The evening times., 1895-11-28
FIRST CALLS OF TIE YEAR
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Cabinet Ladies Compelled by Gus
x tom to Visit Senators Wives.
They Object TO the Unwritten Law.
Fashionable Folks Went
Marketing.

thought or. For years 1t has been socially
rampant.
At the present time 1t has seemed to
Reach Il crisis, and the President OF the
United States is being vigorously called
upon 10y the ladies OF the Cabinet to
have the question settled once and for
eyeI ,Eyep Should this not be possible
Of acc ompiishmcnt during the present
A GI,iaistra iun.s the ladies' CT the Cabinet
are sufficiently phi;anthropic to desire
f@fhat IL may be- settled CT least before The
4th of March, '9T.
This condition which the President Is
being so vigorously called upon to settle,
is in regard TO the rule that now exists
iD official society, whereby the ladies of
the Cabinet are compelled to make the
round of first calls every season upon the
ladies of the Senatorial families. 1t is
clearly an imposition as matters now
stand. and should never for n moment
have been allowed to exist, hut from long
custom. aided and Allotted by the most
obstinate fight On the part of the Sena-
torial contingent, it has passed into one Of
those unwritten laws, that are far more
binding tEan any Others.
When il IS taken into consideration that
there are at most but eight ladies' of the
Cabinet, while there are no less than
eiChiy-eight Senatorial families. it will
be readily understood that this added bur
den of making SO many additional calls,
coupled with, the Very exacting duties of
official life That fail upon a Cabinet mill
isters wife, is q Condition of affairs that
cannot be too speedily changed.
Tie Cabinet fadi6s are compelled to NH kc
the. first calls each season upon the wife
of the Chief Justice and upon the wives Of
the associate justices of the Supreme
Court. Their social duties are almost as
heavy and eXacting as the official ones
hot al Il hn Nah ,tSta
themselves. This being The case. those
frs, calls each season upon the Senatorial
families should be omiited-that is, the
unwritseH laws In this respect should be
turned around-and tie Senatorial families
should be compelled 10 make the first calls
upon the Cabinet.
The reason tor the present condition of
affairs In This respect is that The Sanate
claims precedence over the Cabinet In
this matter OF calls, frcm the fact that
the Senate is The iaw-making body of The
Unitcd States. ard as such is called upon
10 confirm the appointment OF the Cabinet
ministers.
just what the President is going 10 do
III the matter remains tc be seen. II is
difficult at prt sent 10 even conjecture 18th
any degree OF surety on TIE subject. Rut
that be W i'll find some way out of the .liffi-
Guilty is mere than likely, and that too,
within a very short time.
On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
last all the Ia shiona bles in town were seen
at Center Market, and it would be difficult
to imagine a more attractive meeting
place. The stalls were artistically deco
rated with garlands of crows feet and
lunches of holly gave the place the real
festival air. The merchants were smil-
ing and amiable, seemingly imbued with
the spirit of the season. bat not the least
attractive of those about the ma rket were
the country people on the outside. who
crouched against the walls with their mer-
which consists OF everyt hing
from n rabbits foot for luck to a live calf,
spread out before them.
They chatter and gossip among them
selves and offer their trea asures for sale
with an adroitness that usually results in
a bargain. The flower stands were CHARM
ingly arranged. and attracted many pur-
chasers.
Mrs Guzman, the wife OF the Nicaraguan
looking as bright as Nay morn
ing. was bargaining with an interested
air for n big bunch OF fchrysanthemums. stop
ping frequently to exchange greetings
with the numbers OF people who rassed by.
Mrs. Vance. one of Washington's most
notable housewives. whose fruit cake and
are held in warm remembrance by
those who have had the good fortune to en-
JOY them. was pinching the breast OF a fat
turkey with the air of connoisseur. and
Mrs. Carlisle. strictly intent on business,
vert from stall to stall with system and
dispatch.
Mrs. Richardson Clover was also in evil
dence, accompanied by her little girl, who
10 fast growing to big girl row, and reach
ing almost to her mothers waist
1t was n gay scene and the best of 1t all
was the big baskets, with the heads of fat
turkeys sticking out, vegetables laid on the
top of them in tempting mounds; fruit and
that were ordered sent to the
poor people, the -asylunis, hospitals and
homes, by the society folks.