The Washington times., 1904-07-10
Mrs. Hays Chief Attention Is to the
Diplomatic Corps.
Mrs. Shaw's Home Notable for Hearty.
Wholesome Hospitality.
Mrs. Hitchcock Distinguished for Refine
nent and Grace.

married in Chicago in 1880. She has twe
daughters-Mrs. w. c. Potter, the eldest.
ana Miss Pauline Morton. who m;.de her
debut In Chicago last winter from the
FAMILY residence. 45l2 Drexel. Boulevard.
Fond of Horses.
Like Mr.. Morton. Mrs. Morton Is ford
of horses and outdoor life, and has so
devoted herself to physical culture that
II Is only by stretch OF the imagination
that one sees In her the mother Of grown
girls. Neither Mrs. Morton nor Mss
Morton are unfamiliar figures IN Wash.
ington life. Mrs Morton and her daugh-
tiers spent much time here when Mr..
Mortons father was Secretary Of Agri- .
culture. Only last winter both MI and
Mrs. Morton were the Presidents guests
at the White House to a dinner or so.
and attended one OF Mrs. Rooseveirs
musicales in January.
IL one were selecting the prettiest,
daintiest, and most exquisite woman in
the Cabinet. Mrs. Hitchcock. wife OF the
Secretary of the Interior, would be first
choice. She is so inexpressibly refined.
so sensible and womanTy in her tcIels,
so attractive with her pretty snow-white
hair always carefully dressed and her
dignif1ed. graceful air. that the question
asked at the white House over and
over again each winter Is Who is the
pretty woman with the white hail?
Mrs Hitchcock IS the mother OF two
grown girls, Miss Anne and Miss Mar
garet Hitchcock. both finished young
women of the world Her complexion Is
as fresh as that Of woman Of thirty.
Of Varied Accomplishments.
The Misses Hitchcock are welI-travei-
ed, well-studied young women, tail, and
handsome, and accustomed to the usages
Of society both in this country and Eu-
rome They maintain hospitable
menage and entertain all Of the schoI-
ars and scientists of Washington.
Miss Flora Wilson is the only unmar-
ried woman in the Cabinet family. and
and does the Official honors of her
fathers house. She takes the same posi-
ton occupied by older women of the
Cabinet
Miss Wilson Is now touring Clorado
in an automobile, with Thomas F.
Walsh and family. During the social
seasons here she divides her time be-
tween the social duties OF her fathers
home and the younger set Of society.
Before coming TO Washington, Miss
Wilson was librarian. and thus formed
such a taste for books that no matter
has time for the latest publications
Miss Wilson also has ambitions as an
author. and has a book well under way,
which viii probably not. however. see
the light OF day until her father re-
tires from the Cabinet.
Mrs. Victor II Metcalf. who stands az
the foot Of the receiving line at the
White House next winter. is what you
might easily term a beauty. Not that
Mrs. MetcaIf is really strikingly beautiful
or even unusually pretty, but then she
IS so stylish, so well gotten up, SO chip
per and bright, and so altogether jolly
and sweet as well as graceful. that one
is very apt, and especially the opposite
SEX TO speak Of her as altogether love-
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Mrs. Metcalf is a California girl. and
was married to Mr.. Metcalf at Oakland.
Cal. about twelve years ago. During
her husbands five years in Congress
Mrs. Metcalf has lived at the Airing
ton Hotel, and is reckoned one of the
most popular women in the Congress
sional circle.
Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. Shaw had
apartments but a few doors removed
from one another when Secretary Shaw
was first called into the Cabinet. The
two women became fast friends at once
Mrs. Metcalf will be the best dressed
woman in the Cabinet. For the five
years she has lived in Washington she
has been one OF the most smartly COS
tuned women at the Capital. She is
blonde. tail; has a fine figure, and IS
ready TO enter upon her social season
next winter with ardent fervor and en-
thusiasm.
Mrs. Roosevelt has made II A custom
to call all the Cabinet women 10 the
White House each Tuesday morning
during the social season. Her meetings
next fall will be simply for social IN
tercourse. All the women of the Cabi-
net are now too experienced to require
a social coach in official affairs.