a good long time to make the circuit of the entire list. Mrs. Hearst has among her most cherished possessions in her Washington home a Chi- huahua dog. These dogs are the tiniest pets of the canine race in Mexico. They are scarcely bigger than an ordinary-sized rat, but their fur is silky and white. They are daintily cared for and fondled and caressed and may almost be said to live on petting and kisses. They are rare and high-priced end but few of them have ever been seen in this city. Mrs. Hearst calls her pet Pre- ciosa, and such of her_visitors who speak Spanish find the little animal will cuddle up to them very snugly, with an almost human expression in its eyes, when it hears the words of endearment to which it listened in its first home said again in the familiar tongue. The porticoes of Corcoran House, the home of Senator and Mrs. Brice, are not the least interesting of the interior of that much admired house. They practically form part of the house, as they are hung around with heavy rugs and are very warm and comfort- able on fete occasions. The divans and chairs and numberless pillows are covered with bright East India cottons, which, with the hanging lamps, etc., give quite an east- ern effect of tasteful luxury. Miss Letitia Scott, who is so much ad- mired, is devoting her letsure hours to music during Lent. She is fond of outdoor exer- cise, ard wears one of the nattiest walking costumes seen for a long time. It is of dark blue cloth, has all the stylish width without the clumsiness, and has a jaunty jacket, with a dark blue velvet collar. A becoming toque of the cloth and velvet, with quills at the left side, completes the outfit and makes of its wearer a charming picture of a per- fectly dressed young lady. A social authority was asked the other day if. when married ladies attended din- ners where their husbands were not guests, did it mean that the latter had not been in- vited, or, in other words, was it good form to Invite a man without his wife, or a wo- man without her husband, or a man and his daughter, omitting the wife, or the daugh- ter and mother, without the head of the household. In reading over dinner lists these seeming inconsistencies are often noticed, and for those who have never ex- tended invitations in this way the matter is quite a problem. Generally speaking, the ordinary couple could not receive a greater insult than these separate invitations. In. cidents of the kind have been numerous enough, and, with few exceptions, all have caused tremendous rows. If accepted, a do- woould “| mestic broil ensued. If declined, the up a company where other men and their life Partgers are expected. It no uncommon thing nowadays for those asked out frequently to dine to re- ceive their invitations four weeks ahead. ‘Three weeks are regarded as absolutely necessary if there is any idea of getting together any .special set. Some public men object to making social engagements longer than a fortnight ahead and refuse to be bound down by them. Put the great majority of society-goers make no cbjec- tion to the four weeks’ rule. Planning so far ahead has put anpther phase on the matter. It is considered good form now when @-declination is necessary by reason of a previous engagement to state the name of the persons whose invitation had already been accepted for the same date. The gossips have it that the very latest tip from the Anglomaniacs makes it un- necessary when replying to un invitation to “accept with pleasure your kind invita- tion.” ‘The English spring fashions, of which advance’ notice has already reached various West End mansions, ordain that the bold statement that “Mr. and Mrs. Glad To Come accept Mr. and Mrs. Got To Have Them’s invitation to dinner,” etc., is all that is necessary, and that any super- fluous enthusiasm which was expressed in the old way, “accept with very great pleas- uré the kind invitation,” etc. 1s altogether bad form, and those who continue to follow it are literally not keeping up with the times... After the X rays discovery be- comes a practical, every-day matter dinner invitations need not be answered at all, very likely, and the old plea when un- desirable bit’ cornes along to write “‘ex- pected. absence from home” or “previous engagement” will not work at all. It does not seem to be the age of idle boasting. It is the fashion to affect the virtue of candor even if