New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13
STORIES OF THE PERIOD
,,xc EPISODES IN WASHINGTON
SOCIETY.
.c,n QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
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COME PARIS FASHIONS.
,no women In public lie in wash
The tri1s " nth the official receptions OF the
"'e. From the first Oh go. -, -
I.'odnesday there Is a" y, Tho wives of rnblic
W. zinc and patience OF III. VIZ y. p,1,
on the u'.'c "S .assful In the place she Is called
men. 10 NC 'ws, possess unfaing good-nature
TO fill. a w0hia' "s ntberwise with as many gifts as
az - cave Pandora. lHe'e a.. "'' 49,.
the ho- ..eone who attend 'he Caoii'el ieoep1 ,'
+or, curiosity expect Sooah,e eossin II thew feel
neglected. -scent receptions appeared an
At one Va " womar. notebook in hand ana win
enerseu Of grim determination OH "e' ia'e
that eNp' - the professional tourist one Oh 'he
peculiar IN asked with gracious courtesy II
ladies receNs cun O. tea NO. indeed" said
she wou' .,e notebook: II amt here for that
the dame Then seeing amused and inquirng
ppsio, OH the face Of her wouiu-oe ehter'ane''
eApssoa "You see. I'm dom the pariors' 'he
S res and the ladies' cio'hes INV o"' "ne"
pic'a "a 90 10 the dning-room may take
nhis" !. you're still agreeable. You see
cup % conhdentally. Il promised TO write
r,r,s at home all about what see IN Washing
.on and so I'm takin notes
'o. story Is discounted by that OF young
.,oman who. when she was receiving d. 'ne houss
=, the Secretaries, asked guest II she couId
OF one " =, tea for her NO." said the woman.
- 40. I'M, would be much obliged FOR a chop.
rao .,,rit in which an aged gentleman asked lot
-, trut was quite different one. i ooh o'ihA
' '. ..,a no 10 the bewitching bud behind the
,ova, THE fact is. I'm Jest eat up WIN oyspep
90. nu, IA he much obliged If you'd get me ouncn
:, va1aSa grapes; they agree with me spiendid
"a. g. 10, an infrequent thing for provincial! guests
-, Gov the recipe for a cake or salad they md on
a.. ,,be clever woman In one OF the FORMER
Can,rs,s KEEP, number Of recipes copied from
~a,,ahls cookbook which she dispensed with iioerai
go In fact there is no end to the absurd and
,n,nertlnent demands made by people who imagine
49, because man Is in public life. they are privi-
,d "a make themselves especially obnoxious TO
rim and his family Just after breakfast the Gay
alter her weekly reception the vile OF senator re-
ceived the card OF woman unknown 10 her On
going downstairs she was much amused 10 discover
that her early caller had come Tor Inc pattern oi
sba paris gown the hostess had worn the day be-
fore.
Al small dinner the other day, the "crumpled
rose leaves" Of fashionable people came up uhoer
discussion and various cases were cited Tor sym
na,bv and criticism What would you have done
IN sucb a case as this?" exclaimed one fair dame
81 have a set of a dozen doilies that were sent 10
,ra ne a wedding present, and which were the prize
exhibit from the Kensington Royal schooI VI
Needework at the last French Exposition. lhey
are simply exquisite. but fragile that use them
only on the grandest occasions. Not long ago one
of the chief magnaes of the country was dining
with us; he is a man who Is famous In both hemi-
spheres and whom l naturally dehgh'ed 10
honor. So a number of people were invited 10 meet
him and / brought out my most cherished posses
slons and. among other things. my precious
doilies When dessert was brought on saw 10
my horror. that he had not removed his dolly with
his finger bowl and that he was about 10 deposit
a liberal helping Of chocolate cream right on 'he
delicate bit of embroidery. which. OF course wou'd
be completely ruined! Now. what ought 10 nave
done? OF course the heroic method would have been
20 let him put 1t on. and say nothing about II; but
must confess was not equal TO the occasion. Wna'
did do was say, suayely, i am AFRAID GEAR
Mr.. - that that green may be poisonous hit-
1ng the dolly from his plate as spoke thought
al the time had managed 1t quite cleVeriy' out
afterward realized how silly 1t must have sounded
Bur what else could have said that would have
saved my dolly and yet would not have savored OF
correction to his savolr faire?
81 had rather a dsagreeabe experience not long
ago" said a prominent "matriarch" There Is
certain young whom ] have reason TO par
ticularly dislike and whom l have ceased lot
some time to invite 10 my house The other day
] sent an invitation for one OF the Assemblies 10
Mrs. X. and also to her son and her daughter
] did not go to the ball myself for some reason
but afterward the secretary sent me note 10 say
that the name on one OF my tickets OF admission
had evidently been erased. and another supst'-
tuted in its place and inclosed was the suspected
card wherein found the name of my bette noir IN
place OF that Of young Mr.. X. the latter having
evidently been erased with knife
Now Mrs X. undoubtedly quite ig-
porant that dsliked that particular young man.
and he very probably had no idea that the willy
mamma had taken that method 10 secure partner
for the cotilon for her daughter. Now. what
ought to do? Ignore the matter altogether, or
take some means OF letting both Mrs. ~ ana the
young man know that have discovered the tres
4 was
was benefited therebyT
A third story that OF a pretty young woman
who asked for advice. Tell me whether ought
20 confess this to Mrs. A. or not" she said 70 the
others "a few weeks ago Mabel and I sent for
some parquet seats for the matinee at the
Metropolitan Opera House. and later on had tickets
sent to us for her box by Mrs. A. for the same
afternoon Naturally preferring the box. ana De-
ing OF a frugal mind. we sent our tickets 10 De
eod Fancy conservation however when' on
arriving at the opera house. found that hao
kept the wrong envelope. and that the only places
we could lay claim to our original seats IN the
parouet while In Mrs. AS box were seated two
gaudily dressed ladies' together with friend OF
ours who could see was much surprised 10 ma
herself in such strange company! was IL not
dreadful? Fortunately. Mrs. A. was not there
herself and have reason believe that she never
heard of my blunder. But what want 10 know
now ,s do YOU think am bound to tell her? 1t
would only vax her. and would do no good. l
think"
In this city lives a young matron who has shown
herself to be the happy possessor OF unusual execu
tive ability In her earlier years she was one OF
fortunes favorites and gave little thought to any
thing save the sometimes plzzling problem OF now
best to enjoy herself. She married man OF
wealth and II was not until she had long been
wife that the emergency arose which decided her to
venture into business life
What can I do TO make some money!" was the !
sll-important question 10 this inexperienced. un-
trained woman of society. who had hitherto given |
but little thought 10 the amount of money she