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Show M Zm Uncle vSamFrsf A" I i 1 jmL BoquQt or HLjr 3 Draiocraiic JS I ; r ' 16 Yoars "1 I M CALL IE HOKE SMITH. I Pretty Young Daughters of - Nation's Law Makers Will I Make Their Debut Into I Washington Society This i Winter in Most Brilliant of All Capital E vents. Vncle Sam's first bouquet of I Democratic "buds" In sixteen years ! will he six pretty daughters of members of the present C ongress, They will be introduced formally J to "Washington society this Winter In a series of brilliant affairs that arc expected to eclipse any previous events In the social life of the Capital city. Not only aro theso "buds" distinguished dis-tinguished because of the notable families they represent and because of their personal charm and grace J? but also because each excels in some field of artistic or literary en-- en-- deavor, which .stamps her as a "worth while" girl. They aro repre- 1 entatlvcs of the ideal American feminity of today, the envied of tho world, as their fathers arc rep- rresentatlves of the equally envied American citizen. Pome of them e-jr- eel In literature, others in art and I still otlirrs in music. And they are the pride of Dom-ocracy Dom-ocracy which has waited sixteen KJong years for the opportunity to display the charms of its fair daughters daugh-ters and the statecraft of their fa-there. fa-there. Not since 1896. the last year of the presidency of the late Grov- er Cleveland, until today, has this opportunity been presented arid the, old party is determined lo make tho most of IL No pains v, ill he spnred Ijj to make the "coming out" affairs of theso young flowers of Democracy remembered for years to come. As Is fitting In a Democratic bouquet, the "buds" urn gathered from tho South and the West. They arc headed by Miss Genevieve ("Mark of Bowling Green, daughter of the famous Speaker of the House of Representatives. She is surrounded two other fair daughters of tho P West and three Southern belles: Miss Kern Church, daughter of Representative Church of California. Califor-nia. Miss Jeanette Kail, daughter Of Senator Fall, of New Mexico. Miss CalUe Hoke Smith, daughter f the Senator from Georgia; Miss Marion L'Engle. daughter of the Representative from Texas. Miss Clark Is the Tpica Western Girl. Miss Clark, you'.hful as she Is. already al-ready has attracted much attention In the literary field. She Is a keen student of life and possessed of a good literary style. Also she Is ambitious am-bitious She would enter the newspaper news-paper field and Is studying assiduously assidu-ously to cultivate the nrt of Journalism. Jour-nalism. She also is well posted on political questions and Issues and was her fathers "right hand man"' In his last campaign. She Is a typical Western girl, friendly and frank and none is more popular In the younger society set of tho national na-tional capita Her companions vie with her In grace and charm of manner and In talent. Miss Callle Hoke Smith Is the laughter of tho famous Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who resigned re-signed as Governor of that State In 1911 to 1111 out the unexpired term of Senator A. S. Clay, who died. Her mother was Miss Birdie Cobb, daughter of Gen. T. R Cobb, of Georgia, a belle of her day. Mis Hardy Is the daughter of Congressman Rufus Hardy of Cor-slcana, Cor-slcana, Tex., who Is serving his second sec-ond term In Congress. The fathers of tho Misses Fall. Church and L'Engle arc serving their first terms In Congress. And among these Democratic "buds" will bo a graceful Republican Repub-lican flower in the person of Miss Eleanor Knowland, daughter of l ongressman Joseph Russell Know-land Know-land of California, who is living his fifth term. Their fathers' political po-litical differences m.-,ko no difference differ-ence In their social lives, and HUle Miss Knowland and her six charming charm-ing Utile Democratic friends aro ery busily engaged, with their heads together, planning for one of the great events in a young girl's J, - life, no matter how intellectual hr proclivities her debut. Social liamc Plays Big Part. And the social "game" Is not the least important In the life of an Official at Washington, or any other seat of government Clever hostesses hos-tesses charming women who attracted at-tracted men by their Intellectual as well as social attainments ever Played on Important part in civil-lcl civil-lcl government and parlor politics Is not to be despised. Mot that theso young women are to bo expected ex-pected or expect to play this "gamo" in so far as In history records It has been played by other beautiful and accomplished women of more ma-turn ma-turn years, but still their abilities and popularity means much to their po rents. But diverging from the question of the forthcoming debut oi thi it popular "buds" history records that many of the world's greatest political politic-al schemes and intrigues wore fostered fos-tered by clever and beautiful women, wom-en, whose parlors became thfc gathering gath-ering places of powerful statesmen who disdained not to seek their advice ad-vice and help. Mme. de Stael, Mme. ,Rocaraier and our own Dolly Madison, Madi-son, can bo mentioned. A coming out ball 0r reception in official Washington life is a gala affair, the more so according to tho CFXFYIFX R HTi ARK. position occupied by the father of the debutante. In no other city in America