Splendor and gaiety of official society in Washington
Inside Look at life in the capital shows two landmarks the Washington Monument and the Capitol dome. The article surveys social life, government departments, and top hosts, noting Washington's elite circles led by the Whitneys and the President's circle, with shifts expected as a new administration takes power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington Monument
Capitol
Ion
Fort Myer
Georgetown Heights
Oie Asylum
Virginia
Maryland
Executive Mansion
War
State, Navy
Treasury Departments
Washington
Boston
New York
Stock Exchange
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Savvaonah
Charleston
Army and Navy
Senate
House
Department
Army
Navy
Whitneys
Capital Society
Cleveland
White House
Whitney
Harrison
Durin
South
Vilas
Bayard
Lamar
Garland
8Ue
Sureme
House of Sentatives
Spofford
Government Printing Office
Cebu
Tam
Edowd Nga
Erary Orsuits
Nateral
Law
National Library
Library of Congress
Uhl
Shellabarger
Max Weyl
America
Daisy Mate Oy Cox
York
Troesdell
Paris
National Academy of Fine Arts
National University
Cabinet Day and Society Circles in Early American Power Elite
The piece describes the social hierarchy among political elites, noting mothers preferring army or navy sons, Cabinet Day as the week’s top social event, and the rising barrier to entry for those not bred into fashionable circles. It contrasts earlier access for clerks with today’s rigid class distinctions and prolonged social scrutiny.
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Army
Navy
Bar
Church
Cabinet Circle
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Gota
Carrs
Lord Smith
Count Jones
Lebanon
Genoa
Rome
Washington Society Life and Civil Service Salaries explored
The piece surveys Washington society spotlighting grand receptions and palace pageantry alongside a critical look at the civil service. It details salaries from the President to clerks, the hidden labor of cleaning women, and debates over women in the service, with portraits of notable writers and artists in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stock Exchange
Grand Bazaar
Congress
House of National
Supreme Court
Forum
United States
Art League
Heaton
Andrews
Corcoran Gallery
Waite
Webb
Holmes
Gill
Moser
Tiers
Correa
Germany
Portraus
The Plan of the City of Washington
The text explains that Washington’s grid seems simple with numbered and lettered streets but is confusing due to four sections split by North Capitol East Capitol and South Capitol and the Mall. It notes streets cross two sections while others cross different ones, creating complex navigation across the city.
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Potomisco
Anacostia
Capitol
Dupont Circle
London
Genoa
Washington
City of
North Capitol
East Capitol
South Capitol
Sreets
Yales
The Future of the National Capital
The article extols Washington as the world’s prettiest city with wide streets tree lined avenues and surrounding rivers. It praises varied architecture and picturesque suburbs while noting growing demolition of older shanties and hovels for larger mansions and improved blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Washington
Ita
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Fortune
St. Peter's
St. Peter’s
Mr. Blaine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Lows Circle
Inter
Hall of Statuary
Sumner
Brooks
Pension Office
Veterans OF the War
Navy Yard
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Agricultural Department
Horticultural
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Kensington Museum
Medical Museum
Guitean
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Signal Office
Asti
Mount Vernon
Fort Washin
Bay of
Wi Gton
I. Social Life
Oie
Senator Palmer
Mem Congress
Ecomoreas Yranet
William L. Scott
Official Life In
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Pang
Ine Baphy
Dari
Sessison
Civil Service
Om Ae
Edward Bellamy
Bureau
Gaparteent
Elv
Garret
Smallarwr
Isbor
Morton
Court of St. James
St. Petersburg
United States Congress
Justece Fuller
Classified Service
Pr Nt
Departments
Mint
Life Saving Service
First
Treasury
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Inter-State
Commerce
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Internal Revenue
Marine Eee
Senator Don Cameron
Washington Society
E. D. E. N. Southworth
Dahlgren
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ve Peciannte
Or Medley
Darlington
Pennsylvania
Creek
Ellesley Coll
Lord Fauntleroy
Gail Hamilton
Blaine
Dodge
George Bancroft
Washin
Incis
Simi
Elapand Apy
Sab Ross
Lean T. Murrey
The
Dispatch
George Kennan
Russia
Windom
Charles Poe
Owers
Perry
Croffa
Coon
Progress OF Art
Oyster Wharf
Mrs. Whitney
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