Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-21
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1ndckeFay called carriage company to the
"hl'e House, as well as a number of those
VINO enjoyed the sunny afternoon the more
Tor walking: Before the hour for the parlors
| 10 De opened many had assembled in the veSti
pule. Mrs. Hayes. was ready punc,ually at
0GlSck ,;t6 H. and took her place in the Blue parlor
| MHh ner assistants, who were Mrs. Ward
Hunt. Mrs. Postmaster General Key, Mrs.
Parsons, nee Swayne, Miss Smith, of Chicago.
ne ne Misses s Evars, Miss Platt. and Miss Foote:
Inc Blue room soon filed up with many of
those who used to lnger there during Mrs
Grants receptions, as well as others. Secre
attyrnn,! ta1y sherman Postmaster General Key and
| iatter accompanied his niece, who arrived
that afternoon, and is to make viSi;
to tt,o; i Mrs. Hayes. General Sherman and his
vile were together, and she received a
cordial welcome back to Washington. The
llne OF ladies receiving presented hand
some appearance Mrs Hayes and Mrs.
hey wore richly trimmed black silk dresses.
but All the others wore colors. Mrs. Ward
hunts tasteful lavender silk was draped with
me hnest Brussels lace. Mrs. Edwin Parsons
The square neck waist was filed in with dep
lutiles OF point lace. The sleeves We're garnet
Nelxet on the lower side and the upper half of
she also wore superb jewels Miss Smith
looked very pretty in pale pink silk with black
we've veivet 81, Trimmings The other young ladies
| wore charming blue dresses each of which
differed from the other in material and sjvle
| OF making.
Two little girls, both under six years of age,
| Ill lne IOiDlaillleS lllSt
| DelOre the reception concluded They had
been watching Mrs Hayes as they stood oppo-
sl'e ner, and at last, encouraged by the radiant
S ,he eSar Se gay gVe em she caasht their gaze
herself, saying I'm little Fannie" Mrs.
HAYES kissed her and spoke some pleasant
sSm' %9tds' ana then The other ran up and pre-
wise made happy by Mrs. Hayes. Colonel
| casey. Whohad been making the intrOduc lions.
smiled an pleasantly M at finding his Office thus
Inc invitations which Baron Blanc, the
| ltal!an minister. has sent to the other foreign
ministers for the funeral services in honor of
the king of Italy, are written in French on a
very large sheet OF black bordered paper. The
lnVltatlon asks the presence on the occasion
OF the minister addressed and the members Of
MS egation at the services to be celebrated
at st. Aloysius' church on Tuesday, at half
past ten in the morning.
=. The Spanish minister has also issued invita-
uonS IN honor OF king. These are engraved
III EngllSh on n0te paper and read: TO cele.
brate the marriage of H. Nj. Don Alfonso XII.
Inc Minister OF Spain and Madame Mantilla
nesday evening, Jan. sd, al O'Clock His
MaieStys Legation will be in uniform"
-Four rooms en- suite at Wormley'S will be
used for the reception and the SUPPER, which
will be served in the east room of the four.
Miss Corinne Bouligny, the singer who is so
often praised by the New York press, is at the
llggS House with her mother.
dis. Holmes, of New York. who is now at
the Riggs House, is not the novelist of the
same name, but writer of very sweet poetry,
and is otherwise known as a Nicrdteur.
The invitations for the wedding of Miss
shoemaker OF Baltimore, and Lieut.. Barnett,
| l.S.A.. have been issued It will take place
| in Baltimore on the 30th.
MIS- General Sherman and daughters Re
| celFe at the Ebbitt on Tuesdays and not
| thursdays. as has been stated.
MIS- POSTMASTER General Key and Mrs. As
SIstant Postmaster General Tyner receive at
| The Ebbltt on Wednesdays
! he klng literary reunion. Saturday OpIt
| was attended by the best people, and was
| greatly enjoyed. as was the meeting of the
| Schillerbund at Mr.. Kings hoSpitabEe man sion
| Oh previous evening.
REPRESENTATIVE EUGENE HALE, of Maine.
| has recovered from his recent Illness and was
IN attendance at to days session of the House.
DIsCHARCED.-All the employees on the TEN.
! porary roll of the Treasury department, num-
herring ninety-fve, were discharged Saturday
| afternoon. as there was no money to paythem,
| Congress having failed to make any provisions
| for their retention. When the $1,000 from the
| funds of the Burea of Engraving and Printing
lund can be utilized, a few of those discharge I'd
! VIII warrant. few more discharges will be
! made from other rolls, which will increase the
number OF dismissed employees to 100 OF more
! TRADES UNIONS IN ENGLAND-Thc consul
! at Leeds writes to the Department Of State in
| regard to the effect which the trades unions
| exercise upon industrial enterprises i'm Great
| Britain. In his Judgment the original and
principal cause of the decline of British indus
Try is traceable directly to the arbitrary regu
! latlonS OF those unions, the organization of
when is much more perfect in England than
elsewhere e SO much SO that it is to be regretted
that they cannot be as potential for good as
they are for evil: But they are too often led
| by turbulent spirits, who provoke continual
conflicts, and demand concession after conceS
sion until the enhanced cost of production
paralyZes the employers hands, and further
! concession becomes impossible, with the re-
suit of strikes and all other attendant misery
| falling upon the Innocent nOn-prOducerS, the
wife and children of the striker. AS long as
the funds of the union hold out, the striker is
supported but not as comfortably as before,
and when they are exhausted, which soon
happens, public charity is the only resource to
allay the misery which ensues. These strikes
generally end in submission, a result mainly
| due to the unWiSdOm of the unions. Another
way III which the unions impede production
and enhance its cost is by fOrbidding a me-
chanic OF more than the average skill to do
more than a, certain quantity of work in a
| gwen time: thus 4 smart bricklayer can Law
| no more than his slower brother lmioniSt. lest
he shGnd thereby jeopardi7e his chance of
real amount of labor is lessened and made
| dearer, the quantity of manufactures dimin-
isled, industries paralyzed and exports les.
profits and outward flow of capital from the
country, the necessarieS of life become dearer.
| weighing most upon the labOring classes who
| g
! fortunes. Almost all branches of industry suf-
| Ter from this cause except agriculture and
| unions and their resultant strikes and lock-
| outs are rare among farm labOrers.
| TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NOT ENOUGH
| The House military affairs committee has re-
ceiyed communication from Gen John Pope.
! in which, responding to the circular letter of
! the committee, he sets forth his views regard
! ing army organization. etc. He expresses the
| opinion, which, he thinks, will not be contra
! dicted by those familiar with the service r.
quired of the army, that % 900 men is too small
force for the needs of the country.
| FOUR THOUSAND UNEMPLOYED WORKING
| MEN were addressed on Boston common
| Saturday by MessrS. Chamberlain and Abbott.
! and an appeal to the mayor adopted The
| mayor replied that he had no authority TO
| Oiier them work, but the city council would do
| what ii could for them.
FIRE IN LOWELL.-A three-Story wooden
| block Oh Western avenue, Lowell, Mass,
! owned by Miss Annie f. Aver was burned
| yesterday. The loss on the building is esti-
mated at SIC, 600; losses of tenants $4,000
| MARYLAND's VACANT JUDGEsHIr.-Hon E.
! h. Wilson, George W. Purnsll, and George w.
tOFlngtOn are named in connection with the
vacant judgeship in the first judicial circuit of
Maryland. OccasiOned by the recent death of
| Judge John II. Franklin.