The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
TlsI4INGToN'sI SOCIAL SIDE.
av,L OFFICERS QUITE THE FAD
IN THE& DAYS.

u,ine Disaster TIL n Theme of
,onyersation-Tte Mark Hannas
n the social swt Notes.
chat About &thOrs-SOme APP
.-ooehing FundtOns.
Tsshiugton, Mard SIN peace or in
!, in and out of he season, the Pres
mi and Mrs. Mckinley set the example
continuing hospiAities at the national
rtal. The executEe family are govern
seltirely by persohl wishes in the mat
,of entertaining, 3d not by the unwr:t-
but supposed to Re Interchangeable laws
soqst Years. Their Independence Is COM
mdable and the White House is scoring
numDh in the. md nifcence of its din
~ the personnel 4 its guests and tie
agsous display of costumes and jewels
6ibited by the woms N who wish to honor
chief executive Ind his wife. Going
the White House fs no longer a per-
netcry act, neither IS it thing of small
srent unworthy OF the supreme effort
appearing at one'A best. On the con-
nry, it is so perfect a compliment that
possible dignity ami Formally are sum
.ned 10 convey the White House guest,
"a two bearers of a mental palanquin, to
N democratic court of the ruler OF the
-dted States.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan and Miss Sloan
New York were entertained by the Pres
lent and Mrs. Mckinley during the week,
nj in their honor a particularly smart
inner was given in the state dining room.
he sloans were hosts OF the McKinleys
sLenox last summer, and il they aston
he'd the world by the lavishness of their
4 aertainment at that time they have re-
sFed ample return in the brilliant,
4 iough brief period of their Washington
kt
4 In the midst of the present national ex-
4 cement it is only natural that the people
Washington should feel a trihe in evil
tnce when it comes to forming opinions
Mcerning the outcome of the Havana
kaster AS a class We feel rather in close
ouch with the policy of the administra-
tOn being "on the spot" so to speak, but
nors, it is a fact that we have no pertinent
Inside information, being in position that
nsembles somewhat the bodyguard round
Il great generals headquarters. We know
nihiug for certain beyond the reports of
he adjutant. And so it is ludlcrous~ to
hear the small talk, the big talk, the LAW
ak, and the all-talk on every SIDE. If a
VOman happens to be the wife of states
nan who enjoys a personal friendship with
he President, she talks as though she were
soaking for the country. If she is the
wife of newspaper correspondent in
CUBA her conversation is more plausible
than her husbands dispatches.
The war note is sounding faint, and even
Gcitable incendiary women unite in prais-
ng the Presidents noble diplomacy that
s 70 save the country from ruinous war
Are
Naval officers have become society's rage,
md as many as possible are gathered at
tnners to give the necessary color to con-
Tersation, and they serve as ballast for the
opinions that go sailing over the social sea
with neither pilot nor compass. The ca
trers are doing wondrous things in the
naval line, too, and ices and creams have
taken on the forms of battleships and can
non.
Headed by Mrs. Long, wife of the Sec
fetary of the Navy, a distinguished list OF
Qatronesses form the committee that has
IN charge a concert TO be given for the
relief of the families of the sailors lost on
The battleship Maine. The use of one of
the best theaters in town has been given
Tor this occasion. and a small army OF
sailors have volunteered to decorate it fit
ungly with American flags. The perform
ance will be by the Woman's Orchestra
Of New York, with professional vocal So
iosts. and Mrs. Jennie Gould Lincoln so
well known as a leader in charities, has
laken upon herself the enormous work of
The selling the tickets.
Inc Washington Cuba womans club,
Dy the Way-is giving a Lenten series of
'ctures that attract widespread attention.
a recent lecturer was Mrs. Money, wife
OF Senator Money, of Tennessee, and she
ueilVered a glowing discourse on "Wo-
mans Part in the Worlds Progress"
since her husband has embarked for
luna on Mr.. Hearst's yacht, in company
WIN several other senators and represen-
'auVes, not to mention the owner of the
very yellowest of yellow journals himself
MRS Money will do we'll to compose a
new and thoroughly up-to-date lecture
alropos of Cuba. Her eloquence might
Supply the public with information regard
ing the trip.
MISS Dora Duty Jones is another woman
whose Illustrated art lectures are a social
success. Admission to the lectures are by
cara only, and they are held at the houses
Vi prominent Washington hostesses. One
SVEN early in the week at the residence of
Nis Washington Mclean had Ideals of
ne christ for the subject, and Mrs. FL
nus Inc ballroom will be opened on Sat
oIuay afternoon for a discourse upon
IueaIs of the Madonna"
MISS Virginia Butler is still another in
ele lecture field, and her theme is Nor
way and Sweden
,Apiopos of writer's, it is rumored that
! rank Stockton is looking for a country
pace oil about a hundred acres with a good
az mousse on it, somewhere in Virginia or
T ". wand. Mr.. Stockton is so fond of
"dahlhgton, he would like to settle in its
'''i olate vicinity, and a country home is
%nat ne finds most conducive to pen-pro-
uuc's--not of the usual farm variety, how
EYER The Holt, near Morristown, N. j.. is
e eIe present abode of this author. and Mr..
stockton complains that the neighborhood
- not as delightfully."- rural as it once was,
hence his desire for change.
oCIeniah Curtin. the translator of "Quo
,dols' is a celebrity known to a certain
select circle of Washingtonians. Mr.. Cur
un mas passed most of the winter here,
10 as mis- share of the profits arising IRON