The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-18
WHAT IS GOING ON
IN WASHINGTON.
A Budget Of Society News Concerning
WGlKnOHn People.
The Vice-President and Mrs. Korton's Dinner
to the President and Cabinet = The
First State Dinner-Miss Malone.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL

its usual resultless way for this first week
of the year, but society began with a rush
and attained full mid-season speed at the
start. The quiet and apparent apathy dur
ing the month Of December gave little indi-
cation of the pent-up love of sociability,
hospitality and excitement since eyinted.
The weather has been merciful in a way,
and while it has been extremely coda
swapping frosty air every day-it has been
clear and sunny, and the streets are rid of
the old years snow. Such dashinE to and
fro of carriages, such crowds of women in
new and splendid visiting toilets. such
showers of pasteboard have not been seen
since last years gay season.
All Of society and the official world was
crowded into st. johns Church on Monday
evening to witness the wedding of Chief
Justice Fullers daughter and Mr.. Hugh
Wallace Of Tacoma. The church still wore
its Christmas greens and all beyond the
chancel rail was bower of pine and palm,
holly and SmilaX, and the fragrant church,
with its lights, the crowd Of people and the
softly pealng voluntaries from the organ,
was an enjoyable refuge after the Arctic
blasts that played about the aWninged en-
trance. The bridal party were on time to
the stroke, but had to wait for late guests to
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the aisle. Boy choristers and group of
bridesmaids made fine setting for the CEN
trail figures in the scene, and the ceremony
went through like clock-work. The bride,
in her shining white satin gown, came down
the aisle as Mrs. Hugh Wallace Of Tacoma
instead of Miss Mildred Fuller, and all the
world took carriages and rolled away
TO THE FULLER RESIDENCE,
Where the crush was greater than at the
u.
Justice Fuller will have many weddings ON
his hands yet, one more, indeed, coming off
in the spring. This, with the one married
daughter IN Chicago, VINO wisely elOped and
saved herself all the trouble and fuss OF
church wedding and greas tronsseau, re-
duces the eligible list greatly OF the
daughters left, one is in Europe studying
music, one is in the Rocky Mountain region
for her health, and the others are small
school-children, not to be heard Of in society
for some years to come. The Chief Justice
is charmed with his latest SOn-ln-law, and
as MIR. Campbell is both lawyer and a
Northumberland Democrat of Missouri
training, the two have much in common.
Instead Of taking his AK over his shoulder
and going back to the farthest West to
hew out a fortune from the forest primevai
and grow up with the country, Mr.. Wallace
has taken his bride for two months tour
TO the Bermudas and Florida resorts. They
return here before going West, ana then
they Will take with them the carload Of
wedding presents which will ornament their
home. Every possible thing in silver,
porcelain. crystal, brass and bronze was
sent them, aud they start cut well equipped.
The news Of Senator StanfOrd's rtnomn-
alton i'll caucus came this week, and con-
CALCULATIONS were as much in order as if the
foTmality of the final vote had been gone
through with. At a large party at the home
Of Mr.. John W. Thompson, the leading
banker OF the city, the other night, Senator
ana Mrs. Stanford were met in the first
.arge and general company Of the season.
When both were congratulated upon the
benefits so plainly apparent from their sum-
mer III Europe, both ascribed it TO the
autumn in California instead. Mrs. Stan
ford wore her necklace Of large opalS and
diamonds, and innumerabe diamonds
sparkling here and there accented her black
and silver toilet.
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS. MORTON
Began their winter series Of entertainments
by dinner to the President and Cabinet
last evening. Succeeding the dinner about
zoo guests J9inett the conpany-guests
chosen from the highest ranks of official
life. so that the whole affair was quite
stale ceremony. The MOrtcns' home, while
large, is not spacious enough to receive all
the official world at once, and by limiting
the invitations TO the highest circles only
there was space and comfort for all. Mrs.
Morton had al! the field before her when
she came to Nashington-nO predecessor TO
follow or eclipse and was wholly unbam-
pered by traditions. 1t had been years since
there had been a Nice-PreSidential family.
and even those OF the long ago had not been
blessed with Mr.. MoTtun's means nor
with his experience of the great world in
other capitals The actual duties of Vice
President consist III being the presiding
offIcer OF the Senate, and the second officer
Of he Government has no voice in the Presi-
dents councils and has less political weight
and Influence than many Senators over
whom lie sits. 1t was ali the more difficult
on that account for Mr. and Mrs Morton tn
Telnyest the place with its old Importance
They took high stand from the first and
have held to it since. On New Years day
the ice-Presidents reception was second
function after the Presidents morning lcyee
Secretary Blaine going there to present the
members OF the diplomatic corps quite as
much as at the White House an hour or two
earlier.
The President and Mrs Harrison gave
their first state dinner this week to the
members of the Cabinet and with them en-
tertained several Western Representatives
with their wives. AT Mrs. Harrison's fir,t
afternoon reception tie wife Of Chief JUS
tice Fuller and the wife of Justice Brown
were her assistants in line receiving, and
fifty young ladies,
IN BRIGHT, PRETTY GOWNS,
Assisted informally back of the line, and
made large and gay group. Justice
Brown donned a silk gown loaned him bv
Justice Field on Monday and took the oath
of Office, and that same afternoon Mrs
Brown had crowded parlor at her hotel
Mrs. Logan assisted her in receiving. and
helped her make the acquaintance OF the
Washington in which she is to live and
move for the coming years. Both Justice
and Mrs. Brown have made most pleasant
impression upon those who have met them
The new Justice has a smooth-shavep.
clean, classic countenance, is compared to
Booth and Barrett, and was said to only
have needed the traditional cap to make an
excellent Hamlet when he entered the
courtroom in his flowing gown. Mrs
Brown, too, has something of the same
clear-cut and refined countenance and the
charming manner, ease and grace stamp her
at once as most desirable addition to her
circle.
Pretty Mrs Russell Harrison has Joined
the White House family group, and Young
Mr. Harrison, who is constantly on the wing
to this that and the other part of tie conn.,
try manages TO reach the White House ia
spend Sundays with the family. The one
guest.room of the mansion is never without
one or two occupants, and this week Mrs
Coolidge and Miss Sewell of New Jersey
are enjoying White House visit. A suc-
cession OF guests will follow them and make
stays of week or more and the White
House is one of the busiest centers in town
aside from the state events occurring there.