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connection with those branches. They
are not actually in the service. however.
and their official heads may be cut
OF at any moment. Mrs Hitchcock
has led in entertaining among the
wives of the Cabinet, and this year
she plans 20 do as much as in
former seasons Whether or no there
are young members in the fam
ilieS of the Cabinet as well as in the
families of the residents, as rule,
makes a large difference in the amount
of entertaining. The Misses Hitchcock
have aided their mother IN her social
iabors. While Mrs. Morton, wife of the
new Secretary OF the Navy, is a new
conner, the fact that she is presenting
daughter TO society this year aside
from her other qualifications as host
ess, causes her TO be one o. the most
prominent among those who entertain
largely and often in Washington.
Costly Entertainments.
There is a number of exceedingly
wealthy women who have come to
Washington in recent years, have built
palaces for homes, and entertain at
regal cost Among them are Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. Mrs. George West
inghouse. Mrs. Richard Townsend, and
Mrs Robert Patterson. Mrs. Townsend
and Mrs. Westinghouse did not enter
tain last year. one because of mourn
ing and the other because she was not
here. Both viii contribute largely to
the sociai existence cf Washington t.sis
year. Mrs. Westinghouse electrified
every one here a few years ago by CIV
ing n handsome dinner, at which 100
persons were present, and followed 1t
u,o with cotiIion for which there
were handsome gold and enamel
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class" growing Up in this country is un-
Goubtedly true who are not tramps
Heretofore our leisure class has beer
confined to the women. and a glance at
the host OF engagements met by them
IN q Washington season would lead you
TO believe that even they are not so
leisurely as might be expected
The Misses Riggs
Any comment upon Washington So
ciety and hostesses would be incomplete
without mention of Miss Alice Riggs and
Miss Jane Riggs They represent the
most exclusive resident set. At the
evening receptions which they give
every season are 10 be found the OLD
Washingtonians. whose names meant
everything in the society OF q quarter
Of century ago, and many OF whom
still play important roles in the social
drama While their hospitality is just as
gracious and more so than that OF many.
OF the comparatively newcomers to
washington. there is an air about these
receptions in the I Street mansion which
is not found in the modern palaces.
It was at one of these receptions that
sprightly Philadelphia debutante
startled the guests by calling to a dig
nified gentleman whom she had not yet
met, Hello Dicky-
This gentleman, being interested to
know who il was VINO had addressed
him SO familiariy, asked to be presented
10 the PhiladeIphian why did you
call me Dicky?'' he asked
Because you look so much like q ca
nary Bird she answered unabashed.
Aru,v HosFesses
Until the arrival Of Mrs Chanee. wife
of the chief OF staff. the social head
quarters of the army were located at the
home of General Gillespie. where his
wife proved herself and continues to
prove herself one of the most delightful
of all the hostesses here
Mrs. Gillespie is one of those women
who habitually say and do the right
thing. She earned for herself the repu-
tation of giving dinners as delightful as
any IN town.
! Among the younger married women
who help TO make the social life OF
Washington as attractive as it is are
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell, Mrs. Keep. wife
Of the Assistant Secretary!of the Treas
ury. and Mrs. George Howard
Mrs John r. Mclean, Mrs William
! Boardnlan. Mrs. George Lothrop Brad
! ley, and Mrs. Charles Glover are ali
well-known hostesses among the resi-
dent SGT. AT the McLean's country
home. Friendship. just outside the city
/ limits. Mrs. Mclean has inaugurated a
series of Sunday morning breakfasts to
which many OF the smartest folk IN
! Washington are hidden Another series
of entertainments which have made the
| Mclean house known as one of the
gayest and most hospitable here are the
| Informal Saturday evening dances for
the younger clement IN society.
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watches and heavy silver-handled UNI
brellas distributed as fayors The popu-
larity OF Mrs Westinghouse does not
depend entirely upon her ability to give
handsome entertainments. She is gra-
cfous and by no means q snob Her
remarkable love of flowers is always
noticeable because of the profusion with
which she decorates her table with sea-
sonable blossoms. A deicately tinted
pink rose was named after her on ac-
count of this love.
In her huge house on Massachusetts
Avenue, Mrs. Walsh entertains con-
stantly. Dinners. balls. receptions fol-
low one another with rapidity Her
first introduction TO society as a hostess
