The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-31
LIVELY GOSSIP FROM WARRINGTON

balmy; Il needs snow and eleet and biting winds
to make the Preside perfectly charming. On
the contrary Christmas Day was 30 bright and
sunny that everybody was tempted out OF doors.
The President drove in from his cottage at the
Soldiers Home with his little daughter. and
was met at st. Johns Church by young Allan
Arthur. The church. OF course. was crowded.
It is small and quaint. and delightfully."- shabby.
and has not q suspicion OF being fashionable
church on the outside. although mammon Is
tolerably we'll represented inside. 1t is painted
brown. and the paint has peeled OH. 1t
has old-fashioned blinds that once were
green. and the side entrance has q
little platform by way OF o porch. which
has been repaired with implanted pine.
and there are plenty Of trees and shrubs
around. 1t looks to be the tabernacle OF un-
ostentatious piety. But go inside 60 inside
See all the women craning their necks to get
look at the President; see how every member
Of the congregation who owns carriage dashes
up to the door Sunday morning in great style
see what passport to good society 1t is to own
pow in st. Johns Church. 1t is one OF the
favorite lies OF the newly rich OF Washington
to represent themselves as having been pew
owners at st. Johns since 1t was first built.
They tell this ridiculous tale with the straight
est faces. and take Quiescence for acQuiescence
in their listeners.
President Arthur is the first President since
Mr. Buchanan to return to what has been
known for generations as the Presidents
church. He walks across Lafayette Park to the
church. and goes In at q side door. while his
fellow parishioners are making all the hullaba-
loo they can at the front entrance with liveried
servants champing horses and all the parapher-
MALTA that delight children OF q larger growth;
Shs wen 70 PIX Wife House. Were
TRANSACTED business tor two or three h9 Gnp
Hrhu sheE aaness as he did previous
he drove out to his cottage and had quiet
some Of his neighbors called during the even
ing in a friendly way. and had neighborlyy
Nee Arthur ' %as invited to ali the chrstmas
n ali day %S her for
large and interesting family Of dolls. the eldest
little bed. She has good middle-aged woman
who takes care Of her but sho is. after ALL only
The President leaves his cottage on Friday
or Saturday with genuine regret. 1t has has. been
% M Of hin oce hf hpst
sent by the Sultan Of Turkey as a present to
the White House some years ago had made out
the halls OF the cottage, and the bright red car
pet which vexed aesthetic souls as long as it
than three carpets for the Presidents summer
home. The President likes open fireplaces and
Soldiers " Home ' bright fire always sparkled
Mrs Frelinghayson. Mrs. Chandler and Mrs.
ton on New Years day.
- Mrs. BreWster's daughter. known as Miss
riage. is soon to be married to Mr. Rooms. q rich
Miss West. the British Minister'S daughter,
ont "A good deal and seems to like Ampri.
gho e nkas ne
widow when, Sir. Edward. then a penni:
course dismally aristocratic and could hardly
breathe in the same air with an untitled per-
sSpressed t TO hep her her leaving wash
ington. she responded with, gushing eff
h nd hs shs tes to Inc
mats present and announced that she never
wSso pleased in her life at getting away from
lomats very unkindly gave her away. There is
in the House and Senate both a gallery reserved
S5 hs SpS%aSS sH' to r?at Ed@s
Thornton as dean Of the diplomatic corps. 1t
a an% 9 greet e1tes To nso
these seats " BY mistaEe and S Lady = gkoratoD
has been known TO sit on the steps rather than
where else One Of the unsettled points Of Ell.
quette in Washington is the relative status Of
ls
On New Years Day. at inaugurations and
other, state occasions, there is much rivalry and
Of the other It'll It is S generally the first in the
field which carries of the donors. 80 ~ 80 '''0
The number Of widowers now In prominent
and the aching
have Secretary f9ger and The Postmaster,
SRpTs%as bench Marquis RsIs ,yas, ItaIian
numeruble smaller fry retn force tho bnphplnrS
The Supreme Court are all great card players.
and they have regular round'of solemn whist
parties during the winter. which are about
gay "a Methodist class meeting; but the old
souls enjoy it.
ter II Washington. il win rot 6s 50 gay as il
the 18th OF November had been left out Of tho
a eth I Saith W T Sns a aS to @u BE m 6s
social life, OF the city. Senator Dawes's wife
| and daughter will not be in Washington this
oar will be here . S the Sa' Way Mr.
Hoar complains that Senator Butler made faces
te p Ha @ euk He Baters are
lighting race Away far back in English his;
tory when t Srs gnSr had his head eh9rped
senator HHtef EHs" cousin 'nSy P Her
Butler. the husband Of Fanny Kemble. The
Mrs; Window win receive in her, new house
volunteered the information on tho floor of the
senate last week that he had a clerk removed
from inc treasury during MS lncumpency Tor
| making remarks about his house. The Senator
| is touchy about that house. Mrs. Window was
| formerly n teacher. and is a woman OF taste.
| One OF the most popular diplomats in Wash
| ington still fingers in New York-Aristarch
| Bey.. Aristarchi is not II Turk, but n Greek as
Turkish Women are forbidden to set TT foot on on
| profane ground, and consequently n Turkish
| official cannot carry his 'hareem." as Aris-
| tarchi pronounccs il into n foreign country.
| To leave the harem behind is Il kind Of social
| degradation to n Turk-a confession OF poverty
n mcanness, perhaps-anj is regarded rs a
| loss OF dignity; consequently few. Turks are
employed in the diplomatic service outside
OF their own country. and such diplomats are
| not Of high rank. Aristarchi is thorough man
Of the world, and about as far removed from
| tho conventional yellow -sppered, nar.hileh
smoking Oriental as can well be imagined lie
| looks very solemn he has u pair of tho deepest.
| clearcst, blacklist eyes shining under his red
| feZ, and he has prctcrnaturaly serious man
| ner, and always seems sleepy. but catch him
! mapping! He is great admircr Of American
| beauty. and has an a bum which he calls the
| Book OF Beauty He has an acute undcrs tUud-
| ing and if his table talk were taken down q
| great many important pcrsonugts would be
| considerably chagrined at what Aristarch $
| solemn black eyes had observed.
| Prince Arisguwara enjoyed his visit To Wash
| nEton Immensely. unless the Interpreter was
| lying, and had AS many trunks as If hc had
been young woman going to Saratoga for the