Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-03-23
Washington Personals.

Writes the Washington correspond
ent of the Cleveland Piaiadeaier: The
President and Mrs Hayes received in
the Blue Parlor. the venture of receiv-
ing in the East Room proving failure,
and as usual Mrs. Eayes's guests and
their friends formed !, party back of
those receiving which was exceedingly
pleasant. Mrs. PostmasterGeneral Key
wore a toilet of pearl colored silk, which,
with beautiful jewels in her hair and in
the laces on her corsage, looking charm
ing. Her jet-black hair, worn in waves
and puffs, is crown of glory. Mrs.key
held her last reception before Lent on
Tuesday at the Ebbitt House. The
General is an elegant looking gentle
man, with a good, generous face.
Mrs. Tyner, wife of the Assistant
Postmaster-General, is lovely blonde,
with beautiful. hair, and when she speaks
or smiles has pretty dimples. She has
fine form, is graceful and agreeable,
and as sensible as she is charming. Gen.
Tyner is appointed one of the Commits
sioners to the Postal Congress at Berlin,
and Mrs. Tyner will leave Washington
about the middle of March for Indian
apolis to visit her friends, previous to
sailing for Europe on the 18th of April.
Mrs. Key goes to Chattanooga, Tenn,
sometime in March, to visit her home,
but will be away but a few weeks. Both
these ladies will be greatly missed.
Gov. Lane md Mrs. Lane, of Indian
apolis, have been spending some weeks
in Washington, and enjoyed meeting
old friends very much. Gov. Lane was
formerly Senator from Indiana. Mrs.
Senator Dorsey is one of the most beau
tful of all the Senator'S wives. should
say she was about twenty, her face is so
fresh and youthful. She has tender
black eyes, perfectly oval face, rosy
cheeks and purpleish-black wavy hair,
1.-the figure and charming address. Her
voice is musical and her cordial greet
ing irresistibly pleasant.
Mrs. Speaker Randall, daughter and
niece were among the guests at the
Riggs House on the evening of the nota-
BILE pound reception. Mrs. Randall is
looking splendid, and her toilet on that
evening, of fawn colored silk combined
with brown and scarlet flowers on her
hair, made lovely combination. Her
daughter wore pink daDidSsc, very be-
coming; her niece elegant white silk.
Speaker Randall was social and enter
tanning. Mrs. 5. 5. Cox, one of the
most active of the Reception Commit
tee, looked very graceful in light silk
with scarlet garniture. Hon. 5. 5. Cox
was as lively as if the thousand guests
were all members of the House, and he
trying to entertain them with his dry
humor and droll wit, and he succeeded
admirably. Hon. Ohio and Mrs Sim
gleton, both booking unusually well, en-
tered heartily into the pleasures of the
evening. General and Mrs. Banning,
both much interested in the success of
this pound charity, were untiring i'll
their efforts to make their invited guests
enjoy the evening. Mrs. Lander and
Mrs. kimball, wives of members of the
House, were among the Reception Com
mittee, and Mrs. Spofford, generous, mo-
BILE and self-sacrificing, was perfectly at
home among the twelve hundred guests
who contributed to this charity.
SHARPsBURG, KY, has natural
mathematician in Reuben Fields, who,
while he knows not one figure from an
other, correctly solves intricate problems
in mis- mind, without hesitation, COM
putes the time of day almost in an in
slant. and tells how many revolutions
the driving-wheel of locomotive will
make between given points. He can
not read or write.
Corn Cdke.-1 cup of fine Indian meal;
2 OF sifted flour, cup of graduated
sugar, egg, piece of butter or lard
half the size of an egg, l teaspooniul
saleratus, small pinch of salt, pint
sour milk. 1t is greatly improved by