The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20

Washington, August 9.-(Special.)-Th brave and loyal women of the congress sonal and official sets, who have elected to stay by their husbands during the summer session of Congress, have evolved a new style of entertainment. It is the Congressional party no less. Hardly a session of the Senate or the House now but that the members galleries are not in- tervened by groups of daintily dressed women, who watch with interest the work of husbands, fathers, and in some in stances sweethearts, in making laws for the nation.
 Mrs. Champ Clark, with her young daughter, Miss Genevieve Clark, has been among the most frequent visitors,
 and they always are accompanied by
 d merry party of young people. Others
 who have attended the sessions are Mrs.
 sherman, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. Warren, wife of the senator from Wy
 oming, Mrs. Watson, wife of the new sen
 ator from West Virginia; Mrs. Roper,
 Taylor, wife of the senator from Tennes-
 see: Mrs. William A. Gulop, Mrs. David F. Finley, Mrs. J. J, Russel. Mrs. Thomas
 Ruby and Mrs. Robert C. Wicklffe. Informal suppers at restaurants or at 1
 clude the evening.
 ] Speaking of motor trips, the Vice Pres
 ident and Mrs sherman have been among the most enthusiastic motorists during the
 summer. They always are exceedingly hospitable, and scarcely a day goes by that they don't ask several of their friends for long ride and dinner CT late supper. Senator Brandegee, Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Huntington Wilson,
 Ga, 4,t.
 Root also have taken to motoring this summer to a great extent
 l The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman recently took a party out to historic Dow CT House for dinner. Dower House In
 itself is well worth going to inspect, as 1 it is not only a beautiful place, but is | full of historic associations, being n part lof the old Lord Baltimore tract, and the l trip there is a beautiful trip over the
 Marlboro pike The Vice Presidents S
 party consisted of Senator Lippitt of
 Rhode Island. Representative Fairchild of
 New York, Representative Mckinley Of 1 Illinois. MT Bennett clerk of the Senate:
 MT. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann. Miss l Kaufman and Miss Johnson. This is
 one of the most charming rides and stop ping places of all the many round about | Washington, and is enough off the beaten path to have an added attraction for those who enjoy the good, old-fashioned cook ing of Maryland, and the Vice Presidents
 little party, in their big touring car, en- | joyed it enthusiastically.
 Much interest is felt in Washington over the announcement by Former Sen ator Jones of Nevada of the engagement i of his daughter Miss Georgiana Jones,
 who is to wed Robert Kelsey Walton, 8
 Lawyer of New York city. The wedding
 will take place this month in Switzerland l Mir Walton is a member of the law 1 firm of Parker, Wagner & Walton He
 is Fellow of the Theosophcsl society, a member of the New York County
 Lawyers association, and the Sigma Chi Fraternity He was graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1904 and is 30 years old Mir. Walton went abroad in May and is not expected lack lin New York till fall . .....l... M
 John F. Jones' the father of Mir Wal
 tons fancee was a United States senator
 from Nevada from 1873 to 1893.
 The gayeties of the "Old White" Sul-
 phur Springs, which will he at their neigh,
 next month, have alredy begun, with the
 horse races. The festivities of the races
 closed with a beautiful german at tho hotel which was led by MT F. Pendlet or l Turner of this city, and Mrs. Blaine Elkns of F,llIins, w. " MT. Turner ere ated quite a pleasant sensation with tho 7 new and unique figures, which he intro
 duced. all specially appropriate to the oc ; casion and significant of horses and, races , There was hurdle jump and hare an, , hound chase. to say nothing of orne pretty and new features. Forty ooup danced
 The return Of Mrs. William F. Drape
 and Miss Margaret Preston Draper iron
 their winters absence abroad, nresage their return to their Washington nome which was closed so soon after the deat of General Draper, following so clos upon the debut of Miss Draper. They ar now at Bar Harbor where they spent las summer during their early mourDei and when they return here in the eTl winter they will begin to take some rlf
 in social affairs. It is now IS months sine General Draper died, and their Washln9
 ton friends have scarcely se.n them, cy cept on occasional meetings abroaa, fc the Drapers spent the last winter at Din ard, France. and Miss Draper was muc admired there.
 She win return to her old friends her