Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-29
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Scene of splendor in the White House.

showing, with their scarlet fezzes and
crooked swords, the fronts of theii
dress coats lavishiy embroidered With
gold and glittering with diamonds
The attaches are all tail, dark and
soldierly looking gentlemen. Lady
Pauncefote, q, poftly, " hite- haired ma.
iron, wore pale-blue figured brocade
with trimmings of plain blue velvet
Mrs. Adams. wife of the first secretary
of the British legation. Is an American
who was a Miss Palmer before mar
rage, sister of the recently appointed
marshal OF the District. Her dresG
was dark green velvet and train open.
ing over petticoat OF white satin EN-
bruidered with pearls, Nine. Ledher
the dark wife of the colored diplomat
from Haiti, wore q. French gown of
yellow bengaline:, her neice. Miss
Bourke, was in pink SILK. The German
legation had no feminine representa-
tive, rs in past years when the Bar
roness Won Thelman land her charm
ing sister were among the notable
women of the diplomatic circle. The
present ambassador from Germany
Herr Won Holleben. is bach,
elor and not one of his suit Ia
married The WIFE and daughter OF
the French ambassador Will not come
to Washington this season. and the
only lady of that legation Is Nine. de
Grandpray, wife of the military at
tache. The minister from Austria
| Hungary, In the picturesque court
| dress OF his country and his beautiful!
wife. the Baroness Hengelmuller. were
accompanied by Baron Reidi. Senior
Cana, the minister from Chile, was ac-
companied by his wife and daughter,
the former in white silk, the latter
who Is pure blonde. in pale blue
satin, Nine. Romero, the fair Amerl-
can wife OF the minister from Mexico,
was gowned In yellow satin. The
Spanish minister and Nine. DuPuy dc
| LONE. divided attention with the min
lister from Portugal and the Viscount.
ess de Sante Thryso. The Countess de
Lichtervelde, wife of the Belgian min :
lister, was superb In ruby velvet anf
| diamonds. The minister from Peru IL
| unmarried. but the wife and three sis
tiers of his first secretary kept up the
social credit of the establishment.
The dress parade of the titled digni-
taries was over by 10 o'clock and Their.
our senators and representatives, JUS
tices and judges were given a chance
Most of the foreign guests left early
but few of the younger members
| Joined the ladies behind the receiving
line. Although the men of our coun.
try, in their solemn conventional black.
| made n poor showing, so far as clothes
are concerned. beside the gorgeous
diplomats, our country women gener-
ally manage to preserve the national
! credit on dress parade. Space win not
permit detailed description of the cos
tunes, even to justify the natural curl!
| osity OF the feminine readers of tn /,
News" Miss Frances Alger wore
pink satin with spangled net. Miss
Mabel Mckinley. pink satin trimmed
with black velvet. Miss Barber. whitS
silk; MrS McCallum Secretary Sher-
mans Daughter, white satin: Mrs. Ma
son, wife of the senator from Ohio, yell
low brocade opening over a petticoat %
white satin; Miss Talmage, daughte~
of the Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage. light
green satin embroidered in pearls; Mrs
u. S. Grant, gray satin and point lace.
Mrs. Sartoris, rode pink silk with
cream lace and blue garnatures. The
weeping skies did not in the least inter
fere with this official opening of the
social season. A great semi circle OF
carriages ahd hacks, with ollcloth coat
! ed drivers and banketed horses filled
r the elipse in front of the White House
and extended far down the street. To
| the credit of Secretary Porter and Col
| Bingham the arrangements for the in
gress and egress of the vast throng of
people were SO well perfected that
there was very little crowding. and nc
nongested spots in the line for tho
| tearing of drapery and the losing of
| tempers as IL usually the case on G.
| first night" in the white House.
| There We're guards and guides every
| where. and the avenues inside the
| grounds, gardens and the approaches
| thereto We're kept free of obstruction;
and although cards of admission were
| not demanded of the visitors, In differ.
ence to the Presidents request, such
| close supervision was exercised that
| few of the unlimited managed to affect
| an entrance. In more than one case
however, n bevy of would-bes (gener.
| ally of overdressed women. with per-
haps one martyred man among them)
| was quietly but firmly turned back by
! the police and departed with flushed
| faces Everybody acknowledged that
| limiting the number of invitations was
an advantage, and for the first time
In twenty years the invited guests OF
| the heads of the nation were received
and entertained in a digniiled and com,
| Portable manner. without the promiscu-
Gus crush of the unlimited multitude.
FANNIE BRIGHAM.