The Evening critic., 1882-02-10
SOCIETY.
what in Going ON in the social
World.

There was pleasant social reunion last
night at the Church of the Reformation, on
Pennsylvania avenue east. Singing aud
reading for an hour amused and delighted
the audience, after which quite number
partook of the very elegant rejection pro-
vided. The singing of Miss BERTHE Craw
ford and Miss +. Clark was exceptionally
fine.
Last night the British Legation was the
scene of brilliant gathering, the centre of
which was the bonnie little lady who does
the honois so gracefully for Monsieur her
father. The long rooms we're lighted, and
perfumed with the most exquisite roses
and ferns and smilax, and delicate trailing
green things lent their grace to the decora-
tions. The toilets were magnificent, notable
among them being those worn by Mrs.
Senator Hill, Mrs. Kilbourn, Mrs. Keifer,
Mrs. Cox, Miss Sheriff. Mrs. MacArthur,
Mrs Gen. RugRles, Madame de Mcissner,
Mrs Vance, Mrs. Kennan, and Mrs Loring.
The British Minister has a staff of agreeable
and efficient attaches, who were tireless in
their courteses, especially Mr Drummond,
Mr.. Cadigan, and Lord George Montague.
The table was spread with the elegant silver
belonging to Mr.. Vests menage, as well as
the legation silver, aud flowers and all
sorts of pretty things in spun.sugar and
nougat stood guard over the more substan-
dred guests present, and it was one OF
those entertainments about which a great
deal might be written were it not for the
prejudice the host and hostess have against
their bouse-life being brought before the
public-a prejudice we respect and defer to
by this very casual mention.
The death of Auerbach puts the literary
world in mourning. He died at Cannes
with the soft sky of Southern France bend
ing to meet him and the murmur of the
Mediterranean sounding in his cars, the
Nature to sole CO his last moments
He had been one of her most faithful
lovers, and it was fit he should die with
her fairest phases round him. He was in
the SGD year of his age, and would have at
tanned it on the 2Sth. 1t is said that grief
at the Judenhetz gave him his death blow.
Among the distinguished people in the
city now is Capt. Douglass Ottinger, of the
revenue marine, q man to whose large
benevolence, mechanical SKILL and acute
intellect the country owes some of its best
possessions and the world at large its
safety in shipwreck on the coasts, for he is
inventor of the life-car, which, by
the mortar. and line, can be sent
over 400 yards from shore through
seas in which not even balsa would be OF
use. This car and apparatus he would
never patent, DuJ gave III 10 maritime
countries a free gift. He is the discoverer
of Humboldt Bay, and was the first officer
in the service to explore the western slope
His services during the war were of an in
teresting and dangerous nature, and now
that he has reached old age he is as hale
and as vigorous and as ready for adventure
as the youngest middle that Marryatt eve,
wrote about.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchinson give a large
| party tonight
The Literary Society will meet mex
week at the residence of Judge Saunder
Johnstone.
The most elegant party of the season
will be given on the Mardi-Gras by
But no, will not speak of it yet, othe
than to say that preparations are beini
made on scale commensurate with tn
means and hospitality of the hostess, aut
that the words "most elegant" are judi
ciously applied.
Musical circles have an acquisition il
Miss Sewell, whose touch on the piano
as firm and as graceful as her very cleve
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