The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19
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WASHINGTON. June 1s-Quitc
likely by the time that society comes
tlockinq back into the national capital
from Europe. the seaside and the noun
tains jhc Chevy Chase club will he
housed i'm it's new 100000 building,
The Chevy Chase club is the rca smart
and exclusive organization of Washing
ton. President Taft and Vice President
Sherman play golf upon the links there
every chance they get. Upon it's com
modiouS grounds senators. representa-
lives. foreign diplomats and others of
national name. and even International
rcnown are common figures. The Chevy
Chase elnh llas, perhaps. the most m
| tcrcstiug roster Of members Of all the
clubs in America They comprise for
cipn statesmen. famous soldiers and
sailors, cX.prcsldcnts. congressman. So
rlety kings and queens and many other
noiablcS The smart affairs given at
Chevy Chase hy the present generation
of society III Washlnton constitute the
elegance characteristic of society among
the rich, The new club house viii be
of the old country house type, simple
in form and detail but dIgnificI and
capable OF taking its place amidst the
beautiful surroundings Both President
and Mrs. Taft are much interested IN
the new club house.
WcSteIn women bGaQerS.
As the summer advances social life in
Washington becomes very dull June
has furnished its regular quota of wed
diugs, but the families Of many Of the
congressman and cabinet attaches have
departed for the season. In contcm-
plating Washington IN the present half
light of society one is instantly struck
by the high position achieved in society
by the matrons Of the west who have
at once become notable hostesses well
known for their clevcrness and tact in
entertaining and their hospitality.
There was once a time when The resi-
dent set cf Washington looked with
something akin TO scorn upon those
who came out of the west, called by
The duties Of craftsmanship. In those
days the Westerners were regarded
mostly rs outsiders, They were not
taken into the cotcrie of the residents
and the easterners who were supposed
TO make up the real society of the cap
ltal. Now all that has been changed.
Some of the brightest women in Wash
ington are found in "insurgeDt' house
holds. Washington long since came TO
recognize in Mrs. Robert M. La Toilette,
the wife OF the militant senator from
Wisconsin, one of the most brilliant
minds and the strongest personalities
IN oficlaldom. From the time when
she first become engaged to her fellow
student at the state university at Mad
lson Mrs. La Toilette has identified
herself heart and soul with the aims of
Senator La Folette's life, She finds i'm
hIs political career an interst scarcely
less absorbing than is her care for her
family, one of the most interesting in
Washington,
Close Student of Politics.
Mrs. La Toilette is as close stu
dent OF politics as "Little Bob him
self and is also a clever writer Mrs.
La Toilette is one of the strongest ad-
vocates of equal suffrage to be found
among congressional women and, rs
becomes the wife of the foremost sena-
torial radical, she is likewise somewhat
radical IN her views Of the future Of
the woman movement The La Toilette
home, roomy residence on Wyoming
avenue, rs rendezvous for AL the
family friends, Of whom the clever
westerners haye a great number The
eldest daughter Of the family. Miss
Fola La Toilette, blond and pretty, IS
likewise an ardent woman sufIragist
Another charming western woman
likewise the wife of an insurgent lead
er, is Mrs. Victor Murdock, wife of the
young Kansan who is generally Tecou-
nlzed as one of the most irrecuncilable
OF all the party insurgents in the
house of representatives. Mrs. Muir.
dock never fails TO attract attention IN
any gathering. Mrs. Murdock is fond
of music and is a talented amateur
performer. Her rarely sympathetic
personality has won her many friends.
and one of the most admiring OF tnc,a
declares that Mrs. Murdock is the cor.
hdante OF half Washington. Her triends
tell her of all their bits of good for.
tune, and likewise feel sure or her
ready sympathy in their times of tror-
bic. Notwithstanding her feminine alb.
sorption in society Mrs MurdocE his
not lost interest in the studies of her
girlhood. Her taste in literature ,s
acknowledged, and she is one Of The