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0Woman ano Der Soul
BY PROF. OTTO wEININGER.

soul has become more widespread
through FouEues wonderful fairy tales
taken from ParaCelsus- whom he studied
with great interest and through T. T.
A Hoffman, Girschuer and Albert
Lortziug. Who set it 20 music. Undine,
the s0uIIess Undine. is woman's playouic
idea.
In spite OF all that may be said against
it the majority of MS really admit the
truth Of my statement How often do
we not say. Woman lacks character.
which, after all. means the same Jhiug2
Personality and individuality. soul viii
or character are one and the same quail
ity which in human beings is 90 be
found only IN man. not in woman
But as The human soul is the micro
Cosm. and as talented men are such who
live fulIy through their souI-that is 10
say. iu whom the whole world is liviug-
b. follows that women cannot possess
genius Man, possesses everything in
himself and. ass Pico de AliraudoIa says.
le only needs 10 strengthen this OF that
quality iu himself He may reach the
highest height OF sink 20 the lowest
depth. He may become an animal. a
plant. he may also become woman. and
therefore we often see ef1euiUaJe men.
But woman car never become man
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The statement JIIt W1i-Ju bass no
self may seem too strong, but all anal
ysis OF woman leads 10 that conclusion
And even 81 this conclusion. briefly
made. may seem hard and intoIeranJ.
paradox ana exaggerated. il is not ]
who have first pronounced IT,
From the oldest times the Chinese
have denied that woman possesses q
soul II YOU ask a Chiranan how many
children hr has. ne counts only the
boys. and if De has only daughters. he
declares that Ee is JLiIdless. From tine
same reason probably. AIolammed bar
red women from Paradise and thereby
caused the contemplate treatment of
women be- AfohaumrGau countries
Among the philosophers Aristotle
must be named first. Nho also declared
woman TO possess I'D soul
Iu the beginning OF the Christian era
Tertuilian and OriSenes thought very
little OF women. while Aususunus dir
fers from them. undoubtedly because u
his great love OF his mother.
During the last decades Henrik Ibsen
Gin Anitra. Rita and Irene} and august
Strindberg have shown their low opin-
ion Of woman.
But the idea Of woman being without
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expects to stay here for the balance OF
February.
John Poole. of Washington. is spend
ing a fortnight at the shore. Re is
registered ut the Ponce de Leon.
The following residents OF Washin tor
have registered az these Atlantic city
hotels during the week:
Hotel Belmont-Mrs. b. c. Sullivan, C
G. Mayer.
Hotel ChaIfonte-A. s. Browne
Hotel Dennis-Mr. and Mrs. Q. 3. Ian
dis, Mrs. l. +. Anderson
Earl Mar Hall-AIrs. Knight
Haddon Hall-Paul Griffith.
New CIarion-A 3. Johnson.
Hotel Pennhurst-Mrs. Kilburn.
Hotel Ponce de LeOn-John Poole.
Hotel Roanoke-M r. Webster.
Hotel Runnymede-Mrs.S S. II. Baxter.
Seaside HOuse-Mr. and Mrs. ]. b
Lambie.
Hotel TraymOre-A. Palmer
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Simpkins, and Mrs. Charles Rae will
have charge Of the tea room.
There viii be twenty-four girls. eight
as Mattresses, eight to sell programs.
and eight to sell valentines. in costume.
In addition to the tableaux there will
be pantomime. the story of Pierrott
and Pierrette. in which Miss Bessie Ses-
sions, Miss Crosby, Hayward Webb, and
King Stone will have part
The tableaux are of miscellaneous
subjects One Of the most attractive
viii be Venus and Cupid, with Faith
Simpkins as Venus.
Mrs. Stilson Hutchins viii sing group
of ballads, and music will be by the
Marine Band Phelps Brown has a new
song as a prologue for the tableaux. 1t
viii be sung by Newton Gulick.
Among those who have part in the
tableaux are Mrs. Daughter, Miss Caro-
line Ogden-Jones, Faith Simpkins. Miss
Crosby. the Garfield boys, the DENLY
boys.
