The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-04
TiTLE-HuNTINc MAMA's IN SORE
DISTRESS
On, the Agony Of IL AlI--Miss Wilson
viii Be Mistress of the White

House.
Washington, d. c., Aug. %, 1914.
Special Correspondence:
Washington society will be in a
chaotic state this coming fall sea-
son. With the White House in mourn
ing and the war in Europe, the out
look is not alluring.
The centre around which all cir.
cles of society revolve in Washing
ton-the official set and. the diplo-
matte corps-will be all but missing
and without this interesting phase of
life in Washington, social life will
be exceedingly dull
Philanthropy ana educational pur
suit will be the fad. Work for the
Red Cross, which has already taken
firm hold upon the energies of the
summer colonists at Newport and
Southampton, will Occupy women in
Washington. With Miss Mabel Board
man at the head of the Red Cross so
c1ety all classes of society will res
pond.
From the time she entered the
White House, Mrs. Wilson took an
active interest in every kind of phil
anthropic and educational work.
Ambitious hostesses from other
cities, who have been won't to spend
the season in Washington society
will not deem it worth while to open
their houses or sign leases. Charity
entertainments are too expensive and
have no visible or lasting benefits for
them.
Tough on Managing Mammas
Mothers with denutante daughters
will not find Washington the happy
hunting ground of former years. With
a changed social atmosphere at the
White House and lack of interest
ing young diplomats, it will be use
less to go through the formality of
giving debut entertainments. Conse-
quently many of the prospective bud.
of the coming season have decided to
further their education until the social
horizon in Washington clears Mar
riageable daughters have decided that
a course in music or language will be
as we'll for them as an unsuccessful
wade into the social season.
Miss Margaret Wilson will preside
in her mothers place as the hostess
of the White House, but mourning
will be observed except for the ne
cessary state functions. While Miss
Wilson has made few plans for the
future, she has decided to abandon
her editorial work on the womans
magazine published in Madison, Wis
She has also cancelled social engage.
ments and will remain in Washing
ton with her father.
Miss Jessie Woodrow Jones a
cousin of President Wilson, who made
her home at the White House acting
at times as the confidential secretary
of Mrs. Wilson, will remain to be the
companion of Miss Wilson. Mrs
Francis B. Sayre, whose marriage
took place in the White House last
November, will come to Washington
from her home in Williamstown,
Mass, to be with her father and
sister as often as possible, and I'M
doubtedly Mrs. William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, whose marriage to the secre-
tary of the treasury took place in
May, will spend much time at the
executive mansion.
Quiet Cabinet Hostesses
Naturally the cabinet hostesses will
restrict their social activities, and
this will be the rule guiding the wo-
men of the congressional contingent.
Those of other social strata who
are in no way affected by official So
ciety will find that their invitation
list will have to be carefully arranged
this coming season if they expect to
include any of the members of the
diplomatic corps. They will have to
keep abreast of the war situation for
it would be faux pas beyond for
giveness if the German ambassador
or any members of his embassy were
invited to function to meet a rep
resentative of the French government,
to say nothing of the British and pos
sibly Swiss or Dutch governments.
No matter what the personal feel
In Or nnau he hotwnon indiridnalS M