Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-05
MRS. WILSON RECEIVED
INTO WASHINGTON SOCIETY
lBY UNITED PRESS AssocIArIONs1

WASHINGTON. April 3.-When the
| first real official society function of
the administration-the debut of
Mrs. Woodrow WilsOn-swung into
being shortly after noon today, there
was not one soupcon of politics to
be found. Mrs. Wilson hates politics
and had refused to be a party To
any event, however harmless and pure
ly social, that had any political leaning.
SO when the Introductory breakfast
by the women of Washington was ar
ranged, the real opening Of the White
House season, the affair was as thor
ouEhly representative of all factions
that you could not say which or who
was predominant. The breakfast. with
33 tables at RauCher's, was designed
10 OutShine the famous Dolly Madison
breakfast of last year and it would be
almost heresy 10 say it did not.
Great care had 10 be employed to
keep the tahooed pOlilicai situation off
The menu. because Mrs. Wilson had
declined with polite frmness any invi
tation to be chief guest at breakfast
of the Woman'S Democratic Club. So
1t remained for Mrs. Stephen B. AyreS
10 initiate a breakfast that would thrust
all such entanglementS far away
Officially backing the breakfast were
such organizations OF women as the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
the Colonial Danes. .s.tse Washington
Club, the Southern Relief Society and
the Congressional Club. besides scores
Of individual women Of official ana so
cial Washington.
Mrs. John w. Kern, wife Of the Sc
nior senator from Indiana. was desig-
mated as toastmistreSS and al her right
hand was seated the guest Of honor.
At Mrs. kern's left was Mrs. Thomas
Riley Marshall wife of the vice prcsi-
dent. and at Mrs Wilson's right sal
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. wife OF
the secretary of stale. The wives Of
other cabinet members We're placed in
carefully selected order beside these
leaders of the administrative Set-great
diplomacy having been employed to
make the seating seem accidental. yet
harmonious with recognized rules OF
the etiquette of the capital.
One of the little ceremOnials at the
head table was the pledgng of one
another by Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Marshall,
Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Kern with great
colonial mace from the house Of bur-
geSSeS Of Virginia. This over, the al
tention Of the guests was turned to
the menu and table chat.
When the final mOrSel had vanished
and last sip Of coffee had gone the
way Of all coffee, the guests gave
ladylike gaSps Of content and turned
to listen to an illustrated lecture by
Abby Baker on 1.-The Historic White
House." This discourse told of previ-
Gus chief ladies' of the land and of
the many social events that had their
being in the executive mansion. Little
sidelights on people and things, told
in a delightful vein, made the talk more
of personal reminScence than re
port from historical data.
Those who helped Mrs. Ayres get
up and execute the breakfast were Mrs.
Matthew r. Scott, Mrs. James w.
PinchOt, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock Of
Washington and New York, Mrs. Albert
COvngton Janin, Mrs. Richey. Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, Mrs. ]. Taylor
EllysOn Of Richmond. Va. Miss Nan
ME Randolph Reath, Mrs. Duncan u.
Fletcher and Mrs. Albert B. Cummins
Of Iowa
1t was all very select and very prop
er-yet more than $50 women had
secured tickets. There was no partic-
ular restriction because it had been