After the tabIeaux Mrs. Chapman
Smith. as Valentine, VIII sing some
verses Introductory to the valentine tea
Owing to illness and physicians ad-
vice, Master Harry P. Jennings, OF 1901
Park road northwest, was unable to
take his part in the Sleeping Beauty"
given by Miss Hawkes. scholars at the
Belasco on Friday afternoon last.
Mrs. Levi Ankeny, wife of the Sena-
tor from Washington. and Mrs. Sim
mons, wife Of the Senator from
North Carolina, have issued cards for
a tea to be held Monday, February IL,
from to at the Highlands.
Mrs. Arthur r. Ramsey has invitations
out for the eighth annual musicale OF
Fairmont Seminary. Among the artists
TO be heard are John Porter Lawrence.
Anton Kdspar, DR. and Mrs. Bischoff,
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Lent, Jeanette
Cowles Vorce, and Miss Jessica T. VII
Tiger The admission to the musicale
will be strictly by card, the guests
limited to fifty and the cards to be sent
to each guest upon the receipt Of his
or her acceptance
Mrs Frank B. Lord will entertain at
tea Tuesday from , to 6 in her apart
ment in the Lenox.
Mrs Charles Gardner Shoemaker and
Miss Gardner will be at home Tuesday
afternoon from 10 6.
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KITCHEN AND PARLOR
DON'T GO TOGETHER
The Wife Who IS Weary From Homework Can t
Be Very Jolly Companion for Her
Husband in the Evening
By IRENE GARDNER.

The domestic problem gets worse and
worse. Where's it all going 90 end2
How are the sweeping, busting, scrub
hing, washing, ironing. cooking, dish
washing going 10 be done2 Government
ownership and all such subjects may
have a certain Importance in present
day affairs. but they are all crowded
into the background by the question.
How are the home of today 10 be
kept going while it's so impossible 10
get any sort of regular help2'
Now. don't say that If the homes were
run as they should be the women who
preside over them wouldn't need any
help. That's the answer-the men always
make. But that's no answer ~ all In
order 10 make II possible Tor a woman
TO get along without any extra help the
whole scheme Of modern living must be
revised. As long as things are as they
are woman cannot do all her own
work and be good for much else.
Husbands VINO think that their wives
don't manage right. and who cite as an
Illustration what their mothers and
grandmothers used 10 do, are way OF
from making their point. For in the
days gone by the women who d!d their
work were homekeepers for their hus-
bands. but very seldom companions.
The modern man demands above all else
that his wife De a companion for him.
He wants 10 come home al night and
find her as entertaining. fresh and al
Turing as when he courted her
He talks by the yard about admlring
a woman who is competent in the kitch-
en- and yet is queen in the parIor.
And when the queen looks ulebeian in
the evening and isn't dressed up spick
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two daughters. who are attending
school at Bryn Mawr College.
IL. II. Ham. a Washington advertis-
ing man, is spending several days here
seeking rest and recreation. He is stay
ing at the New Belmont Hotel
c, e Parr. a member OF the Parr
Lumber and Mining Company. of Clarks-
burg, w. Va, Is a visitor at the New
Belmont Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. John w. Stork, Of Balti-
more, are spending few days at the
Hotel Traymore.
A s. Browne. a Washington business
man, is staying at the Hotel Chalfonte.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. lands. of Wash
ington. have taken apartments at the
Hotel Dennis and will stay here for a
fortnight
Mrs. S. II. Baxter, a well EnoYn fig
ure in Washington society circles. is a
visitor at the Hotel Runnymede. She
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Winter Guests
SIeighing dt
Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 9.-The first
sleighinc snow of the season has been
enjoyed this week by the residents and
visitors Of Atlantic City, and everybody
who owned a sleigh or could borrow,
hire. or steal anything that looked like
a sleigh or sled, got it, fastened II TO
something in the shape Of horse flesh.
and took dash over the speedway or
the prominent streets & the resort
There were but few fine cutters, for
there Is so little snow and so few
chances of sleighing in Atlantic City
that even those who can well afford it,
do not bother with purchasing this lux
ury. But the horses were here and
among the most noted that stepped II
over the snOw-covered streets was l. T.
