The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY

Special 10 The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb, lo.-Thc
beautiful part OF Washington society Is
the shortncss OF it's memory You can be
a debutante al the nations capital for ten
consecutive years, hand runnlng-so long
as you are able even remotely to look the
part and run small risk of challenge
There's practically a new deal every
year Everything is shufrlcd up and com
mcnccd over again at each recurring seS-
sion, Nothing stays put IN Wasn.i'g s!l',,, g.oh,
Nothing is accumulatlve. You start fresh
every winter In glorious, chanGeful unre-
Numbering Washington, and you arc
Twenty-Five as long as you can hoio OH
to a tooth In your head
Mt Samuel L. Clemens. whose common
or garden name is simply Mark Twain, mas
been rejoicing the hearts OF the natives IN
Washington with the sunshine OF ms pres
ence. His company Is better than ser
mon. more inspiring than cocktail He
radiates sweetness and light, does TINS de-
lightfu Whimsical oP,imst; bisa Wl'h hro!Hs ms
HE patted my hand" said a pretty girl
from Kentucky. stroking with glow OF
pride the jeweled member so ho9ored'
when | told him l had long looked Tor
ward to meeting him as the greatest
pleasure In life. All, my child he said
Kindly, you'll have a great many more
wonderful pleasures than thSJ; NJ C,Aroens,
honor among the guests were Mr., George
Harvie of HarpcTs, Halle Ermlnle RlHeS
and Speaker Cannon. Inc discourse was
brilliant, the clashlng of wit between MIR
Clemens and Mr Cannon, both masters
of epigram. an education to those who
listened Mark Twain spent TWO hourS
n the Capitol one day with MI. cannon,
in the latters private room. and so cap
tiyating were the endless quips and sallles
of these two quaint celebrities-they were
simply two hilarious boys together-tnat
the room forSook their desks ana crowded
in to hear the sport between the TWO
brilliant elderly KIDS:
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks gave thelr first
largo reception in their Vice-Presidenual
capnolty this week. IT was a brilliant ar
fair In honor of the members OF both
houses OF Congress and their wives. Tho
splendid Ivory salon, where the Nice-Pres-
ident and his wife received their many
hundred guests, was agloW with electricity
and flowers. The interior Is peculiarly rich
and spacious There was music and col
latlon Mrs A T. Hert OF Louisville as-
sisted Mrs. Fairbanks with her guests, In
toilet of white silk and lace
An annual institution for more than
decade Is the brilliant children's fancy
ball given by Mrs. Richard Clover. This
years event was unparalleled in splendor
All the little four hundreds In Washington
were there. A great ship OF state sailed
realistically into the Smsn,p sSeme aR9n %.h
was n sailor lad. His sister, Alice, accom-
panied him as an onlooker.
The first picture ever published Of Miss
Roosevelt after she came into the lime
liRht as the Presidents daughter was a
reminiscent one, taken ten years ago, In
her childhood, in the costume OF a colonial
lady that she wore to one of Mrs, Clover's
fancy balls. Miss Margaret Preston
Draper was falr-haired peasant girl.
Mr. William F. Kettenbaok, president Of
the Lewiston National bank OF Lewiston,
Ida is a guest at the Raleigh. Mr. Ket-
tenback is an enthusiastic partisan Of
Senator Dubois. He is of the opinion that
Idaho is making moro substantial progress
than any other Western State.
Mrs. George Sutherland, the attractive
wife OF the Senator from Salt Lake, gave
her first reception OF the season on Thurs
dav afternoon at her home at the High
lsnds one of the most beautiful apartment
houses In Washington. Mrs. Sutherland
received her large company OF guests in
a toilet OF black net. heavily palllctted
She was assisted by her house guest. Mrs
E f. Branch of New York City. in white
silk and lace, and by Mrs Joseph Howell
wife Of the Congressman-at-Lar from
Utah, in black lace over white satin
There were flowers and a feast and cor
dial entertainment, In which Senator Suth-
erland mingled happily. The Western del-
egation was unanimously present and q
large contingent OF other Congressional
and residential friends. Miss Edith Suth-
erland the young lady OF the house who
spent the holidays with her parents In