The Washington times., 1913-12-07


Lucie Hoke Smith and her fance, Ensign
Simpson, on December 29 the night before
the wedding. Mrs Daniels just has the
'knack" of giving these prenuptial parties,
and they are always successes. The dove
luncheon she gave for the Presidents daugh-
ter before her marriage to Mr.. Sayre was
splendid and | know Lucies dinner will be
just as lovely.
The wedding is not to be very large af-
fair on account Of Mrs. Hoke Smiths Ill
health, but there will be number of house
guests and any number of informal parties
up to. the very day of the wedding.
Too bad you won't be here for the frst
Georgetown Assembly of the season, Mon
day night Rememb-- the one last yeas,
when the new dances were not allowed and
the troubles that ensued? I'm told that DR..
MackaIl, the present president, has no obJec-
ton to the dances as they are, and everyone
is anticipating the best time ever. Isn't that
organization wonderful thing? Just re-
member. nv dear Susan, it has been meeting
regularly since before Washington was
even little baby city and Lafayette
is said to have attended one and some
one even went so far as to say that George
Washington was also dancer in their midst
at one time The dances are given this
season as usual at Linthicum Hall.
Did YOU know that the Edward mcCau-
leys, junior, were being congratulated upon
the birth of little daughter, away out IN
Constantnople, recentlyo And did you know
that the Guy Castles are receiving the same
Fluctuations? The Castle baby arrived about
three DAYS ago, here in Washington.
Senator and Mrs. Oliver are expected in
this country very shortly now; in fact, they
are on the high seas, having sailed day IT
so ago from London. They spent some time
with their son-in-law and daughter in Con-
stantinople.
The McChords have taken house for
the winter. And guess what house they have
taken? The Scott house, at I'LL Connecticut
avenue, which was the Turkish embassy.
Margaret is just so pleased with it, and is
already planning for parties and measuring
up that ballroom and calculating just how
many couples can castle glide in there. The
house is being gone over a little, and early
next week they expect to leave the Willard,
where they have always lived when in Wash
ington, and move into the house.
Unless their plans are changed, there will
be a real old-fashioned Southern house party
over Christmas, and all sorts of lovely things.
The McChords are the past masters of en-
tertainng, and it has always bothered Mar
garet because she lived in hotel
Your telling me about your new furs re-
minds me to tell you about the perfectly
gorgeous ones Mrs. John H. Stephens is
proudly-and justly so-wearng these days.
You remember Mrs Stephens She is the
pretty little blonde lady from Texas. Wife
of Congressman Stephens. They used to
live at Congress Hall and are now in the
house that they took recently, on the corner
of Maryland avenue and A street northeast,
directly in front Of the Capitol Well, to get
back to the furs. These furs are made from
some skins of genuine sea otter which Mr.
Stephens got in Alaska some time ago. He
took them over TO Rose and thev made them
up in the natural state without using any dye
or anything like that and they are just about
the prettiest things I've ever seen. In color
they are the softest dove gray, and the fur
itself is like spun silk or spider web or what
ever is the softest. finest thing in the world
They must be worth just lots of money, for
they are so large The stole is ore of those
new collar models, and the muf is very
large and ALMOST square, with very little bed
ding, and the Innings used is the softest gray
moire silk
The StephcnSes have their home fixed up
so beautifully now, and it does l.lake that
nice, old-fashoned part of Capitol Hill
look like it should. Inside they have such
wonderfully fine Indian rugs and SO many
interesting Indian and Mexican things.
Things are rather dull down here now,
the weather and tine social calendar are
more suggestive of early October than early
December
The regular Wednesday dinner dances
at Chevy Chase Club draw larger crowds