National Republican., 1878-01-31
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| The newest TOrChOn lace is black.
Large cords are no longer used on stylish
| dresses.
Flat pockets of lace are seen on the most
| elegant dresses.
| Metallic ribbons are popular for trimming
| light .colnrCd dTrsscs
senator Burnside coal black bucephalus has
| three times run away.
All who joy would win must share it, Hap
| pinCss was born a twin.
Miss Iongcr has returned to the city, and is
| stopping at the National.
Miss LII Chaprllc Offers TO walk from New
York TO Chicago in lSO hours.
white cap soircs occurred last night at
| he residence OF the Misses Fowler, in George
town.
Mr.. and Mrs Morton Stclle, nre Whiting,
are guests of Mrs Harry Whiting, No. 1907 q
street
Golden dog-cOlars are worn with dcco'ette
or lumpaduur Iccks. Medieval styles prevail
in jcwclry.
Miss Sophie Marsh of New York. is visiting
Senator and Mrs. Dorsey, Of Arkansas, at No.
| ll2l street
The engagement of Mis-, Carrie Pickcrell of
Georgetown, to Mr.. Lloyd Smith, is announced
10 take place at an early day.
Mrs. Cr0mwcI will lecture at Tallmadge
Hall on Tuesday evening next. in answer to
Colonel lmscrsolls theory on Ghosts"
Captain David j. Cr,igic, Twelfth Infantry,
who is stationed ut MCiavc, Arizona, is hero
with Mrs. Crgic on short leave of absence,
at No. cO6 Twentieth street.
The japanese Minister, Mr. Jushic Yoshida
Kiyonar, and Mrs, Ho>hida Tel have u card
reception Monday evening next, ut nine
o'clock, at No. ll92 Vermont avenue.
Either thc female set are improving or the
''wurscr half" of creation who make the
loo. L sl,..s., ~ ~
civilized for not woman was hung in this
country last yrar
Mr.. Charlie Francis Adams, who is now in
the city collecting material for his forth
coming volume on Albert Gallatin from tho
archives of the State Department, is occupy
ing the old Hooper house.
The approaching marriage. of Medical In
spcctur Joseph Y. Taylor, L. $. ", to the
daughter Of Commodore Andrew Bryson is
announced. Now We understand why DR..
Taylor did not accompany the flagship Pow
hatar on its voyage to the West Indies
The hop" at Willard, ON Wednesday night,
was most hrillinmt affair, largely attended by
the refined and fashionable Of Washington So
ciety. The reception committee were Mrs.
General Gordon, Mrs. General Rice, Mrs. Col
omcl Craig, Mrs. Lord, aud Mrs. Mctiimncss.
Some OF the mast accomplished ladies in the
country, now suiuuning at WilRrd's, take an
mgS brilliant and social. Some Of the tOilrttcs
were magnificent. Noticeable among the la
dies, hustdrs those already mentioned, were Ms.
General sherman Mrs. Colonel MoIrisUu Mrs.
,olomcl THOMPSON, and other mutruIrs OF dis
tinrtluH. Conspicuous among the hcvy of
youthful beauty were the Misses Wallace,
Chalmers, Turner of Kentucky. lHusay
Ward, Avery, Harrison. Fannie and Lily IlciS-
u"r, &r.-an array ui lovr!iHrss in which il
were impossible to pLr.irulaIilc.
Nj. Bancroft the historian, who is now in
his seventy eighth year, still works with M
firing industry. He rises NJ eight takes Il cup
0, collie and II hit Of black b read and works
until ten O'Clock cNanimg the archives of the
Department OF STATE tor material of the forth.
coming Volume Of his history. At ten he
br rWklitsis, after which he returns to his
library and works till three. Then, unless the
weather hu too stormy, he rides on horseback
lul IN hour, attended by gIUom. lie lives IN
Il spacious house On II street. the parlors OF
which are Wll of antiques, brica.brIC and
Curiuu, furniture \ feature of his valuable
library are the scmp-hooRS he has JGcu making
for many years, now numbering hundreds Of
volumes, carefully mdrXcd and classified. A
secretary prepares for each volume Of his his.
tory dictionary OF dates for the time il is to
cover aud provides and vcritics the references;
another writes from the historians dirlation.