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Show 1 1 THE SOCIAL SWIM AT WASHINGTON. 1i&,jjlChaunccy M Depsw the Grand Dame and Social Lead-:ELT Lead-:ELT M er at National Capital. Jyar.ESPONDkNcn tribune. 2D mkgz&u, D. C. Feb. 9. There's- a met Eistf scrimmage of guyly-dressed ioFOC Vr lhe Wnole ace oC nature, iljvstjr a'lenioon from 1 until C the -Tiueone brilliant swirl, a mad-tthRt mad-tthRt tileldoscope. Smart carriages of vJnjcxlble breed dart in every fash-llOQgy fash-llOQgy Action Inden with fluffy fem-Wt;Ti fem-Wt;Ti Tfaerii's a flutter of white boas lijferjlng victoria, a flash of ermine HEftjBlrrfis from landau or coupe. The J'a?lde' WiUl heads bcnl over --lum and visiting list, push 3 Jro"i palace to palace. The f-nSo!K i at its clilnax' It,s a "'.V calls you perpetrate In one the greater your eclat. If you 'MB- Htf smarL thing, you poke your Sciivmn each drawing-room Just long jm. "Hello!" or Its polite 'x$)mf then you buzz off to the iKk'8 D10re calling to the MB- "it ln Washington during the bTWCf ."''n anywhere else in the -r or three months the whole v! Th.v.pl)pu,atlon' 1111(1 evcn those m,,,rna,ble. are on foot or on ll6 afternoons. iANfltH' nowhere Is the dressing 'feSiBnt and sensational. Foot-bl Foot-bl r"ci? on the curbstone await---ti;.?in "'ase- door the return LBASk J?.U9 ady 10 ncr seat inside, 1 I? ,rrel kla or mlnk robe on. Jinm?ut the ,n'nJest chiffon or rjlj?' cvn with six inches of ffctmitint 0Ulld- There are no 4 "Mffi an!" more. Hats are a iSmtirft'iu t0Si of summer rose- i JJ are Hflca for the gor-SKw, gor-SKw, crlriiion velvet with :'cr. wiFyZ atlr hats all shaded pop--MlH n m.edlaeval splendors in "iiZw ermines and -rWtthi3 SUES,nl circles her W ?hltron Bwn with a f?,e5k,.n lined 'l"1 ermine. tWkAul "d. there with diamonds. iteplu3?5 "ndCr a idle Jffi Russian sable over his !2rKi5?,t,n Ptcoat8 below. $WXl at everybody's "at WP Vf '? !, e moalah districts Is a --dBfe!n? ; card?0 PaPr that lmtlers SES?3&Mcl'- ,n a sroat measure. RlS?r ih.!oc,cty affonls thc Stf Uvto 10 thc curious and -iWt ,!eiw?ud "ave no en-133 en-133 Thb nKrt tim,d 011,1 obscure tdBi laio L r wa" whout com-Ttitimt- Wivr.rr. Pr"encc chamber of ,8 ' Cabinet ofllcer or 'AfPm? ws w,tn duchess or EBtef ,V "btter.s-iu" are a riSnof n Jhc: reception day of L U'Rt!LP,Wncnt eslate. They S V n ,llllnk oi a word to say rt&in together look-1S look-1S &L aLr0mi0U8,y- tt.'onS; Upo,n her fllst- re--WL Piatt ri?rsda-- was Mrs. . 'Vv ,.,l PWtlly Pleads ITH- JmbJ truant almost down in Aiken, with. the Senator and her twenty-two-year-old daughter. "My daughter everybody insists we are sisters" she laugh.v, ' is quite broken down ln health. She was preparing herself to take a deaconess's orders; she had her heart set on it. But she found it loo much for her strength hence her sojourn In Aiken." Mrs. Piatt, looking cjulte fifty years the junior of her tottering bridegroom, who was gallantly assisting her ln doing the honors, but from a snug sofa generallywas gener-allywas very handsome in silvery loui-slne, loui-slne, with exquisite white lace and pearls. The large drawing-room of her private suite, thc- largest at the Arlington, Arling-ton, was profusely enriched in yellow Jonquils and while and purple hothouse lilacs. A beautiful girl in a white Gainesborough hat and a French frock of palest pink gauze, poured champagne punch. The aged Senator and his fresh, peachy-looking bride are verr much In the gay whirl since their return. They are giving a series of dinners themselves, them-selves, and otherwise dispensing hospitalities. hospi-talities. The other veteran Senator with a youthful bride. Mr. Stewart sp counts obscurity that hS& address does not even appear in the Congressional Directory. However, his housemates at the Shore-ham Shore-ham declare thero Is no bllthesomer couple ln the land than Senator and Mrs. Stewart of Nevada and Georgia, "She's a mighty flno woman," exclaimed ex-claimed the rubicund bridegroom the other day, exuberantly, to a Kentucky friend "mighty line woman." V Mrs. Depew's first at home, too, since her eme-rgement from mourning for her husband's brother was thronged both with the expected and the unexpected. The Senatorial bridegroom of two years another choice exhibit to the public, draped himself accommodatingly over the scene, using his telephone, drinking chocolate in his splendid Gothic dining-room, dining-room, the richest and most ornate apartment in Washington, and passing the time o' day debonairly with all who came his way. Mrs Depcw was Indifferent, Indiffer-ent, and blase, but infinitely thc grand c dame, in a Paris gown of white lace, Mrs. Depew Is said to have remarked