The Washington critic., 1886-09-04


month 10 naval officer.
One of the daughters Of Dr. May of
Washington, formerly of New York,
is to be married soon in England at the
residence of her married sister to Mr..
Alan Johnstone, who was for two or
three years attached to the British Le.
cation in Washington, and only left
there last year.
THE WATER AND WEATHER.
Sixty dozen pint bottles Of hot water
are omptied each morning at lIathorn
Spring, in addition to the cold water
swallowed by the thirsty drinkers. The
business, which was poor up to Au.
gust, has never been better at ITathorn
Spring than since the first week in that
month began.
Saratoga was particularly fortunate
in the weather in August, when there
were only three hard rains, neither of
which lasted over three or four hours,
and little of the rain fell during day.
light. AS the weather had been Goa.
tinuously dry and warm before
THE GARDEN PARTY
at the Grand Union Hotel, although
that took place later this year than one
has ever previously been given at Sar.
atoga, the conditions under which that
of August 2S took place were far more
favorable than they have been for sim.
lar JtteS in the past. Very often gar
den parties have been postponed on
account Of rain, and when they have
occurred the temperature has been too
low for out.d door pleasure, especially
after night. The scene at this one,
both by day and night, was beautiful
from first. to last.
Decidedly the most beautiful woman
at the garden party was Miss Kcitt of
South Carolina, who was at the Metro.
poltan Hotel in Washington at the
time of President Clevclands inaugu.
ration. She is tall and well formed,
and has an especially beautiful head
and throat Her complexion is fair,
her hair light brown and very thick.
She wore at the garden party rose.
colored silk, with ilounces OF en-
broidery in colors on black Brussels
net. Her ornaments were diamonds
and pearls. She will visit Washington
in January and spend three weeks, as
she has been invited to dance in the
Kirmes TO be given in that month.
No young girl who has been at Sara
toga this summer has had more en-
joyable visit than has Miss Mary Will
son, the daughter of Marshal Wilson of
the District OF Columbia. She looked
charming at the hop at the Grand Union
Hotel last week, and also at the garden
party.
Mrs. Wilson wore on the latter oc.
casion dark garnet velvet with trim
mings of fine Duchesse lace. A neck.
lace of solitaire diamonds encircled her
throat. Her sparkling young daughter
wore white tulle trimmed with hori-
zontal rows of white satin ribbon.
DIAMONDS GALORE.
Mrs. Albert Moore of Philadelphia
attracted general attention at the gar
den party by the numerous diamonds
which glittered on her neck, arms, in
her ears, on her fingers and on the
waist Of her dress. She had several
strings of diamonds falling over the
front of her bare neck, and q large
pendant of the same precious stones
hung at the back between her shoul-
ders. Her comb was Of diamonds, also
her bracelets finger-rings, earrings
and brooches, and there were diamond
ornaments on the top of her head, and
bands clasped with diamonds on the
upper part of her arms. Her dress
was of white silk with front embroid
cred in colors.
Mrs. Lawton, the niece of Senator
| Stanford's wife, had on all the dia.
monds presented to her at the time Of
her marriage last autumn, when Mrs
Stanford gave her diamond neck.
| lace and pendant, valued at $40, 900,
and diamond stars for her hair Her
mother gave her solitaire ear rings,
| and her husband diamond crescent;
and other relatives presented bracelets
and pins. All these she wore, with her
elegant wedding dress of satin and
| point lace, at the garden party.
shortly after nine o O'clOck Mrs. \. 7.
Stewart, leaning on Judge Hilton arm
and followed by ladies OF his family,
| and by her niece, Mrs. Bloomfield
| Wcthercll, walked in procession
through the long drawing room and
thence around the piazzas and through
| the garden. Mrs. Stewart wore an
entire dress of black Chantilly lace
and numerous diamond ornaments.
VARIOUS PERSONALS.
Mr.. and Mrs Ryan of Charleston, S.
c., and their handsome daughter who
has so often visited Washington, came
here last week from the White Sulphur
Springs. They have bought a country
place near that of the President and
expect to make Washington their home
in future, which will be pleasant news
to all who have met them there.
Mrs f. Jones of Chicago and her
daughter, Mrs. G.. r. Grant, who y
few years ago spent the winter at vii
lard's Hotel, were at Saratoga the last
of July and went away, but have nov
returned.
Mrs. Davidson of Cincinnati, the
daughter of Murat IIalsteud, has been
| at Saratoga with her husband. She
| visited Mrs. Hayes in the White House
just before General GarIleld's inaugu.
ration, which was before her marriage,
SARATOGA TO LAKE GEORGE.
1t seems scarcely more than running in
to see your next door neighbor to take a
trip from Saratoga to the Fort William
Henry Hotel at Lake George, for within
two hours after leaving your room in the
former place, you can be in your room at
the latter with your baggage beside you
though 1t Is true the latter will be decidedly
the worse for the handling and pitching 1t
has undergone in the two hours since you
| checked II at Saratoga,
As the journey is 50 brief and pleasant,
all the way by rail, took run over t1
Lake George this week aud found Mr..
Roessle and his hotel In excellent condi.
ton, aud tie Fort William Henry was
fun of people, as 1t had been for month
before. Tie business there has been eX,
| CellenL this summer, thnugh mDstlN OF a