The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-10
BELLIES OF WASHINGTON So
GETTY.
Never Was It So Gay Among the
Young People at the Capital.


Society in Washington has never been
so gay as this season, and there viii
be a great deal more of entertaining
during the few days that will elapse
between now and Lent; then there will
be a lull. Ash Wednesday will mark the
beginning of the end of the social fes-
tivities for this season, for society in
the capital is devout and the forty days
of Lent will be penitentially observed.
| At present, however, gaiety is at its
! height. The unfortunate illness of many
of the wives of prominent diplomats
turns attention to the charming daugh-
! terS and relatives who are filling the
vacancies so capably. A debutante to-
ward whom there has been attracted
much attention is Miss Grace Mckin-
! ley, neice Of the President, who makes
her home at the Executive Mansion and
is of so much assistance to Mrs. Nc
Kinley in the performance of the social
| duties of that distinguished hostess.
Miss Grace is the only child of Presi-
! dent McKinley's dead brother and is
a graduate of Holyoake College, Mas
sachusetts, from which institution she
| came forth with high honors. She is
winsome without being strikingly beau
tiful, with brown hair and eyes and
very musical voice. Miss Mckinley lost
child and from that time until the
death of the mother of President Nc
Kinley her home was in Canton, in the
old Mckinley homestead. Since her
graduation she has been a member of
tht family circle Of the White House.
Miss Grace is the first young woman
since the days of Miss Nellie Arthur
to add the charm of her presence to
the rather gloomy quarters Of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion and is therefore the
recipient of much social attention.
OF late she has been deVoting a great
deal of her time to the entertainment
of her cousin, Miss Sara Duncan, who
is also a niece of President Mckinley
The luncheon given to these young Ia
dies by Mrs. Charles G.. Dawes early
in January was one of the most bril-
liant small affairs of the season,
among the younger contingent of So
ciety.
1t is rumored that a reception will
shortly be given for Miss Mckinley by
Senator and Mrs. Hanna. The Hannas
have established themselves in the
magnificent Don Cameron house, until
recently occupied by the late Vice
President and Mrs. Hobart, and enter
tain lavishly. Senator Hanna has taken
Mrs Robart'e lease, which does not ex-
pire until March, 1901, and it is said
that at that time he will renew the
lease until the end of his senatorial
term. There is also a daughter in the
Hanna household. Miss Hanna and Miss
Mckinley are very good friends and
are often seen together in society Miss
Hanna has only been in Washington
a few weeks.
The eldest daughter of Secretary of
State Hay, also an intimate friend of
Miss Mckinley, is a favorite in the
capitals beau monde. Miss Hay is a
handsome young woman and her moth
er's almost constant companion at the
dinners and receptions given at the
Secretary of States palatial home on
Sixteenth and H streets The Hav
Mansion OverlOOks Lafayette SQUARE
which is the only property that inter
venes between it and the Presidents
house. The library, Miss Hays favor
tie spot, is one of the finest in Wash
ington. 1t is upholstered in plush and
there is beauty in the soft hangings at
the windows, the rare pictures, and ev-
erywhere. The ceiling is of paneIled oak
with deep caissonsS in the squares of
which are golden discs.
1t is here that Miss Hay spends the
most of her time, for she has inherited
her fathers predictions for literature
and has gained quite a reputation as
a writer Of verse Her short poem en-
titled AN Evening in washington" is
specially clever, and has won for its
author the favorable comment of the