The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-13

ing-room-the President escorting Mrs.
Henderson and the Speaker of the House
supporting Mrs. Mckinley. The First
Lady" who tho, very frail, is enjoying
unusually good health this winter, wore
beautiful gown of white lace and cameo
tinted satin, diamond necklace, and
white-aigrette in her hair. Mrs. Hender-
son was very handsome in lavender satin
fiounced with rich white lace. Mrs Gage
was regal in siIver-white brocaded satin
and lace. Her house guest, Miss Cox OF
Chicago wore a graceful gown OF blue
satin. Mrs Root shell-pink satin under
white lace. Miss Root. white silk under
black Brussels net and narrow black vel
vet ribbon. The wife of Senator Burrows,
a very splendid cream-colored brocade
with profusion of point lace. The
daughter of Senator Kean, sapphire blue
velvet The wife OF Representative Gros-
venor white brocade and lace.
One thing is particularly noticeable in
this good new century, viz. that in So
ciety there are no longer any old ladies,
at least so far as clothes are concerned.
Great-grandmothers array themselves IN
the hues and styles that please them, re-
CARELESS of silvery locks and the tracery
of Times chisel, while sober black and
browns and grays-the colors to when
all women past the fifty mark used 10
confine themselves-are now RELOCATED to
girls in their teens" whose rose-leat
complexions can bear them best.
Last Saturday night the President ana
Mrs. Mckinley and members of the cab
met dined with the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Gage-the additional
guests being the Chief Justice and Mrs.
Fuller, Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs.
Daniel Manning and Miss Lucy Page The
host and hostess are among the most gra-
cious entertainers of the official circle
and their hospitality on this occasion was
in brilliant accord with their record OF the
last four years. The table was aplooo
with carnations of all colors, and the can
dies burned under rose-pink shades. MIS-.
Gage wore an artistic combination Oh
white satin and Oriental embroidery, In
arabesque designs. Owing to indisposition,
neither Mrs Long nor Mrs. Griggs, nor
Secretary and Mrs. Hay were able to De
present Nine Wilde, the beautiful young
wife of. the Argentine minister, is tenn
porarlly absent from society on account
of influenza, while Admiral and Mrs
Dewey are also in retirement for the WIN
ter. owing to the death of Mrs. Dewey
mother. Thus the Destroyer has settled
another vexed question of precedence be-
tween the wife OF the Admiral of the
navy and the wife of the lieutenant gen
eral of the army, which at one time bid
fair to haraSs society from center to cir
conference.
Monday evening the Chief Justice and
Mrs. Fuller gave a dinner of twenty-four
covers in honor of their debutante daugh-
ter Miss Fannie Fuller, whose coming
out tea was one of the fashionable events
of last month. The dinner was followed
by dance, also for the pretty bud,
given by her married sister Mrs. H. G.
Wallace, at a popular club house. The
dancing-hall was in all its yule-tide
glory of holly, evergreen garlands and
mistletoe, red ribbons and ruby lights
Mrs. Fuller wore black renaissance lace
over white satin, and the debutante, 8
gown Of pale blue satin, which was won
derfuliy becoming TO her dainty colorina
and blonde hair. Mrs. Well~ce wore
black lace, epangied with silver sun
bursts"; and Mrs. Francis (another sis
teri was attired in diaphanous black over
white satin. with bodice garniture Of
orchids
A particularly attractive feature OF the