The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

nearly in the dim past. two or three
.swagger weddings TO look forward 10
the iTnminence of the Elkins-Abruzzi
announcement TO keep ones nerves
a-tingling. comic opera TO rehearse
and g Jolly program of tablesux duly
put on the boards with a gorgeously
gowned house and rapturous applause
70 keep the poseurs in countenance-
The tablesux. after the Ffoulke-8ave-
NTH wedding were the chief matter OF
moment to the polite world. Fran
y. Miilet posed the pictures and all
the best looking girls in town, with
some whose lack of good looks was
made lp by their purely picturesque
possibilities. had a place on the pro
gram. The Red Cross day camp and
the washington diet kitchen were the
beneflcisries and as these are the pet
charities Of the sWagger world. the en-
tertsinment was Of more than usual
social moment.
The personnel of the program created
more than q mild excitement when 1t
was announced. Mrs. Bourke Cook
ran. and her sister, Miss Ide, daughters
Of the former governor general of the
Philippines. two OF the most stunning
women in the city; the Baroness Mon
cheur. the American wife of the minis
ter from Belgium; Miss Isabelle May.
whose vogue is international; demure
little Miss Jennings. daughter OF MI
and Mrs Henning Jennings. and Miss
Oliver. daughter Of the assistant secre-
tary OF way, and Mrs. Robert Shaw OIL
liver were among those noticeable for
good looks who successfully carried out
= bewitchingly attractive group of pic
tures,~ the list including, The Three
Graces," after Sir Joshua Reynolds;
The Question" after Lawrence Alma
Tsdems; ''Carmencits," after John Sar-
gent and Charity" America" and
"I-Sdv Hamilton" after Romney. that
gallant cid linnner Of beautiful women.
Mrs. Bourke Cochran at the last min
ute was unable. 10 take her part and
there was . general scurrying about to
get somebody to ut into her place, a
task difficult OF achievement. for Mrs.
Cochran is unique in possessing a
bsarty that none disputes. Further
more. she is as intelligent as she is
heautiful and IS graceful in form and
carriage as she is attractive in, face.
Moreover. she las presence and "a Ger
tain elegance the lack Of waich the
French tel Us is the only thing that
keeps the American woman from as
SHINING the role OF queen regnant in
tie court OF beauty Isabelle Mays
carnencita was z wonderfully faithful
IN apersonstior. and with ore consent
The house went into enthusiastic ap-
pisUse when she curtain was drawn
back from The Question" Mrs. Elsie
Ciev-s Parsons. daughter OF the famous
Nsas X orll banker and broker and wife
or Representative Herbert Parsons.
right hand man 70 the president. posed
in the presentation bringing into her
work al The keen Intelligence one would
expect from = woman clever enough
IN set tho world agoS with her famous
treatise on The Familv. the title OF
the work being literally swallowed UP
iu fhe excitement aroused hT the chap
ter on "Trial Marriage" Altogether
the "a shleaUX went into history in a
blaze Of glors 10 the acconrpa animent
or the merry Jingle of coin which will
h. put 70 2 very good purpose
TBE CoNGRESSIoSAL CLIR
The wives % the members Of con
gress are goins ssylg on with their
new club for which they expect great
things. II HIS been duly christened
the "Congrersional club" and when
everything is going just the way the
members would nave Il 300 members or
sympatbizers. men or women, will sub
scribe 500 apiece and as soon there
after as possible d beautiful white
marble building viii go up on a site
preferably on the Mall midway be-
tween the White House and the capt.
be at home. During all the preliminary
work of constitution making Mrs. John
Sharp Williams, wife Of the minority
leader in the house. served as chair
man and Mrs. Julius Kahn. wife OF
Representative Kahn of California,
served as secretary. The nominating
committee is now busily engaged in
looking up an available list of officers
and the dawn of Easter will find the
organization ready for business
The club, which will include in It's
membership the wives of all ex-naem-
bers of congress. is purely social in its
aims and one prime purpose it will
serve will be to eliminate the necessity
or making the constantly increasing
round Of official calls. The club is &c
be clearing house for this form OF
social obligation and il is confidently
expected when those eligible fully ap-
preciate the advantages it will offer to
the weary official hostess that the
membership list viii mount into salts
factory numbers.
Meantime the daughters of the Law
makers have formed themselves into q
club which will 20 forward bearing
the significant title "The Archonides .
The Archonides didn't bother much
about constitutions and things; they
just got down to work, selected 3
HStDcy Acche0 OUT Tor a suitable pin. !.
elected some officers and Immediately
got very attractive social program
under way. the most ambitious event
being ball which they will have i'm
Insdistely after Easter.
The diplomats are not going in for
ssckcloth and ashes 20 any suura-
clable extent; rather they are Just do
ing the other thing and rarely ar
evening passes without something be-
ing scheduled at one or more Of the
diplomatic homes. The French am.
oassaoor aud Nine. Jusserand gave s
very smart dinner the other evening
entertaining widely diversified lis,
OF guests, statesmen, scientist. lftera-
teur and bon vivant. ralIying at the
. new embassy. which is one of the mos,
attractive homes in Washington.
The visit of the duke of Abruzzi
brought the italian embassy into the
nnelight and everybody is saying that
even II the gallant duke was carrying
an incognito." the Baroness Mayor det
Flsnches considered his presence suf-
fciently importent TO don not onI,
her most beautiful gowns but her mos,
gorgeous Jewels. When the duke dined
Al the embassy his attractive hostes,
appeared in q robe of point lace. the
bodice literally blazing with Jewels
which caught the flash from the gems
composing the baroness suDeYb neek