Show Washington II I I r t 1 scew + 1I 1 I Washington Dec 1SThe decree has gono forth that the present short season I a sea-son covering barely six weeks Is to I + be fairly glittering with gayety So I much will bo crowded Into the Inadequate Inade-quate period of time that Lent this year will Und the society devotee a I sated wearyeyed languid damsel 1 quite llllng to seek the repose of some 1 dimlylighted cloister and relax Iw fir The three Bachelors cotillions will come distractingly near together January 1 tI Jan-uary Sth 22nd and February 5th Tho 4t most momentous question now agitating I I 4 agitat-ing the minds of both mothers and I buds Is that of securing desirable partners s 5 < vJ part-ners for the latter on this occasion Contrary to general supposition the Bachelors cotillions arc not subscription 1 subscrip-tion dances but are given by a company com-pany of gentlemen who wish thus tot to-t W repay their social debts and these affairs t af-fairs are unquestionably the most select se-lect and fashionable of tho kind J to bi nip Attended The Somewhat Informal oi > 1 gnnlzatlon dates buck for thirty years und tho Bachelors are the most exclusive exclu-sive men In town The debutante who J Js not Invited to the first Bachelors cotillion and has not a partner to dance with Is Indeed a maiden all forlorn A nowadays 5 The favors on January 7th will be very smart Capt Charles McCauley H U S M C will be the leader of the r dance and his partner Miss Alice r h Roosevelt daughter of the President A Junior organization called the New Century cotillion has recently been formed which follows In the footsteps of the Bachelors It Is composed of the same class of men but younger and I is practically a Junior Bachelors This year they will give two dances In the I i1 ballroom oC the Now Wlllard t Miss Roosevelt h J as yet quite girlish l 1 girl-ish and unconscious of her exalted social so-cial position No more striking example exam-ple of her very charming nalvctte has i occurred than the Incident at a lunch tl4i con given In honor of Miss Roosevelt E by a bud of last year who IB also an old playmate of the Presidents daughter daugh-ter A cluster of girls at table weio much amused to hear Miss Alice exclaim ex-claim with much gravity I wonder if ipeonjo will really be nice to mc I vomlT It they will like mc Her h hostess replied with the spontaneity of one seasons experience Why Alice theyll have tot 19l Miss Roosevelt Is fond of very young tl men and has not yet arisen to the dozy do-zy lights of grownup dinner parties r6 fVVlillc she makes her appearance and tj ttikcs her part as becoming a Roosevelt rtji Roose-velt with characteristic frankness she recounts vis among her chlctestgriev I ances AVhy they expect me to talk H to men 30 years old f t At a recent dinner at thf1 + White hL House Senator Allison the senior Sen F ator from Iowa and Keprescntatlvo yl Jjlttauor were the only partnerlerfs gen EoC tlcmon Invited to balance the ruble at 1 which the unmarried feminine guests r were the daughter of the host und hos tsr1 Hcss and Mrs Krujrer of New York is S Ono reason of Miss Kooaevelts cx tromo fondness for the Hub where she y makes frequent visits 1M that there she may regulate her own friends und the r Harvard college men uo always hor H devoted cavaliers During her Joist vis It she absolutely refused to receive do oven the remarks of anything beyond t a sophomore c Tho first of a scries of luncheons r7J which will continue until Christmas Jn honor of Miss Roosevelt was given on the nth Tho hostess on this occasion d was Mrs Theodore A Bingham who departed from the usual custom in 4 debutantes luncheons and Invited the older belles of distinguished families Much may bo done by maids < of es tablished bclleshlp 1 to add to the pleasure pleas-ure of a young girl Just entering society I so-ciety even though she emerges from the portals of the While House Christmas Is to be celebrated In an t a extremely aulet fashion at the While House The simplicity of thc home lifer life-r of the President and his family Is very marked and while a real Christmas I spirit will abound In the sedate while mansion there will be no tree for the children and only a family dinner company com-pany will enjoy the good things dIspensed dis-pensed on Christmas day The Roosevelt children always have nn embarrassment of gifts at this season sea-son as there Is quite and extended fum fly connection Duplicated articles and surplus toys are sent to augment the celQbratlon at Oyster Bay wheie the President acts as Santa Claus He will act this year In the same capacity The RooHovelts keep up all the old Dutch customs an far na possible one of which demands that the children Shall open their little banks on Christmas Christ-mas day and give part of their savings to the poor The President und his I family have been Inthe habit formerly former-ly of going up to Oyster Bay from Washington or Albany to spend the holidays and they all contribute largely large-ly J toward the festivities held there for the school children Theodore Jr returns from Grolon where he is at u preparatory school today when the family will be complete com-plete I Mlwj Carcw Mrs Roosevelts only sister has arrived from Italy and will spend the winter In Washington but will not be permanently located at the White House to 1 The four card receptions and three state dinners at the White Housjs will be crowded Into the month of January In addition to which the dance at which Miss Roosevelt will make her formal debut will take place on January 2nd This latter will be a somewhat general company the number of guests being In proportion to the Importance of the occasion and the size of the east room I On Shrove Tuesday however February Febru-ary 11th the Closing event of the season sea-son will be a very select and exclusive cotillion and the Hat of guests will Include I In-clude only the most distinguished of society and the personal friends of the Presidents family This date besides signaling the fall of the curtain upon the principal social happenings of this year marks the eighteenth birthday of Miss Alice Rogseveltr Miss Julia Foraker youngest daugh ter of Senator and Mrs Foraker has announced her wedding day for Jan uary Sth The groomelect JH I Mr Frances King Walnwright Philadelphia Philadel-phia 1 RearAdmiral Cpomwcll and Mrs Cromwell the former being the commander com-mander of thc European squadron have issued cards for the marriage of their daughter Minna Cromwell to Ensign IsTeedhahi Lee Jones U S N who Is one oC the favored youths to have found a pleasant post on the Dolphin for the gust year Admiral I Cromwell Is coming across the seas on 1 leave to give his daughter away C v Events of a somewhat delicate and I personal character touching the mem bership of the Metropolitan club are happening In almost too rapid succes sion If the superstition hanging upon the fatal three holds good this au gust organization will ere long expe I rience another unfortunate episode The resignations of Admiral Dewey from the presidency and Speaker Hen derson from membership have occurred within a month It should be Icmem bered however that the two Instances which have ruptured the even tenor of the clUbs way are entirely dissimilar in character Although one Is us much to bo deplored us the other the cir cumstances are wholly and entirely different The governors of the club are en deavoring to appease the wrath of the Speaker and have him withdraw his resignation but it la doubtful If I they will succeed The rule violated by him was one of the strictest of the club In fuct Speaker Ilendtison would have saved his selfreaped by never having associated himself with an organiza LIon with which by reason of his early training and habits of life he is wholly uncongenial This is another striking example of political distinction minus social knowledge producing situa tion awkward for > all parties concerned ARAB rLA GUSHINGTON 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