Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-31
HOUSEHOLD GOODS. 3
Madame Garcia's Home,


Sale ut An Euvsy's RssIdenoo-spIrItsd
BiddinE and Good Prices.
There was q very large attendance, yesterday,
at the late residence Of Senior Don Manuel Ra.
fael Garcia, envoy extraordinary and minister
plonipoteutiRry to this Government from the
Argentine republic, to witness the auction
sale announced to take place by Messrs.
Green n " illiAms For long time past Senior
Garoia'I home, 0l2 street. has been In high
repute for its elegant and generous hospitality,
and for the splendid receptions given TO the dip
lomatic, Official and fashionable world by Mad
anne Garcia, who, ever since her residence In
Washington, has been recognized as one Of tho
leading queens Of society. Madame Garcia,
however, has been especially popular with young
she has taken unusual palms to please. She
| Ia stTikingly beautiful person, and her praises
have been most harmoniously sung BY all the
| "Olivlas," "Miss gtundys" and other gushing
aud incompetent writer's, who, under the In
| nuenoe Of "Monopole," have sought 10 impress
country people that she 10 the handsomost wo.
man In tho world, while tho truth IT, she y
simply superb and grand. with rare, good aud
catholic taste, she had furnished her house with
rich aud durable furniture, and IN proof that
| the Qaruihs never intended that
THEIR FRmHDB SHOULD 90 DRY, -,
| there were sold at good prices twenty-four
| hook glasses, twenty-one champagne glasses,
tESnty-one BofdeSuT, foartser punch and four.
i
Last winter wO saw those pretty glasses In
| tho hands OF many a welldressed man and
woman, aud often wondered how u was that
they could 50 frequently and sereRoly SEQ them
empty. But they knew the wine cellars Of the
| Don were iuoxhaustiblo, and that IN the wine he
furnished headache was not an element. Be
| sldAs the wine glasses there were twenty-five
coffee cups, lArlequln style,) and native Of
South America like Garcia cannot DO cheated
in his coffee, and one cup Of 4 was quite sum
Client to overcome oil the devlltry Of the wine
cellar
BeIknsp's, WIlllams' and sir Edwards has
Count Zanini, Pay Director Cunningham, Gap.
tain Balch, Major Slack, Chief Constructor
tow, Mr. Justices Bradley, Miller and Davis,
Baron Chas. Lederer, Senator Don Antonio
| Flores, JuRol ATinoTi Mori, Col. Don Manue
Freyte, and hundreds more We might name, hay
| lighted salons Of MADAME Garcia and relapse'
Into forgetfulnoss Of trouble over y cup OF coffee
out Of those "Arieguln.stylon coffee cups th9'
have now found their way under the auctloncor'
hammer into the cupboard Of plain Mrs. -,
Even our lnduratod soul, accustomed to all
manner q trouble Css little touched whoI
grained in blue and gold, one hundred and soy
enty nine pieces, was offered for sale. II was
knocked down TO stranger for s2oS-cheap a
dirt. BY all the gods at once, Is this TO be tn
ond Of getting something handsome into one't
house? We had seen fresh salmon and pheAs
ants and brains Of peacock served up 90 thos,
| now they may adorn boarding house table, an
have goldfish balls and trlpe greasing their beau
! titul flowers. And this sacrifice Just because
these excellent people want to spend SIX month
In Europa very slow and ordinary place com
pared With America. And then away went a
MAGNIFICENT CENTRE PIECE
| in French silver, crystal dishes, dorio cOlum
} and cha ms for $3.50, and this was followed by
superb tea service, embossed silver, (Bene
yOhuto COllIlI style, for so, and in rapid sue
oesslon tho silver cake baskets, round walters
square plateAus and casters found their way
. new homes and new owners. A bronEed Ret
T Nuisance clock commanded ESQ, That clock ha
marked the time for all the waltzlng bellies !
Washington, and It's radiant face seemed
grow pale ct the bare thought Of being tran
i0rrOd 10 n bachelors lott,
Next, q bracket and vase brought 80, and
walnut frame lounge, upholstered in blue an
I rose bushes brought t2s and as, Three chrome
! Of Swiss lake,, Zurich, Lucerno and Quatl
| cant0us, brought $40 each, and ehrou
OF Raphael's, Madonna DelETan Duec
framed In gold, was sold for els .
| and the chrome, the "Kiss u BacniO," realize
{ go To the MAdAme's pocket; that will get goC
breakfast for the family in Paris. Rangir
s all the way from 81, Is to 10 were sold volum,
| OF Nuillemln Le Olel, Los Saints Eyangelel
. OeuvFes do OOrneillo, Paul ct Ylrginio, l.
Arts au MOyen, &c. And then came the Japal
ESQ boxes, game and jewel boxes. A beautll
marble box Ornamental with gilt sold for son
| and an ordinary wood box, worth 70 cents pc
/ | haps, sold for IS. Heavy dnmRsk curtains 80
| for t2l per pair but II would tire our readers
| 30 through tho whole catalogue. Tho pric
ETeallEed were quito favorable, and the tact az
I skill Of Williams as an auctioneer were nov
. more apparent