The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
: WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
VIEW OFFICIALS GETTING AC-
a. r,1VVED WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.

,t+o HOuse--A Row Among the
ESQ societies ar san Francisco.
c,,iDese Committee Visits wash
oD to StraiGhten Out Affairs.
c,rtous Banquet to Which the
~,,tttee Was Inyited-Othe
,...ars of Special Interest.
,,-..,irqton. March 27.-Notwithstand-
~ roid-Lenten season, capital society
% ,.+ramely busy exchanging courtesies
49, che newcomers in high places. The
cor are beginning to realize the bitter
-.oats of their position, for the polite tao
.ho+ govern the social side of all
- official involve much downright
York An immutable law of To-
:, o+iouette requires the ladies of Official
,I,as 70 see to it that their husbands
fo+her's visiting cards, together with
~ o,yn are properly distributed within
riven number of days, to every one of
hundreds who have left addresses in
traditional peck-measure of bits of
IL, hoard which each weekly reception
80 The value of a former residence
= washington and experience in it's So
-, rAouirements, which differ from that
ore other city, is plainly to be seen
:, nh present administration. Mrs. Nc
T,.rl x, * charming example of this. She
,,o,Is the natural interest in the nations
~ and the Presidents wife, she makes
bbodv welcome at all times and in the
informal fashion. 1t is already APP
..rlnt that the white house will be mucn
r,ote accessible to the general public dur
nd this administration than the last:
,bIre will be a great many more recep-
tohs outside the official clique, and the
,,bole mansion beyond the east room will
,br he so closed and guarded as formerly,
If each visiting stranger were a van
,1 bant on destruction or theft. Mrs.
kberman. too, besides her many years as
senator's wife, has filled position SIM
liar 10 that she now occupies when her
husband was Secretary of the Treasury.
The Longs. also the Algers, the Garys and
others in the present top-most circle. have
snent previous seasons in Washington,
and are familiar with its peculiar social
( usages.
\ Mrs. McKinley's first formal reception
given to the ladies of the corps diploma
Iioue was a brilliant success, with none
of the stiffness about it, which has some
times characterized the introduction of
new faces in the white house. The beaud-
ful suite of parlors was decked with a pro-
fusion of spring flowers, and the windows
we're wide open-so delightful is Washing
ton weather at this time of year-showing
the undulating lawns that surround the
mansion green as emerald in the warm
sunshine dotted with Towering shrubs
and beds of hyacnths and tulips pertaining
the air. A few minutes before the APP
pointed hour the guests had nearly all as
sembled in the red paSfor, and at o'clock
the President and his wife, accompanied
by Mrs Saxon and Miss A1able Mckinley,
aunt and niece, came down the stairs and
entered the blue room. Mrs. Mckinley did
lot look in the least like an invalid, with
a pink flush in her cheeks, a bright smile
and cordial hand-clasp for each guest.
She was very becomingly dressed in robr
ms egg blue velvet, with exquisite point
lace about the yoke and sleeves. During
the reception, which lasted just fifteen
minutes, size sat in an easy chair near
window, while her husband stood beside
her. Among the guests were Lady Paun-
cefOte and her daughters of the British
legation; the beautiful Baroness Thielnam,
Of Germany; Baroness Hengelmuner, of
Thyrso of Portugal, Nine. Patenotre, wife
Of the French ambassador, Nine. Romro
and Sonora Adolfo Mujica of Mexico, Nine.
Lazo Arriega Of Guatemala, Marquisa
O0zzo Malaspina of Italy, Princess Can
tacuzine of Russia, the japanese and
Chinese and Corean ladies, and many 9TH
ers.
Mrs. Hobart, wife of the Vice President,
IS holding weekly receptions, which are
largely attended, and her graceful cordial
ity of manner has made a most agreeable
impression. The family is still at the Ar
lington hotel and Mrs. Hobart has con-
trived to give a decidedly honey look to
her private parlor, with pictures apd brio
s-brac of her own, favorite books within
easy reach an open piano, and plenty of
flowers without an OVERRIDING of the floral
display She dresses exceedingly well,
but quietly, which is the best evidence of
good taste. Yesterday She was gowned
In rich black velvet, made perfectly plain,
except for some jetted garniture of the
bodice, with few handsome diamonds of
the first water. 1t is understood that the
Aobarts will not set up housekeeping in
Washington until autumn.
The daughters of the cabinet house
holds have their day too "wednesday,
and are filing the places Of their mothers
with credit to ali concerned and an up-to-
cate appreciativeness of the new honors
conferred on their respective family cir
cIes. more charming bevy of young
ladies' than were receiving Wednesday in
the great Portland apartment house
would be hard to find. Miss Long, daugh-
yer OF the Secretary of the Navy, who will
M her step-mother's place in society until
next November, received several hundred
callers In her parlor on the first floor;
WINE the Misses Gary, daughters of the
Iostmaster-General, entertained an equal
humber in their fiat above. Miss Long,
" no Is very pretty girl, with soft brown
mar waving back from a high-bred, in
lsleetual, eminentiy Boston type of face,
wore black brussels net over blue silk
WIN sashes of fancy blue ribbon. She
= lhdeiatigable in the performance of her
hocial duties, and between each Wednes-
edy reception, every call in the hundreds
1 e Is religlously returned by card. Miss
Saiy Is a dainty little lady, of the rose
ouo sort of beauty. all smiles and dimples
ana olstracting little curls escaped from
S,,onnhement. She was gowned in ecru
lneh lawn and Russian lace, over china
plue SIX, with ribbons the same shade
us, Mss Madeline Gary who Is OF the spark
ing brunette type wore a dress of dark
bIeeh with bodice of hrocaded satin and
point desprit. Between the social duties
vi TWO cities, and the wedding OF their
sIa.er which occurs next week I'm Balti-