are tho opportunities for splendor and display ?o great for nowhere else can so distinguished a company bo gathered The handsome hand-some gowns of the women vie with tho uniforms of the uaul and mili tary representatives of the United St.ites and other powers stationed In the capital and the, handsome dress costumes of tho ambassadors and ministers of other nations. Then Washington caterers and decorators naturally! because of the many entertainments given, aro PH0T0(iRAPH5 BY HARRIS &. EWING. WASHINGTON, IX C Hi j .1 LNETT ADAIR FALL most expert in their lines and compote com-pote to make each affair Just a little moro magnificent than ihe preceding preced-ing one. Just when each of the six charming "buds" forming the Democratic Dem-ocratic debutante bouquet and their equally charming lilt I - Republican sister "bud" will moke her bow to society has not been announced but with the approach of the winter SHjiHon the announcement soon Will bo forthcoming. Women Insist mi laiiiticence. The fathers of all the debutantes are of that Democratic spirit and habit that characterizes the majority major-ity of our American statesmen, but In theso affairs it Is lh wishes of tho womenfolk that rule, and all will be splendid If not magnificent. Thero will be all the bright cos tumes and decorations, l"nc niurle 'Aa and laughter and gaiety so dear to i ihe fair sex. and there will be many glj handsome and Interesting men to 'Jjr whisper gallant phrases in short. 'fflj everything that goes to make a J ' "coming out" ball or reception lln- WL gr long ' bright memory In the j lives of the pretty little debutantes. IgjE And why should It not I'oger long ; in their memories? For, as wo ffi have said, are they not the first crop Jjj ('( Democratic debutantes Ir, sixteen JK years and haven't their fond parents and their friends waited all that jK time for the opportunity to make a 5J gala occasion of the forthcoming !sl affairs? And Is It not. then, only jJJI meet and just that ihoy rhould be jRI Introduced in scenes fitting lo the ;2l realization of hope long deferred? MC The "buds" and their fond pa- JB, rents think so. .Wt SHAKING UP N. Y. TOPOGRAPHY Here's man with a working plan to put Manhattan and Brooklyn Brook-lyn on the eame Island, move New York Bay to Sandy Hook, eliminating elimi-nating that latter extremity entirely, entire-ly, add sixty to one hundred miles to the city's waterfront, and give New York filly square miles of additional ad-ditional lands, tho sale of which would wipe out both tho city and Slato stand:;. debt an this for $600.000 000, and he'd only need ten years to do It. This man Is T. Kennard Thompson, Thomp-son, consulting engineer at 60 ChurCh street, and the basic key to his entire project Is the building of n new Bast River, Mr. Thompson would pinch off this formidable artery ar-tery of navigation at Hell's Gate and shoot it down to the sea between be-tween Flushing and Jamaica bays. New .York would have on Its hands several perfectly good suspension bridges, which only cost several hundred hun-dred millions, but they aro a negligible neg-ligible quaptity, compared with the ultimate benefits to the city, one of which he declares Is a population of 10.000.000 In s few years. Mr. Thompson has been building big bridges and skyscrapers until his "say-so" Is listened to by engineers engi-neers of hlgh standing. He's a hard-headed hard-headed thinker, and while the greatest great-est solver of construction riddles merely Rasped at his project they've come dow-n to serious thought about it. Mr Thompson laid his plan before Mayor Gaynor. He confidently confident-ly expects the public will be clamoring clam-oring for hli panacea for Us sen front Ills within a few years. "I know that I will be accused of being a dreamer without an ounce of practical ense." said Mr. Thomp- fUM son. "When 1 (tret talked about fil my Ideas o men of standing 1 was ffll laughed at. But the more theso fill men think of the proposition the fljU better they like it. F have found jr that the bigger the men the more iifll they think of the proposition." The plan In brif follows: f I Build a sea wall from the Battery at j to within a mile and a quarter of !Jf Staten Islund. H Build a sea wall from the v nd of fjf I this new Battery to South Brook- JjfJ l n. WL I Bui!d a sea wall across the East I River at Hell Gate. Wl Reclaim the betl of the East ; w I River and all that part of tho bay 3p south of the present Battery and ' ffi between the propesed sea whI's and ffl Brooklyn, about ten square miles r.U In ( Construct a new East River. S00 ards wide and AO feet deep be- vH tween Flushing and Jamaica bays. Jl Fill in Sandy Hook. Build a new island between Sandy (Jjr i Hook and Coney Island. wf J Construct a tunnel between the Si J new Batter' and Staten Island. 'Be!! If carried out this scheme would M j f add fifty square miles to the area jjll 1 of the City, and nearly all of this fll new land would be In the most ,il- Jjfjl ' uable tts of the Greater City, :h . so Mr Thompson declares. He ml .J thinks that at least SL'.SOO.Ono.OOO would be added to the taxable val- iK J lies In New York from tbo new land ,W j alone. In addition to th)s the easy ml Completion of the tunnel to connect 1m! with Staten Island would Increase W the taxable alius of the BorOUgh of Richmond flvs times, or ttOB jf j $50 000.000 to $500,000,000, a net Ij j gain of $150,000,000. j |
