Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-19

day callers was limited, owing 10 preparufto0
beng made for family and charitable festivif1ou
but the parlors Of those who did receive to-
on quite the air Of the January season. OF -
Supreme Court families Mrs. Field, assisted .
Mrs McCreery and Miss Swearingen, and m
Matthews, assisted by Miss Genie Matthews ~
h'r sister and by Miss Mary Evarts, had manI
clls. Justices Field and Matthews Joined t.
ildles nj their respective homes when Suprofn(
Court hours were over. Ex-Secretary EvuxG(
then dined with Justice Matthews. and viii -
tirn TO New York this evening accompanied q
MS daughter. The dark-halred Miss Evarfn
As she is often called, In distinction from ~
blonde sisters, is one OF the most salient An
pleasing iScr-s In memory from the social circ3l
oil President Hayes administrator. He. -
plicity, courtesy, intellectual clearness a.
thoughtful charity were strong traits that LETT :
positive impress on the shifting scenes of Cart
tai life and her visit at this time has brighteue
the cordial links between the present and IT,
past In many hearts.
Several ladies Of the National and Con@eo{
sional Hotels. the wife of Representative We
Horn, at. her parlors adjoining the Conarnm
sonal. Mrs Mary Clemmer and q few othOI
oapitol Hlll ladies' were at home TO callers. M
and Mrs. John q. Nicolay are pleasantly sitnuI
ated at their home, 2l2 b street. Mr. NicoiayAoI
health has suffered somewhat the last seosonI
from his close attention to official and iiternFVI
work. Mrs. Mckee Dunn viii not receive Gil
after the holidays. She is about visiting Ne4|
York. and hopes TO receive visit from Mn
Lanier in January.
Mrs. Chilcott. of Colorado. has Joined the N. J
Tie group OF Senator's wives on Capitol hill bo-I
ing located at 6S5 East Capitol street Nh
senator Jones. Of Nevada. will receive aftoPl
New Years She has with her Mrs Grsffsn
Bessie In
childhood of herself aud Miss Grattan they wed
ABROAD under the care of the latter's motheR
ana remained for ten years, acquiring q thor
9ugh continental education. particularly In tho]
languages.
Mrs Willis. Of Michigan. improved the Ar
afternoon In driving out with her sister M
singleton. of Marshall. Mich; but she received
the cards of several ladies who participated n
her pleasant lunch party of Thursday.
Mrs. hazelton. Of Wisconsin, who was La
year at the Congressional is now at ST. I9tn
street. Mrs. Page IL still at the Congressional
ana VIII be at home Mondays after the holdayH
Her beautiful and only daughter. little Pearl. N
three-year-oid, is the pet Of all who know II
handsome mother.
Representative Pacheco has been forced 81
take an indefinite leave of absence from Con
gress on account of Mrs. Pacheco's precariou|
health. Their daughter. Miss Mabel accomp0p
nles them In travelling but may visit Mrs. Pee
In January.
The pleasant coincidence OF three sisters Of -
family In society is likely to be often remarked
TINS season. Mrs. Field, Mrs. McCreery and
MISS Swearingen. form one charming trio, end
Misses Tillie and Lucy Frelinghuysen, VIVA
Mrs. John Davis who was Miss Sallie Fro
llnghnysen, another. Miss Lizzie Sherman.
Mrs. Thackara and Miss Rachel sherman for
a third. Misses Genie, Eva and Grace MAJ.
thews. the latter of whom is not fully ont d
society. but assists pleasantly at the home n
lnfa ~ h. Al.
Minnie, Helen and Alice Ramsey, of Boston. q
gifted and popular girls. and the Misses DwiQlk
VINO are fayorites In the pleasant New Yodk
circle at that hotel. and much esteemed In @.
clety at large, may be added to the numbae.
Miss Adea Dwight, who accompanied her paEs
ents here at the opening Of Congress. has aou
gone with her father to New York CITY, buH
will return before Christmas.
Hon. John l.. Hayes. of Cambridge. Msss
president OF the tariff commission, is at tt
Ebbitt, and has been joined for few days b
Mrs. Hayes and their son, Mr. Alex r. Have
OF Boston. Mr.. Hayes is thoughtful. pracfio12
and most interesting man, and was lOng-timn
neighbor and friend Of the poet LongfelloW
The tariff commission, since the iseuanos q
their report, have won golden opinions fruul
many VINO at first discounted the usefulness a
such commission to the country. Mr.. Havoo
Is here In attendance before the WAYS and moon0
committee OF the House and the finance con-
mittee OF the Senate, who have the commissionS|
report under their joint consideration.
Commodore Truxton, U. S. N, arrived at TIE
Ebbltt this morning. to resume his duties upon
the court-martial now i'm session here
Capt. +. W. Benteen. brevet colonel for die-
tlnguished gallantry In action is at the Ebbltk
where his still youthful. handsome face and ~
prematurey gray hair and soldierly bearin8
make him marked figure. He will be RENEE
oereu as the officer who came with his common1
10 the relief Gen. Reno, after the massacre q
Gen. Custer and his associates by the Intiana
ten Sturgis dned with him yesterday Ct N
hotel
Hon. William Walter Phelps who is in thu
city, was classmate at Yale Of Representative
scranton Their boyhood friendship has NOT
been Impaired with time. and the two dned an
spent last evening together.
Miss Ella Sturgis, with her sister, Mrs Doue.
man, has recently spent a fortnight i'm New YoSlh
during the opera season. Mrs. Dousman hi
now returned to st. Louis and Miss SturaH
arrived at home In time for the german Of lRa
Friday evening.
Judge Sanders W. Johnston. and Miss EI,x,,
beth Bryant Johnston. his sister. are domicdlN1
at the corner Of 18th and De Sales streets. e
the winter.
Justice Blatchford has purchased from en-
Secretary Belknap the remainder OF his property
facing on Fifteenth and X streets. and adjoinin3
the Justice flne residence He intends to Con
vert both lots into flower garden. Both i'm
tice and Mrs Blatchford will spend the Chris.
mas holidays in New York and after the nee
year Mrs. Blatchford will begin her receptions
They are very hospitable, and will entertain
largely this winter.
General Rosecrans is accompanied this sessions
by both his wife and daughter. The latter. Min
Lily, is enjoying her first season at the capita
Mrs. Rosecrans, who has been somewhat OF q
invalid, is much improved. and will receive q
stated days during the winter The General 8.
by the way, greatly in demand as Lecturer b.
fore soldiers Reunions. etc. and has more casi
than he can possibly attend. He delivered Ia
evening In Baltimore the opening address at tn
fair being held by post of the Grand Army.
New DIRK fashions are so strictly followed =
leading society since the advent OF the preoenk
that the doom of the coiorul
waiter seems to be at hand. 1t has been r.
marked that nearly all Of the northern famfIiea
New Workers., who make their wiutzI
residences here, have brought with them Q r.
tnue Of white servants
Mrs. Gen. Sherman expects to have Nm
Thackara, her youngest married daughter d
spend the Christmas holidays with her. end n
the family will be gathered under the roof-&roo.
except Mrs. Fitch, of st. Louis Miss Raeh9[ |
Sherman, who ia visiting In New York, win =.
With fhe