The Washington times., 1912-08-18
Calm Prevails in Capital Society AS
adjournment of Congress Draws Near
Wives and Daughters of
Legislators Hurry Away
to Their Homes.

With resident society at mountain and
seashore and only few of the Con-
gressional set in the National Capital
the midsummer gayeties will practically
close within the next week in the event
OF the adjournment of Congress.
The past week in Washington was
smart set were recorded under summer
resort date lines.
, Those prominent socially who re-
mained in the city because of the fall
ure of Congress to adjourn we're mainly
concerned with thoughts of home going
and took little interest in things social.
The wives apd daughters. of the vari-
GUS members of Congress are leaving
almost daily for their homes or for Eu-
{ rope. confident that the session will end
within the next ten days and that the
busy legislators may follow them.
President Taft expects to join Mrs.
Taft and Charlie Taft at the summer
White House, at Beverly, Mass, before
many more days. Miss Helen Taft,
who is having the time of her life with
party of young people, camping and
riding in the Glacier National Park of
Montana, is having many new and in
teresting experiences.
Horse Show To Crown
Season at Bar Harbor.
The crowning period of Bar Harbor' S
season, 1orse Show week, which opens
tuesday, will witness the greatest in
fiuX of visitors of the summer Those
VINO arrange to visit Bar Harvor in
Nariably select the time of the Horse
Show and the result is that every hotel
and cottage is filled.
For the first time this year, women
viii have a hand in the arrangements
for the snow. In the past they have
been welcomed as visitors and exhib-
ltors, hut this season the management
has invited them to take entire charge
of. the second day, Wednesday.
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, formerly
Miss Mathilde Townsend, of Washing
ton, is chairman of the woman's COM
mlttee, and will be assisted by Mrs
Philip Livingston and Mrs. Benjamin
Chew. Among the boXholders are Mrs.
Ferry Belmont Mrs Nicholas l.. Ander-
son, Mrs. Edward b. Mclean, Mrs.
John A. Logan, Mrs. Herbert Parsons,
Mrs. Clarence Wadsworth, DR.. Guy
Fairfax Whiting. Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry, and others.
sador and Nine. Bakhmeteff in Bar
Harbor tomorrow from their Newport
cottage will be the signal for numerous
entertainments. They are to be the
guests of Nine. Bakhmeteff's nephew
and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale
Mclean. Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean sent
out cards for a dinner in compliment to
these popular Russians, as they are
familarly and fondly called. for August
q. On the evening of August % Mrs.
Hunt Slater will entertain for the am
bassador and his wife.
Two Private Entertainments
At Newport This Week.
On the calender for this week in
Newport are two brilliant private en-
tertainments-Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's 8
harvest festival and Mrs. Cornelius
Nanderbilts vaudeville and costume
ball.
Mrs. Fish's dance will take place to-
morrow evening at Crossways and dur
ing the course of the ball a quadrille
will be given by professionals. An ad-
dition has been made to the regular
ballroom so there will be ample room
for dancing. Most of the guests will
come from the numerous dinners which
are scheduled for tomorrow.
Oriental costumes will predominant te
at Mrs. Vanderbilt's dance Friday even
ing. Beaulieu has been in ~ hands
Of carpenters and decorators for days
and the fashionable villa colonists are
anticipating the event. That there will
he a dazzling array of gowns goes
without saying and 1t Is hinted that
such a scene of splendor will not have
been seen in Newport for many a day.
The tennis tournament tomorrow
will be the rendezvous of the social
set during the day time, and the ball
for the players on Tuesday will also
be an important affair of the week.
Looking ahead a bit, there is ball
to be given by Mrs. oliver II. P. Bel
mont at Easton's Beach Tuesday
evening. August 27, and a dinner
dance has been arranged by Mrs j
Gordon Douglas and Mrs. Richard r
Wilson for Thursday evening. Their
villas, which adjoin,, will be connect
ed for the occasion with q bridge.