The National tribune., 1911-01-12

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One of the most beautiful society
functions given in honor OF Miss Helen
Taft since her debut was that given by
Mrs. L. z. Letter, at her magnificent
home on Dupont Circle. the night of
Jan. 8. The home of the Letters is one
of the most palatial In the city, and ca
pable of the most beautiful decoration
There were fresh flowers everywhere
ana they all came from the private con-
servatories of Mrs. Letter, these leading
out from the main ball room and sep
arated from 1t by ivory and gold arches.
From the centers of these arches hung
great baskets of pink begonias with
trailing ferns, while the conservatory
itself looked like picture of fairylaHd.
All the house outside of the ball room
was decorated with American Beauty
roses. In front of the portrait of the
late Lady Curzen. the most beautiful of
all the handsome Letter girls, was an
especially attractive arrangement of
American Beauties. There was also a
jardiniere of flowers before the portrait
of the late l.. u. Letter, and the pictures
of the English grandchildren which
hung on the walls had also their burden
of flowers.
Miss Taft wore pale liberty satin,
vailed with pale blue chiffon, with a
garniture of pink rosebuds. 1t was the
same gown that Miss Taft wore at her
OWN Udii at the w lite t1ouSc TWO WEEKS
ago Mrs Letter was a stately picture
in royal purple velvet, garnished with
exquisite old Italian lace. The orna-
ments she wore were her own superb
rubies, than finer there are none outside
of India, Ii is said.
a reception of an hour preceded the
dancing, which began at 1880, the Ma
Tfne Band making the music.
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called away by the death of his mother
Mrs. Parmelis I. Chamberlain, at her
late home at Natcllez. She was 80 years
of age.
Mrs. -Longworth ordered q
new gown to wear at the White House
OF New Years Day, which the Adams
Express Company managed to lose. Mrs.
LonEworth did not find il out until Sat
urday morning, and the dress was to be
worn on Monday. She promptly wired
the express company that she wanted q
gown to wear or New Years Day. and
she had to have it, and what were they
going to do about it. The express COM
pany got a hustle on itself. and had the
gown in Washington for Mrs Long
worth to wear on New Years Day,
which goes to show that there are peo-
pie who can make even the express
company hurry itself.
A new city order went into effect Jan.
3, which makes it obligatory that all
private vehicles, business wagons, carts.
etc, carry lights. There were several
arrests Immediately following Jan. 3,
but while there is an army Of kickers
and there will probably be some law
suits over il, the vehicles are all wear
ing lamps until such time as the order
may be abolished.
A gruesome reminder of the fact that
the battleship Maine is the sepuleher of
some 25 or more bodies of sailors and
marines who went down with her was
brought to light by the dredge one day
last week. Two ribs and some small
bones were brought up and carefully
placed in special receptacle to await
recovery of other bones. The dredge
also brought up some three-fnch shells,
a large quantity OF coal and portion
of the coal bunkers. AS these things
were lying considerably apart from the
ship, II is considered as partial confirm
alton of the theory of an internal explo-
zion under the bunkers. The work on
the hulk is continuing without Interrupt
ton.
1t seems as tho the world might have
run mad on the subject of microbes.
bacteria and other bugs. Just now up
ON the Wind River Reservation the
Government is engaged in boiling an
Indian village That is, there is vii
lage up there of about 100 Indians,
1uarantined while they were suffering
from smallpox. Their tepees, clothing
blankets, harness and everything else
that could be boiled was subjected to
that treatment to destroy all traces of
the disease. There were suggestions of
other modes of disinfectant, but the