National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-03-21
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Interesting Gossip as TO the Move
monts Of Persons Prominent In So



evening very soon.
Miss Cleveland will receive at the
white house this afternoon from 3 TO 8
o'clock. Mrs. Hoyt will terminate her
visit at some time next week and return
to her home at Fayetteville, onondaga
county, N. Y. Miss Van Vochten, of AL
bany, is now visiting Miss Cleveland at
tho white house. and Miss Folsom, Of
Buffalo, will come later.
Mrs. Villas left for her home at Mndi-
son, Wis, on Thursday morning, aud. al
though she may make flying visits here
in the meantime, will not come TO stay
until fall, when she will bring her three
children with her ana take house.
Col. and Mrs Jerome Bonaparte gave a
very handsome dinner to ex-President
Arthur at their X street mansion last
night. The floral decorations were very
fine and the Bonaparte silver and porce-
lain are famous
The death of Mrs. Yulee so soon after
entering into her now house Is one Of the
saddest events. Miss Yuloe, who has been
i'll for great part of tho winter, was re-
covering enough TO be able TO walk with
tho aid Of cane, but is again completely
prostratpd.
Senator MoPhorson's family are now
fairly settled in their handsome new
home, aud will remain hero until the end
of May. Senator Mcpherson has been in
New York for q few days. but his wife,
who remains hore, received for tho first
time in her new house on Thursday.
Mrs. Angus Cameron gave lunch
party on Tuesday to Mrs. Villas, wife Of
tho new Postmaster General. Covers
were laid for fourteen, and the table
prettlly decorated with flowers. Those
invited to meet Mrs. Villas were the wives
OF Senators Mcpherson, Dawes, Sherman,
and ingalls,, Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, Mrs.
George G. Hazleton, Mrs. Eugene Schuy-
Ter, Miss Swan, Mrs. Patten, Mrs. Nord-
hof, Mrs. Lander, and Miss Lucy Page
Mrs. Logan will remain here for week
or ten days longer.
The first arbutus buds were brought
over from the Virginia woods this week.
Crocuses in the arsenal grounds and
hyacinths in Mr.. George Brancroft's
dooryard arc tho next certain signs of
the progress of tho season that can DO
depended on.
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Of New York, is
tho guest Of Judge and Mrs. Bancroft
Davis this week, and as she is still in
mourning only quiet dinners ut tho
houses of hor old friends have been &C.
cepted by her.
Mrs. Cockrell had many callers on
Thursday, and was assisted in entertain
ing them by Mrs. aud Miss Ames, of st.
Louis
Secretary and Mrs. Endicott have been
Joined by their daughter this week.
M. Reuterskiold, the new Swedish min
lister, was promoted to the charge of the
legation here after long services as secre-
tary Of legation at Paris, Nine. ROu-
terskjold, very beautiful woman, was
much admired in Paris and prominent
socially. At tho white house on Tuesday
evening, and later at Mrs. Holyar'S, she
attracted great attention, and her toilet
and jewels wero the richest seen that
evening. During the week NJ. and Nine.
Reuterskjold have been making their
first calls of ceremony, and society people
are practicing hard at the difficulties and
the little nuaIlces In tho pronunciation Of
their name.
part In Miss Dora Miller's fancy dress
ball have been photographed in their
costumes. Miss Miller herself in her
Greek dress, Miss Johnson as Iris, Miss
Daisy Ricketts, as Trumps. Miss Eddy as
a Dutch peasant, and Miss Elroy in her
very becoming costume Of Nine. Roland
have been most successful. These, with
the portraits Of others in the costumes
worn at the ball OF tho previous winter.
make quite a gallery Of fair women.
Jefiersonian simplicity is not returned
to in the matter of early hours for white
house receptions, aud many wero sur
prised to find the to IL rule of Presi-
dent Arthur adopted by his successor.
All chief magistrates from Jefferson to
Arthur received from to 10 o'clock, and
| coll hn. Nl.a
Washington left every company at the
latter hour, Mrs. Washington announcing
that the general always retired at 10
o'clock. As all men have been grumbling
at the late hours Of entertainments for
these last three years, it Is hoped
that the change to more rational hours of
amusement will be inaugurated by q re-
turn to the old ways at the white house,
With their return to private life again
Mrs. McCulloch has resumed her old
custom of being ut home to her friends
after o'clock on Wednesdays This had
been her custom during the years thai
the family occupied their town house on
Mcpherson square, and the few months
of official life this winter made no chang,
in her day, but simply heightened tn,
hours Of receiving Mrs. McCulloch auC
her daughter have returned from Fortress
ulSuiOoI uuu, poioio koluB w ehst ouuhu1
place for the summer. Miss MoCulloct
will accompany her cousin, Mrs, Kaufi-
man, to Now York and make a shor
visit there.
Senator and Mrs, Hawley and Mis-
Footo will leave for Hartford immedi
ately upon the adjournment Of the sen
ate. Mrs, Hawley's youngest sister viii
be married at her house in June.
Mrs. Stewart, with her daughters, Mrs
Hooker aud Mrs. Fox. will go to Califor
mia in juno, and unless desirable ten
ant appears Stewart Castle will be CLOSED
next winter, much to the anticipatory
regret Of the gay world.
Mrs. Laughton's daughter. Mrs. Bergh
mans, is slowly improving in health, anS
is now able 60 ride out daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker, of Honolulu, ar
tho guests Of the Hawaiian minister anC
Mrs. Carter at tho Hamilton House.
Representative Ermentrout and family
= leave to-day for their home at Reading
Pa.
3 Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Willard hav
} gone to New Orleans for q visit OF FEY
) weeks.
Gen. and Mrs. Mckee Dunn left o.
5 Tuesday for California, intending t
7 spend two months or more on the Pacitl
| coast.
= Mrs. Theodore Lyman gave a ladies
: lunch party on Wednesday afternoon.
0 Mrs. Horatio Burchard and her son lef
this week for Now Orleans, and viii
F.. spend month In the south before goin
o to her home at Freeport, Ill.
o The Chinese minister, Mr.. Cheng Tsa
n Ju, and his suite were at Panama las
4 week on their way home from Peru, an
will reach Washington in few weeks.
, Gen. and Mrs. Bealo returned fror
= Now York on Tuesday. During theI
= weeks stay Gen. Beale spent nearl
2 every evening with Gen. Grant, who hi
|, entirely finished the first volume of hi
= memoirs and reached the battle of Cha
. tanooga in tho second volume. Mr.
. Nellie Grant Sartoris arrives this wee
= from England TO remain with her parent
y The engagement OF Lieut. Digs an
: Miss Eddy, recently announced, will
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