The Evening critic., 1882-09-19
SOCIETY,".
what is Going ON I'm tho social world

1t Is with great satisfaction VIC noto the true
American feeling that has dictated the docora-
tions Mt Notre Dame, the Catholic university
OF tho West. Professor Gregori is the artist,
and his work speaks more eloqucntly In his
praise than oven the letters he brought from
Romo and Florence. OF course religious sub.
iects are n prominent feature Of his work at
the university, but tho decorations OF which
we make mention above adorn the yestibuie,
ing AS one enters "A full,longth
fresco Of Queen Isabella attracts attention
on the right. She Is represented In her youth
the caskot OF Jewels she sold to equip Colum-
bus for his voyage OF discovery. Tho face has
framed In border OF Saracenic design.
Opposite her, on tho left OF tho entrance, is
Columbus; Col, m g,,. Tho figure is harmonious and
cent panel, 10 by 20 feet 1t is the reception
OF Columbus by his soveroigns, after his
fs, HnS sH5aSus ES%SH tho udmfsDo SsS World nnd
tho coloring Is unsurpassed in this coun-
try. The others, as yet only sketched in char
coal, portray the leading after-evont in the
discoyerers life; and then come tho most
striking ecencs and episodes In our history as
country. One of the features OF tho rotunda
Presidents, the llkenesses to bo taken from tho
bestaccepted paintings In the collections, pri-
yato and public, OF the. United States, and in
some cases-as General Grant, Mr. Hayes and
Mr.. Arthur-from sittings. The work will be
a life task, and 1t will readily be seen that the
pas OF Of q
really magnificent in Its scope and extent.
Admiral and Mrs. Fablus Stanley have re-
turned TO their pleasant homo. Thoir stay
North has been long one, and they have WIS.,
tied many points OF interest during Its extent
MIR. and Mrs. Preston Sands will occupy
their now house early in October. II Is In OK
erous scale. The hall is wide and prettlly nm.
ished, and sunshine and air have been given
every opportunity to enter In and take up
their permanent abode. Tho rooms are
planned in way but too little regarded In tho
architecture of to-day. Places have been
made for the bods and bureaus, so they neither
block up window, blind the occupant OF tho
chamber, nor yet set In drafts. This feature
ts commendable, and, as n sufferer from the
lack Of its observance, call attention to It.
Mrs. W. W. Wood is still in the city. She
has taken quarters at the Ebbitt, whore she
VIII remain for some weeks at least. Her
plans are necessarily unsettled, and until sho
RECEIVERS from the awful shock OF her hus-
bands death she can mako no now ones.
Among the pleasant young officers who Will
spend the winter in the city Is DR.. Branscombe,
US. N. He tsa virginian, and is possessed Of
so many OF the qualities indigenous to the
"eacred soil" that he Will be an acquisition TO
our society.
Miss Lawrence has returned to her homo on
Connecticut avenue. She has had q delightful
summer and is looking unusually we'll and
pretty.
Major and Mrs. Lydecker will take possess
sion OF their new homo about tho 1st OF oc-
| tober. They have leased Mrs. Biddle's house,
| in the North End, near the Scott circle. They
are an attractive and agreeable family, and
We congratulate ourselves on having such an
| addition to the Army circle.
DR.. Tindall, who has Just built quaint cot
tage on Kalorama Heights, is near relative
| OF the Professor, and 80 like him that the
latter waived an Introduction on their first
meeting, saying; "I'd know you for Tyndall
wherever / saw you." 1t Is q curious fact,
| proven by the family portraits, that, marry
where and who they Will, the mon OF the fam
lily retain the same cast OF features and color
Ing, and have done so for more than two GEN.
| turtles.
| Tho many friends OF Mr.. Edward Kent, OF
New York, are pleased to welcome him back
| among them. He Is here to argue one of his
cases, and looks well and hardy. To the regret
OF all who know him, his stay will include but
two days.
The London Times says: "The punishment
for tho crime OF rebellion is death," and that
"never was that punishment moro richly
earned than by Arab Pasha and his chiefs" )"
| Well, that depends agood deal on the success
OF the rebellion. The wise Romans spoke Of
| II as "the crime for which one is hanged
and another crowned" (We crucem sceleris pre-
| tiuin, hic diddenia,) the first being the reward
OF failure and the last OF success. General
Washington would have been a "rebel' if-but
that 'Hf" is too unpatriotic to ind a sequence,
and we oil know he was ga hero and the father
| OF his country" Instead of such a father,
Arab has become the prodigal son, and by the
| time he has eaten his husks he Will doubtless
be reconstructed and become royal subject.