Evening star., 1913-04-06

dwellers and the residential
set, whose hospitalities con-
tinue along in pleasantly informal
manner The White House family, eA-
ceptine the President, whose partici-
patton in what Washington has to OF.
| fer outside of his home is limited 10
! his daily late afternoon walks. and an
occa sional visit to the theater. mas
broadened it's knowledge Of our ways
| in our drawing rooms and bathrooms. as
we'll as in other less pleasant paths.
| 1t is not expected either that the
Presidents program is likely to be eX-
| tended socially, save with one big ex-
ception-his attendance at the Gfldlron
Club dinner next Saturday night AS
| governor he was a frequent guest OF
| the Trenton Press Club, where ne
greatly enjoyed the funmaking prochV-
| tiles of it's members and took the grill
ing they gave him in the most good
| natured way.
| Mrs. Wilson has received numerous
callers from day to day, on whom she has
made a most delightful impression. The
Misses Wilson, besides accepting invita-
tions to large and small dances, nave also
| found the leisure to give dates Tor thoSe
who are entertaining for them at dinners
| and luncheonS. They are also evldenty
going to do most OF the travelling 1or
the household, as they have been all
prompt to answer their coAege cai 10,
| help by going over to Baltimore, ana
Miss Jessie Wilson is now in st. Louis,
where she attended a concert last night
! for the endowment fund of Goucher. MISS
! Lucia Sloan is the ST. Louis hostess of
the Presidents second daughter.
! The new cabinet women seem to nave
| revived. In part at least, the glories OF
cabinet day calling. Mrs. Bryan began
her days at home last Wednesday, and
had hundreds of callers, some OF whom,
| who had not met her before, being great
ly complimented at subsequent meetings
| day or two after to be remembered by
name and the occasion. The Secretary
| and Mrs Bryan are looking forward to
| taking up their residence at Calumet
Place in early May. They are in constant
demand socially and are responding most
! amiabIy 1t has not been said of either
! the Secretary or Mrs. Bryan that they
do not care for social life, as has been
| thought of other members of the cablnet
! circle but the frequency with which all
of their names have appeared IN prlnt nt
| during the past fortnight indicates that
, if they had hitherto any preJud1ces on the
matter they have been put away Tor the
present at least.
The trip down the Potomac as the
| guests OF the Secretary of the Navy and
| tlle target practice at Hampton roads as
| the objective point gave the President
| advisers and their families a fine chance
| to get better acquainted as Well as
J rest from the affairs which have taken
up their leisure since the 4th or March.
| All the cabinet women here are expect
| ing to receive next Wednesday, and IT
| will be after that and subsequent days at
| home perhaps this month, that the ques-
ton of whether returning calls may
again be discussed. The obligation of
acknowledging cabinet day calls was IN
force rather strongly sixteen twenty
years ago, of which period some OF those
now in official life recall its really blnd-
| ing quality.
Without a good reason being assigned.
those of the who's who making the
rounds were justified in feeling affronted
| If no notice was taken OF their calls.
Sticklers on points Of etiquette were even
more angered when only cards were sent
No human being could even either leave
cards in person. much less call, when the
cards left after each cabinet reception
were frequently as many as SIX hundred
and sometimes more. But the avaliaple
pretense Of returning calls persisted just
the same, and big tea or a kindred
form Of entertainment at the end or be-
ginning of each season. at which all the
neglected were remembered by an invita-
tion cleared the atmosphere most success
fully for the particular hostess concerned
In later years no amiable or any other
kind of concession on this matter
has been kept up. Calling at cabinet
houses was reduced to a minimum. pre-
cisoly as it is in every other pretentious
abode in this and other cities.
The variety Of feminine occupations
nowadays does not permit, except for
very good reasons, the trouble of be-
ing polite, according to its old-fash-
ioned definitions. Nobody seems to
EXPECT it or any other recognition un-
less you belong to the same circle or
will be useful to it in some way. Cabi-
net hostesses of late years have re-
ciprocated the attentions of those
whose invitations they accepted and
precious few else So that their sue
cessors may take any view they please
of the situation. the old-time one. which
their personal and collective popu-
larity is pretty sure to bring about, or
the modern one, which goes with the
busy life the most domestic and home
loving OF women nowadays find forced
on them.