The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-15
GAYETY RAMPANT
IN WASHINGTON
Brilliant Army ard Navy Recep.
ton Closed the Season
SEN. HANNA AND GEN. B0THA
CAPITAL GOSSIP SERVED BY
HERALD CORRESPONDENTS
SEN. HANNA AND GEN. B0THA
(special to .The Herald. }

day evening to the army and navy
brought to a close the formal recep-
! lions given during this season by the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt Invita-
| tons to the army and navy reception
are more. eagerly sought after than TO
any other receptions. although the one
to the diplomatic corps is supposed to
be the most gorgeous and brilliant At
the diplomatic reception the ambasa-
doris ministers and attaches of the va
rious legations attend in the court
| costumes of their respective countries,
and the show of gold lace, decorations
and medals is well worth seeting.~ The
army and navy reception is also snowy.
All of the officers Of the army and the
navy on duty in Washington are
obliged to attend, and are obliged 10
wear the full dress uniform OF their
rank. There is a large colony of re-
tired army officers in Washington, and
these, with their families and friends,
invariably attend the army and navy
/ reception. The pressure for invitations
to last weeks reception was so great
that the list had to be closed a week
in advance over 1900 invitations were
issued, and this means the attendance
of nearly 1000 guests, for about one
| third of those invited take the privilege
of bringing an additional guest without
( the formality of an invitation The at
tendance at this last reception was
away beyond the capacity of the White
House for the comfort of the guests
and those who received them.
They're Scarce.
The congressional reception has long
been noted on account of the absence
of members of congress in whose honor
! 1t is given. Out of the 440 members
| of congress not more than seventy-five
] nr hFrn OF { q
/ thing indeed to meet any of the dis
| tinguished members of the house or
/ senate at a congressional reception
! Although the tickets emitting the
guests to admission to the White
/ House are marked Not transferable,
1 those sent to members of congress VINO
1 do not attend find their way into the
| hands of their secretaries, or perhaps,
| to visiting constituents, and so the
] crowd is not diminished by the failure
I of the invited guest to respond IN
/ person. As a typically Democratic al
/ fair the congressional reception can be
/ heartily commended. Members of con-
gress who do attend decline to don
/ dress suits, and many others attend
also in like unconventional attire
Despite very stringent anti-gambling
/ laws in the District of Columbia, games
\ of chance. sometimes for high stakes,
! form an important part of the social
! are among recognized articles of fur
/ niture in many Libraries and 'dens,
and small tables for bridge whist are
/ set up in ball rooms for the non-dan-
| GERS, and theya in evidence in draw
l ing rooms after dinners, where the
| guests are expected to cut in" or else
| call for their carriages. as not to play
with the remainder of the guests leaves
( one quite out of it, Not only is this
practice apparent at the dinners, but at
( formal receptions, even some held uy
] foreign ambassadors and their wives,
/ and at these bridge whist for high
! stakes is a recognized part of the Ell
| tertainment. Poker as well as bridge
whist is one of the advertisements -
/ social functions, and some good-sized
/ lOus.-aCe- won. and lost at these az
1 fairs,
The Abb club is one OF the exclusive
| and mysterious organizations of Wash
/ ingtou- It is a club without cooks, the
| guests and members making their own
| welsh Earebits and salads. Even its
| location is not generally known, all
/ though il has commodious quarters in
/ one of the most fashionable parts OF
| the city. 1t is a bachelor organiza-
ton, but occasionally there are ladies'
days. when the Hospitality inclined sin.
| gle members entertain their fair friends
| within its sacred walls. A few members
| of the senate and house belong to the
club. bat the number is very small 80
Dinner to Booth
| A notable entertainment was given
| Wednesday evening by Senator Hanna
in honor of General William Booth,
| commander of the Salvation Army,
| who has been spending a few days at
| the capital The entertainment was a
| dinner given at the Arlington hotel,
and among the guests in addition TO
| Commander Booth, were Admiral
| Dewey, the Right Rev. Henry Y. Sat
/ terlee of Washington, Honorable b. +.
/ MacFariand, president of the board of
district commissioners; Honora Bile John
| Hay. Secretary of State Honorable z.
| A. Hitchcock, secretary of the interior.
and other members of the president 5
| cabinet. General Booth and his aides,
| Colonel LAWYER of London and Major
/ Cox. his private. secretary. were enter
tanned at luncheon Thursday by Presi-
| dent Roosevelt. General Booth and
his party will leave America March 4
for England. The general VIII then
( have completed a five months cam
paign in the United States and Can
| ada where he has been inspecting To-
cal headquarters of the Salvation Army
in the large cities and delivering lee
/ lures.
Woods Trip.
General Leonard Wood, who has been
ordered TO the command of the de-
| partment Mindanao in the Philippines
! win go to his post of duty by the east
ern route, and will visit Egypt and
| the French provinces. of Africa en-
| route. While in these countries Gen
eral Wood is expected to make thor
7 ough study of the manner in which
| army officials of England and France
handle the Mohammedans. The ma
| tives of Mindanao are. for the most
&c
| to get the benefit of the experience
/ of England and France in dealing with
| members of this faith, so that no mis-
! takes will be made in the Philippines.
! While General Wood goes to the Phil
/ ippines to take a subordinate position
| it is generally believed that he will
soon be promoted to the more impor-
/ tant post of the general command of
the islands. He is an officer of execu-
tive and administrative ability and is
the presidents most intimate personal
I FRIEND but he is not favorite with
his brother officers OF the army, who
do not look complacently upon his sud
/ den- rise from the position of a major
in the medical corps to that of a major
| general in the general service.
Mrs. b s. Rodey. her daughter, Miss
/ Helen, and son, 3. 5. ROdey. IT., ar
| rived. here Friday from their home, AL
| huquerque, n. NJ, to join their hus-
band and father. Delegate Rodey. of
I New Mexico. They win make their
home at the Riggs house until the close
Of the present session of congress-