The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

HE Lenten season has not been so
dull within the memory of the
i oldest society woman as it was
during the week There were few
dinner parties; one at the White
House, followed by a brilliant musicale,
made up in that one night for the lack
of festivity throughout the remainder OF
the week.
It would seem as though last week
was not a circumstance to what the
forthcoming week would be, being Holy
Week. but the fact that there will be
grand opera throughout the week, even
for the second week also. will make a
great difference, for no matter how many
devout people there are. there is always
a way to be excused for going to opera
For the matter of that, there are fewer
of the devout people denying themselves
the theater for the penance than there
ever have been before The rule now Is
to keep the theater and give up some
other pleasure, for truly the theaters
have not suffered much during this
Lenten season.
A short season of much brilliance will
be ushered in next Sunday, for the Eas-
ter entertaining begins on Sunday imme-
diately after the morning church services,
when the congregations will disperse not
only TO their homes, but to the homes
of others, and to the clubs. where gay
luncheon parties will be the rule. And
from that time on. gayeties will follow
each other so closely that the voyage
to Europe, which will be the next
change of scene for so many, will be the
first cessation and rest.
And these birds of passage will truly
need it, for the great exodus from this
country during the next two months will
be toward London. for the coronation
and its attending festivities. The Chevy
Chase Club will be well represented in
London at that time. The temporary
home of the John Hays Hammonds.
which will be the old home of their close
friend. the late Baroness Burdett-Coutts,
whose surviving husband is placing it
at their disposal. will be a brilliant
rendezvous
1t will be a cosmopolitan gathering
there too. for these genial and distin-
guished hosts have friends in all the cor
ners of the globe. and will be glad of a
reunion with them, and they will be
sure OF being entertained by the special
ambassador of the United States
Rear Admiral ClOvers family are ex-
pected in London at that time. They are
o1J vi Of bp
of " HON they saw much during the re-
gimc Of Adniral Glover as naval attache
of our embassy in London. 1t is no new
experience for Miss Glover to appear at
court, for she has been presented there.
but it is all new and different now, far
greater difference between the regime
OF this King George and the one pre-
cedinG il than there was between that
OF the late King Edwards court and the
court of his mother. There are quite
as many attractions there to Americans,
although our countrymen in London do
not stand. and will not with King
George and Queen Mary as they have
with the British royalty for the past
few years. This is not discoura ging. as
yet to the great masses of Americans
bent on spending the spring season in
London.
The country homes round about Wash
inCton, which are growing more numer-
GUS every year, are beginning to take
on some life, and in another week their
owners will have returned to them for
the short season or the long one, as the
case may be The class who spend only
"A few weeks OF the spring and autumn
in their country homes is also increas-
ing in Washington, and after the first
few weeks of lovely springtine, the
places are again closed, or deserted, and
the owners have gone farther north, or
Europeward
Some there arc, however, who find
more comfort in the surrounding hills
and their own luxurious ffresides than in