, 1874-01-05
WASHINGTON.
uow 70 Eehave to Your Barons.

from Our Gun Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Dee. 80, 1873,
,,,s. Madeline Ycnton Dahlsren, widow Of the
,4pi.al. wlo is tue only lady amongst ns IN the
.,s.,r .o.,a, walks, to make literature compen-
.,.;op for soltu-,, has puol shed pamphlet
washington etiquette, which has bccu some
1h,t laughed at. but it seems to me to be con-
lived in the prorricties Of both the socisl and
modern official spirit.
pAELCe1yE.
e,o ehows that confusion in socie! life is no
~.-;t erep to EcpubEc; TINT good-brseding is
-. Golden Rule carried into practice and
nsst ccotiem, which is the upsocal element,
ss,ssts in forgetting the just claims of
shors in order to consider ourselves. Wash
:.cton societv, she says, is. principally
s@c;sl and composed Of those who
ssrr,<ent the mechanism Of the State; and q
.,4.jn order is therefore, natural, even when
.ha c1eate1 aud minor parts come into social re-
t..;on.. A reason for some manual of eti-
r7pte ehe alleges to be animotlties in grave
itnrs affecting rs all, often enGendered By
1o;pc, or forgetting to co, something out OF
.n,n or something required. Gen. Washington
.oc,nelIed ratEer rigid etiquette, which con-
t,ued. and gnve higher official life some re-
,-6ct. un,il Gen. Jackson brake down all bar
1crs. aud maintained style OF reception too
rrae aud disordeiIy Tor any private house.
HEAD OF TIE DECK.
, Nrs. Dahl1ren goes to tho Constitution to
berip her social code, Nobody would bs go
boori.h as to refuse the President the first
nrouinenco socially. as well ps officially; and.
shile be may receive all calls, he need return
none, aud still be without offense. He is to be
c,l1ed in addressing him, Mr.. President"
rhetEcr he be Judye or General. His wife
i to be visited irst OF auy society by those ct
minor officials a1d need return no calls. 10
I'll upon the President or his wife in the oren-
ioc, dcmi-toilette. at least, is demanded
In Invitation from the President must be
considered by courtesy ns command,
md ouce accepted, the acceptance must not DO
revoked unless death or extreme illness happen
in your family, when you must carefully explain
hs note. You address tie p1 ceideGt IN writing,
According to Mrs. Dallslcu, as Ills E1cel!cncy,
The President Of the United stntes." You ad-
d,ees 4 Cabinet Minister as s' The Honorable.
The Secretary Of War" You must not abreviate
7our words in such caecs, nor write ''Ptesent "
On tie envelopc,-in the latter case, addressing
eoneth1ne less than the President ''En Vllo.'
NEXT BIGGEST.
You address the Vice President aud Cnicf-Jus-
tce, s.ys Mrs D.:l!eren, "slmply as SUCH" We
presume, then. that VIC should write Henry
wilson. Vice Pre- sident as euch,' or " George
4. Williams, chicf-Juslicc as such. ;" The words
cc..rt E2rt.Dlcah Court. and Court Circle.
Mr.. DahIg,c thinks "a hybrid bnrbaritv."
While she dislikcs Court-nanners, size asserts
taat "Ne have social, aa we'll as political
sulonomy." Great numbers Of persons are no"
IN tea1ch Of autonomy 1t will appear III the
title ct the Ee1t nilliuery-bonnet.
When an incnmten, loEce Office, be becomes
SIMPLY private citizen; but Republican social
ufo and nauEc1s tlculd never wholly lose
jght of tho officials former honor. This will
SLOW trro Republican courtesy IN appleciat1ng
.he east OF tile man and family. as well as their
Old immediate influence. ..
MOVE on WITH THE CEREMONIES.
The .eecond official. socially, Ii tho Chief
Justice. uLon wc I'D lreEs az Mr.. Chief-Jus-
tiee;" aud then come the other Justices, whom
ve address as ':a1r. JUSTICE" 1hen comes
"Ir. vice-president;" next, M. speaker;"
only tic Chiefs ot the Army aud Navy; aud
next the Cablnct-3flnisters. in the following
order: State, Treasury, War, Navy, Post-Odice,
Interior. and Attornoy-General.
10 potion Of Mrs. Dahlgrcns book has made
50 muca hUe aud cry as her elevation Of
6he is t.lica: eued with q burlesque BY GONE Of
the yctuizcd wives Of these great Couscr:pt-
Ea:lers from Arkansas, Oregon, and Florida.
Mrr. D. SAYS tEat, if the Senator's wife holds
that tie Cabinet-Minst wife should make
the first call hecaufe the Senate helps create the
Munster, then the State Senator's wife ought to
lie first Of ell, Tor the State Senator created the
Uuited States Senator. In fact, she says, in
gong back with This kind OF precedence By the
revelse, . U.o Great UnWashed will copper the
State Senator
NAo is The Great Unwasllcd? Is this remark
personal or Lave We an officer with such title ?
The Great Unwashed must be the paaulal mau-
the head uf the heap. Let us have him brought
cat and washed in the Senatorial bathrooms,
and dried CT NTH the yentlltin5 apparatus, and
marched up tle Avenue to jump with Ulysses,
whom nc had ell along suspected to bo
rsa.plr.
nrs. Dahl2ren orders the scnntor's wifo to
esll on the Cabinct-nan's wife. \ disobedance
Of Ills order will require calling-out Of the
militia, anc, in c1tren.ltics, TIC e1cruciatnG
TUE ;zAEsnA1s OF our E,r-nE.
Yrs. sDaLlsreu sGys that Cab.Eet-Ninistet
rife oucht to BE exempted from returning
visits, Or. ut any rate. from dang more tLau re-
turning Lcr card. We presume TINT. If tue vile
I'D neither. it would be made penal matter;
.dairs is called for his talents to fill high pub
lc position, he will prefer to hnre hls
Eie instruct her children aud keep tho
aHrIcity Of her domestic habits: in
s:cad Of! beiog borne away, mig ht aud
day, By silkeu rabble, which lives in tho main
to kl time content, and, ultimately, the char
ac:er Of its favorlte. Que month dGo, Mrs. Will.
nns thought herself the universal delight OF
Ley te1- For them she strained a point aud got
the new landaulet. There we're nole so humtlo
sut she returned their calls. She was not exact
1E IN etiquette, but called on those who wero
cot punctual in tler turn. Her mistake may
veil tie waruiug to tie wives Of future Minis.
sess slo may tako up the New Testament and
iead where it says: Cast not your. pearls bo'o1e
s@ine. fo1 they will turn again and reud YOU.
MIS-. D. thinks that each Cabiuct-Ninlster
oasAt to nEe public hall, and hold one, two,
OF nora ca-d-rcccptious during the season. in
s:ead ad Of having oue's house crowded. at the risk
q q nEesslus down the raftels. we'll remember
tais one hight. ut the old Seward mansion. there
s& 1umos OF the walls cracking, and at that
ane there were probably 500 persous IN tlia;
sesE rheumatic house, which WAS built for the
@8sanoo uses of one family.
=, INTERNATIONAL BREEDING.
Als- D. thinks that tne Foreign Ministers
s:'es ought TO be first called upon by Senators
, ives - as courtesy to tie stranger" IN en-
.nal1mg Foreign Ministers, they should be
e. seesed ACCORDING to the priority OF service At
w Capital. Dinner-lnv!tatiols should be answer
an an Writing im1nc cjiatcly: fno: sooner: Au III