The Evening critic., 1882-11-10
SOCIETY.


The many friends OF Mrs. Lothrop Will bo
glad 10 learn that the reports concerning nor
Ill health are quite unfOundod. Last spring
sho was an invalid, but change OF treatment
effected n radical cure, and she Is now propar.
Ing 70 spend me % winter In onicago WIN a, h9r
that society can yield OF pleasure and amuso-
ment. Mrs. Field is remembered here with
affection and admiration; although sho was
only I'm society one wlntcr before her mar
ringe.
Tho private theatrlcals, announced day or
two since, take place this evening NJ tho resi-
dence OF tho "leading lady" OF tho littlo com.
pany. They say they expect to have "lots OF
fun even II they don't succeed dramatically"
IL Is with much satisfaction wo notice tho
meeting OF officers held last night at Worm.
in tho ecrvicc,n thing that has como to be such
manifest injustice, both to individuals and tho
service Itself, that prompt measures arc nccos.
several glaring instances. BY example, In tho
class OF II one OF the officers who graduated In
the first six has spcnt eight years IN the South
Pacific, and the man who graduated In tho last
fve has spent tho same time In tho Mediter-
ranean. An old officer of war fame has bocn
once to Europe in forty.flve years of sea ser.
vice, and young lieutenant, who never smelt
powder-except in blank cartridges-hns
spent the last ten years there, with lntermis-
sions OF a few months. When We say this is an
Injustice TO tho service We mean IL prevents
foreign powers from meeting the men whose
names are historic, men who arc worthy sue.
cessors OF Porter, Paul Jones, Bainbridge and
Perry, and conveys, Indirectly, tho impression
that the gay and dcbonalr mon OF society arc
The only ones grateful government
delights in honoring. or course this broad
statement has honorable exceptions In the
persons OF Admiral Worden and men Of his
stamp, who have occasionally been sent
abroad, but tako the schedule OF officers who
have represented tho Government In Europe,
and that OF the of1lcors who have represented
II In tho West indies, South Atlantic, South
Pacific and China, and by comparing them
observe the alarming extent to which favoElt-,
Ism has been and is carried. ~ -
Tho notes OF to-day will be moro we,,,or,o %
our readers than any that have -Hoen prjn,eI
for weeks, for they announn5n' ho cnob nn,ys
that Mr. and Mrs. ThpsG1,aI's pssG1as BRYAN sd and tboir
hnE iamiiy have come East for tho winter. Thoy
now nSso oncp. Visiting In Germantown, and are
is,ie, sIe moro In Washington. This pleasure
) L one their friends hoped for for two or three
years, but each season brought It's dlsappoint-
ment,as something always arose to prevent tho
return OF this most amiable family. Miss Page
accompanies them-her first visit to our city
since her European tour.
General and Mrs. sherman Will give large
and brilliant reception next Thursday oven
Ing at o o'clock. 1t Will be strictly and liter
ally an "Army receptions" and the invitations
include every ofllcer, from tho major generals
TO tho second lieutenants. Not asingle cxcep-
tion has been made in sending out the cards,
and the entertainment Will be the first ever
given here where every one belonged to tho
service.