Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-18
SATURDAY SALAD,


MAY have the pleasure of your compa nv in
the next valse:" was the inquiry addressed to an
elegantly dressed ysung lady at ball, the other
evening, by one Of the lah-de-dah young men
! who think lit isn't good form, you know. to
wear gloves at an evening party; the Prince of
Wales never does ii, don't you know"
well, yes, WAS the rather hesitating reply
of the young lady. as she looked at his red. per-
spring hands. and then at her handsome dress:
yes, ifyou will kindly go to the cloak room
| and bring me my water proof wrap"
Miss Ransom, who still retains her studio in
Colonization Building, left the city Yesterday
| for Cleveland, where she will at once commence
painting fer Mrs. Garfielda portrait of the late
President. Miss Ransom has also received a
commission to paint portrait of General Gar
! field for the Army of the Cumberland The
latter work will be life-size, and probably three
quarter length.
| recognized authority on the usages of polite
society says there is hardly ANYTHING in every
day life which so plainly gives evidence of good
| breeding and consideration for the rights and
feelings Of others care and correctness i'm pro-
nouncing and spelling peoples names Espe-
cialiy, it is said should this solictude be exer-
cised in addressing letter and in giving personal
introdrCtions. Inattention to this siplnle ru,e
shows both want Of thought and want of respect.
and in neither of these requisites would any true
lady or gentleman be lacking. The peculiar way
in which the christened or surname of any per-
son is spelled or pronounced may seem to be a
small matter to others but there isseme reason
for that popularity, which the bearer Of the
name regards as necessary or satisfactory. or it
would not be adhered to. The fact that it is SO
lnd mad 1,x-nf
sufficient reason for everybody else: and the
form or style thus adopted should on no account
| be ignored or forgotten by others. One person
has no more license to take letter from or add
}, 10 perform any other act toward either friend or
stranger which would be everywhere considered
offensive or disrespectful.
! -.
1t is said that the Natural Bridge property In
Virginia has lately been bought by a new COM
pany, which will try hard to make the place
o popular summer resort. 1t is to be hoped
these statements are well founded The
Natural Bridge is one of the few curios-
tiles of nature in the world that have
not been Oyerdone by tourists and descrip-
tive writer's. Its remOteness from the great
and comfortable lines of travel has kept it
somewhat out of public view. but when it is
made more accessible it cannot fail to prove q
| great attraction.
Present appearances indicate that the portrait
Of Mrs. Hayes. presented to the White House by
the Women's Temperance Union, is likely to be-
come as much off white elephant to that estab-
lishment as the much talked-of $1,000 French
china dinner set which she ordered for the din
1ng-room, and left as souvenir of her taste in
ceramics. AS a work of art the picture seems
to give good enough satisfaction; but when it
is set up as typfying the total abstinence senti-
ment of the country, irreverent spectators want
to know how that can be, when it's subject is
clothed IN wne-c0lored dress with q portly
punch bowl by her side. in the thin guise of a
garden vase. and the whole enclosed in a mas
sive frame, upon which are carved grapes, galore
and in punches nearly as big as those brought
out OF Eshcol. The introduction Of these Bacchic
symbols cOnfuses the mind of the rural
visitor, and gives no end of trouble to the at
PENDANTS in trying to reconcile things to curious
lnqurers. But that is not ALL nor the worst
me real tug comes on in deciding where the pic
ture itself shall finally hang. OF rather stand 1t
was Intended by the donors for the great east
| ROOM and here. they thought it would find fit
| resting place forever. For the want however
OF precedent in placing any other portrait there
ttlan that of President and Mrs. Washington on
the one hand. and. on the other risk of cOnpli-
| cations that may in future grow out of such
| precedent being established now there is danger
that this part of the program may miscarry At
| present the matter appears to be undecided
and, -weil,- but. perhaps the curtain had
better be dropped at this point in the play. and
further developments awaited
~.
The kind of Notice to Sportsmen an Egyptian
land-holder is able to evolve from the multiple
city OF languages in use on the delta of the Nile
Is shown by sign-b0ard which stands i'm field
| along the road between Cairo and the site of old
Hellopolis. The warning inscription in letters
too groteSquely formed to be initiated in any
Kind Of type yet made. is as follows:
AyISSAi
1t Is defended
to SHOOTING
in This premises
bEwAKEpi I"tsheeH
~
No little surprise is manifested in a small and
quiet way by the social qIilnncs of Washing
ton that the present British Minister to this GOV
eminent should adopt the French language for
the invitations to his entertainments etc That
it should be used in Europe, where French is
the court language, they say is natural and
proper enough: but that it should be employed
by the representative Of sturdy England. at the
capital OF an Engiish-speaking people, they
consider aWfully odd you know. and perhaps
just little bit of an affectaton don't YOU know?
Still it is observed that these people 90 to Mr.
Vests parties. all the same. If they can't read
the invitations themselves. they manage to find
| some clever friend who can.
~
Another matter to which the social 0uill,auac
is giving its weighty mind is the fact That the
President and Secretary of State have gone
back to what the esthetes call the early Eng
lish, and now issue their invitatations with the
word honor spelled. not in that crisp American |
way, but honour With an a., mind |
you. This retrougade movement on the |
part of these high functiounaries may impouse |
additional laboaTs upoun thouse who write |
orengrave the invitations. it is true; but the re-
suits thereby secured immensely increase the |
favour bestomwed upoun thouse who receive |
them. And then the possibilities suggested by /
this louvely revival Powdered wigs! Perfumed |
perrukes. and the stately minuet, daunced to |
the gentle music of a haurpischourd. Bay our |
halidoum! the prousnect is moust PLEASANT !
Dune!
Why is it that the followers of some few IA
vored pursuits in life are allowed to make them
selves nuisance generally to the community. !
while those following other equally if not more
useful occupations are required and apparently
willing to quietly go their way and earn their
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