one has it not. Here are some recent instances: One of the wealthiest women here, whose home is a dream of luxury and modern magnifi- cence, was suffering from rheumatism lately. A little group of friends were mak- ing solicitous inquiries, and one said: “It must be the gout you have, my dear Mrs. Dash: ‘Perhaps it is," was the answer; “the doctor seems to think so, too. If so, it is the first case I ever heard of in my family. All my folks were hard workers. ‘They never had a gouty toe or a case of nervous prostration. I guess they were too busy scratching for a living, and in my young days.I werked as hard as any of them. It will really worry me more than the pain if my grandchildren trace back weak nerves and gouty toes to the first woman of their name who developed both just as soon as she was surrounded by the juxuries of life.” One of the prettiest women in society, whose belleship is unchallenged, was heard to say: “Do I like pretty clothes? Hon- estly, yes. Do you think I can ever forget the days when’ I wanted them and could not get them because it was all father could do to give us the bare necessities of life? Will | ever forget the wild excitement in our little home when the box of cast-off finery from_ rich Washington relations would arrive? What a world »f enchant- ment the very handling of the old things used to open up to my girlish eyes! The same things would look very shabby to me now, but it meant magnificence then.” The Secretary of State and Mrs. Olncy will entertain at dinner tonight. The Brazilian minister and Mrs. de Men- donca will give a dinner tonight. Mrs. Chapin will give a dinner March T. Miss Aukafn will give a farewell tea to- day for Miss Unl. Lieut. and Mrs. R. M. G. Brown will give a dinner tonight in honor of Mrs. McKee. Miss Grace Davis gave a breakfast today in honor of Mrs. McKee, for which thirty-four ccvers were laid. The guests sat about round tables, either six or four covers. American beauty roses decked each table, ard a border of maiden-hair ferns was stud- ded with silk flags, large ones for the ladies. ‘and small ones for the men. The breakfast was arranged for Washington's birthday, but owing to the illness of the young host- ess, it was put off cntil today. All the clever ideas suitable for that day were used, however. The name cards were small hatchets with a bunch of cherries tied on them with red, white and blue ribbons, and when the ices were served, they were in the form of cherries in continental hats. The guests invited to meet Mrs. McKee were Miss Barney, Miss Kerns of St. Louis, Miss Pitts, Miss Rockhill, Miss Josephine Patten, Miss Gordon, Miss Mendonca, Miss Newlands, Miss Miles, Miss Ashford, Miss Letitia Scott, Miss Batcheller, Mrs. Hugh Legare, Mrs. George C. Bloomer, Mrs. Mul- ligan, Mrs. R. M. G. Brown, Mr. Harry Earle, Professor Elliott, Mr. John Davis, Mr. Morrow, Mr. Lindsley, Mr. Hugh Le- gare, Mr. Fred May, Mr. Albert Halsted, Lieut. Mulligan, Mr. Andrews, Mr. de Meck, Mr. Biddle, Mr. Davis Elkins, Mr. Hender- son, Capt Heese, Mr. Boeufve and Mr. Vogel. Mrs. R. M. G. Brown has invited ladies to a tea Monday to meet Mrs. McKee. The latter will be joined here tomorrow by Mr. McKee, and they expect to leave for In- dianapolis by Tuesday or Wednesday next. Mrs. Dulles and Mrs. Lansing have come for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Foster. Mrs. Foster and her daughters will be at home to their friends Mondays. Mrs. Washington McLean and Mrs. Bugh- er entertained at a breakfast today. Miss Katharine Howard of Brookville, of Mi 1618 Gth street. The most creetlon ae uainess of the evening was the election of officera, which resulted as lows: Mr. oe R wid, ae it 4 tary; Miss Bessie Leese, treasuren gemes indulged until a late hour. In addition to the above mentioned those present were Miss st Camptell, the Misses Ryan, Messrs. H. Als berger, R. Wise, W. Alburger, G. Esher. commiasion and their ladies. Much preparation is therefore being given to -the arrangements for the event, which will be a Mi-Careme affair, on the evening of March 12. The parlors of the Arlington have heen engaged and Small has been com- missioned to do his best in adding to their attractivengss. Mrs. Olney is chairman of the reception committee, together with the following members: Mrs. Dall, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Hague, Mrs. 