Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
THE SUMMER SEASON
Gayeties at Their Height at the
Various Resorts.
c HlNESE MINISTER'S FAMILY.
Three Celestial Young Ladies Who
May Appear in Society.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ARE

The season is Just about commencing at New
port and Bar Hsrbor. The former is Just a
triAe ahead, judging from the announcements
already made. A ball that will be quite up to
the latest fashionable capsr will inaugurate the
gayeties at Newport next Thursday night. 1t
will be the debut party for Miss Virginia Fair,
and her sister, Mrs. Herman 0elrichs, will be
the hostess. The Oelrich's villa is not by any
means an imposing establishment, but it was
formerly the home of the historian Bancroft
and will therefore be always a marked spot at
the city by the sea. Miss Fair is already
very wealthy and has yet large
fortune In prospect when her father. ex-Sen-
asor Fair, divides his millions among his three
remaining children. Even without the distinc-
ton her great wealth gives her, Miss Fair has
many iovable traits in her disposition and Is a
very pretty girl. She is said to resemble her
mother In great many ways, and not the least
In the winning manners that made the latter
the belle Of mining camp.
What contrast there is between the Young
ladyhood Of this daughter of wealth and that Of
her mother! Mrs. Fairs young womanhood
WAS spent in Q miners camp in the Sierra Ne
vadas, California. Her father kept the hotel
at Angels camp and his daughter worked
hard, like all the girls do where
ways Of living are primitive. The
railroad stopped at Milton and it took
six or eight hours hard driving up the noun
tain to reach the camp. During the winter or
the rainy season communication was almost
entirely cut off from the valley except for the
mail carrier. The camp was Q cluster of cabins
and . few more ambitious residences.
two or three stores, q little hotel. all
built about the mouth Of a silver mine,
from which enormous quantities OF the
white metal were and are still taken.
Just before you reached the settlement you
passed two or three graveyards, and the &C
commodations for the dead seemed TO be as
ample in every way rs they were for the iv-
ing, whose days and nights were spent down
deep in the mine. Up and down the main
street-which happened. by the way, to be the
only street-there were few people stirring in
The daytime, except the women and children
and the barkeepers. perhaps, who had little or
nothing to do till the day shift came up from
tho mine. Then the hotels and bar rooms were
the rendezvous, and life in the camp seemed
to begin. These were the surroundings Of
the daughter of the innkeeper when Jim
Fair, one Of the miners, courted aud won her.
for some time. Then they went to Nevada,
where luck followed them, and everything they
touched for years after turned to gold.
Miss Far. who is called Birdie" in the
family circle, knows nothing OF any life bat
that OF wealth aud luxury. Her father is very
fond Of her, but the accounts do not say that
he will be on for her debut.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle. who returned
yesterday from Chicago, are enthusi-
astic over the fair. In the two weeks
they were there Mrs. Carlisle only missed
one day from sight seeing. They
stayed in the city with MIR. and Mrs.
William Carlisle, and between visitors at home
and the receptions given them on the fair
grounds that they had scarcely an idle mo-
ment at their disposal They went TO the
grounds every morning on one Of the revenue
cutters, which was placed at their order.
and during the hours ride had often the
best chance of the whole day for rest.
IN their honor that 1t was with some difficulty
they were able to accept them all
Kentucky gave her favorite son Q great
time in the state building, and blue grass
oratory and other good things flowed in an un-
interrupted stream. 1t was one of the hottest
them at the New York state building and another
one they greatly enjoyed at the Irish village.
Oftentimes they stayed on the grounds till
nearly midnight, and the one thing which in their
minds stands ont clearsst Of all in the beauties
of the fair was tine illumination at night
MrG Potter Palmer escorted the party one
day over the grounds, the woman's building,
where reception was given to MrS
Carlisle. and to the Midway Piaisance,
II being curiously enough the first time
that Mrs Palmer had entered that
wonderful street. The party were pushed
T. iii, A,,k ia A.. II
while that may be a good way to spare
fatigue the real way to enjoy its sights is TO
walk along at your leisure Miss Berry returned
here with Mrs.. Oariisle, but will leave tomorrow
night for Martha's Vineyard TO join her
parents.
ing the past week, providing the Secretaries Of
War and the Navy with the houses they will
occupy the next four years The Wood house.
selected by Secretary and MIRA Lamont, has
already been described in these columns
Secretary Herbert and his daughter have
leased the double house 1850 Massachusetts
avenue, and will move in itabout the Sd or Ith OF
August, after their return to this city The house
10 now undergoing some changes and repairs
which. when completed. will make il one OF the
best equipped for entertaining Of any of the
cabinet homes so far selected. Ii is double
house, the parlors and dining room being on
opposite sides Of the wide hall. During Gen
McClellan's residence in this city it was his
home, and has been occupied since by one Of the
Spanish ministers.
Miss Herbert expects to have her married
sister, Mrs. Micou, with her the most Of next
winter. and others OF their friends from time to
time, and so the big house she has selected for
home will not be empty.
Three sweet little buds from the howery
kingdow will be added to the debutante list next
season. The coming Chinese minister, Mr..
Yang Ju, who il now on his way from Shanghai,
has wife and no less than three grown
daughters. 1t appears that there is nothing
higher In the social calendar of
China than the families Of the eight banners.
to which Yang Ju belongs. 1t means the same
in China as the Vans This and That in New
York or the Biddles in Philadelphia 1t even
means more. 1t signifies hereditary wealth
and greatness. and those who belong to it
are dead certain Of princely income. There
fore there il no good reason but that the Misses
Yang in could bestow . dot with their hearts
and their tapered fingers.
The young ladies are reported to be charming
specimens Of Chinese beauties and have all the
Accomplishments Of the women OF their land
Their family and social position being Of such a
lofty degree, they were subjected to the foot
cramping process and their footsy-wootsies are
just a. big but no bigger than nature intended
them. Now, il they can walk they can dance,
and right here the interesting sequence begins
II the privilege Of keeping their feet comfort
able size to walk and dance with is
such good thing there does not seem