The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-09-06
HOME AGAIN.

Alice Writes of the Charm of Getting
Back to Ones Belongings.
MY DEAR LOUISE: The first fall arrivals
came with the advent of September and in
week or SO we shall once more have settled
down to the enjoyments of autumn in town,
with its mild accompaniments OF gossip, in
formal dinners and such. The ultra-fashion-
able SET however, do not showfup until late
in November. Lenox and Tuxedo have un-
falling charms for the autumn, and this year
the Newport season will be unusually pro-
longed. The marriage of the noted beauty,
Miss Sallie Hargons, to Mr.. Elliott, will be
celebrated in All Saints Chapel, Newport, on
the 18th of September Mrs. Whitney has
out invitations for q series of dinners In
September and other gayeties are on the
cards.
To the greater number of people the return
to shops and brick pavements is delightful.
However pleasant the summer outing may
have been, there is an inexpressible charm in
getting back to ones own place and belong
ings. The President and familywill remain
at Cape May Point until the middle of Sep
tember, when it is expected the White House
will be in condition to shelter them. AS for
old DIR. Scott, 1t is said that he has gone for
good-that at his advanced age, the White
House was not suitable home for him, and
he will spend the remainder of his days
''where rolls the Oregon" and where his son,
Judge Scott, has ga local habitation and a
name" Mrs. Harrison has been able to get
ell the quiet she wished at Cape May this
season. 1t Is possible that the absence
OF Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. Russell
Harrison enabled the "first lady," etc.,
to indulge her domestic tastes in which the
President shares. The average seaside ersey-
man, especially in Cape May County, expects
to fatten on the summer residents, but have
been told that the President kept wary eye
on expenditures and frequently interviewed
the farmers coming to the cottage with
"garden sass" as to market prices: In the
little tempest over the tug Grant, which Sec
retary Foster at first refused to Russell Harri-
son and afterward placed at his disposal,
l was much amused at the Secretary designa-
ting son Russell as ''young Mr.. Harrison"
Now. does he think of the President as "old
MIR. Harrison ?''
Rumor is bound to keep up plenty of inter-
est about Secretary Tracy's family. Every
thing was sscut and dried' (according to gos
sip) anent the nuptials of Mrs. Wilmerding-
that interesting story having died out, the
Secretary himself is now the subject OF inter
esting matrimonial gossip. am told that his
attentions to Miss Hannah Blackburn, a
Quaker maiden, of Philadelphia, were watched
with much interests by the guests OF the Carl
ton House, Cape May Point, where Miss
Blackburn passed the summer. Miss Black
burn's home IL Philadelphia is on West Lo-
the conditions under which she enjoys for
tune left by an English aunt, who was a de-
voted member of the Society of Friends, to
the effect that Miss Blackburn is to forfeit the
Inheritance, should she ever attend theatre
cal performance.
The Chinese Minister and the members of
the legation have kept faithfully to Washing
ton all summer, to the great enjoyment of the
stay-at-home people living near Dupont. Cir
Gle. The picturesque costumes OF the Minis
ter and his suite add an element of beauty and
color to the natural and cultivated loveliness
of this circle, which seems to be their favorte
lounging place. The Minister, Mr.. Hen, has
not modified his exclusive habits during the
year of his residence here. Life at the Chinese
Legation now is in sharp contrast to what it
was under the Minister preceding Mr.. Hen,
when big balls and gorgeous spreads made
Castle Stewart festive place The only en-
tertainments low given come STEW and far
between' and are confined strictly to formal
dinners to the Minister'S diplomatic brethren.
Have you heard that feather boas are going
to be lust as fashionable this coming winter
as they were last? The new felt hats are in
wonderfully bizarre shapes. The latest Pari-
sian model is called the Hermidor. 1t has a
high tapering crown, the brim in front-there
isn't any In the back-is deeply futed, and
filed in with feather tips. Knots and loops
of ribbon adorn the front of this remarkable
hat, which has strings of velvet coming from
the back, which are loosely tied on the breast
not under the chin. Bedford cord is very
stylish for walking dresses. In white, trimmed
with heavy guipure, it makes a most dis
tinguished looking gown for full dress. Ever
yours. ALICE.