St. Paul daily globe., 1886-01-10
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
The Past Week Ushered in by Storm
Which Sadly Interfered With the
Festivities.
Wives of the Cabinet Ministers ne
ceive Numerous Calls in Ihelr
New Homes.
Miss CIeveIand's saturday AFTERNOON
Various Weddings
--Notes.
Co,.uo.nordence of the clone.

w WASuuNGTON Jan. S.-Ihe nrSJ week
of the new year started off badly lor tle
social world. Monday was the DAY Ior lle
reception Of the wives OF the supreme
court Judges and the wives OF tne Oapioai
Hill senators and members, ana tnere weIe @
great anticipations for that day' DuI my
were NOT realized. Washington has seldom
seen such a storm as that Oh Monday. ne
rain fell ALI dav. and at about the hour uial
calls would naturally have been mace II liE
eraIly came down in torrents. The sTeelS
wore Gooded and the drivers OF carriages
which ventured out sat stiftly In tneir lght
rubber coats and lashed the unfortunate
horses to a gallop along the noodea StLeets.
Callers who started out found dlHlculIy III
making their Wav from the carriage 10 tne
door where they stopped, ana were sidu W
I,,,r,, home when few moments cessation
of the rain gave opportunity. There were
some events which could not be neglected.
however. and even in the midst OF tne oriV-
ing rain Won could see carriages driven Oy
rubber-coated drivers and drawn py r'iuDel-
blanketed horses dashing IN every ulIection'
The receptions of the supreme court lMauIce M
were but slimly attended, Dut IneIe were
other events which requHeu dUOen'iUh'
There was, for instance. weuuiHs IL tno
New York Avenue Presbyterian church, the
most nrominent church of that denomlna-
tion in the city, and this could not De
neglected. 1t was the wedding OF Dr.
lanes Osgood Adams to Miss Emma ID.
GurIev and was solemiZed in due form IN
spite of the pouring rain without. Inc
church was prettily decorated with plants
and flowers The bride was attlred In
seal-brown travelling suit with gloves anu
hat of the same shade of color. Inc pest
man was Mr.. Simeral of Omaha, and the
brides brother. Mr.. w. B. Gurley, gave
the bride away. The brides father, owing
TO a recent severe illness, was not able 10
attend the wedding. The mother OF the
groom. Mrs Adams of Philadelphia, was
present with a number of the bridegroom
Philadelphia friends. Among the invited
guests were Senator Morrill, and FAMILY,
Judge Drake, eX-Minister Foster, wife and
daughter, Mr.. John W. thompson ana
family, and Mr.. Joseph Willard. Inc
family have a very extensive acquaintance
and the bride received very handsome
gifts from different parts Of the country.
AN EVENT
of the afternoon was 'tea" at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Titan j. COffey. In the
evening occurred the first army and navy
german of the season. which had Deen
looked forward to by good many people
Nothing can shut off society from an event
Of this character, and its brilliancy was
even the more marked by contrast with the
bad weather which prevailed outside.
Tuesday was rather a quiet day in the
social world, as it usually is. Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the
busy days, usually during the social season
here Why it is that Tuesday is less in
favor nobody is able to say but such is the
case. Taking advantage of this fact, that
Tuesday is not so much occupied as some
others, number Of prominent ladies have
fixed upon this as a day for receptions and
teas. Mrs. Lewis Beach is one Of these.
She gave a tea on that afternoon which
was attended by a good many people of
prominence and which proved very at
tractive feature of the day. Chief Justice
and Mrs. Waite, toO gave their card recep-
ton on that evening. 1t was largely at
tended, as their receptions always are.
Wednesday was busy day, very busy
one. There were the cabinet calls to be
made, for this was the first time since the
new administration came i'll that there were
really full-Aedged receptions by the cabinet
ladies. To be sure some of them received
for few Wednesdays after they came in
last spring, but they were all living then in
a sort of hand-to-mOuth fashion in hotels
or furnished rooms, which they had taken
temporarily. This fall and winter their
receptions have been quite informal and not
attended by many people until this week,
when the season was considered fairly be-
gun and everybody felt at liberty to pay
their respects and all the sights of the new
houses. There was
GREAT CURIOSITY
to see both the ladies themselves and their
new surroundings. Secretary Whitney of
the navy fairly leads all the other cabinet
people in his entertainments and beautiful
home. Mr. Whitney has unlimited means
and has put so, 600 or so into the Freling
huySen mansion, making it palace. The
crowds went there on Wednesday and the
papers went wild over the house and its
occupants. 1t must have been gall and
wormwood to the autocratic and ambitious
Bayard family to have SO much attention
heaped upon mere inexperienced secre-
taTy of the navy, when the stately and
senatorial Bayard, now premier in the
cabinet, was getting comparatively no
newspaper puffS, except the bare mention
of the fact that he has four daughters in
society this winter. There were in addition
to the cabinet receptions a number of
interesting events on Wednesday, a recep-
ton at Mrs. McAllster Laughton's, and
german by the Wednesday Evening club,
the wedding of Mr. Chas T. Wood and Miss
Gertrude Russell Wilson, at st. Johns
church.
BEvY OF YOUNG DEBUTANTES,
Miss Ashford. Miss Amy Almy, Miss Alice
Wilson, Miss Katie Deering. Miss Florence
Hayes, Miss Beckie Potts and Miss Agnes
Beach. At the confectionery table the fol-
lowing young ladies dispensed bonbons:
Miss Daisy Ricketts,, Miss Mary Wilson,
Miss May Potts, Miss Susie Broure and
other society bells. ''Rebecca at the Well"
in costume served lemonade.
On Thursday evening notable wedding
was celebrated at st. Johns church. the
high contracting parties beiug Morris Addi-
son and Miss Thayer. A large number of
invitations had been issued for the church
ceremony, but only intimate friends were
present at the subsequent reception held at
the residence of Mr.. Frank Riggs, whose
wife is sister of the bride.
On Friday Mrs. A. A. Wilson, wife of
the marshal of the district, gave tea from
4 to in honor of the debut of her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Wilson, and in the evening
occurred a card reception at the Bayard res
idence on Massachusetts, avenue.
For Saturday Miss Clevelands Saturday
afternoon reception was looked upon as the
llnpOIGdhC SVenG, anu Out Oh T6Specg IOr JnlS
there very few other announcements of a
social character. Mrs. Loring sent out
cards for reception and there were some
announcements of minor character, but
they were for in the afternoon. The chief
interest centered in the White house and
the hrst formal reception by Miss Cleveland.
The fact that the cabinet ladies had been
announced to assist her added interest. 1t
is seldom that Saturday afternoon recep-
ton has been the subject of so much atten-
ton from society