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rated the pleasant fas hi
of glvlns semi-informal .-
o'ai 1 motions previous to t
opening of tlic rr gular
ington. It is likely t
more elaborate from year to year. T
social season at the national capiu
lasts only from Jan. 1 to" the bcginni::.
of Lent. That period is finite too bri- i
to crowd Into it thr hundreds of ;:iv
dinners, splendid receptions and "lit
tle dances," to culled, that arc consid
ered necessary to set forth socially tin
pomp and circumstance of a republican
government. So the season has t
"slop over,” aw It were. Into Deceniboi
and even November.
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Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, wife of
the vice president, is one of the strong
est and most impressive figures tlu.i
ever appeared in a presidential cabinet
social circle. Leading English men
and women visiting our country have
frequently expressed surprise that
American society women are so Ig
norant of politics and take so little in
terest in political matters. Mrs. Fair
banks is one to whom the oft repeated j
remark does not apply. It has been .
said of her that she understands the
workings of American politics almost j
as well as any living United Statesj
senator. When Vice President Fair- !
banks was senator from Indiana his l
wife first took a leading place in Wash- ;
ington society.
N^o man in political life could have
been more fortunate in his wife than
Vice President Fairbanks is. School- J S)
up his New York law practice to be-
aresses in excellent taste and in the
style which suits her face and figure.
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Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the
heavyweight secretary of war, was
Miss Helen Ilerron of Cincinnati. The
pair were married' In 18S6. Though the
mother of young children, to whom she
gives devoted care, Mrs. Taft has al
ways continued her interest in music.
'She herself is a brilliant performer and
is a member of several clubs in Wash
ington whose object is to promote and
encourage musical culture. Mrs. Taft
seems to be the model all round woman
who can attend not only to both domes
tic and society duties, but at the same
time maintain active interest in an in
tellectual or artistic pursuit outside
these narrow and narrowing limits.
Most of the cabinet officers’ wives
are good cooks, notably Mrs. Shaw,
Mrs. Root and Mrs. Taft. But it is ad
mitted that Mrs. George B. Cortelyou
makes the best custard pie in Wash
ington. She likewise preserves her
own fruit, makes pickles and always
has homemade bread upon her table. I
Mrs. Cortelyou taught her daughters I
to make delicious candies when they
mates together at Ohio Wesleyan uni-| Socially Mrs. Fairbanks Is a natural j and the mental, are well worth tryin:
versity. the two became youthful lovers leader, likewise an original one. She, In one of her full length photographs, come secretary of state his income was
and were married shortly after their brushes aside conventionalities when it wearing a long white fur trimmed $80,000 a year. The Roots live in ex
graduation. la ing r. college woman, suits her, but always within the limits j cloak and the broad ribbon of her so- Vice President Levi P. Morton's house; were little girls. Now every Christmas
Mrs. Fairbanks’ interest in human af- of good taste. No woman in Washing- ! ciety across her breast, Mrs. Fairbanks on Rhode Island avenue. It is one of the the Cortelyou girls make and present
fairs is naturally broadened far beyond ton life has the physical endurance of might be a picture by one of the old largest‘private residences in Washing-
tile merely conventional; Intellectual-. Mrs. Fairbanks, It is said. She her-j English masters. j ton.
ly she is a remarkably able woman self declares she has no nerves. It is i UK *
* ” • | Mrs. Victor H. Metcalf, wife of the
to the Roosevelt family and to each of
the cabinet families a five pound box
of candies of their own making. Mrs.
Cortelyou is an old fashioned domestic
md likewise possesses executive abll-i worth while to note that she attributes I
ty such as few of her sex have de- her remarkable physical endurance to < Mrs. Elihu Root is a handsome wo-! newly appointed secretary of the navy, woman,
n-loped. As president general of the the fact that she never permits herself man with white hair. $5he was'Miss was Corinne Nicholson, a beautiful It K
Fr gl tors of tile American Revolu- to worry about anything. Her material Wales of New York city. Money is California girl. Though she was mar- j _
inn s';e showed herself a master hand, remedy when really fatigued is hot| not lacking ta aid Mrs. Root in her so- ried in 18S2, she does not look it—no, I Mrs. George yon Lengerke Meyer,
is an able s; eaker. i milk. Both prescriptions, the physical j cial functions. When Elihu Root gave . not by fifteen years. Mrs. Metcalf whose husband is the new postmaster
general, was Miss Alice Appleton of
Massachusetts. At St. Petersburg,
while Mr. Meyer was the American
ambassador to Russia, Mrs. Meyer was
noted for her social graces and the
brilliancy of her entertainments. She
was honored with the friendship of the
czarina.
