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Show la these days of telephone messages' and. vjrbal lactations. One heard frequently fre-quently of "Informal. Invitations." but most people agree there can be no informal entertaining of or by the chief c-xecutho aud family. Hence Miss Spiers will find her hourly care necessary to Insure Mr?. Taft alwajs being at home to receive the call of the wile of an' arabH3iador or minister minis-ter or possibly some other notable visitor who may be calling by appointment. appoint-ment. Also she will bo the responsible party in making the appointments. In answering all preliminary questions regarding the same, and in keeping Mrs. Tafr Informed as to who wishes to call and in giving out information on social affairs to the representatives representa-tives of the press. Miss Hagner formerly had a regular regu-lar hour for s-lng the newspaper women at tho White house, a custom inaugurated by Mr. Cortelyou. and extremely useful to both the society writer, and the secretary. Miss Blcch however, prefers giving this, information informa-tion by telephone, which will probably bt.t the method employed by Miss Spiers. The latter, like the present s"cretary. is described as an accomplished accom-plished linqulst, but has learned her French and German entirely in American Am-erican schools and largely "in North Carolina. From Navy Deoartment. The fact of Mias Spiers being detailed de-tailed from the navy department for thirty days from March 27. when she takes up her new duties, is not regarded regard-ed as reflecting on her ability to discharge dis-charge the same, but suggestive of Mrs. Tnft's early departure from Washington, when, following tho precedent pre-cedent of last seasou. she will not take her secre-tary with her. Should the proposed arrangement proe satisfactory sat-isfactory Miss Spiers will bo transferred trans-ferred to the executive roof before the opening of the social season next 1 autumn at a salary of M.400 per year, as paid her predecessors. Miss Blech, who resigns to become j the bride of Lieut Richard Waln-v.rlght Waln-v.rlght Jr., IT. S. N , will continue with Mrs. Tuft until March 23, her marriage mar-riage to take place In April. Miaa Spiers, like Miss Blech. is a young woman of pleasing appearance, but a Monde, till and slender. She has a large circle of 'riendi In the southern contingent of resident .society, and during her Washington career has lived tit a fashionable boarding house ou Massachusetts avenue She is extremely populer with her fellow-boarders, and also with her fellow fel-low clerks in the navy department, as shown by the sincere congratulations that have been brought forth by the announcement of her selection for this much-coveted place. A onng woman secretary in the White house staff is not an innovation innova-tion of the last administration, as commonly supposed. The description of Miss Hagnor as the first social secretary of the White house is as accurate as that of the megaphone or-atorr or-atorr who point out the statue of the great John Marshall as that of tho first chief justice of the United States. During the Harrison administration ft brilliant woman from Indiana. Miss Alice Sanger, filled this role, but occupied oc-cupied a desk in the private office of the then secretary to the president, Major HaJford. and not. iu the resi-(1 resi-(1 ... . ,. ,.- f)lo House. The social aspect of tho admtnis-tr.. admtnis-tr.. . a, a.uio.uu quite as powerful twenty years ago as today, found less notice in the public prints, which possibly pos-sibly accounts for tho absence of Miss Sanger's biography from the social history of the capital. New York Times. MRS. TAFT'S HAS NEW SECRETARY With the resignation of Miss Alice Blech of Ohio from the executive staff at the While bouse the position of private secretary to Mrs. Taft will pass to another interesting young woman. Miss Mary Dandridge Spiers, a Virginian by birth, but accredited to North Carolina In the records of the navy department, where for several sev-eral years she has filled a clerical position. When Miss Blech succeeded to the title, desk and salary enjoyed by Miss Isabella Hagner under the seven years' regime of Mr?. Roosevelt, the position of social secretary at iho While house lost much of the distinction distinc-tion implied by the descriptive adjective. adjec-tive. Mrs. Taft frankly declared she wished a clerk, not a companion. In this particular office.' and with that object in view selected . Miss Blech from a score or more of applicants at the outset of tho administration. Miss Blech at that time being a clerk in th'. bureau of American republics, recoein-.ended by the director there, John Barrett. Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary entPied completely Into the daily life of the executive household, arriving at her desk at 10 a. m. and remaining until evening, sharing the midday meal as one of the family, frequently returning return-ing to dine, and always appearing as an aid to tho hostess at any evening function, from an .informal muslcalo to a state reception . to the diplomatic corps. The monotony of a large correspondence cor-respondence and the same clerical duties performed by Miss Blech were varied in Miss Hagner's case by frequent fre-quent shopping excursions for or with Mrs. Roosevelt, attending a symphony concert with tho latter, a trB!.ed animal ani-mal show with the children, or chaperoning chap-eroning Miss Roosevelt to a ball game. Like Any Other Clerk. Mrs. Taft's secretary on tho other hand works along weH defined lines. Business Is business with Miss Blech. who arrived at her desk at 9 o'clock just like any other government clerk, goes out to luncheon at noon and leaves tho White house at t or 4:30. That aforesaid desk is located In a pleasant comer of the upstairs sitting sit-ting room of the White house and naturally na-turally establishes its possessor in close personal relation with not only her employer, but the other members of the household, not excepting the chief executive himself. The great volume of semi-personal correspondence addressed to tho president's pres-ident's wife, such as requests for interviews, in-terviews, autogTaphs, Invitations by the score, and the personol accounts of dressmakers, milliners, requests for patronage, all come to the secretary, as well as many personal notes and 1 messages requiring prompt and careful care-ful attention. The wife of the president makes no visits formally considered, but she keeps a record of those who call on While many persons leave cards at tbe White house without what In any other capital would be considered a reasonable rUht or excuse to so distinguish dis-tinguish themselves, the majority of Mrs. Taft's would-be visitors are what Henry White describes as persons of a certain class, and their cards worthy of entry on the book which fornu th3 basis of many invited companies each season. Here is where knowledge is not only on-ly power but salvation. Where tho social secretary should know who Is who and bo ablo to recognize by name and sight the thoroughly accredited accred-ited members of polite society from w hatever clique or set they came and also the pirates and parasites who though comparatively few in number are far-reaching In thlr detrimental effect on any polite company. Mi6s Hagner, having grown up in Washington's Washing-ton's most exclusive society, was ablo to save Mrs. Roosevelt from many annoyances an-noyances from this source as well as to diiTerentlate carefully in Issuing invitations in-vitations to tbe numerous entertainments entertain-ments of a more personal character to which the guests are asked regardless regard-less of the congressional directory. It Is said Mrs Taft trusts this del-icate del-icate task to no one. and personally selects the gnesla she wishes at each tea. musicale or small dinner party, her secretary merely writing the note of invitation. Mrs,' Taft's ' Knowledge. Having had ten years as a Washington Wash-ington boxtess to her credit, as well as a brilliant social reign in the gover- uor's pataco at Manila, with scores of close personal frlondi In both ofliclal and resident circles, Mrs. Taft enter-1 ed the White bouse with a knowledge of hor obligations aod her privilege to a degree unknown to any of her predecessors, with the possible exception ex-ception of Mr.-. Clove-land at the beginning be-ginning of her husband's second term. A responsibility of the social secretary secre-tary la to keep the calendar free fron conflicting engagements, which Is not eo elmplo as it appe, particularly |