The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Capital Society Plans Many Re-
ceptiOns for the Winter
Months.
REN0VATING HOMES FOR
COMING ENTERTAINMENTS
Mrs. John Hays Hammond Will
Entertain Frequently in
the Unofficial Set.
BY CONSTANCE oARRUTHERs
By Leased Wire to rhe Tribune,

BY CONSTANCE CARRUTHERS.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune,
WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-The sound Of
brush ard the hiss OF the vacuum clean
er are the most common sounds now In
the fashionable sections OF Washington.
For this is the time when the houses
would-be great are put In condition for
the season which viii begin along In No
vember And unless all signs fall It Is
going to be great season. New houses
are being brought to completio ball
rooms added TO houses where daughters
are to be presented or dcbutantes and
their, elders In general are TO be feted.
Dining rooms are enlarged In homes
where there is a disposition to keep pace
with the widening world OF society,
in which dinner giving becomes every
season more general
The White house. among others, has
Its annual renovation. There Is con-
slant coming and going Of those. whose
homes are In the hands of architects and
Tor the winter, Mrs. Copley Thaw. who
Is to Join Washingtons winter colony,
was among the number brought 10 the
city on such mission this summer. The
new Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson
spent some long June days house hunt
Ing with a real estate agent as pilot.
Washlngtons summertime activities are.
In truth, an evidence OF the city's
household gods are Installed in new inches
and the season opens In a setting that
grows every year moro elaborate.
The former ambassador to France and
Mrs. Henry White are about finishing
house that has the charm Of looking as
II II had stood on the hill north of the
city since the cornerstone OF the capitol
was laid. At the same time newcomer
buys the home of the late Chief Justice
Fuller, the old Carroll property in F
street, not many blocks from the river
hnr ,lr
that conceal their beauty. If not their
sweetness. behind century-old brick walls
II is some years since the supreme court
justices had their homes grouped togeth
court, though some, like Justice Harlan,
keeps up the practice OF walking, not
the distance from home is
q good two miles.
Sixteenth Street Social Center.
Among the newcomers in the court
there has been diversity in the selection
OF locality. Justice and Mrs. Hughes are
building such a house as they could
not find already built in Sixteenth street
Justice and Mrs. Lamar will settle in
house in New Hampshire avenue and Jus
tice and Mrs. Lurton will be again next
winter neighbors Of Justice and Mrs.
Framed by The White House on the
south. and with the homes OF the Vice
President and Mrs. Sherman, the Secre
Iary Uy OF the Treasury Treasury and Mrs. Mac
Stimson. the Attorney General and Mrs.
WlciSershaln. the Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs. Meyer. the French and Brazil |
he, houses OF many secretaries and at
aches OF embassies and legations, and |
The homes of members Of both houses !
lining in length. there is little doubt. how
,yer. that q fair portion OF the social |
ife OF the third winter OF the Taft ad-
will have Its center In Six
centh street.
Mrs. Hammond a Leader.
t., Among those who are expected to set
he pace for entertaining among the un-
wife Of the special ambassador to the
,nsids. mond is Pefuliairly, well eaupped for
limited wealth. but she has that natural
lptitude for entertaining peculiar to the
ligh bred southern woman. Mrs. Ham
nond was born In Vicksburg, Miss. OF +
we're among the pioneers OF Mississippi |
Her father, Judge j. W., H. Harris. was
: lawyer in vicksburg Of high repute and
Ter the administra ton OF Jefferson Davis
Her uncle was Brigadier General Nat
iarris. whose portrait hangs In the gall
cry in Richmond devoted to southern
GENERALS. Her great grandmother. LetItia |
iibson. after whose family Port Gibson |
vas named, married Nathaniel Harrison
- NaNcneI "nen l0at place was q Span
sh fort. She was brought to New York
- her parents as child, and at fifteen
vas sent abroad to study languages and
music She met Mr. Hammond in Dres-
en. Germany. He was then studying in
he Royal School Of Mines in the adjacent
america, "
Her high intellectual ability and great 4
'ersonal charm have won for Mrs Ham /
ncnd world wide circle of friends She !!
S the mistress of beautiful home and Il
nloys the personal friendship Of rulers 4
nd men prominent In administrative and II
'gislaIive circles and OF women engaged /
n educational activities In the principal L
apital cities OF the world. She has the H
ersonal quality OF warm sympathy that II
nanifests Itself naturally,
Others Returning,
The retired diplomatic circle will he
augmented by the presence OF former
Initcd States Embassador TO Germany II
nd Mrs Charlemagne Tower. who will
ONE down to Washington next month
select house for the season Former
nited States Embassador TO France and
lrs. Henry White, who are abroad for
he. summer, for the. final purchases for
neir new home here. Will take posses
fhni T. 4. I