Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Summer Plansof Officials and
Residents.
FORPLEASUREA NDREST
WELL-KNoWN FAMILIES AT THE
VARIOUS RESORTS.
Lafayette Square History is Having
Added Another Interesting
Chapter-Personals.
FOR PILE ASSURE ANDREST

The President and members of his cabi-
net who have many tastes in common with
him are bound to be, in the same neighbor-
hood this summer outside of the demands
that public business would have for these
frequent meetings. Both Oyster Bay and
% Lafayette Square, Washington, will be
the Presidents logical headquarters, but
the American people will not begrudge him
his holiday if neither place sees but little
of him till next autumn. Freedom to en-
joy hunting and life of the forest is pros
pect over which the President has antici-
pations of the 1iveliest kind and the oppor-
tunity may come IN spite of the program
already arranged for visits to various cities,
etc. Mrs. Roosevelt during the same inter-
walls will have restful time of it at her
Oyster Bay home, which will be nominaly
the family headquarters during the sum-
mer.
In neighborhood where society and
fashion have f1ourished for so many years
and where many of the houses have the
charm always attached to the residences
OF the famous men of long ago, the Presi-
dents temporary offices are in house for
which history is just beginning. James G..
Blaine lived there in 1883 and 1884, and
wrote there the first volume of his '.Twen-
ty Years in Congress-" Mrs. Townsend S
purchase and occupancy made the place
tn" rendezvous of the celebrities of So
ciety, but also developed the fact that the
house was too small for the scale of hos
pitality of which the same hostess has
given such frequent expression since in her
palatial new home.
The dining room, which is to be the cabi-
net room for the President and his adj
vlsers, was enlarged to half again it's origf-
nal size some years ago by Mrs. Town
send, and will hereafter be an historic
apartment.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay anticipate a
of t,o;r T
where Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney will
join them in August. That young couple
will be much interested the coming year
in the erection of their future home in
New York city, the site having been Sc
cured in the early spring. Notwithstand-
ing his great wealth and future prospects
young Mr.. Whitney is to go to work when
he returns from his honeymoon travels.
Mrs. Root and her sons and daughters
VIII be abroad most of the summer and
perhaps till late fall.
Mrs. and Miss Knox may also take a
short European trip.
The family OF the Secretary of the Treas
urv look forward to a pleasant summer at
Point thompson, on the Vermont shore of
Lake Champaign, where Secretary Shaw
Will take his vacation also.
Postmaster General Payne and Mrs
Payne viii remain here late as will Sec
rotary and Miss Wilson. -
The HltchcOckS have a New Hampshire
nome with tremendous attractions at this
SEASON. ana Where the Misses Hitchcock
went a fortnight ago
Mrs. George b. Corteyou has taken her
young family to Hampstead, L. l., where
she has a cottage for the summer
The foreigners are widely scattered, as
usual the French, German and Mexican
ambassadors being off for their respective
countries, and the Italian and Russian am
bassadors preparing to enjoy the gayeties
OF Manchester and Bar Harbor for the
summer. Many of the members of the
STATS of the European embassies and lega-
tons have crossed the ocean, while a few
of the notables. like the Austrian minister
Will soon be heard from at Bar Harbor,
where many Washingtonans will be gath
cred. Narragansett Pier, now that the Lit
Tie CASINO and cottages are open again is
another favorite resort with Washington
Iahs ana numbers are going there. The
BraZlllan minister has a cottage there
Mrs David Jayne Hill and family are at
Nantucket, Mass, where Dr. Hill will join
them later.