The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11


Mrs. Knox entertains great deal,
and it is in her drawingroom that the
rich and the politically powerful have
an opportunity to meet poor people
whose only recommendation is brains.
The rich and the politically powerful
may have an uncomfortable quarter of |
an hour or SO because Of this contact |
with the reality Of things intellectual,
but they wouldn t forego the Knox hos
;pitality, because to have their names on
the standing visiting list Of the senator
and his family is;san absolute mark Of
distinction.
It is said that Mrs. Knox has reduced
adaptability to science. She will
talk Agassiz and Won Humboldt to the
man who drops in from the Cosmos club
the Washington home Of the biolo-
gists-and then will turn pleasantly
enough to discuss with a smile in her
heart the beauty Of heredity with the
woman who thinks that her. great great
grandfather was a sutler In George
Washington's army
Washington friends OF the countess
of Suffolk and Berkshire are rejoicing
over the news that son has been born
to her at Charlton Park, Malmesbury,
her husband's family seat.
Before her marriage to the earl of
Suffolk and Berkshire the mother Of
the child was Miss Marguerite Letter,
known to most persons in this country,
however, as EtDaisy'' Letter. She was
married Dec. o. 1904.
The countess is a. younger sister Of
Lady Curzon and Of Joseph Letter. Her
father, Levi T.. Letter, died several
years ago, leaving a large fortune.
Daisy Letter was favorite in
Washington, where she lived several
years, and her friends in the capital city
are, happy to learn that both she and
her child are doing nicely.
!. Mrs. Fairbanks, wife Of the vice
president, has set the pace In early
exodus, having already left town for
the Hot Springs Of Virginia with the
wise determination to rest and recu-
perate from the fatigue Of the winter Is
entertaining, in which she has taken .
leading part.
The brilliant entertainments which
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks gave
last winter surpass any ever given by a
former vice president, and in fact were
so elaborate that Washington society,
accustomed as it is to magnificent So
cial functions, was astonished at the
number and grandeur OF the receptions,
dinners, teas, etc. i It is stated on good
authority that the expense for this sim
gle season will go somewhere into the
neighborhood Of 100000. The vice
president, it is said, is very punctiious
1 in matters connected with these social
| affairs, and is acquainted with every
little point Of etiquet pertaining to
the dinner, reception, or whatever the
functions may be.
The Russian ambassador to Japan and
Nine. Bakhemetieff arrived from Eu.
rope Monday and came on from New
York in John r. Mclean 5 private car
Ohio. They are now visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Mclean. Nine. Bakhemetief and
Mrs. Mclean are sisters, being daugh-
tiers Of the late General Beale, so that
/ the coming Of the former here Ia a re-
turn to her old home, where she has 50
. many devoted friends. The stay Of
the couple will be brief as they are to
to sail from San Francisco March %.
Nine. Bakhemetieff is as fond Of dogs
i 90 nv oAo1oA1 "AAse " 90 HAooo6AoP ~
the steamship pier in New York Mon
day with her French bull and York
shire terrier, both prize dogs.
William Loeb, Ill, infant son Of viii.
liam Loeb, Jr., secretary Of the presi
dent, was christened at the home Of
Right Rev. Henry z. Satterlee, bishop
Of the Episcopal diocese Of Washington
The ceremony took place at 2:s0
4 clock, and among those present were
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, who
I stood sponsors for the child. William
Loeb, Ill, was born Dec. &c, 1905.
The cessation Of social activity, so ap
!, parent since Ash Wednesday, has no
| where been more noticeable than in dip
lomatic circles, many Of the prominent
I members Of the corps having awaited
J, themselves Of this opportunity to alb
: sent themselves temporarily from town
/. The Austrian ambassador and Baroness
: Hengelmuller left March 2 for New
) York. The British ambassador, wht
: went to Nashville, accompanied BY hi
daughter, Miss Durand, to attend til.
triennial convention of the World 4
{ Christian Student. federation, returned
| to the city the last Of the week.
] signor Montague, charge d 'affaires O
j the italian embassy, has been in New