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Show f- MRS. DEWEY OSTRACISED. Mrs. Dewey is certainly (having a very unpleasant social season. Whatever What-ever she does seems to be accepted as the wrong thing. She either lacks tact, or if thoroughly misunderstood. Washington society started in in an antagonistic mood ,and is surely giving giv-ing the first lady of the navy an exciting excit-ing social run. The trouble began, of course, over the transfer of the house. The wipe dames of the capital cap-ital solemnly observed that she "was responsible for permitting her (husband (hus-band to make the mistake he did. Then caime the army and navy reception recep-tion at the White House. Mrs. Dewey got out of her place and went to the head of the column with Secretary L-ong or somebody else, which placed her out of petition for this event. Cruel tongues at once suid that she did this purpesoly to avoid the. test which would determine whether sne or Mrs. Miles was entitled to precedence. Later on. at the last moment, the admiral s-t-nt hia regret? to f.he president for a dinner, on account of the sudden indisposition indis-position cf his wife. Again the wagging tongucyi said she learned where she was to sit, and did not like the place. She is holding her receptions at the home of her mother, instead of at the home of her husband, and gossip f5ays ehe docs this through spite. Why society should be so ill-natured toward go charming a lady is certainly j inexplicable to the outsider, but it eer- tainly is true. She evidently labors un- j der religious disadvantages. i |