St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-04
LENTEN QUIETNESS.
Social Gayety at the National Capital Not
Entirely Suppressed, But Rather
Subdued.
Great Preparations Made for Mrs. Whit
ney's Charity Ball Which Did Not
Take Place.
The Calico Ball and Kirmes Soon to
Occur, Dividing Attention With
Lawn Tennis.
Special to the Globe.

FESTIVITIES, OF clarlIaDle nature Oh COURSE,
have been very mildly exciting. The bal
noudre. which was TO have been held at
Mrs. Whitney's. for the proposed newsboys'
home, failed to materialiZe TO be sure, but
there was the fun of getting ready for it,
which was almost as good, and then there
were no headaches afterward. The tickets,
which were put at So each. went off like
'hot cakes" and the 400 that were
printed went off in a jiffy and more were
wanted. Happy newsboys who have so
engaging and persuasive patron saint,
happy Mrs. Whitney, who has but to nod
and all society will obey. 1t was within
of Mrs. Whitney's that all the guests should
come to the ball in powdered hair.
Everybody agreed TO this, especially
the hair dressers, who were in a fair way
to reap golden harvest. when Mrs. Whit
ney was called away to attend the funeral
of her grandmother and the ball was indei-
nitely postponed. But the tickets are sold
and the ball is to be given some time and
the newsboys' home become fact There
is no trouble In getting money in Washing
ton for charitable purposes if you only
know how. The tickets for Mrs. Whit
ney's ball sold for IS each and sold readily.
The tickets for the calico ball for the bene-
tit of the Garfield hospital, to occur at the
Chinese legation in Easter week, are sold at
SO each, while for the Kirmes, at the Ma
tional theater, on May Is. the tickets will
cost So. SO and So. the latter price admit
ting only to the tip-top gallery. Some OF
the stage boxes at $50 each had been en-
gagged by the first of last week..
Society is giving good deal Of attention
to lawn tennis just now. The weather is
fine. the broad lines of parking on each
side of the beautiful streets and avenues
are green and velvety. The young women
are bewitching in lawn tennis costumes and
the young men are endurable. During the
pleasant weather of the past two weeks
many society young ladies and young gen.
tlemen have been in daily practice at lawn
tennis. The game has never had as much
popularity here as il has had in the cities
farther north, yet we have some of the best
players in the country. Mr.. Berry is con-
sidered the third best player. aud is playing
in such fine form this spring that his friends
will not be surprised to find him number
one before the end of the season. Miss
Theresa Stoughton is the best lady player,
and has vanQuished all the experts both
here and in Baltimore. There is no ac-
knowledged
LADY cHAMAIoN PLAYER
in this country, but quite number are con-
sidered excellent. This year tennis has
taken an unusually early start, and there
are more courts in use in Washington now
than have ever been known before. The
tournament held at Kendall Green last fall
gave the sport new impetus and greatly
increased enthusiasm is noticed. G street
seems to have more courts than any other,
and one of the clubs has a membership of
forty. There was meeting in New York
recently of the executive committee OF the
United States Lawn Tennis association.
1t was decided to hold the annual tourna-
ment of the association at Newport on Ang.
% and following days. Each match viii
be the best three in five sets and the
fifth set vantage set. In the final matches
every set will be a vantage set. Prizes
will be given for first and second places in
both singles and doubles. The New II. v n
Lawn Tennis club was authorized to hold
the championship tournament of the New
England states for 1856. the Delaware
Field club of Wilmington for the Southern
states, and the ST. George for the Middle
states. A subscription was started for a
championship cup, which, when won for
three years. not necessarily consecutive,
shall become the property of the winners.
in Mrs Hearst, the wife OF the new sena-
tor from California. 1t is little odd that
she should have been here all winter learn
ing the ways of the social life which she
was so suddenly to be called to enter. Can
il be possible that it was, oh, no.
Well. anyway she has been here entertaining
quietly and elegantly, and learning the in
tricate ways and etiquette of the capital,
also learning to distinguish the unknowable
delicaces Of the situation to which she has
been called. Mrs. George Hearst occupies
a splendid double house on Highland ter
race, a few doors from Justice Miller's.
The family is one of high financial standing
on the Pacific coast. Mr.. Hearst is the
proprietor of successful daily paper in
San Francisco and successful mine pros
pector,
sUSTAINs TWO ESTABLISHMENTS,
one in San Francisco and one on the sea-
coast a few miles out, where he entertains
with princely magnifcence. During her
visit here, Miss Hattie Croker, the daugh-
ter of the Pacific coast railroad magnate,
was the guest Of Mrs. Hearst. Last au-
tumn Mrs. Hearst closed her city residence
and came to this city on account of the
delicate state Of her health, and during her
short sojourn she has made many friends.
and already has q pleasant circle of &C
Quaintances to begin a senatorial career
with.
Washington society has been very anx-
ious about w. ID. Howells the novelist.
The fact that he has been here in society as
much as two weeks has led people who
know nothing about bookmaking to lump
at the conclusion that he Is going to write
novel on Washington society. Mr.. HoweIls
is not at all reassuring or at all comforting
in his assertions when questioned upon the
subject, as he is q score Of times upon an
average each day of his existence here. He
says the social world of Washington Is a
society of promineuces" and that the
characters Of any story purporting to be of
Washington life would Immediately be
ticketed with the names Of well-known
personages. To avoid the perni-
cious labelling the writer would have
to be as constantly on guard against using
impressions. received here that the story
would be of life anywhere and everywhere
else but at the national capital. Hence Mr..
Howells AYERS he will not write story Of
Washington life. Mr.. and Mrs. Howells
think Washington society most charming,
fascinating and agreeable. They have been
dined by Lieut.. and Mrs. Greedy. the Span-
ish minister, Col. Hay. Mr.. and Mrs. Frans
Cotton and many Others. and have had to
decline many invitations on account of
Mrs. Howells' inability to take up a round
of social designations, being an invalid. Mr..
Howells spent delightful evening at the
White house
DISCUSSING LITERATURE
with Miss Cleveland? There the novelist
met Secretary Lamar and, naturally enough,
the two are fervid admirers of each other.
The reception given on Saturday afternoon
to Mr.. and Mrs. Howells by Senator Nor
rill drew out a large number of distinguished
people, judges of the supreme court. notable
congressman society's bonniest bellies and