'Hydé, Mrs. Mendonca, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Page, Mrs. Proctor, Mrs. Sartoris, Miss Duffield, Miss Hamlin, Miss Rochester, Miss Rockhill and Miss Steven- son. From the present efforts of the mem- bers to secure invitations for their friends, it is evident that the number, which is nec- essarily limited to about one-third of the active membership, will soon be exhausted. Dr. Adler of the Smithsonian Institutio: » Messrs. Aplin and Chapman of the United States geological survey, Commander Bi ford, United States navy; Mr. Wm. Elroy Curtis, formerly chief of the bureau of Sout! American republics,” Dr. Fernow, chief forestry, Agricultural Department; Dr. Hayes, geologist, United States geological survey; Mr. H. B. C. Nitze of Baltimore, Prof. Paul, United States Naval Observ- atory; Lieut. Peary, the arctic explorer; Mr. Mario Mendonca of the legation of Brazil Mr. E. W. Parker, statistician of the Unii States gcological survey; Mr.Bernard Green, the architect in charge of the new Congres- sional Library, and others from the coast survey, the army and the weather bureau will present their friends to President Hub- bard and the commission. Mrs. Virginia B. Griffin and daughters, Jeannette and Mae, of 812 North Carolina avenue have returned from New York. Mrs. H. W. Moncure, who has been visit- ing Col. T. W. Sadler at Prattville, A has returned, = A pleasant meeting of the Golden Link Scclal Club was held last evening at the residence of Miss Erma Anderson, 102 Mas- 2 Continued on Tenth Page. MARRIED. BENTLEY—BOTELER. On Fi 24, 1 Kockville, Md... by Rev. 'S. Ke Whiter EUITOS DOAN BENTLEY to SARA B, BOTELER, both MOSES— MORRISON. On Fy a . ‘o'clock, in the monage of Taney Bae Ghurch, x the Rev. Dr. Thomus G. ‘Aaliony, RALVH T. MOSES ‘to BUGENIA A. MORI DIED. ALLEN. | At bis home. in this city, Friday, Fe Tuary 2s, 1896, EDWARD “ALLEN, in the tweme ty-ninth ‘year of his age. Funeral from 237 luth ‘eet morthe Sunday, March 1, at 8 o'clock ad = DONN. On Saturday, Februas » LEROY MILLAUD,” Thoihas ‘M. and Mary As a das 20, 1996, at 10: telored” smu ab hag Mand oun, aged ten mouths Funeral from 706 pew Jersey avenne northwest 4 at 11 o'clock a.m. Friends and relatives invited to attend, - FORD. Suddenly, Thursday, February 27, 1 Sf her residence, 3518 F street, Sirs, FANN Funeral services Sunday, March it 3 0% it, 3 Ria a, ete GERSDORFF. On Friday, Febraai 28, his residence in Philadetpata, ra. Al ry GERSDORFE, for maay years a resident of this city. Interment in Phila HAGAR. At Salem, Mase, om February 19, 1896, Mra. MARY BRADPORD MchEL wife of Prot Panic 8. Hagar, yrine wal of the sate Normal cool at Salo,” Mass, er of Dr. 8. H. McKim of this city.’ aa es * ula. . HAREIMO) oc Om FT Has: 3896, at 230_o'cloc a5 BS cana at DAMEL tives friends are requested to att: funeral from ‘the chapel of J. Won, ne oe. dertaker, 332 Pennsylvania avenue nort oa Monday, March 2, at clock pm, * On Friday, February 28, 1896, at 10 OWDEN JACI beloved husbaad of ckson, aged thirty-three sears, Funeral from St. Angustine’s Church on 3 . March 2, at 9 a.m. tives aud friends re- spectfully invited to attend. * MARSHALL, At No. 14 7th street southeast, om Saturday, February 29, 1806, at 12 o'clock, ANDK W. MARSHALL, in the seventicth year of his age. Notice of funera: hereafter. . February 28, Allegheny, I'a.. e . On Fridar, Febroary 28, 1896, at 230 p.m.. at bis residence, 1500 Uarewood iive- nue, DAVID McCLELLAND, in the seveuty- fifth year of his axe. Fareral from the residence on Monday, March 2, at 8 o'clock p.m. bd McGILLacuppy. On Thorsday, February 27, 1896, at Y pan. ELLEN, the beloved wife of ay licuddy, at the residence of ber souindaw Gobn Neil), No. 212 Parker street northeast. Notice of funeral in moruing papers. . McGRATH. On February 28, 189%, at 7 am. DENNIS McGRATI, a native of ‘County Clare, parish of Fakle, Ireland. Funeral fron his northeast, at residence. rear 119 Hi st 30 a.m. Monday, March thence t6 St. Aloysius Church, wliere reguie mags will be sald. Mé., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. V.