The Washington herald., 1909-01-08
WASHINGTON CHAT.
By THE SPECTATOR.

Miss lnez MilhOlland, who viii grad
uate at Vassar in this years class, is
in the foremost ranks Of the suffragettes
in America Whether her interest is
merely faddish or an earnest thing only
the future can prove, but looking at the
position she occupies with unpTsjudiced
eyes il is rather q sad one Miss Mil
holland is the daughter Of John Mil
holland, who was for a long time con-
nected with the New York Tribune and
was said 10 be WhiteIaw Reds alter
ego. He writes himself in the biOgraph-
ical dictionaries as a journalist and re-
former. 50 his daughter doubtless flies
the proper colors. but she is 50 beautiful,
so clever. and so talented that one can
not help but regret her championship
OF q lost cause After a half century's $
campaigning it should be apparent to
the sunragetteS the world over that pub
lie opinion IS distinctly against them and
a graceful surrender is as admirable as
a courageous defense. That these militant
females VIII never surrender is a
foregone conclusion. for the inability
10 recognize defeat is a part Of the
feminine equation; but that they should
seek TO absorb the energy Of such a
young woman as Miss Milholland, who
is young and impressionable and whose
devotion TO the cause recalls the story
Of that Roman who inundated himself
that his country might be saved, IS re-
grettable TO all those who have seen
many such fragile crafts stranded
Miss MilhOlldHd is a beauty. fair IN
face and figure. with a manner almost
masculine In its grasp and force. but
with the eternal feminine temperament.
Her father IS of New York, her mother
OF Boston. and yet she might be a daugh-
ter Of the Midi. with all its warmth, pas
sion and devotion. Her childhood was
spent in London. where her father lived
for some time as the agent for the
BatChellcr Pneumatic Tube Company; her
girlhood ia Berlin, where she was a pupil
at Miss LUce's school and where she
carried of all the honors, and for the
last three years she has been student
al Vassar- II was in Berlin that she
first appeared before the public IN French
and German plays given under her
teachers patronage. the intricacies Of
which would seem almost impossible for
ar American girl 20 master. but there
Is no such word as impossible IN the
lexicon OF this ambitious young woman
She made such a success that II set the
staid academicians by the ears. and heI
histrionic fame was the talk OF the hour.
Miss NilbOllaud wore her hcnors with
a most interesting nOnchalance. a non
chalance that was undoubtedly assumed
because she is essentially woman who
needs applause and she is never 50
much ar her best as IN the Tmelight-
Nothing has created such a sensation
In the social circles a. the Capital this
winter as the announcement Of the en-
Cagement oF Preston Gibson 20 Grace
Mcmillan Jarvis and Yet just why Il
should be such a taIked-of event no one
seems 70 understand Grace Jarvis is
still in her teens. a beautiful. graceful
charming. and cultivated ETI; Preston
Gibson is hardly in hrs thirties. and he j;
a cultivated man with a PAST. In the life
time OF his father and mother he was one
Of the little coterie that kept things lively
on C0nnectcut avenue. in the vicinity OF
Dupont Circle. but at that time lie was
nothing more than a mischievOus boy
and no one would have predicted that nc
would become a bold. bad man, which,
indeed. he is far from being Il the testi-
rl0oy OF those who know MIN best can be
accepted, but just why he was unable
10 live with Mipna Field with whom he
eioped from that famous school at DobbS
Ferry. the papers in her divorce suit dc
not properly set forth.
Ernest Moore. the English portrait
painter. who spent several weeks IT
Washington last year painting the Brit
ish Ambassador and other noted people
lis in town again with his charming bride
whom De married in the early fall and
Who Is one of the most interesting wO-
men who has come 10 US recently. Mrs
Moore is typically English. young. viii
beautiful eyes superb colorinE, and q
frank and ingenious charm socially she
has been q great success here and richly
deserves all the prestige she has attained
Mr.. Moore has taken a temporary studio
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