came with a large cotillon. to which she
asked ten or dozen well-tnown wo-
men to bring their dinner guests. While
this was rather an original method of
providing guests, it worked TO perfec-
tion, ard the souvenir favors We're as
gorgeous as the excited imagination of
Washington had pictured.
Mrs. Townsend, who has been absent
from society here for the past two years,
has again opened her house. and Il is
said viii entertain to a great extent
this winter. She has a decided pen
chant for foreigners and members Of
the Diplomatic Corps figure largely al
her dinners. which are charming affairs
in exceedingly good taste
A Woman of Talent.
No hostess in Washington has enter
tanned more or with greater success
than Mrs. John 3. Henderson, wife of
the former Senator from Wisconsin She
is at present suffering from an acct
dent, having broken q bone in her foot,
but she VIII undoubtedly take her part
in the seasons gayeties- a woman of
undoubted artistic and literary talent,
she has gathered about her board the
most agreeable and talented men and
women who have taken part in the
social life of the Capital The niece of
Senator Foote of Vermont. Miss Mary
N Foote. OF Saratoga. came to Wash
inston in the sixties to assist him. Lat
er she came here with her father, Judge
Elisha Foete, Commissioner of Patents
1t was during these visits that Miss
Foote met Senator Henderson, whom
she afterward married For upward of
a decade she has lived in Boundary
Castle
Boundary Castle"
Ordinary words are inadequate to de-
scribe this wonderful house. Its name
is well chosen. It is a veritable Norman
castle, built of the soft red Connectl-
cut brownstone, and crowning the hill at
Sixteenth Street and Florida Avenue
So we'll has the scheme been carried
orf that one involuntarily looks for
the stagnant noat. and the creaking
drawbridge wherewith to cross it. And
| If the exterior is noble. what OF the
interior. with its capacious ballroom. its
stately dining rooms, its long vlstas
| its broad halls and lofty ceilings and
! its great wealth of art trcasure
| drawing and painting and sculpture.
| than which there Is no finer colIec~
ton III the Capital City.
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peculiar shape. When this remark
came to her ears. Mrs. Wadsworth re-
| marked That's true, and all undesir-
able acquaintances viii be dropped
overheard Notwithstanding this
rather severe and forbidding statement
Mrs Wadsworth makes q farming
hostess.
The Diplomatic Corps boasts several
Of Washington's most interesting host
esses. The Baroness Mayor des.PIanehes,
wife of the ambassador from Italy. now
that the Baroness HengelmuI1er has re-
turned to Europe for visit, is the most
conspicuouSly active of the corps in
entertaining. A beautiful and fascinat-
ing woman, she makes an ideal hostess.
Neither the English nor French en-
bassy is gay this year as they have
been in bygone years. Lady Durand is
not strong enough to undertake the
strenuous butterfly existence led by the
women who are constantly going here
and there and everywhere, nor is she
up TO much entertaining at the en-
bassy.
At :hc French embassy, Madame Jus
serand restrains her social activities
,, largely to dinners. and outside of this
form OF entertainment little is done by
TIE representatives of the gayest na-
ton on earth.
Baroness Moncheur, Of the Belgian le-
cation, ana Madame Hauge. of the
Swedish legation, have entered with vim
into the round Of gayeties which viii
hold Washington in its grasp until Lent.
A woman who for many years has
been known to Washingtonians as. a
| leader in society. but who in recent
years has confined her entertaining 10
the New Year Day receptions. is Mrs.
John Hay. wife of the Secretary OF
State In the large house on the corner
OF Sixteenth and H Streets. opposite
| st. Johns historic old church, the rep
| resentatives of all the civilized nations
/ Of the world are welcomed by Mrs. Hay
| 1t Is a brilliant throng which gathers
! there each New Year Day and the gor-
geous uniforms lend a touch of color
which is seldom found at entertain
ments in this country
Call Them Tramps.
At large dinner here an Englishman
was remarking on America and its man.
ners. customs. AMI people, as English
men do, though less so now than in
f.! Charles Dickens day. Turning to a
young lady at his right. he said:
"Ah, you don't have any distinc;
classes over heah, you know. as we have
on the other side
-roh. yes: think We de-" she replied
"Of course. We have no royaI family
on nobility. but otherwise we compare
very favorably with you English IN the
matter OF classes
But" continued the Englishman
| there IS no-ah-leisure class.
ITO be sure there is. said the fan
American. "onIy We call them tramps.'
That there is, however. Il leisure
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well as to the Yankee. is an instance OF
the elasticity Of the American language.
A Social Trust,

