Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-11

| MUCH 10 that formal minister's horror, whe
~ai'fDg on him Ia full dress to deliver hfS ere
den'ials-" Sir Augustus Foster, who was sec
rotary to the British Legation at Washington
| OF which Merry was the minister, gives som
a account OF the state OF society here durin
but the quarterly Recfe1C, In 1S4l, gave q notic
OF the MSS, and furnished some extracts: 18th
Spanish Envoy, De Case Yfujo, told Sir Au
gustus, " says the Quarte,ip Ut was difficult e,
! r.nuce decent dinner In the new capital
/ without sending fifty or sixty miles FOR its ma
teTfais. Things had mended somewhat befor,
The writer's arrival. but still he found enough
! TO surprise ana bewilder him in the desolaL,
Vastness and mean accommodations of the un
shaped metropolis" OF Congress and its breed
ing and dignity, be speaks as follows: 'Tas
rlcheT and more respectable members of Goa
gTesS mao, fOr the most part, always inclined X
VOTE FOR RETURNING TO PHILADELPHIA.
or selecting some other town OF practical I'm
portance, but every such proposal had been dis
tastefal to the majority, it being In great
, measure composed OF rough and unfaShlODeI
persons, TO whom IL Is OF consequence to be In
! place where they uld be attended TO more
than 10 large city" Sir Augustus says: VERY
few private gentlemen have houses In Wash
1hgt1n. OILY reCollpcf three Mr.. Brent, Mr..
, Tia! loe, and Mr. Carroll He mentions several
country seats In easy distance characterized by
an elegant hospitality; am ng them Mr.. Key,
CaiverI, Mr.. ogle aud Mr.. Lewis. ''There were, -
says he a great Lumber OF rich proprieJprs IN
the STATE OF Maryland. In the district nearest
gon cry county forms part. | was assured that
here were five hundred persons possessing es-
1ster VI tch returnt item an income Of 81 09o.
Mi LioS o. a member OF Congress on the Els-
tern brarch possessed q net revenue OF BE-
t" cen f6 600 aud CT COO with which he had only
t" buy clothes Tor bimselr ard family, wines,
equIpagtS, furniture and other 1uxuries. Mr..
RiBgold possessed near HagerstOEn property
Yielding him an income OF S2 000 year, and
he rented his Lands 10 tenants whom he was at
liberty TO change, II he pleased, every year, for
| fhDVph 10 W &C a
the expense Of all repairs Mr.. R.ugold kept
t.6 acres In MS own hands for stock. Mr.. Tay-
loe, also, whose whole income exceeded e15,oOo
per annun- had great portion Of IL IN Mary
iaEd, fly at NanieBOy, where he held :, O0D
acres Thich his father bought for $500. Ills
property, too, must by this tine be very con-
sldeiably augmented, for he was said to lay out
abcilt $685. 60 every year Ia new purchases. He
possessed 500 slaves, built briggs and schooners,
Norktd iron mines. converted the iron INFO
plough sbareS-and all this was done BY the
hands OF his own subjects. He had q splendid
house at Mount Airy, with property round It
OF s et0 acres, and house at the Federal CITY:
ana he told NE that he raised about twelve
bushels to the acre OF his best land. Mr. Car.
ron, OF Annapolis, grandfather OF Lady Welies-
ley, the Duchess OF Leeds. and Lady Stafford.
was said to be still more wealthy, having, be
sides large accumuiat1ons In the funds. 5000
acres OF the beet land In Frederick county, and
several other estates"
s'Most OF the members of Congress. # IS true.
