The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
GOSSIP OF THE GIRLS.
ALICE COMEDIES TO LOUISE THE
Comes On IN WASHINGTON.

The first to take place and the most
important, is that of Miss Lulie Eustis to Mr..
Thomas Hitchcock, ir. The wedding will be
devoid of all "fuss and feathers''-a quiet
ceremony performed according to the ritual of
the Catholic Church, into whose communion
the brideelect has lately entered. The rela-
tives of Mics Eustis and Mr. Hitchcock with
few very close friends will be the only wit
nesses of the ceremony All the members of
the Eustis family are now gathered at Man
cbesterb by-the-sea, where the wedding will
take place late in August. Miss Eustis is a
person of interest here more through family
ties and great wealth than anything else
Except in early childhood very little Of her
life has been passed here. From her grand
mother wife Of the late w. w. Corcoran,
and from her mother, she inherited a delicate
constitution, and the climate Of Washington
seems unfavorable to her health. With her
aunt, Miss Celeste Eustis, Miss Lulie Eustis
has mostly spent the winters at Aiken, s. G.
When on this side of the Atlantic, Man
chester has always been her favorite summer
residence. l understand that though the
Corcoran mansion on III street is seldom
called upon to open its doors to its owners,
they do not desire to rent it, but will have it
kept in such shape that 1t may be ready for
occupancy at any time any one of the
three owners should desire to spend u long
or short period under its roof.
This, to my mind, shows most
becoming reverence for the people that
are gone, and 'the days that are notn l am
told that the only time the mansion has ever
been occupied by strangers was during the
war, when the house was the French legation,
and Minister and Madame de Montholon pre-
sided over its elegant hospitalities. Mr.. Cor
coran, who was supposed to have certain
sympathy with the Confederacy, was
then in Europe, and as all large build
inpS taken nnsSeeSiOn M ha
Government use, he requested his friend,
DR.. Montholon to make the property French
territory by establishing the legation within
its walls. In the union of Mr. Hitchcock and
Miss Lulie Eustis there will be strong bond
of sympathy, as both are enthusiastic lovers Of
horse flesh, and enjoy to the utmost the de-
lights of the hunt. =
Miss Mary Lincoln, daughter of the Amer.
ican minister to London, is true to her love
and her country. Hers is the second of the
prospective marriages. 1t is to be celebrated
in London In the fall, and Mr.. Charles Isham,
Of New York, Is the groom-elect. The Amer
can eagle ought to flop it's wings at this news,
for Miss Lincoln has certainly had her chance
Nellie Grant Sartoris' preference for England
just about showed the calibre of General
Grants children. She, who had such bright,
happy childhood and brilliant girlhood, who
was the very idol of her parents, and who was
so young at the time General Grants luck
came to him that she can have no early rec
elections that are not glorifed by his success,
now turns her back on America and openly
avows her love for England, where she must
have suffered keen modification and heart
sickness through her husbands conduct.
The Lincolns, am told, are very unpopular
in England as far as their own country people
are concerned. There are no festivities at
the American legation. Mrs. Lincoln is only
seen at court functions, as matter of official
duty. This is natural, considering the great
sorrow that befel Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln in
the death of their only son little more than a
year ago. But to the gay world, it is no ex-
cuse. 1t is argued that the most onerous duty
of a foreign minister in this age of electricity
and peace, is to make a show to keep before
the world the prestige of the nation repre-
sented, and representatives who wish to live
as exceedingly quiet private citizens, should
retire to the shades of domestic life.
Julia, who Is In England, writes me such
gossip about the Hon. Robert T. and his wife.
l answered her that she must respect our two
traditions In Europe-Minister Lincoln and
Colonel Frederick Grant, both of whom are
there, because they are the SONS of their
fathers. 1t is astonishing how little reaches
us of the dongs at the American legation In
Vienna, considering that Mrs. Frederick
Grant presides there. But the elegance of
Minister Reids surroundings and entertain
ments In Paris, seem to throw all the other
American legations in Europe in the shade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid reside In the Comtesse de
Grammont's house in the Avenue Hoche.
The mansion Is imposing In outside ap-
pearance, and spacious within. The entertain
ments given by the Reids match the house and
are in every way calculated to increase respect
for the stars and stripes.
At Newport there are prospects of several
notable marriages In the immediate future
Cupid asserts himself even there occasionally.
Miss May Caldwell, after period of retire
ment. is again subject of gossip. She is said
to have laid aside her great ambition for q
title, having found by her experience with
Prince Murat that such things come very high,
and now she is going to let ''money 90 to
money! by combining her wealth with that of
plain American citizen. Should Miss Cald-
well complete her arrangements for the pur-
chase of the Bancroft cottage ON the cliffs she
will have built villa eclipsing in elegance
and cost any other in Newport. Baroness
Zedwitz will soon arrive in New York. but,
l understand, has said goodbye to the city of
Mexico. The loVeliest OF Newport's roses in
its "garden of girls,'' Miss Sallie Hargous, is
TO be married during the present month, and
Miss Marguand's wedding comes off before
that of Miss Hargous' Mrs Amelie Rives-
Chanler sailed from France by the La Gascoigne
on Tuesday and is due at Newport, where She
has cottage, about August 8. She is going
to assume the sometimes very disagreeable
role of chaperone. The Misses Chanler are
the young ladies she will introduce to the elect
of Newport.
1.-The little rift within the Lutte" hast just
shown itself In the society of the Daughters
of America, but Mrs. Flora Adams Darling,
the deposed head-centre, doesn't propose to
allow it to make ner music mute. 1t will
probably be fight somewhat after the order
of Phoebe Cozzens with the lady managers of
the Worlds Fair. show beautiful it is to
see brethren dwell together in unity Why
can't the sisters Read me this riddle