The Washington times., 1895-03-09
SOCIAL SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

Society came near having congestive
chill, followed by bad attack of nervous
prostration early in the week, all because
OF case OF mistaken identity. 1t came
about when the dwellers in the fashionable
strongholds received cards announcing
! that, as they supposed, one of society's
elect had opened wine store on F street.
The cards were sent out very generally.
II was the evident intention OF the sender
to make no invidious distraction in the
matter. and so when one of the smart set,
with CONSERVATION painted on her counte-
nance, rushed 10 her nearest and dearest
friend to confide the awful secret that the
man whom they knew and had known for
| years as one of the bowling sw ellis had
really gone and done for hims elf by setting
up in business as wine merchant, she
found that friend almost in state of col
lapse from the same cause.
She did not bring the news, for the
Ubiquitous cards of the newly-fledged wine
merchant had preceded her. She did not
even bring consolation, for she could not
tell that il was all a CHASTITY mistake, and
! IL was too far off in the calendar for the
matter to be view ed in the light of an April
! fool episode SO the two dears could only
remain together and bolster each other up
by discussing the pros and cons OF the sit
| uation which at every turn appeared to
reveal greater complications.
| The burning question of the moment was
whether or not they should then and there
ostracise the young man from further in
! termingling with the uppermost cerulean
strata of society, or should they utterly
/ crush him by advocating his new business
enterprise in society and patroniZing him
until he felt life TO have lost it's snap and
go. The question was too weighty TO be
| hastily answered or without due consulta-
ton with their friends generally.
Accordingly the dears set out upon tn cir
! Lenten pilgrimage and made the rounds
| only 10 find everywhere that the cards OF
/ the embryo wine seller had preceded
! them. The amount of talk exhausted upon
the mOmentous question If taken in bulk
/ would have rivaled the exciting debates
I OF the closing hours of Congress and forever
settled the veXed currency question.
As il was, filtering from so many
4 sources, il accomplished nothing until some
bright girl with her wits about her sug-
gested that before coming TO any final de-
cision in the matter. and to make assurance
! doubly sure, a deputation visit the wine
store IN question and see if the new pro
| prietor was really their own Tom"
This was accordingly done, and il is safe
| 10 say that numerous cases of hysterical
dementia were thus averted by the prosaic
discovery that the new " inc merchant whose
cards society had received was some other
wOman's Tom, doubtless, but certainly
not their cherished one
Gen. Felix Agnus and the Misses Agnus
were entertained at luncheon yesterday by
Mrs Sturges. mother Of Mrs. BiSsell, at the
! residence of the ex-Postmaster General
in this city. Gen. and the Misses Agnus
came over from Baltimore on one of the
morning trains for this purpose, and re-
turned late in the afternoon after a most
delightful day spent with their friends
Mrs. Qualtrough has left the Richmond
and is at present visiting her sister Mrs.
Mann, at the latter's home, on G near Twen-
tieth street. Later in the spring Mrs.
Qualtrough viii go to Newport for a visit
to her sister, the wife Of Lieut.. Harrison,
OF the Navy.
Miss Gale has issued invitations for a
card party on the evening OF Thursday, the
l4th instant.
Mr. Laurie Benet has returned to Paris
after visit TO his mother in this city.
Senator and Mrs Manderson are
spending ten days in New York, after which
they viii go TO their home in Omaha, where
they have fine collection of Indian relics. |
These things, gathered during the past |
dozen or more years, would prove valuable |
addition to one of the national museums of |
the country, and il is likely that VIII finally |
be their destination.
Senator and Mrs Vest are going to Florida |
They viii leave in day or two upon their |
Southern trip.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of Colonial |
III. -
F. L. Ourand, No. 934 / street northwest, |
last evening. The object of the entertain |
ment was TO clear up debt against Union |
Chapel, the only place of religious worship |
at Colonial Beach, and about two hundred |
of the summer residents of the river resort |
listened 10 the short but delightful pro- |
gramme.
The affair opened with an overture, piano |
and mandolin, by Misses Bessie and Ida |
Renshaw, who responded TO an enthusiastic |
encore. Miss Mary T. Lloyd of the Unity |
Club then recited and was followed by |
Mrs DR.. Neely, with ballad. After a |
recitation by Mr.. Frank Channon, and a |
song by Mr. Harry Murdock, little Fannie |
and Margie 0urand ELECTED much praise |
by a delightful rendition of You Can't |
Play in My Backyard 2" Miss Annie
Ourand contributed a piano solo, and was |
followed by Mr. c q. Childs, in aneXhibition |
of the working of the phonograph. The |
party then adjourned to the dining room, |
where delightful luncheon was served
Some of those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. |
Childs, of Boston; Miss Nellie Sands, of |
Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Merton Smith, Miss Dora Marshal, |
Alr. and Mrs. Riggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Chancey, !
Mr. and Miss Henderson, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. |
Hammond, Mrs GensleE, Mrs. Yost, Mr.. |
Lamb and family, Mrs. Nicely, Mrs. Rem
shaw and daughter, Mr.. George Buck, DR.. |
and Mrs. Chaplin. Mrs. Annie Ourand, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Samuel 0urand, Mr. and Mrs |
Charles ourand, Miss Campbell, Mr. and |
Miss F isher, Mr.. and Mrs. Myers, and Mr.. |
Frank Daniels.