, 1879-01-16

Island, nntis n!lHAcl1 eellpkttl At llnnEr-rarteB
chi Of tie Now Yofk .se,ramtr, and hla antIpaths
to newspaper fellows Is untounlcd. Little
Kitty Hawkins, who sells peanuts at stall .nu
pcnDsyfvnnla sycnuc, can bit On ftr Sunday
llousc, to the disgust Of Mrs Pau, polirhar,
wtosc husband an,assed A fortune br eucrcssful
eontrncts III army shoes. The gooscy young
officers who undertook TO organze q &c, af cx-
cluetye ucrulans wCTc mattc desrcrntu whyn
tncy learned that L. Jefferson Jenkins, who
mafagel to attend the first one, Ii only mrs.
scngcr IN the Bureau Of Chfrbpedai Statistics.
fTS te .he cacs s'nsf n Ky
Contfngcnts, that they are to be clbowcd this
All Of which Ia n1nuslng to behold.
MRS. HArKs' AFTERNOON RECEPTION
at tho White House, yesterday, was we'll Mt
tentca1t Mrs. Senator Matthews u}linE Mrs.
Ilayrs, who bad pleasant word for every v*-
itur, Tho alnrtmenss at the White llousa arc
IN admirable order, although some ot the furnI-
t,,rc is rather shabby, and mkt Tuesday cvening
President Hayes Is to be "at honlc." A brill
taut tlmo Is expected.
Tue DIPLOMATIC DUCKS,
~ tho wife Of one Of Gen. Gront's Cabinet once
irrrycrently styled tho foreign wrarrys Vi etnra
aui gaftcest are iiaglng a brans!ftt' tfrIc. Str
Edward and Lady Thornton hay. been COM
mandcti to visit Ottawa, Rnd pay their respects
to tlov..Gen Lorno and ttle Princess Louise,
but thctr dnnVlterH, who arp Just coming out,
amuse themselves notwithstanding. On Monday
"ruEng WAS 4 Rouyp or NEyE1nY"
n, Tho =, nr.,on ~ t,,,. ,or,or ri ,na
Seyc,tert,t, street,. nuiit ny one Of i,oss Sh"n.
hera'srng tts pals,v day., but now The Legation
OF Brnz. The host, srnor Dom Caryaaho HorEes,
Is purity gent, OF Tic Hpaplsk, t,rrsuasIop Who
las always the appearance Of having 50 ont.
crown his trowaer4 that II wonld,,'t ba snfn for
him to stoDp 10 pick up pocket handkerchief.
Ls Donna, hIs vito, Il a small, bright or1,nctte,
S{1RTu
arc always in the hest tastc. N,t dn tint tho
t1ye iicro to entertain roni slcai till winter,
and In say a good word III favor OF subsidy 10
Roach's Inc OF steamers Whenever ocras!ou
presents ITSELF
DIPLOMATIC RsCRpTtpH-DAys
feretoyore Inn wivc* nj t},a por,t0n aftnt.,n-x
l,aya not Ind ti,e,r at.h,,f,c, diva n, havs the
.,t,,nr ,rcrT sfnms+ ~ sncictt ILL .ht. ,rt,,..
ssvsra ~ ths ccatons VII h. on, ,n ", a.,
patcd days, Nl1l1e, Outrey, tbu wiru uf tia
frcueh Minister, vas horn and raised III New
York, md she has selected FRIDAYS, which Is tho
knlckerbOckcr day Ut days. The Senora Xamaco-
tta, vito Of tho Mexican Minister, wi to At ionr
Minister, Nine. do Ilegeflnani,, will receive o,
Wednesdays. Th!A last-natncd Indy. whn wua
well known TO tle musical public before her
tnartisge to tho diplomatic Dime as Mrs. Moul-
ton the vocaitst, IL The Hsnttrr Of charming
little girl. Mloc. lie Elcsersnanh Is d rather
IT,. ahu ,,, ssasty . nsuneHc, YIN aatE eyes an1
iatt, nut hef ilttlG one "a taar,haatetl lc-eycu
o'o''oe' t"osouku't oeau.''"asa' III appeafsnec'
THE cELEsT1ALs
rea,ns Of paper 50 eIaboratcly decorated by tie
srcreiarcs tt,at It might b. used to cover scores
OF tea-cheats. They iayc III their tlra xng-roolu
an ornamentcd box-stalt, and thu highest ronl-
piiment paid by Chin Ian Piu to our notables
who vlslt him IL to Invite them 10 occupy ,lLs
little retreat with him a,,1 take social cup Ut
tcs. Yunv wing, the Lieutenant Minister. WA