The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-10

One of the most eligible bachelors of the administration is MT. Frank Hitch cock, Postmaster General of the United States. and the man who made the steam roller famous during MT. Taft's campaign for the presidential nomina- ton. While MT. Hitchcock is a young man and very busy man he cares a great deal for society and manfully struggles to hold up the social prestige of the position of postmaster general MT. Hitchcock dinner to President and Mrs. Taft will be given on Febru- ary IT. and 1t will be quite an elab- guests.
 Miss Laura Merriam. daughter of the former governor of Minnesota, has been the guest of honor at quite number of social affairs during the sea son.
 Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Columbus, O.. has been the guest of the Taft fam fly at the White House.
 One of the most bewitching de- butantes of the season is Miss Mar guerite Barbour, daughter of Mrs. James F. Barbour. who was brought out recently at brilliant affair at the Barbour home. Miss Barbour is a handsome girl and her admirers are legion. She was educated with private tutors and was finished in Europe un- der the chaperonage of Mrs. David D. Porter. Her family harks back to the cavalier days of the Old Dominion, among her great grandsires being Cap tain Baldwin Dade and Captain Rich ard Townsend the latter of whom was sent to America on a special mission by King George and remained here.
 The H. Kirke Porters of Pittsbure who are spending the winter here, will entertain lavishly through the latter end of the season.
 The season In Washington is more fes- tive than usual Never was the bud set so beautiful What with gorgeous af- fairs planned on every hand and with an administration sympathetic to so- ciety and its functions this winter may be classified socially as ultra successful More debutantes have fnade their bow this winter than In any single season for half a dozen years. For instance, there Is the set made up of six girls who have been associated since babyhood and who have been dancing at fancy parties from their first or second year, including Miss Eudora Glover, Miss Gladys Hinckley Miss Margaret Draper, Miss Laura Merriam, Miss Sophy John stone and Miss Alice Whiting. All belong to the great or near-great families and they form an attractive sextette.
 Then there is another set, made up principally of those maidens who have come from Gotham or the outlying dis tricts Tn this clan are Miss Louise Crom- well, Miss Marie Guidet-Duryee and Miss Olga Roosevelt. Miss Katherine Brown, niece of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. goes with these and her millions add lustre to the division. There is another set which mingles with all the others and makes no separate coterie. This coterie includes as pretty, interesting and we'll born girls as Washington boasts.
 Mrs. Donald Mclean has invitations out for a cotillon for Miss Margaret Preston Draper to be given on Saturday even- ing, January 15.
 The marriage of Miss Georgia Knox, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William s. Knox. and Mir. Harry Smith Berry of Nashville will take place at St. Thomas church in this city on February S.
 Mir. and Mrs Richard Percy Hines, whose wedding was an epic event of the season, will be at home in East Orange. N. J., after next Saturday. MT. Hines