Show 1rEflESTL SOCIAL QUESTION Flrsot Among the SM1 bO thO CnblnetflTliss cho thO Of LnaIcc nestores Lowneck CICcd1a0d the Uhite IIouSC cs at j3rCcCS tionof who is the first lady of The questiohi ranldng woman in theme land I or the momentous the ant me is alreadY a ils hue Catharine Bayard is at present 1 155 ii one < J young woman in prominent the Il10 ct her name or Its one he ars eOClet and draWing room Her mothe echo h In CS C17 from neuralgia I and i c a tes sufferer of her own house during out feld ° mfr Is representative of her er As a that i mter claims the d now Bayard mother X hi the line of Cabinet matrons t the plle White House receptions ladles at llulny astonished coun and there wer other night when Miss Bay tenJnce the the Presidents arm > 1cafl1e down on followed after herAt II ladies 51d the married wlerc precedence is At all ceremonies vT Cabinet onicere rank according onidered the order in which they were cording to thc tate Department coming established 1 tIle Treasury the War Navy first t nest the Interior and last the De Postollice and f The wives of these prt1ne11t of Justice nordinh but by a1 the aaorm officers rank and propriety an un canons of f etiquette w1iOe Bother isliv I l1l1l1rJiJ d dlUl1tcr jrecede married ladies of in rank 15 her mother he a5iKnl made the point that Ser should have his mothers r lghter It what l > oints Mrs Manning tlcolt Mrs > Whitney 1 and Mrs Vrfi make in return remain to be V i If It is hardly possible that Mrs fftJ whJSC social ambition was the 1nnUig for her husbands accept TIlSOllS 1JjtfreasOflS of a vmnet post enjoys going in aceofa nee unmarried daughter of one of the after Endicott who has Mrs ij Lrue In oldest in tuo t Wood md the name Ia5SlchllsfttB th with wealth and the M8 will hardly stand idlCft i t social position fc anomalous condition of things nor is the expected that Mrs Whitney with her wealth and social ambition will accept the wtuation These three ladies who jre alrealv marked out as the leaders of ofiicial KKiety are expected to assert themselves on the next occasion and their followers and disintercsted people arc waiting to see how this first Cabinet question of the female side will be eettled For the first time since many could remember re-member the decollete corsage appeared m the line of Cabinet ladies receiving with the President at an evening reception recep-tion Mrs Hayess disapproval of that sUle of dress was so well known that few but foreigners went to the White House nth uncovered shoulders and the ladies 01 the last Cabinet never wore anything but high gowns Miss Cleveland Miss Bayard and Mrs Whitney were in full evening dress the other night with dresses cut low and sleeveless |