The evening times., 1895-10-18
GOSSIP PURE And SlMPLE
Miss Marchmont Comments on the
Hhattering Of Old Customs.
Some Pertinent Observations About
Men Wen KnOwn-S0ciety
Notes nd Personals.

{ The,great- wall. which has for SO many
years hedged in. China, is indeed, broken
down. i do not, of course. refer TO the
classic wall Of stone and mortar, which,
we all learned in our Biographies, was
builtin the Tsin dynasty 800 years before
Christ, but to the wall of superstition,
conservatism mandtnarrpw. .prriudice, through
which it has been more difficult to ma he
an opening. than to tear downi the solid
masonry, which for centuries has stpod a
material expression of I he character "f the
people whom it protected.
A connection of Iaine, who liyea in China
for many years, became a warm and in
innate friend of one of the mandarins of
'Hofs, Kong, wn stood high in the councils
of the state. Just. Before he sailed for
America this ma nda rim said to him:
Before you go IwRnt you to see my WIFE,"
and against all precedent he managed to
arrange for a few moments. interview
between the wife of his hOsom and his
dearest friend: hut, my freud said when
telling of il. the little Chinese woman looked
as il she was committing n very wicked
act, and before he had time TO exchange Il
word with her, ran out of the room.
What would this conservative -maDdarin
say, what would the shade of ConfUciuS
think, If it could visit the earth and see
here, In our very Washington, his faithful
followers: the men riding bicycles and the
ladies of high caste patroInzIng street
cars, as IL il had been their lifelong habitr
Ii is very refreshing 10 note with what
enthusiasm the Cinnamon attached to the
Chinese legation have entered into our
occidental life. The other day l saw Mrs.
Yang herself riding downtown III a street
car in the most democratic way pnssibIe;;
and it. is, surely an Interesting sight
possible only in this end "f the century,
to see one rf the secrcjar les on. his bicycle,
HIS robe flying out behind.
. picked up n newspaper the other day
and read a paragraph TO the effect that
Mavroyeni Bey, the Turkish minister, was
seen ndiscussins a meal at Delmonicois'with
all the manifest pleasure Of an opicure."
Now the Turkish minister is not anepicure,
and lie is not very great many things
that badly informed people think lie should
be, and. from their point of view. he may
be somewhat OF q paradox for although he
is a Turk. he is a Christian: although
he is a Turk he is not polyeauiist;
although he is a Turk he is "A Greek,
having been horn in that country and
being only a natnralized. citizen of Turkey.
OF course these facts are disappointing 10
an insatiate Jenkins. who. is by them
deprived of much picturesque material,
but l. am tired OF the paragraphs which
have no foundation save i'll the brain Of
the ambitious space writer's.
met Mr.. Horatio King the other cay,
who for fifty years and more has been one
of the. most familiar figures. in Washing
ton. He is an o,togenarian now. but is
hardly less, erect than when he siiid good;
by to his people in, Maine and came TO
Washington to seek his fortune. He found
fortune, for he was Offered at once on his
arrival. at the Capitol n clerkship in the
PoStDffice Department, from which posi-
ton he. was, promoted to,the highest office
cenneetedi with the Department, that of
Postmaster General
With his savings Mr.. King bought real
estate. which has sO increased in value as
toImatSe him at eighty a. richs maIL Neces-
sity has nothing to do with the publication
of his hook, Turning on tine Light which
has recently been given ont by Lppincott
1t is an unRrs jndireI history Of Buchan-
n's.aliministrafi0n. prompted by love and
written, solely that JUSTICE might be done
Mr Buchanan, whom Mr.. King believeseper
and always to have been a stinrh and uIf
tailoring Union man.
The oft discussed question of the nup-
tials' of Miss CUnsuelD Vanderbilt TO the
Duke Of Marlborough have been set al
rest by and announcement that tina affair
will be "a white wedding" H. Thomas
Church., at noon Wednesday, November
6, will present the appearance of having
ontraPpedi a. blizzard Of spowy white
satin, lace, ribbons and blossoms.
At the corner of each. pew, along the
aisle, tall " aIds of white eDaUeled wood.
having huge clusters of orange blossoms
tied at their tops iih love knots ofl,road
white satin ribbons, will be set: The
effect of the wedding, assnOw7 planned. will
be of the dainty Louis Seize period. The
costumes Of the young women attendants
are to be a la Marie AntOinette.
The whole affair will be a. picture not
soon. to be forgotten
Among the recently announced engage
ments of interest Is that OF Miss Alire Croly;
daughter of Mrs. j. C.. Cnoly. 50 well Known
as Jenny June" to Mr., William Mathol.
MISS LARCHMONT.