The Washington times., 1894-10-30
SOCIAL SAYINGS AND DoINGs

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4 beauty of this city, where there are no great
makes Washington all the more desirable as a
permanent place of abode.
To the casual visitor the buildings seem inn
| posing and the style OF architecture uniquely
American, combining characteristics of the
/ Greek, the Roman and the Renaissance style.
But it is the interior decorations of these
homes that is specially noticeable most OF
which combine comfort and elegance. {.
Many politicians are brought TO our Ma
| tional Capital and their wives and daughters
usually accompany them. The residences Sc
! lected are generally adapted for entertaining,
/ as 1t Is incumbent upon the family OF pub
llc man to entertain and maintain position
/ In the social world.
In less pretentious homes, the same refine
ment OF taste is evident. Ferns and flowers
decorate the yestibules and parlors, and even
! in the humble home, palms and geraniums
! are favorite decorations. The harmony in
/ color and in style seems indicative of the gen
eral well-beng and good taste of Washing
! tonians. One has only to enter Washington
home to ascertain the appropriateness of this
/ statement, for each, from the humblest to the
/ most stately, presents an appearance distinc-
i tive from that found III more stirring business
centers.
Mrs NJ. D. Lincoln will be at home as
usual Tuesday evening, October 30.
! Mrs MaryA Denison, the authoress. has
/ been visiting her brother, Rev. DR.. Andrews,
OF Baltimore. She is located on Rhode ISL
and avenue, corner of Fourteenth street
northwest.
Miss Grace Witch, of Kansas City. is
! guest of her cousin, Mrs. Rufus Tilton, of
Capitol Hill. Miss Witch is well known
/ in her home as the pOssessor of a
! soprano voice of remarkable purity, sweet
ness, and strength. and those who heard her
/ at Foundry Church can testify to the grounds
/ for her Western reputation. Washington can
not hold this sweet singer, for she has o large
salary inducement from New York church.
/ Prof Edward Payne, the distinguished
master, who has had among his students
many of the nobility in Europe, is in Wash
/ ington He will no doubt spend the season
here, as many leading residents are anxious
/ 10 take a course Of musical training under his
/ supervision.
! The many friends of Dr. J. A. Mclean will
/ be glad to know that he has returned and is
/ located ut 14l7 q street
Mr.. McKnew, Of the Treasury Department,
/ has gone to his home in Tennessee to be pres
! ent at the celebration of his parents golden
wedding.
The friends of Mrs. DR.. Hazen, of Capitol
Hill, Will be pleased to hear Of her rapid con-
/ valescence.
/ Mr.. George W. Boyd. assistant general pas
/ senger agent OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
/ spent Sunday in Washington.
DR.. NJ. Souviell. ex-surgeon of the French
army, left Washington last week for Tennes-
see, where he has extensive phosphate mines.
/ He will return to Washington in few days
aud Join Mrs. Souviell. IL the doctors busi-
ness interests do not call him South they will
/ spend the winter in Washington, and later re-
turn to their home near Jacksonville. Fla.
Mrs Pattie Miller Stocking, daughter Of the
! late Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court who
/ was so seriously burned last spring by the up
setting of a lamp has returned TO Washing
( ton. Mrs. Stocking spent the summer at Me-
dia, Pa, and has had an almost miraculous
return 10 health. as it was thought at the time
OF the accident that she could not live.
Mrs. Leonard. of Jacksonville. Fla. is
located at 1921 X street Tor the season. She
is an accomplished reader and woman of
much culture.
United States Marshal A. A. Wilson has
gone TO New York on short visit.
Mrs. Marie b. Byington. who has been dan
gerously i'll for some weeks, is slowly i'm
proving. She is well-known contributor
TO the press Of this and other cities.
Miss Mary McCulloch, daughter OF ex-Sec-
retary OF the Treasury Hugh McCulloch, has
started on a tour around the world, in COM
pany with her cousin Prof Hugh McCul-
ooh ~ urJI n Tho -, hoe
rived in Japan, and Will so from there TO
India.
An interesting social event to take place in
New York city during the early part of the
winter. will be the marriage of Miss Mabel
". Smith, daughter OF the Rev. Cornelius B.
Smith, rector OF st. James Protestant Episco-
pal Church, to Mr.. Henry Cromwell, a step
son of Judge Charles L. Benedict. Miss
Smith is a niece of Archdeacon Mackay-
Smith, of this city. who viii probably be
present TO assist at the ceremony.
Miss E. T. Longfellow, niece of the poet
Longfellow, will give a series of parlOr
readings in this city early in November. Her
subject will be "SOme artists of the Renais-
sance and their works"
The marriage OF Miss Sadie Allen to Mr.
Sydney DietZ will take place November IA.
nuptial high mass Will be celebrated at ST.
Aloysius at $50 n. m. after which the
happy couple will leave for short tour
The horse show to take place in Baltimore
during the coming week will attract a large
number of prominent society people from
Washington. Unlike the horse show which is
to be held the second week in November in
Madison Square Garden. New York city. the
one in Baltimore will be an open-air event.
Each afternoon the show will be supple
mented by elaborate dinners, which of
course, will be distinctive feature. 1t is
rightly claimed that these horse shows are
chiefly society events. inasmuch as they are
attended almost exclusively by the fashion,
ables. Each entertainment is considered
dress affair In the afternoon the ladies wear
tailofmade gowns. and in the evening are
costumed in elaborate dinner dresses, with
bonnets.
Mrs Floyd. Capitol Hill, gave an informal
luncheon to a few friends on Friday last
Mrs Busey. with her charming niece Miss
Champion, has recently returned from Charles
town, where they spent delightful summer,
and have located for the winter at No. 5
Cooke place, Georgetown.
Mr.. Hart P. Grigsby has returned from
visit to friends and relatives in Lexington, KY.
Mr. Clinton Smith, of the Interior Depart
ment. is in Little Rock. Ark. supervising the
letting OF the contract for the new Army post
at that point authorized by the last Congress.
Ex-Congressman Peel of Arkansas, has
purchased fine residence in the northwest.
No. 1923 P street. His family is here, and
his charming daughters, Mrs. Kate Anderson
and Miss Minnie will be quite an acquisition
to society this season. Mr.. Peel has just been