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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 4: (search)
sed the ceremonies of that day. Going to the White House, upon invitation of Mr. Buchanan, we watched with admiration the President, with all the dignity natural to him, and Miss Lane, with graciousness unsurpassed by any of her predecessors or successors, receive the official calls. The Diplomatic Corps, Cabinet, Supreme Court, Congress, and the whole list of officials then, as now, paid their respects to the President on that day. The music of the Marine Band, under the direction of Professor Scala; the gay uniforms and decorations of the foreigners, our army and navy, and the beautiful toilets of the ladies made an impression upon me that can never be effaced. My ideas of democratic, simplicity fled precipitately, and I stood aghast fancying no imperial court could rival our republican government in ostentatious display. While Washington was not the city it is to-day in population and improvement, there were aristocratic and pretentious people who made the most of such occasion
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 9: (search)
widened so seriously that it was evident that the last days of Mr. Johnson's administration were to be full of friction and unpleasantness between himself and his party. As if in sympathy with the political situation, January 1, 1869, was one of the gloomiest of days; a cold rain fell all the night before and continued during New Year's Day. Every preparation, however, had been made for the reception at the White House. The Marine Band, under the leadership of the well-remembered Professor Scala, was in its accustomed place. The President, his daughters, Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Patterson, and Miss Cohen, of Tennessee, assisted by one or two of the ladies of the cabinet, received the callers. Secretary Seward presented the Diplomatic Corps and their ladies, all of whom appeared in regal costume; the gentlemen were in full court dress, wearing all their orders. Stately Sir Edward Thornton and gracious Lady Thornton led the column in which followed M. Bethemy, the French minister;
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 11: (search)
s or daughters, who, not wishing to be outdone in expressing their appreciation of the occasion, had worn their most beautiful costumes, many carrying magnificent furs. The mantels of all the reception-rooms, the red, blue, green, and east rooms, were banked with most gorgeous flowers, while palms and pots of flowering plants were distributed in every available spot. The brilliant lights of the crystal chandeliers made it a veritable fairy scene. The well-known Marine Band, led by Professor Scala, with their red coats and blue trousers heavily trimmed with gold lace, played in the corridor and added much to the gayety. President Grant was most democratic in his manner, and had given instructions that none who came to pay their respects should be excluded from the White House. Consequently, an hour after the programme had been finished along line of citizens and visitors, two abreast, passed through the White House, halting only long enough to speak to President Grant. It
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Index (search)
sate, Pablo, II, 167. Saratoga, II, 78. Satolli, II, 245. Saturday Morning Club, I, 342-44, 353; II, 73, 157, 226, 227. Savage, M. J., II, 222. Savage, W. F., II, 273. Savoy, House of, II, 277. Saye and Sele, Lord, I, 133. Scala, Cane Grande della, II, 26. Scala, Cane Signoria della, II, 26. Schelling, Ernest, II, 367, 368, 373. Schelling, F. W. J. von, I, 196. Schenectady, I, 377; II, 162. Schenskowkhan, II, 17. Scherb, Mr., I, 142. Schiller, J. C. Scala, Cane Signoria della, II, 26. Schelling, Ernest, II, 367, 368, 373. Schelling, F. W. J. von, I, 196. Schenectady, I, 377; II, 162. Schenskowkhan, II, 17. Scherb, Mr., I, 142. Schiller, J. C. F. von, II, 20, 169. Schlesinger, Mrs., Barthold, II, 277. Schlesinger, Sebastian, II, 171. Schliemann, Heinrich, II, 5, 43. Schliemann, Mrs., II, 5, 7, 44. Schubert, Franz, II, 20, 71, 157. Schurz, Miss, II, 65. Schwalbach, II, 172, 173. Scotland, I, 88, 91, 92; II, 71, 166. Scott, Virginia, II, 249. Scott, Walter, I, 13, 91. Scott, Winfield, II, 249. Sears, Mrs. M., II, 210. Seattle, II, 133. Seeley, J. R., I, 313, 314; II, 6. Sembrich, Marcella, I
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 7: (search)
in Turin, in the confidence and favor of the King of Savoy. The son, to whom I was presented, is nearly forty I should think, and converses remarkably well, with taste and wit. He was formerly grand almoner to the court,—a place, I suspect, to which his religion did not promote him; and, though he seems to have been no friend to the French usurpation, he abhors Austria, and has refused all offers to come into the government. He carried me immediately to his box in the great theatre Della Scala; for here everybody goes every evening to the play, and what society there is . . . . is at this great exchange and lounge. October 7.—The Marquis de Breme, whose kindness has been such that he has hardly left me an unoccupied hour since I have been in the city, proposed to me last evening, if I would stay to-day, to show me some curious things in the environs, that strangers are not generally permitted to see. This morning, therefore, we set off with a little party he had collected, cons
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Dante. (search)
decree is dated December 11, 1316. Foscolo places it in 1316, Troya early in 1317, and both may be right, as the year began March 25. Whatever the date of Dante's visit to Voltaire's great Khan Voltaire's blunder has been made part of a serious theory by Mons. E. Aroux, who gravely assures us that, during the Middle Ages, Tartar was only a cryptonym by which heretics knew each other, and adds: Il n'y a done pas trop à s'etonner des noms bizarres de Mastino et de Cane donnes d ces Della Scala. (Dante, heretique, revolutionnaire, et socialiste, Paris, 1854, pp. 118-120.) of Verona, or the length of his stay with him, may have been, it is certain that he was in Ravenna in 1320, and that, on his return thither from an embassy to Venice (concerning which a curious letter, forged probably by Doni, is extant), he died on September 14, 1321 (13th, according to others). He was buried at Ravenna under a monument built by his friend, Guido Novello. If no monument at all was built by Gui
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Liar taken up. (search)
A Liar taken up. --Officers Scala and Perrin arrested yesterday a trifling white man named John Wilkinson, for offending against the Bible injunction not to bear false witness against another.
The Daily Dispatch: January 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
se, which attracted the attention of every one, and whose fragrance filled the rooms. A few moments before eleven o'clock, the President entered the east room, escorting Mrs. Dennison, the wife of Postmaster-General Dennison, followed by Mrs. Lincoln, upon the arm of Governor Morgan. Shortly afterwards the President and Mrs. Lincoln retired, but the visitors seemed unwilling to depart, and it was some time before the house was cleared. The Marine band, under the leadership of Professor Scala, was stationed in one of the ante- rooms, and performed, as usual, delicious music throughout the evening. The rule of decorum (sometimes violated) of leaving hats, overcoats, cloaks, furs and bonnets in the places provided for them, was generally observed last night. This is as it should be. The receptions at the White House for the season have been brilliantly inaugurated, and the scene last night was exceedingly attractive. Affairs in New York. A letter from New Y