The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
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nrepare for the seasons work,

~ returning with a mad rush to
prepare for the seasons work.
whether that work be necessity or a
pleasure. In Washington, as 1t is every
where, the leisure class work hard pur-
suing pleasure, and no buster man or
woman lives than the successful society
man or woman. The forthcoming season
will be a gay one; that can be foretold
even this early.
There are many new homes to establish
and many new faces, according to the
.invariable rule, will be seen next winter
in prominent. places. both in diplomatic
land Official. and, indeed. In the resident
icircles, too, for this is growing to be
the winter rendezvous for the retired
officials, army and navy officers, diplo-
mats, and millionaires.
The retired diplomatic circle will be
augmented by the presence of former
United States Ambassador to Germany
and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, who will
come down to Washington next month to
select q house for the season. Former
United States Ambassador to France and
Mrs. Henry White, who are abroad for
the summer, for the final purchases for
their new home here, will take posses
sion of 1t upon their return in the late
fall. It is even limited again that for
mer United States Ambassador to Aus
tria and Mrs. Bellamy Storer will re-
turn and occupy their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond
will come down from their country place
near Beverly next month to take possess
sion of and settle themselves in their
new home, the Sheridan circle mansion
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coming winter abroad.
The debutante season is casting Its
shadow before, and the preparations for
it may be seen in the shops in Paris.
There will be a number of distinguished
buds to bloom during the season OF ISL
1872 chief among whom will he the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlemagne
Tower 1t is said they will spend the
winter here in order to present their
daughter in the diplomatic and official
circles to be met in Washington.
The return of Mrs. William F. Draper
and Miss Margaret Preston Draper from
their winters absence abroad presages
their return to their Washington home
which was closed so soon after the death
of Gen. Draper, following so closely upon
the debut of Miss Draper. They are now
at Bar Harbor, where they spent last
summer during their early mourning,
and when they return here in the early
winter they will begin to take some part
in social affairs. It is now eighteen
months since Gen. Draper died, and their
Washington friends have scarcely seen
them, except on occasional meetings
abroad, for the Drapers spent the last
winter at Dinard, France. and Miss ORA
per was much admired there.
She wfu@return to her old friends here
a much grown-up young woman. They
remember her as just having left the
schoolroom and partaken of the joys of
q very few DANCES when she withdrew
from them all. Now she has seen the
gayeties of France, Germany, and Eng
land and has been presented at court in
England, and is far more the woman of
the world than she was when she led
the beautiful cotillion which her parents
gave to mark her debut in the beautiful
ballroom of their K street home. Miss
Draper was the millionaire debutante in
a season of buds of marvellous wealth.
The Washington home came into Miss
Draper's possession in the large provi-
sion made for her in her fathers will.
The presence of an attractive young girl.
with a European education and cultiva-
ton and s6,0eO 600 in her own right will
give an impetus to the social season of
any city, even in the metropolis, where
millionaire debutantes are so numerous.