Washburn, PAGER with a record of
2:1Oh owned ard driven by w. Ernest
Shackelford. Mrs. Shackleford, too. Is
somewhat Of a horsewoman, and owns
Baron Cnline, a 2:O4h trotter. behind
which she rode to victory in several
brushes. Club. another horse from the
Shackelford stable and Il coming trotter.
was in number of brushes on the
place.
MANY VI lHe NOlelS are IudklnS res
ervations for those who will attend the
annual bowling tournament of the Ma
tiOnal Bowlers' Association. which will
be held at YOung's Pier between March
. and April g.
Charles NJ. Schwab. who spent ten
days here with Mrs. Schwab and a
party Of friends. making headquarters
at the Marlborough-Blenh left early
this week. It is said the Schwabs will
take a cottage here and make this
place their home during the coming
summer.
DIR. Edward c. Gibbs, Of Baltimore. is
spending several days at the shore. He
is staying at the Hotel Traymore
Mrs. ]. w. Chambers, wife of a we'll
known Baltimore physician. is at the
Hotel Traymore, accompanied by her
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Lenten Season Begins
On Next Wednesday

Ash Wednesday. the beginning of
Lent. comes on Wednesday.
During the penitential period Of Lent
society takes on its somber hues and
the adherents of the Catholic and Epis-
copalian creeds fast, mediate, and en-
gage in special works Of mercy. The
Lenten period is in cOmmemOratiOn OF
the fasting of Christ for forty days and
is also a season Of preparation tx the
great feast of Easter, the day Of the
Resurrection.
Ash Wednesday takes its name from
the ceremonies prescribed for the day
in the liturgy OF the Catholic church,
when ashes are placed upon the heads
of the faithful who attend the services
on that day.
The following are the regulations OF
Lent, announced by Cardinal Gibbons,
which will be read at the services in
the Catholic churches here today:
Lenten Regulations.
All the days Of Lent. except Sundays.
are fast days of obligation.
BY an indult of the Holy See granted
May %, 1897 for ten years., all persons
are allowed to use flesh meat on Mon
days, Tuesdays, Thursdays. and Satur-
days. except the second and last Sat
urGIy.
BY special privilege Of another indult
Of the Holy See GRANTED March 10,
1850. working people and their families
are allowed to use flesh meat on all the
days of the year except Fridays. Ash
Wednesday, Wednesday. and Saturday
OF the Holy Week, and the Vigil of
Christmas.
Persons bound to fast may use meat
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and span and is a bit stupid. perhaps
even falling asleep over a book. ne
fuses and talks ABOUT use lack OF judg-
ment she shows in managing her work
and doesn't realize how unfair he is 70
her.
Women have just got II have servants
these DAYS If they are going 90 keep rp
The deEree Of compani0nship men now
demand OF them. Before a mans mar
ried he talks most beautifully about
how he dotes on seeing his best yirI
logged our in a big apron that covers
her all over, while she kneads the
bread. But after he's married ne doesn't
like TO hear much about the apron He
likes to find her fluffy and smiling and
coaXins when he comes from the Of
fee.
But hov's she going 20 be all this II
domestic help is rs hard IC get as IL is
uOw2 Men will never again be salts
lied with just good. hsri-workiuE. home
keepers for wives. The parlor queen at
tribute has got 10 predominant How
are women going 20 manage that il
shaU2 It's the greatest feminine PROB
lem in our modern life
Now. if husbands would but DE salts
fed with the plain practical women
theIr sraudfatbers were coutented with
the problem would dissolve like magic
For. of course. we all know that women
would De more -nau glad 20 step back
into the simple domestic life jf men
would buzz let them 50. you see. tho
fault all lies ut the door of the sterner
sex
The kitchen or the parlor? II cannot
be both It's I'D To the men TO decide
which II shall he
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GRIP RESTORES FAD
FOR THE VINAIGRETTE

LONDON, Feb 9-The grippe cpl
demtc iH England has revived the use
Of tie viuaigrette. the little receptacle
Toy aromatic vinegar used by our grand
mothers for their frequent swo0us-
As guard against 'iuffueuza-" the
vInaigrerte is carried by twentieth cen
fury women In q dainty. expensive form.
