The morning call., 1892-04-24

The managers of the Homeopathic Hos
pltal have been leading up to al Easter ball
for long time. and have aroused quite an
interest and enthusiasm in the scheme. Be-
yond other ordinary attractions the young
girls are assured of plenty of partners, as
the \ ale Glee Club. which gives a concert
on the same night. will ad iourn in body to
the ballroom. and. besides the members of
the giee club. a large number OF their col
leagues are in town for the week and will
be with them. How society is to attend this
concert. look In upon the hospital ball and
drive out to the Country Club for the ball
which Miss Bonaparte gives there the same
night, Is problem. Many mean to attempt
the feat, fortified by the long rest of Lent
ana the eager desire to dance again. Miss
DOnapartes being a rigid Catholic, has kept
Lent with great strictness, and her ball will
be particularly joyous one for her.
SCIENTIFIC RECREATION.
Scientists are looking to little dis
sipatlon Of their kind as well, and the meet
Ing oil the National Academy this week will
bring an unusually distinguished company.
Their meetings will be held under the aus
plces OF the Smithsonian Institution, and
Professor Langley has issued cards for
reception at the Smithsonian building on
wednesday evening. Resident scientists
and their families constitute a considerable
society OIL their own apart from the more
heetlng circles of Washington social life.
ana are much pleased that the old social
traditions OF the Smithsonian are to be re-
yived. While Professor Henry and his
family lived In the building receptions
were many throughout the winters, and
visiting scientists found welcome and were
aDle 10 meet all those most interesting TO
them at the capital. Professor Langley,
while maintaining bachelors quarters at
the Metropolitan Club uptown and having
no FAMILY to assist him in doing the hOnOrs,
has rather ASSOCIATED the home and social
element from the Smithsonian building, but
pein9 man OF such marked social genius
and tastes has been more prominent in the
general society OF the capital than any
other scientist. Many society people have
come to know the museum, its collections
ana works. through him, and it is rather
essential that the secretary of that institu-
ton should be able to shine in scientific and
social circles alike.
AT TIE WHITE HOUSE.
The White House will be- unexpectedly
quiet during Easter week, on account of
Mrs. Harrison's Illness Much In the way
Of pleasantly Informal Inequalities had
been arranged for, but by the doctors
orders all of Mrs. Harrison's invitations
ana engagements have been Cancelled for a
month to come. The physicians compel
her 10 take an absolute rest and freedom
from all care and responsibility, and she is
so exhausted and weakened from the long
drawn cold ending in the present acute
bronchitis that 10 would be Impossible for
her TO do anything in any event. She has
been confined 10 her bed for two weeks,
and IL Will be another week before she will
be able to leave it. Mrs: Mckee returned
from Boston because of her mothers Ill
ness, and will remain until the family goes
To Cape May for the summer The Pres-
dent and his two grandchildren enjoyed
little tree-panting in the White House
grounds last week, and the youngsters
worked heroically to cover the roots
OF the young saplings and tramp
the ground soldly around them. For
number Of administrations back the
White House occupants complained Of
and suffered from some alianthus trees that
perfumed the air on either side of the house.
with the first Whit of their blossoms Presl-
dent Harrison ordered them cut down, and
as ne has great interest in trees and flow
ers he has looked carefully TO the grounds
surrounding the mansion. Undesirable
ana ms successors viii reap the advantage
OF ills judgment and good taste.
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Mrs. Edward Z. Beale, whose very serious
illness couple of months ago so alarmed
her family and friends. is fast recovering
Nine. Bakhmetieff, whom San Franciscans
know as Mamie Beale. came hurriedy from
Athens hardly expecting to fud her mother
alive when she should arrive. But with
the coming OF her daughter Mrs. Beale
made the turn toward recovery and has been
steadily mending. although her sight Is as
nearly gone as ever. Nine. Bakhmetieff
sailed for Europe last week and will be
| back at her legation home in Athens soon.
Mr.. Truxton Beale, the United States Min
lister to Persia, could not obey his summons
as quickly a: his sister, but has obtained
leave OF absence and is now on bis way TO this
country. He Will remain In this country
| during the summer, and as his engagement
to Miss Hattie Blaine was announced a
year ago, gossips are bgsily planning we'd
| oiug for this year. Both Secretary and
Mrs. Blaine have been so much broken by
the death OF two of their children and the
separation from the others, that il Is not be-
lleved that they will consent TO the mar
| rage now while Mr.. Beaie holds his post in
Persia Mr.. Emmons Blaine and bis little
family live in another city; the elder daugh-
ter. Mrs. Damroscb. lives in New York, and
young Jimmy Blaine, who is no credit or
comfort to the family. is employed by the
Penpsylvania Railroad Company in Phia-
| delphia. Miss Hattie Blaine and Mrs.
Blaine's cousin. Miss Dodge Gail Hamilton,
complete the family. After their eldest
daughters death, two wears ago: Secretary
ana Mrs. Blaine had the two little Coppinger
graDdsons with them, and we're much
wrapped up in those small boys. This win
ter Colonel Coppinger took fancy to have
the children with him at his Texas post and
Mrs. Blaine, who is devoted to her children,
has been heart-broken at having to part
with these littlo boys. Only Mrs. Blaine's
own intimate family know the strength of
her affections and her intense love of her
family. There could not be a more devoted
and lndulgent mother. and people who
think OF her as cold, stately, grim and
impassive woman dc not see her real self at
all. The death OF her son and daughter Two
years ago Is as fresh and keen sorrow TO
her now as at the time. and time has not
lessened her grief nor stopped her tears.
MRS. BURNETT AT HOME.
Mrs. Frances Hoigson Burnett has re-
turned To her home after such a long ab-
senee that many feared she would not re-
sumo her residence in Washington again.
She still retains her house in England, and
will spend part Of each year there, divid.
Ing her time on either side of the ocean.
Mrs. Burnett has gained greatly In appear
ance during her absence. She is not as stout
as before. and she has lost some of the very
fiorid color that made her so conspicuously
English In appearance. Black mourning
gowns are more becoming to her than any
colors ever were, and she has a distinction
and air in them that quite goes with the
being OF literary lionesS.
THE CHINESE LEGATION.
There is woe at the Chinese legation aud
Mr. Ho, who did so much translating. is
not transiating any more. Senator Blair,
Count Mitklewicz and other claim that he
perverted the meaning of sentences and
thereby did him harm, and the Minister has
found that his translation and that Of
translator In New York do not read alike.
when the same sentence Is given 10 both.
Orders, have come for Mr.. Ho. to return
home. but IL Is question among outsiders
whether MIR. Ho will go home. since the
outcome OF such q misdemeanor in Celestial
high Office - an invitation to commit sui
eide, and IL the Invitation Is not quickly
accepted, decapitation. The legation has
lately bought baby carriage and
Nine. Tsui and two other country
women who live in the legation building
entertain their end of town as they 60 bare
headed about the streets pushing the car
riage ahead of them. No other family of