The Evening critic., 1882-02-22
SOCIETY,",
what is Going on I'm the Social
World.

rs IL is such dancing community, pumps
and vanities would bc more appropriate
laid down their sceptIe and made room for
Lent with her mantle Of sackcloth aud
crown of ashes her wan face and sweet
hope Of Easter. time and to-day the season
of sowing in tears the seed whose garner
is more beautiful than Pleasures rarest
flowers is fairly inaugurated. The occa-
sion was observed in. the Catholic and
Episcopal churches; in the former,
by mass and the distribution of ashes,
which are made by burning the palms left
from Palm Sunday, and are placed in the
form of cross on the forehead of each
person receiving them, with the words,
Remember, man, thou art but dust, and
unto dust thou shalt return" In the
Episcopal Church the service is marked by
special collect and Gospel and sermon on
the duties Of the season.
Mr. Charles Page Bryan leaves to-day
for Colorado, and it is shrewdly suspected
that the next time he comes East it will be
as member from his adopted State.
Mr.. Starn, formerly member of Congress,
is spending q few days in town. The
names Of himself and family recall many
pleasant memories, for their hospitality
was lavish during their residence here, and
they left moro friends among us than a two
years stay usually produces.
The Garfield memorial presented to the
members Of the Literary Society at its last
meeting is work Of much interest. 1t
contains the fine papers Of Mr. Spoflord
and Col. Mallery, The Intellectual
Character and Methods of Garfield
and The Relations of President
Garfield to Science;" also the remarks OF
Chief Justice Drake, DR.. Hoffman and
Prof. yelling, and the poem by Mrs. Fran
ces Hodgson Burnett, "By the Sea, Septem-
Der 10, 1881" the best poetical tribute paid
to the great and dear dead by any one
among his sorrowing people. There are six
lines remember which are so vibrant with
strength and grief that quote them, sure
of a sympathetic reading:
We cry, but he who suffers lies
Meeting sharp-weaponed pain with steadfasi
eyes,
Half draws his keen sword from its glittering
sheath,
And, looking inward, pauses lingering long
Faltering-himself the weak before the strong
The recall of NJ. and Madame Outrey is a
source of universal regret, for they have
endeared themselves more TO Washington
than any foreign residents who have been
among us since the days of Baron Gerolt
and his family,
The "lady.day party" given yesterday
by Lieuts. Payne, Macomb, Richardson
and Babcock met with the success it de-
served even the weather, after sulking all
morning, declared in their favor, aad
smiled its brightest on the throng of pretty
girls, who enjoyed the hospitality of the
young officers. The Wise mansion wa
bright with lights and flowers, and, as the
chaperones were selected from among the
most agreeable of Society's matrons, it j:
needless to say that Mrs. Ricketts,, Mrs. Pen
dleton, and Mrs. Hitchcock were of the
number. The "high tea reflected grea
credit on the hosts, and every one agreed
that it was the pleasantest way of winding
up the season that could be imagined.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale has beer
| the guest for some days of COMMISSIONS
| and Mrs LoriDg, who gave number o
their friends the privilege and pleasure o
| meeting him at a dinner on Monday even
| ing. There is no New England writer, ex
cepting always Oliver Wendell Holmes an,
| Emerson, who is SO read and admire'
| throughout the South as DIR. Hale. and it j
hoped he will prolong his stay sufficient.
| for his literary acquaintance to entertain
him.
Ovation to MIR. COrc0ran.
A perfect ovation was rendered Mr.. W
W. Corcoran at Masonic Temple last nigh
by the Art Club and public-spirited citizens
The spacious hall was magnificently deco
1
present, and music, dancing. and a suppe
were among the features From a heavily
draped stage at one end of the hall Nj
Corcoran was introduced to the assembling,
Gathered around him were ex-Secretar
and Mrs. Blaine, Gen. Hamilton, Mrs. s
II. Kaufman, Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxi,
District Commissioner Dent, J. w. Tho mp
son, Crosby S. Noyes, Lieut.. Hoxie, r.
Merrick, and others. Mr.. Blaine was in
| tx, +ln, l. L,yO L
man, and, stepping to the front of the stag,
the former said:
Mr.. CoRcoRAN The Art Club of the city
Washington desire to manifest in this publ
manner their sincere respect for you persoI
ally and their profound appreciation of you
lberality and munificence as patron OF ever
good work They have invited others TO TAX
part with them, and others still to witness I'll
reception, and to me they have assigned til
agreeable duty of conveying to you an expire
sion of the sentiments which animate then
Having filled three-score years and ten wit
great physical and mental vigor, and by reaso
of strength surviving now beyond four-scol
years, your life represents the life of III
National Capital-the foundation, the growtl
,, ne magnificent development and attainmen
while Gen. Washington was yet livin
on the opposite shores OF the Potoma
ops SSIn in pdoels feeble wSpsa Tspaelie OF ny
at that period was atbest but a hopeful expe
iment, You have lived TO be citizen OF one
| INC pTOuueht anu HnObL powerful nations IN VI
| world, with more than fifty millions Of poop
and with the imperial domain of a contlnei
| for Its possession. A life so prolonged, so fu
Of usefulness, illustrated so richly by GOO
deeds, adorned by every private virtue, disti
guished for its spirit of benevolence and 4
more than princely charities, is nttlng
crowned by the universal respect and admir-
tion OF your fellow-citizens, and with the Q
| TEEN, the veneration and the affection of you
| personalsfriends The Art Club bids you we
come and presents YOU to this assemblage
| friends with the fanaWal aXDraSgion
TO embelllsh the great city with which yol
name is indissolubly associated.
When Mr.. Blaine concluded MIR. Merricl
for Mr.. Corcoran, replied as follows: "Grat
full to you, my dear sir, for the eloluei
words spoken, and grateful TO the peopN
Washington and the Washington Art Gu
for this beautiful manifestation of the
kindness, can only say, from the depti
of my heart, to one and to all, ladioyau
gentlemen, l thank you"
After q time supper was discussed, hi
the festivities concluded with danoin
There were over five hundred guests pre
ent, among the most prominent beil
President Arthur, Chief Justice and Nj
Waite, Justice and Mrs. Field, Senator al
Mrs. Frye, Judge and Mrs. Henkle, Seer
tary and Mrs. Lincoln, Congressman al
Mrs. S. S. Cox, Secretary Hunt aud daug
ter Speaker and Mrs. Keifer, Mrs. Alto
ney.General Brewster Treasurer aud Nj
Gilfllan, Commissioner and Mrs. Dude
Col. and Mrs. Corbin, III. d. Cooke, IT,, Sc
ator Rollins, j. Stanley Brown, George ,
Adams, Hon. o. ii. Irish, Col. Hooker, Ho
| M. q. Emery and daughter, Hon. j. A.