The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
GOSSIP OF THE GIRLS.
Alice Confides to Dear Louise the
Goings On i'm Washington.

My DEAR LOUISE To make free transla-
tion from Talleyrand might begin this letter
thus: II commence because l have nothing to
do and finish becauseI have nothing to say"
The exodus from town is now complete. A
few belated members of the Diplomatic Corps,
officials of the commissioner and auditor
grade, and the vast army of clerks are all that
remain to give an official look to the city.
Policeman, care-takers, and cats have the
field to themselves. The dogs are under OBJ
servation just now, and the most onerous
duty OF the policeman on our square is en-
deavoring to take census Of the
CANNES of the neighborhood Men
and woman who have been living in the
glorifying light of fashionable success, have
betaken themselves to Newport, Manchester
by-the-Sea, Bar Harbor, or the Greenbrier
White Sulphur. There is also sprinkling of
the smaller fry at all these fashionable re-
sorts. They stand around and watch the
movements of the ''big bugs" for, of course,
these ambitious folk do not expect always to
s'follow in the rear end of the rear column"
and for them this summering at extremely
fashionable points is an education in the
capers Of high life.
The last of the various clubs to yield to the
midsummer inactivity were the musical clubs,
which have during the past few years very
rapidly increased In numbers, pretty con-.
elusive evidence of the musical taste of the
community. The music performed at these
clubs Is usually not of that classic character
that alone is satisfying to the soul of the en-
thusiast but persons with love for music
and anxious for its culture in the community,
have the means OF passing an hour most
agreeably and inducing Others to help in the
good work. The ladies of the White House
are not musical that have ever heard, so the
promoters of musical enterprises have not, in
that quarter, much to hope for. Mrs. Har-
rtson's fad is painting, and this has been
real bonanza for few artists.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid, having done her duty
to the Administration in the bosptable recep-
tion and magnificent entertainment in Paris
of the Presidents daughter and daughter-tn-
law, has now come over here for visit to her
mother, and short career of glory at
Newport. After this Mrs. Reid will return
to the delights of Paris. She made brief
visit to Cape Maya call, so to speak, on
Mrs Harrison. Cape May has no claims to
anything in the social scale beyong common
respectability and the fashionable world only
knows of 1t from afar. QfGsi1
How much there is In name the subioined
little clipping will show: "Mrs Lincoln, the
wife of the Minister to England, was present
at the Queens last drawing-room, and wore
beautiful dress of black velvet embroidered
| in Jet, with its court train edged with ostrich
| feathers. Her daughter wore white and silver.
| Mrs. Lincoln, before her marriage, wrote
| charming book for girls, called Marjories
| Quest and since then society novel en-
| titled "A Washington Winter" Now you
! KNOW aS Wtll ds L uO tud1 MIS- lAiuCOlu,
wife of our Minister to England" )" and Mrs.
| Lincoln authoress of the aforementioned
novels, are entirely different people, the writer
| being the wife OF DIR. Lincoln, one Of the
| most prominent physicians OF the city. |
| had an almost tooth-and-nail argument with
| Eleanor the other day on this subject, and
| she still firmly maintains that Mrs. Robert
| Lincoln wrote the books. Some people are SO
| pig-headed, you know. l trust should e. see
| this 1t will not strike in as deep as the same
expression did in the sensitive heart of the
| Commissioner of Indian Affairs who has just
| divorced absolutely the Government Indian
| Bureau from the Bureau of Catholic Indian
Missions. The war had been in active opera
| tion for some time truces being every now
and then patched up. The last feather, how
ever, was charging the commissioner with pig
headed obstinacy, and opposition to the con-
tracts schools, ETC. Result t-relations cut off
entirely. The shade of Father DeSmet must
| be filled with sadness at this breach. So
far, DR.. Chapelle has not presented his side of
| the controversy. M es
Aren't you glad the Vassar sailor hats have
| come in to save some of the women and girls
from looking excruciatingly silly? The little
quently the acme of all chat was unbecoming
They were so small and were perched at such
a ridiculous angle upon the massed-up hair
that the effect was absurdly comical. And
| then they were greatly worn by girls decidedly
passee-but all youngish looking styles
usually are. Excuse this dull letter, but you
have heard of the difficulty Of making bricks
without straw. Ever yours, ALICE.