Evening star., 1895-09-14
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Pleasant Days These Going Over
Summer Scenes.
THE GOSSIP WANDERERS BRING BACK
The Dukes Intentions and His
Shiny White Shoes:
S Me HER TOPIC

Now that the air is bit crispy social life
| begins to be decidedly interesting. 1t is not
| the number of definite engagements. but
| the absence of them, and yet the plenitude
] of things every one has had on hand keeps
| the current going along smoothly and pleas
antly. Folks are getting back to town, and
any quantity of gossip, delightful and
| otherwise, of the goings on of people in
| their sets all summer at the various re-
sorts is commencing to circulate. Pretty
| soon we will know it all without the trou-
Bile of having had to live in its vicinity for
| the experiences. On the whole, Washing
| tonians, by which we include our winter
residents, have cut a wide swathe every
where they formed part Of summer COLO
| nies. At Newport, Senator Brice's family
have never failed in a single instance to
keep up the record which they established
| the first weeks of their residence at Beau
lieu. They have entertained and been en-
| tertained by all the people of note, and will
| come back to Washington with almost
| SGrfeit of social glory. Mr.. and Mrs. Trux-
| ton Beale have also been quite at the front
| of young couples, determined to enjoy
themselves both at their friends boards and
| at their own. Mr.. Beale has gone into Wall
| street, but will not change his residence
from this city, where, as in the past, he will
| have active charge of the family estates
| He and his wife will return here when the
| fashionable birds of passage start fly
| ing this way.
Another change brought about by the
summer is the settling down of Mr. and
Mrs. John r. Mclean in their New York
house. They spent the summer at Bar
Harbor, but as Mrs. Mclean was not in the
very best of health, their social activities
were not great formerly. For the
past fortnight they have been living in
| their new purchase. the Barrios house. in
New York city, where Mrs. Beale is now
making her daughter visit.
1t is to be hoped that it is not their in
tentfon to remain in New York all winter,
for few houses would be more missed than
the hospitable center they have made of
the mansion 18th and 1 streets.
Some of the travellers just back have seen
the Duke of Marlborough. and, with that
refreshing candor which usually accompa-
nes the condolences of friends long sep
arated, report the owner of Blenheim Pal
ace ito be very insignificant little snip"
To continue the comparison, to the detri-
ment Of the physical charms Of this scior.
of ducal house, it is further remarked by
one who has seen Miss Vanderbilt and the
duke together, that she could "eat her din
ner -off his head" Why she should care to
eat her dinner or any other meal SO un-
comfortably is explained to mean that the
daughter of the house of millions is very
much taller, perhaps.a head, than her titled
suitor. She is very tall, very slight, and her
style of beauty is somewhat Japanesque,
but those who know her have much to say
of her amiable manners and disposition.
So do they pile up nice things about the
duke, who has made friends in every di-
rection, and who, if he cannot be seen in
an ordinary gathering of stalwart young
Americans, has not shown any symptoms
of increased head circumference because
he happens to be duke and seemingly
favored suitor in the divided Wander
bilt family. Just to show how keenly the
duke Is watched, the day that he appeared
at the Casino in pair Of shiny white shoes
1t set the whole social fabric to wondering
w ma 0f ST. d
vanced force insists that the covering on
the ducal pedal extremeties was nothing
more less than celluloid or something
similar while the more conservative rea-
soned that the shoes were of white patent
leather.
Just at present what the exact substance
was forms as much OF a problem as
come the future Duchess of Marlborough.
With friendly way of helping his youth
full grace to make up his mind. it has been
dollars than even this young lady's for
tune. there is Miss Virginia Fair or Miss
Perkins to be sought, the first with fifteen
millions to her credit, with no incum-
brances. and the last with seventeen mill
lions, also without bothersome restrictions.
1t is too bad that even dukes are misun-
derstood when they persistently favor To-
calities where heiresses abound.
Mrs. U. S. Grant, who has been at va
rious resorts north all summer, and Mrs.
are now together again at a New York ho-
tel. Neither Mrs. Sartoris whose engage
ment to a gentleman whom probably she
has not SC en- in the last six months Stlll
persistenty appears regularly in print, nor
her son Algernon, who was reported en-
gagged to wealthy New York miss, seems
to have any intention of joining their ca
reers to those of others just at present.
Mrs. Sartoris has plenty of admirers, and
her son is welcome everywhere, but the
latter has another year at Oxford before
settling down a future American citizen.
1t is expected that both Mrs. Grant and her
daughter will reside here the coming win
ter, for Washington increases its fascina-
tions for them in comparison with no other
place.
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh j. Grant were in
Saratoga last week. on a little visit to
Senator and Mrs. Murphy at their cottage
on Broadway.
Mrs Logan is going abroad again for
the winter. She mas spent most of the
past summer at Calumet Place. Her trip
abroad will include the Holy Land and
Egypt, and several young ladies will ac-
company her. she will leave in November
and return next April.
Mrs. Houston of New York is visiting
Mrs L. B. Webb, who returned early in
the week from Nara gansett. where she
spent the latter half of the summer. Mrs
Webb will spend next month coaching with
friends in the Berkshires. 1
Mrs James Dudley Morgan and children |
have returned, after spending the summer |
at the country home in Maryland of Mr. |
Edwin Abel, her father.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Mercer upon their
return will reside in their new home on
Rhode Island avenue.
Mrs Childs' new house on K street rap
idly approaches completion, but it will be
several weeks yet before she will be able
to take possession.
Mavroyeni Bey and Baron LIE CHAT ar
rived Yesterday at Lenox and are guests
of Mrs William D. Sloane.
Rev. d. A. G. Rogers of the Church of
Our Father and Mrs. Rogers have returned
from their vacation and will reside for the
winter at 942 P street. DIR. Rogers has
visited his old home in England and Mrs.
Rogers has spent the summer in Vermont.
Dr. w. S. Barnes has returned from At
Iantic City. Mrs. Barnes is still in Phila-
delphia where she is visiting relatives.
Mrs. Arthur w. Dunn, who has been
spending the summer in the west, has re-
turned to Washington.
Mrs Daisy L. Fox, after a pleasant stay
at Colonial Beach, will return early next
week.
Miss Margaret P. HARRISON and Miss
Eliza Logan of Mtchellsburg, KY are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. HARRISON