Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20

Won Lewinski received her callers IN
the dining room and at once onereu
a choice from a laden table. This Is
the Teutonic conception of welcoming
the guests first to refresh, then to
converse, and the hostess therefore
does not stand as though at atten-
ton in the drawing room, but nearby
fer steaming tea urn. where she per-
sonally supervises their comfort.
So many and such distinguished
visitors have come to Washington
during the past year that other of
its social habits. in addition to the
solemnity with which its routine af-
fairs are enveloped. with guests of
honor and a long list of those who
VIII. pour. serve and aid in receiving
the guests. have invited comment.
Some relate to the haphaZard way
in which debutantes, even of the most
exalted station. are indicted into so
cial life. In London. the queen gives
a special function for the young girls
for they cannot be properly launched
without first being presented at court.
For years immemorial. this privilege
was extended only to those of hered
itary rank and the high officials of
the crown, but such is the trend of
the times that daughters of mere
commoners, who are powerful in
parliament or under the government.
make their bow on equal footing with
the daughters of dukes. earls and
down the line of mobiles. The Queen
of Italy and recently the wife OF the
President of France, gave fete for
the important debutanteS of Paris
and in other courts OF Europe, these
maidens are singled out for special
courteses all through their coming
bud in the White House, as in the
case of Miss Roosevelt, now Mrs.
Longworth. or Miss Taft, now Mrs.
Carroll Wightman Johnson, this group
of debutanteS, so potentially impor-
tant does not receive any formal at
tention. but it is learned that Mrs.
Harding has given this point some
! consideration and If her health Is
happily restored to permit her en-
trance into active life again. garden
party for the young people OF the
capital Will be among the innovations
The native Washingtonian is gen
orally so submerged in the ofhciai
denizens of the capital that more
than usual interest centers IN Two
recent wedding announcements which
relate to descendants of men who are
revered among the founders of the
federal city. Miss Virginia lie Seure
engagement to Mr.. Dorsey Richard
son Of Baltimore calls TO mind that
for scores of years before President
Washington commissioned his agents
10 purchase what is now his beauti-
full name city. both DoTseys ana
Richa rslSonS were active forces In the
upbuilding of the country hereaDCutS
and of what is the District of Colnm-
bia Both names figure in the roster
of officials when the government was
removed from Philadelphia and pre-
vious 10 this time had been numerous
in the Maryland line of the Continen-
tai Army. Miss Eleanor Carroll Hill.
daughter of the late DIR. Richard S.
Hill of Maryland and of his wife, who
was Miss Ada Morgan, daughter of
the late DR.. James F.. Morgan. is
sixth in descent from Daniel Carroll
of Duddington. who owned the great
er part of the land on which the
Capitai city is now built. Miss Hill,
who is to marry Capt. Egmont Fran
els Koenig. United States Army. is the
harfesahe of that Eleanor Carroll
who was the mother of Archbishop
Carroll OF. Baltimore. the founder of
the Roman Catholic American HER
archy. She is the cousin of that
Eleanor carroll Morgan. daughter of
the late DR.. James Dudley Morgan of
'ChsvY Chase. tho. is now Airs. Day.
wife of Maj. Day of the British army.
The Suburban. estate leased by the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes,
which lies on the Rockville pike. is
in the immediate vicinity of one of
the oldest and best established rural
social centers in this region, for it
is adjacent to the mansions of Silver
Spring. The first of these was built
by Francis Preston Blair, who came
W wake Of President Andrew Jackson.
and is more than seventy-five years
old: 1t is now the residence of former
United States Senator Blair Lee of
Maryland and came to him through
his mother. the widow of Admiral
Lee, who had long resided with her
father. Montgomery Blair, Postmaster
General under Lincoln. The Mont
gomery Blair mansion was destroyed
by the Confederate army under Gen.
Early, but was Immediately rebuilt.
All through the Silver Spring section