IT is made in tiny silver box. having
"a hinged lid which reveals a golden
cIsilc- with a perforated top Inside IS
a sponge saturated with the purgent
liquid
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BERTHA KRUPP PAYS
HER COUNT S25O,OOO

works az Essen are now managed by
the lucky man VINO married their fair
owner F-auIein Bertha kTuup-
The new president, who is now known
rs Count Erupp Won BohIen- has "a
salary OF $4,000 and shares with the
other directors Observation-Disclosures Of
the business, the remaining ninety-scveu
parts of which are his wif.s absolute
u-0uertr
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ard Cutting, Mrs. Frederick w Van
derbilt and Andrew Carnegie.
The day Of St Valentine, however,
save for this matinee and an entertain
ment by Mrs. Choate. will be more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance- 1t is hardly necessary TO
state that the practice OF sending vaIen-
tines has entirely gone out Of fashion,
at any rate as far as the smart set Of
New York are concerned.
1t is probably because Mrs Joseph H
Choate. wife Of the former ambassador
10 Great Britain. belongs 10 a former
age rather than 10 the present genera
ton, that she has selected St Valen-
tines Day for her entertainment Of the
Thursday Evening Club at Sherry's. at
which most Of the foreign visitors now
In town Will be present
Egypt. rather than the French and
italian Riviera. seems 70 be attracting
New York people this spring Every
outgoing liner carries members OF the
800. and they all profess to be bound
for Cairo. where 50 many royal person
ages are spending the season and are
found u be much more accessible than
IN Europe. Moreove.. there are state
balls given by the Khedive AZ his palace
Of Abdeen at Cairo. besides an uninter-
rupted round Of dinners. dances. picnics,
EymShans meetings. and entertainments
or all sorts that follow one another
without interruption. and 70 which
American visu1rs are almost invariably
Welcomed
Whereas American visitors were for
me-ly content 90 spend the entire spring
II one or another of the hotels alOnz
the Riviera, or else al some villa rented
Tor their accommodation, they now pre-
Yer 20 devote their holiday IN Europe
10 motoring all over the Continent. and
are perfectly satisfied with sojOuru
Of twO OF three days NJ Monte Carlo
just long enough for a huttcr at the
public gambling tables OF the Prince OF
Monaco
Nevr mas there been n New York
season where there nave been so many
abgautees as tIat of the spring OF 1897;
aud that % sh) I'D, in spite of this. have
proved So brilliant speaks volumes for
the altered conditions Of society here.
\ few years ago the departure for
Europe of even third or "a quarter Of
those who are now away would have
been proclaimed as d,athblow to the
season. whereas those who nave been
SIS, uding the present wIrjer abroad have
scarcely been missed. They include Mrs.
Vanderbilt and her daughter. Gladys.
1ho, after participating in the court
festivities at Berlin. have now left for
Italy. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lehr, Mrs.
John r. D-cNel. who has also been
stcying at Berlin; the J. Henry Smiths,
who have been figuring conspicuously ut
the festivities organized by the imperial
government in India for the entertain
meut Of the AIMEE of AfEhanistan. the
". X Nanderbnts. jr.. VINO are yachting
I'm the Mediterranean, and who are
among The foreign guests OF King
George Of Greece az his last State ball
at Athens, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bur
ton Harrison. who are still honeymoon
ing and wondering what sort Of re
ception will be accorded them on their
r turn by the relatives Of his first wife,
who was killed only a little over
year ago in such a shocking fashion,
beqOeathing 10 him a large share of
her big fortune: Mrs Robert Goelet.
