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Show I Washington Society Is Specializing By Constance Carruthers I By Leaser! Wire to The Tribune. , WASHINGTON, July 30. Washiug- f ton society is specializing. In this age of special activities oven tho functions of society aro not being overlooked. During tho past season ono of tho pronounced pro-nounced chaugCB from traditional procedure pro-cedure was tho segregation of tho women wom-en from tho lower house coterio and their evident intention to mako their own sphere of influence apart from, that dominated by the higher of ficialdom. The Congressional club afforded an excellent excel-lent channel for this new stream to flow, and tho entertninments given there made a new epoch in local amenities. Not only did tho real leaders of the L'ongressioual club determine to bring 4.0 their aid' all the philosoph' implied in the conservation of forces, but they also set to work to discover the hidden talent an the club for tho purposes of entertainment and general improvement. improve-ment. In Mrs, Patrick Francis Gill of St. Louis the entertainment conunitteo found an invaluable assistant. Mrs. Gill began to cultivate hor voice dur-i dur-i ing her school days at tho Yisitation convent in St. Louia, und she has continued con-tinued hor studies under tho best mas-tors mas-tors that tho Missouri metropolis afforded. af-forded. For several years after her marriago she was principal soprano in the quartotto of tho Church of St. Aloy-sius Aloy-sius in St. Louis, l "Naturally, 1 am more interested in I, music than in anything else except my 3onicstic ties," said Mrs. Gill, "and X Have always realised that of all gifts to possess, a love for music and. even a moderate degree of talent is most com-1 com-1 pensating for .yourself and confers a I greater degree of pleasure on others. "Women who havo always been I shielded from tho demands of poverty I havo prepared themselves for auv emcr- gency and believed in their ability to wrestle successfullj' with tho problem of living. Indeed, ono of the ,ioys 1 felt in living in Washington was to discover dis-cover how many useful women exist among those who are known abroad as butterflies. In tho Congressional club there are so many flno musicians, women wom-en who have mastered tho divine art after years of patient study, who havo taught and given their services to choirs and to charitable objects, man', indeed, still continue to labor for love of tho art and for good causes when the neod of earning a living has passed away. The number of lino cooks among the women in officialdom should givo new heart to the pessimists who declare that homo keeping is passing out of existence exist-ence among Amorican femininity. Many times during tho past winter a delicious supper would bo served at tho club, all tho work of tho mcmb'ers. Next winter wo intend to continue lo promote Wie culinary arts and to invito tho lawmakers law-makers of tho nation to bear witness that in their division of society, cooking is in its golden age, and is esteemed above all accomplishments." Society Is .Wondering. Society is wondering how much cro-donco cro-donco can bo put in tho report which came from London that tho engagement of Miss Kathoriuo "Elkins. daughter of Senator Elkins of West Virginia, and Lieutenant Billy Hitt, son of Congressman Congress-man Hitt of Illinois, exists. According to the vaguo information which reaches me, tho engagement; will bo announced in this eity in October. I doubt it very much, but I doubt oven moro tho latter B:irt of tho report which sa3s that tho ukc of tho Abruzzi will be present at the ceremony. It is possible that tho Italian nobleman may bo in this country coun-try in Octobor and there is no denying tho fact that tho duko and Miss El'kius were interested in each other. However, How-ever, tho prossuro brought to bear by the Italian count was sufficient to preclude pre-clude tho possibility of Miss Elkins joining the house of tho Abruzzis. Mrs. Elkins and Miss Elkins liavo been traveling abroad, as is thoir annual an-nual custom. Senator Elkins has been flitting about in a special train spending spend-ing somo timo at Hot Springs with President Pres-ident Oscar Murray of tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad, other time at Beverly and New York. Ltmdeen-Prichott Wedding. Miss Mario Lundccn and Lioutonant & E. Pritchott, TJ. S. N., will bo married mar-ried in Minneapolis August 4. Tho former for-mer has been greatly feted during her residence in San Francisco. Tho future home of the young couple will be at West Point, where Lieutenant Pritchett is an instructor. Tho wedding will take Elace at tho home of Mrs. Lundeen's rolher William Chandler Johnson, and about sixty guests will be present, including in-cluding relatives and intimato friends of tho family. Tho bride's gown will bo of whito panne cropo with a chiffon tunic embroidered in roses and trimmed with duchesso lace, and she will wear a long voil of tulle. Her sistor. Mrs. Harry Leo Steele, who, with Captain Steele, will attend from Fort Totton, N. Y., for tho occasion, will bo matron of honor, and her little daughtor, Loo Steele, is to be flower girl. The brido will aalso be attended by her cousin. Miss Hill, as bridesmaid. Miss Hill spent last winter as tho guest of Colonel and Mrs. Lundccn at the Presidio. Tho bridegroom's best man will bo Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Bradshaw, retired. Lieutenant Prichctt has a largo family connection in California, where ho is related to the McAlIistors of San Ttnfnel, and to Mrs. Newlands, wife of Senator Nowlands. Taft Again at Beverly. President Taft is onco moro back at Beverly and tho Myopia golf links aro onco more the sccuo of presidential activities. ac-tivities. It is pretty safe and certain to say that, while President Taft was at Bar Harbor, he inspected carefully the placo which may, aftor this summer, sum-mer, bo tho site of tho summer capital. The golf links at Bar Harbor aro the finest in North America. Club Man Gets Job. When Mr. F. Oden Horstmanu of tho Metropolitan, Chevy Chaso and other fashionable clubs, wont to see his physician phy-sician recently tho gravo und learned doctor niado a soarcTting examination of tho rich young society man. He might havo told Oden to go to Europo and build himself up; ho might havo sont him on a fishing trip to Bar Harbor Har-bor or the Thousand Islands; ho might havo ordered him on o hiintmg trip into tho Rockies but he didn't do any of those things. In consequence of what he did order, Mr. llorstmann has secured for himself a steady ."job. Mr. Ilorst-mann Ilorst-mann haB said good-bye to tho finely polished furnishings, tho soft carpets, the raro paintings, the whirring electric fans and other alluring paraphernalia thnt go with club life. lie is now a $3000 per annum clerk under tho district government. Tho young man, who had been suffering from that tired fooling called ennui about tho club, has accepted ac-cepted a job with the exorcise department. depart-ment. His duties are those of an inspector inspec-tor of suloons. Ho is to boo that tho provisions of Dr. Wiloy's puro food act of Juno 30, 190G, arb faithfully observed. ob-served. ' Wedding Is Announced. The marriage of Miss Rosalind Fish, j a daughter of Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, and Mr. John Cutler of Brooklin, Mass., will take placo at Garrison, N. Y., October 9. The wedding wed-ding reception will be given by Mrs. Stuyvcsant Fish at tho historic old Fish residence at Garrison. Mrs. Hamilton Fish died several years ago and Mrs. Stui'vesant Fish will be hostess at several sev-eral cntertainmonts to bo givon for Miss Fish and her fiance. Tho Fish estate belongs to Stuyvcsant Fish, ho having purchased tho interests of his brothers and sistors in the estate somo years ago. ' Hamilton Fish al60 has a country home at Garrison, over which his elder daugh- I tcr, Miss Janet Fish, presides. Personal Mention. Captain Fred W. Sladen. U. S. A will jsail from San Francisco for Manila on August 5. Cnpla'in Sladen and his fanT-ny fanT-ny arc en route for tho Pacific coast. General Miles has gono to Long Isl- j and, N. Y., for the summer.' Mrs. Champ Clark, wifo of tho minority mi-nority leader in the house, will spend J the summer at her home. Bowling Green, Mo. jj |