The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-18
FOOD COMING 70 BE or sEcoNu.
AIRY IMPORTANCE IN WASHING.
TON CIRCLES.
DANCING VERY POPULAR
Mrs. Root Long Has Protested
Against the Prominence Given TO
Dinners in Official Society in the
Capital

Washington Feb lin the eight |
seasons " her husbands service in
the cabinet, Mrs Eihu Root prayed
daily for dcliycrancc from what shel
considered the tyranny of society. and !
the false idea of hospitality. which. |
according 10 Mrs. Root prevails in !
Washington. Mrs Roots pet aversion
was dinner partN-that is. an offic.
ial dinner party The secretary Of
state and his family dine well seven
days in the week. preferably in their
own home and very frequently with
some friends to enjoy their hospitals.
ty.
Eut the round Of official dinners.
with the eight or nine courses served.
by the same caterer with almost the
regularity of a boarding house, and
the company composed Of pretty
much the same persons. might after
night, and week after week led to
Mrs. Roots widely quoted remark
that she wished Washington society
would conceive some sort of enter.
tainmcnt besides stuffing people. The
new idea has arrived just as the
ove>invited secretary and his wife
have Withdrawn from the mad round
to which Mrs. Root has declared her.
self unwilling to return even with her
husband as senator from New York.
The hostess to achieve the dcsider-
atum where food was of secondary
importance TO the fifty or sixty guests
invited was Mrs. A. c. Barney, who
has just returned TO her artistic home
on Sheridan circle from Persia and
Paris. Being unhampered by any of
ficial obligations. rich, independent
and clever, Mrs. Barney selected her
guests entirely for their personal
value when She issued invitations for
"a Persian evening" II was n fancy
dress party Everyone appeared in
a well thought-out and beautifully ex-
ecuted costume There was dancing.
but artistic dancing with the ballet.
minuet and the picture dance taking
the place of the more conservative
cotillon or waltz Of the ordinary ev.
ening party.
Dancing as n high art is becoming
extremity popular in Washington's
I social circles. Private classes in
/ fancy dancing are a fad Of the win
/ ter, with Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
and other smart young matrons as
enthusiastic pupils. At Mrs. Barney's
Miss Yvonne Townsend. debutante
/ OF last winter. gave a snake dance
with all the grace, and much more
than the usual charm of a soubrette
OF Paris or Vienna. In fact Miss
Townsend learned TO dance abroad
where her father was formerly min.
lister in Brussels. She wore an Egyp.
tian costume that would have been
accepted as correct on the banks OF
the Nile as well as on the Potomac
There was supper, breakfast posi-.
| bly, IL might he called for this party
began very Late, and here Mrs Bar,
ney again showed her genius. The
breakfast served at . was spread up.
on a table that was raised just ten
inches from the floor and every guest
was provided with a cushion instead
of a chair Not more than half the
company could be accommodated
about the table. This led to numerous
small parties taking their refresh
ments In picturesque hooks and cor,
ners of the large studio, which served
as supper room.