The Washington times., 1916-08-20
JEAN EL0T%
" LETTER.

Lauro Mueller. the famous Brazilian
minister Of foreign affairs. who spent q
few days In town last week. gave q
fllip to waning society activities. and
was the signal for the resumption OF
festivities OF q more or less formal
character.
A dinner with the Secretary Of State
ss host. another given by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo.
the Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Peters luncheon at Woodley-
there. isn't that q record for mid
summer?
Meanwhile. Washingtonians have all
weok been playing a prominent part In
the gayeties Of the various seaside and
mountain resorts. And every onco in
. while comes news of the success
scored by some charming little bud who
10 enjoying q fling preliminary to maxi
Ing her debut In Washington next WIN
I've been hearing a great deal about
venture to predict gay season for
30 charming a nosssay of buds
IL Louis; AZ aG: SnS the @ ,nG
her little niche in Washington society
as we'll as in Doston all prepared. Is
the first to make definite plans.
Miss Hoar Will
Be First of Debutantes.
In addition to the tea which her moth
o.. Mrs. Frederick II. Gillett, will give
for her on November 8 at the Chiffon
Club In Boston, she will have a debut
party here in December shortly after
Congress convenes. Frances Hoar was
presented to sotiety in a similar fash
ion two years ago.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock will bring
Margaret out next year. and will. doubt
loss entertain for her on lavish scale.
her young daughter last winter. to
inand py the debutantes and their. eiders
a! by the members Of the younger set.
out bit at Newport this summer and
20 has Edith Wallach, Mrs. Woodbury.
Blair's niece who. rumor will have 1t.
VIII be introduced by her aunt this
coming winter.
OF course. Ethel Hartman went
everywhere last winter. but she came to
town very late In the season. and un-
port will be followed by an equally
formal presentation In Washington
early in the winter.
The Montgomery Blairs. whose plans
for Edith.s debut last winter went
rather agley. owing to Mr. Blair's i'll
ness, expect to introduce their younger
daughter. Minna. and the two winsome
daughters Of the Leroy Tuttles. Mar
garet and Adelaide. are also to be num-
bored among the buds.
Some of the Other
Prospective Buds.
Anne Hopkins, daughter Of DR.. and
Mrs. Neville Monroe Hopkins. will be
formally presented to society. as will
Margaret Clark. daughter of Mrs.
Churchill Clark. Both girls are un-
usually attractive. Major Charles w.
Kuts. Engineer Commissioner of tho
District: and Mrs. Kutz, also have a
duoe to their friends here and who. like
all attractive army girls. is assured of
q good time. -,
fse s dsusSteT Is ef 'fa mr ss%Sf snd Mrs. MRS
Arthur Lee. which means that she will
Slip into the charmed inner circles of
society In Washington. and she Is
very winsome and charming little per-
son. She and Anne Hopkins are great
chums.
Ellen Bruce is a niece of Mrs. steph-
en- B. Elkins. who will doubtless enter
ia'n nsIa iavishiy ,ha, for her; and incidentally
bring out two debutantes Of her own.
This. however. Is pure hearsay. The
girls are her two young cousins, Marie
and Blanche Wolfe. who are as yet
quite unknown in Washington. They
Sre the Rranddaughters of Mollie
Davis. sister Of the late Senator Henry
S,assaway Davis and of old Col Tom
Davis. She married Henry Buxton and
their daughter. also Mollie, is the wife
or DR.. Wolfe. a Methodist minister.
Each OF the two girls Is said to have
z tidy fortune In her own right. Mrs.
Elkins. SO the story goes, will give a
big ball for her young kinswomen and
is planning to entertain more lavishiy
than she has at any time since her
husbands death.
Addie Slack Crist. who took a cottage
At Oak Bluns. Martha's Vinyard, finds
now that she will have to stay much
longer than she desired. owing to preva-
lence OF infantile paralysis In Brooklyn,
her home. Addie Just now, IL recover
ing slowly from injuries, resulting from
having been run over by an automobile
believe there are no speed regulations
on Martha's Vinyard. so most Of the
machines Just tear around the place.
Addie and her husband, Harris Crist.
were walking down the road. at night,
when sightseeing bus. a very heavy
car. struck Addie. Several ribs We're
broken and some other damage done,
but nothing really serious. The wonder
Is that she was not killed.