The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-19
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS AT
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
President and Mrs Children
Official Lfe-The Thursday
MT and Mrs Goodnow Enjoy Hospitality Roosevelt
Figure Social Circles-The
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hours in describing American social
conditions, in, which the. aged mon
arch takes a keen interest, and, with
the grandchildren, was a welcome
companion at tennis and ping-pong,
the latter sport having only recentiy
made it's way; to the interior of Aus.
tria. - rs q: s:
Representative John Newton Viii
hanson of Oregon is one of the few
native sons of the Pacific coast who
has ever come. to congress. He mar
ried a native daughter of Oregon, and
both have spent most of their lives
on the coast. Therefore, to Mr.. Will
Hanson the east is a strangers coun-
try.
"A few years ago says ne, ST made
my first visit to Chicago. think it
was the most desolate experience I
ever had in all my existence. At the
end of three days was so homesick
| would have. made friends with an
Oregon dog 4
Since, that time, however, Mr.. Will
Hanson has tarried longer in the win
dy city and somewhat revised his opin-
ion OF it. as an abiding place.
Madame Peroz, daughter of the
Mexican amba ssador.%.is to go north
for her health, which for several
months has been on the: decline.
"Jadam,, sBede, the new representa-
tive from Duluth, has Linguistic as
well as political attachments. Here
in Washington this winter Mr.. Bede is
putting lnsaH his spare time studying
the pure and melodious Castiiian. This
is because he is looking forward to a
visit in the Philippines. He prefers to
be able to do his own talking With
n WI "a 1,a tn1 1oI,o as
the shores on the other side Of the
world, 81: - -, ~
The daughter. of the speaker of the
house of Representatives is to begin
her formal afternoon receptions on
New Years Day: -.
The holiday program seems pretty
| we'll made up and would be hard to
improve on in. any case. The house
balls will be a delightful feature after
Christmas. MI and Mrs. Thomas F..
Walsh will give a cotillion on the 18th
for the friends: Of their school girl
daughter, Miss Evelyn Walsh; Mr.. and
| Mrs. John r. Mclean "a dinner dance
on the GOTH, and Senator Kean, and
| Miss Kean,, a dinner dance on the 31st.
The sixty-couple cotillion. on the DIST,
| the dance for the Princeton men on
the 23d. Mrs. E.Scoville's dance ? at
| Rauscher's; on the 26th, the junior sub
scription dance, also at. Rauscher,s.
for her debutante daughters on the
Goth at the Washington club are all
events of pleasurable. anticipation in
youthful calendars.
For the first time, a. prince occupies
a seat in the American congress,
Prince delegate from
Hawaii. His dusky: highness, with his
family. has taken a house in K street
| northwest the home of the Cutters,
/ where they%3will live during the pres
! ent session. Il 1t is furnished modestly,
and there are none of the trappings
which: characterized the visits of
Queen Lii during the Cleveland ad-
! ministration and excited SO much COM
! rnent in Washington society. -.
Secretary Hay has been confined to
his home for several weeks with bron-
! chial trouble, and the unfavorable
weather has retarded his recovery
His wife will not. receive or entertain
during the< present season. - -.
Cards have been issued for the we'd
ding of Isabel, daughter of Justice. and
/ Mrs. McKenna, Jan. 6, at the McKenna
home in Rhode Island avenue.
Judge McCreary and family of Ne
braska. are the latest: permanent: ad-
| ditions; to the social coterie of the
capital He has recently purchased 6
home in Mount Pleasant.
! Mrs. Roosevelt yesterday received
the diplomatic corps at 5 o'clock
4 Owing to the period of mourning
! which has been observed at the White
House for. the presidents uncle, thu
Il 4 s~oJ1 Il -
been presented to the presidents wife
The return of the German ambas
sador,< followed closely, by the arriva
of the British ambassador, complete!
the ambassadorial circle, with the ex
ception of the ambassador from Italy
who is still abroad, but will return il