National Republican., 1883-01-08
MONDAY As A CALLING DAY.
What Was Once the DuIiost Day OF the
Whole Week Has Now Bocomo the !
busiest.
MONDAY AS A CALLING DAY.

Busiest.
MONDAY AS 4 CALLING DAY,
Monday, that used to be one of the light
days for the people who make calls has now
become one of the field days of the week, and
the popular choice for resident officials and
visiting society ladies as q reception day. In
the ancient days, when all this social cti-
quette was laid down and sanctioned by
steady going customs of those leisurcly times
Monday was consocratod TO the families of the
justices of the supreme court and IL would
have been considered rank presumption for
tho wife of any lesser official to have written
MONDAY" on the corner of her card. The
court families in the good old days nearly all
resided on Capitol hill, and as the city grow
and more liberal viCws progressed, IL was
found that the ladies' living in that part of
the city and at the navy yard had more calls
on that day than during the rest Of the week.
Slowly it came around that they made q
point of remaining at homo on that day until
in the society mind Monday became us much
Capitol hill and navy yard day as court
day. At present Justice Field IL the only
member of the supreme court residing on the
hill. The wives of those senators and repre-
scntativcs who live in that section yield their
claim to their regularly appointed reception
DAYS and accept the established Mondays in
\
supreme court the ladies living on Capitol
hill and at the navy yard, who have the day
by ancient right, the ladies boarding mt the
National hotel and the Riggs house, aud here
and there in different parts of the northwest
end, have adopted Monday as their day for
receiving, making IL by far tho busiest call
ing day of the week.
Among the ladies who are at homo this
afternoon are the wives of Senators Cameron
lWis.l, Blair, Chilcott, and jones' Mrs Jus
tice Field, the wives of Representatives Page.
lIouk, Van Horn, and DcacudOrf, aud Mrs.
Mary Clommcr, all of whom reside on Capitol
hill. Mrs Jean Davenport Lander will be
at home on Monday afternoons after this
week.
A nor An THE HAMILTON.
Tho ladies of the Hamilton gave II very
pleasant dancing party on Saturday evening,
which was largely attended both by guests of
the house and their friends. This was the
second of these entertainments this season,
both of which have been SO thoroughly enjoy
able that it is proposed to continue
them through tho winter. Among those pres
ent last Saturday were:
Senator aud Mrs. Rollins, DR.. aud Mrs. Wright,
Mr. aud Mrs. Ncnl, MIR. and Mrs. Bowman, Mrs
Scranton, Maj aud Mrs. Nash. Mr.. Miller, Mrs.
Miss Stevens OF Boston. Miss West Miss Guvon
Miss Monroe. Miss Crandall, Miss Clapp. Miss
Fitzgerald. Miss sNcal, Miss Nash, and Messrs.
and others,
SOCIAL NOTES.
There was alargo gathering at the house of
Commissioner Loring on Saturday night on
the occasion Of their first evening reception of
the season.
Gov, Bcgole, of Michigan, who is wcll.rr-
mcmbcrcd here as Il representative in congress
u few years since, did n characteristic thing in
refusing 70 be taken to the stale honsc on his
inauguration day inthc open and SNOWY turn
out provided for the occasion. "Thc peoples
governor" rs he and Ben Butler call them
selves, just walked over to the capitol at
Lansing and was inaugumtcd without any
moro ado about the thing recalling that early
president of the United States who rode up to
the capitol here one muddy March morning
dSmounted, tied his horse TO the fence picket
and strobe into the senate chamber in high
top boots ready to take the oath of Office and
read his message. As Gov. BcgOlc owns some
of the finest horses and stock i'm his state his
refusal to ride behind the inaugural stecds
may have been prompted by something else
than notion of democratic simplicity.
The congressional ladies at the National
will receive Mondays, beginning January 10.
Rev. Mrs G. a. skinner of Somcrvillc,
Mass is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. j. NJ.
Blanchard, No. 3Oj NJ street northwest.