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* - - -v "^•Mr'^.y'.'^y^Vi ipppf^ppinpppff A^INGTON--Washington socially stands singular. This does not mean that In the ordinary interchanges of social amenities the capital city Is different from other cities of the land, but In the structural aspect and in the method and manner of the doings of Its society l| or rather societies, Washington Is unquestionably a city apart. The fact that this city Is the capital of a great country and that here tie chief officials of thnt country dwell, coupled With the farther fact of the presence of a large foreign official element, accounts for the singularity of Washington in Its social life There are seven distinct social circles In the city «f Washington. Each clrclehas Its distinct place and each enjoys its own feomewhat isolated activities. And yet there are times when all the circles become concentric and within the one di* cumference the members of all circles mingle. Does this sound obscure? In truth it is a very simple matter. The seven social circles of Washington are those of the administration, of congress, |«f the diplomats, of the army and navy, of the ijndiciary, of the scientists and of the old real- 'dents. So it is that all through the so-called aoidal season Washington witnesses all kinds of jdoings which are separate one from another and Iwhlch are attended only by those whe were born jor have been Inducted Into the particular circumference. Then comes perhaps some greater evept land all are bidden and all go. Now why is it that Washington Is aa it Is soefil- |ly? In the first place it is what it is because In (this town, except for the residential set neither iblrth nor money can count for anything. It is the office held or the attainments reached, as in the 'case of the s cientists, which determines the poisition of the man and his family in Washington .society. This is America and the office and not' "the man must be accepted and honored. In Washington a man may be poorer than the turkey of. Job and may have been born in a garret, but if he has made good and the people have honored ihirn by election to high office he freely can enter la certain White House which the country counts •as better than any Newport or Southampton man- •ion. It has been intimated that Washington society is systematized. So it is. It has to be. The resence of so many foreigners of high official and personal position has made precedence a prime jmatter in the capital city. Foreigners are great •ticklers for what may be called the right of way. (The ambassador of longest service must precede ,the ambassador of shorter service and his wife jmust precede the other ambassador's wife far*- Ithere will be dire trouble. This precedence has forced system Into Wellington's way of doing things socially. Io Chicago •one man and one woman at a reception can walk iahead of another man and another woman without mental discomfort to themselves and withont injury to the feelings of the trailing couple. In [Washington things are different because American •office holders, or more strictly speaking, their 'wives, have imbibed the precedence draught from •the caps of the foreigners. And so here the cabjlnet officer must walk ahead of the senator, the jnenator ahead of the representative, and the repireeentative ahead of Thomas Jones who holds M> ; office. All this may seem snobbish to the last degree, jbut In a way the thing Is most excellently democratic. The precedence given a man in Washington really Is a compliment to the people who jnlected him to office or who fleeted the man whe (appointed him to office. Here Is where the demoetracy of Washington society comes in despite its [precedence and some seeming fol-de-rola. Speaking of democracy in America, who is the Iflrst lady of the land? She has been a working [newspaper woman and an American housewife to ;a small city. The administration circle proper comprises the (President and his wife and the cabinet officers and jthelr wives and families. Then ten cabinet officers irank in the order in which the departments which ithey represent were formed. The list runs thua: istate, treasury, war, justice, postoffice, navy, in* iterlor, agriculture, commerce and labor. The social activities of the cabinet part of till Administration circle are confined almost entirely ito small dinners given during the winter months. They begin with the secretary of state and Ida 'wife as hosts and continue at the rate of one each ;week until concluded at the home of the secretary tof labor. Each affair is given in honor the (President and his wife and a few additional guestp, llore often than not these guests are selected from- •out of town. These, with rare exceptions, are the only functions that the President attends outside of tit P IPWhite House. His wife, on the contrary, goes everywhere. That is, she goes to her most intimate friends for any occasion and to others with whom she is not so closely associated for special events. In truth the social head of this nation is the wife of the President and n6t the President himself. Although one hears much more about the large society affairs which take place at the White House, they are few in number compared with the smaller affairs. 