Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-13

by the I'll health Of his daughter, and
he VIII occupy n suit Of rooms at the
Portland apartment house. Mrs. Smith
wife Of the postmaster general, Is in
delicate health, but will do her share
In meeting the social obligations of the
administration.
In the senate circle the home Of Sen
ator Depew OF New York will be one
Of the centers OF grentest social inter
est and activity. II will he recalled
that Senator Depcw rented, soon after
his election, the historic old Corcoran
mansion, which was occupied by Sen
ator and Mrs. Brice during the Clevc
land administration. The Brices were
lavish entertainers, and the reputation
of the house Is likely to be maintained
by DR.. Depew. He 10 widower, bur
has an attractive niece, Miss Pauldlng
to preside over his household. This
will be her first Introduction to Wash
ington society.
Senators Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker
Mcmillan and Wetmore will doubtles,
entertain this winter as lavishly II.
usual. Among the debutantes In the
senatorial circle are Miss Jane For
aker, daughter of the senior senator
from Ohio, and Miss Marian Jones
daughter of Senator John p. Jones
of Nevada. Mr.. Kean, the new senator
from New Jersey, has taken fine resi-
dence and, being n bachelor. his sister.
will preside over his household.
Among the new representatives In the
house who are likely to cut wide so
cial swath is Mr.. William Astor Chan
Ter, who comes from one of the New
York city districts. Mr.. Chanler /,
rich, relative of the Astors and /.
prominent in New York society. He
has rented Il large house in fashiona
bic quarter Of the city and is evidently
preparing to. contribute largely to the
gayety of the capital.
With the opening of new social
season Is revived the always unsettled
question OF social status and prece
dent. There are, Of course, certain fixed
rules of precedents, but there are al
ways arising conditions which the so
cial code has not defined. A case In
point is the social status of Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey. Though the highest
officer In the navy and surprising In
rank any military officer, his position
on state occasions would, say thost
who profess to know, be below that OF
the secretary of the navy, and this
would define the social order. There
was for day or two an inclination or
the part of society to cut the Deweys
on account Of the gift house transfer
but there speedily came reaction
and they will no doubt be everywhere
received with as much cordiality a.
though the incident had not occurred
Nobody knows Just what to expect OF
the Deweys. Although Mrs. Dewey
has several large residences in the city
and an income of $4,000 year, sht
has never been much of an entertainer
Her hospitality has been mainly lin
ited to small circle of friends, bu
now that she occupies conspicuous
position and will be the recipient OF
much attention 1t Is supposed that she
will change her programme.
Speaking of fixing social and officia
status, is recalled The Incident of thu
late Mr.. Hobart, WHO insisted that the
vice president should rank second only
to the president on state occasions. 81
little attention had been paid to tn,
vice presidency as social factor fol
we'll nigh half century that Mr.. Ho
bart's proposition created something OF
o shock In Washington society. Fol