The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-10
MISS LUCY HokE SMITH TO
MAKE DEBUT AT CAPITAL

In the Washington Post of last Sun
day there is an attractive picture Of
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, with the fol
| lowing:
Daughter of Senator and Mrs
Hoke Smith of Georgia, who will
make her debut at Washington this
winter. During the early years OF
her life her father was a member OF
| President Cleveland's cabinet. Since
then she has lived in the executive
mansion at Atlanta during her faith
er's term as governor, and she is full
~ qualified to take her place in Off
cial circles here
A clipping from the same paper is
also full of interest and promises a
brilliant season for the unmarried set
at the national capital:
$50 far as a winters debutantes af-
feet it's social aspect, Washington in
recent years has had seasons in
which the diplomatic, military or res
ident element held sway.
Last year the White House led off
with Miss Helen Taft, the most impor-
tant factor in the winters progress,
not only in young circles, but in much
further reaching and more significant
official circles
while the debutantes of the COM
ing winter represent all circles, those
from the congressional circle rather
outnumber the buds of any other
Hence Washington may anticipate an
old-fashioned congressional winter,
with many of the Inequalities center
ing around the daughters of the SEN
ators and representatives, who will
come out some time in December or
early in January.
North, south, east and west, each
will give it's dash of individuality to
the winter, imparting to it an inter-
est in line with that of many a by
gone day.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, the at
home days, respectively, of the house
and senate circles, will have an added
Importance. The congressional club
will be in frequent requisition, and
there will be a representatively
American atmosphere in many of the
seasons hospitalities. Among the
young women who will be introduced
this winter from the senate and house
circles are Miss Lucy Hoke Smith,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Smith
of Georgia; Miss Ruth Hitchcock,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Hitch
cock of Nebraska; Miss Carrie Cham
berlain, daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Chamberlain, of Oregon; Miss Laura
Burleson, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Burleson of Texas; Miss Helen
Hardy, daughter of Representative
and Mrs. Hardy of Texas; Miss Hen
ry, daughter of Representative md
Mrs. Henry of Texas; Miss Ayres,
daughter of Representative and Mrs.
Ayres of New York.
"Such women as Mrs. Lodge, Mrs.
Wetmore, Mrs. Newlands, Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth, Mrs. Andrew ]. Pc
tiers, Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, en-
joy prestige not bounded by the lin
itations of any circle or set. Tradi-
tons. of the belleship of the daugh-
ters of the nations legislators are IS
old as any at Washington.
Among the predecessors of this
winters debutantes are the lovely
Cora Livingston, who both in her
youth and in her advanced years was
distinguished figure in Washington
society, the accomplished daughter of
Senator Benton, Harriet Lane, first
known in Washington as the niece of
Senator James Buchanan, later as
mistress of the White House; John
Calhoun's intellectual daughter, and
many others from the south, who
gave great charm to Washington i'm
mediately preceding the civil war, IS
well as those of more recent years,
include the beautiful Matte Mitchell,
now the Duchess de la Rochefoucauld
They go back in long line to the
days when many a congressmans
daughter came to Washington on
horseback from a distant home in the
west or south, or in the rumbling
stage from the north, for the pleasure
of spending winter at the capital"