The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
~ .H.gUEEN OF WASHINGTON
SOCIETY.

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Ale following I.s.ing refe.ecc. - ~
beautiful! woman who once .eigneN . ser,
queen IN Washington, We extract from til,
Washington 'ette. ~ Mary Clcmr.e. 10 The
Cinciln NAY eomaisrcia' Of the 25th nit.
Washington il full OF disnlantlcI Houses
Its historic ..bodes. yicl. in "reminiscences -,
fahcG5 men ana women. may be COUNTED ~
| the Hundreds. Thor. il no need TO 20 bac !,
to another generation to note such Since
the beginning OF the war it seem, as if ll. en-.
tire generation had passed through the portals
| OF houses that we know, passed and out Of
| sight foreVor. There is the famous Spracue
house, 1on,S Tie abode az Chief justice
Chase.
! VIVA. Ecnnions ara tetes il saw, through
the war days and afterwards. Sumner, Stan
/ tor, seward, AIIcoln and Chase used 10 dine
Yand discourse the affairs of Stat in that
stately and somber dining-room. Thither
Sumner fastened 10 tell Chase of his appoint
| IneDt to be Chief Justice His exquisite
daughter, made Of esprit, fire and dew, if
ever woman was. poured coffee at the head
Of the table listening in silence. Bus when
Sumner arose 20 depart, she followed him ont
into the hall 20 the front door: then lifting
Ia hand and shaking her slender finger clese
to his face, She aXeIlIedo '.AoU have sold
papa know it,
''Neyer. said Mr. Summer "snaii FOR.
geS the lms III her face, the tone Of her
voice. or the gesture Of that anaero Az she
uttered those words.
What lanqncts she gave IN ehes house
There was reie cioapc't. in June that might
have been revel i'll the gardens Of CASH
mere Sorce fnl&uet in WINTER whcSe o
temporary ballroom covering the entire gar.
"a Iyyl tt1,. Il ,l.,1 Al,
er' alone that decorated it cost over $1,000 |
What morning receptions she gave. standing |
amid her throngs Of worshippers, the very |
embodiment Of ideal grace. Women crti- |
cised her features, nevertheless the t4cs r.. |
i'll sined that she was more beautiful to behold |,
han any who gazed upon her.
Ii ever a woman Was born TO eGlIellish pub
he station that woman is Catherine Chase
Npra8ue. Nevertheless she is an exile from
ia wanderer to-day in Europe. The house
IN which she rei9ned so long as daughter and
wife has passed into the hands of creditors,
md Is already boarding house. About every
>tlit T abe ie in Washington is boarding or a
iwellln8- house, but this one even the demon
II necessity should have spared such fate
Today boIrders and dodgers dwelling about
he saloon whore that queen Of grace once
TODD, point alof. and tell you to behold the
lavoc she made with those slender hands
before she depatted. But in this capital there
; no woman left who can fill her place. or
ppro&ch her in her own type Of personal
oNeiMesS and grace
PerhIp; i! was because Of this fac. tia.
here hay" Al ways been SO many women to
rlilciie and 50 iew to praise her. They were
crpetually finding tlult with ey rytling i
bout her from the tip of her nose to her
acl, Of heart. and, above all, with her Sd
RENE indifference to themselves. In her
ter devotion to her children she proved that
be has at least mother heart, which no !
al Of fashion or prompting Of ambition ever
smpted from its loving cares. To any SIN
ont and lover OF human nature she must,
hide she lives, be an object of the deepest q
l'ere3t, not only because Of her superlatIye |
race. the rare spell Of her face, her socials
but because Of the rare capacities
I'D possibilities of her nature