The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-07
N~u0eaF'~ Reception at the ~ bite Heu~e
-Th. President Surrounded BY - HrNS
OF Aatlqas Beauty

WaSmgNeroN, u. e.. January ,, iSS2.
To-day there has leen q grand social open
ire. Sassietv. official and nun-otliciai. has
sp-en on dress parade. 0fcoors.,, It l. not very
uell known where sct-iefy begius and where
she leaves off uherr the READ bos faB fades
int, the chrulno-lyl-e. and especially in Wash
ingtnu an. the frontiers wayeTing and Hide
fined sui, snciesy y as one world say, so
ricty. The climax ~ Socle'y = the President.
and 10 descending climacteric, the Cabinet,
Judges 81 the Supreme Court, senators and
Representative in Congress, Army and Naval
Officers. Chiet. Of Bareaa. and down io
the depths. Nearly everybody in Washington
reeeiyed this New Year. Even 6uiieau an
nouueel in court that be would receive al the
iail. suppose Guiteau Is the anti climax, if
il Is a,lmiesshle To- speak aippaniv Of 50 loath-
some "a subject
The President was a<sisi,d ly quite q num-
her ri influential ladies. ! u-,- the word ia
iluential adyisedly. It has q J=rculiar Sigrnii-
eamC,. when applied Ca anyh ody within the
c0nr; eirelr. and suggests a potency in politics
aud place Rely upon It. neither Wcmen nor
men are chosen haphazzard Tor important Ger.
ctnouials hy this administration. The ladies
who assisted President Arthur Ia receive oH
New Years, were Mesdames senators Logan,
Cameron. Pcndleton, Miller, Jones. of Neva-
,iA. and Mrs. Representative Ruheson. Mrs.
Logan was chosen for her tact, her large West
srn acquaintance and her boaihORiie, or should
say. baalan.ie; Mrs Cameron was chosen for
her ynuth and beauty: Mrs Pendletun, be-
sausn the President wanted one. Democrat on
the committee: Mr.. Miller, because the Pa
cifc slope needed representation; Mrs. Jones'
because she talks French; Mrs. Robesou, be-
cause she talks French with the volubihty of
Sara Bernhard, and is. moreover. acquainted
a 4 II 4.
tons. These were the reasons that appeared
10 a casual observer. There were other rea-
sons discerned by your iarseeing corrcspon-
dent. but he has not time to tire You with them
now Besides, he is tired out with the day's
eNertions. He felt it his duty To your paper
to call at the White House and pay his re
spectS To the President, and the somewhat an
tiuue hevv that surrounded him; but the line
had to he drawn somewhere. so he cut the
Cabine; and Supreme Court and devoted the
day to the ladies. The ladies received IN the
eas lighted parlors. Al their exposed super
heies were white with powdery etfiorescence.
Their checks were of pretty reddish hue.
somewhat like flesh tiuts Their ewes glowed
with an artificial brilhancy. Their handker-
chiefs exhaled delicious odorS. Their draper
les were the richest productions from the
looms of India and observation-disclosures and
gured, bias and demitrain. May not be quite
accurate in these sweet and sacred technical
ties. hut before write another society letter,
will interview a mantua maker and improve
my style
2 Some British shipowners have begun to man
their vessels with negro seamen exclusively,
the officers alone being white men. They
take them at the same wages as ordinary En-
elish or foreign seamen. Those who have
tried the experiment state that they find col
ored men as good sailors as Europeans, and
that they are more doeile and less inclined TO
run away.
Religious circles in Decatur, ILL.,, are stirred
hy disclosures Just made, growing out of the
dismissal of the Rev F. w. Maynard, late of
New York, as pastor of the Christian Church.
He is charged with drunkenness and other
conduct unbecoming a minister.