ST, besides many others
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INCREASING MODERN DEMANDS

Il N passeneer-carryine ships Wcr.
required TO have n wireless telegraph
equipment any boat in such straits as
was the Ponce would have early oppor-
tunity 20 send out news of her trouble
and her approximate location. Should
not This requirement be added To other
modern provisions for human safety at
sea2-New York World
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NEW YORK, Feb 9.-Mrs- NJ Orme
Wilson's ball tomorrow evening. at her
house on East SiXty-fourth street; Mrs
Stuyvesaut Fish's Mardi Gras dinner
and vaudeville entertainment on Tues
day evening, and the annual dog show
at the Madison Square Garden are the
principal features on the program Of a
week which will witness the Inaugural
ton Of what bids fair TO prove quite
the jolliest Lent on record.
While Mrs Wilson's ball will be the
more formal function Mrs Fish's Mardi
Gras festival Will be Infinitely more
festive. Her dinner of sixty will be
followed by monologues Of Beatrice
Herford and by several vaudeville
features. including dances by the prima
ballerina OF the Manhattan Theater.
IS for Ms. Orme Wilson's dance to-
morrow, il will be extremely smart. and
the Wilson's, the Astors and the Goelets
will be extensively represented among
the guests. while the cotillon favors will
be Of costly description. 1t viii serve
TO emphasize the fact that young Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs Ogden Goelet
and Mrs. John Jacob AstOr have not
only been remiss In dispensing hospi-
t,tlity, but have likewise remained very
much In the background being seldom
seen AT any balls or dances.
With regard to the dog show. it is
the thirty-frst Of the series organized
by the Westminster Kenuei Club. II
opens on Tuesday, and viii lest until
Friday evening. and the entries this
spring are larger than ever before.
Nearly everyone belonging 20 the fash
lonable set keeps one OF more dogs. and
some Of them like Mrs Jimmie Ker-
nochan. the Thomas Hitchcocks. J.
Pierpont Morgan and his daughters. the
George Goulds and the Relmonts have
large kennels The attendance at the
show win be quite as fashionable and
perhaps a trlle more exclusive than at
the great horse show. The prizes Of
iered are very valuable. and among the
most interesting Of foreign yisitors viii
be Mr.. and Mrs Hwfa Williams. who
after spending a fortnight with the
Perry Belmonts. at Washington. are
uow staying with Mrs. Jack" Astor.
The tabIeauX viVants on Friday next
at the Waldorf-Astoria for the benefit
Of the New York Orthopaedic Hospital
ana Dispensary promises TO be a great
success from a financial and artistic
point or view. and Of course Stanford
White, the trial OF whose murderer is
now monCpOlizing so much Of public at
tention here, will be much missed. For
he was simply Invaluable ON occasions
of this kind in arranging the living pic
lures and in furnishing advice with re-
gard 70 the costumes.
St Valentines Day. on Thursday. VIII
be sigualized by an equally smart musl-
cal matinee at the WaIdorf-AstOria In
behalf OF the Keats-SheUey Memorial
Fund. the object Of which is 10 com
plete the purchase of the house i'm Rome
in which the poet Keats lived and died
Edmund Clarence Stedmau. the poet
banker will preside Mrs. Francis L.
Wellman, Miss Julia Marlowe and Miss
Beatrice Herford figure on the program.
while the committee in charge of the
affair includes the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Root. former President Cleve-
land, Baron Mayor des Planches. the
Italian Ambassador TO the United
States. who has arranged 10 be present;
Mrs Douglas Robinson, Mrs. w. Bay
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only once on the fast days when its use
is permitted them by these indulJs: per
sons not bound to fast are not thus lin
tied. The use of meat on Sundays is not
limited as TO the number of times.
Even those who are bound to fast
may take in the morning small piece
of bread with a cup of tea, coffee. chOc-
Olate, or similar drink.
