Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-01
SOCIETY AT THE
CAPITAL OF
NATION
Some Very Readable Gossip
OfS0Clal Functions to Occur
IN iho Near Future.

special CORES DundOncc
Washington. Nov. 20 -AiihouFh a
majority Of the official homes arc now
Opened Tor tho Wnshneioa season uf
9ucioiy and politics. there has been
little or no entertaining aa YET Thf
president and Mrs Roosevelt have
booa absent as we'll aa Vice prcsidtn
and Mrs Fuirbanka. while cabinet
noaicEacs have been very busy these
days, uurginE 40 their establishments
and arranging their social schedules
iiOf the apprOachluE season. lho most
important entertainment. of course,
being tha formal dinner parties given
BY each number OF the cabinet "a
honor Of President and Mrs RDoac.
veit
The nnt OF this scrlea OF dinners
VIII BE- given by the Secretary OF
state and Mrs Root Ca Thursday. ne
ecmbor 20. To he followed "a order hy
other momhCra Of the cabinet IN.
der ormor administrations " was the
general custom 20 make these state
dinners strictly Official analra az
which al the members OF the cabinet
nad their wives wogl present. and
tradition hath t. that these state din
npfs we're grund. gloomy and pacli
liar ilnclons. whore Che guests felt
oihcial but, alas oftfnilmoa. mo- social
Affiliations.
Bat the cnmiag of the R0oscvnita
changed aN that aud the unwrlitpn
law ia that these DINNER parties arc
70 De- made mp Of guests VINO are not
90 the immediate Official family aud
who are ConRenial 90 the guests OF
hoaor, The result Is that cabinet host
easea vie with each oth9r IN securing
the intellect. wit and beauty frum the
highest circles. and tho dinners have
lost the stin and formal boredom that
struck silent terror 10 many long.
suffering president and first lady. The
houae velta have certainly given
new impetus a. social life az the ma.
llonal capital aad functions AZ the
White House have dash and bril-
liuncy TO be- compared only With tho
entertainments given az the old world
capitals. Under thu eracloua reign al
Mrs. Roosevelt fhe White House may
ho said 90 have truly rogainod the
lost prestige OF many years. and q 70.
mrlnH 20 be seen whether her sue.
cessor can az righiully lay claim 20
inc courteous title o. First Lady of
the land
Expected English Arnbassadrsss
There IN Hiill great deal OF apecu-
lntion as 90 who o. 20 succeed Sir
Mortimer Durand as British ambassa.
dor 10 the United States Tho
chances OF Hoa Gerard l.owther. sir
Gees Spring Rice. and ST. Alan
tombstone are holng eagerly discuss.
ed Sir Cecil Spring Rice. who has |
t9st recently been knightcd. was Che |
hisi secretary of the embassy under /
Lord fadncoiOie wnen President /
Roosevelt was civil service commits. /
aionfr. Tho iW3 men are cl0so paI. /
sonal friends agd have always Kept in /
touch with each other Lady sprlng |
Rice was Mics i.aaccllcn. daughter uf I
The British ambassador ~ Germany
The Hon. Gerard i.oWthur now sta /
Toned at Tenglers. o. well knnwB aad 4
liked on this slide of the ocean Mrs
i0wiher 10 an American woman and /
before their marriage o. Paris q little 1
over a year ago, was Miss Alice Bllih.
daughter of Athort0n Bliih Of New |
York, Newport aad Paris The Hon /
Lady Johnstonc. wife OF sir Alan 4
tombstone, the minister tO Denmark /
was Miss pi1chot daughter Of Mr.
ana Mrs. James pinchot az this city /
Either 0f the two latter Women would I
be- a woicomc addition 10 the already /
long list of American hnsiesnps ut the I
diplomatic corps