| McKENZIE. At 12 o'clock m. February 29, 1896, Parker, 2014 G street. ALEX. wong = one Serge a the Mrs. L. P. Townsent of Baltimore is vis-|_ int pugrl® Harbin McKenzie, im “his twenty iting her sister, Mrs. F. V. Parker, 2014 G | Notice of funeral hereafter. . street. OBER. On February 29, 1896, at 8:50 a.m., JOIN, The “Comus Euchre Club” was delight-| youngest son of John R, and Mary ©. Ober, 18 fully entertained Tuesday evening by Miss Margaret N. Carter. The first prizes were awarded to'- Dr. N. P. Barnes and Miss Edith Webster, and the second prizes to Mr. Thomas Lee Shelton and Miss David- son. Among those present were the Misses Wrenn, Daniel, Bild, Grace Durfee, Da = son, Ingram, Irwin, Maud R. Durfee, Payne, Webster and Belle Webster, and Messrs. Thomson, Shelton, Ernest Daniel, Balder- ston, Rollow, Heinline, Ragan, Sefton, Put- nan, Fitch, Percy Daniel and Dr. Barnes. Mrs. G. A. Lyon and Mrs. Albert C. Hub- bell will bé home Tuesdays during March from 2 to 5, at 1835 12th street. The Short Story Club met at Wimodaugh- sis parlors Wednesday, February 26. The entertainment began with a charming duet, a Hungarian rhapsodie, by Misses Stilson and Willis. The original work of the even-} ing was-a story by Miss Gertrude Mithing- ton, called ““The Romance of a Typewriter,” and “An Ode to My Mother On Her Kigh- tieth Birthday,” by Dr. Thomas Calver. This venerable lady still makes exquisite lace and embroidery without wearing spec- tacles. Corale recitations followed, and Mrs. Florence Barringer and Miss Julia Rock- well sang. Messrs. Barringer and Wrignt wave a banjo duet. Mrs. Vicklin sang. Mrs. Clifford Howard whistled, and the en- tertainment wound up with a laughing song by Mrs. Faul. Mrs. Thos. L. Tullock will give a talk, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Associa- tion, on “The Land of the Midnight Sun; A Summer's Cruise in Norway, the North Cape and Spitzbergen,” Wednesday evening, March 4, at 7:45 o'clock, at Metropolitan Church, 4% and C streets northwest. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Croissant entertained the Abracadatra Club and their friends on Wednesday evening. The program was an evening with Irving. TRe quotations were from his works, and A. P. Clark, jr., read a life of the popular author. A zither club furrished the music. Mr. Henry of Toledo read from his own works two short stories, which werg well received. Refreshments were served by the hostess. In the ab- sence of the President, Col. Clum, Mrs. A. I. Clark presided. A pleasant gathering was given at the residence of Miss Oliver, 806 2ist street, by the Misses Oliver, Andrews and Jeffers Thursday evening. Music and games were enjoyed to a late hour, when refreshments were served. The table decorations were pink. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Eiker, Mr. and Mrs. W. lL. Oliver, the Misses Oliver, Andrews, Jetfer: Buth Eiker, Cobaugh, Hill, Haney, An- drews, Moxley and Eiker, Messrs. Magru- der, Smith, Alexander, Moxley, Power, Davis, Eiker, Roche, Oliver, Fernandez and Newman. Mr. Leroy H. Van Kirk and his niece, Miss Cora A. Ball of Ithaca, on their way south are guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Z. Wells, No. 1312 V street, for a few days. Mrs. Hearst and guests left for New York the tenth year of his age. Funeral from S13 L street southeast om Mi March 2, at 3 o'clock pao. Relatives invited. ° mda, At 309 New Jersey avenue sontheast, om ry 23, 1806, at 11 p. WIAJAM ED- , Jr. son of Rev, W. E. and Auuie NX. Parson, in his eighteenth year. Services at the house Sunday at 4 p.m. at Hanover, Pa. aturday, February 29, 1896, PRED U late of St. ‘ in the eighty-tifth rear of bis Intermes age. Funeral from the ence of his son-in-law, Wm, 3421 13th st. nw., Monday, March (St. Marty's and Charles cops.) In Memoriam. BICHMAN. In loving remembrance of onr husband and father, MICHAEL BICH MAN, ied one year ago tomorrow, March 1, 1 Gone, but not forgotten, . BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. STY. OHN I, HARDISTY, who died one year ago tomorrow, March 1, 1895, Gone, but not forgotten. dear who In remen*rance of my dear husband, . BY HIS WIPE. SHREVE. In loving remembrance of my dear mother, ELIZABETH A. SHREVE, who died ‘one year ago tomorrow, March 1, 1895, Farewell, deer mother, sweet thy rest, eary ‘with years and worn with pain; = oe that Pappy place shal your face again. Your body when still in the cold, silent groun@ Must hail with delight and with love, Our maceting te fatare ts ell that E-cxare, With God and angels abov ° "BY HER DAUGHTER, MRS. McDONALD. ‘THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Cleveland’s Baking Powder POURS AND SURE