Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XXXI.
A NEW ERA IN SOCIETY. President Hayes and his Wife--The Ohio Idea of Total Abstinence and its Evasion--Social Life at the White House--A New Era in Washington Society--The President's Silver Wedding--Reunion of Old Friends--Petition of ex-Senator Christiancy for a Divorce--Dissolute Young Diplomats.