the elasticity Of the American language.
A Social Trust,
In Washington. society is a large
trust, an octopus which includes all
manner of persons and excludes few.
If one does not belong 10 the trust there
IS always a chance of finding a promoter
to float ones stock, and of finally fore
ing recognition. This does not always
occur, but as Johnny said of the fire.
quency of his mother-in-law' whippings
most always. Stock in this trust is not
confined to one kind. Money. talent, Of
fee, sociability. are ali stock the posses
sion of which entities the holder to
participate in the gatherings of the
trust.
At many of the dinners given by the
smartest hostesses in town VIII be founo
a mixture of officials. diplomats, men anf
women of talent-it sometimes occurs
that the officials and diplomats are also
talented-and those who are merely resi-
dents. How is it possible TO lay any
distinct lines as to the sets under these
circumstances? But Washington of to-
day-the larger Nashing gton-is slowly
achieving more cIiuues or having them
thrust upon it, This Is due largely to
the inflow Of Northerners, who recog-
nize the charm of Washington as a
home They bring with them the ideas
of other cities, Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. And it Is hard to conform
at times to the more genial customs of
the city which is neither in the North
nor the South, but which belongs tc
the country as a whole
Mrs. Dewey.
Hostesses in Washington are as varied
as the architecture of their homes, but
none is more brilliant or entertains with
more taste than does the wife of the
Admiral of the Navy, Mrs. Dewey. This
year she has begun again to entertain
frequently and dinners are constant
occurrence at the Dewey house on Rhode
Island Avenue. Dinners are the style OF
entertainment which finds most favor
in the eyes of Washington hostesses. A
glance at the social columns of the
newspaper would give credence to the
assertion that Washington dimes and
dimes again. apparently without inter
ruption Many women dine at home
scarcely q dozen times in the season
and those home dinners are frequently
formal or informal gatherings of other
hostesseS.
Mrs Dewey combines in herself the
resident and the official elements A
daughter of Washington Mclean and
sister of John K. Mclean. she married
first General Hazen. After his death,
she, icing unattached TO the official
world, became a leader in the resident
set But upon her marriage with Ad-
nairaI Dewey she again Joined the ranks
of officiaidom.
Official Hostesses.
There is distinction without much
difference between army and navy Of
ficialdom and civil of1cialdom Both
change with equal rapidity, presenting
an almost Kaleidoscope effect. In the
Cabinet circle, which belongs 10 the
civil branch IN spite of the fact thai
Secretaries of the Army and Navy are
supposed to have more or less direct
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But there is something about that
house which is not represented by the
wealth and culture displayed 1t is a
home, and all is said. And 20 this
home those prominent socially, politl-
| caliy, or in a literary or artistic line.
have delighted to go, whenever bidden-
A Vegetarian.
Mrs. Henderson has written and pub
iished-many society women have writ
ten but not ali published-several books
the latest being her "Aristoeraey Of
Health in which she advocates a vese-
tartan diet. It opens with this sentence:
''The human race is ILL., The huma n
race is anaem1e, and the world, which
is paradise, but by man converted into
a hospital. is seen and judged through
the eyes of an invalid"
Mrs. Henderson ha4 given many vege-
tartan dinners about which amusing
stories have been told. There was one
recently at which most of the Diplomatic.
Corps was present, and,5 though used 70
meats and wine, there is none to say
that his physical as we'll as mental
palate was not completely satisfied. IN
deed. Mrs. Henderson can cite nunaer-
Gus foreign Representative who neither
use wine nor tobacco, despite the popu-
lar impression on this subject.
Mrs. Henderson believes in physicaI
culture to the extent of practicing ii.
Every morning she rises at s. o'clock.
and when the weather is not too terri
bly, boisterous. if in Washington, she
walks about her driveways, briskly. for
an hour or more; if at her Bar Harbor
home, she is out in her Japanese gar
den, digging hoeing. trowehng, weed
ing, pulling-'working close to Mother
Earth as she puts it. a walk TO the
city from Boundary Castle is to her a
positive pleasure During the recent
suffrage convention she made the round
trip daily, accompanied only by. maid.
When climatic conditions positively
forbid the outdoor exercises, she utilizes
a system of pulley weights. such as
are found in gymnaSiums. and which
are .rigged up in her bathroom In
short, she is living verifcation of the
truth of her utterance, that age Is
what one makes 1T
Mrs. Wadsworth's Musicals.
Musicals are comparatively few and
| far between in Washington Why the
Washingtonian passes by this form OF
entertainment unless it be she does not
wish to strain the politeness OF guests
! it wcnId be difficult to say Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth, who has the reputa-
ton of giving very trig and up-to-dats
! entertainments. nothing daunted by
this apparent distaste for music, gath
/ arad touatbar oil tho girls and vouu @
| married women of society who had
! u taste for music. formed a chorus, and
once a week held musicals In her own
house Each member OF the chorus is
allowed to invite three guests to these
musicals, which are unique in the his
tory Of Washington society Mrs
| Wadsworth's house on Massachusetts
Avenue and Dupont Circle has beer
IlIkened to fe-ryboat. because of fts
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-10-21

