DEBUTANTES
OF THE WHITE
HOUSE SET
WINTERING society by way of the
hi White House! What blushing
' "butF in all the land would not con
sider such an introduction the crowning fea
ture of her entire career, no matter how it
might be crowded with other triumphs latert
Such an honor has fallen to a number of
girls in the national capital this winter. Not
only have they entered society in the season
with Miss Ethel Roojevelt, daughter of the
President, but have had the distinction of be
ing known as White House "buds.",,
, is a distinction that will become a cher
ished, part, of family history. In years to
come the descendants of these "buds", will be
able to "point wtth pride" to the fact that
mother or grandmother entered society
through White House portals, and as friends
and associates of a Presidents daughter. '
Standing' with relueUnt fet t -v " '
Where tn brook nd rivr meet, ,.
Womanhood nd childhood fleet. Longfellow. ,
WHEN the poet wrote thoae llnla he wu not
thinking, evidently, of Utter-day Introduc
tions Into eociety. Tb vorde "reluctant f of
have nothing' in common with the feeling tbt
anlmatei an up-to-date maiden entrance Into eoclety.
Her feet are not reluctant
Certainly not when ahe enter society by war '
the White Houaa. . -
'Among aome of the very Interesting cewa dla
patchea that have come from Washington thla winter,
one the most interesting told how the President,
for the first time In his more than aeven years as
chief eecutlvev "played aeoond fiddle" at a White
House function "and really enjoyed the unique experi
ence. . .. . ' , :': - ' -V'.';'
It was upon the occasion that witnessed the social
debut of his daughter Ethel. On the evening of De
cember ft ahe was formally preaented to society at a
briUIant ball given in the East Room of the White
Uouee, . '. . . :. , . '
Oh that momentous" occasion the President of the
- TJnlfed Statea became a Secondary figure. He was not
the center of attraction. A news story, relating th
Incident of the evening, stated:,
"Sometimes the President would be In the Kast
Room, sometimes In ths corridor, and several times he
wandered into the Blue Room. He appeared to enjoy
the novelty ef "playing second fiddle' at a formal event
In the White House.
"He found hi greatest pleasure In making the -young-
people happy. The girl forgot all about Miss
Ethel's father being President. . They were out for -good
time, and they had It" ,
,OP KIND HEART . '
Mr a Roosevelt Is a woman Of kind heart and keen
appreciation. Eh realised that all the Washington so
ciety "buds who were to bloom this winter could not
attend the "coming out" of Miss Ethel. ', .. .
Some had functions of their owntllmltattons of
space had to be considered, too, In making out the list
of invltattona , . . .- .' - '. ' " ' "'
So, like the thoughtful woman ahe is, Mrs. Roose
velt decided upon three big social events at tb White
House thla winter for the benefit of Washington buda
In the administration set Those not able, for one rea-
son or another, to be present at one function could at
tend another.
A solution worthy of a social Solomon and which
brought Joy to many a young heart in Washington.
For Washington, this season, possesses one of ths
largest and most attractive groups of debutantes ever
known in that rapidly growing center of fashion and
aoclety. -
There aro a great number ef "buds" in Mis Ethel
Roosevelt's set or In the administration set.
Miss Claire Wright, for instance, is one ef these.
She represents, in a way, the Judiciary, being a daugh
ter of Justice Wright, of the Supreme Court of the -District
of Columbia. - .. :
Justice Wright came largely Into publio view soma .
time ago by reason of hf famous decision committing
President Samuel Gompers and other labor leader to
Jail. '" -
Such Incidents In hr father official career bother
vouns; Mlsa Wright little. However, she ie spoken of
as being one of the "smartest" girls of the debutant
season, with a most attractive personality backing uu
a pleasing appearance.
. vbs o( in most important representative of ths
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THE OREGON SUNDAY
"a?''"ea'''Se' it -nr if yvwvtv 2JrjnT.z. f
army aet is Miss Dorothy Williams, daughter of Lieu-
tenant Colonel and Mrs, John K. Williams. Miss Will
iams Is a sister of Mrs. Joseph Letter, and has been for .
aome months the envy of the majority of her eon
temporaries because of the fact tht even before the
season opened, ahe and her relatives were making ar
rangements to have a brilliant "coming-out" ball In
the famous Letter mansion In Washington.
