The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-23

ole But whether it frightens her. whether she
knows the difference between the White House
IN Washington and the Teffs House IN Buffalo,
she carries it off excelently we'll. Then she has
those mentors, Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Endicott,
20 fail back on If she wants to- because she sees
much more of them than Mrs. Manning ard Mrs.
Villas. Mrs. Manning has her aling husband to
look after and she does il faithfully. Almost
invariably in the afternoon she drives with him.
and, upon those rare occasions when she does
not. the Secretary's daughter Miss Mary Man
ming, takes her place. But not for one instant
Is the Secretary left alone-and that, with the
cares of large establishment, gives Mrs Man
ming something to do Now, folks
know, Mr.. Manning sold newspapers.
and Mrs. Manning inherited the blood
and silver service of the Liyingstones-and this
union of the old and the new aristocracy pro-
duces the most pleasing meDage In Washington.
1t is very hard at Washington to be choice with
out being exclusive-and the last is word and
quality absolutely belonging to the snobocracy-
and it is equally hard TO be popular without be-
ing democratic, but Mrs Manning has contrived
to steer her course between the two. It is always
fiattering to receive an invitation from Mrs.
Manning, because she dfscriminates Mrs. Villas
is pretty little woman. but hamp8red by that
newness and rawness which few Western peo.
pie occasionally feel for the East She is pretty
and amiable and simply follows her leader,
which is usually Mrs Whitney or Mrs. Endicott
Mrs Whitney represents New York and Mrs.
Endlcott represents Boston Therefore does Mrs
ners, and overlooking receptions. 1t is miracle
how she stands the physical strain upon her.
From one years end to another she goes through
a ceaseless grind of entertaining-and as
the back is fitted to the burden, SO she has a
powerful frame and tremendous vitality. Be-
sides she is pleased with herself, and her hus
band, and her children, and her money, and her
position, and that. of course, has wonderful
buoyant force. The Jenkins family have al
ready begun describing her gowns for the wiz
HoF Thn fart re irr cf
Whitney falls into the invariable mistake of
French, and English, and German, and Russian
society women. She dresses too young. The
fortunate are seldom reminded that they are
growing old: they are generally allowed to find
It out for themselves, and they are usually
good while doing It, Vow. Mrs. Whitney is
Enelooking woman, with large and not IN
handsome features-but middle age and stout
ness have come upon her. and she can't wear
white silk embroidered in pearls, ana cream
colored brocade smothered in lace, even
though PiDgat and Felix design them. And there
comes time, in spite OF Queen Victoria when
low neck and short sleeves are no longer
becoming, but Mrs. Whitney does not
know it. AS for Mrs Endcort, the most indus
1rions critic in the world can find nothing TO
Animadvert in her dress or behavior. She is cor
rect from the point of her massive Roman nose
down to the tips Of her Boston toes. Serenely
elegant laborionsy polite, dressed always in a
manner suitable to her years, Mrs. Endicott may
be taken as type of the Boston matron. Mrs.
Cleveland may well rely upon her advce-it is
certain to be sound if little cold. Naturally
Mrs. Endicott thinks New York fussv, middle
class kind OF place with nothing Emersonian
about it. and would be profoundly disguised
with Thomas CARLYLE if anybody called her at
tention TO that little paragraph of his in which
he described Enerson's conversation as being
mostly moonshine There is no trifing with her
age in Mrs Endicott. She wears digniiied grays
and browns, and rich blacks, or else white dis
creerly yelled in black lace-and in her neatly
arranged gray hair an aigrette of feathers-and
holding herself as straight an Indian, does the
honors very much as John Aden's wife might
have done about forty years after she had made
il I'D with John