The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-14
TIMES
AWAIT MISS TAFT
Friends Plan Continuous Round of
Entertainment for Daughter
of President.

She comes 10 visit her parents AZ
Christmas time IT will not be the
fault OF the friends In Washington
who have determined TO make tho noi-
day festivities for her among the
plCasantest OF the winter. SO many
have planned dances. dinners. lunch
cons and theater parties for her that
she will be obliged TO do no smalI
amount OF hurrying TO keep up Win
her engagements.
The dance which the president ana
Mrs. Taft will give for their daugntcr
ana their son. Robert Taft at the
White House Dec. 80 will be small
one. the guest list being restricted 10
he young friends of the two White
House collegians.
Preceding the White House function
Miss MABEL Boardman. the intimate
friend OF the Taft family. will give
dinner for Miss Taft at her home, at
which The guests asked TO meet the
daughter Of the White House. Will IN
clude a number OF Miss Taft's con
temporaries among the younger set
Mrs Meyer. wife OF the secretary Of
he navy. will give function FOR MISS
Taft and other official hostesses VIII
entertain IN nef HonOI'
Not Upset BY Attention.
4 less level head than that posses
sed by Miss Taft might have been
TUNED by the adulation she has re-
coived since her fathers election TO
the presidency. but all her acquaint'
anCes agree that in her case her po-
sitiOn has made not the slightest
change in the even tenor OF her way,
Miss TAFT is genuinely popular anu
would be a faVorite even II her father
Was not the chief executive. sac is
wholesomely good looking, intelligent
and invariably amiable. Without car
ing supremely about society, she Is
fond Of her share OF good times and
enters into the spirit of all the fes-
tiyities at which she is guest. She
Was one Of the best liked girls II the
National Cathedral school. which she
attended along with Miss Ethel Rocst-
welt
Should Miss Taft decide to abandon
hen college course and be presenter
next year she is certain 10 have so
cial career which would make the
White House once more the center or
attraction for all the young men and
girls in society Aside from MISS
taft, no girl among the official ser viii
have as much done for her entertain
ment this winter as VI s. Htldegarde
Naer. the daughter OF the secretary
OF commerce and labor Miss Na&el
has already had two seasons OF So
Ciety i'm 81. Louis. where she acnieVel
a wide popularity. but the presen' WIN
ter will afford her the first glimpseS
of Washington society.
Miss Nagel Is not faddy nor attn
lrtic. nor does she go In much for the
rassing whims in which many YounS
girls indulge She has girlish fond
ness for good times, is devoted 30 trav-
cling and has an exceptionally we'll
cultivated mind The past six months
she has spent i'm a European trip with
intimate friends. and the letters she
wrote describing her impressions Of
European capitals did much credit
10 her keen observation and quick
wit
Interest In Miss Naeel
The Younger set is just now follow
iue Miss Nagels movements with IN
tCrCst They are eager 10 know with
What Clcmen; she will ally herself and
who her chosen friends will be. The
Misses Never. daughters of the secre-
tary of the navy have already spea,
several winters here and are known
quantities socially but new cabinet
girl offers possibilities to which all
the other buds arc keenly alive.
Two of the prcttiest debutantcs ~
the season maze their bows during
the mast week and were launched I'M
de- the happiest auspices
Miss Frances NJ. Miller, daughter ~
Mr.. and Mrs Ben de Mier Miller. who
was introduced az y reception AT her
parents home. is the granddaughter
of the late Capt 4. r. Maddox L. $.
NJ. c.. and il exceedingly popular in
naval circles She was educated in
Washington ana has known many Of
tho seasons debutanteS from child
heed. fact which will he of immense
benefit to her Miss Miller has fine
features and an exquisite complexion.
The Picture Girl Is the title be-
slowed ON Miss Lucinda Carpenter
pCnncbd';cr who was introduced by
her mother, Mrs. Charles Darwin
Pcmcbakcr. al reception followed
bv dance It. which The Younger nom
bcrs of society were invited. None
IOf the other dCbUtdnt"S can dlSpdt"
Miss Pcuuebakcr's claim 10 be called
the most picturesque OF all the pretty
uaidens who have made their first
bows in the past few weeks
She is an exceedingly graceful girl
and tive noses into which she falls so
unconsciously inspired an artist &C
ounintancc 20 call her The Picture
Girl"
The dybutantcs OF this season are
planning more pleasure for themselves
I than amy other set in Washington
Among tho things which they propose
doing IN the capitalization Of the
i"Spanish Waltz" That is it's now
name. but like many an old fabric
which is resurrcctcd and rechrstcned
with n French name the new waltz
is little more than the old-fashioncd
hon waltz of long ago ANY one who
has ever laughed al the antics OF the
,yarzing dutch burghers i'm Rip Van
Wrinkle" can get a pretty fair idea OF
,th, step Hardly fattcring idea
though. Tor danced by a graceful cir
of The dark. Spanish. type it is really
tremendously attractive. The waltz
in It's most picturesque guise is danced