The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-27
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Washington, Dec. 25.-The first cabi-
net dinner, which opens the winters
series of entertainments at the White
House. included eighty guests-a large
number of them not of the official circle
and several from other cities. The only
! absentees from the cabinet coterie We're
Secretary Hay who is stll confined to
his house by illness, and the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, who
are in mourning. The company was
received in the Blue Room. Mrs. Roose-
welt wore a very handsome gown of
white brocade and lace; Miss Alice
| Roosevelt a blue satin dress, combined
with lace, and Miss Carow, Mrs. Roose-
velt's sister, a white satin gown gar
nished with crystals. The floral decora-
lions, which in former years have al
ways been so elaborate, was "conspic-
uous by it's absence" except in the
state dining room. The crescent-shaped
table was adorned with seven large
PLAQUES of red carnations, alternating
with seven tall and slender vases of
cut glass containing a few long-stem-
med brides roses and each place was
marked by a boutonnier of roses for
the men and corsage bouquets of carna-
tons for the women. The board was
| lighted by profusion of wav candles,
capped with red shades. The Marine
Band stationed in the outer hall, play
ed throughout the evening. recent
conspicuous addition to the hall is a
| fine, large portrait of President Roose-
Welt, by Sargent, which hangs in the
southwest corner, opposite the portrait
of the late President Mckinley. In
the East Room the life-sized historical
painting, THE Signing of the Protocol"
has been placed on a large easel and
attracted much attention.
| The corps diplomatique had an on
! portunity on Saturday to congratulate
! the German Ambassador on his recent
! promotion and to welcome him back
after his trip abroad. The German
embassy was a very gay place for
! an hour or so. Baroness Won Stern
burg, in a beautiful gown of dark green
velvet, garnished with yellow lace, was
assisted by her young sister, Miss Ivy
! Langham. This attractive girl, who is
spending the winter at the German
! embassy. is a debutante so far as
! Washington society is concerned. al
though she has mingled in the society
of other capitals. Most of her life
has been spent abroad Last year she
was with her mother in Southern Eu-
rope, where her elder sister is now
! the two sisters alternating between
their mothers home and that of Baro-
ness Won Sternburg. in whatever part
of the world these may chance to be-
Miss Ivy is devoted to outdoor sport
An interesting debutante was Miss
Juliette Fremont, who made her bow
| to society the other day, and was
greeted by a large company represent
| ing the same exclusive circle of resi-
dent and official Washington in which
| her grandmother was a famous belle
half century ago. Miss Juliette, who
has only recently returned from six
| or seven years abroad, is the second
daughter of Commander John C. Ere
mont, U. S. N, and granddaughter
of that famous Gen. Fremont who Is
known to the world as THE Path
finder" and the great granddaughter
of Hon. Thomas H. Benton, another
prominent acton in the nations history.
Miss Fremont. beautiful in a girlish
gown of rose-pink crepe de chine, made
with a deep collar of yellow lace which
was vastly becoming to her brunette
complexion. was presented by her
mother. who wore a gray embroid-
cred crepe.
Miss Rosetta Calderon, the second
daughter of the minister from Peru.
will make her debut on Dec. %, at an
afternoon reception given by her par
ents in the legation. This only bud in
diplomatic circles this winter is a very
| accomplished and beautiful girl. Like
her sister, who is just a year older
and was presented at this time last
year, she speaks French Spanish. Ital-
ian, German and English with equal
ease. Having completed her educa-
I
she is already perfectly familiar with
American customs and has a large ac-
quaintance with the young people of
this city. She, too, is pronounced
brunette, with the large soulful
| eyes peculiar to her race. The Misses
Caledron, being so nearly of an age,
have adopted the French fashion or
| always dressing exactly alike to the
| smallest detail of ribbon or flower,
which, with their vivacious and youth
full beauty, is most effective and be-
coming.
Among the interesting visitors to
| Washington during this week is the
Sahebzada Masir All Kahn, of India,
a brother of his highness the Nawab
| of Rampur This young nobleman,
who is an under graduate of Oxford
University, arrives in New York on
Saturday with an English chum, and
proposes spending the university holi-
day recess mostly in the American
capital. They will sail from New York
three weeks hence.
The arrival of Lady Duran and Miss
| Durand, wife and daughter of the new
| British Ambassador, opens the last
of the official homes of this rank for
the winter, excepting that of the
Italian embassy The British Am
bassador went to New York to meet
the ladies, who were passengers on the
Lucania, accompanied by Mr.. Henry
White secretary of the American en-
bassy in London.
The much talked-of Mr.. and Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt will be in
Washington in time to attend the dip
lomatic reception at the White House,
Jan. Z, as guests of Senator and Mrs.
Depew. They will stop here for a few
days on their way South. After visit
on Jekyls Island they are going to
Florida.
The most continuously entertained