The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
Washington Society

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-AImpst every,
thing on tho horizon for Tho last two weeks
has been elthcr patriotic or matriotc. prin
cipally matrio,le, For tho Daughters are lin
Ecrine with us still, 20 grnat extent, loatr
10 leave this city OF dear dcliEhts and visit
Ing their kin folks on tho quier, now that thoy
sake OF tho grand stand Everybody has =
lot OF poor but honest relatives in Washing'
ton.
The funeral festiyIuss were among the most most
popular ot tho week. those ot John Paul Jones oe
at Annapolis Every patriot and every ma
tbs obssquits ehnstened and cheerful aud
bent on a lark. distinguiehed doleeston
OF 'Deughters" was In attendance. many OF
whom hsd remninod over for the purpose
special trains accommodating the crowd
Tho dominating incident OF the week and
the most aesthetic thine that heo h3ppnn,:d
az the delicious haunted and historical octo-
IA houeo,' where Dolly Madison and her
up didoos ai tbs White House in 1919 This
elegant old Colonial mon.Ion-it was built In
an intimate friends Of Gen. washington. was
ps1del% " spF0gPes gSna - nc T9
sooloty Of Colonial Danes Of tho District OF
Columbia. The enterprise WIS In charge OF
the most foshionably elect OF the town, and
the historical junk displayed. at 50 much per.
raised all the Stars and Stripes in your blood
treutsd relics. s" one Of ~ the 'U most deishttuiy
reminiscent srande danes of Washington i,
Mrs; Britannia Kennon Of Tudor place. an al
daughter OF Martha Washington, many OF
whose private possessions sho put on exhibit
Miss NonnIe Randolph Heth, president of tho
Southern Relief society, whose homo 10 a
q relative OF the Warrington family. contrib
uted our national parents own private warm
Ing pan; a splendid sTest thins in hammered
brass, his desk. hio drinking cup knee buckles
Mrs Washlngton's wedding ian and other
gew gaws, a piece OF her green broesded gown,
her bed quilt-patrotic plunder TO burn The
Duke OF weIlnetons toast rack also and
Dolly Madison rouge pot; Mrs. Rose Gouyer-
neur Hoes, granddaughter OF President
Monroe and o close klnswomsn OF two other
PrcsideDts, wns munIhcent With her trophies.
bliss Sss VICE. w OK ds9Sher OF The n5St child sr SESr
eouvenirs OF her ancestral uncle, Andrew
Jackson
There vas a beautiful ball In the octoeon
houes ono night opening with O stately min
Fancy minust In superb Revolutionary cos
tunes trtpped in the hauntedest historical
house in America Delicious, Likely The
lent a hand. too or a foot. Dolly Madison
was thero doubt. In her opirIt gown Of
amber brocade, aud hor monsrous turhnn, and
lafayette in his knee buckles and other brio
n brac. There were powder and patches and
fair partners, Mrs. Charles Bromyell led
the dance In a superb ancestral toilette OF
ter OF Con. Robert F. Lee. assisted in rcceiv- |
Ing the guests, in costume OF black chiffon |
and diamonds The marine band played The |
Washington March" composed for and played |
at tho Inauguration OF Gen. Washington.
The old Octogon mansion. where tho treaty |
pf Ghent was signed when President Madison |
was a temporary resident there the spookcst |
and most fascinating old cdihce In Washing
Ion, is popularly supposed to be the mise-cn-
scene OF the stirring novel Tho F1liereo Ball.
written by Anna Katherine Green. This sue
.essful detective story expert, who socially Is
N EhI NEDy
,ustom. to attend the congrcsn Of the n. a r.
70 delegate from her Buffalo chapter. Mrs
Rohfs is quiet. unobtruslye little woman,
'ut mn enthusiastic Daughter"
Another ominont Daughter of literary |
'ame, who ia still In wRshlngton is Mrs
Daniel Lathrop regent OF tho Concord CMass)
hnpter and originator of the National Society
II Children OF the American Revolution. Mrs
>athrop hurried home from Europe to be al
no annual meeting OF ber patriotic little
olke Mrs. Lothrop endcored herself to the
nVenile population long years ago. In her
amous story. Five Little Peppers and How
They Grew She has made extensive
tudy OF child life. Sho md her little folks
It Vernon and celebrated around the tree
heir society planted thoro ton years Rgo
Mira Donald McLenu is trcasuring ~ a
and. torn almost IN ribbons by the hearty
ressurc Of 300 hands tho night OF her rocep-
ion at the New Willard She woro mn en-
RANGING gown OF Tose-colored nolrc. with n
xactly the same shade. Her pretty ittIe
ebutantc daughter IN her toens was in n
latronly costurae OF black paIliottcd net The
1ost distinguished toilette wns that OF the
tato regent OF Virginia, robo of cloth Of