The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-03-06
OUR WASH lNeTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 9sth, 1877

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 2Sth, 1877.
suppose there is little doubt in the
minds of the people concerning the Presi-
dency. Hayes is everywhere spoken of as
the President-elect, the Cabinet slate hav-
ing been several times remodled for him,
but he himself is silent on the subject
His ideas, and those of his family, how
ever, are quite manifest from the fact that
Mrs. Hayes is now i'll Cincinnati having
her inaugural costume prepared by the
leading firm of that city. Your lady read
ers will, of course, be interested in the de-
tails of that preparation and for their ben
eft, give it as an extract from to-day's
critic.
"The inaugural dress will be of elegant
black silk, cut 'princesse' in style, and will
be high in the throat with long sleeves, and,
of course, full train. 1t will be trimmed
with black velvet, blue satin and Valen-
ciennes lace and although rich and ele-
giant, is pronounced very plain. 1t costs
$500. The evening or reception dress,
will be of quaker gray, with corsage waist,
square neck, demi- sleeves and full train. -
1t is to be trimmed with Valenciennes lace,
fringe and flowers, and will cost $780,
The morning dress will be of blue cash
mere, handsomely trimmed with silk of
same shade, with fringe to match, with
demi-train and 'princesse polonaise. The
duty of taking charge of the removal of
the Governors family to Washington has
been assigned TO Colonel Lou Wier, of
Cincinnati, a member of the Governors
staff, who is now busily engaged in COM
pleting the arrangements"
Much has been written and said about
the accommodations of the four men,
Wells, Anderson, Casenave and Kenner,
members of the Louisiana Returning
Board, who are spending this month in
the custody of the Sergeant alarms of the
House of Representatives at the Capitol
They may be seen any afternoon now
about five o'clock, when the congressman
have gone home to dinner, sitting quietly
around one of the restaurant tables in the
House wing basement of the Capitol dis
cussing, with apparent relish, as good and
we'll prepared dinner as can be found at
any hotel. Three of them are very Or
dinary looking men might pass for
butchers or bakers or candlestick makers,
but the other Anderson, is a tall fine
looking man of the military type. He aud
Wells occupy room with nicely carpeted
floor, containing two black walnut bed
steads, tables, chairs, and writing conve-
nences, and although neither as light as
the Senate Chamber nor as airy as the
hOihO3 10 ioi itOih bCihB uh
lodging The restraint upon them all is
very slight and they are allowed to ride
out whenever they choose to do so.
Lent does not appear to do away with all
festivities 10 Washington, though the
"Gay Season" proper, came to close a
fortnight ago. Last week people were
very pleasantly entertained by an eau
thor's Carnival" given at Masonic Temple
on four successive evenings. The principal
representations were Burns Cottage, the
inmates of which were all in Highland
costume Whittier's "Snow Bound" home
and MAUD Muller; !" Moore's "Lalla
Rookh" with the veiled prophet and peri ;
TenDyson's "Dream of Fair Women" and
MAY Queen" Peggotty's boat from
Dickens "David Coppe:field !" Shakes
neare.; Alladin's Cave and Fairy Grotto.
But the most attractive of all was the most
real. A sculptor's studio wherein sat Vim
ME Ream, modelling portrait busts in clay. 4.
Chief Justice Waite sat to her the first
evening and her deft little hands nodded
his striking features into recognizable
shape in two or three hours. She will
doubtless finish the bust and have it put
into marble.
On Wednesday last very distinguished
company attended reception given by
Professor and Mrs. Henry of the Smith
sonian Institude. Their companies arc
always most agreeable, and among the
gusts on Wednesday were Mrs. and Miss
Fish, Secretary and Mrs. Chandler, Lady
Thornton, General Sherman, Professor
Baird, General and Mrs. Hunter and a
young lady relative of theirs, Miss Rush of
Philadelphia. She is the daughter of DIR.
Richard Rush, who was sent to England
TO receive the rich legacy of Smithson
with which the institution named for him
was founded.
Clara Louise Kellogg sings in Opera here
four evenings this week and our musical
world is wild over the prospect of so rich a
treat. On the first evening she appears
in +" Star of the North" second. . The
Flying Dutchman," third, Faust and
fourth, "Il Travatore."