The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
c}OcHTY

Mrs. Charles E Gault has asked ,Et;d4 "a a
Mrs. G c. Allen gave an informa- 1a-
bridge party Firady afternoon IA abnene. lI1
of Mrs Herbert Hodge OF AOi-e-0'
Kansas.-Kansas City star
From Gertrude Hill Springers NeM
Work letter in the Kansas cry 90, 80
Yrs. J. F. Myers, formerly OF 1oPsAo'
isAsseriously i'll with nervous prostre-7
ton and has been obliged to leaEe eiie
home where she lives, ana 49, 80 .
trained nurse go TO an apaI PA u .l7I1t
hotel where she can have the cTItl4 Con-
pfete oufet and freedom from care that
her illness demands 7
Mrs Louis A. Springer has returnS,o ,
from Boston, where she Spent n -,, tI-S z
days with her sister, Mrs Ihoiias Il
Chandler The young son OF III e-1 -
Mrs Chandler was christened one uaS
last week by the Rev Alexander i.ai n q -
at the MONDAY services ranoa Of
Thomas Evans, for his faIner dL-I
grandfather. Mrs Alice Hill f4asH
and Mr.. H. G. Hoyt were the sgG s0I
parents Following the service - a.
and Mrs Chandler gave a @ @IalllL-S
luncheon at their apartment IN beacoii
street.
Annan0lCIrlE
prominence at least locally, anu el.S
most stylish ailment in Topeka nov -
neurest henia or some similar HSl NO09
disorder. Two Topeka girls VINO mar
ried Chicago men nave touh1 - ne bsJs
too much for their nerves ana nd s-
been trying everything from rest CLI u,
to Christian Science and they set CllS
pace Although nothing ever happeIl-7 IA
in dear. poky, delightful old Iopeka
exciting enough TO disturb anyoooy ;
equanimity. the girls are deter IN 81 81
rot to be outdone in this respect ,yS IHSy
may not have rich husoahoS -- a.u
motor cars, but they have the diseases
which the wealthy and fasnlonao ole
flesh is heir to, and so one nedtS
good bit about nerves nowadays from
the girls who have tried everything
else, which Perfect Lady can
Just what is meant by society IN
Washington, says writer on socleLS
in the national capital in the Kansas
City Star, depends largely upon l..I-, NIleIs
E6ue is from and how long one means
ITO stay within the shadow OF me
White House the capitol or the goIo
domed library on CapltoI NH %
elastic is the term that one Is
teupted to say the national capital
affords social advantages by the day,
week or month TO all corners, as wen
as for the specified term or years
given to each lawmaker or high gov
ernment official. And, again, TO
Washington society is held TO be an in
stitution quite apart from official life
with the bachelors coJHons, lar more
important than White House re-
ceptfons and the wives and daughters
of national officials. leaders in spite
of. rather than because OF, their
political greatness
Each of these views contains large
element of truth, but not all the truth
To the newly arrived congressman
and his family society means state
reception at the White House or pos
sibIv one of the small dinner parties
of thirty covers, which the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt give at short in
tervaIs as a reward OF merit TO sundry
lawmakers. If in addition to these
honors Mrs Representative IS III
vited to one of Mrs ROOseVelts teas,
or the daughter of the family IS in
in the East room with Miss Ethel
Roosevelt's young friends, the con-
gressional family from any place one
hundred miles away feels itself to
have arrived.
1t hasn't. from a social point of
view, for a White House invitation to
a member of congress carries with it
little more distinction than the print
ing of the members name and the
address in the back of the congress
sional directory.
on the other hand the non-oficial
visitor who comes to some old friend
already established in that chosen
locality about Dupont or Sheridan
circle. can be much fattered by an in
vitation from the chief executive. for
except when directed by firmly es-
tablished precedent, the gold crested
card of the White House is used en-
tirely as a personal compliment from
the president and wife, and has been
known to bring persons favored by its
receipt across the continent for its
acceptance
Scores of men and women come to
Washin gton each winter who place
an invitation to dine or dance in COM
pany with an ambassador or foreign
minister, especially if a title goes with
the representative of king or emperor,
far above any official entertainment of
officers, which shows how foolish our
democracy is in certain places
The real WashingtoRian. native or
adopted, is one who has seen ad-
7ninistrations come and go, who
knows the proper adjustment of val
ues. social. and official, and absorbs
the most desirable from both. 1t is
ehis comparatively small, but very
powerful class, which constitutes the
finds the best society America affords;
not necessarily the richest, the gayest
or the most fashionable, but a selected
portion of each of these classes. For
the well placed hosts in Washington,
untrammelled by official obligations,
can entertain and be entertained as
they please and where they please.
\
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foos Norton have
issued after wedding cards announcing
the marriage OF their sister, Mrs. John