Miss Dorothy Gatewood, another of the favored
"Ethel Koosevelt aet,"' Is very popular among the
young people of the national capital. She Is. a daugh
ter of Medical Inspector and Mrs. Jamea D. Gatewood,
and seema deatlned to a brilliant social career. .
FAVORITE IN ARMY SET
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Although not directly connected wRhthe army set.
Miss Katharine Crane la exceedingly popular among
army families, and her social career will be in that
circle, undoubtedly. v She is a daughter of Mrs. J. Bur
' aett Crane, and la a, frequent visitor to families of
Army officers at West Point and Governor's Island.
Miss Brooks, daughter of Mrs, E. C Brooks, Is
: spoken of as being one of the most attractive girls of
the winter's debutantes, and has a large circle of warm
admirers. ,
The same comment might be made of Miss Mallory
Church, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melville E. Church.
Miss Church is one of the attractive representatives of
the strictly residential set in Washington.
Three debutantes have come from the ranks of the
diplomatic corps this winter. They are Miss Mar
guerite Moncheur, daughter of the minister from Bel
glum; Miss Eva Lagercrants. and Miss Mary Lager
cranti, daughters of the Swedish minister.
Miss Monoheur Is the daughter of the Belgian min
ister by a former marriage, and ia apoken of as a most
attractive girl. Her education was completed in a
convent near Philadelphia, and. In addition to her high
culture, she lias imbibed enough of America's social
life to fit her for highest successes In this country's
fashionable circles, . .
Comparatively newcomers are-the Misses Lager
erants; they reached Washington only a few week
w mm,
WHY do women borrow money!
' If you were to put that question to
, erery person .nd every interest in a
great city that haye to do with tbo lend
ing, of money you would elicit the most remark
able variety of answers that have startled the
atmosphere since the Sphinx embarked in busi
ness in ante-classic days or since Ann exercised
woman's r inalienable privilege of ratiocinating
about her age. .
, , But the most astonishing answer of all would
come from those personages in the financial world
who have the most money to lend. Ask them why
women borrow money, and they will answer: "
- "They don't as a general thing." -
; But even financiers can't know everything.
IT MAT be that the financier ha before his daunted
eyes ths fear of Hetty Green, who. far from being
a borrower, la the great money lender of Amerl-.
can enterprise. But it may not be that be Is
hampered by any professional reticence regarding
womy as clients, for he is perfectly willing ts discuss
their peculiarities, and that with small unction of flat
tery tor their pretty sou!. ' ")
"Women don't borrow much money.' said-Mis !-;
urer of a leading loan and trust company. "Finance
would starve to death If it had to depend oa the loana
it' makes to women. Why don't they borrow T Well,
to begin with, nearly all women are "plkera"; and, to
end with, they haven't the collateral. ,
"In the laat halt a dosen years I have, loaned the -top
sum t ail among our loans to womia 110,00
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ago. They are aald to be charming g'mls, and much la
expected of their future social career in Washington.
While the cabinet circle was not directly represent
ed at the first White House entertainment, because the
cabinet families had no debutante to offer, Miss Martha
Bacon, daughter of the assistant secretary of state,
was regarded aa representing that especial official aet'
Miss Bacon had virtually made her debut, as her
parents, not long before, had given a brilliant dancing
entertainment tor her at their summer home on Long
only once. She was very rich, and she had experience
la securities, with some hundreds of thousands etj
them earning dividend for us on deposit. ""
th observed tnat the market w very much de
pressed, and bought a block of perfectly safe stocks
tbat was so big a to require 120,000 more cash than.,
h bad ia hand. Sh gave us the-collateral, took the
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Island. She had an active social season during the
summer, but, of course, her appearance at the White
House function marked her formal entry Into capital
aoclety.
