The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-04
BALL AT WHITE HOUSE.
Miss Alice Roosevelt Makes Her
Formal Entry Into Society.

Washington, Jan. miss Alice Roo5e-
welt, the eldest daughter of the presi-
dent, was formally presented to Wash
ington society last night at ball given
in her honor at the White House. About
five hundred guests in all were present.
Miss Roosevelt is the first White
House debutante since 1873, when Miss
Nellie Grant, the daughter of President
Grant, was presented to society at a
ball. The entertainment was given a
personal rather than an informal char
acter by Mrs Roosevelt, whose wish
was that Miss Roosevelt should make
her debut much as if it had taken place
in her own private home, rather than
in the White House There was no
cotillion and consequently no favors.
The massive mirrors, chandeliers.
columns and ceiling of the east room,
where the dancing occurred, were fes-
TONED and garlanded with sn1ilax.
maiden hair fern and asparagus
trimmed with bouquets of carnations
The red, green and blue parlOrS also
were adorned on the same scale. The
guests were conducted to the blue par
lor, where Mrs. Roosevelt introduced
her daughter. The latter presented
charming appearance in a dress of
white chiffon with white roses, wearing
the Jewels her father gave her at Christ
mas. Mrs. Roosevelt wore pure white.
Miss Roosevelt was the recipient of
many floral pieces of beautiful design
sent to her in honor of her coming OUT
day. The president enjoyed the occa-
sion heartily and mingled freely among
the young people.
The dancing, which began shortly
after 10 o'clock and included a pro-
gramme of twenty numbers, was held
in the large east room. The golden
carpet on the floor of that room was re-
moved yesterday and handsome fig
ured gray linen crash put down to form
a dancing surface. The large number
of dances kept the company until after
mid Oh nd
leadership of Lieut.. Santelmann, and
the Artillery Corps band, from Wash
ington barracks, alternated in furnish
ing the music.
A buffet luncheon was served in the
banquet room, where the decorations
were very much the same as at the cab
met dinner Thursday night.The company
included generous contingent of men
| from Harvard, Yale and Princeton uni
versities, among other society folk from
out of town. Others present included
the following:
Count Won Arnam Senior Azpirez,
| Lieutenant Colonel Aziz Bey, Jerome
| Bonaparte, Commander and Mrs. w S.
| Cowles, the Countess Cassini,- Francis
M. Cockrell, Miss Margaret Dix, Mr. ).
3. Elkins Jr., Miss Louise Foraker, Miss
| Janet Fish. Mr. Antoine DeGodfrey,
| Robert L. Garry, Robert Goelet, Robert
| w. Goelet, Miss Glover, the Misses Han
! ma, Secretary and Mrs. and the Misses
| Hitchcock, A. E. Humphreys Owen,
Ernest Iselin, Arthur Iselin, the Misses
! Kean, the Attorney General and Mrs.
4 and Miss Knox. Roger Krumbhaar,
! Carroll Kibbey, Miss Langhorne, the
| Misses Letter, Miss Lay, Mr.. and Mrs.
| William Loeb, Jr.. Miss Logan, Count
Won Montgelas, Miss Lena Morton. Miss
| Martha McCook, Miss MacVeagh, Cow
| eneur Morris, ]. Lathrop Motley Court
! land Nicoll Edward Pruyn, Senior Pu-
| lido, the Honorables Audrey Paunee-
| fote and Sibyl Pauncefote, Miss Pauld-
ing. Miss Susan Quay, Miss Dorothy
Roosevelt, Miss Christie Roosevelt the
! Secretary Of War and Mrs. Root, Pan
Sy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
| Ogden NJ. Reid, Miss Jessie Sloane, Miss
| Heloise Sargent, the Postmaster Gener-
| al and Mrs. Smith, the Misses Sheridan,
/ Lieutenant Colonel Schebeko, Captain
| Algernon Sartoris, Arthur Street, NAL
| comb B. Stone, Secretary Wilson, Payne
| Whitney, Nathan Wyeth and Horatio
| L. Whiteridge.