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I > Y^illisosv K.TXf ikco»x; [r^rf. Cl^rley YJ.rfedrfaaj\| ^^.J.J.PerjKirvs (IkM Mrs.Victor It VJ^etesvlf {fiK.hecrge 'Jiaur, m . Fr ^t^Utv^elT ns. ROOSEVELT Inaug 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. It « 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. K K 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. •t « 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. N C° 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. * at 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. It »t 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 is « 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. K K 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! * * 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. •* K 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. k k 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! HdSu 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.