The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-14
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
PRESIDENTS MARRIAGE.

Mrs. Roots Homecoming n Sad One.
Mrs. Fairbanks a Good Politician.
Mrs. Foraker a Typical Matron of
the Middle wcst-A Note About the
Bachelor SenatOr-A Description of
the Home of Senator Cockren.
when the Public Receptions of
the Ladies of the Cabinet VIII BE
Begun-other Matters of General
Interest.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were re-
cipients of a great many congratula-
tions on the sixteenth anniversary of
their marriage. 1t took place in Lon
don, Dec 2, 1886. the ceremony being
solemnized in the famous st. Georges,
Hanover Square. Canon Guthridge. a
cousin of the bride. officiating. After
sixteen years of married life. Mrs.
Roosevelt still looks young enough to
be a bride and is manifestly idolized
by her husband. On the anniversary of
this year. express packages came to
the White House from far and near.
presumably gifts, and at least a wag-
on load of bouquets and baskets of
flowers were delivered during the day.
In the afternoon she received a num-
Der of personal friends in the red
room. The President and Mrs Roose-
Welt have arranged a social pro-
gramme for the White House which,
If nothing prevents its being carried
out, will make this year in the execu-
tive mansion one of the most brilliant
of any since Abigail Adams took pos
session of it and dried her linen in
the east room. In addition to the regu-
lar state functions, beginning with the
dinner in honor of the cabinet on
Thursday, Dec. is. and continuing I'M
til Feb. II. there will be a series of
Friday evening musicals throughout
January. The dates for the evening re-
ceptions in the White House. for
which separate cards will be issued.
are Thursdays-two in January, two in
February. There will be no public re-
ception. In all these social doings Mrs.
Roosevelt will have the hearty cooper
alton of all the women in the official
set. OF the latter, no element will con-
tribute more largely than the women
of the senatorial circle. The deep
mourning of Mrs. Root. wife of the
Secretary of War. and the absence of
Mrs. Miles. who is with her husband
in Manila, will leave Mrs. Corbin the
young wife of the Adjutant General.
the ranking matron of the army circle
She will also take her place among the
official hostesses on New Years day.
when she will keep "open house" for
the first time in her new home
Mrs. Roots homecoming from Eu-
rope was a sad one. for she did not
know until she reached New York
that her father. Mr.. Salem H. Wales,
who died a few days before her arriv-
al, was even i'll. His funeral occurred
the next day. Another household in
deepest mourning is that of Senator
Elkins of West Virginia because OF
the recent death of Mrs. Elkins' moth
er-Mrs. Davis. wife of former Sena-
tor Davis. The Elkins home in K
street-a spacious colonial mansion.
with abundant room in II for the most
ambitious social functions-has long
been famous for its splendid hospi-
tally. Mrs. Elkins receives every
Thursday, when she is always assisted
| by number of young women She
| has also been in the habit of giving at
least one dinner a week She has been
constantly conspicuous in the gay
world and with her husband a fire.
quent diner out
hfos Wlle OF the Senator
from Indiana, is said to be as good a
politician as her husband At all
events she has been very successful
as the president of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution-and the
woman who has the tact to harmonic
all the warning factions in that stormy
organization deserves to be president
of the United States. Mrs Fairbanks
is nne-looking woman of middle age
with a dignified presence and distin-
guished manners. She makes a pleas
ing inquire in her presidents chair. and
Is equally interesting at her own aft
ernoon receptions, to which she well
comes her many callers with great
warmth and cordially.
Mrs. Foraker is typical matron of
the Middle West and has all the hearth
ness of manner for which people on
the other side of the Alleghenies are
noted. She was Miss Julia Bundy. the
daughter of an old and distinguished
Ohio family. She was educated at the
ohio Wesleyan University for young
ladies. Mrs. Marcus Hanna, who. I'M
happily, has distaste for official life
spends very little time in Washington
but divides the year before her sum
mer home in Georgia and her winter
house belonging to Senator Cameron.
in lafayette Square, and entertain Id
frequently and lavishly; but this win
ter he has given up the Cameron
House, and taken apartments at the
Arlington. Mrs. Hanna and Miss Ruth
Hanna will come to Washington at
the beginning of the season in January
and remain until Lent. Mrs. Hanna
is one of the handsomest women In the
senatorial circle. She is tall and grace
full and wears her snow-white hair
brushed becomingly back from her
forehead.
Another interesting official household
is that of Senator Hansborough of
North Dakota. The Senator began his
career as a newspaper man, and has
all his life had a fad for literary
things, with the result that his house
is the center for the literary people of
the capital Mrs. Hansborough is a
woman of much beauty, grace and tall
ent, and before her marriage attained
considerable reputation as a magazine
writer. Since her marriage she has
developed into a politician and has ma
terially helped her husband this sum-
mer when he went West to look after
his fences.
Senator and Mrs. Spooner of WILSON,
sin have leased the old-fashioned
house of Senator Stewart, in f street
and will establish themselves there for
the winter. Mrs. Spooner is a talented
musician, and her cultivated voice
gives her Washington friends much
pleasure. She has had long expert
ence in official life and her afternoon
receptions are always crowded.
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