, 1876-05-25

N'NAAS AA@@HAoAo' AAtA-fS7 VANITY
FAIR.
tstV<4a! Correspondence 7f The Ttttust.
WASHINGTON, u. t., May .l.-Socirty has n
champion at last! That yivaeioua aud most
agreeable Of female writer's, Ht;ail HunIlton,''
has most readable article in the June number
of tlc Gdfary OIL "Thc Display Of Washington
Society,"" She should know utout 1t. For sev.
erefal winters past she has been al Inmate Of
the fasnily Of c1-Speakcr BluIne, and She has
insisted Il believe that is the wurd) ut ,,o end
Ut hreakfast parties, ialles' lunccs, swell din
ncrs, receptions, rart!ea, ard balls. And it Is
pleasant to see that slc enjoys the Illusion,
wttic younger sisters grieyc because they aitl
that their dolls arc stuffed with sawtlust.
THIS Defense OF VANITY FAIR,
ff, However, rather laborcd. For example, sic
justitcs one Of Mrs. Belkna1's most stunning
costumes s'y quoting from the Old Testament !,
description of the High Priests sainent mud
regali:t, Which Moses Was ordered By Divine
command IL hare male for Aaron. As an offset
to t!e Williams landaulct, SUPPOSE, she re-
aHe, and Narhinstotl'r order on his Londu1 tuilur
for suit o. clothes IL 9uuted to shuw tha, $. the
when he set II foreign dresr example TO hi. dnugh. :.
ters. wh'ch should prompt them 10 order thrir
go"ns run Paris She even goes on 10 declare TINT
pctse hospitality with. aud tp maintain n state
creditable t" the natpn, .'ls truly contributing
ht' suhriunce to patriotism ~ If he rarc h4 hands
Sanitary Commission"
TIN. DAsGEnous DOCTRINE,
20 unblnfhlnsly "vowe'i. s what ha+ done 80 s,uch
to thfpwfcck rrputatons here Ut late. The main.
tAtnancc Of state Credluble 10 the natInn' las
ttfSsaccd one tuhiutt officer. ha. eoilc tho repu-
u,cnt. las Invaded the Presidents household AT,
has made hune.t Republicans lang tlcIr heads Wit!
fhane. Il IL trnc shat the writer udds that no oil
lkf1r1 4f1H
csly gained money to .nrct, but 1t is difficult II
ftap rh.tt when this point as been reached. II |,
~Fo ", n TIL. s,,s ;o dstsn! TIC
display Of Washington eorlsty," and 1t |. to be
ho1cd TINT the next President, Of whatever purity
prodiga1!ty Of Mount Vcrnun-bat tic simniicIty
which prevailed here. under Jefferson. Munroc.
Madison, and john Quincy Adams. This viii in
temptation ~ wrong tloIns tlun thc wlilrled sc,.-
uichre defended BY ''Gaff Hamilton"
A VIRGINIA Ruin.
Speaking Of G. W, visited, when last nn a
tonlin. excursion dawn the Potomac. the site Of
Hclyoir," The psincciy estate of the Fairfax fam
n,.,, ,ly when !ounE Geo'Ss u.e1 to visit s eide.
Washington. It will BE- :. ncmtrrci. MARRIED. a
Mtss Fairfax, and 1t WAS III The spacious hall. Of
e!,ol5" that M the yqune and ;urssy9r .who h;d
colonial society. 10 acquire TINT polish Of manner
TOR which he waf in after life 20 noted. The man.
sion was destroyed by fire. yrasa ago. and It's unce
beautiful gardens haSe been couyrrtcd in,o tfavc-
hnd: yet the fire and the plow- share have not brpn
ale to oh,teratc all TRACES nf the former gradcar
tcntpturcd aE1norlAl bearings sadly defaccd. rune
struggling shsnbbeEy. Il few old nipple .trce. and
"A rose q tue Wilderness lcttt on lts stalk,
To mark where garden flal bteu."
1885,. TIE t1iApr.THEgs
which hare been planted here year after year sine
Iegcrson'x time. ind which i,ayu Received "a UlU
additions within the past Eve years. give Wash.
tnE,un very beautiful appearance. they are ar.
saytL In thrir new FeFnAI tivcyiry Turn We l!Aye