The Washington herald., 1907-11-14
In THE SOCIAL WORLD
Seasons First Entertainment
in White House.
DELEGATES At THE LUNCHEON
President Greets Central American
Peace vOys-AmbassadOr Girls
com Guest of Honor at Wilson Din
ner-Prince Zu Lynar Pays Part
ing Tribute TO Colleague.

! The White House was open yesterday
| for the first entertainment of an official
character for this season, the President
being host at luncheon given complI-
mentary TO the delegates OF the Central
American Peace Conference.
The guests were Mr.. Elihu Root. Secre-
tary OF State: Signor Creel, the Mexican
Ambassador; Senior Luis Anderson. of
Costa Rica; DIT. Antonia Batres-Jauret-
gui. Of Guatemala; DR., Po.icarpo BonIlla.
of Honduras; DR.. Jose Mddriz. of Niea-
ragua; Dr. Salvador; the Costa Rican
Minister Senior Calvo; the Honduran
Minister DR.. Ugarte: :he Nicaraguan
Minister Senor Corea the GuatemaIan
Minister Senor Herrarte: the Saliva
dorian Minister. Senor Mijia: first coun-
selor of the Mexican Embassy. Senior Go
| doy: SenOr Sanchez Ocana, OF Guate-
mala; Senor f. c. Fiallos. of Honduras;
DR. Salvador Rodriguez. of Salvador, As
/ sistant Secretary OF State, Mr. Robert
/ Bacon; Mr.. w I. Buchanan Mr. +. J.
/ Canes, and Col. Charles T. Bromwell.
Mr.. Lloyd GTisCOm. American Ambas-
sador to Italy. was the guest compliment
/ tary to whom the Third Assistant Secre-
/ tary of State and Mrs. Huntington VII
son entertained at dinner last night In
vited to meet him were the French Am
/ bassador and Nine. Jusserand. the Post
master General and Mrs. George Won L.
Meyer. Miss Meyer, Representative and
Mrs. Parsons. Miss Boardman. Miss
! Huntington. and Mr. Wilson. father Of
the hosts, che last two house guests, and
Signor Montagna, Italian charge daft
faires
Prince zu Lynar Of the Germany En-
bassy, was host last night al a merry
little dinner party. given as a farewell
compliment to his colleague, Herr Won
Raco"itz. who is leaving for Mexico this
month. The dinner was given at the
Shoreham. and the guests were other
colleagues Of the guest Of the evening
Mrs. Roosevelt's so-called cabinet
meetings. the little gatherings she holds
every Tuesday in the library at the
| White House. have been resumed after
the summer scattering. and the topics
under discussion are. OF course. plans
for the winters social campaign.
The question now agitating the wives
Of the Cabinet officers is whether 10
revive the old custom Of serving re-
freshments at their Wednesday after
moons at home.
The hospitality was so abused that
Cabinet hostesses were almost forced TO
| abandon IT. for the strangers within
. faF
houses are always open on Wednesdays
made practice of attending Cabinet
at homes, simply IN many cases for what
they could get TO eat. Many a Cabinet
hostess has seen stray men and women
make a bee line for the dining room,
where a pretty table was spread fer
her guests. without going through the
formality at ali OF greeting her. Neither
would they stop on their way out 10
take farewell Of the hostess whose hot
chocolate or tea, salads and ices had
refreshed them.
The story is told Of one man who
brought his whole family OF children
and piloted them Immediately on enter
ing the house, 10 the dining room. where
they all partook Of a square meal Of
tea delicacies.
An idea Of the caliber OF some OF the
guests who frequent Cabinet houses may
be had from conversation overheard
az the home of former Secretary Of the
Treasury. A caller being approached by
one of the young women of society. pres
ent to assist the hostess. and asked II
she would be served TO anything replied:
mo. thank you. one Of the other servants
is getting me something"
And so the good old custom was abol-
ished. but now the ladies OF the present
Cabinet circle are saying they are get
ting tired of hearing constantly OF the
hospitality OF the Cleveland administra-
ton. and are thinking very seriously OF
reviving the practice OF serving refresh
ments.
Mrs. Fairbanks. wife Of the Vice Presi-
dent, though not strictly OF the Cabinet.
has her day also on Wednesdays. and
she has. ever since her husbands election,
served refreshments at her days at home.
and her receptions are pronounced by all
TO be charming and interesting.
Mrs. Fairbanks receives at one end OF
the long dining room OF her home. while
at the other end is always spread table
prettily decorated with flowers and con-
fections, and where is served ices and
cakes, with tea and chocolate.
Mr.. Charles Richardson, of the United
States Legation at Copenhagen, is back
here for a visit and is being extensively
entertained He is very popular with the
members of the diplomatic corps
The Austro- Hungarian Embassy is to
have a new naval attache. the first It has
had since the Spanish-American war.
Baron Franz Treuschen. one OF the best
known yachtsmen of, Austria, has been