The Evening critic., 1882-09-13
THE EVENING CRITIC.
raTA BI,TsUE AUGUST 1905
SOCIETY.
what Is Sioing ON In the SociaI World


what fs Going ON I'm the Social world
Mrs. General Ricketts, and her pretty daugh.
ter, Miss Daisy, arc In New York. They Will
spend several days shopping and sightseeing
before going on their Northern trip.
Among tho waehingtonians at tho Kaater-
skill House, In tho Catskllls, are Justice and
Mrs Miller, with their charming daughter,
Mics Ida, whose musical taste and skill are
30 we'll known as to need no mention. Mrs.
Miller has been an invalid for several years
from curious and painful malady, stifren-
Ing OF the joints, but this summers travel has
put her on tho co1yelcscent list, aud her
movements are as fro9Nand unconstraiued as
in her girlhood.
The Misses Febiger, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. MonocaI, at the Navy-Yard, leave
on Saturday for Wilmington, Del. to DO tho
guests Of thoir uncle, Mr.. Christian Fooigor.
Tho two charming girls nro in great demand;
their uncle wishes to adopt them; party OF
their mothers old friends are urging them TO
Join them in o throc ycars. tour abroad; their
Chambers, have invited them for the winter,
and half dozen friends In our own city claim
them Their plan, are s consequently sa TOO h va
this pleasant prediction We can safely make
They will be In Washington for several weeks
during the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsdell still llngor at their
old home In Pennsylvania, and small wonder,
for 1t is n delightful spot The Register will
dell " nj remain in NV Welsyiic until the middle
or end OF october.
Mrs. Mary Clemmcr, whose departure for
tho North we announced some weeks since, IL
now engaged In revising her poems, which
are TO BIO edited in Boston. Sho will BIO In tho
lastnnmed city until her ng-birds are fairly
launched from the press-nest, ana thon she
will return to her home on Capitol Hill.
Next to Mr.. Bancroft's roses, the largest and
finest private collection In the city Is that of
Mr.. tombstone, of U street. He and the venera-
BILE historian exchange views and cuttings,
and so far Mr.. tombstone is the moro success
full in producing new varieties. His garden is
Immunity rnf
blight and insects that his flowers enjoy Is
source q wonder and envy e his friends:
ingly, for my best plants would scarcely get
start before they would become the summer
resort and nursery for every variety OF bug and
beetle that could Jump, crawl, or fly; they
would gather the roses with manifest enjoy
ment, and leave mo tho thorns and my own
REFLECTIONS Nee Sn,... ,,o,,,. =, ,,o.,o. po,or.
N, who has been spending the summer in
Loudoun County, has returned to her homo on
kpropos to Capitol Hill news, Mr.. Stevens, so
pleasantly remembered here VIII remain In
The city for some little time longer. His old
friends In the Analostan &c CLUB are urging him I'm
10 wait Ior inc regalta, lot ~ 10 OWING 10 MS
earnestness anu enLhusia tn snat inc river
sports were inaug uraseui 'no pui.uing vi sho
crew frst gave si the idea local haStation and
name. Lnen tne cruz mauo , nun i,s p,esl-
oent, anu , ne illieu t1o o,Ioe WIN sausiacuoh
until ne "emigrateu 70 Moxico. A..
,Thete used to be curiosity In tho war
Museum, In the Winder building Tor which
STRANGERS now ASK IN valn-sltung Dulls
On b,a,a, az bts on,n ,ifo ana whtie
.ha ,ct,ra ,rnro ei,n NJ ann"iiina =, ~ ,n
shor,onino 90 and naranaciy,va thara was IN tbew
rude strength and fldelity that went far to.
ward reconcillng ono to transparent legs, mon
in tho backrround ak times as large rs tho
fort in the foreground and such little omis.
sions as noses, ears and eyebrows, which,
after all, are encumbrances In indian warfare
III the theory Of mutiiation still holds good
among the warlike tribes), 1t was done In
colored crayons, and commemorated
every incident in his career, from
boyhood through tho successive ad