, 1880-02-11
c,oca Of the carnivat-secretary
eyarts' Birthday-Mrs. As"
tors Diamonds.
s,c,,1 gquabblo Among Diplomats Tho
British Legation Seven Entertain
ments on Friday.
IA, If Hj]lards-a Observation-Disclosures Re.
upliqns-Ebbltt.Ilouse Setlnhlts-
Otter Festivities.


~, rrhlny,-),r was burn IN 1St8,--wna cCic-
br,,eI Mt Ills residence By II Itnncr.pnrty.
Auo,,g tie guests were tllH D0yell, Or oldest
member, nf The Diplomatic Corps, Sir Ell
,rorl 'rhmnttn, accompanied by i.atiy 'fhDr,,-
tn,,. Srcretary lsallsay a,la wife, Gc,l. Sller-
mn,,, George Bancroft, Sclntor i3nynrl, Sch
ator.etrct tlbsnn and wife, Wlllin'm u. Astor
anil wifi, md Representative l.. +. Morton NIL
vltc. rims far Mrs. MurtoM'a diamonds Ind
lreu ,hc finest here; but th,sc of Mrs. Astor
rr,fpsrd them. The Stults hf lter solitaire
earrings were as,out tho slzu Of 9-eent
uIrre III circumference, aful tic necklace waS
llaxe uf IIgl.t,-tlle whole vet being yAfnetl
EIGHT 11uSrnED THOUSAND Doi1.A1s,
whrh Iytsllfynlpnt Ia wearing II wel1.X!Dcketl
tewelry-slInt. Mrs. Astor wt,re OIL tis 0cca-
siou n tlta,l.goId coloreu sntin dress. rclll1
embroidered md trimmed with lacu; but her
costutu, did not give slct MI effect 10 her
teNc|s us 4 linck velvet dress, trimmed with
1ntni.Incr, wliHI she wore at the British
1eyaton nj Thursday evcnlng. u0tll Mrs.
Norton and Mrs. Chittrn.len are eelpscd
since Mrs.. Aster haH cA,.le, nila even the
Iegao1,-la.lcs llAye 10 adult tl,at few such
sets Of diamonds exist III tho Old Or New
World.
rllE Observation-Disclosures,
by the way, ure having Il famous dispute rs
10 whether, In the absence Ut Lu.ly Thorn
top, Madame Outrcy, OF France, or Seilorn
llar.lou, Of Guatemala, slall have prccetl-
euee SriIpr Dartlu,, presented Ills credcn-
iIaIs NJ 7,Illlfster-Plenlmient from G,lnte-
main III October, 1877; Nl.tl AlWta,MB Outrey
Inns unly been here for two yr1,rs. hut, ut 4
dinne,-party ut Secretary Erar.a' Il few Gvell-
jpgs sfncc, tho lay Of tl,n representative Of
Franco claimed precedence OIL going Into
,|iuner. The soutl-American refused 10
give way, MIL 1"r u few moments t!lefe WIS
Alright sllnrp verbal sklrlh's. Seii0ra Dur
don, however, carried her pulnt, aud trl-
nm',h,nt,y lr,t thr wny.
3'"'' rms ne ,,n,r,s,r ,rnAr,ov
,,, A., ,''.,,a - - ,,,n'..';t,,'; ,,t,r.o,,-
,n'nt @ @ M ;rhmrs,iny % M n,rI,t nftcr tho w,l,iInr
Of tlu Stute Dcpurs1,Ient), ut tho Church Ut
tho Epiphany. The bro,ul staircusu which
eonfromts visitors III they enter the porta!s Of
ma IeGatlol' was oort!elcu WIN eSutles ~
lengLIl pprtrnit Of Queen VIctorln looked up
proyIpgIy down, Str Edward and lis
wife Received their guests In tho lruwlur-
room. lie wore bnck dress.salt, viii tho
Insignia Of n Knight-Connua'ldc of the Dat!l
suspended from hrua,l scarlet ribbon
arn,,,,d hts rrot. while lady 'rlnrnton. win
Is ? lall' slender blond, wors dress of 'ove-
G3 Go'oirt sitK, tTinlneu Will Dnchfss nee.
The two Misses ~ ornton wore simple toilets
Of white SILK and TITLE. There w,ls
DANCING IN THE nA1IchooM;
AMI nt II 0'clpck TIC doors Of the lining
foliil were thrown open, disclosing Il suit
fllllJ0l nl4 ElEGltlL .SllHDET. .HHtftM Dt
%xsM 9;,is or ~ Maose r. sessahts " ny%sy. ~ ~
ullf0h TO TIC lcecfGnltls nlltl 1clliGs, the ter
npa,! M,au oyStefs, Hlefe M1s ait anA''aa.lee
u 9Ios saSnSIoacS WI e!s a'eHs e9la ses.so1. Ga'a
eleer, while el,amlagMe wls served without
hlllt. Az silullsGht W !ioll-1aSlilnlleu t!rGlh1a
IT, Wss aa;ee4 VIII grent slirit. followed
W MI Inspiring ENGLISH coftfnlal'cc.
sEFES INVITATIONS Fon FRIDAY
Win want to l!nyn rs much OF Il gtitHj thinr
lunch by Mrs. iiarry bingham, to about sixty
"mni,le's; fMir md matre!,s graye,",, at 2 i.
H.; kett'r'ir;lill by Mrs. Gen. RickettS,
gu! which l,ad punch " ntl.l[t!0n to the IT.
party By llc wife Of Representative C!ittcll-
den, Y tug ohl SHinu!cr lluuSc,, which was
.utof Ii, now here; I, ntancng party by Mrs.
Ncwbrrry, tho wife Of tho Representative
tr'IH Detroit, who Is tho richest man III Con-
Fress, altd WHO spends his linnuy lI!lerally
:, reception given BY the lntly-6uartlers ut
iretlvet py the wlleo or Capl. l1aagar, uresSeI
Farns..s pu"H sHlVes e., atFi aeei Gu Wi:efo hliss
r,M,1ot, ~ VII HS y 1t'o
'sp"'"t'''"t osilc''s"1o "1osH'l'"e'lseoe41esio UT
lloTEl-ltnl At WtlLARns,
which was Eraced by the baartlers md their
lrtGnds,--.tho venerable lialnibnI Ilnmlln en-
1astng thu scene ilke II yI,l,ti, OF 70 Illinois
Was well represented by Mrs. Fort, WHO wnrV
garnet velvet dress, with utul.iol orl,a-
n!ents; Miss Muttlsu,l, Il granddaughter 0f
Toy. Mnttlsol, III Il becniu!ng yct simple
%liItc dress; Mrs. ". X. Morrison, Miss
Rass,nnYe, mid Miss Yu,,4ty, lii ui,{i{ioN Ia
these llali.tlnzeh entertainments, my nl,U OF
Which afforded enjoyment enough for ono
hght, the gentlemen were billtluil tU Dnriy
1.-The Invitations bearing tic Significant
"So LADIES, -
which showed tlIat 1t wsIs, what Is know,
eese as q stHE party:" Thu li0st wis Getl.
Myefs, or thy Signal Service, better known
UlA Probabilities wllnsa wcntllcr-re.
!nits pro- ol!e Of tho tr|unlpik OF this colltl.
My. llo walsts to llAvD tllb Signal Servicu
tilado Eeparute corps of tho army; and tic
fEaRper w'1Ich llo gave the Congressllen on
t.llny might can hut have prepared Tic why
lUr iNyUiJlhtt ilrflnti rlIa fprrt,t,, !, .rnrn M