Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
IN CABINET HOMES
Breakfast to Diplomats at
Secretary Roots.
LARGE RECEPTIONS HELD
First Occasion of the Kind at Sec
rotary Wright's.
OTHER NOTABLE GATHERINGS
Mrs. Dewey Assists Mrs. Newberry.
Miss Cannon Receives at the
Home of the Speaker.
OTHER NOTABLE GATHERINGS

Official hospit ality outside of the White
| House was in evidence today as usual.
| The number of receptions was perha ps
! fewer, but the small children who looked
| on with delight as the uniformed officers
| or the bejeWeed and court uniformed
diplomats passed i'm and out OF the cab
| met houses will probably live to see the
day when these events will be concen-
| trated in one huge ceremOnious function
| in 4 government administration building.
| Future advisers to the President and
| heads of departments will then be able
| to entirely separate their official and
| personal capacities, and be as free from
the intrusion Of the outside world in their
homes as the President is now when he
| leaves his Office for his dwelling. The
changes in the last ten or fifteen years
show that hospitality to which the public
is welcome has become rarity, except
occasionally on New Year. 1t is the pass
ing of a custom which no one complains
of criticses. The public reception at
the home Of the Secretary of State has
not been held of late years In its stead
the breakfast to the diplomatic corps has
been elaborated and made u much more
elegant and leisurely event.
Secretary Root was back at his home
on Rhode Island avenue in time to receive
the corps at half-past II. Mrs. Roots
deep mourning precludes her further par
ticipation in society this winter OF their
family circle there were present to assist
In the pleasure of the event Lieut.. and
Mrs. L. S. Grant, their son-in-law and
daughter Mrs Robert Bacon and Mrs.
Huntington Wilson, wives of the assist
ant secretaries.
At the Fairbanks Home.
gala place from 3 o'clock and will con-
| tinue to be so until o'clock A bountiful
collation. was served in the dining room.
Mrs. Fairbanks assistants for the after
noon are her daughter, Mrs. John Tim
mons, and her daughter-in-law. Mrs.
Warren Fairbanks of Chicago; Mrs FL
kins. Mrs. Carter. Mrs. Foraker. Mrs.
Burrows, Mrs. Dolliver, Mrs. Crane Mrs.
Flint and Mrs Culberson, all wives OF
senator's: Miss Kean. sister of Senator
kean: Miss Hemenway. daughter Of Sen
ator Hemenway of Indiana: Mrs. Charles
E. Lands. Mrs Jesse Overstreet, Mrs. j.
c. Cheney. wives of representatives from
Indiana Mrs. Joseph II. Gaines, wife Of
Representative Gaines of West Virginia;
Miss Wood. sister of Representative Wood
of New Jersey: Mrs. John w. Foster,
Mrs. Shannon, wife of Rev. DR.. Shannon;
Mrs. w. w. Bride. Miss Foraker. Miss
Edith Lee Sutherland, Miss Katherine
Weeks, daughter of Representative Weeks
of Massachusetts; the Misses Clark,
daughters of the senator from wyoming,
and Miss Margaret Wade.
There was no reception at the home of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
At the Cabinet Homes.
Secretary and Mrs Wright are holding
! very large and pleasant reception at
/ their hOme-their first official one and
/ cd Wit only dino rA
/ that circumstance. but also with delight
! full southern hospitality. In Mrs. Wright $
| receiving party are Mrs. Oliver, wife OF
| the assistant secretary Of war; Mrs. j.
| Franklin Bell. wife of Gen. Bell; Mrs.
/ Robert J. Wynne. Mrs. Robert Taylor,
| Mrs. Henry G.. Sharpe. Mrs. Reid Rogers,
Mrs. Bourke Cochran, Mrs. Darlington,
! Mrs. Conner Mrs. Weatherspoon, Mrs.
! Henry G. Corbin, Mrs. Frank B. Cheat
! ham, Mrs. Sam Sturgis. Mrs Lewis OF
! annapolis and Mrs. John II. Watkins,
daughter of the Secretary and Mrs.
! Wright: Miss Carolyn Murray. Miss
Oliver, Miss Aleshire Miss Wyrne, the
Misses Humphrey. Miss Marie McMillin
/ Brown. Miss Maitland Marshall, Miss
Darlington, Miss Ide and Miss Van Eoor-
| his
Mrs. Bonaparte is receiving in her spa
| cious suite at the Portland. and has as
sisting her Mrs. Hoyt. wife of the solic-
| itor general Mrs. Charles w. Russell,
| wife of the assistant attorney general:
| Mrs. Van Orsdel. Mrs. Nathaniel Francis,
daughter Of the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States: Mrs
| Thomas NJ Chatard, Mrs, Charles Henry
| Butler Mrs. Richard Wayne Parker.
wife of the representative from New
Jersey; Mrs. Loring. Mrs. James Brown
Scott. Mrs McIhcnny Miss Harlan Miss
Shepard, Miss Clabaugh. Miss Ada New
| lands. Miss Elizabeth Wolcott Parker.
| Miss Dorothy Gardner Williams and Miss
! CaryI Crawford.
Mrs. George Won l.. Meyer. wife of the
Won Moltke, wife of the minister from,
| Denmark: Nine. Loudon. wife of the
minister from the Netherlands: Mrs.
| Beekman Winthrop wife Of the assistant
secretary of the Treasury: Miss Phillips
of Boston. Miss Martha Cameron and the
Misses Meyer assisting her.
! Mrs. Newberry has in her receiving
! party Mrs. Dewey, wife of the admiral
| OF the nav: Mrs. Satterlee, wife of the
assistant secretary of the navy: Mrs.
! Mrs. Converse. Mrs. Pilsbury Mrs.
| I.eutze, Mrs. Schroeder, Mrs Richardson
Glover. Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Emory. Mrs.
| Charles l.. McCawley. Mrs. Campbell
| Spencer Wood. Mrs. Bulmer, Mrs. Fitch
the Misses Converse. the Misses Schroe-
der. Miss LeutZe Miss Emory. the Misses
/ Fitch. Miss Rogers, the Misses Murray.
! Miss fEOnnC Townsend and Miss Todd.
! Mrs. Garfield has in her party for the
afternoon Mrs. Gillespie. wife of Gen
/ Gillespie: Mrs. Sanger. wife Of Gen. San
ger: Mrs. Parsons, wife OF Representative
| Herbert Parsons; Mrs. Frank o. LoWden
Mrs. IIoyt, Mrs. Leupp. Mrs Hennen Jen-
/ nings. Mrs. W. II. II. Sims. Mrs Charles
! Sumner Bromwell. Mrs. Bulmer. Mrs
! Fremont Smith. Mrs Gail'ari Hunt Mrs
! Dali. Mrs Wilmer. Miss Hoyt Miss Oil
Yer. Miss Boardman, Miss Leupp, Miss
| Henriques. Miss Jennings. Miss Noble
| Miss Maury. Miss Ruggles and Miss
! Goodwiliie Of Baltimore. Tonight Mrs
Garfield gives dance for twenty-five
! couples.
| The residence OF the Secretary and Mrs
StrauS is the scene of one of the largest
receptions held this afternoon Among
! those assisting are the Son-in-law and
daughter of the host and hostess. Mr.. and
! Mrs Hochstadter. Mrs Hochstad and
! Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Straus, all of New
York: Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Dwight Mrs
| Murray Cobb. Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith
| Mrs. Wheeler. Mrs. Hall, Mrs. James
! Perkins. Mrs. William Harlow. Mrs Du-
vail. Mrs Gilmore. Mrs Loeb. Miss Ger