The evening times., 1897-02-03
WEST END GOSSIP

1t is pleasant to read that Hon. Lemuel
Ely Quigg, member from New York, is
having mild and agreeable whirl of it in
society this winter. Some persons Gas
well as some wspapers) have made fun OF
Mr.. Quigg in the past, but this is all
wrong. He is very clever writer, and
strong in debate, as many of the ladies
know; and his wit and vivacity in society
are even more conspicuous Congressman
Quigg is not large man, but he is digni-
fled and graceful. AS his experience has
given him wide diversity OF interests and
affairs in New York, as W ell as Washington,
he may be said to be truly cosmopolitan
He is very good company at dinner, and
later in the season il is said to be the in
tention To have him sing.
We do not read so much about the social
| functions (or, perhaps, that ought to be
written functions, simply of the John r.
McLeans. or course, they have, as usual,
plenty of money, but they seem to be
quieter than usual. Did you know that
John R. Mclean has a fine, small boy,
several fine, small children, In fact, but a
| boy, particularly? 1t is an old story,
| but one day this youngster, who had evil
dentlyinvited two boys of the neighborhood
into his back yeard, was heard setting up
q great screaming. His proud but alarmed
| father FASTENED to the window There
| before him was one of the neighboring
| boys, who, it ought to be said, was larger
than the Mclean youngstcr holding his
small host on the ground and pounding him
vigorously. This the proud and alarmed
father very much objected to.
Don't 1 hire two men to look after that
youngster?' he asked, land where are they
now? Why don't they nee to him? And
why does he get away from them?'
IL is not hard to believe if you have seen
Mr.. Mclean in the midst of a hilarious
social group, that he was once-away back
in his yoUth-a devotee OF the bah game,
one of the most noted devotees, in fact, in
the W hole West.
IL is fine that fair number of our rich
residents, sometimes in official circles
and sometimes out of theIa, should take
up now aud then gifted girl, who is
perhaps able to sing, or is obliged to work
and isn't ashamed to do writing. In the
first case the girl is likely to be found
to possess rare gifts, and perhaps her
wealthy friends are good enough to send
her abroad. Hardly one OF us but has
known it done. The rich honor themselves
by doing this thing. Thenit is good and
a proper thing that the same fine kind of
girl, whose circumstances have been re-
duced, should have an opportunity to earn
a living helping her patron with her social
duties. And often in case like this the
wealthy iS hRupfIfp1. N = isn't
honored, more than she lima gines. A gifted
young woman is almost certain to have been
well born and brought up, and that cannot
always be said OF some who have happened |
to be most prominent in Washington.
Mr.. John Drew, the actor. was one OF the |
guests at the musical evening Of the Brices. /
Surely he must have been lion there, how
ever many other lions may have been pres |
ent. Here is another gentleman; and If |
one may jadge by the appearances OF things
in many a cast of characters al the play,
the stage is not overburdeDed with gentle
men and ladies, born and bred. Mr.. Drew
is very engaging socially, and while, OF
course, all OF the notables were present at
the Brices and attracted the usual amount
Of attention, they were not so striking as
the actor. 1t seemed little novel to the
girls, you know They all enjoyed it very
much.
The case Of very beautiful Washington
young woman who has no. vet married has
always interested some of US very much.
She is tall and altogether lovely; beautiful,
many say, with her-weli. never mind, what |
kind of a complexion it is. She received
several years ago the attentions OF a very
Washington young man. MEM
ber of the resident set, so called In some
he seemed desirable possibility,
but he was rather unused to the ways of
girls, and suddenly got notion
n his head thai the young woman in ques
ion was really setting her cap for him,
which, let me say, is a thing which every
yirl does at some time or other and ought
10 do, whenever it seems. O n mature thought,
% be thoroughly desirable. But this fright
med the young man. He thought that a
mamma and a daughter had designs upon
lis fortune, and it was all over with them
soon after that.
1t NAV he that Col. Archie Butt, WHO
-epresents one of the Louisville news
papers, at the Capital, is not known so far
and wide in Washington society as sew
raj OF our Ward McAnisterS are, but heis
me of the handsomest young men in town,
nevertheless. He is of Southern origin,
probably, and his suave and quiet man.
lers would seem TO indicate this. He was
senator Ransom's confidential secretary
t the Mexican capital once upon time,
md doubtless he has been to Europe. All
f this travel a added TO his natural urbanity,
las helped to ma Ike him positive delight;
md really, there is one Washington girl ,
Of never mind what set, she mustn't be
dentifiedl who finds her dear little heart |