The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
FORTNIGHT and three days will

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~ see the brilliant close of
~ splendid social season Shrove
= Tuesday will go out in a blaze
of glory. for many dances and other en-
tertainments for which there has been
no other time have been set for that
night A great change win come over
Washington society at that time, for
many will close their Washington homes
and go South. and will not return
to take part in the official affairs with
which they have been identified for
many years.
The President and Mrs Taft have made
a season which will long be remembered
for genuine and frequent hospitality of
the old-fashioned kind. They have taken
keen delight in all the entertainments
given for their debutante daughter, and
in many cases the President has dropped
in at the dances. He has a charming
fashion of taking the hosts by surprise,
as well as the youthful guest of honor,
and he enjoys it all hugely. He usually
waits until the middle of the entertain
ment, and then appears unostentatiously
and Unannounced, enjoys the little flutter
Of excitement when he is discovered has
little chats with the host and hostess,
perhaps a dance or so with his daughter
and the hostess has a little bit to eat,
and is gone again, thus making the ball
a historic function
In visiting the official residences with
out previous announcement President
to foI1A Of
popular rulers as the late King Edward
of England and Emperor William of
Germany. these rulers. indeed. being
much more democratic in their social re-
lations with their court circle than many
an American President has been with the
officials OF his particular administration.
The dancing is not by any means over
with. There is Yet a Bachelors cOtilliOn.
the last Of the series. which will be given
at the New Willard on Wednesday even
ing. preceded, as usual. by innumerable
dinner parties.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson
Glover will give their annual bal poudre
en- masque on Tuesday evening. This
VIII also be a Valentine dance. and is sure
to be ono OF the most festive occasions
yet. Mrs. CIovcr's balls are always
unique and beautiful. and this one will
be even more so than usual Mrs. Moran
has cards out for dance on Thursday OF
this week; the Secretary OF the Treas
ury and Mrs MaCNeaEh will entertain
Miss Taft at a dance in their new man
sion in Sixteenth street on Friday even
ing. the 18th: Mrs. Edison Bradley is Civ
ing a cotillion for Miss Taft, and the
Van Vochten OlcottS are giving a dance
on the sd. Miss Taft will go to Balti-
more on Saturday the 18th. to be Miss
MarhurE's guest, and will be entertained
ut dinner ny her on the evening of the
10Th. preceding the Monday german in
Baltimore.
A contemporary bud of Miss Taft who
is sharing with the Presidents daugh-
ter in all the smart dances and dinners
Of the season is a charming young per-
son from Los Angeles, Miss Elizabeth
Hicks, who is being chaperoned by her
aunt, Mrs. John W. Dwight, of New
York, the latter one Of the best loking
and best liked of the younger matrons-
NIr and Mrs. Dwight will have a large
dinner party on Wednesday preceding
the last Bachelors cotilliOn.
Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry May, is a much |
in-demand bridesmaid at present, having
been invited to fill this role for Miss
Carrie Mum on February IS. when this
Chicago heiress becomes the bride of
Mr.. Reginald BOardman, of Boston, and
also for the young Countess Won Berns-
torfT. when she changes her name but
not her title to that of POurtales-
Miss Mum is the eldest daughter of
the late Charles A Mum. one of the first |
of Chicago's milliOnaires to seek a resi- |
dence in Washington. He purchased a |
home in Scott Circle twenty years ago, !
which will be the scene of next week |
ceremony. Mrs. Mum at the time of |
her marriage was Mrs. Armour. widow |
Of one of the founders of the great meat |
trust, from which the present Mum for |
tune is largely derived. She had no |
children by her first marriage to divide |
this vast fortune, which will eventually |
20 to the hride-eleCt and her brothers |
and sisters. al Of whom have grown up |
in Washington. Miss Carrie Mum, the |
eldest daughter. is a handsome girl OF |
many accomplishments and agreeable |
manners, VINO has enjoyed great popu- |
Iarity on the North Shore of Massachu- |
sets. and was for year or so generally |
supposed to be engaged to Theodore !
Roosevelt, jr