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Show gas I Society at the National Capital Wl l Wl ASIIINGTON, D. C. April 1C itSt ' WW SlranSers constitute the only f y permanent population of Vash- Mington. The town Is bursting I&fc with dpl?satIons and conventions and j$ ! things, and Monday the D. A. K.'s are J'i turned on, with the Colonial Dames, ?Jjf ' two weeks later. jpjij ; Of that delightful assortment of pen-i pen-i : pushing people belonging to the "Pc-TiS;' "Pc-TiS;' rlodlcal Publishers Association of i ; ! America," who came down from New OS J ' York to meet the worth-whiles of 3M- ' aslilngton at a banquet at tho New itil' r iWillard, a number are still tarrying. Among tha notables whom social and literary Washington were delighted to !) receive were F. Hopklnton Smith, Hamilton W. Mabie. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, as captivating with tongue 03 trlth pen, Mr. Honr;'- "Walsh of "Smart Set," Irving Bachellcr, Owen Vister, John Luther Long, Vance Thompson, Howard Pyle, Oliver Herford, Edward Bok. Col. "W. D. Mann. Ernest Seton Thomson, Senator Blackburn, John Sharp Williams, etc. The menu-cards I at the banquet were in the shape of miniature magazines. j Another Interesting literary visitor to Washington of late has been "Kate Carew" of the New York "World, the woman who maketj grotesque illustrations illustra-tions for her own spicy Interviews. Miss Carew was at the capltol several times, impaling the celebrities on the point of her pencil. She Is a handsome iwoman of fine physique and many pood clothes, especially effective in Ivory broadcloth with a big black hat. Idlss Carew in everyday life is Mrs. Chambers, living In quiet domesticity in a little Hat in New York, with an adoring husband half her size. VB At an after-the-play supper at the JSf "Waldorf-Astoria the other night all ?Zk Rood "Washingtonians have to seek a riwk racer occasionally In New York three piquante groups of professional tB l,cople chanced to be seated at con-niiK con-niiK ''BUous tables. There was ''Kate Ca-fllfilB Ca-fllfilB mv" and ller "usbanil. There was lno1 Barrymore, the gracefully awk-"ward, awk-"ward, with her velvet voice and her iiUmW ctnerous length of slender young limbs, 'n "ho is as truly Ethel Barrymoru in SflF th.e midst of her "Cousin Kate" aa "oiJm 1 !il liscU8lnff salad after an eve-i-im- "lnsH work. Her stage ways are her n ,5iS rcallfways. There was tho magnetic, 0 Sm ?,ubUe creature Forbes P.obcrtson, with "" tgedy of his "Hamlet" and his wonderful Dick lleldar of Kipling, per--IW rnanently In his pallid, forceful face. . ;W ,, ,s. weya8 with him. Gertrude El-!," El-!," almit-eu likeness of her sister, ,jilhe J',w1,ant iaxlne. She trailed rich Bl!5renate8anco laces on the floor behind Rer' 1Ter hllt was 1Ucf' the fluffy white ! Wi lace parasol to a baby carriage with Hk au Infnntll(i bme bow In front The -4 AT actor, evidently an "absent-minded 0m. blBar," detaching himself from a mail -y 1 jp-1, haL detalneU llini spun time at ' 'p. the door of the dining-room, while his wife near by was gossiping with a woman friend, stalked In alono to the center of tho room, oblivious of the faux pas until his ladles laughingly cried out to him to halt for them. Out at Bennlngs the folk that set the social pace have been dallying with the ponies enthusiastically.- Miss Alice Roosevelt's devotion to the sport, not altogether with the paternal approbation, approba-tion, has given it, for the last meeting or so, particular eclat. She places her money debonairly according to her girlish caprice, laughing tips to scorn. She usually wins out. too. Miss Roosevelt and her guest, Miss Sears, of Boston, in smart gowns of dark blue silk, were attractive figurea on the clubhouse lawn this week, as were also the Countess Cassinl and the beautiful Mrs. James G. Blaine of marital Infelicity, the latter a study In pale gTay, Miss Louise Jones, Senator and Mrs. Blackburn, Sonator Bailey and scores of others of distinction, especially es-pecially in the Congressional world. Tho House of Representatives on any blithesome afternoon seems more than half transplanted out to Bennlngs. South Trlmblo of Kentucky has a race horse named in honor of him, a.s has also Representative Longworth of Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. Steeple chases for hunters, with gentlemen jockeys in the saddle from the pick of Wasington swelldom, are brilliantly patronized events. The women save their most bewildering raiment for these occasions, waving and applauding husbands, brothers, sweethearts sweet-hearts actual or potential, In unrestrained unre-strained exuberance. A number of tho members of the diplomatic corps, crack cross-country riders, take part in the sport. ei Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page have just returned to Washington, after a winter in California. Mrs. Preston Gibson of Chicago and pretty baby that shows its blue grass ancestry, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Page. t if n Mrs. Clarence Dunn Van Duzer, the beautiful young wife of tho Congress-anan-at-large from Nevada, gave her last reception of the season this week, at her home on I street, assisted by several friends. The far Western States were cordially represented among the guests. Mrs, Van Duzer wore a rich toilet of white lace. Open-fires Open-fires glowed on tho hoar thy of all the larger rooms. There was punch in a grape-wreathed crystal bowl, and many other pleasant things. The brilliant young Nevada Representative, when he was secretary to tho present Senator Newlauds when he succeeded In the House, several years ago, In Washington, Washing-ton, wooed and won the piquant Kentucky Ken-tucky beauty who was visiting here, Miss Nella Dane- Webster, of Cynthi-ana. Cynthi-ana. o Prominent social factors all season havo been Judge John F. Wilson, the handsome Delegate from Arizona, and 1 his clever wife, who havo been donil-elled'At donil-elled'At the ililbbjt JLra WiJ(cua'js.rtea J have been well attended. She has beauh tlful jewels and gems. Mrs. Wilson rc -turned to her distant home the first ctf the week. She is enthusiastic over th v health-giving and youth-preservln.p properties of the climate of her pai t of the country. a Mr. G. B. Aekcrman of Reno, Nov., has been stopping at the New Willard this week. He is of the opinion that his is the one State that possesses an ideal climate a climate, he says, "in which a man has a perennial four-ycar-Vild feeling." Nevada is now coming to the front, Mr. Aekcrman claims, I with the richest producing mines ever luiown, and, with Governmental aid. to irrigation, he believes It will rank with the most prosperous of Its sisters. 4 An interesting wedding of the week in Washington was that of a son of Edwin Hlgglns, a former Governor of Utah, Mr. Edwin Hlgglns, Jr., to Miss DGllzabeth Senior of Washington. Mr. Hlggins now makes his home in Bristol, Bris-tol, Tenn., where he took his bride im- mediately after the ceremony. I Q It V J. M. Tanner and Heber Grant of Salt Lake arc in Washington. J. K. Turner and C. Boutler of Denver Den-ver are at tho Now Willard. J. Geogbegan of Salt Lake City Is a guest at the Raleigh. DAISY FITZITUGH AYRES. |