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Inc inolcauons muitiply ana increase
that very gay spring season will open at
Easter with the finest climate In the world,
blue dome that rivals the cerulean per.
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tnat Is tne most peautiIul upon the glooe'
People who have Travelled everywhere say
so. What do we lack 10 make this the
center NJ literary. fashionable. and nolItical
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tne otner nauons Oh tne eartn as "eiii we
go forward TO greater and greater achieve
ments with ease when once started upon
the way. The acts of materializing broad
conceptions of what the American national
capital must be follow closely upon the
adoption OF large plans and theories Of its
immediate future. The grandest library ever
seen will attract TO us the scholarly world,
men OF letters, those whose names are re-
vered and precious household words, and
those who are but beginning the dedication Of
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but we may have pardonable pride in in
dicatlng a neucleus of literary persons,
world acknowledged, who are Of us. or
those who have brought great distinction
TO the capital is the aged historian, Hon.
George Bancroft, the strong intellect and
gentle yigor of Col. John Hay, whose
broad fame, associated with comparative
youth, promises TO sanctlfy our brick and
mortar by making 1t the birthplace of some
unriyaled literary excellence; and then
there is another. A wayward son of song,
whose shining brows are clasped with the
divine impress OF Palsy, and from JOAQUIN
Miller. we NAV vet EXPECT the tbaumatur-
oioai possibillties of genius. Some day it
will 6e the proud boast of the future
Washlpptonian that the poet OF
the SierTas dwelt upon Meridian Hill. In
stead Of the darkness Of Chaos and all un-
rhaTltAllonOaQ
light Of universal brotherhood, and there Is
instead n green, flowery world. Let us not
wait uptiith days for the monumentIng of
| men come We who believe and proph-
csy sbonld begin To- fulfill. So of men and
their noseibilities. and Of The social and mr..
tistic greatness of onr city. There are No
limits limits To progress in culture and divine,
ness Corlisle savs that stimposslbleJ has
no non nloce in the brSy,, ma mans dIctionary. w
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The heavy roins Of Monday did not deter
n nnmber ~ neople from eongreaatinr nj
Mrs Nordbafi,s SECOND Ten. which fhat isdy
bas so smccessfnliv IemonstrSted can he
made n most deIectab,e form Of entertain
ment in Ient Eyerybody was glad to ser
eve,ybody elsc and one MIGHT believe thai
sbori ne,ioJs of enforced absence did ir
snoItp snCut periJIus paI baarts M orow " fonder Mrs
NordbofT was assisted In caring for he,
onests nv Miss Eyelyn Nordhoff. Mrs. Gen
Eremonf Mrs Gem Viele Mrs Manderson
Mrs Somers. Mrs. George Beale. Mrs. Arm
strong. Miss Carter, Miss CARPENTER, apt
Miss Russell. Mrs. Leiterand Miss Eleanor
Foster presided over the tea aud chocolat,
urns. Mrs. Justice Waite, Justice and Mrs
Field, Mrs. Villas, Miss Villas, ex-Secretar,
and Mrs. McCulloch, DIR. and Mrs. Lorlng
DIR. and Mrs Bartlett, Hon. and Mrs. A. X
Spofford, Mrs. Febiper, DIR, Gill, Mr.. II. b
Conger, Lieut.. Reamly, Lieut.. and Mrs
| Greely. Mira. Clephane. Mrs. Leo Knott
Mrs. acArthur. Mai. and Mrs. Powell
Judge Drake. Mr.. and Mrs, A, A, HAYES
Mr.. and Mrs J. Sayles Brown, Hon. au(
Mrs. j. b. Alley, the Misses Mott Smith
Mrs. Judge Casey, Capt. and Mrs. r. G
Rutherford, Miss Rutherford, NJ. Akabane
Mr.. Elmore, DIR. Martin, Miss Calhoun
Mr.. Palm Lee, Mr.. Cheng Hanson, Seuo
Peralta, Miss Swan, Mrs. s. 2. Brown, Mrs
Crammond Kennedy, Mrs. Cannon, Mis-
Cannon, Mrs. Symes, Miss Dawes, Mis-
| Cullom. Col. and Mrs. Wilson, Mis-
Stewart, Miss Annie Wilson, Mrs. Blanch
ard, Mrs. Stone, Prof. and Mrs. Elliot,
M. Ter NJ. Uyeno, Minister and Mrs. Cai
ter, Mrs. Pomeroy, Miss Beach, Mrs. Corn
wall, Miss Waller, Mrs, Monroe, Mrs. Cocl
rell, Miss Evarts, Mrs. Benton Mcmillan
Mrs. Goodloe, Mrs. Grosvenor, Miss Grosv,
nor, Miss Riddle, MissE. G. Smith, and MI
Owen were among those present. Mr.:
Nordhoff continues her very pleasant a.
ternoons during Lent on Wednesdays.
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Prof NJor,v,o anon, n busv dav nm Tue
dou WITH the dsncers op for the kirmes bagir
H., With tba ,,iotnras,na Tyroieons wifi
thntr hnrns and zitbars AZ o.aC in the NOR.
inS Other dances nracticed were the n
trtcate ma 1es of The statelv minuet' the oa
sntter,nns of tba ganwers and thar atte,
dant bnns tho ioIIv rolIing ~ Tho Jananes
tha wild oim,sssness of tbe gvnsIes wifi
their tnmbonrines, and the native gracefu
ness and gracionsness Of the noble India
which is te be embodied in the grand NJ
tionaI dance, The swedish dance viii
executed by the gentlemen and youn
ladies who danced il so effectively at IL
Baltimore Kirmes last month. III
Swedish dance was designed by Prof. Ma
wig for Christine Neilsson at an entertaii
ment given in New York. The Swedis
costume is extremely pretty and romanti
consisting OF short blue or yellow skir
with PEASANTS bodices of either of the
colors, under which is worn q thin whi
muslin body, with full yokes and sleeve
. Fali hats tfimmed with ribbons are wol