keep TO strict lodgings. but sui there are a
suffcient number OF them VINO ere soclable or
Wncse families cone 70 the city for q season,
aan thele Is no want OF handsome ladies' for the
balls, especially 81 Georgetown indeed, never
saw preft1er girls anywhere. AS there are but
lew OF them. however, in proportion TO the
great number of men who frequent the places
Oh amusement IN the Federal City II Is one OF
THE MOST MARRYING PLACES
OF the whole continental truth which was be
ginning TO be found out and became by and by
the cause or vast numbers fiockiag th,ther all
around fIcm the rOHr oints OF The COMPASS
MangIe the march OF intellect so much Wanted
III Tue present century, the literary education
81 the ladies' Is far from being worthy OF the age
or knowledge. and conversation Is apt to flag
though seat by the ladies' Is always much
coveted Dancing aud music served to exc out
the time. but one got TO be sick OF hearing the
same song everywhere even when II was 3Iu,t
Like Love is Yonder Rose" No matter how
ms was sung; the words alone were the man
traps; the belle of the evening was declared to
De just like bOtn. and people looked round as IL
the listener was expected 10 become on the
instant very tender and to pr0nOse-an1 some
IltneS sucn result does in reality take place
and both parties, when betrothed, use a great
deal or billing aud cooling; eat out OF the same
pate, drink out OF the same glass, and show off
their love TO the whole company. Between
these Young ladies', who are not only good
LOOKING but gocd-teHlpered, and, II not well
informed, capable OF becoming SO, and the
ladieS or a certain time OF life or rather OF the
StcoAda Glorentn, there Is usually q wide gap
In society, young married women being but
seioom seen 10 the world; as they approach,
however to the middle age they are ant to he
come ronantic-th0Se In particular who live In
the country aud have read novels fancYlng all
manner or heroic things, and returning to the
e e . aetetmlned 10 have an adventure
Del re they again retire, or on doing some
"ohdroas act which shall make them be talked
ao ut IL after TINS myself in vain reasoned
WI Wi'h very BEAUTIFUL lady to try TO persuade
nei not 10 cut of a head OF hair, one or the
nnt ST | ever saw, or an auburn color which
S S USED o take the creates, paius to curl and
ke' p In O! der: and had been evidently proud OF:
oui II was all useless; she found out one day
that 10 was vanity, and vanity was sin, and
OH she cut 1t and put it Ill the hands OF her
a7fonlsh' and G'7pafriDg husband Others l
nave Known CONTRACT an aversion to water and
as sub tftute, cover their faces and bosoms
with hair powder, in order to render the skin
pure and delicate: This was peculiarly the case
with some Virginia damsels VINO came to the
balls at Wa htngton. and who, In consequences
were hardly less iniolerable than negroes
There were but few Cases, however OF this. /
must confess; though, as regards the use OF the
powder, they We're not so uncommon, ana at
NY balls thought 1t advisable to put on the
taoles OF the toilette ROOM, not only rouge, but
naIr powder, as well as blue powder, which haa
WASHINGTON MUD EIGHTY YEARS AGO
DELICIOUS as these balls were, 1t required some
courage to attend them: for, sin going to as
semhles, one had sometimes to drive three or
Iour m1ies within the City bounds, and very
olten at the great risk OF au Overturn. or of
oehaS "hht Stdittu Or STUCK In the
mud, where one can go neither backwards or
forwards and either loses ones shoes or ones
patience"
Among the ADJUSTMENTS, "cards were great
resource OF an evening. and gaming was ali The
FASHION 1Or The men. Loo was the innocent d.
version OF the ladies, who, when they We're
loEed, pronounced the word in very mIncing
manner"
With regard to religion he makes the follow.
ing remarks:
Church service can certainly never be called
an amusement; but, from the variety of per
sons who were allowed to preach in the Hous &c
OF Representatives. there doubtless was some
small alley OF curiosity Ia the motives which
led one TO go there Though the regular chan
lain was Presbyterian, sometimes Methodist
minister OF the Church OF England or a
quaker, and sometimes even woman took the
speakers chair; and l do not think there was
much devotion among the majority. The New
Englanders generally speaking, are very re-
lglous; but though there are many exceptions.
cannot say SO much for the Mary landers, and
SILL less for the yirginianS"
AFTER all, however. Sir Augustus SAYS of
Wasbington;-"I In spite OF its Inconvenience
ann desoiate aspect, it was, think. the most
agreeaDle town TO reside In Tor any length Of
tlfne The opportunity for collecting tGfOrma-
ZION from Senators and Representatives from
all parts or the country, the hospitality OF the
heads OF the government. and the corps dtpl0-
m0ti41e or Itself, supplied resources such as
could nowhere else be looked for.n
NEW YEARS. RECEPTION IN 1902.
DIR. Mitchell, member of Congress from
New York, writes from Washington, January