Evening star., 1915-01-17

the cups and saucers as they are used.
| is a dainty little Japanese in her ma
| tive costume.
The punchbowl is large, green
the oriental ceases, for the contents are
not saki. but the good old American
beverage especially recommended for
the service, grape juice.
Mrs. Barnett prides herself on her
grape juice, and says she is most COM
plimente4 when a guest asks for it in
| the place of tea, for she makes it her
self at her country place in Virginia,
and, as a young officer said the other
day, when serving it, 1T is the best
ever"
And incidentally there are plenty Of
young officers about for every girl to
have partner for the dances, and the
Marine Band. or rather a portion of it.
supplies the music, and enough said.
.**
Maj. and Mrs. Harry Leonard are in
Washington. and expect to remain here
some time with Mrs
Staying With Leonard's mother.
Mrs. warder. Msras1 Mrs: BENJAMIN IN ami ,om: F,
on K street Mrs. Leonard's children
have been with them for the holidays
and kept things lively for the grown
ups until Tuesday. when they returned
to their respective schools.
The former United States minister to
Argentine and Mrs John Garrett, who
was Miss Alice Warder, are in France,
Mr.. Garrett having been detailed to
assist former Ambassador Herrick. Mr.
Garrett is now on his way to Bor-
deaux, where he is to be joined by
Mrs. Garrett. who is still in Paris. Mrs.
Garrett has been assisting in nursing
the sick and wounded soldiers Of
France.
The presence of Mrs Elihu Root in
several smart companies of the past
week was the oc-
Their Last Winter casion of many
in This City. sns eo" saoa tulatlens l..31eas
from the friends of this former cabinet
hostess. who, since her husbands cleo
tion to the Senate, has been little in
the public eye. Mrs. Root has entirely
recovered from her severe illness of
year or two ago, and except for the
becoming gray hair OF today is little
changed since she took her place in
the cabinet line at the White House in
the Mckinley administration, when her
husband began his Washington career
as Secretary of War She is slender
and graceful as of yore, and Just as
smartly gowned as ever Senator and
Mrs. Root are passing their last Wash
ington winter at the Connecticut,
apartment of Mrs. Alfred z. Bates,
widow of the former paymaster gem
eral of the army. and one of their
greatest friends. That this is their last
season In Washington is probably re-
GREETED less by Mrs. Root than by any
one in the official world, as she is es-
sentially home loving woman who
has never cared for the glamour of a
large city or the burdens of official
position.
On leaving Washington March 4 Sem
ator and Mrs. Root will go to Albany
to establish themselves for a season
at least. while Mr.. Root gives his at
tentfon to the constitutional conven-
tion to be held there, for the revising
of the New York laws
Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin wife of the
president of the federal reserve board,
was hostess at an
Were Albanlans unusual and alto
mr. Troions sether charming re-
Va ception when she
invited some two score friends and ac-
quaintances to~tea, each guest being at
some time in her life a resident of
Mrs. Hamlin's native city of Albany or
it's neighbor. Troy. The hostess, while
now claimed as Bostonian, was before
her marriage Miss Huybertie Pruyn,
daughter of one of the Oldest families
of the New York capital. The only per-
son present not identified with the
Hudson river cities was Miss Jane
Riggs, who did the honors of the tea
table, thus representing the same ele-
ment of Washington society that Mrs
Hamlin gathered from her home state
Mrs. Charles A. Spalding's charming
at home of Wednesday served as hap
py illustration of the
All Circles Do stability of Washing
NJ cL ton society, despite
MOI Cnange. the impression to the
contrary and the constant changes in
the political world. Nobody wants to
say how many years it is since Mrs.
Spalding tablished her Wednesdays
in January, but last weeks visitors
were many, who remarked that the tea
table, presided over by Mrs. Samuel Re-
ber and Mrs. William Barrett Ridgeiy,
was very much the same as when these
two popular matrons did the same pleas
ant service for Mrs. Spalding when they
were respectively Miss Cecilia Miles
and Miss Kate Deering. Mr.. and Mrs.
Spa Idipp legal residents San