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dress. Never were the accounts of court
functions so dazzling In words, and
OF course In effect they must have
1een astounding. That first great
dining at Buckingham Palace, held at
Mi-Careme. was attended by numerous
American peeresses, and their gowns
were not lacking in all the glory of
.neNr British sisters. Cloth of gold
seems to be the favorite fabric. Lady
GGJraharo GJo and her cousin. Lady John
Ward. who were Miss Mills and Miss
REID. respectively, wore that price
less fabric, manufactured at the New
Jersey mills and seemingly as glorious
as any which came from the famous
factories of France and Belgium.
Lady Curzon. who dresses stunningIy
since her gowns are always minutely
described in the court circulars, was
In cloth Of silver with court train Of
emerald green velvet edged in ostrich
tips. Wedding pageants show a de-
gree Of splendor not reached in pre-
war days. The descriptions of the
gowns worn by the twelve maids at
the marriage of the Hon. Mary Cado-
gan and the Marquis OF Blandford. the
sound ravishing and more like the
! ceremonial of some old world capital
| IN the middle ages. Historic settings
are having rage. For instance. when
the Hon. Nesta Douglas-Penn be-
came the bride Of Maj. Z. c. Warner
| of the Royal Guards the scene was a
presentation of similar scenes in 1880,
the ushers wearing the picturesque
uniform of that period, even the
groom being permitted to take over
| features of the guards of that fop-
pish period. The bride is the sister
of the Hon. Mrs. Andrew Thorne, wife
| of the British military attache, and
she was given in marriage by her
half brother. Lord Penrhyn. Her robes
were of ivory panne velvet with u
/ front ~ a1 Of old Napatia,
court train was of cloth of gold. and
her bridal veil was fine old lace
caught with what is a distinctly Eng
| 1ish fad for spring weddings. chap
let of gold leaves, interspersed with
| natural clusters of orange flowers.
The maids were in the palest yellow
| taffeta with long tulle wells caught
| by chaplets of silver and green leaves
! from which hung long ends of sap
phire blue velvet ribbon. The chaplet
4 is always of classic shape and copied
| from famous bridal scenes in Greek
\ historic paintings. In the case of Lady
Blandford her leaves were of the finest
| hammered gold. Many of the others
were millinery effects and more grace
| full than those of metal. The Douglas
Pennant-Warner wedding occurred in
| the Guards Chapel. in wellington bar
! racks, London, on February 16.
Mrs. William Edgar Borah is as well
witty original remarks as her brilliant
| husband is on the floor of the Sena to-
j She comes by wit and humor as the
| natural heritage from Celtic father.
| that outstanding figure in Idaho poll
| tics the late Gov. j. E. Mcconnell of
| Boise City. Mrs. Borah is quite an
! established Washingtonian, since she
| has resided here with but few inter-
ruptions since her husbands election
| in 1907, and while she fulfills all
| social obligations graciously. she is
rot rapa cious for the amenities. Her
very first remembrances, she often
| tells a friend over a cup of tea, are
| Of the hustle in her home attendant
on some political event. and how the
ways of the household were set at
naught because of an impending cleo
}stion or convention. AS young girl.
she registered a vow never to marry
| a politician, but she forgot all about
this when her father brought young
friend home to dinner one day and
later explained what bright chap he
was, and how he would be sure to
make good. That Gov. Mcconnell had
the seeing eye is evident in witness
ing Senator Borah representing his
state in the federal Congress and that
he became a power in the state be-
fore he had reached the age when
most men are just beginning to take
their first plunge. He married the
Connell, in 1895 and pitched his tent
permanently in the picturesque cap
ital city of Idaho. Mrs. Borah, though
like her husband is only an Idahoan
by adoption and selection, is none the
less enthusiastic. She is native Of
, Oregon and passed much of her early
girlhood at fashionable school in
Portland. The senator is a native of
Fairfield, Ill, and came to his present
home through easy stages. via
Kansas. where he studied at the state
university. The senator whenever
possible spends a few weeks hunting
in the mountains about his home, and
Mrs. Borah delights in residing in the
shack they have erected with her
sister and subsisting entirely on the
game and fish which result from the
day-long tramps.
The senator could exist for weeks
on apples and raw onions and insists
that his rugged health is maintained
! because these two are part Of his daily
diet
Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum is now
the senior hostess in the congress
sional set from Maryland. and has
for several terms represented the in
i terests of that state in the Congress
sional Club. The home of Represent
ative and Mrs. Linthicum in ST. Paul
street. Baltimore, has been a hos
years ago maintained in readiness all
through the winter. But. as every one
| knows, keeping up one home has been
a task for the heroic, so this year the
Baltimore house has been closed, and
when the Linthicums desire to enter
tain friends in their own bailiwick
they do so in fine, roomy old country
place near Lansdowne. Md. Mrs Lin
tnicum takes much delight in this
farm. and her friends get welcome
gifts of butter, eggs and occasionally
ham which has been cured in the
big smokehouse beyond the farm
yard. Representative Linthicum comes
of a distinguished Maryland family,
which has been known in the profess
sional sense for more than a century.
Mrs. Linthicum was Miss Helen L.
Perry. and is the daughter of a well
known and well beloved physician of
Saratoga Springs, n. Y. DIR. John L.
Perry. She was born in that once
celebrated spa and during her early
seems unbelievable in the lethargy
which marks it now. Mrs. Linthicum
visits her old home almost every
year, but always with feeling of re-
gret that it's fame has SO declined
She comes of the same family as the
hero of Lake Erie: and Joined the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion as soon as a chapter was organ
lied in Saratoga. Her mother also
came of a revolutionary family. and
| was Harriet Sadlier, whose grand
father fought at Ticonderoga. The
Linthicums have pleasant apart
ment out 18th street. but pass most
I.ansdowne. Both prefer even the or
deal of daily auto ride Of more than
fifty miles to life in the city In the
opening spring. Mrs Linthicum Is