The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
comE WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
LADY MIMIC, WIFE OF CANA
r,,s GOVERNOR GENERAL, WAS
ANNOYED.

io side of the HOuse-Refer-
..nce 10 the author of the Heaven
.,, case"-Other Matters of Gem
eraI Interest.
,rasbington, D. c., March SO-The most
IA guest of the week at the National
conital is the Countess of Mimic wife Of
| o.nsda.s Governor General. She is
- r.rresentative of the British nobility,
l...,nssslv well-bred from that exalted
ole of vision, and evidently new to
,.,orican ways. In spite of the iron-clad
1r,nassiveness of countenance carefully
.'.4,.otad nv her class from their era
Hss The Countess could not quite con-
..,l all traces of surprise at some things
Tho saw and heard in our so-called best
-ooiety." one Washington matron IN
Dar,iclIar who stands near the head OF
orr Iocal 4OO-by reason of great wealth,
occurred by her husband in the rise OF
nis,rict real estate-actually startled
5.adv Mimic into change of expression
chat hetokened the plebian emotion OF
.rrovance. The matron in question, VINO
g said TO be of Irish descent, seems to
cherish an especial spite against our
cousins across the water and carried
sentative chip on her satin shoulder
rrberever she approached Lady Mimic
Around the festive board of dinner par
+se whence none could escape, she per-
te+ed in talking of the war in AFRICA,
svrlpathizing with the Beers, propheSy-
mo weu-merited defeat for British arms
rdiculing that old woman in her dot
ace" the Queen, and bringing the blush
IN more than English cheeks by her eX-
c4esive bad manners. Had she peeh OF
Tho other sex, she would have had trou-
Me- an her hands before now; and it is
ssfa 70 say that in spite of her wealth
and magnificent toilettes, certain doors
mill benceforth be closed to her social
career. Lady Mimic was entertained dur.
sno her stay by continuous round OF
dinner parties and other functions, begin
ming with an elegant dinner OF forty COW
ers AT the British embassy on Monday
evening Senator Wolcott gave dlnher III
ber honor. and Tuesday accompanied the
Iadv 10 the White House, for a call upon
president and Mrs. Mckinley. Senator
zyolooif is the owner of one of the half
5o7an or so private automobiles In Wash
ington. and the trip to the Executive
Mansion and afterward to the Capltol
was made in the horseless carriage. Ac-
companying the Senator and Lady Mimic
were Mrs. Drummond and two gentlemen
If the Earl of N1nto's staff. Later they
were Joined by Senator Lodge, and the
marty partook of an informal lunch in
the Senate cafe.
ut is all so delightfully."- queer don't you
know" said Lady Mimic.
Secretary and Mrs. Gage are also among
the few enthusiastic automobiles OF the
National Capital. Although they have not
vet gone in for any great social func-
tions they have already acquired the rep
utation Of being strictly up-to-date IN
their small and quiet entertainments.
few evenings ago they gave box party
at the theater, followed by dainty sup
per. the party being conveyed from point
to point in automobiles. Among the
guests were two of President Mckinney
uieces Miss Mary Barber and MISS Mapel
Mckinley, and former President Garheld
DAUGHTER Mrs. Molly Stanley-Brown.
Society is rejoicing in the prospect OF
grand ball in the White House, immediate
h after Easter. 1t has been many years
since such an event occurred-not since
the DAYS of the Grants, 1 believe when
there were many young people IN the
mansion Two or three informal dane
ing-partes have been given to the visit
Ing nieces during the present regime-but
by the name of balls. The one IN pros
poet is a part of the festivities attending
Miss Mabel McKinley's betrothal and, OF
course DR.. Baer, her fiancee, will be
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bromley returned
last week from their wedding journey
and are now visiting Mrs Bromley's par
ents. Lord and Lady Pauncefote. They
Mill England
about the middle of April. 1t does seem
a little hard for the parents of bride
doesn't it? when the beloved daughter
Of the house, the central and most cher
ished figure in it for the twenty or more
years of her life, having met and married
comparative stranger, comes back from
brief bridal tour as only a guest in her
old home? 1t is the way of the world,
You know, and henceforth for her "home'
is with the husbands family rather than
her own
Fashion is again in penitential garb for
the next three weeks, after having cast
aside her sack-cloth for the German Am
bassadors' Mi-Careme ban. His Excel
iency's original plan was to give the ball
during the hight of the gay season, some
weeks before Lent began; but just as the
date had been arranged. the Emperor's
mother died and the Embassy had to go
INTO official mourning. The belated fes-
uviiy was the most brilliant mid-Lent
dance ever given at the National Capital,
eW guests attending the reception and
coJliion.
senator and Mrs. Hanna entertained ct
dinner of twenty covers on Monday
evening, in honor of DR.. Blaunc of Paris.
Mrs. Charles Emory Smith. wife of the
postmaster General Is spending few
weeks at Atlantic City.
AIRS. Root wife Of the Secretary of War,
visiting in New York city
MIS-. Stanley Mathews, widow of the
ste Associate Justice of the Supreme
,,,oort with her sister, Miss Addison
Mi.cheh, Will sail for Europe in June.
,M AIRS. T. Dewitt Talmage has been very
~! Tor several weeks, with Ia grippe ana
nS otter complications. She is now con-
.s''scent and will sail for Europe with
",i Two daughters, early IN April
"r' frank +. Stockton, the author, with
,.a "iIe is spending this week in Wash
3-,s''n' His home is ia Charleston, w,
non Don NJ Dickinson, who was post
"'s'er general in the Cleveland cabinet,
a. "eie IN connection with a case before
e supreme Court. In few notable
,S Father Time seems strangely dis
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