The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-07-31
SOCIETY,".
what is Going ON in the social world.


Miss shellabarger and her sisters have scnt
homo such delightful accounts OF their froiics
at Asbury Park that tho Judge and hle wife
packed their trunks md left on Saturday 10
Join them. We can safely predict there VIII
be no younger or merrler people at tho Park
than Judge and Mrs. shellabargor, for thoy
have the secret OF perpetual youth In what tho
French call "gaiety OF the heart"
Miss Clara Barton, tho Grst American woman
who assumed the Red Cross, and under Its
pgis followed the fortunes OF tho Franco.Ger-
man war, is In the city. She Will spend q few
days attending to business matters and then
go TO her beautiful homo in New York State.
One ofstho bellies OF Saratoga is Mrs. McCau.
ley, the wife OF the commandment at tho Marine
Barracks. Sho has n slender, llssome figure,
an exquisite complexion, large blue eyes and
brown hair; her features are OF the type seen
In the old English "books OF beauty" and, by
the way, sho is Of English parentage. She Is
brilliantly connected In the Old World, her
cousins being among the fairest leaders In
London society.
DR.. and Mrs. Nathan Lincoln leave this
week for Troy, where they VIII spend n fow
days, this being the fuftheSt limit OF tho time
the Doctor can spare from caring for "sufror-
Ing humanity
Mrs. Loring, who was In Baltimore, en-
route r9r 81 tine time S Sy her sSr
tragedy, for he was hor fayorlte, and was
such q fine swimmer that tho family mover
thought OF uneasiness.
Mrs. Totten leaves tomorrow morning for
Cresson. She takes all her pretty babies with
her, and has discovered a delightful place near
the Springs, where sho will BIO out OF tho rush
OF fashionable life.
Among the pleasant young officers stationed
here now is Lieutenant Lemly, U: $. N. Ho
has Just returned from trip around the world,
md visit to his old homo In tho South.
Among the pretty girls at Nantucket are tho
Misses Neale, the daughters OF tho Hon. Mem.
Der from Ohio. They are blooming like roses
in. tho quiet, restful atmosphere Of this
"sleepy hollow" Of our summer resorts.
Mrs. Maury has made hor summer hitting,
and like other Southern birds has gone North.
Shewill spend August Mt Mount Desert, and
has written to her daughters to Join her rs
soon as possible.
mouth Beach, N. j., is Miss Carpenter, whose
reign during the Senator'S Official life was 80
full OF grace and hospitality.
Mrs. General Foster will Join Mrs. Frank
Howe and her other friends at Narragansett
some tme this week. She leaves town to-day
for New York.
Among tho romancos In real life enactlng In
our midst is one of special interest to uni
versity men. on II street there was, until q
few weeks ago, n little shop where milk was
sold. The man who dealt 1t out was remark.
able for his silence, his good English and his
into the shop for glass OF buttermilk. The
proprietor drew 1t from tho icod can and
handed 1t to him, but 1t fell crashing to
the floor, for the customer had seized him by
both hands aud was pumping them vigorously
up and down, exclaiming: "Why, my dear
1eilow, now 90 you 40, ana where DID you
come from 2" He had recognized In the
"milk man J." q classmate, who had taken high
| honors at Williams College, and had been
| chosen valedictorian OF the class.
| Ono OF tho bellies of Richneld Springs this
| season is Miss Annie Mmy, than whom there
is not prettier or sweeter girl In Washington
| society.
Mrs. jeremiah Wilson is at the Delaware
| Water Gap. She has pursued the wise plan OF
| sea first and mountains afterward, having
| spent juno and almost all of this month ut AS
| bury Park.
Commodore and Mrs. Pattison, with theii
| charming daughter, Miss Minna, Will spend
| August ut Berkeley.
The wedding OF Lieutenant Conv srse, u. S. A..
| and Miss Nettie Jenkins Will take place in Oc
| tober, provided tho young officers galIantry
and daring does not result fatally In the Apa.
che war now waging.
Pretty Miss Blossom Drum has returned
from Chicago to the homo of friends who have
missed her so sadly from among them.