The Washington herald., 1912-11-21

organization Will be formed Immediately
| with another committee In charge and
under another name. or no steps VIII be
| taken to organize a german club this
| season, and next year the Bachelors
cotillion. with all the prestige Of the old
organization. will be reorganized
While no statement has been made, 1t
is understood that the members Of the
Bachelors committee, which has just
sounded its own death knell. would
much prefer that the second course be
persued. and the reorganization Of the
Bachelors cotillion be left until year
from now.
The disbanding OF what was perhaps
the most famous dancing club In the
country, with a history dating back to
1866, was not accomplished without a
wrench, II Is said, and II Is likely that
considerable effort will be madeto pre-
vent any other permanent organization
from being formed at present to take fits
place. That there may be a temporary
cotillion club, possibly a revival OF the
old Washington assembly, which -four
ished until about ten years ago. to tide
over the season seems probable.
1t is also suggested that a number
OF wealthy men will band together and
give series of cotiIIions, each member
having the privilege Of asking ten
guests. similar plan was carried out
successfully couple Of years ago. the
balls being gvien at the New willard
by a number of wealthy Washington
clubmen. the invited guests being men,
bers of the Diplomatic Corps and the
ultra-fashionable set.
Next year, with a new administration
in Washington, and the many changes
in the social world which 1t will entail.
the Bachelors cotillion may recognize
with new committee, or possibly with
many members Of the old. The old COM
mittee consisted of Mr.. Lawrence Town
send. president; Mr.. William Hit, vice
president: Mr.. Chauncey Hackett. sec
retary: Mr.. Franklin Ellis, treasurer;
Mr.. Gist Blair, Lieut. Commander Ed
ward McCauley, u. s. N; Lieut.. Com
mander Leigh Palmer, U. S. N: Mr..
Basil Miles, Mr.. Henry du Pont, and Mr..
Carroll Glover.
Debutantes of this year and OF former
years received the news that there would
be no bachelors this winter with much
regret. Whether or not a debutante had
'aII her bachelors taken was always a
matter of much moment in past years.
as it gave proof OF her popularity and
success.
No official cause for discontinuing the
Bachelors cotillion this winter has been
made public. But it is understood that
the cOtillion had become so large that
IL was a question Of either disseminating
them or cutting down the list Of those
invited. The committee did not see its
way clear to this action, and, therefore,
decided TO abandon the balls.
Secretary Mitchell Carroll. of the Ar
Genealogical Institute of America last |
night addressed members and guests OF
the League OF American Penwomen, |
holding their first social meeting at the |
residence of Mrs Philander p. Claxton |
wife of the Commissioner OF Education. |
1902 Connecticut Avenue Northwest. his |
subject being the excavations made by |
the institutes expeditions to the site |
of ancient Troy.
After the lecture, a general reception |
was held. Mrs. Claxton being assisted |
in receiving by her mother. Mrs S. |
Johnson; her daughter. Miss Clair ClaX- |
ton, and the president OF the league, |
Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern, and Mrs. |
Leonard H. Wilder. chairman of the |
leagues social committee, and Mrs. F. |
Carl Smith, Mrs. A. D. Melvin. Mrs. |
Leigh Chalmers, Mrs. Phoebe Hamilton
Mrs Theodore Cunningham,
and other members of the committee.