The Washington herald., 1910-11-06


the White House. will have lull after
Wednesday. when the Chief Executive
and his flock. accompanied by a congeniai
party. will start on their interesting jour
ney TO Panama and back on one of the
great war ships OF Uncle Sans navy.
They viii be absent about ten days.
which days will be full of action and in
terest This viii be the second visit Mrs.
Taft has made 10 Panama. as she accom-
panied the President there just before
the Inauguration. But for the remainder
OF the little party this viii be the first
visit TO the baby republic. and they are
counting much on IT,
Miss Helen Taft spent the week IN New
York with her fathers brother and his
family, Mr. and Mrs Henry w Taft.
On her return here tomorrow she viii
no doubt be accompanied by the Presi-
dents brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles P. Taft. who have been the
guests of the Henry Tafts. The Charles
P. Tafts will be In the Panama party.
and the others viii probably be Miss
Helen Taft, Mr.. Robert Taft. the Secre-
tary 10 the President and Mrs. Charles ID.
Norton. Capt. Archibald w Butt and
Lieut.. Commander Leigh Palmer. military
and naval aids to the President
There will be busy days for Miss Taft
before she leaves for the South. She has
accepted two luncheon invitations for
next week. the first from Miss Ruth Pill
Ing, one OF last seasons buds. and a
Taft, who will entertain her tomorrow,
and the other from Mrs. Wickersham,
wife Of the Attorney General who will
have luncheon for her on Tuesday.
Miss Taft will set the debutante ball
a-rolling early in December. when. it is
understood. she will be presented by her
mother at a ball in the East Room. where
two notable buds have bloomed before
her-Miss Alice Roosevelt, now Mrs
LongWorth, and her younger sister, Miss
Ethel ROosevelt-both OF whom had beau
tiful balls in that historic room as a
fitting launching Of the FIRST young lady
of the land.
Miss Taft will also participate in the
debutante festivities in Baltimore, and
has already accepted invitations for the
early part of December in that city She
will go over about the time OF the first
Monday german. on which occasion about
fourteen young girls OF Baltimore's
snartest set viii make their first bows
TO society. The Baltimore method OF
bringing out girls is different from that
pursued in Washington and some other
cities. In the Monumental City the buds
are presented al the Monday germans,
always the first one when possible Miss
Taft viii be one OF the buds at this
function, which is set this year for De-
cember 70. She is 10 be the house guest
OF Miss Christine MarDuTg, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Marburg. at their
home in Mount Vernon place. Miss Mar
burg. aunt of Miss Taft's young hostess.
has dinner invitations out for December
20 at her East Eager street home in
honor of Miss Taft The dinner will be
followed by a theater party. This is but
one OF a number Of entertainments being
arranged for the Presidents daughter.
The MarbHrgs and Judge Tafts family
are very old friends. and the President
has been their guest in Baltimore.
President and Mrs. Taft have INDUCED
more in theater-golng since their return
here this fall than they have done pre-
viously. and have occupied box at one
or another Of the theaters twice and
three times d week at the good plays
which have been seen here this year. on
each Of these occasions they have had
with them justice Of the Supreme Court
and his wife.
The first one 10 be thus entertained was
the newest justice OF the circle, former
Gov. Hughes, and Mrs. Hughes. The next
were Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Burton: next.
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Holmes. and the last were Mr. Justice
and Mrs. White. who were in the Pres
ident's party on Wednesday evening to
see the dean of the American stage Den
man Thompson, play his forty-year-old
character OF Joshua Whitcomb. in The
Old Homestead" Before the end of the
performance the President indicated his
desire 10 congratulate Mr.. Thompson
upon his venerable character, and he was
received in the box by the President. In
the party also were Miss Heron, Mrs.
Tafts sister; Bishop Brent OF the Phil
ippine Islands who laid the corner stone
of the cathedral chapel at Mount ST. Alban
Tuesday afternoon, and Capt. Archibald
W Butt These little theater companies
of the President are always very con-
genial. and informal to a certain extent.
The guests invariably dine at the White
House before going to the play.
Another candidate for debutante honors
will be the daughter of the new italian
Ambassador. who is now on her way 10
this country with her mother Marchesa
Confalonieri. and the young son of the
Ambassador. They are expected 10 ar
rive here on the Sth OF this month. hav-
ing sailed from Naples on the 18th of
October. The young lady is just eight
cen, and has been presented at court re
Gently, so she is fresh from her court
triumph, for she is greatly admired. She
will no doubt enter society here at once,
without the formality of a 'presenta-
ton" such as American mothers consider
necessary for their daughters social sue
eesses. Sonora Villegas. daughter of the
charge d'affaires of Argentina. and Nine.
Villegas will do likewise, as her parents
do not believe in the American debut"
The disapproval of the foreign parents
does not IN the least discourage the
debutante entertainments in Washington.
for a strenuous life has already been laid
out for the thirty or thirty-five resident
buds who are 10 bloom within eight
weeks under the shadow OF the dome of
the Capitol. The only army bud this
year. so far announced. is Miss Gertrude
Greedy. youngest daughter Of the IA
nous Gen. A ". Greedy, OF north pole
rescuing fame. She will be presented by
her mother at a tea on the afternoon OF
November g, the very hrst blossom in
the seasons bouquet From the 18th on,
we'll into January. each day will see a
debutante function. and some days there