St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-22
AT SOCIETY'S CENTER.
The Gay Season in Washington Begin
ming to Cast Its Shadow
Before.
Two Notable Weddings Break the Usual
Round Of Receptions and
Dinners.
The Elegant Homes to be Occupied
by Col. Hay and Senator
Logan.
Entertaining News and Gossip About
Many Prominent Capital
People.
Correspondence of the Globe.

Correspondence of the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Society is busy
this week. There has been return to the
legitimate. The "silly season" and the
season of weddings have given place to the
regular winter experience here Of calls and
receptions and dinner parties. There was
cold wave at the beginning of the week,
which served to remind the social world
that their season of festivities was at hand.
Take walk along the avenues and streets
in the fashionable part of the city and you
will find them busy; carriages roll in every
direction, and callers go in way which
shows you that winter is at hand.
On Monday the wives of the justices of
the supreme court received their friends at
their homes. On Wednesday the cabinet
ladies received, most of them informally.
but nevertheless the day was a very busy
one with them. 1t was a busy one for the
society people, too, for there were two we'd
dings of more than usual Importance that
evening. One of these was the marriage
of Lieut.. James A. Buchanan OF the
army to Miss Helen w. Myers, the
other the union of Mr.. Richard
Odes Pairo and Miss Helen w. Smith.
They are both considered very important
social events and are largely attended. An
| interesting incident of the week was an in
dustral exhibition given at the city orphan
asylum under the auspices of Miss Mary
Waite, daughter of the chief justice, and
| other young ladies of social prominence.
Miss Waite takes great interest in charities
of this sort and is very active in the organi-
cation of these little schemes for interest
ing people in them. On Friday and Satur-
| day Miss Cleveland, who has returned to
the White house. saw some of her personal
friends. She will not begin her usual
Saturday receptions, however, for some
time yet.
SOME NEW HOMES.
A feature of the opening of the social
season in Washington is the new homes to
| be inspected. There are some Of these
every year, but more just now than usual,
| for there has been very active season in
| building new houses and reftting old ones.
| The new government officials coming in
must all have homes. Some OF the old
| ones who have heretofore lived in boarding
| houses now have homes of their
own. and there are a good many
people of wealth and prominence
establishing themselves here simply because
| it is charming place to live. Among
tllCSC ldGUCl dlC wv OulO POOPlOs LII .
Warder of Springfield and Mr.. Hay of
Cleveland. Mr.. Warder has taken posses
| sion of the Window house, on Scott circle,
and will live there until mis- new house is
built. Mr.. Hays elegant residence on Fl
street, just across Lafayette park from the
| White house, is nearing completion, and as
it is to be one of the very handsomest
homes in Washington is worthy of some
extended notice. 1t is built OF brick, with
heavy foundations of white Ohio stone, and
has frontage of fifty-four feet on II street
and ninety feet on Sixteenth street. The
entrance is from Sixteenth street, and has a
massive porch of Ohio stone and fine
brick arch over the doorway, the span of
which is about fifteen feet. Passing under
this arch, through capacious doorway,
| the visitor finds himself in broad central
hall, from which grand staircase ascends
to the upper story. The ceilings and walls
are paneled and wainscoated with white
mahogany, wood brought from
South America. The massive beams
which are exposed in the ceiling
have delicate tracery of carving running
along the edges which is simply exquisite.
| On the right of this hall is the dining room,
which is grand apartment finished en-
| tirely in red mahogany, the rich red natural
wood as seen on the walls and ceilings CIV
| ing effects which harmonic with the other
details of the room. At the north end of
| the room is great old-fashioned fire. place
or ingle-nook. with seats at the side and a
mantel-piece of large size that is perfect
| marvel of the wOod-caryer's art. A capa-
ciouS windOw-Seat runs around the window
| looking on Tenth street, and all the details
| of the room contribute to the grand effect
which it's size produces. Across the hall on
| the south side of the house is the library,
| which is finished in oak, with lavishness
| of detail that does not violate the good
| taste and quiet elegance which character
| ICES the entire work. The parlor, which
| adjoins the library. is smaller room and is
| finished in the French style. The wood
work is pine, painted white, touched with
gold. The mantel at the fire
place is delicately carved. There are
| three staircases in the house, in addition to
the grand central stairway. and capacious
| buffers pantry and other accessories which
are necessary in house constructed on
such grand scale. The grand staircase,
which is well lighted by windows looking
| into the back yard, terminates in the second
story in spacious hall, into which the
chambers open. This hall is lighted by a
large skylight in the roof, and access is
gained to the third story by smaller stair
way. The rooms in the upper stories are
finished in pine, which is to be painted in
colors which will blend with the papers to
be placed on the walls. Each room has a
| handsome fireplace with mantels finely
carved. There are two bathrooms OH the
second floor, one of which is good-siZed
| room with the floor and wainscoting of
white porcelain tiIing. On the third floor