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Show f ROUND THE CAPITAL 1 I Information nnd Gossip Picked Up Here I 1 and There In WnshlniJIrin. I Snssi ww p ii i miBiiiw 111 mi mi rrrrf" Prospects for Social Season Are Bright WASHINGTON. Again the tldo of society ban turned. It is no longer whero to go, but when to return. re-turn. Society has had Its fling, and a merry ono It has been, despite all that has been said to tho contrary, and now the more serious considerations considera-tions of home life come to the front. With the summer's gnyctics In Par Harbor and Newport now only a memory, the fashlonnblo set Ib of various vari-ous minds as to whero to spend tho next month. Virginia Hot Springs holds out a beckoning hand to those who have revelled In tho summer's dissipations. Hut In WnslilriRton the curtain has been rutiR up nnd tho Btnge set for the coming season by tho arrival of the president and Mrs. Hoosevclt, and the raising of questions which necessitate necessi-tate the return of the olllclal family, as the cabinet Is called. Tho opening of tho winter season Is In the dim fu ture, but with the Whlto House opened many of the embassies will follow suit. Wnshlnglon is a great gathering place for conventions, especially In the autumn, nnd this year the season opened with tho Tuberculosis congress, con-gress, which brought together distinguished distin-guished men from nil parts of tho world, many of them with their wives and other feminine kin. This made necessary a reception or two and many luncheons nnd dinners, and theso started tho ball rolling. Although tho ball may slow up when the delegates depart for their Kngllsh, French, Gorman, Gor-man, or other homes, It will bo kept going on tho way toward the new year nnd a new administration. Meantime, thoro will be the official opening of the Whlto House, with a reception re-ception for congress and tho Introduction Introduc-tion of Miss Ethel Hoosevelt Into society. so-ciety. Miss HooBcvelt Is planning to havo n Btrcam of young house guests and all tho "cousins" will tako turns nt Joining In tho entertainments, official of-ficial nnd otherwise. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth will chaperon her Bister on most occasions, relieved by hor uncle, Admiral William S. Cowles, who filled the same genial ofllco for Mrs. Long-worth Long-worth whon sho made her debut. |