The congressional set has furnished an Interesting
debutante in Miss Elisabeth Woicott Parker, daughter
of Representative Richard Wayne Parker, of New
Jersey. One of the brightest girls in Washington. Mlsa
Parker, has already paved the way to what ia expected
to be a brilliant social career. She la an Intimate
friend of Mlaa Ethel Roosevelt, and haa been the gueat
of the President's daughter at the White House.
TYPICAL "SERVICE" BELLES
In addition to Miss Dorothy Williams, the army pre
sents Miss . Caroline Murray, daughter of Brigadier
General Arthur Murray; Mlsa Lillian Duncan Baxter,
granddaughter of the late General Thomas Duncan,
and grandniece of General J. M. Wilson; Miss Frances
Webster, daughter of Major and Mrs. E. K. Webster;
Miss Margaret Knight, daughter of Major and Mrs.
John T. Knight, and Miss Julia Heyl, daughter of Col
onel C. H. Heyl.
Miss Baxter la spoken of aa a typical army girl. She
belonga to a family which has been identified with the
service through a number of generations. In her
younger days Miss Webster was a classmate of Miss
Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Helen Taft at school. "She
also comes of a family that has figured creditably In
the nation's history.
Representing the Marine CorpsMs Miss Bessie Ses
sions, stepdaughter of Lieutenant Colonel B. R. Rus
sell. Helping Miss Gatewood represent the navy Is
Miss Annie Irwin, daughter of Commander William M.
Irwin, retired. Miss Irwin boasts of a long line of
female ancestry famous for beauty, accomplishments
and social prominence.
Kentucky presents to national capital society one of
Its most charmlnir girls, - Miss Wyndham Rosser.
daughter of Mrs. William Dennis. It Is said that alt
the graces of the women of her state are embodied In
Miss Rosser, who has traveled extensively and is
highly accomplished. .
An interesting debutante of the season Is Miss
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money, bought the stocks, held them a an additional
Investment and paid her debt as her Income gave her
the requisite surplus. Then she had her new stock
and her collateral.
"The new stock is earning her now a fine dividend
on her investment. She wasn't gambling In stock In
any ' sense; she was simply Investing arjd, being
wealthy enough to do It on a big scale, she borrowed v'
In order to operate big.
"But tbat woman, even on her aure thing, waa a
conspicuous exception. . Sometimes only sometimes -women
with small fortune hear some man telling '
about' the great opportunities In a wildcat stock that
is selling for almost nothing, arfd borrow a thousand .'
or so to take a flyer.
"A first-class stock will seldom, or never, tempt
such a woman Into the stock market It Is the-bargain
stocks framed-up frauds, whose promoters be9
long near the atone pile with massive chains and ear- ' '
nest hammers aa Intimate appendages tbat catch their
borrowed money. : . : , -
' "They get a hunch tbat such and such a wildcat Is
a really thrilling bargain, and then they plunge wtth
all the ecstatic abandon of a young lady hurling her
self Into a basin of water. It's a case of them asking
themselves, "Mother, may X go la to swim T and answer
ing themselves. 'Yes, my darling daughter. But don't
forget the hickory, limb, and don't get In the water-
over your toes,"
- -"About once a year some woman out of the many
millions in ths Vetted -States- leaee 110,000 In cheap
MOilY?
Carrie Louise Munn, daughter of Mrs. C. A. Munn. It
was rumored Just before the opening of the season
that Miss Munn was to become the bride of Theodora
Roosevelt, Jr., who has started upon & business career
for himself and. was recently appointed an aide, wtth
the rank of major, upon the staff of Governor Lille y,
of Connecticut - ;" : .
Both Mrs. Munn and her daughter are 'Intimate
friends of the President's family. Mrs. Munn is
wealthy, and her home in Washington has been the
scene of a number of notable entertainments. ' ' ''
From the Pacific coast Miss Amellta Talbot haa en
tered Washington aoclety. She and her' mother are
spending the winter at the national capital. Mlsa Tal
bot belongs to a distinguished San Francisco family.