'Hie wife of the President, know- . ing all the various circles. wants to do hqnor to each and tn order to cultivate acquaintance in a familiar way gives a series of musicales, teas and small receptions, sometimes in the afternoon and again in the evening. Luncheon at the White House is usually an Informal affair to which the President invites guests, frequently without much previous notice. The invited are more often than not out-of-town friends who have come to Washington for a few diavs and have business at the White House. It is only occasionally that the White House luncheon becomes what the society editor calls a function. It would be difficult to estimate the extent of thej, entertaining which is done in a year at the White), House through the small and Informal and semi-" Informal affairs. The probabilities are that every day when the President and his wife are at home in Washington guests partake of the hospitality of the historic house. This sort of entertainment without doubt is the most effective. It enables both hosts and quests to become better acquainted.- It becomes possible for one to say "The President . and his wife know me," Instead of "I know the President and his wife." Great Stat* Functions. In saying a word for the small and Intimate affairs there is no intention to minimize the Importance of the great state functions which in their way amalgamate for the time being the various circles which form 'Washington * society. One is able to determine to some extent what these huge assemblies accomplish from the fact that from two thousand to three thousand persons attend each of them. To be sure, there Is more or less crowding when they are Indoor affairs, bat it is amazing how well they are handled by the President's army and navy aids. It has been the custom to hold four great receptions each season. The first is In honor of the diplomatic corps, the second for the judiciary, the third for congress and the last for the army and navy. They take place soon after the Christmas holidays and are given two weeks apart. Each administration chooses the day of the week on which they shall be given. Thursday for some reason seems to have been the favorite day. May is the month for White House garden parties. These affairs are also the special province _ of the mistress of the mansion, for the invitations •t are sent out in her name. However, the President ^always Is present and receives with his wife. It is perhaps needless to say that the parties are ^ large ones, for there is no reason to leave out ' anyone who Is eligible. The White House grounds ••• are spacious and beautiful and n«» finer setting could be found. There are as a rale foar garden parties, one a week until the series ends. In case of rainy weather the party must be given In the White House, much to the disappointment of everybody. The affair then becomes more like one of the, winter receptions. There is, however, a marked • difference In the receiving line. Whereas only the President and his wife receive at the summer partis, the wives of the vice president, and cabinet officers are in the line at their left at the winter receptions. Everyone living In the capital city wants to be Invited to a White House garden par- v ty, but It is the old residential group who from Jtlme Immemorial have considered the garden fetes at "the President's hous as their special festal privilege. .Entertaining the Diplomatic Corpe. An administration circle affair which has da* veloped into one of the most important during the season is the luncheon to the diplomatic corps at Which the secretary of state is host. At one time the secretary of state held the luncheon In his home, but the expansion of the foreign corps has -foade a private house Impossible as a banquet ball and so the Pan-American Union building, of which ^Washington justly is proud, is used each New Year's day for the entertainment following the iMliday reception at the White House. tThe President also entertains the diplomats at • dinner, but only the ambassadors ftnd ministers are Invited. The state dining room of the executive mansion Is not spacious enough to Include the entire secretarial corps. Other state dinners given by the President and his wife are in honor of the speaker of the hous£ of representatives and the vice president and their wives. Still anonther dinner includes the members of the supreme bench and their wives. , l»alltles and Society Mixed. • • there is one set of people tn Washington which has an unbreakable entertaining habit It Is the diplomatic corps. This is as it should be, for diplomatic relations are maintained more or less through social relations. Anything or nothing is an excuse for something to be given by diplomats. It may be the coming of a new ambassador, miniver, secretary or attache. Then again it may be the departure of some one of their number. A prospective wedding within the diplomatic circle ta sufficient reason for a score of social functions "before the event takes place. There is also a circle within the diplomatic circle. The South and Central American countries are a group by themselves, which forms the Pan-American Union. •One of the most beautiful buildings--by some it Is considered the most beautiful--has been erected for the uses, both official and social, of the Union. . Just as the members of the diplomatic corps bring something from all parts of the world, so the members of house and senate bring something from every state in the Union. In some ways the latter are the most Important part of the life here