The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-05
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Society on the Half Shell.

We present below few society notes fresh
from the Capital, and pen Of an impscunious
reporter, whose good clothes not arriving on
the same train thai he did, necessitated his
mingling with the skim-milk rather than the
creme de la creme of Washington society:
Miss Ella 2. will not appear in society again
~ 0utli tne character of the cutaneous erlptions
mned ioVely countenance are fully deter
Alexander II. will receive i, iaij for the
n. neA. thirty days, owing to his lack of iudg-
menI IN entering hen roots fbot co1toi1
watchdogs. ioo''s lnat contain
Dur During the absence of Rear Admiral r.
family from the city, his acconniia,iaa d
lions, the Misses Snickerfritz viii oiUa scui-
~ kitchen soirees to their LARGE c;rn,S n,Sns ~
friends. circle OF
The recent rise in the price of carmine s,,,
| GERS and rouge boxes has caused a naiana..
to overspread the ladies who are stopping in
| the sky parlors of the city hotels, which will
| not disappear soon.
| Miss Kathleen Spelter and Jacob Eveskev-
| speel will be married next week, or sooner
| if the police can lay their hands on the reca2.
citrant Jacob long enough to bring him to the
scratch. No cards allowed.
Miss Emma B., who has been suffering
from fish bone in her throat for the past
several weeks, has so far recovered as to at
tend the charming mackerel lunches fur
nished by Mrs. K, every Monday afiSr-
noon. -..
Mrs. Blissfeld, wife of the first assistant
blue ruin ierker in the - saloon, will not
receive this week, owing to an accident in
the family, she having swallowed her knife
while eating pie at Mrs. H-'s levee and
soirec sdndwich.
The Hon. Billiam Rusty, who recently re-
signed the position of secretary of the interior
OF ten cent clam shop on II street, cont' M
plates water trip early in the spring on the
canal, and viii spend the summer in Hcbtk-
en-, N. ].
The beautiful Miss Arsthusa Priggins, who
had the misfortune to run an Umbrella in her
eye at the last matinee, will not lose her
sight, and the Young gentleman who ordered
a g,ass eye for her nom New York can sell
the same for what it will bring.
The gentlemen who picked up set Of la
dies upper teeth, at the reception of Speaker
B, last Friday evening, is requested to
leave them at number - Penn avenue, as
the loser-until she gets her teeth in again.
The ladies Of Sniggletritzs hotel give an
informal hop, every Thursday evening, in the
dini ig-room. Tickets will be sold at all the
news stands, saloons and restaurants, so that
the proprietor of the house can vouch for tie
respectability OF all who attend.
Our reporter returns thanks to the charm
ing Mrs. b. and her beautiful daughter, for
their kindness in allowing him to stand be-
hind the dining room door, and catch little
gossip, and afterwards giving him permission
to clear off the lunch table after the reception
last night.
Mrs. r. s. Majllton, owing 10 the inability
of her husband to raise any more money on
his note, will be obliged to forego her weekly
sblow-outs, on Grand avenue. and will re-
ceive few boarders, and do a little laundry
work at reasonable rates. during the balance
of the season.
Gentlemen with cork limbs are politely re-
quested to oil their knee joints, and see that
their fastenings are all secure, before joining
the walters at the - hotel hops. BY this
care tie sad scenes of last Saturday night
may be avoided, where human being lost
leg, and three young ladies were made to
faint.
Mrs. Joness weekly reception, which was
omitted last week owing to the fact that the
parlor carpet aud chairs were in pawn, will
be resumed this week and continue as usual
Gentlemen need not throw out their t1bacco,
as sawdust dlspadors have been placed at such
points as the guests will be apt to stumble
over them, Psi.
1t Is rumored that De Snooks, the premier
boot black to the Abyssinian minister, will
shortly lead to the altar (by the earl Miss Eva
Brabant, the champion bosom polisher OF the
steam laundry, The nuptials will be kept
very quiet, as there are a dozen gentlemen
after this Young lady, who is whimsical as a
live shrimp on 4 griddle.
Mrs. Smith, the estimable lady of tie
gentleuan who attends to the stables of SEN
ator s., did not receive Yesterday, owing to
the fact that she upset hot stove lid on her
foot yesterday, while engaged in cooking one
of those billed dejuners for which she is so
celebrated. DIR. s. informs us that she will
be able to get around on one leg in few
days.
Mrs.L0. Gsormandizer. assisted BY her
daughter Susan and Miss Hobsop fher cuestl
win be at home eyery Sundey afternoon 10
| callers at 2O6(,1 o street ltry back door if
| frnnt Is locked i We take Measure In stating
that This ladv has f,llv recovered from the
efTscts Of her last clam simmer at which sbs
had tbe m;Sfort,ne 10 r.,rt,ro |. ,..ir ~ doI.
in arsatn ..,o hnso-n - IaS lie ss;.las r.