The Washington times., 1895-03-10

! tanment as her, own grandmother That,
at least. was the currnt idea. Whatever
or whomever she personated met with her
! own supremest satisfaction, regardless
! OF history or anything else. Her hair was
powdered and wondrouSty gotten up as 10
! the matter Of height and, to tell the truth,
! was most becoming. Abont her shoulders
I she wore a lace edged null kerchief,
! loosely tied in front, but as to the remain
ing details of her toiiat, they were decidedly
on the order of the nineteenth century.
] "A handsome New Yorker went as the
Empress Josephine, in a very splendid and
! becoming gown faSnioned aS gowns were
worn in the time of tho first Napoleon.
One of the prominent Chicagoans present,
! for reasons best and oa!g Known 10 herself,
went costumed in an up-to-date idea of
! Helen MCGFagor, " tn a most stunning
satin cap jauatry fastened on one side with
flashing diamond star
For the most part the men conformed to
the wishes of TIE hostess by appearing in
regulation Colonial costumes, but il re-
NAMED for a Weli-kRGwn WashinStonian
/ 10 astonish and considerably puzzle the
company by wearing a NEST aDOmolous
get-up, which. truth to tel, was too IN
! comfortably suggestive OF swell livery
! TO be admired This was a aiming coat
/ tllil NSSt vi ltN, ShNii GO ~ NoAsltiS w "
seen at hunt balls. or at a meet of the
! hounds. From the low cut vest the wearer
looked out above a ST .fiiy-5tarched, I'M
! macuate shirt front, innocent OF lace
! ruffles or ornamentation OF any kind, while
/ h-s neither limbs ware clothed to the heels
| in regulation evening trousers of black
broadcloth.
The woman in society wfo has all the
latest gossip and most interesting ''ou
dis at her fingers ends, or, more prop
erly, at her tofgHe's end, is TIE one who
g mpany is urgouftedIy muIe sought after
/ than that OF her eminently more proper and
discrv.. sister, who sits up, listens, takes
1t ail in, and bas nIthing 10 say tor herself
in return. This, at least, is tie eht in
which a certain naval officers wife regards
the state Cf affairs in society generally.
Whileitls true tt at among
she is held sCmet INES in wholes ONE we be-
cause OF that same ability to extract. retain,
carry and ispRGsc' news, she is Eevcrthe-
less considered as tie headquarters for the
current gossip or tie day ard our. The
manner in which sCnc Of her news is gath
cred is not always quite up TO the mark,
! tut il acc0mpikhcs tfc deS iFcgt end, and in
/ her mind Il f5t settles The matter.
When her hust3Ed was ordered away
from Washington 70 duty at lie Naval
Acedemy the energetic little woman by no
means left her Eews- gathering talents be-
hind. On TIE ccntt2ry, trey We're paCked
away for future use with quite rs much care
rs she bestowed sUpon er favortc gowns
When she got 10 Arrarolis, OF course, it
was neccss ary that tie children should be
Cut OF doors as much as possible and,
they were too yohne TO he trusted 10 them
selves during their daily riig3. il was nee
essary to detail to duty in this respect the
old nurse who ed feen in the family for
years without nunteF. In order that time
should not iafg heavy upon TIE nurses
hands, she was Supplied with q fine ED
glass and iTstwCtCd Ia keep a lively look
( out ard n port ~ stated Intervals 10 her
{ mistress exactly what went on out of doors,
/ especially what visitors oaHsd at certain
quarters, and all ether Interesting data
concerning these same visits obtainable
from any quarter.
! Washington and the thirgs in Washing
! Ten frequently are liteled to most laugh
able extent, tut cutie the most dreadful
agEr gati5n OF errors ard total mss tate
rlent Of facts is tie extract which early in
the past week appeared in one of the lead
ing Cincinnati papers, in TIE form Of cor
r5spJndence from this city. Tie writer was
one OF the staff OF the paper. sent to Wash
. ington to write up the Womcns Council.
at the close OF ter legitimate lahors She in
: dulged in q fereTal letter, from which is
clipped the following:
shr went on Il can soon tell you. II is in
Rcck Creek Cemetery. 1t is the grave Of a
| woman. Who? | am glad / do rot know
| her name. The story? 1t is a cruel ore OF
! an old suitor, q poor girl, and poor lover in
the Navy TIE girl was influenced by reia
tiyes to marry the old man and live in the
grand house on Connecticut avenue. The
! lover promised to wait. One night the cid
| man threw wedding cards inthc young wife's
I lap. They announced the wedding Of the
J naval lieutenant to another woman. That
night the young wife committed suicide with
norphine. Her letters betrayed the whole
/ past. With due care and ceremony she was
baired in the aristocrat;c Rock Greek church.
| yard. The revenge came later. You should
see the monument set up by the betrayed old
( man. You cross over many graves to reach
a square inclosIiFe with a marble wal about
/ il and a seat around the inside OF the wall, ,
upon which one sinks from very emotion
J Facing the seat is a great marble slab ris-
ing high, and before this sits Grief, a statue
in bronze from the studio of the famous
sculptor, st. Gaudens 1t is a terrific con-
ception, the most utter abapdonment of
| hopeless, eternal despair. The heart chils
under its very presence. There is no name
| about, only two wreaths entwiued on that
! high slab, before which the statue sits.
| Never a visitor goes to Rock Greek church
| yard, the quaintest place about Washing
| ton, but is madly curious to hear the story
of that grave It is said to have cost So :
| 600, but it means millions in revenge. 1t
! is not Grief; it is Nemesis, and the worst
| thing in this city OF sunshine and yiolets on
| Capitol Hill!'
! The monument referred to, as every one in
| Washington knows, is that erected by Mr.
Henry Adams in memory ofhis wife. As to
the fabric OF the story printed in Cincinnati
in this connection there is not even the faint
est shadow of truth upon which to weave it.
1t seems strange when the really interesting
history of the monument was so readily OBJ
tainabe, that such a flagrantly and wholly
fictitious story should have found its way
into print in this connection.
The marriage of Miss Frances Cox to Mr.
Eben Eveleth whiting will take place Easter
week at st. Paul's Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair, who
have been spending their honeymoon in
| New York. will return to Washington on
| Monday and will make their future home
with DR.. and Mrs. Ritehie in the Blair House
| on Pennsylvania avenue.
| The Mi-Careme ball to be given at the
| British embassy will have some novel and
interesting features. One of these will be
| the Mnuet danced in costume by society
| bellies and beauX who are busy practicing
for the great mid-Lent entertainment The
practicings take place at the embassy in the
| afternoons, when the ballroom is the scene
| of the very pleasant gatherings of young peo-
ple Outside of the immediate circle of
| those who will take part in the Minuet,
the fact that there is to he one or even that
| there is to be Ni-Careme ball at the
| embassy is little known 1t was to have
been kept as a grand secret until the invita-
| tionS fnr tho imnortant "a flair were iSSuad