The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-23
, WASHINGTON NEWS,
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CAPITAL.
Tho E1eth After Lsnt-steretary Chandlcr'a
llouM-nrs. Secretary Breustsia Rec,ptioas.
S,crttary Liacoln Ks,ps . Close House.
General News Notes from The Capital.


From Our Special Correspondent .g
WASHINGTON, April 22.-society finds
difficult to rally since but 80 long suspend
ed its operations. To-day Is the busiest o
the week thus far but that Is not sayinI
much. Aside from the receptions Of Cabi
ne. ladies', dinner or two in the earl,
part Of tho week, and another promised TO
this evening, and a few weddings which
are always happening, the week has beer
devoid OF incident. The weather has beer
80 good that it would be thought calling
ought to DO more popular than It was two
months ago, when cold and snow and rain
and slush could not altogether prevent.
Then the cards fell as thickly as the
snowlakes which accompanied them.
Then the fashionable thing TO do
now 1t is not. Even the Cabinet receptions
to-day .ars very tame affairs Mrs. Fre-
linghuysen, who prides herself upon being
"at home" for Wednesday, the year round,
to her iriends, has quite q number Of call
ers to-day, and Is assisted in receiving by
her charming daughters. Mrs. Chandler
has resumed her receptions which were
discontinued during Lent. Mrs. Kinsley,
her eister, is with her, and assists in re.
ceiving, and the callers are very agreeably
entertained. Secretary Chandler's house
is very pretty house, though not at all an
attractive one, on l street near Fourteenth,
a couple Of squares from Secretary Folger,
and only one or two doors away from the
residence Of Chief Justice Waite. s n
CuANDLER's HOUSE.
His house is three story red brick build
ing, in modern style, while, with broad
gray steps leading to the doors, which
open into a broad hall with parlors on
eitherside. The hall, which runs half wsy
through the building, connects with an
other running at right angles, forming T.
On beyond this second hall, which is broad
and prettily furnished, is the dining roons,
where tea is served to the callers. Nlra.
Chandler usually receives in the parlor on
the lett Of the entrance, and the parlors
and dining room are well filled during the
reception hours, The sight is very pretty
one. There are all ages and classes coming
and going, elegantly dressed ladies,
the wives Of Senators and other pubic
officials, mingling with the more plainly at
tired from the humber walks Of life. These
by the wives Of Cabinet officials
arc curious events, and peculiar to Wash.
ington only. Anybody may attend them
who will-the doors are open to all. This
is equally true OF the receptions at the
WhNe House which have been given dur.
ing this administration by the Presidents
sister. Anybody respectfully dressed and
having general air Of respectability desir-
ns to attend them could DO 60. 1t not in.
happens that persons coming
mere from other parts Of the country entire
strangers, unaccompanied by ladies, at
END these receptions. 1t is more OF acci-
lent than otherwise, as q, rule, for few
with even the hardest cheek who visit tho
White House would suppose Themselves
entitled to walk up and shake bands with
he mistress OF the White House, wife or
sister OF the President, as. the case may be.
Those visiting the White House, however,
usually follow the crowd and on these Sat.
lrdays the crowd tends toward the room
where the lady OF the house is receiving.
g MRS. BREwsrER's RECEPTIONS.
Nlra. Brewster, who suspended her re.
,eptions during the Lenten season, is again
seeing her friends today. She is assisted
in receiving by Mrs. koons, her daughter,
whose marriage at Epipheny church a little
over year ago was the social event
Of the winter Of lsS2-'S3. Mrs.
Lincoln is not receiving and prob.
ably will not again before the social season
opens next winter. Her mother, Mrs.
Harlan, continues quite i'll. and Mrs. Lin.
coin gives as much time as possible to her.
Comparatively little has been seen Of Mrs.
Lincoln in society. The death Of the
mother over q year ago kept
Mrs. Liacoln in mourning and the doora
Of their hclne closed during the season,
which ended s year ago, and 1t was only
during the few brief weeks between
December and the beginning Of Lent that
society saw the interior OF the lincoln
home on Thomas Circle. Mrs. Lincoln's
home is a modest one. It is one OH row
of rather unpretentious brick hoxses built
some years ago and not remark
able for their elegance. The parlor, which
ia broad and deep, is plainly furnished,
md the pictures which decorate the walls
are, rather remarkable for their number
than their value. A large portrait Of his
iather hangs over the mantle, and another
Of e artield near by. MIR. Lincoln is not
popular here either in society or
cut OF it. He is rather reserved in his
There are many who ere pleased
10 term him "a Lincoln in name, but q
Todd by nature" G
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