The Washington herald., 1913-03-05
SOCIETY GREETS
Cabinet women
Radical Changes Have Been
Brought About by the New
Administration.
FEW STRANGE FACES
Mrs. Bryan Returns to the National
Capital, Where She Lived
Some Years Ago.

Washington. as well as the country a
large. has been eagerly anticipating tn
announcement of the personnel of Presi
dent Wilson's Cabinet. The news NOR,
especially interests the social side of thu
National Capital, and the residents her,
have been most anxious to have som'
Information about the official hostesse:
who Will preside in Washington during
the next four years.
The coming of the Democrats into
power has naturally brought about radical
changes in official life, and therefore
much interest Centers in the probable
social leaders of the new administration.
The women of the Cabinet must be. more
or less. in the public eye regardless OF
whether they desire social supremacy or
not, ana many interesting women Will
preside In Washington drawing rooms un-
der the new regime.
Mrs. William jennings bryan, VIII" OF
the next Secretary of State, is no stranger
In the Congressional set residing here.
When her husbands political star was
rising. due to his brilliant speeches in
Congress. she never mingled in Wash
ington resident society. as she cared
nothing for social affairs. At that time
she and her husband lived in an unpre-
tentious boarding house three blocks from
the Capitol
Since then Mrs. Bryan has accompa- =
lied her husband on many or his political
campaigns and later took the trip around
the world with him. during which they
received cordial welcome at the courts
Cf Europe. On their return TO New York
they were given a magnificent ovation
by the Democrats OF that city.
Mrs Bryan was formerly Miss Mary
F.. Baird. Of Perry. Ill. and she mar
an
l. 1854 Possessing as she does marked
Intellectual tastes. she has been of
great assistance to her husband in his
political career as well as in his bust
ness enterprises.
The Bryan Family.
of late Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have oc-
cupied a charming home in Lincoln
Nabr
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan have three chill
dren, all married Mrs. r. L. Hargreavcs.
their elder daughter, and her husband
are here with her parents. Another
daughter, now living in London, is Mrs
owen, wife Of a British officer. Lieut..
owen. of the Royal Engineers. and Will
lam Jennings Bryan. jr.. who, with his
young wife, whose health is not robust,
is now in the West.
The next Secretary Of the Treasury will
he the widower Of the Cabinet Mr.
Young children.
Mrs. Garrison. wife Of the next Secre-
tHry of War. was born in the West. but
WAS brought TO Philadelphia as a small
child and has since rall"d that city her
home. Her parents were Capt. Samuel
IIidehurne. 1. :. 4. and Mrs. Hide
Surne.
place in 1900. in New jersey. The couple
have no children
Mrs. Garrison Is fond of society and ex-
poets to enjoy it here. especially after
she has home selected. She does not
belong t" clubs Mr.. and Mrs Garrison
expect to remain at the Shoreham
throughout the spring
The next Attorney General. James c
McReynolds, is the only bachelor of the
Cabinet.
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burieson. wife of
the next Postmaster General is one
OF the most charming members OF the
Congressional circle, and has taken a
prominent part in its social life. She
is a woman of much literary ability,
having gained her first reputation as
an author fifteen years ago by a Sc
rIes of articles entitled Mr.. and Mrs.
New-Congressman." delicate satire
on conditions in Washington political
life as she found them. Recently she
has written a number of witty PLAYS
which have won deserved recognition
During the fifteen or more years that
the Postmaster General and Mrs Bur-
Lesson have resided at the Capital they
have become extremely popular with
their hundreds of friends, who are Of
ferinE congratulations. many and sin
cerc. on MIR. RUrlcson's new position
as q Cabinet officer
Mrs. Burleson Is spiritual in type, an
accomplished woman Of the world. and
busy housewife. In addition to other
talents. she possesses one which few
women of the prsSent day have ar-