4 retired hath resident who was q
clerk m a Boston hoe store when a
lad tolls the following story u Daniel
Webster.
one motninf the Bath Hoy. who hal
10 report early aud saccp out the store
before the proprietor arrived. received
4 ,all from Mr. Webster. The noted
statesman was h'icd with a new pair
Of shoes without any trouble by the
clerk. who considered Il In honor TO a.
a boot To Mr. Webster rie DID pair
wa left In the ,iute. and Mt Web
sicr said he would calf around later
and pay the proprietor The clerk knew
hat his chief was acquainted With
Mr. Webster. and Hhen 'hc proprietor
arrived informed him OF the sale with
q gfca, deal ~ pride
IN" proprietor compllmenicd the
BAH boy upon the sale. but closed with
the remark: II probably vll never re.
ceiyr pay for the boots. and he sale
Wa charged up 10 the prrit and loss
account lewiston Journal
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-10-21
THE KING IS OEAuj
LONG LIVE THE KING
KING George Of saxony Died at
Pillnite Saturday Morning.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RElGNS
The rrrioi "f th- uoyni Mourning
Has icrn ii,-d 10 Cover fwrn-
p-ionr W--L---rrrpnrins
Fer the fuarraL.

Dresden. sa.ony. Ort. iG-Kus
George OF saSony died NJ Piilnitz carly
saturday morning. shortly after he hal
designated Crown Prince Frederick
Augustus. husband OF the ,lnp'ns
Crown Princess Louise. tn iahe W
the duties ~ king because Of his stri-
Qua Illness,
Prince Iohn George and the pr.uccsi
Maihiide we're at the bedside Of l.ng
GcDrge when he expired.
The new king. Frederick Augustus
eldest son Of the deceased monarch. re-
cciyed the ministers AMI oiiiccrs tf the
royal household and hNcd the period Oi
mourning at q weeks. The kim was
also occupied with many details ~ tall
Ing over the government aud cuiault-
ing IN relation tn the funeral and
mourning arrangements.
The shutters are ny nj all the shop
windows. iiags are at half-mast aud
the bells ate tulllng.
King George was born Angus, siSis.
ana Euccecdcd his chiidlcss brother Al
bert two year, ago. thus dispossosslng
Queen Caroline. The state religion VI
SaNUny u Catholic. hut Queen Caro-
line was a Protestant princess. and IA"
birth OF an heir To the throne might
have changed the religion Of The state.
The family OF King George 4. devoted
tn the church OF Rome. his eldest son.
Prince Macmillan being bishop OF
Kuhn and being In addition a pro,cs-
sor In the University of Frcyburs.
Frederick Augustus. crown prince OF
saNony. who succeeds Ia the ihronc.
married the Archduchcss Loulsi" Of
Austria daughter NJ the grand duke n
Tnsca.y. The new king has the r-pl-
iatlbn ~ being rather dull and heavy
witiei. Like most ~ his family. he Is
a soldier pure and simple. It, has
lived n life Of one ~ his rank without
n serious scandal or without la, Ing
done anything particularly brilliant
His greatest claim To fame. outside Of
'he fact that h. wa crown prlrs" of
SnNony. has been that he was thu hus-
haHd ~ tho clipping Princes. Louise
IT, has three children.
The now klne was sincerely ATTACHED
10 his wife. ani It i regarded a- not
nj all impossible that some sort NJ 4
reconciliation may h.. patched up hc-
tween the two. Il has more than once
boon limited that only the i~rreconcila
bic opposition of tho dead king has
prevented a reconciliation before This.
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Party In Traahit.oa.