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Her husband. Brigadier General
James Franklin Bell, being chief of
staff of the United States army. Mrs.
Bell naturally is at the head of the
military social contingent at Washing
ton. She was Miss Sarah Buford of
Rock Island. 111. Her early married life
was spent in the wild west of twenty
years ago, when the distinguished chief
of staff was a minor cavalry Officer, en
gaged in keeping untamed Sioux from
exterminating the early settlers in Da
kota. All the same, however, when the
time came Mrs. Bell easily slipped into
fashionable garb and duly appeared in
her place in society and lived up to the
American woman’s reputation of being
the "best dressed" in the world.
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One of the most brilliant of Wash-
! ington weddings was that, in January.
1 1905, of Miss Helen Frances Warren
and Captain Jack Pershing of the
army. Miss Warren, daughter of the
senior senator from Wyoming, was
noted for her beauty and social ac
complishments. She had presided with
consummate grace over her father's
establishment at the national capital.
Jack Pershing is as exceptionally fa
vored as to good leaks as his bride,
and the pair are one of the handsom
est couples in army circles. President
Roosevelt Is an enthusiastic admirer
of the gallant Pershing, now a briga
dier general, and showed his good will
by attending the brave officers wed
ding. Mrs. Roosevelt herself sat in the
front pew of the church during the
ceremony. Until recently the Per-
shings were in Japan, whore the cap
tain was military attache. They have
returned home, however, and the win
ter of 1906-07 sees Mrs. Pershing once
more gracing capital society.
Prominent during the Washington
season this year are handsome Mrs.
Theodore P. Shonts and her attractive
twin daughters, the Misses Theodora
and Marguerite. They returned from
Europe not long ago. "No,” said Pana
ma Commissioner Shonts recently,
“my daughter Theodora has good
American horse sense, and l do not
think she will marry a foreigner with
a title." Mrs. Shonts was Miss Har
riet Amelia Drake of Chicago.
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Though she bears a foreign name
and title. Baroness Speck von Stern-
burg, wife of the German ambassador,
is an American girl, one of the beau
tiful Langham sisters of Louisville.
Baroness von Stemburg is noted for
her exquisite gowning. One of her re
cent much admired frocks was a pale
blue organdie worn over pink moire.
The baroness has blue eyes and au
burn hair.
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Still another handsome matron who
has lived some years at the national
capital is Mrs. Reginald de Koven.
She was Miss Anna Farwell of Chi
cago. daughter of the late Senator
Charles B. Farwell. She belongs to the
literary and artistic set of Washington,
if there is such a thing. She herself
is a writer of note. One of her novels
is named "By the Waters of Baby
lon." and she has a fad for things
pertaining to the wicked old Bib
lical town. She has some very valu
able and curious Babylonian jew
elry. It is affirmed that the De Kovens
have not a high opinion of Washington
as a litex'ary and artistic center, and
perhaps they are right.
KATHERINE BLADES.
if Apropos qf Matrimony and Artistic Temperament &
E VERY room In every house |
ought to be provided with a j
laundry bag. Strictly sp. sk- |
ing, tills is not a Kale Clyde:
subject, but as it fills the mind of Kate !
Clyde to the exclusion of everything'
else at present site will proceed at once [
to get it out of her system.
The maid has Just lost two doilic;; I j
rather fancied, which would not have j
happened if there had been a bag for i
such necessities in the dining room i
closet. I
And there will be tomorrow. Think |
how beautifully simple! The bags are
made to match the rooms. In the din- |
Ing room there I
will be a bag j
of deep red ma
terial to go with I
the walls (and
I hope to go >d-
ness it won't
crock). ,Into 1
this will go thoj
tablecloths, r.ap-1
kins, dollies.}
etc., which grace j
the dining room.!
