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Show ! (lljfj I Southern Girls in the Gallery of j ' jH-?r I ' Beauty at the National Capital IR vt"l 'I - S l.i V ! i Special to The Tribune. J I H tt A.SHINGTON', D. C, May ". fljt'-Uj- lJ Senator Blackburn is among ! ? 1 ';! jt I .. y f those who are not hastening to lj' ' ( ; ' , , depart from this city of dear j M j v1 ; tlelislits with the closing or ConerosH. .. 3 I.I j j, -The Swiator enjoys his co.y home on 3 i I Nlnelewnlli street, enriched by so many 5-.; ' tj'i I beautiful objects of. art, many of them I1 J woddlng presents to him and his hand- f ' ' lij Ill some wife, .Mrs. Blackburn is a woman I . " j., ' t ' of classic regularity of feature and win- i Ml' ft. lng presence, one of the distinctly pop- jl IflM;. ular of Washington hostesses. The I i( I; J light of the Blackburn household is the P '!,(! .woo granddaughter. Thereat; Blackburn j ' -I )(' Lone tin? Senator's most intimate " j . -chum. Mias Therese. a kindergarten f1 p!f . V-oshman. with fascinating tyranny ', : ,!i ? over her. adorer, claims "Daddy's- os- , . j '!'' slstunce every night In "getting" her .1 I I-, .' lessons. Tho Blackburns will spend the j ij y . , summer at their home In Kentucky, i 1 1 i j ; ",. ; ' A blank will be felt In social life by ' (3 , ' the departure of the bevy of pretty vj i( ,' '' ' Southern girls who have been such hap- ' 'j ,; ' ' py factors for six months. Notable fimong these arc the three lovely ' , ; ' : 'daugh'ters of Representative Sam B. i - cooper of Texas. Misses Margaret, Wll- , l; "He and Bird Cooper, who may trace '! i some of their charm to their Bluegrass , .J ancestry, their father being a native of j Caldwell county, Kentucky. 1 Miss Gudger, daughter of the Repre- i ' sentatlve from Ashcvlllc, N. C, black- " ' eyed, sparkling and petite, an intimate friend of the Misses Cooper, has been a reigning belle all season. At the Rlggs also, as popular as Miss Gudger, arc the two charming daughters daugh-ters of Representative William Richardson Rich-ardson of Huntsvllle, Ala. The Misses Richardson, who have entertained frequently fre-quently tills .season, are exceptionally gracious hostesses. At the Ebbltt, pretty MJsa Florence Holt oX North Carolina, recently back from a long European sojourn, Is one of the'chlfi and mucji sought after girls of Washington. Miss Stephens, daughter of the Representative from Vernon, Tex., is a young woman of dignity and grace. Congressional Tennessee boasts a brilliant bril-liant Quota in Mies Jennie Brqwnslow, a charming girl and export fencer; Miss Elizabeth Padgett, a stately beauty, senior se-nior nt Fairmount Institute, and the trio of lovely blonde daughters of Hon. Thelus W. Sims. Kentucky Is proudly represented In that brace of handsome young women. Misses Virginia Gooch and Mary Gilbert. These, with Miss Latimer, daughter of the South Carolina Caro-lina Senator, so soon to become a bride, complcto the Southern roster of Congressional Con-gressional girls. Charming among the Congressional brides Is Irs. Malcolm Patterson of Tennessee, whose resemblance to Mrs. Chauncey Depcw is a matter of wide-, comment. A Prlnoe and Princess from Bavaria, with full and unsurpassed chorus, have given titf a Bample of themselves this week, ere they Journey to St, Louis. The "mllllonalrcum" of Washington bowed down and worshiped. There's a fresh consignment of royalty every few days nothing stale or shop-worn In our stock. The "Friend and Foe" bazar Of Countess Casslni, In "Rod Cross' aid, was a drizzly, draggly affair, tinctured with crown heads. Everybody was drear and damp and grass-stained. The Misses Southerland from Kentucky sold things strenuously and wore two of the most attractive girls in the cast" spelling" spell-ing" and drumming up custom with fine fervor. The Prince de Beam put In a hard afternoon's work in metaphotlc shirt sleeves. Mrs. Walsh presided In a bower of American Beauties guarded by peacock. Tea was $10 a cup, if you wanted It that bad. To you and me it was 25 cents. The social dignitaries among the patrdns of the bazar, .desiring .desir-ing to be strictly non-partisan, Russla-Japanesely Russla-Japanesely sppaklnd discreetly hedged, in their contributions. Whenever they backed Russia with a 5C0 donation to the bazar they'd nulllify It by backing the Japs with S50 to Minister Tit kali Ira for his suffering soldiere, Miss Anne Washington of Wessyngton, Tonn.. was one of Countess Casslnl's most efficient assistants. Luter she was a gueet at a beautiful dinner given by Prince de Beam. Greeted with gladness were the Hon. Joseph E. Washington and family upon thfclr return to Washington, brief us It has been. No family has been more missed from society ail season, when their home on Connecticut avenue was occupied by the John 13, Hendersons, Jr. Miss Anno Washington, the elder of the two daughters of the house, who spent a part of the season in Louisville, made her debut in Washington A year ago with great eclat. She Inherits distinction dis-tinction and grace, from her beautiful young mother, as well as an exquisite .tasto in dress. v Mrs. Oscar Turner of Tonopah, Nov., has been a recent guest of Mrs. Clarence Dunn Van Duzer., One recent Celestial visitant. Prince Pu Lun Tse, presented Mrs Roosevelt with a carved lacnucr Jewel cabinet, two rolls of brocaded satin packed In a silken box, an antique bronze Jar of great value and a rare porcelain vase. Mrs. Hny and Mrfl. John W. Foster were also remembered Jjy the Prince. Representative Burton h. French of Idaho, the youngest man In Congress, wa one of the Judges this week of iho society debate of the Columbian unj-vex'slty. unj-vex'slty. The qnestlon decided was, "That free trade between the United States and the Philippines would be detrimental to the United States.'' Among the debaters were L E. Wllley of Utah, O, 11. Woods of Wyoming. O. C.' Carpenter of South Dakota, C. L. Marine of Nebraska. o .T.II. Malone of Denver le at the Raleigh. Ra-leigh. Senator Warren anil daughter of Womlng and Representative and Mrs. R. W. Bonyrigc of Colorado" were guests at Mrs. Roosevelt's last lea. i Mrs. William E. Riddle of Colorado Springs, en route from New York to visit her sister in Washington, met with a serious accident, which keeps ( her confined to her bed here. ... At the recent national conference of the Florence Crlttenton missions. In hcsslor. here. Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, wife of the Senator from Idaho, and president presi-dent of the National Women's Council, was scheduled to read a paper upon "Motherhood as a Means of Regeneration." Regenera-tion." Mrs. Dubois Is active and efficient effi-cient in philanthropic works of all kinds. . Mr. G. Pray Smith, a leading miner of Nevada, has been a recent guest at the Arlington. Mr. Smith suya that his State Is experiencing a remarkable revival re-vival of prosperity, which, he predict?, will double Its present population within with-in two years. Some of the richest strikes, he avers, have occurred in Nevada, Ne-vada, which he believes will become one of the strongest gold-producing centers of the country. DAISY FITZHUGH AYRES. ' |
