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Mrs Robert Hinckley -was hostess yesterday afternoon at one of the largest teas of the season, the occasion marking the formal opening of the new addition to her home, In Sixteenth street.Mrs. Hinckley, who received In the first drawing-room, wore a handsome Kown of brown silk, brocaded in bow knots in cream tones, trimmed in heavy lace, with strappings of black velvet, Miss Gladys Hinckley, the pretty young daughter of the house, who is still at school, rtood near her mother, wearing a pretty gown of white, with blue silk girdleIn the second drawSng-roora punch was aerved by Mrs Edward Simpson, who wore a becoming gown of French blue ■voile, w»th yoke of heavy cream lacc Miss Laura Jackson, wearing a gown of white voile, with touches of light blue, served Joes. The spacious dining-room, which forms the principal part of the , addition, presented a brilliant scene. .The woodwork is of polished oak and jthe walls are hung with rich green tapestry. The heavy gold mirrors were brought from the old home, in Baltimore, of Mrs Hinckley’s mother, Mrs Columbus O'Donnell. At one of the handsomely sap pointed table Mrs. Dulaney Hunter presided, wearing a gown of white crepe fde chine, with applique bow knots of iwbite silk, At the other end, Mrs. {Fahanestock poured chocolate. Mrs. I Fahnestock’s gown of black and white Jellk tissue, over white silk, with Inserts bof black lace and a bertfia effect of 1 flowered gauze was unusually effective land becoming. Her jewels were dia-mouda-Others receiving were Mrs. Bulmer, ~ Stas sell, Miss Woodhnll, MrsMiss Laura Welle, MiesMolly Dodge, and Mies Casaels.
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Dec 16, 1906
Page 27
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