The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-23
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
FAMILIES WHO WILL SUMMER
There. a Those who WIN Depart %"
Pleasure Trips After the Tired
Law Makers Have Decided
to Adjourn.

WASHINGTON, June lS.-Ihnt portioh
OF society (which finds II convenient TO
remain In Washington until the close OF
the session " just now lMalching yerN
carcl1lIy The moyenlcnts OF Congrcss:
Should that body agree 20 adopt The
House resolution to adjourn June ~, and
close It's labors for this session nj that
date. n large number of society people
would remain until July !. Whether II
bc that the average Congressmans wife
is unwilling to trust your average Con-
grcssman out other sight or for other rea-
sons, IL is ut least II fact that n majority
of the members families prefer To re-
main here until the close of tho session
If possible. Should the weather for the
remainder of the month of June con-
tinuc as II has been thus far, life in
Washington will not only he tolerablc,
hut more comfortable than IL would be
at the seaside or in the mountains.
Here there Is plenty of room, plenty Of
air, everything to make life agreeable,
while at the seaside there are cramped
up rooms, high prices and dis
comfort generally. The families of
prominent department officials take
auito seeming interest In the prospects
"agardng adjournment, In fact rs much
ms the congressman and their fami-
OF course department officials
remain here until Congress adj
as, and so long rs there seems n
'fbili:y of their getting away early
J ally, their families are willing to re-
IN. Tho chances, however, seem to
against an adjournment this month.
treat bodies move slowly, and Congress
has at least this one attribute of great
ness. Interviews with members nj
either end of the Capitol bring
an almost unanimous conclusion that
it will be impossible to finish the work
absolutely necessary TO he done before
the Democratic convention meets, ana III
is generally conceded that If Congress
sits until the convention ii will probably
remain until the close of July, perhaps
later. 4 good many of the families of
members, however, wait here hoping
against hope, nursing the possibility
that an adjournment may be had, ana
meantime enjoying privileges which
they would not obtain had they taken IL
for granted that the session would be II
long one, and departed during the hot
days last month and before the. cool
period which has marked June set in.
MRS. CARLISLE,
il is announced, has decided to remain
at the Riggs house with her husband,
the Speaker. until the close OF the SEES
sion, when they will go direct to Coving-
ton, passing the remainder of the sum,
mcr with their elder son there. General
and Mrs. iiuZcn are to remain untll
the latter part of next month, at which
time the General goes to Europe for Il
brieftrip Attorney-Goneral Brcwstcr's
family will probably remain here until
July, after which they go to the Howell
house at Long Branch. Mrs. and Miss
Heintzlmnn are To remain in the city the
entire summer. Mrs. Willis. wife OF Rcp-
rescntativc Willis, has gone TO Fortress
Monroe for II brief visit, and VIII probably
remain here until the close of the ses-
A - aN
and their nicces, Misses Totten and Mrs.
Stewart, remain here until July, when
they 70 to Oakland for the summer.
Assistant Socrctory Joslyn has returned
with his wife from Chicago, taking up
their residence ut Wizards, where they
will probably remain until the close OF
the session. Admiral Porter and family
will probably remain here until about
July |, when they go to Spring Lake
Beach, near Long Branch, New Jersey.
Mrs. Cannon, the wife of the Comptrol-
Ter of Currency. goes soon 10 Mime
sofa for the summer. Mrs. Glasscock,
wife of the member of that name from
California, is still at the Hamil-
ton house, and will probably
remain there until the close of the ses-
sion. Miss Sadie Green, daughter of
Representative Green, has gone To
Fortress Monroe for Il brief stay, after
which she will return here to remain
until the adjournment, when she ana
her father 20 to Saratoga To meet cX-
Senator and Mrs. Da,il Davis. Gen.
Van Vliet, who has gone to West Point
to attend the alumni banquet, returns
here this week 10 take his family 10
Shrewsbury, New Jersey, for the
summer. Mrs. Gouverneur, having
rented her house to II member OF the
Spanish Legation, has left the city for
Princeton, Massachusetts, where she
will spend the summer. Mr..
.ichard Mcrrick and family 90. this
eek to their country place in Maryland.
4 IRIS. Hudson Taylor and daughter go
about July /, to the Warm Springs, Va.
Admiral Porter, of the Navy, has already
gone with his wife to Newport, where they
will spend the summer. Delegate Post,
!, Wyoming, has closed his house on
Vermont avenue, where Mrs. Post enter
| aimed so delightfully."- last winter. Mrs.
Post is to 90 to Long Branch until the
close of the season, after which they
| leave for their home in the West. DIR.
krnd Mrs. Stcarns, of Boston. whose son
] quite well known in musical circles as
I yiolinist of great promise, leave soon
or Rock Enon, Va. Marshall McMichael
nd family go To Long Branch for the
ummer, as does also Assistant-Post-
master Hatton and family. Mrs.
Idmunds, wife of the Vermont Senator,
,as gone to their home in Burlington,
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