The Evening critic., 1882-06-20
THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTA RLTsHED AUGUST 1868.
SOCIETY.
what Us Going ON in the Social world

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Tho garden party glyen last evening by Miss
Maggie Baldwin at the homo OF her aunts,
" Little Place." was one of the prettiest enter
tainments OF tho season. Tho grounds were
hung with chinese lanterns, which made the
trees look rs II they had blossomed into fruit
OF IRE, and all the young girls wore white
toilets, which added much to the picturesque
effect. Four pieces OF music, stationed In tho
conservatory, soon set the light young feet to
dancing, and the nrst "lancers was formed
"on the floor the space was so large that the
yoting people ranged themselves about twenty
feet apart, and, as the figures had to be made In
q given time they ran through them, a novelty
which produced much merriment and fun.
At half-past nine beautiful supper wns served
and every variety Of cake the confectionerss
art could devise. Then the dancing was re-
sumed, and the young guests in the Intervals
provided with ono or more lanterns, which
danced and bobbed about like gigantic Wills
The young hostess Mss was ssssed @
Alexander, Mrs. Stevens ana Mrs. Sands; the
guest of the occasion, Miss Fannie Bell,
nd their friends ,bds Mr. P1pe and Mr.
Miss MccormicE MISS MISS whiting, siDg MISS MISS
Shelabarger, Miss Hockaday, Miss Casllear,
Basil Ricketts,, Mr.. Crane, Miss Eastman, Mr..
Law, Mr.. Ashford, Mr.. Casilear, Mr.. Glhon
and many others. AS zach carriage drove
away q Chinese lantern was tackled to the front
as souvenir OF the evening, and the effect
was very pretty as the rcd, green, blue, yellow
and white balls OF light went down the road,
dancing with every motion of the vehicle, as
II the echoes Of the violins still vibratcd
through their frames.
Among the adopted washingtonians at Old
Point Comfort are the Hon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis. They viii spend n few days, and then
Mr.. Wills Will return to his official duties,
leaving his pretty wifo and boy to enjoy the
salt air little longer.
New York paper says; "One OF the belos
Of Saratoga is Miss Edith Evarts." This is no
news to u.s. How could 1t be when her mig
nome face and charming manner won every
heart in washington during her stay here this
last season.
Sir Edward Malet, the British Consul-Gen-
eral in Egypt, has been playfully dubbed "the
stormy petrol of the Corps Diplomatic" for he
is always in the thick of q political storm. He
was stationed here at the outbreak Of our war;
he was In Paris during the days OF the COM
mune, and he is now in Cairo, where many old
scenes OF slaughter and disaster have repeated
themselves. Ho Is a man Of splendid courage
and fne feeling, and he shrinks from no dan
ger, however great, that stands between him
and any unfortunate wretch who needs help.
Miss Hardie leaves her home In West Wash
ington on Saturday for Philadelphia, where
with whom she will make The tour of the
White Mountains, Lake George and Canada
Professor Bells elegant home, OH Connecti-
cut avenue, will not be ready for the occu-
pancy of himself and family until the fall.
Meantime, they Will summer at Newport,
where they have taken q pretty cottage.
very delightful barge party vas Given las,
evening from the Navy-yard 10 Misses Edith
Cragin and Lydie nester, cha peroned by Mrs
Charles II. Mccartney. The gentlemen were
Omcefs F. f. Fletcher and w. s. Hughes, ol
the monitor Passaic, and Mr.. d. F. Myers. The
boat decked with the Stars and Stripes, was
manned by the ships crew, and, after a ride
Of several hours, the party returned to par
take of a collation. of delicacies awaiting them
homeward, Voting it tho most pleasant Of the the
season. These young gentlemen propose Civ
ing other similar entertainments.