The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
FAIRY PALACES
IN WASHINGTON
~
Near Approach to the Salon Of
the French Empire.
SOME YOUNG CONGRESSMEN
HANNA AND ROOSEVELT MAY
LOCK HORNS.
SOME YOUNG COHGRESSMEH
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HTASHINGTON, Nov. H.-Since the
w days Of Dolly Madison there has
not been in washington what
could be truthfully called an American
I salon" Many women have attempted
it, and given it up in despair. They
failed 10 appreciate that a salon" is
a work of time more than money, brains
hospitality or luck; though a liberal
allowance of all these elements is es-
sential. Until quite recently Wash
ington had no permanent population,
with the exception Of the "cliff dwell
ers," who were so welded TO their own
set that they could not be persuaded
to invite brainy person to their
homes, unless he happened by some
great miracle to be one Of themselves.
With the influx OF the indoIent rich
which began about five years ago, and
the magic appearance of fairy palaces
along Massachusetts avenue and about
the circles. hostesses are being singled
out. some for the lavishness of their
entertainment. some for their exclus-
ivcness, of course some for their wit.
and many for their appreciation Of the
cleverness Of their callers.
Home Of the Washes.
Most beautiful Of the new houses is
the Walsh residence, not yet quite
ready for occupancy. That it will be
center of attraction there can be
I little doubt Mr.. Walsh has hosts Of
friends both in this country and
abroad, among whom are many brill
liant men and women: and Mrs. Walsh
has a happy faculty of drawing the
Wittiest and the brainiest people about
d.
absolute simplicity of manner, and her
I perfect memory for old and less for
tunate friends.
Within stones throw from the
Walsh home is that of Captain and
Mrs. Larz Anderson Of Massachusetts.
The house itself looks a good deal like
an apartment building, and IS not
nearly so attractive as the $4,000 stable
which has been put up in the rear. The
gardens. however, viii be more extern
sive than most Of those in the city. and
VIII be a reproduction as far as possible
Of the famous Garden of Weld, the
pride Of the Anderson Massachusetts
estate. The gardens Of the Townsends
and the Letters have added much to the
popularity Of those two homes.
Some Of the Embassies.
The nearest approach TO the salon"
Of fiction and history is the drawing
room Of the Russian ambassador
{ Nine Jusserand, the wife OF the
French ambassador. has been little in
America. but the brief glimpses that
Washington has had Of her have been
gratefully treasured. Nine. Hengel-
muller still rejoicing over the promo
tion of her legation TO the rank of an
en- bassy. has made nev Saturday even
ings. held from 10 until midnight. one
Of the weekly social features. But the
daintiest little salon" of all was that
Of Nine de Margerie. the wife of the
former first secretary Of the French
embassy. who was voted the best
dressed woman in Washington and as
having the most beautiful hands of any
woman in America. Her guest list was
drawn not only from the diplomatic
corps. but from Uncle Sans official
register. and, in virtue of her relation
to Rostand, the playwright, from the
greatest names on the literary and
artistic rolls
The Literary Set.
OF course there are purely literary
homes where the n0velists and writer's
Of solemn things gather. Julien Cor
den's house on the edge of oId-fash-
toned Georgetown is a rendezvous for
/ interesting folk. It is said that the
novelist has no scrUpIes about using
her visitors as material" and what
ever the truth of the accusation. 1t does
not Interfere with the length Of her
visiting list Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
! Nelson Page have a home that is cop
/ led from one of the well-beloved Dixie
mansions so graphically described in
/ Mr.. Pages stories of the south.
1 Although Mrs. Reginald DeKOven is
/ a novelist of some ability. yet her own
and her husbands friends are re-
CrUited almost exclusively from the
musical set. and her evenings at home
[ are as famous for the presence Of great
i musical lions as those Of Mrs ROOse-
welt.
The Studio Tea"
/ AS yet few congressional women have
4 striven to build up a circle of friends
or a reputation as a hostess in the cap
/ ital. Mrs. Henry HansbrOugh, the wife
! of the senator from South Dakota,
( however. has brought into vogue what
/ is termed the studio tea" Former
/ Minister Whiting Fang and the pres
| ent Russian ambassador have declared
/ her to be the only woman in Washing
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