Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
SOCIETY.
Continued from First Page.)

doors all last winter. being snugly en-
sconced on the big porch over the front
door OF the Crane home on Massachusetts
avenue every day and all day, unless the
weather was of the most severe type.
The new home of Mrs. Hit, widow OF
Representative Hit: invests another cor
ner facing Dupont circle with social i'm
portance of real quality. When 1t is con-
sidered that the site never had any pre-
viOus habitation on it, as far back as mid
dle-aged folks hereabouts recall. it is
virgin soil, so to speak, and Its only
transformation from the wilds of an open
lot was its temporary use as a fenced in
playground for the children Of the rich
living nearby. The drawing rooms of
the broad comfortable home which Mrs.
Hit has built for herself will be new
meeting place for her personal friends
among the notables. And it is not likely
that any house in the west end will
reflect any daintier taste. Mrs. Hit
manages to impart little personal mean
ing into what she does socially. The
pictures Of the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain.
now in the British pictorial papers. on
whom old age and its attendant weak
ness shows. do not much resemble
the jaunty British statesman, who came
here to be married to the daughter of the
then Secretary of War, Miss Endicott. At
that time Mrs. Hit gave a breakfast for a
large party of young ladies with Mr..
Chamberlain as the sole male guest, and
of course she had orchids of every sort
and color to f1atter the bridegroom-ele
with the sight of his favorite and high
priced flower Again when she gave a
wedding gift to Mrs Dewey on the occa-
sion of her marriage to the admiral, 1t
was twin ring with splendid jewels
showing on both circles.
The Herbert Wadsworths are dependa-
BILE quantities in a social way, as Mrs.
Wadsworths winter programs rarely
vary-regular Thursday nights from the
beginning of the winter till It's close,
sometimes beginning in the little" sea-
son-that is. from Thanksgiving to Christ
mas-and always through Lent Some time
In the series of Thursdays there is cos
tune party. Last year 1t was only obliga-
many other fine homes In this town. both
rich and poor on Mrs. WadSworth's list
meet in her home.
Although it looked mighty we'll to the
Impractical eye, Mrs Townsend Queen
Anne mansion is undergoing a sprucing
with scaffolding within and without. The
grounds are also being leveled off at a
new angle. Mrs Townsend has recently
Joined her daughter and her cousin. Mrs.
Huidekoper Of Philadelphia. at Bar Har-
Dor. but they are not likely to linger there
much longer. When in this country. the
Townsends are apt to be among those
who like the autumn here, and their
home is usually among the first to take
on an occupied air. That is what is eX-
pected shortly.
The Westinghouse home has been closed
already too long, but there is no an
nouncement yet that the family will win
ter here. Just at present Mr. and Mrs.
Westinghouse have centered about them
at Erskine Park. Lenox. much Of the So
cial stir of the neighborhood. which will
next week receive ally accessons of no.
tables from the east and especially from
among the diplomatic circle.
The same might be said of the Patter-