Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-27
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
The Crueh Of Weddings and
Other aayeties Before the
Lenten Season.
Tho Blsino and Bayard Family
Weddinss- Other Social Evsnis
"A Careful sOpnttr.

WASHINGTON, January o. S ,nator
Edmunds 10 believed to bs III very
comfortable circumstances. He has q
good brick hopse on Mlssschuse eta
avenue 10 this city, and a good frame
hou.e ct Burlington, w., and he lives
very nicely ia both, He has big TUGS
md big dogs in both. Ho is as foao
Of them as he ia Of n good table and q
good sideboard. Bat he Is a worry
careful man. Probably that's the
reason he is u very comfortable man
His Burlington dwelling is the only
house on the street without a strip Of
sidewalk before 1t. The sidewalk
comes down to the senator's line;
then there is a break of gravel, then
tho sidewalk. The senator would
not lay q sidewalk. He was
only there in summer, no said,
aud gravel was good enough for him.
The town did not lay the pavement,
because 1t doubted whether It would
ever get its money back. II knew
that the senator did not pay taxes
willingly. 1t remembered that when
the Legislature passed an act levying
a personal tax, the senator quietly de
clsred 1t unconstitutional, and an
nounced that hs would not pay TO
taxes under 1t except such as were
wrung from him by forso. The asses.
sors didn't have much luck with the
senator. The act gave them the right
to double the value of all personal
property they could find. They
strongly suspected that the senator
was worth something Ike half a mil
lion. But all they could find was a
COW, n horse or two, some jewelry, q
gold watch, some furniture, and 80 on,
worth in all $4,000 or 90, COO They
doubled 1t. They collected about
one.tenth OF the tax they ought to
have collected.
People have not finished dreaming
on the bride cake from one wedding
before cards come out for another
great marriage festival. Thursday sn-
other senator's daughter is to be mar.
ried, and society is again rushed with
preparations. The bride elect Is Miss
Mabel Bsyard, eldest daughter of
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, a young
lady of unusual beauty and occom-
plishments, who has bsen quite promi
nent in the high official circles for
several seasons. The groom is Mr..
Samuel ID. Warren, Jr., of Boston,
and Immediately after their wedding
here they will go to that city to live
There will oe n church wedding at
11:45 o'c!ocS next Thursday, and a
wedding breakfast and reception
afterwards at the residence OF
Senator Bayard, The Bayard family
have q most enviod social position
here, aud thelr immediate circle com
prizes the most distinguished and cul-
tivated people of the capital. Senator
Bayard's residence is on Msssachu.
setts avenue, on the high torrance be.
yond the Thomas Circle, and the par.
lors ore filed with beautiful aud ar,i,.
tic things and souvenirs of f reign
travel. Old engravings, antique cesta
and medals aud the countless things
that the traveller picks up in Rome and
Venice ornament the front drawing
room, and the evidences of most cul.
tured taste are seen on every eide.
Miss Bsyard's wedding will be made @
large occasion by tho family, and the
great clrcleof Senator Bayard'sfriend
Intend that it shall be made the occa
sion of much splendor.
Miss Alice Blaine's wedding ha,
besn announced for the 9Th of Febru
airy, and the now residence of Mr.
Blaine will be In a complete and per
feet state by that time. The weddin.
was to be the first large entertainment,
or house warming gwen there, anC
but for the recent death of Mrs
Blaine's sister would be made a yer,
elaborate affair. Colonel Coppingcri
twenty-five years tho senior Of Mis
1 Blaine and a Roman Catholic b,
faith, having served Ia the pope'p
army before coming to this couutr,
and entering our military service
; Miss Blaine is a member OF the Epig
| copal church, and a very devoted at
tendant at services, the other mem
bers Of the Blaine family being NOR,
liberal in their tendencies and poiut
TO different churches in turn.
The programme Of gaysties for IT,,
remaining two weeks Of the season i
such a crowded one that people Of an,
standing standing or popularity at al
are getting bewildered at the outlook