Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-20

women 90 tE- nation were thc guests OF Uncle
SaIa ia,t night in the largest front parlor he
owns. 1t was a great event. great in concep-
ton. groa. every way. but greater than every
thing else combined in the numbers it at
trarted.
If all the guests got in who had a mind to
come de reception might have gone on yet.
As it was. the people most accustomed TO
crowds found tbs spectacle before them some
thing :hcy had never Witnessed before nor
probably ever Will again. Receptions at the
rutuuda are no ordinary affairs. 1t takes an
act of Congress 10 authorize one. and it takes
an even: %. nothing less in national importance
than "a Grand Army cncampment to get up
tlIu>ia~m to leGislIte TO that end. All the
world seemed to be Uncle Sans guests last
night. and aprctty good share had the pleasure
II shaking hand7 with his fair representatives.
the smiling I.hI!snx Of distinguished women
who were honureI by this appcllation.
OF course there was crowd and a jostling
Gs.i a u,hiuc, rough mon, fainting women,
Oa,y & few cryiug, children. but there was only
one reason Tor ii all their wild anxiety to reach
the place where the ladies stood.
The plaza on the east front was black with
moving forms IT O'Clock. 4 hall hour later
the thronc no longer moved II could not At
y n AR "a Vou cOIid scc there people
tightly packed together the concrete or
wandering around under the entrances hoping
to find some other way save BY the big bronze
doors To reach the goal Of their ambition.
There are generally two ways to accomplish the
same End. Depend on a vast thr1ng to find
them.
Along with the vast army Who looked up TO
the east door for admittGnce another army
almost as great filed all the porches and steps
at ;he west door. People seemed to spring
into cNI.teHce every way Won looked. The
nigh was plCIJanr and nobody suff red from
the long standing. unless from the WEAKNESS.
ArnIvAL OF THE RECEIVING PARTY.
Two great masses Of people facing the two
closed front doors and a tiny 1team percolat-
Ing gradually through another door under tine
arches Of ,he east Portico. That was the si.ua-
ton from g clock onward. and that is what
used 20 .Yerate the crowd. This h:tle stream,
Bad the right of way. for they were the
Lostesses and their body guards. If only this
small section OF the crowd had some definite
knowledge If how - get i'll what a lOtof trouble
might have been avoided. As il WIGS the most
Of them io;.ud as many ways to get inside the
building rs th9rg are opinions on the tariff.
Mr.. Logan 20. in herself the way she had
dirtc Ted her associates and was on hand in good
season t. welcome and assign them to their
places Like good general marshaling her
forc-- -he had a chance To- LOOK all OYER the field
before they came. Sc-geant-at-Arms Valentine
and Architect Clark were her icutenants for
the night.
In the vast rotunIa at that moment there was
no one save the squad of Capitol police and the
Mary Logan Cadets. These trim little maideus
held a dignsfcd sort of ilbilation around Mrs.
Logan. who took the ocsGsion to say Il few
words 10 the command and TO shake hands with
each OF them.
Mrs. Jno. ". Foster c-me early and was
among the first vi the receiving party assembled
in the rooms OF :ht committee on manufactures.
in the west basement. At $50 Mrs. Logan made
them little speech. assigning them to their
place i'll line. The ladies formed procession
and prOmenaded up to the rotunda. taking their
places ut the right of the east entrance.
The cabinet ladies' stood first. headed by Mrs.
John ". Foster. Then came tine wives Of Sem
ators and Representatives. then the wives of
past commanders-in-chief, then the present and
past national presidents OF different organiza-
tIons, III - few members Of the ladies' ci;i-
Zen-' co.e.ittee. and at the end of the line
stood Mrs Logan. the receiving party
stretched from the east to the north door.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
The following oEeers of the army and navy
in full uniform assisted the ladies: Col. W. j.
Volkmar, Capt. o. L. Long. Capt. George p
Scriven. Lieut.. Theodore Mosher. Lieut.. ]. A.
