The morning call., 1891-11-29

years later-San Francisco's street railway
system. Two more cable roads have been
laid this summer, and will be running by
spring. and the city. which has been torn
up In stretches all summer, is returning to
Its usual cleanliness and order.
NEW HOUSES HAVE GONE UP
In every quarter, and one would not need
to be told that there was some special rea-
son for having so many large residences in
order for this winter The third and gaYest
winter of the administration is opening, and
every preparation IS being made as usual
by those to whom convention winter is full
of fate All the official homes and the Off
cial families are ready for the season, and,
as one young woman fippautly remarked,
The tragedy in Secretary Tracy's family
ended the official gayeties Of one season,
and last year the death Of Secretary Win
dom brought that season to an abrupt
close. There were more great funerals
than great fetes. and the deaths of
General Sherman and Of Admiral
Porter were felt in a considerable circle
This year everything promises well. Secre-
tary Blaine's family Is out Of mourning {;
Secretary Tracy and his daughter will take
their part in official entertainments again {;
there is new Cabinet officer in the person of
Secretary Foster, who has abundant means
and hOspitabe disposition; and there is
an unknown Cabinet officer TO come, who
may do much for society. The families Of
the most prominent candidates for the
Speakership are the least prominent So
cially, and the gay world votes for Repre-
sentative Cultivate, whose charming and
accomplished wife has entertained much in
her own house during the many winters she
has spent here. Army circles are IN equal
suspense over the successor of Secretary
Proctor, and the first week IN December
will be rich with surprises and sensations,
when the names Of so many new officials
are made known.
Gay society is only beginning to gather it.
self together, aud there have been no events
10 assemble the returned ones for a muster
and inspection. The season will be a long
one, Lent not beginning until the d of
March. and the gayest are satisfied that
there will be time enough for everything.
THERE ARE MANY DEBUTANTEs
To be presented by as many eminent fami-
lies, and two or more important weddings
will take place during the season. Society
is aggTieved that the wedding OF Senator
MitchelPs daughter and the Due de Ia Roche
foucauld will take place in Paris instead Of
in Washington. Miss Mitchell made her
debut here nine years ago, aid has been
considered the most beautiful girl in society
every season since. More unusual than her
beauty is her popularity. The buds adore
her, quote her sayings and copy her gowns,
and if all could copy her charming man
-
society would be an Eden indeed. The
devotion of the Duke Is an affair Of many
years, but while the ROehefoucaulds are one
OF the first and eldest OF French families,
they are not the richest, and the present
Duke was sternly reminded by his family
that he must wed dowry. The American
beauty had no millions, nor even thousands
OF her own or IN prospect, and for these
years and years the two have patiently
waited. at last the Dowager Duchess has
tod and st.,. IL
as any in novel, there will be another
American Duchess recorded in the Alma
mach de Gotba. The Duke has never WIS.,
tied America, but the cavalry regiment in
which he is an officer has been stationed at
Versailles. st. German, Vincennes and
other places in the envTrOns of Paris. Miss
Mitchell finished her studies in Paris and
has spent nearly every summer in Europe
since.
Another wedding which excites society is
that of Miss Enid hunt and Mr.. Samuel
Slater JI. of Providence. Miss Hunt is the
daughter OF William Morris Hunt, the
artist, and two months ago her sister mar
ried Mr. Skaters father. q many-times
millionaire over 60 years Of age. This makes
one sister the stepmother-in-law of the
other; makes the son the brotler-in- law Of
his father aud
MIXES UP THINGS IN A GREAT WAY.
As both father and son have large for
tunes, and Mrs. Hunt and her daughters
have been of the choicest social set here,
the two weddings have naturally excited
great comment. The elder Slater and Miss
Hunt had quiet home wedding at a Bar
Harbor cottage. The younger Slater and
Miss Enid Hunt will have an evening we'd
ding at st. Johns Church in the second
week of December. Another important
wedding Will be that of Chauncey Depew Jr,
a nephew of the greatdlnner orator, and Miss
Hutchinson, daughter OF a retired New
York banker, who makes Washington his
winter home. This will bring all the De-
pew clan to Washington in the height of the