The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
Before the white House ON Recon
tion Day.

Before the white House ON a Recon
tion Day.
new Senator's vito will now pay a frst
call upon all OF the Supreme Court
| women. although requiring flrst calls
of Representatives
Senatc'a Lost Prestige.
Tho Senate has lost some of tho III
clal prestige which II cniovcd IN IL
Gays when Patrick Henry. Tor the Inn,
! refused To conbiuer an eiectlon tb.ra,,
] because. as he Sad. nc Was 100 old 10
ihii INTO the awkward tmitatIon.'.
"nicn hau bocotne fashionable BEFORE
t.' uays OF Ambassadors It claimed
| prcccoehSc over Inc diplomatic corp,
and oId-timors In Warrington soci.,y
! recall an eHciti-,s occasion when a Ger
tam senator's ware made a loud upron,.
| because her host escorted the ,y,re .,r
foreign mintsted 10 the uinlny room,
and thereby deprived her OF INC seal
VI Hoier' Bui the ambassadors, like
wedge forced their way in above tbs
I Senate' which al the came time baa n,
yIelo to the Supreme Court, ano tnu.
came down two pcSa
but the new Cabinet wife who o,cc,.
I 10 test her rank with that Of any, s.n,.
| tor c3asort VIII fnd herself IN
AGAINST stone wai!, Gear OF SEM
| sosiai power over our husbands has
/ prevented our onon revolt" eypiainrd
one Cabinet wife Tho demand h.. -
! wives OF Senator'S that we ra,t -, -,
! thein hrst is species OF sJe.aI bl,rk
| man u which wa arc conno,I.d y,
SUBMIT Tho Cabinet SIN ytcIas ~
INC senate In the matter or mrs, calls
uespito the fact that the Ca,iuc, Is
:" succession 10 he presidency
] ihcs Are sacini Anorn,I..
q lYf n
Nv oi ne. wives have certain preroz,
.,r xes winch may .ngcnder r.sen,
amohS the uninitiated B.cs,,.h men NJ
n,ee more calls than any otbe- nv
iop rn IN ohelal life Dame Etiaue,ra
OF Teturnns e " them OF the necessity
81 than personal friends Tha;. on nth-
snd visits are returned By card on,,
u no n'ahg ,,ah new hostess VINO has called
| c.,,. '-apinet wife is surnris.d he
| .suse That lady does moi $3.50 90" ps-
ene bit or bris,oboard hcarinp ny
ed 70 ~, go name name She Is also surpri,
eard. but later Learns tha, up %t lhs
women omit this detail. S"othe'
ia ne "ife or the new Representative
tssk sh1 le a. confronted by a hurrowinr
pleasures. for custom cyarts a, '' y so G.a
Saiis upon all OF the womnn or nns III u.
% %omn ', ,bro; Mrs Tai, Tart and Mry sharman
| lomatie r"nSSn the supreme Court. Dip
Ana II IL for her 10 take iris nit, u.s'
I've, i've Win the wives Of ali representa-
~, "npse service has been Longer
S'"H her husbande. Poor woman, S.nch
an exchange OF courtesics nmonr r,nro'
| me officials OF her own state aro
o'h task enough for a single season.
Representatives Wives Left Ont.
9, When II comes TO Invitations 10 ereo,
functions really worth nttcndine w.
| representatives. wife Often hnSs
seIf and the other women of her ,,ir-
ice Is,. isnominionsly ignored. Invitation
nG I.S i,dIeGuentiy include the whole of
n,icialdom. In order. down to tho House
OF Represcn where, after the
Spehkcr's name tho lien Is drawn
mpon notable occasion this distinction
bitterness This was when the VII
oil former Secretary OF State took il
nHoh herself TO Issue cards reauestinc
the women OF official life to cali ;,nn,,
a popular ambaasador's wife abou, ~
pay her first visit to America Jnles.
upon terms Of personal friendship with
s snn ,a aresiaents family. wives of repro
been expected to call al the Whiis
iiousc upon other than stated roccn-
| ton days. e~s'
AS has doubtless been CLEANED from
! Inc foregoing. II la at her dinners thst
Washnston's new hostess makes her
worst plumbers and one of the com.
H unr1,s or theHe, is the seating OF ia
hein pee .r,enas above officials who are
Icing entertained Mt the same time
one wishes to entertain. say. her pas
.or. rom her home city and TO invite
b h1,ne aistingulshed guests TO meet"
nm; But II any high Federal officials,
| OF the cateSories stated. are invited TO
ner repast, the dear parson must Yield
pace TO them and she must go 10 her
table upon the arm of the highest
oincial present. whether he be a JUS
ice; Senator or Cabinet officer.
x hnd TOT reasons already suggested.
, Sne -, must not invite offlcialdom ito
| meet psrsonaEes not eatalogued above
themselves the In the official list: nor must
! those who arc unmarried.
| Other Things to Know
She must Know that an officer % tha
army. al her table. must DO given
p ra,st,,, above naval officer OF eqnai
nal dinners should be issued three
weeks or more in advance, and that
such functions should not-he- held
/ earlier than S o'clock
| Debutantes and other noyces In Of
hclhi society have as much to learn
! regarding the proprieties OF not merely
dispensing hospitality. but of accent
an invitation to tho Presidents board
demands GALL within three days, while
that to card reception demands no
call: that when calling upon the Pres
idents wife she should leave hut one
card. and that a formal invitation to
dinner must be acknowledged upon the
day of it's receipt.
! Indeed. the patchwork social code
which governs official Ea1eties In WASH
lngton is SO complex that 1t may well
discourage persons from distant parts
| who are otherwise ambitious for social
4 !ife, which to the casual reader VINO
! has mover had the time or inclination
even for the social formalities of hls
I. home community, such conventions un
are above described may be sneerel
! and shifted at as fippertes and fop-
i devoted to them. 1 But in official Wash.
ington. as nowhere elae in America, So
J ciety is business. and business to be ef.
| fective must be conducted with sys-
tenn. as we'll as according to hallowed
(! traditions. Statesmen, soldiers, pub
I. licists and diplomatists coming to
I, Washingto ton, soon accept, even II with
4 sigh, the doctrine Of the old maxim,