The Washington times., 1894-05-06
WEST END GOSSIP.

The Beale-Blaine wedding was, OF course,
the chief subject for discussion in fashionable
circles during the week. The details were
pretty thoroughly published during the pre-
ceding week, all about the presents, the we'd
ding dress, etc. How they were obtained was
mystery, for the Blaines have a recently
acquired aversion to publicity. Well, per-
haps this is no more than natural. Monday
morning before the wedding Mr.. James G..
Blaine, jr., received a select coterie OF society
reporters and kindly gave them permission
to see the decorations of the room, told
them as well as he could all about how
it was to go of, and gave them some points
concerning the dress. 1t was to be white, he
said, he knew that much, but not being an
adept in materials and millinery he could say
no more. Had the dress not been seen by
somebody else, I'll not say who, the American
public would have been robbed Of one great
essential of their birthright, namely. the accu-
rate description of the exact quality Of silk
and lace worn at the bridal OF the fayCrite
daughter OF a great statesman. One item,
however, escaped the. .insatiate newsgatherers
who cleaned the 0ost infinitesimal facts
even the appearance of the mastiff dog as he
stood on the steps Of the historic mansion,
and that was Mr.. Carnegle's present to the
bride. Yes; the public are living under a
great ana continued wrong. Inc secret oil
his present is still withheld from them.
Young James G. Blaine is blase fellow
and fayorite with the ladies. He was asked
by one OF the young girls who represents an
out-of-town paper what part Mr.. Damroschs
little girl was to take in the wedding, for 1t
was supposed from hearsay she would carry
nosegay or do something else cute and
iotu oil ha
piled, "if we can succeed in keeping her
quiet we will be doing as much as can be
reasonably expected, as the little one is only
Is months DID,"
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Sayers, of Texas, who
have been at the Arno all Winter, have taken
rooms ON Capitol Hill for the Spring, and are
ut ITO Maryland avenue northeast. As chair
man of the Appropriations Committee. Mr.
Sayers is second in rank to the Speaker of
of the House of Representatives. Remember
this, ye students in the hair-splitting science
of precedence, and grade your bows accord
ingly. So far. there is no title affixed to this
office, as Mr.. Speaker or Mr.. Secretary. or in
this case. Mr.. Appropriations. 1t is simply
Mr.. Savers until better mark of distinction
can be determined upon. By the way, Wash
ington society is particular in the matter of
During the Winter Mrs. William L. Wilson
was introduced TO lady at q reception, who
Immediately asked Of the party who presented
her, us this Mrs. Tariff Wilson,
Mr. Charles K. Bell, Of Fort Worth. Tex,
has rooms in the same house with Mr. and
Mrs. Sayers. Mr.. Bell is one Of the unmar-
ried men Of the House OF which We have read
in recent article in the New York World.
Mr.. Bell is tall and stalwart, with Titianesque
hair and toloring, and any where from thirty
to forty years Of age.
"There ought to be a society for the preven-
ton Of cruelty to Congressman" said a lady
sweetly to Mr.. Benton Mcmillan the other
day. They were going down town in car
and Mr.. Mcmillan was grasping his volumi-
nous mail, the accumulation of three DAYS
while he was out of town.
81 hoped / could have a few hours rest but
here are all of these letters to be answered."
said the Congressman with a sigh.
Hes just sweet, heard one girl saving
to another about hin. when he gets on one
of those blue neckties that match his eyes he
looks so cute"
''And when he gets on red necktie does it
match his hair?' asked the other girl.
look OF supreme indignation was the only
reply.
The ladies on Capitol Hill still have Mon
day for receiving, although callers are more
infrequent than they were a month ago, and
sometimes they come not at all. 1t is rather
provoking to stay dressed up in IA fiutter of
expectation, so to speak, all the afternoon,
and then have no one call. or, if they do, TO
find you asleep in your chair, as some West
End callers found one of the Capitol Hill ladies
the other day. Another day she longed with
an ineffable longing TO put out some plants
that had Just come from the florists but il
was her day. and she must be ready in silk
attire for callers. Although she waited
through the long hours of the afternoon they
came not. At last she concluded she could
safely venture into the front yard and cheer
fully donning an old gown and gloves with
garden hat that bore the stains of many sum
mers, watering pct, and the various para
phernalia OF the amateur horticulturist she
went TO work. When she had succeeded in
getting goodly share OF the contents OF
flower pots ami beds upon her attire the
callers began to arrive.
We are now informed upon good authority
that the President Mrs. Cleveland, and chill
dren will go to Buzzards Bay in the near
future. Perhaps Mrs. Cleveland will be hap
pier dwelling among the buzzards than she
is here, where she is obliged to play the role
of patroness to so many amateur entertain
ments. We saw her in this role on two occa-
sions at the beginning OF the week. The aims
and objects of these affairs were unquestion-
ably of the best, but these things are the same
the world over, they will drag, and do what
you will it's hard to suppress an involuntary
yawn before the evening is over. On Monday
night we saw her at the 'Munyehia.' or
April festival. for the South Carolina storm
sufferers, which was a sort of kirmess with
a Few modern stage touches thrown in.
These were the Egyptian wand dance, the
Greek cymbal dance, 3Iaypole dance, and
other picturesque features OF tho terpsi- |
chorean art. They were all very pretty; they |
couiu hardly be otherwise with so many |
pretty girls in pretty dress and undrcss. but |
oh. now it dragged. The dances were pro- |
tracted. the intervals interminLhle. and the |
darkness impenetrable. What the idea of the |
was Ill turning the lights out all |
over the house when the audience was wait |
Ing for some change in the programme it was |
difficult TO determine. unless she intended n |
touch OF realism TO illustrate the darkness |
that came with the storm OF last year.
An incident which was unintentionally |
humorous occurred during the evening. 1t |
was an effect produced by the sterreoptican