The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE SOCIAL SEASON DRAWING TO
A CLOSE.

One of the Prettiest Affairs of the
winter-The Ball Given by the
German AmbassadOr-The Mis-
tress of BfItmore at the white
HOuse-OnIy Twenty Senators En-
ter Into Social Life-sOme Eligible
bachelors in the Senate-Othe r
Matters of Special Interest.
Washington, Feb. THE short but
brilliant season is drawing so rapidly
to a close that entertainments must
now be many deep per diem to enable
all the hostesses to perform their parts
before Ash Wednesday rings the cur
tain down. Numbers of small teas,
luncheons, receptions AMI dinners are
slated for every afternoon and evening,
and dozens of balls complete the pro-
gramme toward the morning hours.
one pities the poor bellies, who have
such arduous labors to perforIn-tbt
pities more the coachmen and horses,
especially the latter, as they have no
voice in the matter. AS a rule, we
have mild weather in Washington: but
weather comes down to zero temper
ature, it is far more uncomfortable
than "Greenland's icy mountains" ="
where, presumably. cold is provided for.
Though deep snow is tossed about in
drifts, the smooth asphalt is soon worn
bare and with a coating of icn be-
comes more slippery than glass, to the
peril of equine bones. Many are the
disastrous falls, and ones heart aches
for the shivering beasts, slipping pain
fully from door to door and standing
in the biting blasts, while their fair
mistresses are going the merry rounds.
OF course automobiles are almost use
less when the streets are in his con-
dition; but 1 rejoice to say that many
fashionable ladies, headed by Mrs. VA
and Countess Cassini, nave been go
ing about in the electric cars, to save
their horses from suffering.
One of the prettiest affairs of the
winter was Mrs. Richardson Clover s
fancy dress ball for her little daugh-
ters. Mrs. Clover was Dora Miller,
you know, only daughter of the late
millionaire senator from California.
Her husband, Commander Glover, is
now attached to the American legation
in London: and after year in Eng
land, his family has returned to their
Washington home for the winter Mrs.
Clover's fancy balls have been famous.
ever since her two girls, now IL and
IA, were babies. That of the other
night eclipsed all others, though the
weather did it's worst with rain, snow,
sleet and almost impossible streets
to dampen the occasion. But hardly
one of the 250 invited guests was alb
sent though they came from all parts
of the world to say nothing of Mother
Goose land and the Elfin country. The
various parlors and ballroom were
elaborately decorated with canopies of
vines, and Japanese lanterns with cleo
tric lights hidden within, and garlands
of pink and white roses. The tower
window recess of the ballroom was
transformed into a fairy glen, with a
tagle of vines overhead, in which
twinkled myriads of tiny electric stars
in red, white and blue, and jungle OF
palms of ferns, sheltered a huge red
eyed dragon, which guarded a golden
chariot heaped with gifts for the lit
tie guests. Soon as all had assembled
the grand march was formed, headed
by Eudora Glover as Diana in the
chase, and Ethel Roosevelt as Dutch
peasant girl. Eudora wore a green
satin costume, with a leopard skin over
her shoulders and pretty equipment
of bows and arrows. Her sister, Be-
atrice Clover, represented a
cock-a-too, all white and yellow
feathers, with the birds head crown
ing her own. The sturdy little Roose-
welt daughter looked the part to per-
fection, with her round Dutch face and
blue eyes, short-cropped blonde hair,
tied under a red silk handkerchief,
dark velvet skirt and white blouse.
There were court ladies and cavaliers,
Jockeys and clowns, Bo peeps nuns,
and FAIRIES, little Jack Horner's cow
boys and all the rest of them. One
was a white-robed bride in tulle veil
and orange blossoms, and another
handsome girl was in fencing garb,
with mask and sword and red heart
fastened on her breast. Senator Fora
ker's small son, Arthur, was a Spanish
toreador; Herbert Micou, grandson OF
ex-Secretary Herbert. a Samoan chief
"a real outfit loaned by traveller;
Walter Blaine Beale, cowboy; Master
WI, a real royal Chinese costume; the
Montgomery Blair children, cupids;
and so on through the list of names
prominent in the history of Washing
ton, Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice
were present and many other grown
ups. who enjoyed the affair as much
as the children. 1t is only about four
years since Alice Roosevelt herself
marched in the ranks of children at a
Clover ball. She was then attired In
the picturesque little gown with the
powdered hair in which her picture was
afterwards taken, and which has been
so often reproduced in the papers since
she became the young lady of the
White House.
Another notable event among the
many balls of the week was the dance
given by the German Ambassador in
honor of the officers and cadets of the
German school-ship "Moltke." which is
lying in the harbor of Baltimore. His
excellency, with his visitors and gentle
men of the Embassy staff, received
near the ballroom entrance. Herr Won
Holleben was in conventional evening
dress, but the officers, cadets and mill
tary and naval attaches OF the Embas-
sy wore the full uniform of their va
rious ranks. Frau v2n Rebeur-Pasch-
WITT, wife of the lieutenant command
pr, was the hostess of the occasion.
Herr Won Holleben being unmarried.
you know. The white walls of the ball
room were effectively sprayed with
Southern smilax, and the musicians
were screened from view by palm
trees rising from a mound of pink
szaiss ana hyacinths. In the refresh
ment room, where a buffet supper was
gerved throughout the evening, the flo
raj decorations were also in pink and
green, and the candles burned under
pink shades. The Embassy rooms are