The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

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The active social season of 1867 may
be said to have fairly begun in the past
week. with the half dozen large COM
panies. beginning with the two notable
weddings of Tuesday. that Of Miss Lee
and Mr. Horsey at ST Matthew'S, at
noon, and that of Miss Langhorne and
Mr. Washburn. at St Johns Church at
o'clock.
While both We're attended by compara-
lively small companies. the receptions
Which followed, and various attentions to
out-of-town guests both before and after,
lent considerable variety TO the entertain
ing in the early part of the week. The
presence Of ex-senator and Mrs. Wash
burn, who came TO their sons wedding,
was particularly interesting to the older
residents Of washington.
The reopenjne of Mrs. Titan Coffeys
hOspitable home, also on Tuesday after
noon, when she gave a large reception
in honor of her debUtante granddaughter,
Miss Evelyn Chew. was d noteworthy
event 20 general society. where the re-
turn of this old-ume hostess is a matter
OF much congratulation
Other buds of the week welcomed 10y
large companies were Miss Laura Clifford
Wells and Miss OLGA Converse. The
round of debUtaute lunches show no
sign Of of abatng. "a day on which there
is no dove feast Of Jhis kind being quite
unknown on the social calendar a
large contingent Of Army and Navy So
Philadelphia yesterday quite a number Of
the Washington visitors remaining FOR
weekend visits TO that city. or continued
their travels To New York. whore an es-
pecialIy attractive opera season will at
tract many music loving visitors in the
next few weeks.
Thanksgiving Day was unmarked by
any special function such as the old-time
Alibi tea OF dance at Chevy Chase but
proved an ideal holiday for innumerabIe I
family parties. with "a very large attend /
ance at the Beuning races. and on the
golf links at Chevy Chase.
The opening of Congress tomorrow viii
find a large attendance in the galleries. !
as well as on the floor Of both House and
Senate. the majority of Congressional
homes having been opened in the past
week. Senator and Mrs. Hale. Senator
and Mrs. EIkins, Senator and Mrs. Dry
den. Senator Kean and Miss Kean, Sen
ator and Airs. Depew. Senator and Mrs. (
Buizley. Senator and Mrs Martin. Sen
ator and Mrs Knox, are all recent ar /
rivals.
a new hostess in official lie VIII be /
Mrs. Murray Crane. formerly Miss Jose
phine Boardman. bride Of the past sum /
mer, the youngest daughter Of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Boardman. of Dupont circle who /
has lived nearly all her life in Washing |
t0u but who is making her first appear
auce in official society as the wife Of the
junior Senator from Massachusetts Mr /
and Mrs. Crane. who arrived in town Fri /
day are established for the season in the |
residence at I1-1 Rhode Island avenue. /
which was last year occupied by Mr. and
AIRS. Gardner Williams. and previous to (
that for number Of years, by Brig. Gen. 1
and Mrs. Gillespie.
Mrs Nicholas LQnEworth. who. by the I.
way. is an intimate friend of young Mrs /
Crane. win also be a comparatively new I.
matron in Congressional society. as. not I.
withstandinE her position as daughter Of /
the President, and her own personal pop
ularity she viii be expected 20 make I
the much discussed first call on all the I
wives of her husbands seniors in the I
House, upon the Cabinet, and Supreme 4
Court
sun another youthful matron making /
her debut in official circles will be Mrs. 4
Swager Shirley, wife Of Representative I
Shirley. of Kentucky, who was Miss Mig /
non Chriuen. of New York. The marriage /
OF Mr. and Mrs Shirley. which took place 4
Hast spring. was the sequel Of one of the /
several romances of the summer OF 1905. |
when they met for the first time on the /
now famous trip to the Orient with the /
Secretary of War. Mr.. Shirley being one
OF the official tourists and his bride the /
guest of friends.
Still another match made under East /
cTn skies is that Of Representative and /
Ms B0urke Cochran. whose marriage /
took place only q few weeks ago in New
York. Airs. Cochran. unlike Mrs. Long
worth and Mrs. Shirley. viii not take up
the responsibilities of her official position
this session, as she has sailed away with 4
her husband for a tour of the world. /
with most of the winter to be passed in /
Egypt Mrs, Cochran was Miss Anne
Louise Ide, daughter of the former gov
rruor general of the Philippines, aud is 4
less than half the age of Representative /
Cochran.
Tomorrow will usher in one Of the /
busiest weeks of the winter, quite apart 1
from the converting of Congress- which to /
q large number of the winter residents is /
the opening event Of each season. While /
the state dinner parties viii begin in De \
cember, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt /
having already issued invitations for De-
cember l3. the official receptions viii not /
begin before January ].