Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

0HE gay world is entering onst the
| last week before Lent. which
| begins on the 9TH of February.
\ season as short as this will
not happen again. somebody
| has discovered for ninety-five Years, SO
with a number of other extraordinary
breaks in old customs, which we have
been Obliged to face lately. there will be
I no particular gain in further frettlhs
about It. The season has been just about
what was predicted, for the eve of an in
| auguration period, with perhaps little
more Tightening of purse-strings Incl
dental to the worlds affairs In general
| and the political transfer of place ana
power so near at hand-in our own coun-
| try and city. Take it all in all, Decem-
ber especially it's last half. was the most
active socially of the winter. A good
many started out we'll and may have ar
rived" and the test will be by their
presence or absence at several smart
functions which are yet on the cards, or
arranged as mid-Lent features-carte
blanche entertainments which used to be
so numerous as to excite little or no
comment have been so infrequent the
present winter as to turn the talk all the
other way.
Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson.
who have entertained continuously for
the past two months, gave the only
cotillon of the season up to this week.
No small fame that. either. in pleasure
loving community like that which flour
ishes at the capital and has members by
the score to whom the cost would mean
but a trife.
The calendar clear along till Lent Is
| full of interesting dates and a marriage
or two to which guests from other cities
are expected. This is notably true of the
marriage of Miss Margaret Cotton Smith
| and Mr. Guy Emerson, whose Boston rela-
| tives and intimate friends will be here In
| large numbers.
With the decline of the gayeties here
| and in New York and the departures fO1
southern resorts as time filters for many
and ocean-crossings for many, too
London season looms up with the first
| of the courts announced for February
4 The king as well as the queen is to
| be praised. ii is said. for the very early
| hour-9 o'clock-at which the courts will
open.
| 1t is expected that Buckingham Palace
will be dark by midnight and that this
return to earlier hours may be suggested
more generally. hostesses on the roya
visiting lists are to make the effort tC
| conclude all their entertainments by
o'clock at least. 1t will be an interesting
point If I'm the anticipated change in the
methods of White House social functions
early hours would be followed for the
| next four years.
There will be a Berlin season as we'll as
the London one this year because of the
Lkaiser's silver jubilee, the twenty-fiftf
anniversary of his succession to the
| throne in June next. A royal regatta on
the lakes near POtsdam and an interna-
tional motor boat race are some of the
festivities planned.
The kaiser's birthday tomorrow will
start the enjoyment of his silver jubilee
year the world round where his country
men are. The German ambassador,
Count Won Bernstorff, will give an official
| dinner at the embassy tomorrow night tC
| mark the happy event.
President Taft will attend the Southern
| Relief charity ball tomorrow in company
with a large part of the social world. II
| is the only really big thing on the cards
| for the rest of the season and there Is
every Indication that it will be the big
success of the winter.
The benedicts ball at Rauschers next
| Friday night will. of course, idealize the
! last half of the week for those so happy
as to be asked, either as subscribers or a.
guests.