In the bath-I
room (blu and j
\\ hit*') will be
an artistic recep
tacle fo
The b
t'nd
Tremolo. the violinist, yellow bedroom
the genius. and the i oik .
one will be ap- j
propriately fitted out. and the kitchen j
will have one of white linen to match <
the white pots and pans.
Every bag will he taken onco a week '
to the kitchen and "contents not- i," I
each under a separate head.
I tell you what! Never :■
literary woman lacks ideas
tnestic lines.
To change the subject, there ore
some kinds of men* 1 really think
shouldn't be allowed to marry—men of
genius among others, also, worse still,
men who think they have genius.
My, but It's terrible!
One might think 1 had been a vie-
ttm. Not much! I have only been a
close observer.
Literary men, for instance, who live
solely on the products of their imagi
nation—a very unsafe thing, by the
way.
I don’t Include under this head men
who occupy editorships and other re
sponsible "jobs" requiring perhaps not
so much divine fire, but which are. oh.
Either the man is driven to drivel
(dear me. that's alliteration) or else
his family starves.
Now, as .there are just laws prevent
ing the latter, you can see the in
evitable result. T
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There was Jones. Fine fellow Jones,
bubbling over with
"Life of a Vampire"
dozen other tales of the
so weird that after reading it
have to use curling pins for a wi
Well, he married, and after
came he was never the
He scribbled—ye gods, how
bled! He had to.
He wrote al! around the increased
rent bill. He wrote around the at
tack of croup the twins had. ditto the
measles, ditto the whooping cough. He
Took him seriously.
LADY P0LE-CAREW, BEAUTIFUL IRISH WOMAN.
There are some half a dozen women whom King Edward is said to have
prenounced the most beautiful In England. It is a higher compliment to be
calb'-i the mot beautiful women in Ireland, the native home of pretty women
■—Cnrrw is the recipient of this latter compliment from his
majesty, who is an excellent judge of feminine looks.
so much more satisfactory "when the
rent omes round.”
I refer to those elect souls who refuse
to tie themselves down to salaried po
sitions, claiming that it cramps their
brains, and who prefer to send forth
dainty fantasies such as "Sonnets to
the Bow on Araminta’s Slipper” and
“Little Stories of Little Brains” done
up in pir.k bindings.
Oh, me’. Oh. my!
Then take the men who really have
Ideas and who. misguided souls, marry
on them. What tragedy, my children!
wrote—but wait! I am out of breath.
1 can't even begin to remember all the
bills that were his inspiration.
And now whenever I want to be
soothed into sweetest slumbers I read
Jones’ latest tale in a five cent weekly.
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There was Tremolo, the violinist, the
genius! They said he was going to
be a second Kubelik. No hair was
longer than his, no fingers more ex
pressive.
His "Rhapsody In Q Mi”*„ —oh. have
you heard it? The - .ns of a million
pale green ghosts clamoring for ab
sinth under the light of a dark blue
moon—that's about the idea, you know.
Wonderful, isn’t It? You and I never
could think of things like that.
And the women, ach himmel, how
they raved over his beautiful soul!
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He married one of them. It was an
accident. There were three he was
running pretty -close' at the time, and
one took him seriously when he pro
posed. If he had known that he
wouldn't have done it. but it had al
ways been such a safe performance up ,
FREDERICA MORGAN, WASHINGTON BELLE.
Among the many lovely girls in Washington society this winter one of
the most popular is Miss Frederica Morgan, Phe is of the piquant American
Gibson girl type. Besides being beautiful. Miss Morgan knows enough to
choose the kind of hat and the way of wearing it that sets off her beauty.
to date that - he—well, the poor fel- 1 it. for each thought herself the in-
low was completely flabbergasted, and | spiration of his life (which is a de-
before he realized his young life was j lusion married women sometimes har-
being "bluwsted”—no. I mean blasted! | bor).
The thing was done, the fell deed Was And what is the result? Ask any of
perpetrated, and he was no longer a these ladies.
free m in. 1 His life is r-r-ruined. His genius is
The next day he went to all his mar- j debased. He can no longer compose,
rie.i women friends and told them She has dragged his soul down to the
what a frightful mistake he had made. : gross things of earth.
