The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
LADIES OF CABINET
TO HOLD RECEPTIONS
Mrs. Hay EDtertains DiplO-
mats Tomorrow.
MRS. SHAW IN MOURNING
Mrs. Root Will Be Hostess for Last
Time II Washington-Men
Only Are Invited.
MRS. SHAW IN MOURNING

Following the reception at the White
House tomorrow the Secretary Of State
snad Mrs. Hay Will entertain the Dip
lomatic Corps at a buffet breakfast. In
case Mr.. Hay, whose condition remains
unchanged. is unable to be present at
the breakfast. Mr.. Loomis. Acting Sec
rotary Of State. VIII preside in his
place
Mrs. Hay will be assisted by her two
daughters. Mrs. Payne whitney and
Mrs. James w. Wadsworth. ir
Mrs. Hay and the ladies OF the Cabinet
will hold no general reception. and will
receive only the men of their acquain-
lance and under no circumstances are
the women Of official or resident Wash
lngton expected to call.
Mrs. Shaw, being in mourning at pres
ent, will not receive.
Mrs Root a Hostess.
Mrs Root. will. for the last time. be
numbered among the official hostesses
of the day. as the Secretary Of War
retires on February l. Her reception,
therefore. will be an interesting one
Mr.. Root will be present for at least
part of the day. SO will Mr. Moody,
Secretary of the Navy, who. being a
bachelor. will hold no reception of his
own. Miss Roosevelt. too. viii be there
for a while. Other assistants will in
cludc Mrs. Oliver. wife or the Assistant
Secretary OF War; Mrs. Chaffee, Mrs.
Gillespie. Mrs. Bates. Mrs. Wood. Mrs
Robert Gillespie. Miss Roosevelt, Miss
Mary Newbold. Miss Lowell, Miss
Roosevelt's guests; Miss Oliver, Miss
Marion Oliver. Miss Elizabeth Kean,
Miss Christine Roosevelt, Miss Julia
Fish. Miss Mott Miss Glover. Miss Ash
ton, Miss Alice Warder. Miss MacNeagh
Miss Sherida.. Miss Wadsworth. Miss
Hagner. Miss Mathilde Townsend, Miss
Field. Miss Alice Ward, Miss Edith
Sanger. and Miss Dorothea Draper OF
Now York. the house guest of the Sec
rotary and Mrs. Root.
Mrs. Knox's Assistants.
Mrs Knox will be assisted by this
Misses Marie and Hildegarde McKenna
the Misses Harlan. Miss Quay. Miss
Foraker, Miss Huff. Miss Carow. Miss
Gilmore, Miss Hageman. Miss Board
man, and Miss Brown.
Mrs Payne. who viii receive at tn,
Arlington. will include among her as
sistants. Mrs. Spooner. wife of the Sen
ator from Wisconsin: Mrs. John W
Foster Mrs Victor Metcalf. Mrs. Fair
fax Harrison, Mrs. George Howard
Miss Wetmore. Miss Lowering, Mis-.
Lucy Kean. Miss Horstmann. Mis-
Josephine Boardman. Miss McComb. an'
Miss Van Dyke Louise Jones, her niece
Will Open Home Again.
Mrs. Hitchcock. who. by reason o.
mourning has. until recently. taken n,
part in the official gayeties Of the sea
son, VIII again open her home. 1901 i
Street. tomorrow She will be ably aid
ed by her daughters. the Misses Hitch
cock: Mrs Ryan. wife Of the Assistan
Secretary Of the Interior; Mrs. Jones
wife OF the Commissioner Of Indian Az
fairs: Mrs Ware. wife of the Commits
sioner of Pensions; Mrs. Herbert Peirce
Mrs. Selfridge Mrs Corcoran Thorn
Miss Shaw. Miss Newlands. Miss Kean
Miss Hunt. the Misses Gilman. Mis-
Ernst. Miss Warder Miss Daisy Wilson
and Miss Mary Carlisle.
Miss Wilson, who is always assisted b
the prettiest and most attractive wome
in society will have with her Counties
Cassini. Baroness Won dem Busch
Mrs Fairbanks Mrs. Dolliver. Mrs
Walsh Mrs. SDalding Mrs. PinchOt
Mrs Willis Moore Mrs Stilson Hutch
ms. Mrs Fabyan. Of Chicago: Mrs. job
3. Henderson. Mrs. Ephraim Cockrell
Mrs. Audenried. Miss Kate Deering
Miss Fanny Fuller. Miss Marion Bel
Miss Switzerland. Miss Anna Cockrel
and Miss Winnifred Mattingly
Mrs. Cortelyou. who viii appear 70
49, the first time as a Cabinet hostess to
morrow will have with her Mrs. Gar
field, Mrs North Mrs Collier. Mrs
Sternberg. Mrs Carroll .. Wright
Mrs Austif,, Mrs. Sargent. Mrs. Cham
berlain. Mrs. Granger. Mrs Hemphii
Mrs Tittman. Mrs. George y. Williams
NTre T~bT,r Mrs Gandoa Mrs Weaver
Miss Wiley. the Misses Fenton. Mis-
Fannie Williams. and Miss Kinds. tn
latter her sister.