The morning call., 1890-06-09
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A City That Is Truly Southern
When Warm Weather Comes.
The Wedding of Baron Zednitz and the Sister
of Miss Mary Gwerdolen Caldwell-Sec-
retary Blaine and Family.
Special to THE MORNING CALL,

WASHINGTON, June 1, 1S90.-The specious
tales of Congress adjourning by the middle
of July are set at rest now that July is in
sight by certain promises of its holding un-
til October. Hot weather and hot fighting
are promised for the next month by meteor
ologists and politicians The Lee-monu-
ment performances at Richmond on the day
before Decoration day have stirred up more
sectional feeling than any conventional and
common outrage of election seasons, and
there will be taunts and TRADES shortly.
The everlasting tariff has to be talked all
over again in the Senate, and as there never
was time when so many Congressional
seats were in danger, harmony is not the
chief commodity. Many Senators, as we'll
us Representatives, have quaking of the
heart lest they may not succeed themselves,
and we may expect to read of their doing
wild and extravagant things. to make
record before the session ends.
When warm weather comes Washington
is truly Southern city. All who can afford
it put awnings to their windows and doors,
outside blinds are hooked on, and in the
evenings the doorstep is the drawing-room
of the house. Every one sits on the door
step on
SUMMER EVENINGS
In good village style. Carpets, portieres and
| curtains disappear and bare floor or mat
ting is the rule until October. Upholstered
furniture goes into linen covers and all the
| town assumes flannel or cotton wash goods
| for attire. At the Capitol the same summer
| order reigns, and the two great halls and
the committee-rooms go into summer fur
nishings. The elaborate fans and pumps
| now force cold air blasts from the places
| that gave out hot air during the winter.
| With these artificial aids, its thick marble
walls and its position on the brow of the
| high hill overlooking an immense stretch of
| river, valley and hills, the Capitol building
is the most comfortable spot in Washington
and degrees cooler than any OF the other
| public buildings. There is always some
| breeze blowing in its many windows and
| broad doors, and, with the forced air, there
| are chilly places TO be found on the hottest
| days. If there were electric lights for the
| building the Capitol would be complete
| hot weather resort.
The open street-cars have been on for tile
! past month, dealing out colds, pneumonia,
| influenza and rheumatism, and the doctors
are having second grippe season. The
month Of May has been cool and rainy, and
the cooler the day the more open cars.
Victims without number protest. doctors
berate the open car, but ON they 60, and
| people heated by the sun and by exercise
| mount a car and sit
IN A SMALL GALE
With the usual results next day. Many
| people have suffered return Of la grippe,
| with all the symptoms and suffering that
went with it in winter-time, and their only
| safety lies in carrying wrap If they mean
to take car on hot day;
| Society still holds together, although this
week sees an hegira. and school commence
| mentS will soon give leave to 90 to the
| many parents who wait upon their chill
dren. The President will have to be in
| Washington more or less while Congress
| holds. The family will have a cottage at
| Cape May, the nearest seaside resort, and
the President will go back and forth as
business requires For many reasons they
preferred not to go to Deer Park and there
summer. The cottages there were all too
small to accommodate the family and give
the President the necessary office and pri-
| vate rooms for himself, and no privacy was
| possible The Wanamaker family have
cottage at Cape May, where Mrs. Harrison
| visited last summer. and with the Presi-
| dents and one Cabinet family there per-
| manently Cape May will be the summer
capital and an administration center The
| Wanamaker yacht will make fresh air trips
down the Potomac as last season, and there
! will be more summer customs observed
than last year by the official world.
The Senators families always stay until
| well into the summer
DURING THE LONG SESSIONS,
And in their own houses can stay here very
| comfortably. No city offers so many beau
4 tiful suburban drives to be enjoyed after
| the hot days, and the river is always at
| command. Senator and Mrs. Stanford have
left for the summer, but Mrs. Hearst will
stay until into July. Senator and Mrs.
Stewart Will be among the faithful, and in
| their high, airy quarters in the Shoreham
will be as comfortable as possible. This
| week Mrs. Stewards niece, Miss Adrich
will be married to Mr.. Wildman of Idaho
at quiet church wedding. and go imme-
diatey from the church to the train. They
will visit New York, Idaho and California
on their way out 10 their equatorial home
of Singapore, where MI Wildman has been
appointed Consul to succeed Major Stufer,
who after faithful service at that torrid
spot is transferred to Consulate in Ger
many. About fortnight hence Mrs. Jones
and her little daughter and Mr.. Roy Jones
| will go back TO Nevada, but Senator Jones
will remain at his post until the flag comes
down from his wing of the Capitol Justice
and Mrs. Field, with Mrs. Condit-Smith
and her daughter, Mrs. Peter Donahue
and Mrs. E. Martin, sailed together from
rope until October.
Every Saturday afternoon what there is
of society and the official circle will gather
at the White House
TO DRINK TEA WITH MRS. HARRISON
And listen to the Marine Band. Each week
| lDtSt luIpIilldl dG UOilltS are more anu more
appreciated and the reunions are more
agreeable. The census of society can be
well taken there and the White House is
the center of such life. The Vice-Presi
dents family are the first to leave, and have
gone to their country place near New York
Mrs. Morton and her daughter will remain
there all summer, but the Vice-President
will be back and forth. A few weeks since
he began building large addition to the
Shoreham, which, when finished in the late
fnli lt.ath a rfaEra nh Inr Hi.
the hotel.
Washington is to have an interesting
wedding fortnight hence. Baron ZednitZ
who was formerly Secretary of the German
Legation here, comes over to marry Miss
Lima Caldwell the younger sister of the
much -talked-of Miss Mary Gwendolen
Caldwell, who did not marry the Prince
Murat. Miss Lima is much younger than
her peculiar sister and wholly unlike that
sensational young woman. She is bru-
nette, with very sweet face and gentle
manner, and her fortune is the same as
Miss Mary CaldwelPs. Baron Zednitz met
her the winter she with her sister and amt
passed in Washington four years ago, and
has been devotion ever since. Their en-
gagement was matter of speculation then
but not acknowledged. Baron Zednitz ia
young and handsome and a mad enthusiast
on music.
HE Is A PIANIST
OF unusual ability, and it is told of him that
when he crossed the Atlantic to come to the
| Washington Legation he cancelled his pas
sage on several steamship lines that refused
to let him have piano in his own cabin.
An 0biging line and ship was found, an
upright piano braced and screwed into
place, and all the voyage over Baron Zed-
ntZ played his exercises and sonatas,
How much that added to or diminished the
horrors of voyage to his seasick neigh
bOrs must be guessed. lie is most conr-
teOus, charming and delightful socially.
but his temper has the same fine bal.
and from his way of suddenly fiying
off he long ago earned the name Of
Baron ''Seidlitz." Miss Caldwell and the
Baron will be married by the Catholic
Archbishop and Cardinal and there will be
civil ceremony at the German Legation
The Caldwell sisters have been abroad for
the past three years, and since the Mnrat