The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

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ciety. But it is true that she, with all
her orthordoz scruples, received Mad
am Catacazy. 5...g lrf 5.r,
BACK TO WASHINGTON, AS MINISTER.
In 1865 Mr.. Constantine de Catacazy
was appointed 10y Car Alexandergas
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States.
Accompanied by his wife, he arrived
on the Vile dc Paris, and proceeded at
once to Washington relieving Baron
Stockl. a@4 i5tt#j
He was received everywhere i'm off.
cial circles with great friendship, his
beautiful wife sharing in all the honols
of her husband. l myself have seen
them together at President Johnson's,
and also at Secretary Stewards.
RECEIVED IN .NEW YORK. ~
Mrs. James, Brooks threw New York
society INTO an excitement by giving
Madame Catacazy aJreception at her
beautiful residence on Fifth Avenue,
near Thirty fourth street, last autumn.
Here she was greeted by the best blood
of the metropolis. Mrs. Judge Roose-
welt, who had been presented to the
Court of st. James, with Lady Ousely
were there, and they We'd with Mrs.
Roberts, Mrs. Blodgett, Mrs. Stevens,
Mrs. Whitney, Mis-. Vanderbilt and
Mrs. Stewart, in polite welcoming and
henedictions to the fair representative
of the nation which stood by the gov
ernment during terrible war, and
carried our beloved Tariagut in her
arms from st. Petersburg TO Moscow
drinking the health of our saved re-
public in every town in Russia. Mrs.
Goulnser, the gifted singer of st.
Thomas Church, sang song Of wei:
come to her, and the fair face of the
| Ambassadors wife was too happy for
utterancc.
Madame Catacazy's beauty was the
theme of newspaper writers, and the
gossip OF the West End. Her parlors
Oh Franklin Square were thronged on
reception days with West aristocratic
residents and sojourners of the capital.
They had been in Washington but a
few days, when they rode over to Bla-
deusburg to see the beautiful vineclad
cottage, where years before she had
SPENT so many happy hours. Every
nook Was examined, and, rs the enthu
siastic wife recollected the hours OF
love aud confidence she had spent
there, she said she would be happy in
deed to live there again. Frf
Plucling Il bouquet from the little
yard, as beautiful to her as was Claude's
Alpine home, she rode back to Wash
ington but not before some old Ba-
densburg Mrs. Grundy had recognized
the old sweetheart love Of the Russian
Secretary.
! She reported the fact to the qaid.
anncs of Washington.
SOCIAL OBSTRUCTION MEDITATED.
The hereditary Washington gossips
now set to work-those ancient female
military and naval barnacles who live
in the West End boarding houses, veal
long black dresses, aud subsist on Cos
sip about what Miss Lane and Mr.
Buchanan used to do. They talk abou
Captain Mcclellan and Colonel Lee
and only aspire to marry daughters tt
higher titles than Lieutenants ant
Captains in the army. They dom
know that Captains and Lieutenant
never get above Blocker street in thu
exclusive society OF the metropolis
Well, this set, who hutter around th'
CAROLS, and Riggses, and Corcorans
began to breathe mildew upon the tii
| fame of the beautiful wife of the Rus
] sian Minister.
: Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Fish, who lla,
received more than once, and who iiat
e more than once been the recipient o
+ her warm Russian courtesy, were ia
ken i'll tow. aaab
s at is dreadful ~ said one.
p "Perfectly hotriblem exclaimed an
: other, with her hands out like
G great V. IEI f8IM F5I#
n "You ought not to receive her." sal
II all these female West End luciters a
: once. ats aniusult to send lierifere.
: AS if she who had been honored ut til
: Russian Court-she who had been kiss
e ed in the Imperial white room of 81
George by the Gamma and 'Dagma
and Grand Duke Constantine, ,conl
/ soil the characters Of y few sossipin
II Washington West Enders, who becom
7 self appointed boarding honse guai
1, dams of the national honor. S->- ''''.
is Yes, women were at the bottom
% it. Just as they have been ut the bottol
of more than one White House squat
Il bile, from Mrs. Eaton down to Kat
ie Sprague and Mrs. Lincoln.E oGIA'
s, THE WEST END ANGLES -ACcoMPLIs
+ ~ ~ TnlAE OBJECT.
lie The gossip carried the day, and I
the dinner given to the "Joint Hie
Commissioner Mrs. Fish opened I'll
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