St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-29

cepton at the White house was a special fea-
ture. 1t is expected that the president will
give public reception pretty soon, to which
EVERYBODY WILL BE INVITED.
As it will be the first public reception of a
Democratic president for quarter of a CEN
tury, it will be an interesting event. The
president continues to show that he is more
interested in the management of his duties
as president of the United States than in re-
| gard to society matters. He has not as yet
accepted any OF the numerous invitations of
a social nature which have been showered
upon him. He seems rather willing to leave
this feature of his administration to his sis
ters and to the vice president and his charm
| ing wife. Mrs. Hendricks is fast making
friends in the social world. Of course she had
many before coming here this time, but that
she is adding largely to the number is easy
to see. Her receptions are crowded, and
all who meet her speak of her as lady of
| great tact and social ability. Her receptions,
coupled with those of the cabinet ladies, and
the Saturday afternoon receptions at the
| White house are the most interesting events
of the week. They have been crowded, as
usual. Ladies of both political parties have
been vieing with each other in paying honor
| II.
no uncommon thing for Mrs. Hendricks to
receive 800 callers in day in her rooms at
Wizards hotel, and at the White house there
are as many thousands as there are hundreds
at Mrs. Hendricks rooms. So the new ad-
ministration finds itself quite as well received
socially as it could wish.
| MUCH INTEREST IS FELT
| by society in the ''farewell'' visit of Mile
| Rhea next week. She is a favorte here, not
only as an actress, but as a lady of many
| personal charms and undoubted character
Her visits here are made the occasion of con-
slant personal ovations. These range from
the highest officials down. Wade Hampton
is particular admirer of Mile. Rhea. If
there is anything that will bring him from
his sick room, to which he has been so long
confined, it is the presence of Rhea. And
she likes it, too. This stately old Southern
gentleman, with his military title. waving
side whiskers and cork leg, can drive the
young fellows fairly wild over his favorit-
isms with the charming Rhea. He ees
just ze sweetest man in all re worruld" she
sevs of him as he makes his
stately au revoir and disap-
pears, and then the throng of
younger men who are constantly about her
when in society fairly gnash their teeth in
rage and wonder what there is in
THAT OLD RASCAL
that she can SO much admire. Rhea is one
of the few of her profession that are rec
ognized by the social world here. She is one
of the few who have genuine "Worth'' cos
! tunes. NJ. Worth's customers include very
few actresses, as he has reasons for diseour-
aging their custom and many of the dresses
which credulous Americans have beheld dis
| played in his name in front of the footights
never saw his establishment. He provided
| Miss Genevieve Ward with an outfit, how
ever, aud his customers include such as
| Nine. Nilsson, Nine. Sembiich and Nine.
| Gerster- Gardiui Nine. Sarah Bernhardt has
| been among his experiences, but two dresses
| which he made for her were return ed on de-
mand. Not long ago NJ Worth received a
| visit from Nine. Celine Montaland, who was
| about TO make her appearance at the Theatre
| Fraucais and who ordered costume Tor the
| occasion. The dress was duly designed and
the robust and radiant Nine. Montaland
''ftted,' but ". Worth sent representative
to Nine. Montalsnd's house TO say to her
that as there was no wish to offend her per-
sonally during her visit to the establishment
nothing had been said while she was there
and the order duly proceeded with. How
| ever, be had to say to her that he could make
no dresses for the Theatre Francais.
The close of the HaZen. court martial and
| of all the other court martials in the list thus
far has been a subject of some regret to the
ladies of society. They have found this a
very interesting way OF spending the mora
! ing or afternoon, though just why is pretty
hard to say, and they have been constantly.
| These court martials have been held
in the parlors of the Ebbitt house,
| probably for the special
BENEFIT OF THE LADIES,
| for there seems no other good reason, with a
magnificent war department building just
occupied, that they should have been held
there. The fact is that society has good
| deal to do with the management of army af-
| fairs, as some people have found out to their
sorrow in the past few years. Secretary
! Eudicott is finding already strong pressure
| being brought 10 bear in a social way TO keep
certain of the army people here instead of
allowing them to take their turn at the duties
in the far West. Delegations of ladies call
on him at the war department, be is impor-
! tuned socially, there are efforts 10 reach him
| through his family relations, and every effort
| brought to bear that can have any effect on
/ the matter.
Col. Henry Turnbull, who figured so
! prominently couple of wears ago in the
Turn bull -Loubat duel affair, has been in
! New York good deal OF late in regard to the
| approaching divorce suit of bis wife. She
has been living at Newport in great style for
the last year or two at rate that gave the
| impression that her income WAS at least
| ss5.0 year, while poor Turn bull has been
occupying desk away up in the top story of
/ ! -r1F
/ 800 month or something of that sort. Poor
! devil, whatever his faults may have beer, ,one
| cannot help feeling sOTry for him. The old
| Turnbull mansion, where the proud and
| happy family once lived, looks like funeral
| for its ouietness now He and bis sisters
live there, seeing few people, his small salary
easily supporting them in comfortable way.
When the Inauguration season came on they
/ gave up their house for a week or two TO .
| party of New YoTkers for the sake OF the
| little sum it would bring in this brief time.
/ How i: must have
| CALLED THIS ONCE PROUD NAN
! Of the world. whose club life in New York
n ade him famous in that great metropolis, 10
! give ny his house for pittauce 70 the very
/ men he had been accustomed to rival in club
/ extrayacance No wonder those OF his
/ friends who saw him said be had 'ssGed'
/ very much in the past two years And so he
/ had His wife, while rolling in her thousands
at Newport. has brought her divorce suit OF
1 grounds OF ''nol-supPort- OF course it IS
| understood that there are other aud worse
grounds, but he viii probably not dispute
these. and could not if De would, and a. she
saws III viii De better for the children that
there be no other Developments Ii is IN
dsrstood. however, that TarubuH proposes 70
| GeAt the case, though on what gr1uads Is no: