St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-09
SHINING IN SOCIETY.
Those Who viii Assist in Making the
Social End of the Capital
Great Success.
The Literary Atmosphere that VIII
Pervade Miss Cleveland's Circle
and its Effect.
Mrs. Logan and Jack Nursing a Presi-
Dental Boom Dizziness
personal Points.
Correspondence of the Globe.

ton is for brilliant social season. Pres
ldent Cleveland has not much ambition in
tnls line, but his sister and the wives of the
caDlnet officers have. So have the wives of
the Democratic members of congress. So
have the old timers who were active in the
social world during Democratic DAYS long
| ago. VI course the number of these is linn
lted, out there are more of them than YOU
| would suppose. There are numbers of So
clety ladies here who were active during
Buchanan'S reign, and no less than two who
We're occupants of the White house during
the terms OF Democratic presidents Mrs.
Harriet Lane johnson, niece of President
Buchanan, who as Harriet Lane was mis-
tress OF the White house and the idol of
Washington, lives in Baltimore a hand
some and very wealthy widow. Mrs.
Tyler, the bride of the White house. y
lives near Richmond, a handsome and we'll
preserved lady. They have both been here
since the return of the Democrats to
power, and have indicated an intention of
returning this winter. Miss Cleveland has
also an ambition to make her share of her
| Drothers administration brilliant success.
ANA she has taken very good way to do
IL; Nothing catches your society woman
ihe literature. Ii she is not much in litera-
tufe she looks at least to affect it, and to be
gwen chance to associate with somebody
| VINO mas won renOwn in a literary way
| tckleS her to DEATH Miss CIeveIand,s am.
Dltlon will be, it is believed. to establish a
social circle which shall be prevailed with
sort OF literary atmosphere. This the av-
eraSe society woman will hail both as a
novelty and as means of gaining visible
J strength for what she considers
HER WEAKEST POINT.
IL there is anything which the average
society woman breads it is the probability
that she maybe considered deficient in a
literary way. To put herself in a way. by
study, that she need not fear. this takes
work, but to squeeze into a literary circle
ana so get some credit for intelligence and
culture without having to work for it, that
IS the sort OF thing that pleases her. SO
MISS cleveland will have no difficulty in
getting plenty OF followers in this plan for
the elevation of society" to higher plane
OF thought. SO between the return of many
Old-umers to society, the presence of some
Iadles who used to occupy the White house.
ana the ambition of others who want to see
the Democratic administration a brilliant
! success socially, the winter seems likely to
be busy one and one long to be remeln-
bered.
The Democrats are not to be alone,
either, in making the winter a brilliant one
socially. The Republicans have plans of
tler own, individually and collectively
MIS-. Logan has sounded the keynote for
the Republican wing of the social people,
ana she and Jack" are finishing the work
| OF getting their new home at the ''StOne
Mansion ready for what will be to them a
very busy and important season. She and
John" are pretty well convinced that their
tlhle mas come for fight for the presi-
dency Ii the convention were to have
taken place to-day the Republicans would
undoubtedly nominate Logan 1t is true
That their boom has come pretty early. but
they evidently think it worth 'nursing.n
and are preparing to nurse it accordingly.
IL Is expected, therefore, that their part of
the social duties will be well looked after,
and that they will be considered the leaders
Oh the social world on the Republican side
ana Will assist i'll making the season a very
busy one. $50
Another reason for a busy social season
Will be the presence of number of
| NEW DIPLOMATS.
Washington has, or is to have very soon.
new ministers for large number of impor-
tant nations. Of course these people.
whose chief object in life seems to be to
| shine in society, will be i'm for a busy So
eial season, and will do all they can to en-
! courage the idea that it ought to be a busy
one. Another aid to the social world in
| thlS way Will be the large number of new
people coming here to make homes, some of
them very wealthy
with the departure of the president and
his cabinet the last vestige of WASHINGTON
society vanishes. 1t is to be found Scattered
along the coast from Old Point to Mount
Desert A month from now it will begin
to turn toward the mountains. and in two
months 1t will be rapidly returning. The
president and his cabinet will probably not
return until pretty well toward the end of
September. Whenever it does. however.
| 1t will be considered notice to society tn re
turn. And it will come, for it has ambi-
tlOnS III regard to this administration. Then
the supreme court begins its sessions a little
yer Two months hence, and as its ladies are
well at the front OF the social rank, their
| return will be looked for with interest.
The supreme court people are to a society
season something like the robin to spring.
whenever you hear their '"warble'' Won
may know that the social season is soon to
| begin.
NOTES.
Miss Nina Bachelor, niece of Senator
vest, Is now IN New York city. She has
Won some reputation by the pictures she
eXhlDlted In the salon, being the Youngest
on the list. Her work is of a semi-hu-
morous character. She is pupil of St.
Pierre.
Minister and Nine. Dominguez and their
sons and daughters left last week for Bal
tlmore. After visiting the Monumental
city the family will visit New London and
| Newport, and sail from New York for
France the latter part of this month.
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild
expect to move into their new house on
Connecticut avenue about the first of No
yember. Meanwhile they will remain in
their present residence on street. near
| Twentieth.
Gen. E. +. Beal and his daughters. Mrs.
John Il. Mclean and the Countess
Bakmetieff.are summering at Manchester
by-the-Sea. Later in the season Mrs. Nc
Lean will go to Long Branch for short
sOjOurn.
Col. Fred Grants wife was Ida Honore.
and was much admired in Washington.
| She was nicknamed Sunshine" by Gen.
( Grant, to whom she was deVotedly atten-
! tive.
Secretary and Mrs. Manning and Miss
Mattue have left for Watch Hill. The
| secretary will stop at New York for a few
days to attend to some private affairs.
Mrs. Endicott is in the city, and will ac-
company the secretary of war to New York
with the presidential party.
Prof. j. p. Sousa, leader of the Marine
band. is at Atlantic City, recuperating his
health.
Judge James Harlan of the Alabama
claims commission has gone to Boston.
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