and one is made aware of it in many of the social affairs given for them, especially by the members of the diplomatic corps. Politics and society are Inextricably mixed up And yet there is method throughout. One of the first things for the wife of a newcomer In the diplomatic circle Is to find out who the members of congress are in the foreign relations committees and then to call on the wives of both house and senate members. That opens up a series of calls for the senators and representatives wives. One is sure to see a large amount of entertaining among the diplomats far members of congress and their wives. Other Great Circles. ,?The army and navy generally are classed as one l^cle, whereas they really are two distinct entities. In Washington, however, they get together mpre than in other cities. The circle here is a large one despite the fact that there are many departures. There are always others to fill vacancies. And so it is that the circle keeps going round with hops, balls, luncheons, dinners and bridge. The members of the sister branches of the government service know how to have a good time and to make things move In the capital., Jtfost people oufslde of Washington may not realize what a considerable part of the population Is made up of the scientists' circle. There are men working in every kind of science in the government service. With their families they form -_a~good-sIzed colony. The official domicile qf the •scientists is the Cosmos club, part of which was Dolly Madison's old home. There Is no question about the importance and -interest which this particular set adds to* the social life of the national capital. One word about the old residential set which loves to style itself the "cave dwellers." There are not so many of them for, as one frequently hears, everybody In Washington comes from somewhere else. The real cave dweller was "born and raised" here, However, there are ta the residential circle some outsiders who have spent most of their lives within the shadow of the capitol. I L L I N O I S NO ROLLED HOSE IN TAHITI ISLAND American Women Are "Old en South Sen « Isle. ' . Princess Ina Salmon, twenty-one, the beautiful niece of Queen Mara a of Tahiti, was among the passengers who arrived in San Francisco recently on the liner Tahiti. The princes* oaiaa far a fix-months' visit with her aunt Mrs. JCatberlne Douglas of Alameda. The new fads and fashions of bobbed hair, rolled hose and cigarette smoking have not penetrated into the home life of her native 'isle, according to Princess Ina. But then they have tbeir own likes and dislikes. While they have not adopted the new customs that prevail, the girls of her isle like to adorn their ears with large peasants. princess Ina displays two large and very beautiful pearls hanging from either ear. Princess Ina implied that the fads new prevailing are not new to her people, adding that Americans often visit their Island and many of her people make a practice of traveling extensively. This Is not the first visit of the princess to this country. She attended St. Catherine's college, St. Paul, Ifinn., and graduated with high honors a few years ago. She speaks English and French fluently, and has charming manners. Princess Ina Is the daughter of Princess Mainhlnilii Salmon, sister of Queen Marau. But little stress Is laid on her royal heritage by Princess Ina. She prefers to live a quiet and Inconspicuous life as a citizen of her own country. J ? The Kit Kat club of Lon#efi.' %as founded In 1688 and has included In its membership most of the men of Great Britain whe won eminence for distinguished service to the nation Morris.--Jinny strawberry patches ta central Illinois have produced folly developed berries this month. Springfield.--Garages must pay a license fee of $25 a year to the Illinois Commerce commission, and must file a bond of $5,000 to $10,000, it was fruled here. Springfield.--Violets which ordinarily bloom in the spring have also been mistaken in the weather as well as strawberries. Hunters for walnuts pear here have returned without walnuts, bearing violets. Springfield.--Miss Ella Itanlap of Chicago Heights wa4 elected warden Of the Illinois Rebekah assembly here. The assembly made Miss Dunlap's election unanimous oh the third ballot Warden Is the "stepping-stone office" in the organization. Springfield.--Poultrymen of Illinois have turned their eyes toward Qulncy and Murphysboro, where, for one year, beginning November 1, the cackle ftf the hen will be music to the ears of men and women whose stock in trade is eggs. Entries for Illinois' egg- Jaying contest, open to competition of the world, with all breeds eligible, have closed. The contest will be held under the newly created state division of poultry husbandry. Belleville.--Construction of a large hangar for the army air service at Scott field near here has been beguu and Is expected to be completed next August. The hangar, which will coat more than $1,000,000, Is Intended to house principally nonrigid dirigibles, although It will be spacious enough to hold larger Ughter-than-air craft. 1$ will be 908 feet long, 200 feet wide and 180 feet high. About 250 soldiers will be attached to the balloon school, Urbana.