, 1877-12-09

IhE COMING FASHIONABLE CAMPAIGN
J. Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WAsuISGToN. D. c., Dec 5-socicty is doinf,
Its best to get into prcsentablc shape for tho
coming campaign. Everything indicates an IN.
usually brilliant winter. 4 few news>1tcns in
the way OF weddings, receptions, mud otaer
sfano cfushes," come to us like advance gusts
OF coming storm. OF course tho White House
Is the centre OF social attraction and Its little
gatnerlngs are events Of more than ordinary
Importance. One of the most delightful eyen-
1ngs at this charming old mansion was on the
OCCASION OF Miss Thursby's impromptu concert
IN the Ked Room on Wednesday evening. Be-
sides the President and Mrs. Hayes. there
were present the Vice-Prestdent, Secreta-
| r. scharz and his charming daughter,
Cows. Denison and Cook, Senator Hill, Mrs.
ahcrman, Col and Mrs. Casey, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Rogers, and other prominent society and noliti-
cal people. I did not have the good fortune to
hear this lady sing, she having left before nv
arrival, but some OF the correspondents evident
" did. aud much seeing has made them Gu
thuslastic, as the following from one Of the
city papers will Indicate:
Her lovely winning face, and arch comp1aisance
OF 1nannce and ABOVE all her tuncfn throat sweet
US the flute OF Already, whose every note seems to
v'e toe ast IN perfection, and every word sdcs
10 at the car dissolred In some melodious cadence
{Lfqud notes evidently. Every note rings out
iEe the vibration OF crystal vase and the last
gets its inst and perfect value, faiine from % her
lips nawless pear Of sound. She sings ns tic
birds DO Mt sns deht IL IR,1 the SSR r
will ls!eslstiby draw the hearts Of her AUDIENCES
everywhere, as the white and wonderful maid in
the Wizard MerlinFs story did, and the whole
country VIII delight to do her honor.
The criticism OF 'sgush ,, is scarcely profitable
to either performer or critic. and Just here let
inc make depression, and
ASK FOR INFORMATION. |
9een bg par TO 4 that a,5 n 9stse is
whether by gentleman or lady. It you'd |
scarcely do to say Of the correspondent fIeu |
wrote it, while to Use either the masculine OF
feminine p5onoun might be incorrect,-what is
strnct q term suitable for either, or coInpre-
hending both! TIC status Of such expression |
is is about as difficult to fix IS that Of Dr. Mary
Walker.
By The way, quite an amusing rumor is roing
about the city. 1t is said that the Doctor. dis
satisfied with her local habitation, did one day
set out in search of q boarding~plac and was
seen seen By some interested friends pulling bell
evidently some peeping through the blinds, and
'he boardlng- house keepers were little reIuc-.
ant to face the retloubtablo Mary. At length,
n DESPAIR, she sat down upon one of the seats |
t9e oark near ~, raised her paEasol to screen
ried "just like little man, By anl
y, she had her crJ out," and With q ,
ed nose and swollen eyes, but the same firm.
etcrmlned step, and the same nobbY switch to =
he little cane, she started again on the same
rrand.
have made
4 DISCOVERY OF REMARKABLE IMPORTANCE 7
lille dining the other day at one Of our fash
nab1e restaurants, was SO fortunate Us to T
scover the long-looked-for, much-speculatefl- c
'out missing link" MANY philosophers have
ssfzed this, and have died without the sight. =,
ut no one need miss the view Of this marvel. | 1
the inqulring mimi thirsts for knowledge up- y,
! this subject, let 1t wanlerto any place where ~
stenance for declining nature is furnished, | A
IL he viii pine for information no longer
le conduct OF men, and women, too, at table, / Il
III their maner OF pressing through a crowd,
proof OF the Darwinian theory strong enough r
set aside forever the doubts Of the most OBJ oi
rate lnbeieyer.
Washingtonians are becoming greatly inter w
ted in :"
ART AND ARTISTS. ri
are on the eve OF our loan exhibition at tn | OF
oms Of the Washington Art-Club. There arc
Y many gems which are promised to the |
9b. l and the collection vii doubtless be in
ny respects tsI,2 = rema1kablo one. There is ri
sss art. and ugof''1Saf aso of ' pottery s1y ~ ~
NJ ladies' have taken great interest in.lecora- :
. art, and some unusually ine specimens arc
be found IN the parlors of bur city. Quite an
n,ipent snrietv. md not;t;caf neon1s ~ | To
.cnran Ea1forr has loro< han tt1rnt:t, | To
Mt OF lovers OF fine work of this description. -
considerable interest has been ccntcred at
TIRE RIGGS HOUSE Az
ly. The daughter OF ''Thc Vanderbilt II has i
D guest there, aud visions Of sitken hose at | On
} per pair, gossamcr laccs, and Hue linens The
e foated through the minds Of our 4
ETY. bellies; anu, as the hart pantcth na.
r the water.orooKs, so panteth the feminine " (
=, - a'ese olI>nt oI I'll, o. tnese 1ofles and Wit
L'es' Stfahge, "nat ulncrence There should | Inst
:tc- sometimes It is Mr. Julius Augustus t F,
bis charming bride, and again it is Gloriaua
ia and her husband, The average man does Con
enjoy tho reflected light Of wire's splen- y
IIent1v afrentjncy tha oooGs .p1st T ~ ~ tain Nai
lde. These willing victims remind one OF "
I'D verse
So men arc By themselves employed
TO quit tho freedom they enjoyed