Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-06

heroes OF the war OF 1912, and afterward paw
master general The house Is not much
changed; the large portico remains and serves
to identify it. and here Sir Gore and LADY
Ousley resided when Sir Gore ousIey came as
envoy to conclude the Ashburton treaty with
Mr.. Webster, then Secretary OF State. LADY
Ousley was the daughter Of Gen. Van Ness and
1 think the sister OF Mrs Judge Roosevelt OF
New York. While they remained. several
months / think. the Towson house was the
scene OF the most generous hospitality. Din
ners and balls and lunches followed in constant
succession. All round that region we're houses
where hospitality reigned-simple, generous
and refined hospitality. The lavish display of
lived Aaron V. Brown when Postmaster Gen.
eral Jacob Thompson and jefferson Davis when
Senator and others OF ike eminence.
DINNERS OF TEE OLD TIME
The first innovation made on the usual din
ner was by Gautier, who about 1885, think,
began to provide dinner In . more lavish style
than had previously prevailed. To the old re-
gime Il was somewhat awkward unless re-
nearsed i remember an amusing incident
which occurred at dinner provided by Gau-
TIER at Marshal Hoovers. Col. Stambsugh 80
well known in those days. was one of the
guests, and arrived after the soup, and at his
seat ms raw oysters awaited him, BY the side OF
them small glass of frozen Arabian punch
white substance. The colonel apoloEized 20
spreading the punch over his oysters / sat
next to him and said, soto voce: Colonel,
that Is frozen punch" The - it is. i
thought IL was horse radish" very audible
smile went round the table, and when dessert
was Notwithstanding new for us then was
bisquit glace, done up beautifully in paper
oohes-the colonel, when helped, asked:
What the - is this, Coyle?" / told him
and he said: Il thought il might be shaving
soap. There are SO many new-fangled ideas
nowadays" What would he think could he be
permitted to see and enjoy one Of the swell
affairs of today
THE ocrAaoS HOUSE.
On New York avenue stands the old
'0ctagon," uninhabited except by the ghosts
which have for SO long held possession OF it,
When was boy-and that's q pretty long
time ago-I went 10 see and hear the ghosts
Tor at that early day they were in full posses
slon- Once and awhile some one ventures 10
rent 1t, but they don't stay long. Here's a
chance for believers that ghosts do not ''re-
visit the glimpses of the moon" 20 be con-
WINGED They can readily obtain permission
to spend night or two there One more
prominent home now, the Woman's Hospital
L believe, stands on the hill just this side of
Georgetown. The house was built by Tench
kinggold, who was marshal of the District
under Madison or Monroe. Here lived the
French, Russian and English ministers at diff
ferent tlmes-the last being Sir Frederick
Bruce The ''Seven buildings" and the six
buildings were the residences OF the most dis
tingulshed men in Congress. Mr.. Clay lived
In one OF the Seven buildings when Col. Benton
called the night before the duel with Mr.. Ran
dolph TO see if he could in any way prevent the
meeting. In his Thirty Years" he tells most
graphically the story OF the duel and its FORUM
ate ending. JOINS +. CoYLR.