Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-29
WASHINGTON.
An Exodus.


WASHINGTON, D. c., June 26.-The
advance of the season is becom-
ing apparent now, by the gaps in the
social ranks and the increasing lists OF
departures. Each day the trains for
the north carry out dozens Of families
bound for their summer horles, ana
the female population Of the city is
rapidly diminishing, giving to the no.
tells the air of barracks, by the num-
bers of men congregated there. Every
one is deciding upon the respective
merits Of seashore, or mountain, or the
undisturbed seclusion of their homes
for summer eisure, and congressm en-
are growing nervous over their pro-
longed stav here. The president
frankly announces that he has no plan
for the summer, and will not think of
any until congress has adjourned. He
has had invitations by the score, and q
cottage pressed upon him by each wa
tering- place in the country. The para
graphists row announce that his furnl-
ture is being arranged in his mythical
Long Branch cottage, and the exact
date of his arrival there is foretold.
When questioned by his friends, the
president laughingly disowns that lux
urious cottage by the sea, and says that
he never had any thought or in
tention of establishing himself at Long
Branch himself. He understands per-
fectly well the value of the rumor as
an advertisement of the place, and as
he owns few acres of land at Long
Branch, is perfectly willing to help in
crease the value of that property by
passively letting the hotel-keepers and
real estate men plan for his comfort.
Heretofore President Arthur has never
been fond of watering places, and has
spent his summers at the headquarters
of the Restigouche Fishing Club in
Canada, enjoying the quiet of that wild
region and INDUCING in his favorite
sport. Whatever decided upon for his
August vacation will be arranged
quickly and executed on the spur of
the moment, as soon as public business
will allow.
Young Allan Arthur returned from
college this week, and little Nellie
Arthur and her maid are expected
from Albany in few days. The son
and daughter will spend the greater
part of their summer vacation here
with their father, and the Presidents
quarters at the Soldiers Home are be-
ing put in order for immediate occu-
pancy. The furnishings of that house
are very incongruous and incomplete,
and there is much to be done to
it before the family can move in Mrs.
Hayes was inclined to make the best
of things and get along with as little
trouble as possible, and accordingly
satisfied herself with ordinary comforts
and borrowed the lacking articles from
the white house to fix up their summer
house. Last year the house was unoc-
cupied, and it was found this spring
that many things had suffered from
want OF use. The musty mattings have
to be replaced before President Arthur
can take possession of it, which he
hopes to do next week. DR. Herndon,
and his daughther, Mrs. Mercer, are
again guests at the white house, and
are now on their journey south. This
uncle and cousin of his late wife are
favorite connections with the president
and during their two visits at the white
house this year he has left nothing I'M
done for their entertaium ent. His
friends have been considerable of this
fact, and have done much to add to the
pleasure of their stay. Mrs. Mercer
has had several handsome lunch par
ties given in her honor, and the ladies
of the cabinet have paid her all the lit
tie attentions at their command.
Congress, which keeps itself here
against the individual wills and inter-
ests of its members, and holds the
other officials to this post of duty,
shows no signs of positive adjourn
set by the prophets all the way from
the Sd to the Goth Of July. The cabi-
net officers and their families feel
obliged to remain here until that date,
although several OF the ladies of that
circle have left and others are awaiting
an early departure. The wife of Sec
rotary Lincoln left some weeks ago,
and is now visiting her mother in Iowa,
after which she will go to Colorado for
the summer, spending the greater part
of her time at the pretty little city of
toltIduo opp Jugs. hlh, lIiutOiu Ill
ness during the last few months kept
her a close prisoner in her house for
the most Of the time, and secluded her
entirely from society. Secretary Ere
linghuysen's family feel obliged to
spend the most of the summer here,
as the duties of the state department
will not allow of its chief being absent
for any length of time, Their resi-
dence has been made ready for the
summer siege by all the cool furnish
ipgs that they can use to replace the
heavy draperies and the rich fittings
that made their home so attractive IN
midwlnter Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen
leaves next week for Newport, where she
willreman for some time as the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Greene, who is the own
er Of one of the most charming villas
at that place. Secretary Chandler and
his family have gone to New Hamp-
shire for short trip this week, but will
return and he here for some time be-
fore Mrs. Chandler makes her annual
visit tp Rve Reach D1ripo tho ann,