Eveh far-away Honolulu is represented, as Miss
Frances Hatch, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Hatch, of
the Pacifio islands. Is spending the winter in Wash
ington with her parents. "
' "Those who have watched Mlsa Ethel Roosevelt
grow Into young womanhood from a child of 10 were
charmed with her tonight," a dispatch describing the
brilliant coming-out function at the White House
stated. ;'X::-':-f
"She la not regarded aa a beauty, but she presented
a pretty picture tonight. In assisting her mother she
manifested that charm of manner and ease which have
always characterised her. Miss Ethel Is well poised.'
wholly at her ease, and she received the congratula
tions of her guests with exceedingly pretty com
posure." Miss Roosevelt's season In the White House will be
short, but she evidently means to make the most of It,
Her close friends atate that she is genuinely grieved
' at the prospect of leaving the executive mansion,
which has been her home for more than seven years,
and she makes no secret of the fact.
The brilliant season which now engages her atten
tion is expected to be a memorable one, both for her
and her young friends who have had the pleasurable
distinction of entering society with her.
A Dog That Rides Horseback
a LITTLE brown mare, harnessed to a light wagon,
stood In front of a store in an Ohio city re
L Ja. centiy. Mounted on the back of the animal was a
curly little dog, which plunged about, barking furl
ously at the passing pedestrians. After a while the
dog lay down very composedly on the mare's bark;
and gased around him with much satisfaction. No
coaxing would Induce him to leave his position. Pres
ently, a half-grown boy came out of the store and
climbed' Into the wagon.
"How did your dog learn to ride horseback?" ha
was asked.
"He first began to climb on the mare's back during
the cold weather two years ago," said ths boy. "Hit
got to sleeping there because it kept him warm. The
mare liked It, because It kept tier warm, too. Now
he ridea on her back nearly everywhere ahe goes."
stocks, and then' you hear of the untimely fate of ths
financial adventurer in skirts. , Don't believe It-any
more than you believe in the' -fortunes they tell of
women.wlnnlng through brokera .
"They simply don't win, and don't lose, as a sex.
They are concerned only with hanging on to the in
come that la paid them by their trustees every three
or six months; and. if they can rest In complete se
curity as to the safety of the principal, they will ad
lust their expenses to that income so nicely that,
when dividend day arrives, they have on hand pre
cisely the nickel which brings them to the offlce to
get It and. sometime the nickel 1 represented by an
exchange ticket" ,
V On the other hand,' In minor matters, a numerous
claaai of women are prone to be borrowers beyond the
limit of their paying capacity. Th poorer they ar
the more prone they are to borrow. The explanation
Is to be found both In the necessities of their situ-"
tlon and In the lack of prudence which serves to kee p
them needy.
: Sales which are practically loan are most fre
euently mad to the poor, and largely to the women,
for a vanity wilt Inspire hope and confidence where a
necessity will Incite only to caution and. economy.
Vanity, too, is th ruling motive that sends wonic-i
borrower to th "loan sharks" the feeling that they
positively must have such an imposing piece of fur
niture, or such a fascinating article of Jewelry, or
such a gown for uch-and-such an important eecasinr,.
1 Tet, too often with the "loan sharks." as it Is u i
ally with the licensed money lenders of the pawn
broker class, the causes that move women to l..rr
are far moro i-nmnulaor- than those of mere w!h .
whim. Those are the tragedies of borrowing
dire poverty means tbe sacrifice of some cheiiM,- I ,
session, or the extra vsffnee -of a hushan.i. a h. ,-i
brother urges the woman into the -lut.r. if ,
from which only some miraculous reform or -
marvelous chance can rescue her. The
may make half their unholy profits f ro .. ,
folly; but the pawnbrokers, as a rule, gain r , , ,
their legitimated interest from wonian .-).
In the main, the financier Is r Kht V ,.,.
by clasg, re "pikers" in finance, low And .-,
haven is all they ask. Having that only , .,., ,
stress of need can drive them fortn upon t!. .
sea of debt, in whose vast hon..r I
waves they pabltually deacry noiUiu t it v..,
ruin.