The Evening critic., 1882-08-23
SOCIETY,".
SOCIETY
Xhaf Is Going On I'm the Social World

Tho social event OF tho week Will, OF course,
be Mrs. Rlcketts' river party. The Corcoran
= and she, after her usual custom, has consid.
cred "the greatest good OF tho greatest num-
ber," and has givon all OF her friends chance
10 share the pleasure OF tho evening. Among
her guests will be the Army and Navy officers
now In town with their wives and families,
a number Of prominent officials, aud many OF
the old residents, together with goodly scat
tering OF the gay young people who hnvo come
homo from the sea and mountains. IL tho
weather is fair the evening will be perfect, for
the pleasant company and tho moonlight Will
bc supplemented by music and good music,
too, for tho Apollo CLEO Club and tho quintet
Club Will 6S among the my guests, and we all
from 6 to 10, and, as announced In yesterdays
notes, the evening appointed is Thursday.
Mrs. sherman and her son will leave for
Oakland to-day. Miss Lizzie went on Monday
to mako the cottage ready for her mother,
who is much shaken by tho recent sad occur
rences In the family OF her daughter, Mrs.
Fitch. As already announced, tho General ac
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch on their mourn
full Journey West. Tho family Will remain In
the mountains until tho middle of September,
when they VIII return to their homo on FIJI
teenth street.
Tho Hon. Mr.. Belmont, whose maiden
efferts in Congress last winter attracted 80
much attention, leaves on saturday for tho
Yellowstone country, whore he Will travel and
hunt and camp out until the end OF October.
Doctor Gallaudet, who returned some days
since from the North, has gone to tho Warm
until tho college at Kendall Green opens for
the season.
Bad news comes from DR.. Woodward, who
went, went ABROAD It VIII 6e remempersd for his
from tho bad effects OF the journey across tho
ocean. His physicians nre anxious for him to
get TO the softer air and moro genial climate OF
the Mediterranean.
Tho social events at Newport tomorrow Will
be the receptions given by Mrs. Bruon, Mrs.
Dickey and Mr.. Russell to the President. He
IIatn I.a ,t.vn,.
later In the week by Mr.. Astor and Mr.. Van
derbilt, and Mrs. Baldwin gives a ball In HIS
honor. The three 1astnamed entertainments
are to surpass anything that has been seen at
the resort during the season. would be afraid
to give tho menus and list OF flowers and
toilets to bo displayed on tho occasion, for II
did should be reasonably accused OF giving
rein to my Imagination md vaulting way be.
yond the truth.
Mrs. Bruen, mentioned above as ono OF
the ladies' who are TO entertain the President
at Newport tomorrow, is pleasantly remem.
bered here. She and her accomplished
daughter occupied a house on street, Farra.
three elegant residences built by Mr.. Shop.
herd and Mr.. Kilbourn, each OF whom lived
in the row for some years.
Pretty Mrs. Keller, introduced here as a
Her husband, tho iieutenaat, is one of tho
finest young officers In the service, and won
the devotion Of his his class 70 ~ his splendid
TO the Naval Academy with tho avowed inten-
tion of beating their young opponents.
Mr.. Lows story, "valeria,' has attracted so
much attention, and is so well received, that
| he will enter on q series OF magazine articles
| kind OF work his talent flts him for pecu.
| liarly. The authorship Of much Of his finest
| writing is hidden from the general public un.
| der the noms do plume he has assumed, and,
except among his personal frionds, no has
mover received half the credit duo him.
Among the familiar Washington faces seen
| at Newport is that OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gorringe, whose history, by the way, is q real
| romance. II begins In tho West Indies, whore
| his father, n clergyman OF tho Church OF Eng
| land, married and settled, and goes over al
| most tho whole world. 1t is full OF thrilling
| incidents, and is of special interest to Amer.
| leans, whose cause the young sailor made his
| own in tho frst year Of our war. His sister,
remembered here Us pretty Blanche Gorringe
| is the Mrs. Hiland, whose husband has re
Gently met with such a horrible accident In
| South Amcrica-an accident which, II Is feared
| will incapacitate him from ever going on the
active list again.
| The gay season will begin next month In q
series Of entertainments to the Marquis Of
Lorne, who will travel through tho country on
| route for South America. This Will make II
| month longer than last year, when the fes
| tivities began In October with the arrival OF
| the French and German visitors.