The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-07-15
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTA BLIsHED AUGUST 1893.
SOCIETY.


Captain Hooper, OF tho revenue cutter Cor.
win, has recently presented inc Secretary OF
OF his last cruise along tho coast OF Alaska.
They were given him by an Aleute, and are re-
markablo specimens OF native carving. They
nro walrus tusks, one OF them pipe and tho
other plcture.journal OF native life in tho
Aleutlan Islands. Tho pipo looks like piece
Of fno enamel; the transverse bars, volutes and
circles being as regularly spaced and tho lines
as true as II made by machinery. Tho bowl OF
tho pipe is Of bone, and is fastened to tho stem
by s deer Sng ThS ar Sea begins
series Of really accurate and intelllgiblo
pictures tho games OF wrestling, leaplng,
the parental igloo. Then come grayor Nom.
cries, tho platforms on which are
laid tho dead, with the sacrifices and
swift journey and happy residence in the
future. Then tho large ship, largo TO them,
although only coasting schooner,which came
into tho bay, towed by n limo OF boats. The
houses erected by tho white mon, to be used
in the process of laying tho cable, which con:
tho cable, with very good representation
Then the child merges Into tho youth, and
sports Of the country. There are
SPRINGS TO catch birds, and traps for animals,
two OF them sprung with the trophies dang.
n fishing expedition, In which the luck OF the
boat Is illustrated by quantities OF fish, from
seal up and down the scale OF the flnny tribe.
Then great hunt after bears and white foxes.
Then seal hunt, and tho party riding home
game a as they cannSt ' carry T hS
another seal hunt, and the process of skin.
ming. Then whale catch, with the process of
cutting on tho blubber, and trying out tho
Oil Tho return to the village and n summer
scene, and finally battle royal with wal.
Shows mcs skill X and Ost dey b ei pance
required TO contract 30 much I'm 80 small n
space must have boon inherited from
Chinese ancestry, and VIC can but think, that
with slight instruction, n school OF new and
interesting artists would arise In our "seal
country"
Mrs. Kilbourn and her daughters sail from
New York today for Europe. They go direct
TO Genoa, via Gibralter, and Will summer at
Viareggio, tho quaint old italian seaside rc-
ried Immediately after their attack of Roman
foyer, and TO whose delicious air and climate
main abroad until the last Of october.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay sail to-day for Eu-
rope. 1t ia almost like going home, for they
have such hosts OF friends in England, and 80
many Of their happiest associations are on tho
Continent.
Captain and Mrs. selfridge, so pleasantly ro.
membered hcre, are among the agreeable Navy
people gathered at Newport.
Miss Sturgis, the daughter OF General
sturgis, U. s. A., is spending a few weeks at
Saratoga. She will go thence with friends to
make the tour OF the Tho usand Isles, and will
return home by way of Quebec and tho White
Mountains.
DR.. Maulsby, U. s. N, and his charming wife,
Will spend the rest OF this month and August
at Deer Park.
The news from Admiral Sands is still of the
happlest kind. Saratoga and Its climate and
waters have restored him beyond the most
sanguino expectations OF his family and
friends.
General Drum, General Rugglos, Colonel
Benjamin, and two or three of their friends
and comrades, leave to-day for Antietam
They will spend several days In visiting the
points ON The field with which they grew
familiar during the frightful battle waged
there twenty years ago.
Mrs. McCeney and her pretty daughters have
gone to Now London for the summer, in accord
ance with their plans noted In our column
two months ago.
Mrs. Preston Sands, with her little children
has left Fauquior and gone TO Capon, which
is pronounced one OF tho most agreeable Of re
sorts this season.
Mr.. Edmund Moffatt left to-day for New
York, whence no sails about tho 2Oth for Lon
don.
Mr.. Harry Garfield will spend the summer
in the White Mountains with u party o.
friends they have arranged a series Of
"tramps," by which they will visit on foot al
the points OF interest within a radius o
twenty miles. Master James Will be at home
his Illness OF last year having untitled him fo
any such exertion.