National Republican., 1883-02-08
SOCIAL GOSSIP.
The Grand Weddings OF Tuesday were the
Things Most Talked About In Society
Circles Yesterday.


The Grand Weddings OF Tuesday were the
Things Most Talked About I'm Society
Circles Yesterday.
Mrs. Keifer, with her niece, Miss Flora
White and Miss Harriet BUSHNELL Of Spring
field Ohio, received many callers, in her own
parlor, informally yesterday afternoon. Miss
White, who is so pleasantly remembered here
as Mrs. Keifers chief social aid last winter,
only arrived on Friday, but at once entered
into the closing gaycties of the season, and
will make n short stay before returning to
hor homo.
The guests at the Rooms Brewster wedding
are unanimous in pronouncing the bride
and groom as the ideal pair of lovers. Mrs.
koOns is dainty little piece of femininty, with
black hair and sparkling eyes and apiquantly
pretty face. Mr.. KoOns is % blonde and
handsome young Philadelphian, and the ap-
propriate matchpiece and contrast to his
gypsy bride. Together, they realized the
prettiest pictures of the lover and tho maiden,
and justified all the admiring comments and
pretty compliments of the wedding guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Koons will at once go to house,
keeping in Philadelphia.
The gay world took to its sackcloth and
ashes dutifully yesterday, and the morning
and afternoon services at the different
churches were well attended. The pale and
haggard faces of many of the devotees told
that the end ofthe season had come none too
soon, and the continued rout of the past few
weeks has told upon the most iron constitu-
tions Of the society Veterans The chat at the
church doors turned upon the events of Tues
day and the incidents and accidents of that
stormy night Every available carriage in
tho city was out that night, and high pre-
miums were offered for any kind Of avehicle
when their scarcity was apparent. G. street
NAfa odd from 0yyith
voyances of those attending the Rooms
Brewster wedding. The cars on Fourteenth
street were stopped for half an hour
by tho inextricable jam of carriages,
and tho last equipage did not roll
away from the church door, until
9:l5 o'clock. The policemen made no
arrangements for preserving order, and
carriages entered from either end of the
square, aud the drivers fought it out for pre-
cedence before the church door. Tho bridal
party were detained in the long line, and
some of the guests left their carriages at the
corners of the block and walked through the
sleet and rain. At the house Gen. Brewsters
own men had charge, and much better order
was maintained in marshaling the long lines
of carriages.
At the white house at o'clock the process
sion of waiting carriages extended from the
portico through the gates and down the
avenue to the Riggs house, and an hour later
it reached to the corner of Fifteenth street.
Every one who went out in dress attire was
Obliged to have carriage, and the freez-
ing rain left increasing icices upon every
thing exposed to it. Carriage doors froze
shut, and the drivers coats froze fast to their
boxes.
There were many beautiful and noticeable
toilets at the Presidential reception ON Tues.
day evening. Mrs. Il. ID. Wilson was hand.
somely dressed in garnet velvet trimmed
with duchess lace her niece, Miss Clark wore
light blue satin dress trimmed with swans
| down,
! There was gathered at the residence of Mrs
j. II. Callaghan, on Capitol hill, last Tuesday
evening, group Of jolly young masters and
beautiful little misses, who were brought
thither by the celebration of her little daugh.
ter Mays birthday, before the Lenten season
had cut OFF conviviality.
Mr.. d. Q. Munro and wife, of Elbridge, N. Y.
are visiting the family of w. G. Duckett
corner Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty.
| second street northwest.