The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-02-14
Departure Of the Shonts Family
Gives Concern to Members
OF Gay Circle.
WASHES BEING MISSED
Many Debutantes and Bridge whis
Have Combined to Mako Things
Go at q Swift
Rate.

ton society In perturbed over n number
OF things as the season for Lent APP
proachce. For one thing II II tired.
This has been busy winter at the cap
Jtal with innumerable dances. dinner
parties. receptions and various func-
lions. The host Of debutantes has
caused life To move on at swifter
pace than usual. Bridge has also taken
up much time and energy. more than
heretofore no the gossips say. and has
also drawn more heavily on the ex-
chequer. Such heavy functions as ths
white House receptions and momenS
ious dinner parties given by hosts and
hostesses who own big and fashionable
residences have added to the exactions
OF the social devotees. Altogether 10
has been a hard winter and an ex-
lremely busy one.
The departure OF the Shonts family
IL giving society some concern. This
winter Mr.. and Mrs. Shonts and their
daughters have had n prominent place
In social Washington. IL VIII be re-
called that the Misses Shonts. Mar
gucrite and Theodore, were presented
~ King Edwards court about n year
ago. months before they made their
debut here. A. court I'm London they
acquired readily some OF the quaint and
charming fashions tnRt prevail there.
among others the fashion OF curtsey-
our grnndmothcrs had become a lost
art In Washington. The Shonts daugh-
tiers introduced u anew and IL made a
tremendous hit. They have exhibited
such charming tendencies toward ev-
crything that ~ pleasant, kindly and
captivating that they have made num-
berlcss friends on their own accounts
Resides. there have been various pleas
ant entertainments at the Shonts home.
despite the fact Mrs. Shonts has suf-
tered from nervous prostration. Alto
Eether the society of the capital In loath
w part with the ShontE family and re-
gr"ts exceedingly the intended depart
ure 20 New York. where Mr.. Shonts
will look after the vast rapid transit
interests OF the Ryan Belmont combi-
nation.
Washes Are Missed.
Then the Washes have gone. The
Washes are always interesting. Mr..
and Mrs. Walsh and their daughter,
Evelyn. sailed for Europe for the pur-
pose Of purchasing abroad costly and
beautiful fittings for the estate they
have lately bought near Colorado
Springs. which they have named Wolf
hurst. The Washes have entertained
here this winter IN a most lavish and
remarkable way, expanding money
without stint on balls dinner partieE
and n wonderful round OF interesting
are always sorely missed when they
depart from Washington and never
more 40 than this time. II II the general
understanding that there ~ politics OF
n shrewd sort mingled with the lavish
hospitality OF the family and that
ihomas r. Walsh Il anxious TO come
TO the senate TO succeed Teller. whose
term ends March 3. 1909. GuEgenheim
and Walsh as the senator's from Colo
rado would be n picturesque pair OF
representatives OF the great silver pro-
ducing state In the upper body OF con-
gresE.
The absence 81 Mrs. Fairbanks. wife
NJ the vice president. has had ten
dency To interfere with the festivities
remarkable woman. with wonderful ca
pacity as n hostess. She IL suffering
from nervous prostration. due To grippe
and she has gone 10 Atlatic City. The
vice president and Mrs. Fairbanks are
Judiciously combining politics pertain
Ing TO 1908 and society and when their
Aoinc IL open here they invariably en-
terrain In the most pleasant and demo-
cratic fashion.
The absence or approaching absence.
however. OF such factors I'm social mat
ters as those mentioned does not sum
siently upset things TO prevent the
whiri OF fashionable functions becom-
ing more and more strenuous as Lent
draws near. Numerous important
events scheduled for the coming
week might be mentioned To H.
iustrate this fact. one OF the events
that II scheduled for an early date n
an evening musical at the home OF
Mrs Richard II. Townsend IN honor
OF her house guest. the Hon. Mauds
Pauncefotc. Artists OF prominence and
a great array 81 guests will attend.
CaruSp even. IL In whispered. In likely
To be present. In the diplomatic set,
there are lively social happenings. Many
dinners 81 note were given last week
and important functions OF like sort
are scheduled for this week as well