The Evening critic., 1882-09-02
THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTABLIsHED AUGUST Isss,
SOCIETY,
What is Going On in One socIaI YorId

Tho wedding OF Mr.. Lanlor Dunn and Niles
Hurd is set for an early date. The young
bride and groom begin their now life under
most favorable auspices. Youth, wealth,
beauty and love are the endowments fortune
has given them, and General Buffers we'd
rancho no owns In the West, whero his herds
and flocks are unnumbored. They will go
there Immediately after their wedding and
make IL their home.
Mrs. and Miss Taylor, OF Capitol Hill, have
gone TO Asbury Park, whore they Will spend
this month. Miss Elizabeth Smith accom-
panies them.
sculptor, is rs thorough as he is gifted Short.
ly after the Chicago fro wealthy man,
whose property had been spared from the
whirlwind OF flame, ordered OF him group
commemorative OF the event. No fine allie
gorical figure, no poetical capitalization OF
tho determination OF desolation" that foil upon
kicking over the lamp. Tho sculptor was
somewhat dismnyed,. for "the human
form divine" was his study, and not
obstreperous cows, but his Yankee "grit"
would not allow even n show of hesitation. Ho
accepted the commission, left the gay party no
was summering with and went up to farm r.
bane OF the milkmaid's life. Morning and
evening the young man went TO tho barnyard
the ill.tempered brute The result was the
spirited "group" OF tho COW, the shattered
lamp and tho streaming pail now 80 woll-
known.
to-day, not permanently, as some of his friends
fancied, but only for a flying peep ut tho
"sleeping city" He returns tonight to the
pretty cottage and invigoratlng air at Shrews.
bury.
The Hon. Mr.. Jorgensen, of Virginia, Is In
town. Congressman In the city at this sea-
son Is such curiosity that the Honorable
Member is interviewed Mt every street corner
about his "views" and tho "situation" In
Virginia.
Secretary Folger's departure--of which tho
"shadow Is cast before" In his nomination
will be greatly regretted. His homo was a
charming social centre last season, and his
nmiable daughter mado many friends among
us. They are both 80 genuine, and that, In
this day OF social veneoring and sham senti-
ment, is the most attractive quality ono can
possess.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Very left town yester.
day for New York, whence he Will sail for
Europe en- route for "the land Of fire."
Colonel Tourtellotte, U. s. A., has left to join
The Marquis and Marchioness OF Lorne. Ho
will be absent till about the middle of octo-
her.
Mr.. Guilliard Hunt, tho Minister'S youngest
son, has returned from Brooklyn, where he
went TO attend the wedding Of his brother and
pretty Miss Upshur.
Mr.. Herndon Morsell, lthe tenor, is being
very kindly received in the musical world as a
composer OF songs. Ono OF his best pieces of
work is a little ballad called "Vanlshed
Dreams" The words were written by n Wash
ingtonian, and the musical treatment they
have received is exquisite. Tho simplicity OF
NcTbe anu TnelOuy u INC dramatic
feet, and the sentiment appeals to every one,
for no heart so young but It has known some
"vanished dream" The young tenor leaves
on the 18th for Boston, where he Joins the
"Ideals," and settles down to his winter work.
At the recent clambake at Squantum the
President, with q rare consideration, was al
lowed to eat his dinner first, and shake hands
with the delegations afterward, all OF them
being kept at Providence until his return from
the beach, wish some clever writer would
exactly define the reason tDhy the pump move
ment Is the national expression OF approval.
The official stands square, and miserable, and
tho world at large seizes him by the hand and
shakes his arm up and down, as II 1t were try
ing to pump up an individual interest from the
depths OF his tired body. Then 1t says, virtu-
ouely, as II 1t were something to Its credit
swell, Two shaken hands with him, at any
rate.1