Evening star., 1895-10-19
The Wheel is Now the Social Factor
Of the Day.
BABY MARIAN and Her MOTHER
Gossip Of People of Whom Every
One Has Heard.
SOME OF THE FALL BRIDES

prefers to spend the autumn here. stroll
through the West End not only shows that
three-fourths of the fashionables have not
turned their faces this way yet, but also
proves that the majority of the other quar-
ter simply live on the wheel and wonder,
in the name of all that is useful, how they
ever managed to get along without some
such diversion all their lives. Some So
ciety youngsters who were 50 bruised and
battered after half dozen tumbles that
they began to think learning to ride was
not such tremendous fun after all, were
inspired with renewed courage the other
day, when Mrs. Stewart announced her
determination to take up riding again.
Mrs. Stewart has suffered greatly from
several accidents, but they have not dimin-
ished her courage and the lesson has
not been lost on more timid young people
of her acquaintance. Mrs. Carlisle, wife
of the Secretary of the Treasury, began,
few days ago, to learn to ride, and while
her first lesson and first fall were almost
simultaneous events, she is persevering
and is determined to conquer the silent
steed in just as short a time as possible.
Her instructors say she is an apt pupil
Socially nothing is happening nor will
till the latter part of the month, when
some festivities surrounding several we'd
dingS ere expected to occur. The single
exception in home entertainment was the
tea on Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Lo-
gan's home. Calumet Place. 1t brought to-
gether the present social strength OF the
capital Gen. Miles, who is the lien of the
moment, certainly can find no fault with
the success of his first social appearance,
nor can any one else Mrs. Logan's parties
are eminently sociable gatherings, and this
was particularly SO. only tinged by the re-
sret that her lovely home is about to be
closed for six months, while she travels
for that length of time in southern Europe
and the Holy Land. AS a starter TO the
social doings of the early season, the tea
was a great success.
This impulse was quickene1 and strength
ened by the ovation rendered Gen. Miles
by the Army aE1 Navy Club on Thursday
night. 1t was big event, if only a stag
party, but 1t was only the frs, of the many
which will welcome the general and his
family to the capital. Mrs. Miles is not
expec ted back from New York. where She
is experimenting the removal of her house
hold gods to this city, for ten days so,
but as their home, corner of Goth and G
streets. is being made ready Cor them. their
domestic affairs will soon be in smooth run
ming order.
Mrs Cleveland and her baby girls are 60
ing to enjoy another country outing. as
after the return of the presidential party
from Atlanta the White House family will
60 out to Woodley and remain there until
Congress meets. The country around the
suburban home of the President is robed in
glowing colors just at present, and Mrs
Cleveland has such fondness for the place
that she much prefers it to living in town.
The children spent nearly all the hours of
sunshine in the White House grounds since
they came back, and with the strangers
they met We're most friendly and chatty.
Ruth and Baby Marian look like Their
mother, and Esther. who has gone into his
tory as the White House baby. resembles
the Cleveland side of the family She has
SO many OF the Presidents ways and little
tricks of manner, and is so energetic and
anxious to wait on everybody, that the
President calls her his little working wo-
man Both the girls make great progress
songs and verses and scrip;ural passages
IheY are sturdy, strong children, and are
more plainly dressed, possibly than any
Gther two girls in the neighborhood of the
Executive Mansion.
Excepting some informal visiting and an
occasional guest at luncheon and dinner
Mrs. Cleveland, like many less distin-
gulshed hostesses, will enjoy the quiet and
cain OF the autumnal season, and will
make no effort to show herself to the CAV
world OF society or officialdom till the real
winter sets in. 1t is very pretty sight
and an illustration of womanly as well as
republican simplicity. to see Mrs. Cleveland
driving around these fire days in a phae-
ton, with Baby Marian cuddled up in her
arms. and unattended by either nurses or
servants, except the coachman. The day
when Presidents and wives drove out be-
hind four horses in full state and panoply
has passed. President and Mrs. Cleveland
use the phaeton more frequently than any
other carriage in their stable, and very
The good people of Atlanta will regret that
Mrs. Cleveland will not be with the Presi-
dent next week at the exposition, but the
baby's claims to her mothers almost undi-
vided attention are paramount.
The two new families in the cabinet circle
will start fresh spell of activity in that
direction. 1t would be hard to find a lady
better fitted to adorn her position than Mrs
Harmon, wife of the Attorney General.
The Harmons have taken delight
ed, but lever occupied. by Mrs. Fred May
of California 1t is well furnished and has
sunny outlook over Franklin Park. Mrs
Harmon is not overfond of drawing room
effects. and when visitor drops in the
hostess leads the way to the little library
adjoining, where, both in the cavernous
depths of big arm chairs drawn up near
the log fire on the hearth, conversation is
likely to take on a friendliness, which Mrs
Harmon thinks would hardly be possible In
an empire drawing room.
Her acquaintance here a few weeks ago
We're very limited, but that will not last
long. She had not met Mrs. Cleveland
until this week, and has yet met but
a few of the cabinet ladies' owing to the
long distances separating them since the
appointment of the Attorney General The
Harmon family circle includes three daugh-
ters The eldest, who is only twenty-five,
is the wife of Mr. Edmund Wright of Phil
adelphia and will be here for a visit the
coming winter. She is the proud mother of
the only boy in the family, the Attorney
Generals first grandson who is now about
seven months old. Miss Harmon, who is
very prepossessing young lady, is almost
debutante, as last winter she went out 10
parties for the first time in Cincinnati. Miss
Margery Harmon, the youngest member of
the family, is in school here.
The family will undoubtedly entertain
throl ghout the winter considerably. If
there is one structure which Mrs. Harmon
likes better than another in this city it IS
the Washington monument. She says *
fascinates her completely. and she has
made it study while taking her afternoon
drives to look out for points where it was
not possible to get a glimpse of it. So far
she has not found many.
Mrs. Wilson. wife of the Postmaster Gen
eral, has lived in Washington during her
husbands congre ssional terms, but she is
almost stranger to the great body of so
cety folks. Her health has never been
vigorous enough to permit her to do much
outside of her own household, even if her
tastes had not been that way. She does
not care for the gay doings of the great
world as she is devoted to reading and do
mestic life. The Postmaster General bought
a house or Q street last summer. and Mrs.
Wilson, since fer return from their sum-
mer home at Charlestown, has been occu-
pied with getting it in order for occupancy
Miss Wilson will be an invaluable assistant
to her mother, and will virtually take her
y,lo Dof1 lnIi is rn1 will