The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-07
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
AT ITS GIDDIEST
Official Receptions and Dinners Fill the Time
Till Lent

washington, Feb. 6.-With less than
fortnight now to its credit, the So
o;o1 season is at it's giddiest and Van
az, Fair is struggling manfully and
,,,or,anfully to keep even" with its
engagements. The three state dinners
~ the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
ord the series of Friday night musi-
Gales. to which invitations We're is
e,,ed In Mrs. Roosevelt's name only.
10th came to an end during last week,
leaving only two official entertain
,nents on the White House calendar.
They are the evening reception in hon
or of Congress which takes place Feb.
4 and the army and navy reception on
the night of Feb. IL. There will be
no public reception at the White
House during the season. Some days
ago Secretary Loeb announced that
the prescribed number of invitations
n the remaining festivities in the
White House had already exceeded the
limit and it had become necessary to
close the list; and this although the
cards of invitation to the army and
navy people had not yet been issued.
Miss RooseveIt's Birthday.
Miss Alice Roosevelt. who is just
now in New York, will celebrate her
twentieth birthday ON Feb. II, when
there will be a large company of
young people invited 10 ulhe IN the
White House.
The cabinet dinner of this week was
that of the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Hitchcock, when the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt were the
guests of honor. The Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, whose din
ner to the cabinet was originally
MANNED for Jan. II, and postponed
on account of the death of the secre-
tary's brother, will give the last of
this series, probably on Feb. %.
All the ladies of the cabinet are
holding large receptions on Wednes-
daV afternoons, as also is Miss Can
non. daughter of the Speaker of the
House. Mrs. Shaw, who resumed her
day at home only last week. has ad-
hered to her hospitable custom of last
wear of offering her visitors a cup of
tea and other light refreshments. Last
Wednesday she had a large number
of charming lady assistants and an
unusually CIOWOCd ACOCPbAOAA' oAAO
was handsomely gowned in white lace,
trimmed in mauve velvet. Mrs. Cor
telyou's reception was marked by the
cordiality that is always so manifest
in her drawing room. She wore one
of her prettiest white lace dresses and
was assisted by her sisters Mrs. Hay
den of Lebanon, Pa, who is now her
guest. and Miss Kinds, who is spend
ing the winter with her. The Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Root, who were
showered with farewell attentions
from their friends in official and resi-
dent society, have gone to New York
thus severing very pleasant connec-
ton with the official world which has
lasted almost five years.
Secretary Taft's Social Welcome.
Official Washington gave a very cor
dial welcome to the new Secretary of
War Gov. William H. Taft, in series
of crowded receptions. The first in his
honor was given by retiring Secretary
Root. There was a very large attend
ance, including all the army and navy
officers in the city above the rank of
captain, the members of the cabinet,
and the committees on Appropriations,
Military Affairs and the Philippines, of
both the Senate and the House.
The reception was a. stag affair and
there were no speeches. But one toast
was proposed, that by Secretary Root
to his successor. 1t was composed by
Mr. Archibald Hopkins of the Court OF
Claims, aud began and ended with the
Lines.
"rhe toast with trimming glasses to
be quaffed;
There's but one name tonight and
that is Taft"
Mrs. Taft. wife of the new Secretary
of War. will not arrive in Washington
until late in the spring, as she and her
children prefer to spend the remainder
of the season in Southern California.
A very pleasant addition to the Off
cial circle is Mrs. Charles H. Keep,
wife Of the newly appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, who is rap
idly making friends in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keep, who are young,
hospitable, and possessed of ample
MEANS We're extremely popular IN Buff