The Evening critic., 1882-10-13
SOCIETY.
Mhnl Is doing on In the Social WOrld.


Tho wedding Of Lieutenant Converse, U. s.
A., and Miss Ncttlo Jenkins took place last
evening at the residence OF the brides father,
Admiral Jenkins, U. $. N, In the West End. II
was ceremony strangely SAD for the happiest
event in the lives Of tho young lovers, Ind tho
shadows of death and sorrow lay dark on the
wedding robes and veil. Tho groom, II VIII
be remembered, was wounded In an Indian
fight last July, tho Apache bullet entering his
head, and burylng Itself between the
destroy tho sight OF tho first and
effectually prevent any safe extraction from
the latter. lilo has suffered deeply, physically
and mentally, and the physicians have decided
that the bullet must como out 20 save tho other
eye. IL is this decision, and the risk attendant
on IT, that has "turned their 10y to mourning
predict, with heart full OF sympathy for tho
young bride and groom, that the cruol lead
will bo safely removed, and that years Of hap.
Another wedding Will take place this week
as already announced; that OF Miss Thom and
Lieutenant Wood, u, s. NJ. Q. This and the
marriogo OF Lieutenant and Mrs. Converse
were &c have been the two social events, by OK
cellence, OF October, but for the sad cause
cited In our column OF three weeks since.
lieutenant Wood and his bride will mako
their vowb before lew Intimate friends only.
It,seems so very trist this mingling OF Grape
with orange blossoms; but tho darkest morn.
lngs make sometimes tho brightest days, and
We all know that nights blnckcst hour Is Just
before the dawn.
rho new house built by the Hon. George
We introduced our readers to u number OF Its
most attractive features some weeks since,
but tho best is yet to be added, the presence
OF Its charming mistress. Mrs. Robeson hos
been at tho Wator Gap for the past three
weeks. and ns her letters have been full of the
beauty OF hill and sky and foliage, she must
Tho family Of Colonel Ingersol have ro.
turned from their BummCring, and arc enthu-
siastic about the charms OF their homo by the
sea
The city Is nlling up rapidly, and tho win
dows of the houses have lost their vacant
stare; Instead OF wooden shutters and monto-
nous blinds we see familiar faces and groups
OF pretty children In the picturesque green
aways" that add so much to the charm OF
childhood. Among tho "returns" We take
great pleasure In chronicllng is that of Gem
eral and Mre. Capron. They Will be at the
Portland this winter, where their rooms
Will retain tho odd and charming
characteristics lent their former homo by their
Oriental curositles. These are OF rare value,
and In several cases represent lost arts,
the lacquer work, by example, which
wrought In patterns that leave one amazed at
| the PATIENCE caro- and time they indicate.
Others are. considered by ,connoisseurs the
| finest specimens OF wrought metal In this
| country, and, Indeed, some include Eu-
rope In the summing up. 1 remember one
| "a dwarf cherry tree, whose branches oi
bronze are covered with exquisite blossoms
done In SILVER, and which support a bird OF
| Paradise done In gold, silver and bronze, a
marvel OF workmanship. The whole is set In
pot of silver, curiously chased. Another is
| the celebrated drum, which was suspended
| outside of tho Palace of one OF the most famous
| rulers OF Japan. 1t was put there to protect
| the weak and oppressed, for even the meHnes'
| slave had the right to beat It and cry for jus
tlce when the ruler answered Its summons
| The reign OF this man was so happy, and wise
| and Just, that the drum, after the first year
| was never beaten, but hung In wind and rain
and summer and winter, until the thongs thai
held It rotted and broke, the grass sprang round
| IL, and finally a hen made her nest ana raised
| hor brood In II. This is the time represented
| and the coloring OF the fowls, tho exquisite
| perfection of feather and crest Is something
| beyond such praise as can give In this hur
| ried account OF It.. Another object of Interest
| is tho veil OF tho temple which Is generally
| made to servo rs an arras.