Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

ber, but understand that she will give as
many, if not more, entertainments than she
did last winter, and though the Postmaster
General himself says he knows nothing about
her plans, there is no doubt that the Fire.
linghuysen mansion will keep up its reputa-
tion for being the gayest house at the capital.
Secretary Tracy is living in his newly
leased mansion on K street, and he expects
his daughter, Mrs. Wilmerding, and his
grandchild Alice to be with him during the
winter. He is in deep mourning and it is
highly improbable that there will be any
social festivities at his house during the sea-
son.
MRS. CARLISLE's KENTUCKY BEAUTIES.
Mrs. Senator Carlisle's house is one of
the most charming at the capital. Mrs.
Carlisle is noted Tor the number of pretty
girls that she has to help her during her re-
ceptions, and she will have some of the
beauties Of Kentucky. during the coming
season. asked her as to her new toilets
and what she would wear. but she told me
that she had not for a moment thought as to
her wardrobe for the coming season, and she
would decide upon this when she returned.
Senator Carlisle is very well. A life-like
porcelain brooch of the ex-Speaker has just
been completed by Miss Wilson, OF Cinein-
natl, and Mrs. Carlisle had this set so that
it can be worn either as a brooch or as a
locket. The picture of the Senator is
good one and Mrs. Carlisle prizes it highly.
SOME SENATORIAL ENTERTAINERS.
The annual receptions and handsome din
ners given by Senator and Mrs. Dolph are
among the conspicuous features of every
Washington season. Senator Eugene Hale
has not perfected his plans for the winter.
Mrs. Hale is, you know. the daugh ghter of
Mrs. Zach Chandler. Her mother is very
rich, and she is building by all odds the
finest house in Washington. The house is
big enough for a State insane asylum. 1t
will cost several hundred thousand dollars.
and Senator and Mrs. Hale will probably
entertain in it when it is completed.
l drove past Senator Stanford's home yes
terday. The curtains were down and there
was no sign of life about it. The Senator is
now in California. Mrs. Stanford will open
their house in San Francisco and will then
go out to Palo Alto, where the Senator is
building his big university. Both Mrs.
Stanford and the Senator are we'll, and both
were benefited greatly by the time they spent
at Carlsbad. The Senator was very lat when
he lett here. The waters reduced his avoir-
dupois and he feels, am told, better than
he has for years. Mrs. Stanford, on the con-
trary, gained weight at the springs, and she
is looking exceedingly well.
SPLENDID SOCIAL PROSPECTS.
Mrs. Senator Spooner's musical talent will
be brought in as one of the attractions of her
receptions, as it has in the past. Mrs.
Spooner's house has many beautiful pieces
of antique furniture. She was visiting at
Nantucket a year or two ago, and she came
across, by chance, number of quaint old
bureaus. She bought five of these and sent
them home. About this time Mrs. Harri-
son, then on visit to her sister, Mrs. Lord,
bought bureau in this same neighborhood
which Senator Spooner's wife had not seen.
The two compared their purchases, and it is
a question as to which has done the better.
Mrs. Chief Justice Fuller returned with
her husband to Washington. The two will
this fall celebrate their silver wedding, and
at this theirSaughters will, of course, be
present. Mrs. Justice Field has returned
to the city. She has been travelling in
Europe, accompanied by her nieces, the
Misses Condit Smith, the elder of whom
will be soon married to Doctor Wood, of the
army. The wedding will take place at
Judge Fields mansion, and it will be
grand affair. All told, the prospects seem
good for plenty of fun during the next few
months. MISS GRUNDY, JR.