The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

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latter day sss zero was mashed 80 the
last.
iae younger ren whom Mss Bud win
meet are the sons O. prominent Or wealthy
1ssnSrs Some % them are cstensf5is rrf-
FaSe secretaries and the government pays
sHem y a day each for drinking psncs
ard eating waters All afternoon Others
or the young men are attaches Of the for
eign legations. As Ire Tinted States Is
Almost invariably or exUserartly good
Terms with the other nations OF the earth,
all mat tAess young men have 70 do for
their salaries - 70 look pleasant and make
themselves agreeable. This some OF them
succeed in doing 90 such an extern; that
they marry rich American girAs and carry
ITEM away 10 foreign courts But must
warn Miss Bud that IL she expects these
gentlemen 10 De attentive she must be
among the few Who entertain lavislAy and
who do not stint the terrapsn ard chasr-
payne.
In the evenings Miss Bud will not have
much opportunity for the theater. because
SIZE will have 10 go 10 so many balls and
dinners that all her time viii be fully oc-
cupied- She may go 20 the DamroSch OPP
era and pretend she likes Wagner, because
DaTnrosch Is a fad In Washington society.
But ordinary dramatic entertainments,
but small place In her winters pro-
gramme
II Miss Bud belongs 70 .he official social
SGT, her work Is mapped out for her in an
other way. The rules of precedence have
Seen made In part for her guidance. She
must call on those who rank her and wait
ror calls from those whose social rank is
foTiciaEyi inferior And it she IS j menu
Or Of a senator's family she Will have 20
wrestle with that Inevitable problem OF
ms relative rank OF the supreme court and
he senate. The members Of the supreme
court hold themselves superior 10 every one
INT the president and vfce-press9snt. aud
1eir families uphold this dignity socially.
whiie the senators claim that as the SD
creme court justices are confirmed by the
se1lata justices wlfes should make the first
ean on the wives Of the senator's. The
controversy has been warm AT times. but
he justices and their families have always
9revailea
When Miss Bud has done her duty in
he station Of social life TO which she has
been called and can show at the end Of the
season a clean record OF calls made and re-
turned and entertainments attended. She
will be a fit candidate for a hospital cot.
This year the dehutantes In Washington
do not premise TO ne ~ many as in past
seasons. In the cabinet circle there is only
one thus far announced. She Is Miss Marie
Mckenna. the daughter Of the attorney
general who, If report is verified. Will be-
long to the supreme court and not the cab
met circle in December. Judge Mcken-
ma is not wealthy man. and he is not ex-
pected TO entertain very lavishly in the
coy homo which he has taken recently.
The Misses Geneyieve and Winifred
Mattinsley are the daughters of a promin-
ent Washington attorney. and they live in
one of the finest residences on Q street be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
in the fashionable northwest section. Khey
will make their debut together,
Miss Cotton Is another of the dehutantes
She Is the daughter OF Col. Francis Cotton
who was consul general al Rome many
wears agn. Col Coiton's home is one of
the finest in Washington. II is on Con-
necticut avenue just beyond Dupont circle
1t is built OF white stone and is of very inn
posing appearance. and within IL is well
arranged for entertaining. On the first
floor are the breakfast room and an orien-
tai room for lounging and smoking. On
the second floor are large reception room
and library and a very large dining room
Col. Cotton and his family spent many
years abroad collecting the Furnishings and
bric-a-hrac with which the house Is equip
ned.
The only debutantes announced in the
army and navy circle are the daughters of
Major Bates of the army. In the sena-
torial circle one of the daughters OF Sena-
tor Foraker is to be a debutante but she
will spend the early part of the winter in
Cincinnati. her old home