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Show Reception Was Costly. Mrs. Augustus Hcaton, of Washington, Washing-ton, somo time ago changed from tho Eplscopnlcan to tho llomnn Catholic church and by way of celebrntalng tho ovent decided to glvo a rccoption in honor of tho bishop of her diocese. Sho decided, however, that her already famous drawing-room was not sufll-clcntly sufll-clcntly resplendent to servo as a place of reception for tho bishop who was to como and congratulate her. Thcro was yet tlmo In which to mako tho room moro nttractlvo and Mo. Ilea-ton, Ilea-ton, with truo nrtlstlc tasto, had everything taken out of tho room except ex-cept tho old furniture and a few art objects. Thu walls before had been covered with tapestry, but that was not enough for n reception for tho bishop. After much thought sho finally decided on drab silk wall covering. cov-ering. What with this and other ex-tenslvo ex-tenslvo changes In thu room without tho purchase of furnlturo Mrs. Hcaton Hca-ton got rid of $9,000. |