The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-28

l Quen victories established the pre- | cedent for the woman private secre- tary sQueen Alexandra followed her
 example and employs as private secre-
 tary Hon. Charlotte Knollys. The oIn- cial title of Hon. Charlotte Knoilys | Queen" Her duties are those of so- cial secretary. Miss Knollys has charge of the queens letters, of her | invitations, also to a great extent Of
 her philanthropic work and charities.
 If a begging or offensive letter is never sees it, never hears of It. Per sons of exalted stations must have l barriers to keep the outside world off.
 Hon. Charlotte Knollys is the barrier for the queen of England. Her ad- dress Is Buckingham Palace, London. In the United States the office of feminine social secretary seems to have been instituted first by Mrs. Levi P. Morton when her husband was vice president Her secretary was Miss
 Cornelia Ridgely Hunt. daughter of | a former American minister to Rus | sia.
 Mrs. Roosevelt is the first mistress of the White House to establish the official feminine social secretaryship. Shortly before tho debut in society of
 Miss Alice Roosevelt Mrs. Roosevelt appointed as her own special social and private secretary Miss Isabella Hagner, one of the most brilliant. tact ful and popular belles of Washington. Miss Hagner was invaluable in man. aging all social matters that she took in hand. She was a clerk in the war department when Mrs Roosevelt made her social secretary. Her salary was
 SS40.
 Miss Hagner. the daughter of pr.
 Charles E. Hagner, formerly one of Washtngton's prominent physicians.
 inherited wealth in her own right. It
 was swept sway in unwise Invest
 ments, her father became an invalid
 and there she was. She obtained a
 clerkship in the war department, still
 retaining her place Tn Washington or
 ficial society. Washington is the most
 democratic of American cities. A wo-
 man of refinement and social accom-
 plishments is accepted for herself,
 even though she earns her living in a government clerkship.
 Miss Hagner had been so prominent in society that she was an encyclope- dia of who's who and whats what in Washington. Social usage is rather different there from that elsewhere. one day a friend asked her to help in preparing a list of persons proper to be invited to a reception. Miss Hagner did so, just for friendships sake. Mrs. Cornelius Bliss. whose husband was secretary of the interior. heard of it and asked Miss Hagner DlumD IT SnS WOULD dASO dlQ ln the preparation of a visiting and invita- ton list for the secretary's wife and take some money for the work. Not being a snob and needing the money Miss Hagner said yes and performed so admirably the task Mrs. Bliss set her that Mrs. Mark Hanna, Mrs. Elihu Root and several others engaged her services during the Washington sea- son. Miss Hagner worked from morn ing till night as clerk in the war de- partment and social secretary to vari- ous ladies of the cabinet circle. When Mrs. Roosevelt, became officially the first lady of the land Miss Hagner gave up her war department clerkship and became Mrs. Roosevelts social sec retary.
 Miss Hagner is the final authority on White House social matters. She knows In every case just what should be done and how to do it, how to draw the fine line of distinction between a casual caller and a dinner guest. how should read, to whom they should be issued and even what deco rations are appropriate for this or that occasion. In truth, there is not pertaining to Washington 's social functions that this handsorce and accomplished young lady does not understand.
 It is not generally known that that lady of millions. Helen Gould. has al-