Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
NINE. RITTER.
Copyright by Clinedinst.)

Taft administration is to be gay one.
no one is prepared to say. The increas-
Ing number of wealthy men who accept
the burden of Office of late years cannot
but have an effect on social fe. Most
of them, however. come to Washington
to continue the style of entertaining TO
which they were accustomed at home or
their wives do for them-splendid reel
procity in the matter of dinner-giving,
etc, which the average person hears
about through the newspapers.
The big events, such were i'll vogue
fifteen or twenty years ago, Wneh ricii
and poor met occasionally on the same
level, are as far from the present inter
probation of the duties of an official host
as was the management of the veloclpede
of two decades back compared with the
aeroplane of today. When the Attorney
General in the Cleveland cabinet refused
to wear a spiked-tail coat, even simple
folk were stirred with the enormity OF
what he was about to miss, and did miss
so cheerfully.
Most of the officials of late years bring
Wallets with them, rs well as nmousines
and private cars, and they work as hard
over public affairs do the heads OF any
great enterprise. The women foik no
longer wear themselves out doing things
for the sake OF duty or from any sense
of the obligation they have assumed as
the presiding geniuseS of official house
holds. The average hostess who Is in de-
mand I'm any marked degree has about all
she can do to make her dinner or other
calls of consequence. Going through an
official list, with Mondays here and Tues
DAYS there, etc. Is as extinct as quilting
bees The decline OF the "Wednesday
afternoon, the day for generations held
sacred for those who would pay their re-
spects to the hostesSes of the Vice Presi-
dents, the cabinet and the Speaker S
homes, is more in evidence every winter.
1t usually opens up we'll. especially When
the women are newcomers, but rarely
~srtk Iltft IA 10 fnaa
last grand stand for those who would
make a difference between social con-
course in the ranks of officialdom at the
National Capital and that in vogue In
other places. and when IT disappears, as
IL very likely will, probably nobody will
mind 1t at all.
Nine. Ritter, wife of the Swiss minis
ter. who arrived lately, is pleasantly es-
tablished at the legation, on Hillyer
tea for Nine. Sahli and the Miles. Sahli.
wife and daughters of the chancellor of
the Swiss legation. NJ. Sahli anu family
nave taken a house on n street for the
winter The occasion brought together
a very smart diplomatic company.
The marriage OF Miss Frederick Nor
gan. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
| Morris Morgan, and MIR. Evan Sinclair
Cameron at St. Johns Wednesday at
\
event Miss Morgan has been accorded
first rank among the young beauties since
her debut, and with her charm OF man
ner and great vivacity her appearance
as a bride is likely TO add a lovely pic
ture to the memory string of the autumn.
Miss Marian Cameron. sister of the bride
groom. will be maid OF honor. and Miss
Constance Hoyt. Miss Lillian Chew. Miss
Mary Scott and Miss Helen Hibbs. with
Miss Dorothy Hayden of New York and
Miss Dolly Lynch of Lakewood. n. j..
will be bridesmaids. DIR. Frank Dickson
OF Philadelphia will be best man, and
Mr. Craig Mitchell of Philadelphia. Mr..
Lowell Brown OF East Orange. n. j.:
Mr.. Herbert Dillon and Mr.. Greenville
Alternately of New York, Mr.. Clark
Matthai and Mr.. Frank Riggs OF Balti-
more will be ushers-all former class
mates of the bridegroom at Princeton.
Mr. Cameron gave his bachelor dinner
last night at Princeton Inn, and several
dinners, luncheons and theater parties