The evening times., 1895-11-08

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years, and life seems TO hold for him the
| same charm IL has always held. 1t will
be remembered that il was Mr.. Crosby
| who, at the risk of his own lif, saved the
I life of Miss Garner, when the yacht Mo-
| hawk capsized.
Mrs. and Misses BoardnIan have spent
| the summer at Etretat, which, as every
body knows, is a charming little watering
| place on the coast of France. much affected
/ by artists In half of the fashionable
| drawing rooms of the world are little cor.
ners of this quaint old world resort painted
| by some celebrated artist. The Misses
! Boardnian thoroughly explored the coun-
try around Etretat on their wheels The ell
| mate there is delightful, the hard white
roads seem TO have been made for wheel
| ing, and these enterprising young women
| count this summer one of the most de-
| lightful and satisfactory they have ever
| spent.
This is queer world. spent the night
| with friend of mine, who lives In one OF
| the suburbs recently, and was persuaded
! by her TO attend a meeting of a literary
| circle much against my will, however, for
| the discussion Set for that evening was the
New Woman" and that subject tries my
nerves. But / was repaid by a delicious
bit of comedy, which am generous enough
| to want others to enjoy.
There is a homeiy, cruss-grained, dys-
peptic old bachelor, Mr.. Peter ChagriD,
| who lives near my friend He has good
farm and an excellent income, but he is
personally ST. repulsive that these material
advantages have never tempted any ofthe
numerous Young women whn live in the
vicinity-and he has proposed To every
one of them-tu share their lot with his.
Imagine the amusement OF these fair dam
! sells. who had not once, but many tines
given him the mitten, when this worthy
concluded some very side splitting re-
marks about the new woman" by say
| Ing: ''And now, ladies and gentlemen, you
| have doubtless, many uf you, wondered why
I, Peter Chagrin, with property and a
home to offer the woman OF my choice,
have never married. 1t is the new woman,
the new woman'-here he became very
excitsd and almost screamed-"the new
woman, 1 say, who is responsible for my
unhappy stated lonesome and unlovt4l old
bachelor" And as we walked home to-
| gether, my friend and 1, We concluded that
| the new woman was to be congratulated for
having esraped Mr.. Peter Chagrin, IL for
| nothing else.
Mr.. o. D. Kinsman and family have re-
| moved fruln Burnt Mills to their new resi-
| dence at Mount Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Summerville, of
| New Jersey avenue, will leave to-day for
Richmond. While away they will visit
| the Atlanta Exposition and other points of
| interest in the South.
| Mr.. ]. Nichols, of California is the guest
| of Mrs Washington of Twelfth street
! northwest. He will leave shortly for the
/ Atlanta Exposition.
Mrs. Jennie Thompson of No. 1929 Ninth
! street northwest, with her daughter, Maud,
! and son, Ernest, will leave for Atlanta On
| Tuesday next.
Mrs. Charles Boyd, OF Brooklyn, N. Y,
is the guest of Mrs. r. Washington, of
| Twelfth street northwest.
Cadet Claude Christman, son of Mr.. I
II. Christnian, has SO far recovered from
| his recent illness as to be able to resume
his classes at Charlotte Hall University,
Maryland.
Mrs. Dr.. Watkins, of Falls Church, has
returned to her city residence on Sixth
street northwest.
| Mr. Louis Lanhan, a recent graduate of
Lehigh University, is visiting his father,
Mr.. william Lanhan, chief engineer of
| tue Capitol.
Mr.. Philip ChristmaB, of Corcoran street,
| will rcuiain at Falls Church until De-
| Cember 1.
Miss Corinne B. Mills will leave in a few
for a ntQttl'a visit n hpr
Elizabeth Mills, of Sandy Springs, W. Va.
A wax works show will be given in the
| parish hall Of Trinity Church tonight un.
der the auspices Of the Friendly League.
Miss Addison, daughter Of Rev. DR.. Addi
son, pastor Of Trinity, will be the Mrs
| farley of the occasion and Miss Fannie
Washington will enact the rule of little
| Nell. During the performance there will
be solos by Miss Haley, soprano OF the
church, and original Compositions by Mrs.
| Harbaagh and her daughter, Miss Tessie
| on the guitar, banjo, and mandolin.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Jennifer have given
| up their summer home On tee Bladensburg
| sister of Mrs. Jennifer, Mrs. Bette E.
| Collins, at her residence On Capitol Hill.
Miss Elise Stillsou, Of East Capitol street,
gave birthday party Monday evening in
honor Of her guest, Miss Lucy Hill. of Della
ware. Among the guests were Misses Alma
and .Julette Day, of Baltimore; Miss Nellie
White, Of Burnt Mills; Miss Cora Doneison.
Miss May B. Royce, Mr.. John DuvaI. Mr..
Harry L. Metzger, Mr.. John P Paul. Mr.. I.
E. Aston and Mr.. Jack Price.
Miss Nellie B. jenkins will return to-day
| from an extended visit to friends in Mo-
| bile, Ala.
Mrs. W. F. Williams has returned TO
| the city, and is with her friends. Capt.
| and Mrs. McChesney, No. 1882 Eighth
| street northwest, forr the winter.
| Miss Lilly Allward Moss, and Hon. Joseph
| H. Sweeney were married yesterday after
| noon at O'Clock at the residence of the
brides mother. Mrs. Annie Moss, No.
| 2020 I street northwest. The pretty
drawing room was exQuisitely decorated
with palms, ferns, and white chrysanthe-
NUNS, the bay window being screened with
palms which formed q bower In which the
ceremony was solemnized. Rev. John
Chester, cousin of the bride, officiatetl.
and the music OF the wedding march was
rendered by Prof. Harry Sherman, friend
Of the family. 5
Lieut.. Wright. o. 9. A., of Fort Myer,
acted as best man, and ex-0ov. Alexander
Shepherd gave the bside away. The