Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06

Secretary cf War.
Society. etc.
Hrs. DahlGrcn and her daughter. Madame
Won Overlook, held a large reception ycster-
day.
Mrs. Fitzgerald Beale and daughters also
received. There was crowd Of young peo-
PIE VINO paid party call after the delightful
entertainment given last week.
-EX-Scrretary and Mrs. BOrie arrived at
the White House on Monday evening To pay
the President and Mrs. Grant a visit There
Wcr" many pleasant persons gathered there
that evening 10 welcome Dir. and Mrs. BOria
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Fish
have issued invitations for a reception Fri
day evening, January sth.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Captain Woo /
hull gave a lunch. The afternoon was devoted
by the young people to dancing.
The engagement of Miss Helen Adds to
Dir. LathrOp is announced.
-Hr. George Lovett, formerly of Kalo-
rama, is shortly To wed the daughter of Al
miral BOggs. The marriage is to take placs
in New York.
Invitations are out FOR the marriage of
pr. Barnes, son of the Surgeon General. to
Miss Hattie Chew. The marriage will tax.
place at the Epiphany Church.
At the State dinner AT the Executive
Man sion last night there were present b.
sides the President and Mrs Grant. the fol
lowing guests: Chief Justice and Mrs. Wait.
Mir. justice and Mrs. Clifford. Nr Juetic,
SWayne. Mr. Justice and Mrs Miller Nr
Justice and Mrs. Davis Mr.. Justice ana Mr.,
Field. Iir. Justice and Mrs. Strong Mr. Jus
tiCc Bradley. Dir. Justice Hunt Senator an
Mrs HaGcr, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman X RqS,
senator Harvey, hr. and Mrs. B0rie Miss
BOr1e and Miss Leach, Gen. and Mrs BatI.
Senator and Mrs. Edmunds. senator ant
Mrs. trcliuShuysen, Colonel and Mrs Fred
Grant.
The Schiller Club had an interesting en-
feriainment last night at The house OF one o.
the members; Prot. Bcrkau presiding.
- This is the cynical view of society at tn,
capital, taken by .'Cr.,' the observing CORE =
pOndent of the Pittsburg Le0ier:
The society season here is very well TAX
the whole business, down To the very drrgS o.
that first round, and you viii find scare. a-,v
thing but enjoyment. That is to say, il vo.t
are fuil OF the vinegar Of youth, have go,i
looks, good clothes, and can dance. With tni.
stock In trade, II you are a young man, YOU
may embrace all the beauties that are out
in the social waltz, and make love To every
pair of pretty eyes YOU meet, with the car
taunty OF "a response up To Il certain limit.
Beyond this certain limit il is not well to 20
unless you have wcll-StufIcd bank-ac-
the dress-paradc Of society are for sale, ana
are only TO be had By the highest bidder"
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut James w. Car
and ordered to the Brooklyn: Lieut. Thornls
{. Terrell, from the receiving ship New
Hampshire and ordered TO the Brooklyn.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE WEST PARK or
THE CAPITOL.-Mr. Fred. Law OImstaa
this morning placed in the committee room
OF the Committee on Public Grounds al
buildings the very beautiful designs for Ia
Improvement of the west park of the CAPITOL.
BY these plans ii iscOntemplated toextend In
library pOrticO forty feet out from it's prescu-
position, so as TO give room to the library
without neceSsitatng its removal The pra,-
ent earth terrace is replaced by q grand mar
bic terrace, extending out fifty feet furtha..
than the present one, and affOrlng Il magnifi
cent NIFTY feet terrace promenade around the
building. Approaching from the aVenu.
there Will be "a grand double staircase, of ell
CANT design, SurmOunted by magnificent
lamppcSts with branching lamps. On the top
plateau there will be a handsome fountain
and the old fish pond will become q thing OF
the past The height of the marble terrace
will he seventeen feet. The de ,igns are beau
tlfuily executed, and seem to fully supply all
the existing wants towards the symmetrical
arrangement of the approaches and surround
ings Of our national capitol.
GOVERNOR TILDEN'S message to the New
York legislature says that the debt at the
close of the fiscal year, September so, was
slt ,4Sl GOO, showing reduction during the
year OF SO ,699, 900. He recommends careful
legislation for the punishment of fraud and
malveTsatiOn of public officials, the present
" ONihe tO JflS DtttlS DI
Ihe community. He takes strong ground i'm
favor Of local self-government. Upon the
question of the resumption of specie pay
ment, he says il is quite clear that the prob
lem ought TO be worked out without costing
the country anything like such disturbances
in the business and industries as the opera
tons or the federal government during the
last ten years have repeatedly created OF
the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth
amendments to the constitution he saws:
These amendments have been conclusively
adopted, and they have been accepted in good
falth by all political organizations and the
ter; they are and must be final. All the par
ties must hereafter accept and stand upon
them, and henccfOrth our politics are to turn
upon the questions of the present and the
future not upon those OF the settled and final
past"