The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-09

approaching when the capital will be
the recognized social center, not only
of the United States. but of the entire
western hemisphere, he must indeed
be that of man described In
the Scriptures as having eyes that see
not and ears that hear not.
And never has this future greatness
been so Enthusiastically indicated as IN
the past few months, when nearly
levery city in the country has contrib
Iuted one or more of its los prominent
families TO swell the winter colony of
brilliant, wealthy, gracious and pleas
lure-loving men and women, who are
lin process of evolving the los dis
Itinctly American society in the history
iof our nation.
For society is understood in It's
lbroadest and bes sense in Washington
meaning something more than WELL
cooked, well-served dinners, cotillions
lin bathrooms made over for the evening
into japanese gardens or arbois OF
tropical verdure, and the exchange OF
hundreds of calls with the ceremonious
lat home days, which prevails 10 a SUI
Iperlative degree from December 10 May
DINNER parties at which assemble the
foremost men of the nation have 4
more important mission than the Civ
ling of food, and balls that include
IamOng their guests the representatives,
lof nearly every nation of the earth rs
twell as the handsomest and , pop
lular maids and matrons of or official
land social life, a better object than i
display OF gowns and jewels. Hence,
tits charm, and the willingness of the
lmilliOnaires late of New York, Pitts
burg. Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Ior San Francisco to part with his &C
formulated millions 10 establish him
self and his family in Washington IL
Washington society. For one is not
always the sequence of the other. as
lhas been discovered by more than one
ambitious hostess, whose chefs are of
1.-THE best and whose bank accounts are
Iof the longest.
For the majority of newcomers, with
Just the average amount of brain, edu-
lcation, 0 o amer n good tastes,
Ito be found in any respectable Amer
lican community, whether a large city
Tor a country town, but much more than
THE average income of his ~neighbors,
There are no unsurmountable obstacles
Ito social success, as shown by the real
lily large number of ruling spirits in
tSOCIcIN UOudy Win Sl0 "a Ni
known to Washington even five years
;, lago. All of which goes to prove the
! absolute fairness of the Washington
!. standard. and that any individual oil
. family failing ito arrive" must be con,
I~spicuously lacking in some of the es'
:, Isential qualifications of what is trul!
!. Jour best society.
! AS most Of Washington's would bt
Iroci6opfc nocc q fret coaSop ar a hotp
|or rent a furnished house for a few
months, the long list of palatial home:
ierected or purchased about Dupont an
lSheridan circles may be taken to indi
O Icate a fixed purpose on the part of sucl
a prominent Americans as Mr.. and Mrs
:. George Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs. PER-.
{ belmont, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wads
g worth, Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, Mr.. am
= Mrs. William Phelps Emo, of New York
\ jail of whom have recently establisne'
u homes in the aforementioned neigh
II |borhood. MI. Vanderbilt, as stated las
week, has leased his house for chre
g Years with a view to building befor
the end Of that time. Mr.. Belmont, VIII
IS |already owns homes on Fifth avenue
l. at Hampstead, Long Island, n a
Y Newport, paved 100000 for the TRAN
8 Igular lot between New Hampshire ave
# lenue, Eighteenth street, and R.. street:
lin his city, where he will begin build
L. ling this winter. The Wadsworth nous
- lalsO built ,on a triangle and withol
IL IAN inch of garden, Or even an area wa.
Ii twas designed by Mrs. Wadsworth, VII
was a Miss Blow, of st. Louis, an
"a Ierected at a cost of 500, 900, in spit
n Iof it's extremely plain exterior.
b Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, although no
he attached to the agricultural deparImel
I'd built his home as a nOn-oficial residen
The death of his fiancee, shortly befo'
10 the completion of this splendid HON
has led to the coming Of Mr.. and NJ
James Pinchot, who share their son
residence in the winter. Mr.. Pincho
"a who is still observing mourning f
his lost sweetheart, is one Of the fe
ok ,eligible bachelors of society and q ciU'
l personal friend of President Roosevelt
in Mr.. and Mrs. Emo are cousins or Il
lPinchots. young and valued addition
to Ito society.
ag Of the Chicago millionaires followi.
ng the path blazed by Mr.. and Mrs. Leite
20 recent additions are MIR. and Mrs Ga
or lence Moore, the latter a daughter
81. lMr. E. c. Swift, head OF the great pac
ling industry bearing his name. ".
lare building on Massachusetts, avenu
Just below Dupont circle; Mr.. and NJ
In. w. Patterson, who are near neig
I Ibors of Mrs. Letter; Mrs Charles
/ lMunn. who was formerly a Mrs. a
q Imour, on Massachusetts, avenue a
q Sixteenth street; Mr.. and Mrs. Frede
4 lick A. Keep, who are building on She
iidan Circle, and Mr.. n Mrs. Stinl
i Mccormick, who have just purchas
THE former Spanish Legation, on I
;. l~corner of Mas achusetts avenue a
Eighteenth street. The chairman OF I
Canal Commission and Mrs. Shon
like MI. Vanderbilt, have leased
!, beautiful home on New Hampsf.
avenue next door but one TO II
Letters. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ~
son Page are claimed by both Rio
mond and Chicago, although the on
mor.s fortune tina makes their hOI