--Ohio State, Michigan and Illinois will compete in a triangle cross country run at Illinois on October 29, It has been announced. Purdue and Illinois will stage a cross ^uuuu,i iuu uu .November 12 and Illinois officials are endeavoring to have Indiana enter a team and make a triangle affair out of it. Illinois won the conference cross country run last season, and should repeat again this year as they are better fortified than ever. Chicago.--The pure-seed law, which the Illinois Agricultural association aided in having put on the statutes in 1919, is accomplishing good results, according to a report sent to county farm bureaus by the Burners' organisation. During the 1920-21 season, |4,040 samples of seeds have been analyzed, the rei>ort shows, and 1,474 of the samples were found to contain noxious seeds. "This means," the report says, "that the seeds as shown by samples to contain noxious weeds will not be allowed to harm production on Illinois farms." Springfield.--Following the arrest at Davis Junction of L. N. Kopland. cashier of the Union State bank at Hanover, State Auditor Uussel later closed that bank. He had previously closed the Bardolph State bank, one of the same chain of banks. The arrest of Kopland was made on Mr. Russet's order, on the charge of the embezzlement of $120,000. Fearing violence, Kopland was rushed to (ialena and placed In the Jo Daviess county jail. The Union National bank of Macomb has been appointed receiver for the Bardolph bank and J. A. Speer, cashier of the Hanover State bank, has'^j^en Darned as receiver for the Union State bank at that place. Milford.--Four University of Chicago students, en route by automobile to Princeton, N. J., for the Chicago- Princeton football game, were instantly killed and one was Injured probably fatally. A coal train of the Elgin, Joiiet & Eastern railroad crashed with fatal results into their motorcar on the Dixie highway one-half mile north of Milfortf. The dead: Thomas Monilaw of Chicago, a sophomore, son of Dr. William Monilaw, head of the department of physical education at the university school: llarold M. Skinner, Bon of Eiwood M. Skinner, Oak Park, a sophomore; Stanwood Johnstone of Minneapolis, Minn., son of the dean of men at the University of Minnesota, a senior; Merscliel Hopkins of Oregon, 111., a sophomore. Urbaiui.--Interest In the search for petroleum, because of its increased value during the World war, has become permanent, says the department Of geological survey of the University of Illinois in a report concerning wildcat oil drilling in Illinois. The department reports an unprecedented number of tests carried on during the depression in oil prices last spring and summer. At present there are 15 wildcat tests drilling in the state, the announcement says. The article predicts an increased amount of wildcat testing should the price of Illinois crude petroleum, which is now $1.77 a barrel, continue to rise. The petroleum dropped last spring from $8.77 to $1.27 a barrel, but a 50-cent increase was made on October 8. ' Springfield. -- Springfield led the larger cities of Illinois, including Chi-" cago, In the amount of purchases made for the month of August last, as compared witli August, 1920, according to statistics supplied by Babson's business survey, which have just reached the Chamber of Commerce. St Charles.--Three hundred pints of milk a day are distributed among pupils in the public schools here. The milk is not only offered to children whose parents are in need, but to chiidreu who hurry off to school without enough breakfast Springfield.--Out of a total of 20 cases of infantile paralysis reported to the state dei»artment of health, all but five were In the downstate. fhe total, however, is a derided decrease over previous reports. Twelve cases of !ih fluenza were reported, of which 11 were at Chicago. Champaign.--John Christmas, colored, of Champaign, was hanged at Champaign. Christmas murdered his wife last summer by decapitating her with a razor. Tliis la the first hanging tn the covnty fer.pSfa DM* forty years. Geneva.---Miss Ann Fsrsyth of Aurora has been appointed superintendent of the state home for girls at Geneva. Qulncy.--To insure safety to travellers on the Improved Quincy-Fall Creek end of the Quincy-Hannibal highway, the Retail Merchants" association win place white posts on either side of all bridge and culvert approaches. Freeport--Knights of Pythias of Jo Daviess. Stephenson, Carroll, Winnebago. Boone and Lee counties will hold their annual district convention at FreepOrt Friday, October 28. Judge W. T. Hod son of Galena will preside. Macomb.--Representative James M. Pace, has filed his resignation from the Dllnois general assembly. He was chairman of the committee on roads and bridges and resigned to accept the postniastership of Macomb. This is Mr. Pace's third term in the general assembly. Macomb.--Two daughters of C. **P. Cline, president of the McDonough county farm bureau, were killed when the automobile they were driving home from Sunday school turned over. Mabel, fifteen, was killed Instantly and her sister, Mary, nine, died two hours later. The accident occurred near Scioto. Springfield.