Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-07
Society.

MANY OF our most hOnOred residents. including
many members of the diplomatic corps. called
TO pay their respects to Mrs. Hayes. The gas
was lighted JIM the Blue ParIor. and flowers
were arranged in its many vases. Colonel
Casey, the superintendent of public buildings
and grounds. made the presentations to Mrs
Hayes. who had as assistants the wives OF ali
the married members of the Cabinet and the
eldest daughter Of Secretary SchuTz. Mrs.
EYaltS stood on Mrs Hayes right and Mrs
Snerman next Mrs. Key. Mrs Thompson. Mrs
MCCTarE and Miss SchurZ stood in line with
thtir backs 10 the central diVan. All these
iadleS were most becomingly dressed in rich
liditiIaiS. iaote1ully made and trimmed, rs
alSOWaS Mrs. Hayes. Bright Miss Plat whose
face is one which becomes more attractive the
0itenef seen. and the handsome Mrs. Davis. of
olHclhnatl. stood back i'll the roOm talking
aeIteably with all who approached them Mrs.
FoFce, OF Cincinnati. was also present. and
looked very stylish III Il becoming grey silk
There was no crowd at the reception. possibly
because :" many had called on New Year
nose Who came were mostly those Weli-knoWn
Ill SocietE. all oi whom are acquainted with
each other, which made the assemblage more
a2rceabe for cohyGrSation than when the pres
Interchange Of greetings.
Among those who attended may be named
fnStn!aSter General Key and Attorney Gen
erai hcVcnS, Sir Edward Thornton. SCEor
EorgeS. OF Brazil. and his agreeable wife who
IS covering her health ;Senor PeTalta. of Costa
i!lc3. and other members 0i The foreign lcgit-
Z,
from the hayward, and her friend Mrs. Clark.
Who visited her last winter; Miss Radfoo :;
MrS: and the Misses Strong Col. and Mrs. Au-
ucnTelu: the wives OF Senators Cockrcll How.
Angus Cameron. Allison and Dorsey ana Miss
Marsh, Mrs Dorsey guest; Mrs. 1ottcn (Scu-
1t"r HoTc> daughierj: Mrs. John A. Logan:
MIS-. H. Ray Myers and her friends, Hrs.
HulSt OF Omaha, and Miss crry (rhc daughter
OF General Terry: Representative Hale and
his rheery wife whom il seems good 10 see
again IN NaShingt0n Miss Waite and her
les ! i,rI,y nj ~,
Judge and Mrs. Mac ArtI IUr. and Mr.. and Mrs
Nalter Keith; Mr. and Mrs. ZWiHt0n CorWinc
Miss wendell; Mrs. Garrirl MalIeIy: the wife
and daughter % Representative FRYE Of Me
Mrs. Montgomery and her daughter: drS. and
Miss Alv0rd: Miss Ricketts,: Miss HogUc. Of
boSfon, and the Misses Gouverneur; Mrs.
Temple, Miss Churchill and Miss Mitchell, Of
kentuckN: Mrs. and the Misses Humphrey:
Mrs. and Miss Bates
The wife of Professor Baird hd, issued cards
for Saturday. from > - o'clock
The reception Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ban
croft, on Thursday evening. Viii include as
guests a limited number OF their friends who
have been invited to meet Nj. Bancroft Davis.
MISS Baxter IS The guest OF the wife and
daughters Of Senator Voorhees, VINO are
F's2r9HliIy Frs %tH2ted al Nj p ~ street.
he at nome TO her visitors on Monday after
Moons and evenings.
Mr: and Mrs 5. ). Cox are expected to re-
tUrN 10 the Riggs house to-day.
Mis-, Mniiie Wolfe, the sister Of Licu,enan;
Wolfe, |. :. A, and daughter Of the late Mar
Nofc, Of Louisville: Ky. is visiting her brother
at the EiggS house.
Miss }eattic and the wife of Colonel Sheri-
d;I! are visiting their sister. Mrs. MLcfeely
Miss Waite viii he missed from the gayc,ips
OF the mex! ten DAYS. WHICH She Will spend with
her friends in New York. Miss GiiSW0id OF
ConnectiCut will remain with Mrs Waite
Tie STAR lruthfuIly commented Il few ,gays
ago on The StedlmgS Of the correspondents 0I
other Journals from its cUumuS UnhaDpiIy.
fipnaItIS tn
ply her llnlGSt entirely with pardgraphS for
her letters. TUNED to less reliable sources in
Wll'lng I" NGS,ern newspaper an account Of
ihc silver wedding which She did not attend
Among many otter bluIderS the most mex
CuSabIe one was nOt only naming relatives OF
lhc PRESIDENT and his wife who have long been
numbered with the dead as being present al
lie cHiebr"tIon, but giving TO the mother Of
MIS-. Hayes, WhodIed many years ago. another
maine tEan her own houored one Of Webb
Here i how She depicts her as a guest nj the
silver We ddirg: Mrs Church. the mother of
Mis-. Hayes. Il most mothcrIy looking person.
III whose coUntehahce one can trace all The
characteristics OF the daughters face wore
PACK SILK with roSe.c00rcd ribbons at The
throat ai.d sleeves. She WAS. Of course the re-
cIrent OF 2reat attention..
AS work uI imagination this might he
highly ciettitabe. had not tie writer 10 rive
an an oi t".ilSln drawn a long breath to euiny
lhr hlacint is and yioletS which, like herself,
We're conspicuous by their absence. She con
l!ilutn III the same strain. Slightly altering lie
versions ot others. which We're published be
foie she wrote, until size comes 10 the sIIpper
room. where She puts the Elkinton Shield in
SILVER repOuSSC work, is well as the HiaWatha
boat, both OF which We're in the Red DarlOr on
the supper table as "bOuIuCt holders and bon
bonnirrcS. Imagine the shield doing Such
service and oVeroadug the banquet table
when, It Is as We'll to remark here was not
sci forHftH persons. but arranged as any SUD
per table would he ut a private party where
Ire guests We're too many for ali to sit at ia bic
A writer Tor I Journal still further west thus
mixes the works Of Milton and L0ngfellow
unit the two authors themselves could scarce
distinguish between Hiawatha and Lucifer
the son OF the morning: " Ii may not be known
that the ElkinOn shield OF the Mellon shield
stationed III the Red room, is the gift of the
GoNeTnment 10 the White House. As We'll as
The HlaWalhd boat. which latter cost Sl.5W
| his IS OF large size and magnificent Speci-
mon OF silver rep0uSSe work, representing the
Chief objects Of MiitOnS Paradise Lost This
boat was 0Vertiowing with exquisite blossoms
OF hNacinthe, OF lapUnicaS. tube roses lilies of
Tie valley, hellotr0pe. and all the like fragrant
genera and its sail Of silver was wound with
S!nllaX. While the broad silver base upon which
the beat lies as upon smooth waters reflected
'uS dciicdic hoSSolnS. MISS GRUNDI.
IHE FIRE IN THE PANTHER CREEK Cor.
iIERY. near rottSville. Pa. was inceudlary
lhe tfe was still i'll progress on Saturday.
lhfeaIenlnS extensive destruction of coal As
'he cGa' burns away the ground caves in
causing great danger TO life and property
one OF the engine houses at the head Of file.
SIDDe raSpI Saturday n M ISi>