Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-22
MRS. TAFT RECEIVES
 s0CIETYS PLAUD|TS

WASHINGTON. May 2l. = The White House and its new mistress are the chief features in Washington | social life. and the complete social success Of the Taft administration has been fully established within three months of its inauguration. The Friday afternoons at home are as complete a success as the enor- nous state receptions of past admin istrations. and much more agreeable. Planned originally as outdoor affairs with the south grounds of the man | sion as the place of reception, and the refreshments served under a marquee on the lawn, with the Ma rine band playing in the distance. l these receptions are as informal as any entertainment given in the name of the president and his wife can be. yet bring together each week repre- sentatiYes of every branch or clique of Nashington's many sided Vanity Fair.
 Some persons. the higher officials Of the administration or personal friends of the hostess. are asked for each Friday. but, as rule, one invi' tation only is sent, and the recipient selected alphabetically. so that an in yitation for May 2S carries with il the same compliment as one for May 7th.
 The semi-weekly concerts of the
 Marine band on the Esplanade in Pc
 tomac park have passed the experi
 mental stage and are voted I popular | fhnnSanAG nadaCtrianS fill
 ing the broad ellipse about the band
 stand. where. in addition to hundreds of benches provided by the park au
 thorities there are to be hired com
 fortable wooden chairs, quite as ir
 foreign fashion, for a nickel apiece. As fashionable diversion the
 semi-weekly drive to music scored ar
 instantaneous success and is already
 assuming a place in Washington lifs
 similar to that played by Hyde parl
 in London or the Bois de Cologne il
 Paris.
 Everyone who owns a carriage, ant many who hire them. are to be seer
 in the promenade from ! to o'clocl
 and the collection of high class mo
 tor cars and small electrics exceed!
 anything to be found in any othe city of America
 To add further to the attractive ness of this latest pleasure resort. | company of ladies, headed by Mrs Stewart-Hooker. daughter of thu late Senator William A. Stewart. hal begun negotiations for a tea house t' be opened on the river bank nea enough to the band stand to affort a convenient place for refreshmenti for all who wish tea, ices or daint. sandwiches that form the usual after ! noon collation., which is becoming ; 1 regular feature of Washington lift
 with its dinner hour growing late
 and later.
 The late senator from Nevada hay
 ing died a comparatively poor man
 and bequeathed what property h. possessed to his widow. a second wife
 whom he married a few years ago lhis widowed daughter is left to joir the large band of gtntle women fore
 ed into the ranks of the workers.
 Washington. contrary to the asser ; tions of it's ignorant critics, is no ungrateful or upappreciative, so tha
 Mrs. Stewart Hooker's friends vii
 rally to her aid in this new venture remembering as they do the lavisi hospitality which she and her lat
 mother dispensed for many seasons when Stewart castle stood in Dupon circle and its master took his plac' , among the miilionaires of the senate