The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
CONGRESS ATTRACTS
WOMEN SPECTATORS
Wives and Daughters of Many
Senators and Representa-
tiveS Hear Proceedings.
SOCIAL REGISTER OUT
Blue Book of the Capitals
Society Set Attracts Much
Attention.
SOCIAL REGISTER OUT
BY CONSTANCE cARRUTHERs.

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.NASIlINGTON. Dec. 95.--It way he
the growth OF the suffrage sentiment, or
it may be some thing else. but the fact Is
that the women Of The congressional set
arc taking more interest in politics these
days than at any time can remember.
There L. never anything out of the or
dlnsry routine SotuS on IN clln"r schd's
or house that the members galleries
have not a ful quota OF the wives and
d. lighters or tho lawmakers, paying close
attention 10 the proceedings. aud ~ IS
nut only the congressional women tolks
who are present. many of the women in
other sets arc studying laBmakine at Tirst
hand. as IL were.
Mrs. Sherman. wife oi tho vice preSi~
dent, Mrs. Nicholas Longwortl. Mrs Mar
tin w. Littletou. Miss Helen TAFT. the
Misses Mcyer, Miss Clark daughter nF
the speaker, and Miss Cannon daughter
Of the former speaker, all are frequent
visitors 10 the capitol,
The Washington social register for i'l"
has been issued Tho members OF promi-
nent Washington families. whether re
siding iu the city. in tho suburbs. IN
other cities or abroad. are grouped under
the one address. with the maiden ana
Christian names uf married women. the
names of daughters and sons IN the or
der OF their age, and tho Younger children,
from u 10 - wears old. placed beneath
their elders under tho title ot juniors
The utility OF the married maidens
column In the back OF the book. whereby
ma arricd women who may only be rcmom-
bcrcd BY thclr maiden names, now uay
bo traced, is increased this year TO cover
interCity marriages, and the former mai
den names appear opposite the present
married names, with the city OF the social
register in which thcy now play be found.
| In 1911 1S9 persons In Washington go
ciety were married. as compared Win le'
| i'm 1910, and there are noted tho deaths
! OF thirty-nine women and fifty-nnc mon,
as compared With thirty nine women and
| sevcnty-siN men the previous year. IN
connection With the social roSistoV,. the
locator, which has become a necessity
owing to tho many intcrcity marriages
and shifting residences from one c'tE 10
another. catalogues in the ono alpha
betical order all TN" nsmss in all the
| different social registers.
Society Leaders as Farmers.
Mrs. Claude \. Swanson. wife OF the
former governor and present senator or
| Virginia, has just sold one CT the largest
and most perfect tobacco crops IN thc
state. Mrs. Swanson has been tobacco
| planter on her own account for the last
| five yCars. and recently has taken over
the entire management of the crop, eNcn
| TO its sale 10 manufacturers
In addition 10 realizing very handsome
| ly on the farm, Mrs. swanson received
| all the blue ribbons IN tho recent county
| fair at Lynchburg. near which her prop
! ertv Is situated. iTer product was con-
sioered nawless, and Mrs. Swanson her
self gives full credit 10 excellent instruc-
tions received from the agricultural Dc
| psrtmenc though she admits she diil-
! gently experimental in soil aud gave
| every detail nor personal attention;
! Mrs, Swanson Il, besides tSurlng IN
fine amateur artist. and her home IS
adorned with painted china. She has q
dinner sci on which the decorations are
tiny Virginia landscapes. bits from the
mountains tine Shenandoah valley. or
near Natural Bridge, sll favorite spots OF
Mrs. Swanson.
| Jamin II. Tiliman, who has Invested her
near Charleston, s. e. Mrs. Tnlman
started with ten acres OF the delicious
| vegetable. and so profitable did she find
| the experiment that now she has nity
| acres. all covered with asparagus. so
planted that it produces crops nine
months in the wear. Mrs. TilTman sends
her choicest clusters 10 certain hotels
in Washington. but she has a large and
growing demand from New York and
tasty. the soIl OF South Carolina being
| filled With the necessary iron and other
properties. and Mrs. Tillman keeps an
intelligent eye on tho proper treating
both OF soil and plant
She sends baskets OF asparagus TO her
close friends for Christmas gifts
Birds Nest i'll Greenhouse,
Airs. Rufus Hardy wife OF the repre-
sentative from Texas. rs an enthusiastic
collector of ferns and palms, and she
| has one ~ tho most extensive green
houses in her state. Mrs. Hardy delights
in, the couscrva tory as a plac" where the
shiest OF song birds viii nit in and ind
ing a warm, sunny place. viii often visit
| for " eeks.
Several tmes thrushcs and bluebirds
| have built their nests in tho larger
palms. and several generations or
wren family have been reared among h"r
| ferns aud climbing gersuums. Mrs.
| Hardv advises all women 10 cultivate
fad. and she thinks the flowers and
plants arc the most repsying for the
| pains bestowed on them.
The appointment OF F. 4. Pezcl az
minister from Peru is a matter OF con-
| graduation TO the many friends of lie
minister-clect. MIR. Pezel was charge
d affalres aud first SecTetar; for several
years prior to his appointment 20 Panama
! i've years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. PcZe! have
| lived In London and Paris. well as in
several South american capitals. and arc
already we'll known aud popular I'm Wash
| inEion. Mr. Peel. who succeeds Mr.
| Harln .,ln a hnnr In va snl lna.inl1 .i,h..c