The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-12

party was given for her in New York which was
attended by her own She was emblttered
and fell back on Freddy and petits soupers
But the much married Miss Ellen Terry comes
along and our 'best people and our church
people receive her with open arms, although
her social relations are just as equvocal, TO say
the least as those of the Bernhardt or the Lang
try. Over in Brooklyn she got last year recep-
ton from n very high toned club, and was cud
died by hundreds of well-known Brooklyn ladies.
She was received as the guest of Henry Ward
Beecher, at the great preachers house on Brook
Ign Heights, and was asked to take her pick OF
tray of jewels which Mr.. Beecher showed TO her.
Gems are Beccher's great weakness He carries
them around in his vest pocket and delights
to look at them, though he never displays them
on his person. Miss Terry was shrewd enough 70
select comparatively cheap stone. and she left.
the pet of the household. Mr.. Beecher and his
family were constant attendants at the Irving per-
formances in the City of Churches, and the Ply
mouth pastor was prominent figure at the din
ner to the actor at Demonico's on Monday night
last Mr.. Henry Irving is divorced man. Miss
Terry is a much married and divorced woman.
Before we talk about Irvngs American tour, in
the language of Mr.. Beecher at Monday nights
dinner, as "a means Of grace to the whole peo-
pie had we not better cease prating about the
immortality of the stage and the loose lives CT
theatrical people, and stop making social dis
tinctions between the wicked Sarah Bernhardt,
the beautiful Mrs. Langtry and the amiable
Miss Ellen Terry? Let US be consistent. at all
events.
In New York the sale of Mary Anderson's villa
at Long Branch is interpreted as meaning that
Our Mary is about to break with US and to
make her home permanently at the other side
of the Atlantic, where she has achieved genuine
success by hard study and patient devotion to
her art Mary has her eccentrcities, and her
respected father-in law, Dr. Hamilton Griffin is
the monumental advertiser of the age but there
is woman whose whole life can stand the fierce
light that burns upon the stage. and yet who
has found fifty times more social appreciation
abroad than at her own home.
The news that William III. Vanderbilt intends
to make Washington his winter residence for the
future has created no small furry in New \ ork
social circles. OF all the Vanderbilts William *.
used to be the most profuse of entertainers. The
memory of the fancy dress ball given by his
charming wife at the Fifth-avenue residence,
two years ago, is still treasured up on Murray
Hill But since "Willier has met reverses
Wall street it looks as if the rumor that the old
gentleman had put on the brakes were
true. Cornelius j. and his wife are liberal
hosts but their lines not cast in the direc-
ton OF stunning effects. Their musical and art
reunions are charming, and their household is
marked by exquisite taste in every detail. Those
who have been fortunate enough to be their
guests speak OF their frequent and quiet parties
as perfectly delightful gatherings The present
head of the house of Vanderbilt seems to think
that an occasional private view of his priceless
art treasures fills the measure of his obligations
TO society In New York. But w ashlngton is the
city of entertainments during the winter, and
when the railroad monarch gets there it will be
strange, indeed, if he do not branch out if it
were only to dazzle the diplomatic corps and
give splendor to the social side of the Cleveland
administration, in which ne is said to be a thor
ough believer At all events, bellies and beaux
OF New York have received the news that he in
tends alternating at the national capital as
meaning that much of the gayety of the metrop-
oils is TO be transferred to Washington next sea
son, and there is much futtering of brilliant
plumage in consequence Do.