Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12
THE SOCIAL WORLD
The White House Family Will Soon
Be Home Again.
A WINTER OF eAYEFY PROMISED
Bits Of Gossip From Five O'clock
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A WINTER OF eAYETY PROMISED
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President and Mrs. Cleveland Will be back
although the chances are that the family
will remain until Thanksgiving at Wood
ley. Mrs. Cleveland Hikes; the seclusion OF
country life. and is now much less anxious
to leave Gray Gables than the President.
who thereby sacrifices all the delights of
everyday fishing. The White House looks
particularly cozy and attractive for the
homecoming Of the family. The transfer
ma tions effected by p little paint here and
there the new covering on much Of the fur
niture in the parlors- and the general air of
thus advanced has worked
the charm. In the blue parior. where a
shining blue MORE fabric, more in keeping
with the general tone Of the room, now COW
ers all the furniture. the most noticeable
change Is in the new doorway at the south
corner, which has q blue drapery, in har-
mony with the heavy satin window curtains.
Upstairs in the corridor and especially near
the head Of the staircase the walls have a
great many more pictures than were seen
there years ago.
Out at Woodley the trees are beginning
on quite an autumnal air. If the Presi-
dent will have to forego fishing for a
while he can make 1t up hunting squirrels.
which Is one of his favor.te diversions.
His hunting grounds lie, however. quite a
distance from Woodley, and the friend who
joins him on these excursions does not put
any frills over 1t, which Is possibly the
reason why his place and his company
continue to be selected. The old farm
house which is the rendezvous for the
sporssmen is in such a state of dilapida-
ton that the front porch Is dangerous,
and the host usually receives his distfn-
guished visitor at the kitchen door. But
these little details have no effect on the
lob hoc aIxyo II
ing the proper season whenever the Prest-
dent has been in Washington.
If the coming winter Is not gay one
socially then the calculations usually re-
Sc rted to by those whose opinions are
worth quoting are sadly In error. The third
period when everybody, who Is anybody,
knows to a dot everybody else who Is any
body, and the mutual complacency over the
situation ought and does accelerate the
this is the year for the final splurge. and If
it does not effect the good sought. well.
theyhave the consolation Of knowing they
made a big dash for It. The various
changes IN the cabinet circle adds several
rev families to the number of official en-
tertainers. No hostess In the whole list will
ST inc to better advantage than Mrs Olney,
at the head of the cabinet circle. She Is a
most agreeable person naturally, and with
her willingness to even inconvenience her
self to obIige others. social duties will be
made pleasant occasions and not opportuni-
ties to display fretful and capricious man
ners, such as has been too frequently the
case with others. It means great thing
for society when the, wife Of the premier
of the administration Is not only fond OF Its
pleasures, hut accustomed to it's demands
and in every way fitted to be Its leader
This happy combination Is found in the
person of Mrs. Olney. whose home has been
q most popular one ever since she came to
this city.
The gorgeous entertainments of last win
ter are abundant evidence that hard times
had not much to do in directing he ex-
of the constantly increasing
number of wealthy families who winter
here. The winter was phenomenal one
in every respect. and the probabilities are
strong that the coming winter will be no
less so. So far as announced. few, II any,
Of the princely hostsswill, be missing from
the ranks, and where gaps exist the return
Of several old favorites and the opening up
Of new homes will not only fill up but
also add streak ofevaristy, which OF all
II the diplomatic corps were not inter-
esting In any other way, the changes
which are continually occurring would make
men have come here with the transfers
and new appointments OF the past six
months
The arrival of eligible bachelors is stimuli
with the query. How long will 1t
take him to win the hand and heart Of
wealthy girl?" The epidemic marriages the
past few years, not only with foreigners
generally, but with members of the diplo-
matte corps, is still raging. Anybody posted
In drawing-rcom gossip knows Of a half
dozen affairs of this kind pending at pres
ent. In each and every case the girl Is rich
or will be, and the home folks are fighting
shy of the dot, but are certain to accede to
all demands in the course OF time and per-
l,j1I %6nxy hoiY tfad
No wonder the marriage of a Washington
man substantially prominent in society &C.
ours so seldom as really to be an event
Mr.. Freddie Gebhardt got on good thing
he was asked by a late arrival where were
all the men. Gone back to school, he an
swered. Too many of the men" here pin
ing for the affection of the girls and figuring
as escorts and gallants ought to be in school,
but cannot be kept there-unless the school,
master had loaded gun.
The funny part of the foreign husband
business is that while South and Central
American diplomats not only make the
most charming Of lovers. and. to their ever
lasting credit, the best of husbands, they
are rated way down here in the estimatio
of the girls, and indeed, their families.
who much prefer a European. This Is not
a new phase of the case at all. 1t is simply
that never had any right to existence.
Mothers and fathers hand 1t down to
daughters and sons, and the daughters are
taken to Europe and not to South America
for pleasure trips. The record Of unhappy
European marriages Is long one. but the
instances so far as South Americans are
concerned must be SO few that in a group
of ladies discussing this topic recently not
one was able to cite single example.
A bunch CT society women were chatting
the other day on the becomingness of the
mourning a mutual acquaintance had re-
Gently donned. All agreed that the black
bombazine and crepe had transformed a
commonplace individual into one on whom
most persons would look twice with
pleased interest. The changes which have
taken place gradually in mourning and its
entire avoidance by many women, was
also discussed pro and con, but the revela-
lions, pouring like hot shot from the lips
of fair dame, simply broke up the meet
ing.
did 1t ever occur to you girls that three
fourths of the real fashionables are act
ually measured for their black gowns and
FILINGS long before the breath has
left the body for whom they expect to be
thus tastefully arrayed to mourn? Well,
1t Is the truth. 1 know one widow, who
was genuinely sorry. for the loss of her
life partner, and she has proved it, too, by
many years of retirement from society,
but, all the same, she had regular full
dress rehearsals with dressmakers and
milliners long before the day of the death
of the man she loved. A clerk in MILL
merry store in a city near this tells me 1t is
have made all these arrangements in ad-
vance, and particularly with those who
may have just provided themselves with
aeasonahle outfitS before any Thought of