St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
WASHINGTON WOMEN.
Gayeties Lessened By the Constant Visits
of Death and the Coming of
r Lent.
Mrs. Whitney, the Incompatible Hostess
Goes South for a Rest-Ooming
Charity Ball.
The '"ostler Joe'' Sensation Dying
out--False NJ odesty or Half
Dressed People.
Bad Treatment at Miss CIevelan DIS
Recepuon--Card PARTIES Move
ments OF Ladies'.
Correspondence Of the Globe.

WASHINGTON, March l2.-There are a
goad many glad people in Washington at
the close of this week. The social season
has made its vOtaries twice glad" glad
when ii came. and glad, too, when It went
1t has been tiresOme one, and its ga yetles
have been so much leSSened by the constant
visits of death that its followers turn gladly
from ii 10 the quiet of the houses and the
churches for the rest and invigorating air
OF seaside or mountain. Not q few who
have been active in social life are turning
their faces southwark and others are re-
manning here and giving their attentions 10
the Lenten season. The churches. since
the beginning of Ash Wednesday. have
been well Tiled. and the long lines of car
riages have deem transferred from the doors
of the fashionable residences 10 those of the
fashionable churches. The record of the
season is conducive to Solemnity. for not
in many years has Washington society
found death SO busy in its midst. Vice
President Hendricks, Congressman Rankin,
Miss BayaTd, Millionaire Morgan. Mrs.
Bayard, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Owen, Mrs.
Hawley, Senator Miller-what a death-rOll
for a single season! so the churches are
well filled. for the season of solemnity is
being well observed.
A good many of those who have worked
hardest find relief in a change of climate.
Everybody seems tired out and looking for
ward to the Lemten rest with real interest.
1t has been season full of pleasure 10
many and also full of sorrow to few, but
on the whole il is talked of as one of pc
culiar fascination. 1t has developed, as far
as her Washington experience goes, one in-
comparable hostess, Mrs. Whitney, who has
been untiring i'm her efforts To afford enjoy
ment to her friends. She left on Wednes-
day for a fortnighfs trip south. Many
kind wishes that her trip will be a perfect
one attend her. Mrs. Burton Harrison
goes with her. and they take maid. Mrs.
Whitney intends 10 travel slowly. stopping
when the mood suits her. and will taste the
OLD DOMINION HOSPITALITY
i'm several of the ancestral homes about
Richmond. Their ultimate destination is
Jacksonville, where Mrs. Whitney has
never been, and consequently anticipates
her journey with almost Impotence.
Mrs. Whitney will be back in good
season for Micareme, that happy
interlude in Lenten austeritles which
will be marked here by an innovation. a
charity ball. Mrs. Whitney gives the use
of her ball room, and there are to be 400
tickets sold at IS a piece. The affair is UNI
der distinguished patronage, and the pro-
ceeds are intended 10 benefit the Newsboys
aid and lodging house.
The ''Ostler Joe" sensation. which has
been so thoroughly advertised in the papers
has pretty much dropped out of the CONVEX
SatiOn of the set which attempted to
make a sensation out of it, The press and
public have sOthoroughly ridiculed the false
modesty of the half-dressed people who
were the most shocked. that they have be-
gun to see the ridiculous position in which
thdy have placed themselves, and are glad
10 drop the subject There are a good many
curious things in Washington society, and
some which show that the people who pre-
tend to be so extremely proper might take
some lessons in even the common decencies
of social life. For instance, it has
been the cause of much i'll
founded complaint that in spite of the en-
treaty made in the church, after Miss En-
gishs wedding last week, that those who
had come to attend il and were not invited
10 the wedding an hour later of Miss Coffey
and Mr.. Chew would retire, that very few
did leave, and that in consequence it was
difficult, and in many cases impossible, for
the ushers at the second wedding to find
seats for those whom they knew were spe-
cially desired to be present 1t was only
after much eXertion on the part of the
uShers that the crowd i'm the vestibule and
the aisles would make room for the
SECOND BRIDAL PROCESSION,
and the brides tulle veil was torn by those
who pushed against her, and the brides
maids dresses were injured in a similar
manner
Some of the ladies who attended Miss
Clevelands late reception complain bitterly
of the treatment which they received. They
NJ or fhn nf Ahn
house some minutes before the time for the
reception to begin, and at the last moment
were told that they would have to take
their places in the line that was being
formed. TO this they did not object, as
they saw ii would be impractcable to adj
nit large numbers i'm any other manner,
and so fell in' Ia the line with the utmost
good humor. To their surprise. however.
they soon saw many people passing them
in the line, walking directly up TO the door
of the White house and being
promptly admitted. They stood pa
tiently waiting for over an
hour i'm the position TO which they had
been assigned, shivering i'm the cold wind of
a raw March day. and finally in fit of des-
peratiOn left their places. marched boldly TO
the door and made their way i'm without
further waiting. lit was Just two hours"
said one of them. ''from the time we got to
the White house nntii we got In, and then
we only succeeded in getting i'm by the
greatest effort. l never was so pushed and
crowded and jammed in my life. We suf-
fered almost everything while we stood i'm
waiting. The wind was cold. and by the
time we had stood two hours we were
almost exhausted. To add to our discom-
future, a lot of coal carts were permitted 10
pass up to the White house and discharge
their loads of coal just where the black
dust would fly all over our dresses. We
were in pretty plight when we succeeded
in forcing our way inside. tired and chilled
aud damned and covered with coal dust"
THE WEEKS DoINGs.
The week has not been devoid of some
events Of interest. For Monday afternoon
Mrs. and Miss Barrows of New York. who
are spending the winter here at l7I7 Mas
sachusettS avenue, had issued cards for an
afternoon tea from to-. In the evening
the secretary of war and Mrs. EndicOtt gave
a card reception to the families of senators
and representatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Wheeler. Miss Wheeler and Miss Annie
Wheeler held large card reception on this
evening at their home, l40l Massachusetts
avenue. Senator and Mrs. Sherman held
their card reception on this evening and the
Assembly club gave dance at Forrest hall
from 10 II.
On Tuesday Capt. and Mrs. Wheeler
gave an afternoon tea from TO 20 at their
home, $50 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Manning
gave luncheon to ladies at . o'clock on the
same afternoon. In the evening the presi-
dent gave a card reception to the senators
and representatives I'm congress and their
families. from 10 IL. at the executive man
sion. Mrs. Hugh McCulloch and Miss Nc
CullOeh had issued invitations for a masked
ball on this evening.
Mrs William Snrinrer hold her Inst 70