Evening star., 1905-07-30

Miss Alice Roosevelt is likely to have a
new meaning for the term good time
when she 1t the rest of her life. The
tour she is on now, with Its official side
brought out strongly as its personal
meaning Is quite the most interesting the
daughter of any ruler has ever enjoyed In
this day and generation. Japan did her
prettiest for these international guests and
certainly the expectations of what the
Philippines has in store must be delight
ful The best of II all is that the mem
bers of the party. especially the intimates
OF Miss Roosevelt. are qualified by much
experience as European travellers to thor
oughly enjoy every new sensation in lands
they seeing for the first time.
The list of guests entertained last night
at the American embassy in London reads
like January in Washington. AT table with
Mr and Mrs Reid who, by the way, are
thoroughly familiar with the best gastro-
nomic efforts of the capital as well as with
people who offer them. were Senator and
Mrs. Lodge. the guests OF honor, and Mr..
LoOmis. MI and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain
were others well known here. Senator and
Mrs. Lodge are greatly enjoying London,
where both have so many friends.
An occasional wedding. which for it's
principals idealzes the summer. is all that
is happening hereabouts. Nearly every
body with any pretense to summer tour
has left town and the usual hauuts down
town and up. which society keeps going, are
deserted. Only Newport Is really having
the usual interchanges OF hospitality that
Vanity Fair insists shall go on, whether It
is burning hot or the town is enshrouded in
rain or fog. Only a few national some
bodies get there. however. suoh as Justice
and Mrs. Holmes visit to Mrs. E. G. Slater
this week and her dinner in their honor.
The millionaire class keep to themselves
setting a pace that none may initiate ana
only now and then exciting one of it's
members to excel The usual balls. cotil-
lions. with valuable trinkets from Paris or
perhaps New York. and dinners with and
without music or vaudeville attachments,
are going blithely for the last fortnight
and are arranged sufficiently numerous
ahead to leave few idle dates. The events
In which the deOutanteS are TO be the bright
particular stars are the ones most talked
about, and Mrs. AStor. who reached Beech
wood. her villa. yesterday. gain today
much valuable information as to her plans.
by reading the daily papers. She may.
however. be safely put down for series
of weekly dinners and one big ball. and as
she Is good-natured and pleased to well
come new blood as the latter Is to be there
most of the newcomers may be sure of
their invitation to her annual roundup.
The gossps insist that Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fishs reign is over. but that Is all nonsense
to those who watched her Washington sea-
son last spring and understood her enjoy
In closely maneuvering the smallest details
herself. If she has succeeded in giving
society a few new ideas along special lines,
1t has not been because she neglected look
ing over the field herself. 1t Is rather be-
cause of this perfect scrutiny of the things
that the average society woman is expect
ed to leave to hired help OF one kind or
other.
Mr.. and Mrs Walsh have enjoyed several
personal triumphs already but no pro-
gram of what they mean to do has yet
been announced. Nobody thinks for min
ute that this Newport season will close
without its having Walsh standard in
hospitality and that the debut of Miss
Walsh will be event to be remembered.
Newport society Is going to make the
tuberculosis fund the reason for Its greatest
charitable efforts this season, and all the
leaders, men and women. are interested.
Anything that can tickle the fancy orig
inal pleasing Is welcome. and a score
of new money makers Is promised
The Italian embassy. on New Hampshire
avenue, formerly the home of Mrs.