At the evening collation.. on account
OF long-existins custom, the church toll
crates ghe use Of eggs, butter, cheese,
and milk.
Those who cannot conveniently take
the principal meal of the day at noon
time may invert the order. taking the
collation. in the morning and dinner in
the evening.
The use of flesh meat and fish at the
same meal Is not allowed even on Sun
daV
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WHEN IT'S DIFFERENT.

No one thinks of calling @ jusgIar "a
captain of INDUSTRY, that s. 50 long as
he juEgles knives OF plates. When he
juggles railroads. it's diferent-New
York Amcri can.
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TO BE FOUND NEARER HOME

II China's new army is the cracker
jack that European experts say ii is
Japan may not have 10 come as far as
san Francisco some OF these GJyS tg
hunt rouble.-PiJtSburg Press
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Those Exempted.

Besides lard. the fat rendered from
any kind of meat may be used in pre-
pairing food on any day in Lent. This
diSpensation is extended 10 the days Of
abstinence and the fast days through
out the year.
The following persons are exempted
from the obligation Of fasting. All I'M
der twenty-One years of age. and those
of advanced age: the sick; those who
cannot fast without grave injury to
their health; women during pregnancy,
or while nursing infants, and all those
whose duties are Of a very Iaborious
and eXhausting nature. Persons thus
exempt from fasting are still bound by
the laws Of abstinence, except in cases
of sickness or the like or when dis
penSed as above
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The tableaux and valentine tea which
viii be given next Thursday in the
drawing rooms Of the Willard for the
benefit OF the Working BOYS Home.
holds the center Of the social stage at
present. Mrs. a. G. Barney has arrang-
ed the tableauS most artisticaliy. Two
parts OF the entertainment, one tab
leaux. other valentine tea.
Mrs. Morris Murray. Mrs. Nathaniel
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Miss Caulfeld is located for the win
ter at 260S University place Columbia
Heights.
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Mrs William Meyer Levin and Miss
Levin will be at home at the Albemarle
tomorrow.
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Henry Wadsworth LonGfellow was the
guest Of Miss Kathryn Wright. of 101t
South Carolina avenue, yesterday at an
Informal luncheon.
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Mrs. Harper 1913 Sixteenth street. will
be at home tomorrow from until 6
o'clock
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An interesting wedding took place at
St Patrlcks Rectory yesterday at noon.
when Miss Edna NJ. Scott, daughter of
Frank Scott. Of Capitol HILL and John J.
Fegan were married by the Rev. Father
Carroll. Immediately after the ccre-
mony Mr.. and Mrs Fegan left for a
short trip.
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Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. DcMoll. of Flor
ence Court. are receiving congratula-
tons on tine birth of a daughter.
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Mis- Leonora NJ DeGrange. identified
favorably with local Evolutionary inter
ests has returned from a trip TO Okla
homa. Kansas City, St Louis. and
KirksynIe Mo. greatly improved in
health
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Miss Polly Hudgins. of Norfolk. is
visiting Miss Bessie Jones.
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While Mrs Wilson's ball will be the
more formal function. Mrs. Fish's Mardi
Gras festival viii be infinitely more
festive. Her dinner of sixty will be
followed by monologues Of Beatrice
Herford and by several vaudeville
features. including dances by the prima
ballerina Of the Manhattan Theater.
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The Washingtonians' regular meeting
was held at the home Of Miss Harmon.
no Sixth street northwest. Commit
tees were appointed for the February
dance. and cards are out for the same
The evening was devoted 10 vocal and
instrumental music The club viii meet
tomorrow night at the home Of Miss
Appleby. Il X street northeast
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Mrs. William j. Boothe entertained
Tuesday afternoon at a bridge party in
honor of her guest. Mrs. William B.
Corse. of New York city. Her guests
were Mrs. Samuel Brent. Mrs. Louis S.
Scott, Mrs. T. Marshall Jones Mrs.
Stewart Janison Mrs. Clarence Lead