The presidential c'mpa'sp Ia prc,,,
tame because nobody hRa the smallest
doubt of the result Il Jacks life be-.
cause hardly anybody expects either
his own vote or that ui aay other to
be changed By argument Men know
how they are poins 10 vote. Most 81
them know how thclr fellows are go.
Ing TO vote. They don't mean To be
bothered about II uuil election dny
comes. The country does not take iae
democratic party seriously this year.
because the dcmcorgic party cannot
possibly take Itself seriously. II IS In
an artinriai and temporary stlts OF
transition. This state -cGl Ia nn IA
through Parker's tgfm u Ne we're elect
cd. when he Is leies q 4 VIII como
to an end uga tho eyes ing dova Of ,
house OF lards.-.il es.s.is l'E.bLao
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-10-21

ONLY SAFE PARTY.
FAIRBANKS LAuDs WORK OF RE.
PUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.
Vice Presidential Candidate Extols
Protection, Sound Currency
and Principles Of
Mckinley.

The Marquette club rally, Thursday
evening. October Is. was the occasion
OF q tumultuous republican demonstra-
ton. resultant upon speeches u prom
inent party leaders. foremost among
whom was the vice presidential cindi-
date. Senator Charles ". Fairbanks.
la the course u his Grafton the sena-
tor said.
The principles for which William
Mckinley lived aud for which he
wrought 50 well are the principles Of
the republican party to-day. They are
the principles for which Theodore
Roosevelt stands. The republican par
~ In this great campaign goes before
the American people m M mere ex-
pertinent. II goes before the American
people upon no platform containing
policies which will lay the certain
around work OF commercial distress
rad financial disorders. The republic
an party has announced It's platform
VI principles aud II Is not necessary To
supplement- II by an appeal to the
Western Union ,~clogriph Offices
". have proclaimed our belief aud
our principles are known Of all men.
What they Will accomplish We know
By what they have accomplished For
seven aud a hail years the republican
party has been In power In the ma
tiOnal government During that period
uf tiin0n has accomplished much. We
have hnd wv administrations. bu, We
have had only one set of policies. re-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-10-21
VALUABLE IF SUCCESSFUL.
bari. Explosion. Ia Heavy
naval u~rinnHrr,

New York. Oct. ia deyicc intend
eli 10 prevent accidents like that
aboard the battleship Missouri several
months ago. when several men Of .
sun crew were Killed by a "blowback'
In one of the turrcts. Is being In
stalled here on the hattleshlp Ken.
tutky Il II called Il smoke %eicotor and
Is designed To force out Of the bore all
tho unhurned "a and smoke rcmaln-
iag after the gun has been discharged
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-10-21

The misrr wa dyng Through =
long life he had lived for n pIfpo,"
oniy-'p amas- wealth ini now h.
lay DYING attended only hy his lie.
long retainer. Terence
"My n egrc, H. that ! cin o TAX"
my fortune with me into the next
world" he signed.
Sure. its too bat. o aelu'"sced
Terence. FOR yr do have money %
turn "-PTincct0n Tiger
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years g that used Deans Kidney
Pills for an at,acl, Of kidney trouble
that was most y bacltaehc, and they
Fixed ne mp tine. There Is no mistake
about that. and II | should evcr be
troubled again. would get them first
thing. as 1 knnw what they ur,.
For sale by al dealers. Price t0ccnts.
Foster ilburn Co, Buffalo, y Y.
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A CHANCE FOR INDIAN GIRLS.


Ct Louis oct. lG.-Supcrlnic' lrnt
: VI MCGOWAN OF the Indian scooo.
~ he World ia'r. has received a
communication from e. \. Madison.
super .'cndeni Of ia" Rescue Mis,.on
oi podghkccps.c. y. Y. In vhicl lie
odcis 10 grant a i0.room bnlllir. for
use a. . school for Indian girls Of al
N, iol'od States In iian schools He
pirn J.. 10 oncr those Who have reached
advanced grades. or who have shown
talent In special lines. such ~ music.
arr or %rlocution an opportunity 20 de-.
veiop these talents. lie also Offers
10 give Thorn scholarships In Nassar
college Mr.. Madison stated that he.
fore Me visit 10 the Indian school he
knew nothing NJ the ludlans. and
looked upon them ~ human Texas
steers" Incapable u ever becoming
educated. but since he has bcromc an
Indian enthusiast and would do all
In his power 10 assist In opening the
door NJ opportunity 10 Indian girls.