The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-02-27
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VS. talking the other evening st
A"' Whitney. reception to lady Who
has been in Warrington society ever
since the var, and has witnessed the
ups aud downs u 1t least two genera
tons, She said that never before in her
Knowledge Or experience, had their been
- mitch money spent in Washington
IN dress and entertainments AZ this win
ter. Il remember" che said, "whea 1t
was an occasion for remark il refresh.
ments we're off rcd atx Cabinet recep.
ton, and at other evening gathering,
It was 'eldom that anything more thar
asn'dwichand a cup Of coffee or gls,
M punch Was offered So late a. tn,
Hayes administration, when Scnol
Maatilla gave . grand reception a,
Wormley'. in tsaorof the marriage o.
the king Of Spain, champagne and ter
rapin were ser, Cd, aud it wa, consider.
Cd lr nicely e1trsvagancs. But now
the finest and most expensive wines are
sswsa freely a. claret punch was ton
years ago. and ssraHn lie ~ common
~ chicken salad. The Letters aud thu
whitnsys and other wealthy people
VIII" have recently coas,to Washington
haveset fashion that has prevented
many people who would like to enter.
tain run doing %.
"U"til last year" continued the lady
Of twenty .6vs year.. experience, II nave
always given receptions each winter. I
'aasally served coffee, clsret punch, .ys
tsf., salad, and that sort Of thing, and
it has coat me Eve or ok hundred dol
lars, including music aud flowers. But
I've bad y give thsmup because can
not make such asprsad a. "thers d.,
with champagne 1t SIS . case, and
ternApiu II $40 a dozen. Oas dues not
like to have her sntsrtaiumsuts con-
'r.st with those Of other people. Ifonly
one family wss doiug this sort Of thing
there -ssll bsuo difficulty, but it ha,
gotten tot the style, aud one might "a
we'll bs out Of the world ~ cut Of
fashion. So We poor folkes have besu
driven t. giving 'tes.'. I've not tho
slightest doubt that M,. Whitnsys
entertainments cost her ~, less than
t~saN-fve hundred doll.rs week: but
everybody enjoys them, aud she caa
afford it. ] heart the other day that
her bachelor brother deposited $500,
QUO to hercredit last iall, and told her
that the money w.s sst t. keep, but
for the enj"y'uent u her Friends"
Speaking receatly to . dom ,cratic
Senator ON the subject Of the paper.
which had been refused the Senate,
the President is said to have remarked
that there was nnthiuy III them which
the Senators might not sse. He said
the so-c.llsd private paper. in tho Ala
bama case might have Leen thrown ill.,
to the waste basket without sntailing
auy loss vpoa anybody aud that at Que
time he hesitatsd whether to thus jis.
pose Of them Or send them to the De.
partneut Of Justice. tie added that pa.
Pers in the cases If other suspended
officials which, under the ruling adopt
Cd would bs denied tho Senate, we're
equally unimportant, and implied that
it was not because OF tho con-
tents Of the papers that he ordered
.hem to DO withheld, but for the rea.
sou that the action Of the Senate major
y seemed to be palpably move to in.
tsrfere with the exclusive preroxatives
Of the Executive office.
Representative Harry Bingham, Of
Pennsylvania, i still considered the
hest dressed man in the House, a dis.
ti''ctss which he has enjoyed ever since
he became sme'absr of Cuayres.. Bland
Of silver dollar fame, is just the orpo.
site. Ike latter wears . coat that must
have known better days, which 10 much
too large for the wearer. His trousers
are decidedly bagyy, aud he evidently
outsiders it \ capital offence to allow
any"ns to jugyls whisp-broom nea,
him.
They are telling pretty good story
III n Cabinet Minister-who is n,teL foI
conservatism and blue Hood-and til,
railway king who il just now pleased t,
represent the Twenty Seventh Pennsyl
vania District in the present Congress
1t is to the effect aAat n applicant
from the Keystone State for pouitio,
called upon the Hon. Secretary Of -