--^Contracts for 95 miles of cement roads at a total cost of $2,597,709 were awarded by state highway officials at the direction of Governor Small. In this letting a new low average figure of $27,359 per mile was reached. This figure is for an 18- foot roadway, and Includes the cost of cement and grading. The 95 miles of rondwork awarded is the largest in the history of the state. Springfield--Increases te : both freight and passenger rates Wfere denied railroads In Illinois by the Illinois Commerce commission. The commission denied increases in freight rates to the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe and the other railroads operating in Illinois between points in the state asked for by the railroads under alleged •authority of the interstate commerce commission and dismissed the petition of the railroads. Peoria --J. B. Whitehead of Rockford was elected president of the Illinois Real Estate association at the closing session of the fifth annual convention held here receutly. Mr. Whitehead succeeds Joseph K. Brittain of Chicago. Arthur C. Kussman of Chicago was elected secretary. Directors for two-year term are Valentine H. Surghnor, Chicago; W. L. Runyan, Danville; George II. Taylor, Chicago, and K. V. Field, GAlesburg. Decatur was selected as next year's convention city. Washington, D. C.--Establishment of an additional prohibition enforcement area in Illinois, with headquarters at Decatur, was decided on at conferences between Illinois prohibition enforcement officials and Prohibition Commissioner Ilaynes. The conferences were announced as having resulted in the mapping out of a "campaign of vigorous and constructive enforcement in Chicago and the state of Illinois." Commissioner Ilaynes said he would go to Illinois within ten days to make a survey of prohibition et*. forcement there. Pawnee.--Pawnee, a little Sangamon county town, is in the throes of a grievous school war, and is without a school principal, teachers, school board or pupils. A citizens' mass meetipg adopted resolutions demanding the reinstatement of Principal Bernard A, Belnlich. The board president, P. J. Howard, then resigned. The four other board members followed. Mr. Belnlich managed his-school to the liking of his pupils, but to the astonishment of the school board. They "fired" him. All the teuchers qtiit and the 98 pupils walked out Aurora. -- President Harding was called upon to endeavor to prevent a strike of employees of the five big packiug firms--Swift, Cudahy, Armour, Morris and Wilson--In a resolution presented to the Illinois Federation of Labor, in session here. Other resolutions presented called for the establishment of a depositors' bank guarantee fund by the state, compulsory school attendance of children up to eighteen years of age, Immediate steps to let Illinois road contracts to relieve unemployment, and urging increases in the workmen's compensation law of Illinois. Rockford will be the seat of the federation to be held In October, 1922. Springfield.--Financial support for Alexander Ilowat and his followers in their fight agninst the Kansas Industrial court law has been withdrawn by the Illinois miners. Confirmation of this was contained in a letter from Walter Nesbltt, secretary-treasurer of the Illinois district, to Thomas Harvey, provisional secretary-treasurer of the Kansas district, calling for the return to the Illinois treasury of $43.- 000, the balance l*»ft of the fund of $100,000 which the Illinois miners sent to the Kansas miners about eighteen months ago. Much of the fund sent by the Illinois miners was used In the political campaign In Kansas last year, in which Howat sought to defeat Governor Allen for re-election as governor and to elect legislators opposed to the court law. De<-atur.--8. F. Turner, alleged chicken thief, warned by residents to leave Shelby county, was tarred and feathered near Trowbridge. Turnei was captured In Neoga and taken Into the Little Wabash river bottoms, where tar and feathers were applied. None of the members of the gaog wan masks. . " Peoria.^--Opentnfc of p Hebrew school, where children from seven to fourteen years old will >l»e taught the Hebrew language and Jewish history and laws, is announced by Babbi Aaron Volkmnn. Springfield.--Governor Small appointed Alex J. Johnson of Chicago to be a member of the Illinois commerce commission. Charles W. Townley. Chicago, Is appointed an assistant commerce commissioner. Johnson Is now a member of the Chicago civil service commission. Alton.--Three giant trees that would do credit to the forests of the Gull states have attracted considerable attention at Alton. The greatest Is a cypress tree on the Paddock estate at Liberty Prairie. It is 129 feet Aa nlm and sycamore also have records f & By Lytfia E* Pinkham's tftMci Compound, Restoriqf i Mrs. Benz to HetUb AltoouL Pa.--"I am writing to fag yon what LydiaE. 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"Judge, he stays away fNai Iriivr practically all the time." "That's bad." : 1' , "Why. I even have to go ont to the golf links when I want to ask him fot money." She Couldnt Be Sura, ibe rather flashily-dressed weanatook her fourteen-year-old daughter te .the domestic science teacher. "I want her to learn to cook and sew," she said, "so that she can get a husband." For one minute the teacher stared at the woman. Then a twinkle came into her eyes. "Oh, I don't know about that being so sure a way," she laughed. "You see I teach both avS I haven't yet obtained a husband." ° WOMEN MEED SWAMP-ROUT Thousands of women have kidney bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder diseue. If the kidneys are not in a condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, low of ambition, nervousness, are often times symptoms of kidney trouble. 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