Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-22
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
The Calamity Which Has Be-
fallen The Teller Family.

The President Coaching the
Chaperons in Hopes OF
Making u Mash.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., January IL
There has been tho meat abominable
snow.storm tor two days, and tho fac
lakes are sill whirliug through the
air on the third morning. The snow
lies a foot deep on the level, and 10
drifting high on all the RS. Moth
ing moro unweloome could have been
lowed at this season than this great
snowfall, and except for tho livery.
mon it brings no good to any one.
Trains are delayed, travel is impeded
about the city, aud the unhappy horses
founder through the loose, flying
soov Y, and pull as hard at the carriages
as If drawing them through sand. Ex-
cept to the p,stical, 1t mean a month
of slush by day aud froz,n and slip
perry pavements at night, and
a general rejoicing when the
last of 1t is melted and gone.
Meanwhile the sleigh bells tinkle
merrily, and the registers sing and
hurrah as they take their rides at
night. A carnival feeling pervades
the air, and no doubt there will BIO q
merry mask on the avenue soma after.
noon while the now lasts. Every.
thing that can move on runners is
being prepared for the rush that will
ensue as soon 10 the snow stops fall
ing and the streets are a little packed,
and the chief sport of o northern
winter can be enjoyed at the rate Of
So an hour, or about 10 cents q min
ute.
The g!ddy whirl Of society knows
no respite for the weather, and in the
midst of tho driving snow storm on
Tuesday Of ~ernoon, aud again on We'd
nesday, ladies' continued on their
round of calls, and parlors held as large
companies as il the weather was all
balm and sunshine without. In any
Other city 1t would hardly be consid-
Q ned decent for the ordinary afternoon
visiting to be kept UP against such
odds, but the %exigenoirs of off oial calls
demand o constant activity, and paste
boards fall like snnTn,kea on all the
six days Of the we"A. Yesterday Mira.
Teller held hes n,st afternoon recep.
ton this winter, and 30 many availed
themself of this Opportunity that her
drawing room was hi.,d during the
calling hours. Az assistants Mrs.
Teller had Mrs. K. M. Ashley and
Mrs. Cen. Fitch, of Denver, two very
handsome and agreeable ladies. who
are spending the winter here. Little
Miss Teller, who is yet a schoolgirl,
did the honors of a dainty tea table
with a charming grace, and were Il
not for the cloud Of sadness that hang
over the household the company
would have been one of the most bril-
liant. Mrs. Teller's only sister, Mrs
Bruce, who lives In tho adjoinin,
.ouare, has been seriously Ill for tive
months and more. For the past fort
night her case has been mos
alarming, and the physicians nov
despair of prolonging her life TO
more than two or three weeks at tn
most. Every moment that could b
. spared from her own family Mrs. Tel
{ ler has spent with her sister
and has not been at home to call
I ers any time during the winter. BE
, yond the hour that she spent at tn
white house at the request OF tn
Q president on New Years morning
Mrs. Teller has not been seen i
society this year. Secretary Telle
wished her to receive on n Wednes
!. day at least, and her sister equal
urged her to open her new house, an
: in obedience to them she held her re
3 cep.ion.
3 At tho present rate of entertainment
Q no one can tell what the town wi,
come to by tho time Lent arrives
Tho engagements arc two and thre
c deep for every evening, and one di'
II tinguished lady owns TO refusing 81
dinner parties for one night this wee
in order that she might attend a sey
y enth, and afterward take in a receE
ton ald a german. Dinnera arc a
tho rage at present, and, instead
waiting until Leaf, society people ar
hard at work a. their gastronomI
amuzements now. Gen. Graz
has had q dinner In h
hopor every night this week, an
there would have been the sam
" programme last week if he had not d.
J. cidedly refused all such hospitalitie
& and remained quietly at Con. Beale'
A most distinguished party WI
~ gathered at Secretary Frellnghuysen
!, on Tuesday night In his hGnor, all
the entertainment Is spoken of as or
!, Of the most elegant dinners Ct ii
- season. The most superb roses an
y floral pieces wero sent down froI
New York, and the guests pronounce
. the table settings moss exquisite
~ all tho details ard appointment
= The President grscsd the occasion
aud Gen. and Mira. Grant, Gen. an
. Miss Sherman, W. W. Story, IL
y, sculptor, and wife, George Bancroft
- the historian, Gen. and Mrs. McC!e
~ Ian, VIM. M. Eyarts, Senator or
- Mrs. Cameron, Gen. aud Mrs. Boa
= and Judge and Mrs. Bancroft Davi
- together with the Secretary wifs al
~ two charming daughters, made up
b company such 10 is seldom gathers
under one roof.
=, The president ia trying to ner'
=, himself up 20 holding a public rece
- ton, and in this respect hs depar
~ r H. ,IJ rn,tiua ~ fnrfpiuht