National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-09
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
THE LATE WEDDING AT ST. JOHNS
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SOCIETY
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THE LATE WEDDING AT ST. JOHNS
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SOCIETY
PEOPLE.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune gos
sips as follows concerning recent wedding at
st. Johns church in this city, and other matters:
Last Saturday there was lovely wedding at st.
Johns church in this city, and on the same day
select party OF about seventy-fve people went to
Mt Vernon. There are queer stories told about
the excursion, Mrs Grundy saying that it was
made on that day to avenge the unlimited navy
people to the navy wedding" So many people
felt themselves specially aggrieved at not being
'.bidden to the FEAST that they sought solaee for
their grief at the Tomb Of the Immortal George.
The wedding was that Of a granddaughter Of the
late Hon. Edward Everett (Miss Wise) with
Jacob d. Miller, an engineer in the United
States navy. Miss Wise was not pretty, but
bright, fresh-lOoking girl, tribe blue" but
Wfthal popular in the particular clique to which
she belonged. Last winter, in connection with
Mr.. Severance, assistant librarian at the Capt.
toll, she wrote serial called Tom Halliburton"
in which
wAsHINGToN's SOCIAL WORLD
was, as society, rather sDubbed, while their
charmed circle stood alOOl and eyed the "mob"-
for by that name she designated society" Mem
bers of Congress were spoken OF as part Of the
'.mob " which, considering the relations of Mr..
Severance to that mob, was, to say the least in
bad taste The novel appeared in Old and NeU,
was handled by critics, some with gloyed and
others with unglOved fingers. The wedding re-
ception was attended by the high aristOcrscy-
the Freemans, Frelinghuysens, Eishs, Ro6esons,
RathbOnes, Parks, Cults and others, while the
Mt. Vernon party counted Col. and Mrs. Fred
Grant, with Rdmirals generals and others. The
affair has OccasiOned much talk, but for my own
part think it very hard case thata lady count;
ing as acQuantances 600, or 700, 900 people, and
as intimate friends 100 or 200, is not permitted,
without mourning some censure to bid acquaint-
ances TO the church and friends to the house, and
yet such is the case in this city, famous for its
TOUfS and dinners, receptions and Germans. Here
people are like wild
BEASTS OF PREY
when invitations are being distributed; last win
ter knew several who after composing friend
and foe TO obtain an invite TO Mrs. Belknap's went
to bed i'll over their failure. There old dOWagers,
whose fat necks ought to be covered, and whose
pudEy hands should be clRsped in prayers for
good death" and whose thoughts ought TO be
given to the future, lying beyond that dark
river" of which we all hear, are engaged night
after night, dashing from the west end to the
navy yard, and from the arsenal to the northern
boundary, attending Germans or receptions. and
from u 70 each day sowing broadcast, PACK al
ter pack, Of cards Here ladies never order one
or two packs Of cards engraved, but buy them By
THE DOZEN PACKS,
and transport them in their carriages in large
waste baskets, furnished with compartments.
Here was interrupted by the entrance
OF a servant, bearing on a waiter tiye cards. Gan
/ better illustrate this absurdity than by giving
them TO you. using, OF COURSE, auOIutE uaulG'
ssMr and Mrs SquibObs;'' on another, Mrs. ].
X. Squitobs;" a third, "Mr. J. K: Squibobs;"
fourth. Mrs. J. X. SquibObs," Miss Squi6obs,"
and a ffth, THE Misses SquIbobs." On going to
my cosy parlOr, turning over in my mind what
can properly find in my poor, tired brain to bring
forth fer the entertainment Of the ive or seven
Squibobs, am agreeably surprised to ind only
Mrs. J. X SquibObs,' - who is doing the visiting
for the family. After fifteen minutes spent in dis
cussing our neighbOrs she lett, and peePed
through my curtains and saw Mrs SquibObs step
into her carriage; on the back seat she sinks
amid her folds OF shesny silk and rare lace; on
the front seat is the huge basket topping over
with cards.
CAED-PEDDLING.
AprOpos: When L. ID. Morgan, OF New York,
was here as Senator, some one asked his wife how
she enjoyed Washington society.
Not at ALL replied she, ''ail do, from morn
ibr Ill night, is to peddle cards and go until
am exhauSted, and every evening, on returning
home find AZ many more people have peddlei
their cards. This p6adling Of cards belongs to
Washington alone" ..,-
WASHINGTON custom or ''card-peddI.icS:"