The Washington times., 1913-10-12
! JEAN ELIOT@
f LETTER.

she visited the Smiths so long
Oh, dear, but the girls who are in Wash
ington now have had the times of their lives
this past week with the officers of the cav
airy brigade who are camping at Fort Myer
Most OF the entertaining, which has been
in the form of dances and dinners, has been
loads, and the Washington men are entirely
out of it. The girls attended everything in
punches, with chaperon, and had all sorts
of escorts after they got there in the form of
these officers, who are delightful. I'm won-
dering if there are many budding romances.
hope so for one.
Mrs. Ned Mclean certainly did create
furore at the Brockton fair, with her splendid
robes of purple velvet and fine lace, and
diamond SO big that the rural folk went back
to their farms swearing that they had at last
beheld the famous Hope diamond. Ned Nc
Lean went over to Massachusetts, from New
port you see, and had some of his very finest
horses at the Brockton horse show, and they
took blue ribbons too, but my, all of that
seemed mild compared with the splendor of
Mrs. Ned Notwithstanding the 6nery, such
as the simple Brockton folk never before be-
held she was mighty appreciative of the
chickens and ducks, pears, apples, varieties
of pumpkins and the like, and played with
the babies and srolled over the tan bark and
hung around the paddock and left the most
brilliant and delightful impression in her
wake.
When | read that story the other day
about the immense amount of tariff Mrs.
Stotesbury paid on her new fall fnery, which
she brought back from abroad this year, it
recalled to my mind the story that society
reporter tells. At the time of the wedding
of Mrs. Oliver Cromwell and Mr.. Stotes-
bury, the reporter went to the Cromwell
house to get the details, and after being most
graciously received by Mrs. Cromwell and
given what she asked for, Mrs. Cromwell al
lowed her to see her trousseau. A maid ac
companied the reporter person" to the room
and as the girl enthused over the lovely
things the maid looked more and more dis
gusted with the whole affair, and finally,
when the newspaper girl picked up heaven
ly affair of pale pink paeon velvet all lined
with soft white swansdown, and called it
dream of an opera cloak, the maid said in
French: "Oh, horrors, the person can't tell
the difference between bath robe and a
cloak
However, the reporter never let on to the
maid that she understood French.
do wish your mother was going to be
here this winter She does love it so. The
Tuesday afternoon bridge and tea parties at
her beloved Colonial Danes Club have COM
menced for the season, the first one being
held last week. They all had such a splen-
did time! Mrs. Baggett presided. They are
to be just the same this year as last. The
members send in before hand how many
guests they are expecting and the various
committees arrange for the details. These
are wonderful things for our
mothers. 1t keeps them young and in touch
with things and people.
What is coming over these Washington
society girls, Susan, that they are all going
into business" as their friends put it? Is it
that they are really becoming serious mind
ed and tired of the gay and frivolous life
they lead? Some one from New York was
telling me yesterday that they met Pauline
Magruder in Albert Huerta's studio and that
when they asked what she was doing there
they were told that she was employed there
Interior decoration is an interesting work
and it is large field.
This tale of Pauline Magruder reminds
ne of the rumor that is ahoat down here
about Esther Denny told you last time
wrote that she was in Philadelphia studying
out | failed to tell you what she was study
ng That was because | didn't know I'm
old now that it is how to become miliner
and that she is with milliner who owned
he Brighton Casino shop, in Atlantic City,
md that they are going to open place here
n Connecticut avenue
Miss Gladys ingalls,, who will tarry late at