that the diplomatic element here Is all that saves Washington society from utter ut-ter boredom. Her perfect French, with foreign attaches, is a joy to thc ears. H Dainty little Mrs. Dewey always finds her parlors taxed to their utmost limit on her Infrequent Mondays. Mrs. Dewey's Dew-ey's health is too frail to admit of her being an Inveterate hostess. She puts her whole soul into her welcome of you, does the Admiral's cordial, piquant little wife. Then she turns you over to thc genial Admiral with the Injunction, "Now tee that she has a good time, my dear." And "my deal-" does his part like the gallant pallor that he is. The Deweys have had their honse "done over" this season. Thc Admiral Jocosely says he never know a where to And anything now his wife hao always put It somewhere else. The front drawing-room Is "papered" ln pale green brocaded satin. Virginal narcissus blooms In tall crystal make the scene fragrant. Two rooms beyond, where a Chinese servant in Chinese togs provides pro-vides you with tea or chocolate, the walls are glorious in crimson brocade Mrs. Dewey is wont to receive you ln Continued on pasc 2S.J wns the scene of a notable gathering of society last week, when ho and Mrs. Dopew I (Continued from page 17) white satin, hi a little room, silk paneled, pan-eled, between the two. There are a portrait por-trait of the Admiral and of his wife, 1 tooth by Chartran, in the front drawing-"room, drawing-"room, and signed photographs, framed, of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The curious peer with interest at the many mementos fo the Admiral's career ca-reer scattered about, at the exploded bomb In a fragment of the Olympia, the powder-stained flag, the giant silver loving cup made of individual dimes, the monster silver books as largo as tea tables, containing testimonials, news- ! paper clippings, etc. The Admiral looks younger and fresher fresh-er than any of his pictures. Adolescence seems gaining upon him with the months. The Deweys are a picturesquely picturesque-ly devotdd couple. 1 tt e The celebration of Colorado day will be one of the most conspicuous events of the thirty-sixth annunl convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association, now in session. Among the speakers will be ex-Gov. Alva Adams of Colorado, Hon. T. K. Stevens of Denver, Mrs. Helen Loring Greenfell of Denver, State Superintendent of Public Instruction: In-struction: Mrs. Mary Bradford Brighton, Brigh-ton, president of the State Federation of Clubs, Mrs. Helen Belford of Denver, i. Mrs. Ellis Meredith, a prominent jour- nallst of Denver; Mrs. Katherlne Cork of Denver, Mm Isabella Churchill of I Greeley, Mrs. Minerva Welch of Denver. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will accord a reception to the delegates at 2-30 Monday afternoon at the White i House Miss Clnra Barton will receive them at her own home upon the same 1ay. Headquarters of the organization are at the Shoreham. o rj Mrs. Heyburn, the attractive bride of the Senator from Idaho, received on i Friday afternoon with. Mrs. Waiter Fairfield, corner M and Connecticut avenue. Senator and Mrs. Heyburn were among the guests at the Congressional Congres-sional reception at the White House, as were also Senator and Mrs. Dubois. Senator Sen-ator Warren and daughter. Senator and Mrs. Kearns, Senator Smoot and Representative Rep-resentative and Mrs. Howell. 4 Mrs. Teller, wife of the Senator, whose home Is at the Riggs house, has discontinued discon-tinued her Thursday receptions for the season, owing to the death of her brother and her own 111 health. Mrs. Dubois gave the last of a series of delightful afternoons on Thursday at her attractive home on R street. She was assisted by a bevy of bright and well-gowned young women. Miss Lenore Sigmund of Denver, who is the guest In Washington of Mrs. Ncw-meyer, Ncw-meyer, receives with her hostess every Friday afternoon at H07 Eleventh street. a The Austro-Hungarian' Embassador and Baroness Hengelmuller entertained this week a brilliant dinner company at the embassy, which included Senator and Mrs. Kearns and Mr. and Mrs Walsh. o Senator and Mrs. Kearns were entertained enter-tained this week by the French Embassador Embas-sador and Mme. Jussarand at the French legation, with Archbishop Ireland Ire-land among the guests. Mr. John E. Deely'of Salt Lake is at the Raleigh, as is also E. S. Clark of Prescott, Ariz., and Charles M. Williams Wil-liams of Colorado Springs. CI Mr. W. J. Murphy of Phoenix, Ariz , has been a recent, guest at the Raleigh He is a celebrated canal builder. o Mr. William Fremont Parker of Denver Den-ver Is at the New Willard. DAISY FITZHUGH AYRES. |