DapTay, Lieut.. q. F. Cook, Capt. C. b. Seho-
field. Lieut.. T.. A Bliss Lieut.. \. ID. Andrews,
Capt Ghas; W. WhiPpie. Maj: $: c. Kellogg,
.
| j. l.. Lusk. Capt. ". 7. Huxford, Lieut.. S.
| Reber. Lieut.. Commander Richardson Clover,
| Prof. =. X. Alger. Lieut.. +. d. Griffin. Ensign
". L. Stafford, Ensign Roger Wells, j.,
| Ensign MILFORD p. Hoggart. Lieut.. Richard
| Davenport. Lieut. George Barnett. Lieut.. j. A.
I Dougherty, Lieut. c. III. Lauchheimer. Naval
/ Constructor J.'J Woodward, Assistant En-
/ gineer F. Nj. Bennett. Ensign Z. l. Key. Surg.
. ". A McClurS, Surg. John G. Boyd. Lieut.. +.
T. Fletcher. Ensign ). s. Wood. Lieut.. c. G..
Long and Maj. q. c. Goodloe.
| LADIES IN THE RECEIVING PARTY.
The ladies in the receiving party were Mrs.
Jno. ". Foster, who felt it a particular honor
that the first time she assisted at q great social
/ function as ;he wife Of the Secretary of State
should be the event where all America might
| have come IN had the nation 20 minded. Then
| came Mrs. Chas. Foster. Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Rusk,
/ Mrs. Cuilom. Mrs. Dalzell. Mrs. Newman. wife
/ Of Bishop Newman. cx-ckaplain Of the United
/ States Senate; Mrs. Picker. wife of the member
/ from South Dakota; Mrs. Topliff, president
/ of the Ladies' Naval Veteran Association
Mrs Iartranft Of pennsvlvania; Mrs. Palmer,
wife Of the eouInander-in-ehief of the G.. A.
/ H.; Mrs. Alger, wife of Gen. Mger, Mrs.
/ Merrill. wife If Pas: Commander-in-chiei
/ Merrill; Miss katherine Holden. national vice
/ , president Ladies Aid Society to Sons Of Vet
! erars: Mrs. Charity .RUsk Craig past national
/ president ". l.. c.; Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood
/ past national president W. L. c.; Mrs. Lizabeth
/ A Turner, past national senior vice president
I ". T. c.; Mrs. Harriet l.. Reed Of Boston, de-
/ partment commander, W. II. c.; Mrs Corporal
/ Tanner, Mrs. Joanna Turner. Mrs. Sarah Full
| leg. past national president W. r. c.; Mrs.
shinn of Alexandria, Va Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. J.
I :. kountz. Mrs. L. Florence Barker, Mrs. Weis-
1 ner president Of Potomac Corps. ". r. c.; Mrs
John Joy Edson, Miss Cora c. Curry, Mrs
Blanche 4. Bruce, Miss Clara Barton and Mrs
Joha y Logan
| GOWNS OF THE RECEIVING PARTY.
The ladies of the receiving party were al
elegantly gowned. Mrs. John W. Foster wore
a French gown Of shell pink moire and cream
Chan:illy lace. with superb diamond orna-
ments; Grs. Charles Foster wore a combination
of maroon velvet and heliotrope satin; Mrs
| Miller wore mauye brocade and ruby velvet
| with Irish point trimmings. and Mrs. Rusk was
in u gray waved brocade. with point lace garni-
ture. Or the other ladies' IN line Mrs. Logan
wore lavender and white striped silk with Chan
tilly lace trimmings. A fine medallion portrait
OF Gen. Logan hung from q band Of velve,
around her throat Miss Clara Bar
ton wore pink satin and light
brocade; Mrs. Jno. Joy Edison, black lace and
Jet; Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood dark brown sill
and pink crepe; Mrs T.. Florence Barker. gray
striped silk; Mrs. Toplif, black satin; Mrs. Pal
mer, black thread lace over pale yellow satin
Mrs. Ha-tranf,, black lace: Mrs. Kountz, gray
and blue brocade; Mrs. Wagner, black lace; Mrs,
George s. Merrill, heliotrope faille; Mrs vea-
zey. white silk with gold passsmenterie; Mrs