Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-07
THE SOCIAL HoNoRs RENDERED OUR
JAPANESE VISITORS.
A Surprise Party-9he Recent Scandal
The Two secretaries-A Church
Sociable- Personal Notes
SAN FRANCISCO, August 4, 1880.


her people. What most impressed one
was the
| EXQUISITE PoLITRSRsS
And unexpected ease in the midst of our
strange customs with which the gentlemen
who have been among us bore themselves,
and their eagerness to see and become ia
miliar with what to them was new. It is
scarcely necessary to say that they have
been the lions of several evenings, and it
was an odd thing to note the fattering CO.
queries Of our young ladies who wished
and yet did not wish to attract the atten-
ton of the small-featured, swarthy checked
sons of Japan receiving courtesies with so
much modesty and polish of manner. The
first entertainment in their honor was given
by Miss Prince at her residence, on Eddy
street, lady well known to the Japanese
among US, and who is in position to re-
ceive favors from them and dispense others
in return. She is on terms of friendship
with the wife of the Japanese Consul,
which little lady attended her reception,
and has communicated to her much OF what
she knows of the English language. Since
these interchanges of sociability we may
well feel that we have taken Japan by the
right hand and given it a friendly shake.
A SURPRISE PARTY.
On last Thursday evening surprise
party, which took the form of a musicale,
was given Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell
(Mrs Marriner). 1t was distinguished
by its exquisite floral decorations
and its programme of music, the lat
ter delicate tribute to the taste of those
surprised. Among the ladies who sang
were Mrs. Lippett, of Trinity Church
choir, Mrs. Charles Low, a beautiful
woman, whose voice is never heard as
professional, and Miss Sallie Rightmire,
well known when little girl to Sacra-
mento. She is the eontralto of the Uni
tartan Church choir, and rapidly develop
| ing into concert singer of reputation.
During the years of her musical education
she has learned to labor and wait, and is
now ready to reap the harvest OF seed she
has sown. No singer among us has a finer
stage presence than she-her splendid dark
eyes glowing ike Goals behind the foot
| lights.
THE RECENT SCANDAL
In the Lefevre- case brings into circulation
many stories about dentists, which no one.
has thought it worth while to repeat be-
fore. Observation-Disclosures my ears is of an old
maid-oh so prim and lump ard tty-
fancy it A fine, gray-haired, 60-yesr-old
dentist occupied the front suite of
rooms in the clearinghouse where
she lived, and thinking him the most
sanetifed Of The sanity, because of his
Mahomet beard and his many years, she
| tripped informally across the hall, unbon-
nefed and s4nshawlcd to have her teeth at
! tended to a-many day. But by and by
no more work was needed, and unsuspect-
ingly she asked for her bill. Then he
looked upon her with favor in his eyes,
and suddenly advancing put his sacri
| legious hands upon her cheeks, saying,
Here's bill and payment" and kissed her
on the lips. Prim as she was, and particu-
| lar and delicate of Speech it is upon record
that she spat back at him, with the words,
4" You old devil you !" and skurried from
the office. The story flew from room to
room, and great was the indignation among
the women. A plan was formed to pounce
upon him in the hall in body, and among
them give him such beating as should
teach him he was never too old to learn,
but it was never carried out, and shortly
he found it convenient to remove his Office
from out the vicinity of that blooming and
vengeful old maid. The way of the trans
gressor is often not nearly as hard az it
ought to be.
We are dumb when we reflect that there
have been
TWO CABINET OFFICERS
C.-I GoI.-. 49, Co.
man, has made quite stir, though COM
mend me to Mr.. Thompson as a speaker.
The crowd on Friday night at the Schurz
meeting was something to shudder at. At
half-past the passageway was filed with
struggling mass, one current at the left
setting outward, the other hopefully press
ing in 1t would have seemed as much as
a life was worth to attempt the cut across,
and yet | saw woman do it. She thrust
herself against a solid bank of coats and
pants, and in another moment she was
gasping in the current. 1t seemed to me
her very eyes were starting from her head,
but she got through Oh, yes, she got
through | would rather not have been
that woman. Her bonnet was awry, her |
hair-dear object OF a woman's pride !-un-
done, ruffie was ripped q yard from her |
dress, and everybody looked at her as they |
went by. As for Carl Schurz, one of the |
great men of his day, did not see him,
though even Mrs. Chick could not have ad- |
vised me to make more of an effort. They |
say, though, that Nast's caricatures in
Ha7per's Weekb are strikingly like him,
and that he looks like gentleman: How
proud our Germans are of him how they
have done him honor and shown him they
appreciate the American in him
On Monday night went to
CHURCH soeIABLE,
Which was really one of the most sociable
affairs of its kind that ever happened in
the city. Usually lot OF stiff and staid
old folks, with starch in their backbones,
sit round against the wall primly tanning
with black fans, while the deacons chassez
solemnly back and forth with the weight !
of office heavy as unrisen biscuit on their |
shoulders. at half-past nine they go
home, and talk all the week about having |
been to o sociable. But at this sociable | |
saw not single sober countenance the |
people all smiled as wide as worldly folk. |
A lot OF pretty young girls circulated con-
tinually through the low -ceiled room,
done up in tight.fitting costumes and guam
titles Of pale-blue and pink ribbons, &C
cording to complexion. A quantity of our
young Brio a-brac-ers clustered for merri- |
ment in one corner of the room, and a |
bride from out their number received at |
tention in black brocade. / never before
saw SO many very young ladies and gentle |
men at an assemblage of the kind. L. N. |
Clement, the most riouoRs man at waltz |
or galop that ever acted as usher in a
church, hobnobbed with ancient sisters
in four corners at once ; and L. B. Bench !
ley hunted up strangers and presented |
everybody in the room one at a
time. Mrs. DR.. Goodall, of st. Louis,
stood the center of group the evening
long, charming each newcomer with her
sweet face and appropriate address, while
the Doctor, her husband, bore the brunt |
nf haav,ar conuarca4 oaroa litfIa die.