The Minneapolis journal., 1906-03-04

Al. Sunday, 4
Of yiolets fresh and fragrant. It is q
delight to step into this carriage.
The baroness is going to have addi-
tional flower stands in the coupe, and [
unlike the girl who had rings on her /
fingers and bells on her toes, she will |
have perfume and color wherever she
goes. ss
Wearing straw hats In February
seems like forcing the season, but since
the sage Of the weather failed to send
any winter, the women think they
might as well dress accordingly. In
The dress parade in Connecticut avenue,
Washington, on recent Sundays, white
chip hats have far outnumbered the
felt affairs. Miss Durand had ono OF
Milan braid with roses and wings on
last Sunday, and following her lead all
the Washington bellies are likely to
turn out in straws next Sunday. Mrs.
Roosevelt has been wearing small
black straw much Of the winter, and
the Baroness Hengelmuller has defied
the conventions by appearing on dress
occasions in sailor hat of Florentine
braid. It had narrow band Of black
velvet around the crown and bunch
Of velvet leaves at one side.
Formality, either liz the precedence Of
| honored guests, or lavish and almost
overpowering decorations OF dinnor
rooms and homes, soon promises to take
| away from Washington society what
little cordiaity remains there. It Is
hard for guests to find themselves on
friendly and affable footing when con-
| fronted aby adornments and embellish-
ments that everyone knows must have
cost host or hostess many thousands.
In the national capital the diplomats
vie with each other in adorning the
banquet board with wonderful innova-
tions When the German ambassador
entertained distinguished party re-
Gently, down the long table ran MIR
rored stream which represented the
Rhine. The Lorelei Rock, imitation
fern-covered, rose from one end and
at the other the spires Of Cologne and
beautiful representation Of the Peace
monument making>a centerpiece. When
4 the Brazilian ambassador entertains in
Il honor Of Secretary and Mrs. Root, his
guests will be entirely Americans and
Latin Americans, and to symbolic the
union, two tables shaped like North
and South America will be joined, with
the secretary Of state at the head of
one and the Brazilian ambassador al
the other, and the decorations will be
! of flowers representing the national en-
blems of all the republics, except the
United States, which hasn't any ma
tional flower. ,-..&t
Not often do we hear Of the celebra
tion of the sixty third anniversary o.
a wedding. In the middle Of next Jun'
such fete will be given for Senate
and Mrs. Pettus of Alabama in the ma
4 tional capital. Pettus is the nestor O.
the senate, as his charming wife is tn
oldest matron in official circles. Mr.
Pettus was born few miles from tn
s home which she has adorned since he
4 marriage. She wove all the materia
for her trosseau, her linen and the wo'
stuffs for the gowns. Only her wee
= ding dress Of silk was "store goods.
All her Shoes slippers and such trife
were made by the slaves on her father
plantation. She even worked the bu
tonholes in her CATERS and adorned th
+ edges with her initials.
Mrs Elvin r. Heiberg, wife Of Ca
tain Heiberg, of Fort Meade, s. D.,
the guest Of Mrs. Harrison Dodge. MI
Heiberg came to Washington to after
n the wedding Of her sister, Miss Eliz
or beth Dodge, to Ensign Hugh Nc
We Walker, which took place Tuesd.
ey afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock at st. John
ar- church.
m, Former Vice President and Mrs. LIE
on P. Morton have reopened their home
he Rhode Island avenue, and will rema
rd here thruout the spring season.
cir Mrs. T. de Witt Talmage and h
prs daughter, Miss Collier, are sailing in
ms few days on a trip to the Medit
We ranean. They will do Egypt and t
he Holy Land, spend the summer in Swi
erland and the early fall in Paris
era fore returning home.
~. The Milan Peace society, in accc
,so ,so with the school teachers Of Italy,
let petitioned the government to have |
md birthday of George Washington p
ep- claimed a public holiday, to be devot
ers to manifestations in favor of peace.
ds Typhoid fever is responsible
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