The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP
WHAT THE SOCIAL WORLD WAS
DOING HOLY WEEK.

DOING tOI4h WEEIA.
The Deweys and Their Suburban
HOme-Mrs. Dewey's Ambition-The
Popularity of Senator DepeVy.
Some Approaching Weddings That
Are Attracting Attention - The
beautiful Letter Girls and Their
Social Triumphs-Other Matters OF
General Interest.
Washington, April 13.-Even the earth
earthly people keep quiet during Holy
Week, in Difference to popular opinion, if
not from religious conviction, and in the
way of social doings there is little TO
record except entertainments for charity.
Dialect readings and parlor concerts
have also been extremely popular during
the last days of Lent, and always given
for some good purpose. Among the most
largely attended of these was the dialect
reading, given by the Southern Relief So
ciety in the Confederate Veterans Hall.
! The patronesses of this society include the
, prominent Southern women a the capital
and many others-such as Countess Ester
hazy, Viscountess de Sibour, Countess de
Lichtervelde, and BARONESS Fersen.
Yet into the very midst of the sackcloth
ana ashes comes the spring meeting of
the Washington Jockey Club; and thanks
to the fine weather it is remarkably well
attended, the upper circles of society con-
tributing much to its cash box. The club
boosted that il made more money last fall
than at any two previous meetings. and
this spring the receipts of the autumn
meeting more than doubled.
KOmnTd I1n9naSa mi nj 81 bn
sails for st. Petersburg next week, has
been giving as many farewell dinners as
foreign actress positively last APP
pearance in America" His latest occurred
last night when his guests were the
Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage, Sen
ator and Mrs. Frye, Senator and Mrs.
Davis, and a dozen others. The table was
decorated with yellow jonquils and mig
nonettes, and the candles were capped
with yellow shades. The same golden
blossoms appeared in the dining room,
combined with palms and Southern laurel.
Mr.. Keiziro Nabeshima, the new charge
d'affaires of the Japanese legation, with
his attractive wife, Nine Nabeshima, ar
rived in Washington on Monday. Both the
diplomat and his wife are related to the
royal families of Japan, and are possessed
of enormous wealth. Both are typical
pleXions, almond eyes set slightly on the
bias, dress and general appearance, bu.
are people of culture, speaking English
after a fashion.
Mrs. Osborne, who is President McKin-
eys aunt. is yet in Washington, but at
present the guest of friends outside the
White House. number of notable en-
tertainments have been given in her honor
including an elaborate reception by Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Showalter of Ohio and
beautiful luncheon by Mrs. Winnie Ream
Hoxie, the noted sculDtress.
Among the most notable dinner hosts of
the week was that indefatigable dinner
giver. Senator Depew. In fact he has CIV
en- three dinners during the last seven
days-or rather nights, and will no doubt
keep Vt up in the same rattle as long as
he remains in Washington His handsome
home presided over by his niece, Miss
Paulding, is admirably adapted 20 enter-
tanning on a sumptuous scale; and its
master seems never so happy as when the
great circular mahogany table in the big
dining room is surrounded with cheerful
guests BY the way, Senator DepeW can
claim the credit of drawing the largest
crowd which has attended a session OF
the Senate this year, and probably the
greatest number of ladies' that ever at
tended any session. That the ladies' went
solely to hear Mr.. Depew was evidenced
by the fact that most of them left as soon
as his peroration was concluded This
genial New York senator is not renowned
for beauty but there is no denying thar
he is a prime favorite with the fair sex.
above all his colleagues. The ladies' saw
that 1t Is because he talks so well laughs
so genuinely and Is so eminently what The
Spaniards call ''simpatica," and mavbe an
acknowledged factor in his popularity Is
the fact that he is very rich, unmarried
and the greatest catch' in the country
Among other givers of large dinner mar
ties during The week was the German am
bassador whose guests were mostly from
the diplomatic corps. Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. Hill, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Crowninshield, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
y. McClelland. SECRETARY Long has gone
to Colorado 10 visit his Invalid daughter.
who has passed the winter there in search
Of health Her many Washington friends
are rojoiced 20 hear that the quest has
not been altogether in vain. though she is
yet too frail 10 venture East
Ex-Secretary and Mrs. John w. Foster
left Washington the other day for an ox-
tended Western tour. and their house viii
be closed until autumn. Mrs Henderson
vile Of The Speaker of the House Of Rep