The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
NV n Nl4yZE HOUSE DlH/rES
S,enas71 NH @na S~esS
~'S'S7S- 3a>sss Foon~-
BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS

II copyright 1871. by John E.freth Watkins
"A 1ASHGNGTON, d. c., Nov. 1s-Now begins
| the dnuergiving season of tho national
capital, across whose festive mahogany much
history IS made each winter month
r. effect Of good dinner upon tho fate of ma
D ADD Parties has been fell since Cleopatra ban.
Fh Antony. and IT is nj the capitals Of nations that
/Br stiains rs chief import. In Washington II is
|srlnd as governmental function. and thus we
annually The state dinners at tho White House
p hc representatives Of the people Of the sover.
states and Of the foreign powers meet tho prcsI-
more intimately than elsewhere
1 PnsidcGl Taft has extended this form OF hospr-
HIbr the addition OF moro state dinner for the
pr which now includes four such state functions
ia; Of three. Heretofore tho White House schedule
ia separate banqucts in honor Of the diplomatic
~ the supreme court and the cabinet especially
'sS congressman being scattered in among the
r. Of honor, but attending no function at which
FimseIycs were honor guests
R TAFT. however. decided that the legislative
~ branch Of The government deserved a state ban
EriS own. So he inau2uratcd the Speaker dn-
EHfh lhis winter will bc given in honor Of a Dem
~ lhamp Clark of Missouri who, while seated al
thit's right hand during this formal rcpast may
rng hungry eyes at the appointments of the
Hr which he hopes Will shelter him a year and
fiacc.
this Speakers dinner the leaders of tho house
aHisentatiycs and their wives will bc bddcn the
leaders being stil hidden TO the cabinet dinner,
L"@' by virtue of an ancient social anomaly, the
Nkldcnl always has the first honor scat
Mfner change in dinner customs affecting thc
/nf'r' was inauguratcd by Mr. Roosevelt, who dur
E'h urst few OF his regime sat through the
IL Of formal dinners which the members OF the
|h II turn have annually given in honor Of the
|Hssht but 10 which only their fellow binet mem
ana their wives wero hidden. But dining nine
|sa wear with the same old crowd soon became
|sne to Mr.. Roosevelt. and he forthwith uttered
That each Of his cabinet hosts should invite other
Brother cabinet members Go meet him across the
|iar and the wine. Thus was this series of cabi-
aehero rescued from dullncss. No one longs for a
| |'' 70 The old. monoIonous programme.
tapbRSlIlP in Washington society hinges largely
upon the genius with which the role Of dinner
No be played, and the opportunities for gaining
~ IN that role greater than elsewhere in
4 "@ because Of the vast number of foreign gran
q 'eHedlted here, each allowed q snug sum for en-
L"~ent Washington hosts vic with one another
-' nonor OF giving the most novel as well as lay
'SSs many OF which represent in themselves z
IN sum than the salary earned by a senator in
|'ioe year
- e Of tho most lavish dinner hosts of the present
~ sl'n'onaire set has been Mr.. Westinghouse the
4 say King At of his banquets, attended by
's' exalted members Of offciaidom, the DINNER
was Of purple velvet, all OF the napkins were OF
I VVh' lace and the shades of the golden caudel-
/ ic artificial orchids. Following one of these
H.S1ent repasts at their mansion the Westiug-
I 'eid cot'llion at which all Of the women were
A1e WITH Paris hats and the with diamond
| & Sm and sllycr-hapdlc umbrellas
'f ,f snmptuous dinner which viii illustrate how
N"hington dispcnscS gustatory delights was
40: IN recent by Senator Warren OF
- now chairman of the senate committee of
n"uohs More than hundred guests sat down
y table forming hollow square about map
H. 'Ssutatlon of the Panama canal, In whose
H. waited models of our buttlcshjps Along the
q A. tue canal were shown in miniature, bronze
- H'e guns, brass caissons, each drawn by SIX
h, u e"u rows of muskets stacked for peace. The
n hpesi foliage bordercd the mirror-like water
H, 49, 'eeelVed either corsage bouquet bouton-
III NJ with ribbons OF red, white and blue, whlcn
EM,se represented upon the name cards and
"a ,ns string orchestra played in gallery over
|,i..l 'n tue adjacent reception hung, amid
|a.I pahts of every variety, the shield of the
Ihs ates formed Of tiny electric lights
g S ~ tnc capital professional diners out -
"hom boldly boast that they never have 20
In, nnhcr during ''tbe season enjoy A variety
tly oi''red oy any otncr great amel
nov. there the unique vegetarian dim
=, VI castle Henderson, whose chatelaine tho
n Al iormer Senator Henderson of Missouri. now
~ leafs from her menus, both formal and pr
|.p. lis had