T h ay were only too eager to believe 1 She takes in washing. Think of a
nature so debased as that! She Is
even jealous of his recreation—flirt
ing with his accompanist—so the poor
man has to go on long tours, so
long that sometimes he doesn't get
home more than twice a year. Ah, it’s
a hard life! And they say he has
changed accompanists three times this
year—the music schools are graduat
ing such homely girls. You know how
inartistic sights grieve the heart o'
genius.
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And Chrome-Yellow (don’t forget the
hyphen).
Poor, poor fellow! He painted his
wonderful canvas, "Nature Unveiling
Herself!” Na
ture — beautiful
subject!
quired
tiful model. As
for the unveil
ing — well, the
critics said that
was superflu
ous. The title
to be true to the
picture should
have been just
"Nature.”
Mrs. Chrome-
Yellow objected.
She was a New
England wo
man. and she
worshiped De
cency before
Art. Think of a genius having to put
up with a woman like that!
She persisted in clothing Nature.
He said, “You might as well paint
the rose.”
She answered, "You had better do
so!”
They divorced.
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Then there was Jingle, who wrote
sonnets.
When the baby manipulated its bot-
tje in the next room it made him lose
the rhythm of his lines.
Ah, tender souls, unfit for life’s rude
pilgrimage!
Give me, should I ever marry, the
rude teamster or even the horny hand
ed coal shoveler, but mate me with n»
genius, I prithee!
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Tough for a geniusl
New York.
IN FIELDS WHERE WOMEN LIVE AND MOVE
In one .Week at Paris three women
applied for licenses to drive cabs, and
two women were admitted to the bar.
A. girl without a dash of romance
is like a pretty flower without odor.
Few men know quite as much as they
think they know.
Paris has a splendid new hotel for
telephone 'gfrls and women postal
and milliners, so that thus hats and (
gowns might be specially designed for:
most luxurious, and the price for them j the American type of customer. j
is extremely moderate. t Mis:; Mary E. Keogh, superintendent
Pittsburg Training School Forj
Women are more and more becoming
Socialists. The Socialist political
party advocates woman suffrage.
Mrs.-^IcC’orrhick. wife of the Ameri
can ambassador at P.iris. thinks poor
.American girl art and music students
of th
Nur-es. connected with the Honteo
pathic hosp'tai. has accepted a pi si- |
tier, in the United States Army hospital •
at San Francisco. j
In Russia the percentage of illiteracy!
there might often support themselves I is higher aim.
teiepnone — —— - ..
clerks. l%e' accommodations are aG 1 by becoming models for dressmakers . Mme.
women than men.
the Russian revo- i
lutionist, during her recent visit to
America told of two curious exceptions
to this rule in the provinces of Yiatka
and Perm. These are the two "peasant
provinces.” There are no nobles in
them, and the peasants have entire
charge of their local affairs.
Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick rec
ommends the formation of an anti-
gossip league among women and girls.
She advises the observance of the rule
never to say things of another person j
thr
vou would not like said of your-
Miss Ilatsu Ogura of Japan has hon
orably entered on a nurse's course in
a Seattle hospital.
Quericur—Let's see. the married men
all have better halves, don’t they?
Cynicus—Yes. Quericus—Tiien what
do tlie bachelors have? Cynicus—Bet-
"Where is the alarm clock, ma'am,
please?” asked a new maid. “We keep
no such thing in this house,” replied 1
-,er mistress sharply. “Neither I nor
your master requires one.” “Then I|
•suppose you will take it in turns tol
cail me!” was the calm rejoinder. !
A good critic is by no means a fault}
finder; he is one who endeavors to per-}
ceive the highest merits. The faults}
we detect so easily in other people are;
generally possessed by ourselves. j
Love, live for, work for, the undying i
truth and good; that is the way to}
nourish an undying vigor of the heart.
These are the waters of the fountain
of eternal youth.
Miss Braddon, the novelist, celebrated
her seventieth birthday by publishing
her sixty-second book. For her first
story she was promised a beggarly $50.
and actually received $12 for her best
known novel, “Lady Audley’s Secret.”
Royalties have been paid to her on over
1,000,000 copies. Her works have been
translated into many languages.