National Republican., 1878-01-28
Chit Chat.

The ladies of the National Hotel receive on
Mondays.
The Mignon Club give another sOires dansdHto
at Marini's tonight.
Mrs Clafiin, No. 1874 | street, gives card
reception this evening.
Brocadcd silk, in pale blue and other deli
cate tints, is used ior bonuets
At u late ball in New York n belle wore
pannicl of artificial lilies and roses.
Niolcts are ccnt.aud ahalf piece an
roscbuds So hunured in New York.
Helen Ford Douglas Is the only colorsd
woman who ever graduated at Indianapolis.
Boston has Il man. .millner, Mr.. Marsh, who
bids fair to rival Worth, the man-drcssmaker.
Orchids, though iral, stand gaslght and fur
mace heat better than almost any other flower.
Soiourncr Truth says of Anna Dickinson:
"Anna started out in the spirit and ended in
the flesh"
Mrs Bloomcr holds her last formal reception
tomorrow, having determined to limit her
days to January.
The ladies of the Capitol Hill Aid Society
givca pound party, Tonight at Mctuulcys
Hall. There should he a large attendance.
In view of the fact that the Women Of
Massachusetts pay taxes on Sl3l,NO,OOO Of
property. who can say with justice that they
should not have voice in lcgi,lationy
Tonight Mrs. Lawrence, OF Boston, lectures
at 'ralnadgr Hall on The Causes of Crime,
Poverty and lntrmparanre." Mrs. Lawrence
is lady of much culture an earnest worker,
aud deep thinker.
To.nislt secretary sherman gives Il diuner
to the financial committees OF the House and
Senate aud the leading officers OF the Treas.
ury. 1t Is to be hoped that this banquet will
be followed by healthy digest Of the inan.
cial OiHpOdridd that Is running the business OF
the country.
The Hebrew fair held at odd Fellows Hall
last week under tho auspices of the jewish
fraternity in general, and Mr. Simon Wolf in
particular, was an immense success, both
socially and financially, and more than 300
people visited II during the several evenings,
and over $500 were realized. Upon the last
might the remaining goods were sold at auc-
tiun, and the affair wound up harmOniousy
with "A chop" BY invitation of the ladies,
Speaker Randall dclvcrcda short address at the
opening Of the fair Among other pithy things
| he said The ladies who have AbOrcd SO
lralOuSly to ill this hall with articles for sale.
which are both useful and beautiful, have
been moved by the Divine spirit of charity.
The poor, we are told, are the children of God.
| Charity is Of no race or religion. but always
| the Indication of u good heart aud the highest
| evidence Of u sound society. 1t is duty, to
be sure, hut one that blcsSes and ennobes, and
| its exercise should be cultivated by the old
and encouraged by the young
The fancy ball in aid Of the Little Sisters
| of the Poor" (which has been twice postponed
| since January II, first on account of the
weather, and lattcrly because of the death Of
one of the sisters took place Saturday oven
| ing. and proved one of the most pleasant aud
| profitable entertainments of the season. Tho
diplomatic corps was largely represented, and
''socety" turned out en- mdSSs TO see happy
childhood thus picturesquely coming to tho
relief of age, inGrmity, and suffering. Many
fantastic and beautiful costumes were dis
played GU liliputiam kings, queens, peasants,
fairies, aud noWer-veudcrs, brides, court beau
ties, and titled gentlemen scarce "knee'htEh 10
u gIglSshupper.' There was the love-lorn
Romeo aud his Juliet, both displaying a sur
prising appetite for bon.bous Prince Arthur,
the Earl OF Essex, marquis and marquise.
and other tiny folk of high degree there was
Folly aud Bo-peep, and Evening Star, and
George Washington himself without his little
hatchct, but with an enormous sugar tooth'D, /,
and other illustrious personages OF fact and
fancy quite too numerous to mention. Many
friends of this most worthy charity are solicit
Gus for n repetiton-of the entertainment in be-
half of the same deserving institution.