The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07

/ Rome whilo she resided there as tho wife
OF the United States Am AMBASSADOR; Mrs.
John r. Rixey, white crepe de chine, with
diamonds: Miss. Virginia Miller, black
Velvet Wit h rare old family jewels; Mrs.
Leonard X Wood yellow and black satin
and chiffon; MRS. Claude Swanson cream
satin trimmed with heavy bands Of lace.
.with3gtouches of jet, and diamond orna-.
ments; Mrs. Carl Won Mayhoff, light
green panne velvet. al @ NJ rs e
A subscription dance at tho New
Willard; the leap year cotillon at Raus-
chers, an evening reception by Mr.. and
Mrs C. C. Glover; Congressional recep-
ton at the White House; the marriage
of Miss Brewer, daughter OF Mr.. Justice
Brewer, of the u S. Supreme Court. and
Mr.. wellington Wells, at old st. Johns
Church.; Miss Louise Van Dyke Jones's
lean year dance at the Arlington; the
.stldents'' ball, and the Ridgeloy dance
arc some Of tho charming events that
will DO sandwiched in the days before
Ash Wednesday,.
An event OF the week, which brought
together an interesting international
gathering, was tho reception and dance
given BY Hon. Hnnnis Taylor, the former
minister to Spain, and Mrs. Taylor, to
mark the debut OF their daughter, Miss.
Mary Lilly Taylor Madame Calvo, wife
of the Minister from Costa Rica; Mrs.
Joseph C. Blackburn, wife OF Senator
Blackburn, Mrs. Lowry, Mrs, Charles
Richardson, Mrs. Micou and Miss
George of Alabama. assisted IN receiving
tho guests who numbered several hun-
dred and were as catholic as was the
receiving line. 5
This is n distinctly visiting season.,
and going tho rounds with u society dame
ono gets q very good idea of tho direction
In which the political wind Is blowing,
Mrs Congressman. whose husband Is
very much In tho public eye. Is much
sought after socially. Carriages line the
streets in front Of her residence on her
day 'at homo" ana dinner invitations
roll in whether sho will or not
When man flashes into prominence
over night as did Representative Cush-
man, OF Washington State, tho social
lights nre taken unawares, and tho next
day hurry and scurry to retrieve the
error OF their judgment For two years
Mr., Cushman had como and gone the
way Of an unknown Congressman. mean
while studying the situation. When he
could no longer stand In silence the
ruling of the Chair, he broke forth IN
ono OF the most brilliantly witty speeches
ever delivered In the lower house. In
person MIR. Cushman resembles the
circuit preacher whose type Is 80 wells
known wherever tho Methodist Church Is
found, and so quietly did he so his way,
that his colleagues were as much sur
prised by his sudden leap into first rank
OF orators as were grand danes VINO had
failed to recognize In Mrs. Cushman one
OF the very clever women In the oon-
gressional circle,
Another phase Of social life Is the way
In which Mrs. Army-Ofllcer, with an
axe to grind, showers attentions upon the
wives OF the different members OF the
congressional military committees, while
Mrs, Nayy-Onicer Is vie!ng with her In
attentions to Mrs. Nayy-Committeeman
with the result that many promotions
by emotion" are recorded.
The reverse of this Is noted when there
exists an enmlty between wives. rs was
the case with Mrs. Leonard Wood and
Mrs. Estes Rathbone, whose husbands
figured SO prominently In recent Senate
proceedings.
Unlike their English cousins, American
women usually enter politics only IN
this mild way, though there are a few
ladies In official lfo who, coming from
States Where the right of suffrage 70
>granted to women,N have exercised this
right at tho polls, or these, Mrs. Henry
NJ. Teller, wife of the Senator from Colo
RADIO, is the dean, as she came 70 WASH
Elngton as early as 1876. Others IN this
coterie are; Mrs. Francis y, BROOKS ana