New-York tribune., 1895-12-16
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
soNE OF THE CHANGES OF RESIDENCE
SENATOR NETWORKS PLANs-NEw MEMBERS OF
THE DIPLOMATIC CoRPs-Jusr1cE
FIELDS HEALTH


THE DIPLOMATIC CoRPs-Jusr1cE
FIELDS HEALTH
washington Dec Is (SpeciaD.-The capital counts
,,,;,an; additions to fits official and Incidentally
- ,.s social forces this winter in the new soma
- from Rhode Island. VINO Is likely to dispute
s.h senator Hale his claim to be considered the
pa.u Brummell of the Senate. and Senator Elkins
:, West Virginia, whose wife, a daughter OF ex-
senator Davis of Maryland, Is practically a Wash
s,stonan having spent large portion OF her life
here Mrs. Elkns is clever and interesting wom-
:, who is held in warm regard by all who know
ss, and the Elkins house. while Senator Elkins
.s-ved in President Harrison's Cabinet was n
,opilar one. Mr. Ekins has temporarily leased the
sosse formerly owned by Mrs. Fred Nav He IN
,snds soon TO build house OF ambitious propor-
tons.
senator Wetmore has leased the house Of ex-Sena-
,or Mcpherson, 50 long occupied by Senator Hale
While his in process OF erection but. under
,rba,ever occupancy. It has been known as one OF
The most hospi,able OF the official houses Mrs
Wsmore. who Is comparatively young woman OF
s-ss. distinction OF style. will undoubtedly keep I'D
TIE tradition
With the exception Of Senators Elkins Wetmore
and Burrows. the last OF whom IS neighbor OF
Justice Brewer In observation-disclosures the new Sena-
,o-s are q; hotels and boarding houses for the
present. a; least. Later the majority Of them
VIII md Il more agreeable TO have establishments
0, their own. or late years it has become more
and more the custom for Senator's since their long
term OF service makes it especially desirable for
them 10 have homes here. TO acquire property in
Washington. The role Mr. WINDOWS house p,aved
IN a campaign. with the result OF finally defeating
him for the Senate. seems to hold no warning. or
perhaps the constituencies have been educated TO
another point OF view.
Senator Hale owns one or the handsomest houses
in town. which he will have quite TO himself this
TTnfa o-ol h.
Ter have decided TO remain in Southern California
where they az present. Senator Sherman's
house is palatial structure and senator Quay's
which he built recently. is equally fine. The house
Senator Cameron bought, after he sold his more
preien;ious home 10 Mrs. y. Z. Morgan. OF New
York IS old landmark. 1t built In the early
par; Of the century by Oele Tayloe and adjoins
the site on which stood The house-recently torn
down 10 make room for an opera house-which
was the home az different times Of Mr. Seward
and Mr.. Blaine. in which the attempted assassna-
ton OF Mr.. Seward took Place. and where Mr.
Blaine died.
Senator's Morrill, and Mcmillan own handsome
houses in Vermont-ave.; Senator Cullom has bought
the house formerly belonging to Mr. Bayard Stew
arts Castle. at time known as Stewards Folly.
has a National reputation; Senator Chandler owns
house in I-st near the Mexican Legation: Sena-
tor Lodge has bought house in the fashionable
part OF the town. 10 which ne has made eX-
tensVe addition Tor the accommodation or the thOu-
sands OF volumes sent from his home in Boston;
Senators Cocllrell and Cali have bui. houses here
more than half OF the Senator's. in fact keep up ar
establishment, and nearly all Of these own the
houses they occupy.
There has been unusual number Of changes in
the Diplomatic Corps this year, and now, by the
sudden death Of Baron Thedln. who the last
TO arrive here and served only since June. Portugal
vii have a new representative in the person Of
Senior Cyrillo de Macha. who IS promoted from the
Portuguese Legation al London, where he has
been First Secretary, 10 be Minister Resident here
II Is rumored. too. that change Will take place
In the Nicaraguan Legation; that Dr. Guzman, VINO
has represented his country here since 1899, Will be
recalled and Mr.. Mayorga, at one time Secretary
of Legation here. VIII succeed him The rumor
has not Oesn confirmed, but in the event or ms
being recalled. Or. Guzman. who educated In
this country and married here has decided to re-
All the members Of the English Embassy have
returned The sturdy figure OF Sir Julian Paunce-
Pauncaf0te Is at all the fashionable functions. The
Embassy bears evidence Of a thorough cleaning and
overhauiing Painters decorators and iuTnisherss
have wrought great change in the appearance OF
the French Embassy. TOO. The exterior. when mas
a broad 'front.'; the stable, douo!e-house ana iaise
baroom-an addition 20 the original house-fac.rg
on the main street. has been painted an agreeable
has rather French air, while the interior, under
Mime Petenotres capable direction bears on niue sbe
went as a bride. Since their return from Europe.
and Nine Paten6tre have remained at Cinourn'
the home Of Mr. Elverson. Nine. PatenOtres rather;
(reOrgetOWn
situated suburban place about town.
The Spanish Minister has given up the house 80
long occupied by the Spanish Legation. and has
taken a long lease OF the Tiffany house in Connecu-
t-ave which s a modern house IN a more
fashionable part Of the town than his former home
This new arrangement should put at rest the rumor
which has been more or less widely circulated maj
Senior Dupuy de LONE in dsfavor with MS
home Government, because Of his inability TO make
better terms IN the settlement of the Mora claim
and 20 prevent hlibusterng expeditions from beihg
fitted out and would shortly be recalled.
Proceedings concerning Mr. Bayard in the House
and Senator Cu.lom's interesting speech on the
Monroe Doctrine IN the Senate have attracted more
than the usual number Of visitors to the Capiio!'
and the galleries have been filed with fashionable
people. Il IS a matter Of frequent comment ina,
the members of the Diplomatic Corps have ap-
parently 50 little interest In the doings OF Con-
gress The galleries reserved for their use are
rare.y occupied even on special occasions. A. the
opening OF the Senate. Tor instance, Baron ketuer'
Of the German Legation and SenoT Dominguez
the Charge dAfaires from Argentina We're lhe
ONLY members Of the Corps who We're present
The two oc;ogenarans az the Capitoi. senator
Morrill, and Justice Field, are IN unusuA.iy goou
health this winter. Justice Field who has cyl
ienty benefited BY his forty-ninth trip across the
plains last summer was the centre OF attraction at
Mrs Condit-Smlth's the other day. and he BIDS
fair have a longer term or service lHah an! ol
his predecessors on the Oench