The Evening critic., 1882-10-04
SOCIETY.
what is Going on in the socia, world.


Tho number OF handsome now houses now
building VIII be increased by. tho one Judge
Embfey Is about TO erect. He has CHOSEN n
good location, ana the building Will be In tho
most approved style Of "dood Queen Anne"
Apropos, why was Anne called 'the goodY'
The chief things recorded OF hor In history are
that she and her sister connived at the do
thronomont OF their father, King James (and
that, too, after he had raised their mother
from the rank OF n simple gentlowoman 10 the
position OF Duchess and Queon0 that she
acquiescod In the sobriquet OF "Pretonder,"
conferred on her half-brotherj and that she
was devoted to "tho noshpOts OF Egypt"
This last was her ono characteristic, according
to the clever Jacobitc songmakers, who struck
on the daughters and sons-in-law Of King
james In tho neat lines:
'Mary, the daughter.
Anne, the eater.
Gcordic, the drlnker
And Willie, the chcatcr"
Mrs. Copenhagen, nee Embrey, has been
visiting her parents for the past few weeks.
She IS looking well, and is as charming as ovor
Her homo I'm New York IL ono of tho most
elegant In Madison Square, ana sho is sur.
rounded by the best art affords and wealth
can purchase.
THO friends of Chief Engineer Henderson
and his family are much pleased to learn he
Will remain among them. TO the uninltiated,
the recent changes seemed TO threaten n scat.
toring OF tho agreeable people we value 80
highly in society, but yesterdays orders did
away with such anxiety, and left In It's stead
the certainty that the circle Will remain un-
broken for tho wintor Mt least.
The friends OF Mr.. Peary regret that ho is
one OF tho "detachcd," for tho brilliant young
onlcer has made many friends among US.
Apropos to Navy-Yard news Madame Mar
tine, the mother OF Madame MeDocal, Is again
dangerously Ill. Sho has been an invalid all
summer, and during their stay at Hamilton,
was at the point Of DEATH The friends Of the
thcir hopes for tho speedy recovery Of tho In
valid.
Among the agreeable young officers to bo
stationed hero this season Is Assistant Engi-
neer Tolcott, u. s.. N. He is possessed OF all "tho
gifts of the gods"-youth, good looks, wit, and
VIII be an acquisition 10 the ranks Of our
beaux.
Judge and Mrs. Macarthur are expected
this week; they have had delightful sum.
mer, but very little rest, for they have been In
the heart OF the gaieties wherever they have
gone.
Curator Macleod has COMO on his annual
trip, and the lovers OF art are waiting his re.
turn with impatience, for ho 10 commissioned
which will best embellish our own. Mr.. Mac.
Leod is contributing to tho success Of art as
learned through his eyes, and his friend and
coadJutor Is advancing Its interest "by the
cars" for he has planned Conservatory of
Music for our young people, and has labored
into fu nj % % He ia copferrIns eaa res ~ ~
benefit on the city, for there Is much talent
that Is obliged to lie fallow for lack of means
TO secure its development.
Mrs. Dahlgren has returned from her homo
on South Mountain, and is settled for the win
ter in her house on L and Fourteenth streets.
She is looking much tho better for her rest,
ana Is prepared TO enter on her social duties.
Miss Daisy Douglass will spend the early
part of the season III New York, where she will
be the guest of her friend, Mrs. Copenhagen.
Tho wedding of Miss Whiting and Mr.. Burn
sides takes place tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock, at the Church of the Epiphany.
Mrs. Ricketts, has returned from her trip,
which her Northern friends found altogether
too short; they complain they saw nothing Of
her at all.
AT n recent german given In New York ono
Of the bellies OF the occasion was Miss Redfern
and another was Mrs. Foster, so Washington
was in the majority. Their toilets wero de-.
scribed 'as noticeable even among tho many
elegant gowns In the ROOM"