The Washington times., 1914-03-22
! JEAN ELIOT@
6 LETTER


Mr.. Earle has so many old friends here. His
father was known as one of the finest law
yers in town.
With the Earles are Mr. and Mrs. GriggS,
also of New York, I'm told. Then Mr.. Arm
stead, of New York, Mrs. John Davis
brother, is also here.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee are hav-
ing luncheon for all of them, and tonight
Mrs. John Davis is giving dinner party at
the club. TheAon Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Barrett Ridgely will have luncheon
party, and in the afternoon Miss Squire tea.
Was Jeanette Aliens marria.e to Lieu
tenant Andrews a surprise to you? 1t was.
to me. I'm a trusting, confding soul, and
all these things get by me. Monday after
noon | was up to the hat sale at Mrs. Rich
ardson's (for the benefit of the Lucy Hol
comb D. A. R. Chapter) and several of the
girls were in there looking for hats, and
they were talking about the Wilson-McAdoo
wedding and the Allen-Andrews one. They
said that they thought jeanette had the right
idea.
When the president of Smith Colleee and
Mrs Burton arrive in Washington on the last
day of this month they will find that a splen-
did pro- ram has been arranged for them.
They will visit the Rudolph Kauffmanns
in the Avenue of the Presidents, and the
Smith College Club of Washington, I. which
Mrs. A. N. Wood is the president, will look
out for them too. p ...:-..
In the morning Of the 5lst President Bur-
ton will address the Congressional Club,
and Miss Weed, at the Northumberland, will
entertain at luncheon that day for Presi-
dent and Mrs. Burton, and that afternoon
they will have tea with Mrs. Wood and that
night Congressman and Mrs. Borland of Mis-
souri, will give dinner for then. Then, on the
next day, April l., Dr. Burton will attend the
Round Table luncheon. and the next day
they are to be the honor guests of tine AS
sistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Breckin-
ridge at Rauscher's, followed by a reception
there by the College Club. L
This week has been one of the most fra
grant ones of the winter. I've never seen so
many lovely floral decorations in nv life.
There were so many luncheons and each
hostess tried herself when it came to the
decorations. Of course, St. Patrick's Day
had something to do with it.
On Monday Mrs. Salisbury, wife of the
Senator from Delaware, gave luncheon
for the Misses Wilson, and it would seem
that she had gathered up all the spring flow
next day, Ilrs. Bankhead and Mrs. Horton
gave their luncheon. Unfortunately, Mrs.
Horton was lot able to be present. The dec
orations at this party were fine. A Japanese
basket about FIVE feet high filled with pink
roses was the chief feature
Mrs. Owens luncheon for Mrs Daniels
was a remarkably beautiful entertainment. A
ship of state made of red and white sweet
peas adorned the table and a wireless at
tachment was arranged in some way and at
exactly the right moment, I'm told the Sen
ator, who was IN Baltimore that day. sent a
message of greeting to the guests. Wasn't
that original?
NIS. NlyCi, WIG VI tlS SC.iotoi IIoih
Montana, had luncheon the next day and
she used about dozen bushels of yellow
and white jonquils and sweet peas.
At Mrs. Clayton's luncheon yesterday
her decorations were of American Beauty
roses and white sweet peas and snap
dragons.
And while I'm thinking about table dec
orations | must not forget to tell you about
the dinner that the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Bryan had recently. They had laven-
der as the color scheme. reckon I'm told
that one must say reckon in this Admins
tra) you would say to stop now, for lavender
is too dull at night. But it is not. Everyone
who attended the Bryan dinner remarked
about the unusually effective decorations.
The centerpiece was huge PLAGUE of
sweet peas and the candles had little Dres-
ten silk chades lined with lavender silk The
light shielded by them was exquisite.
One day this week | was talkin, to
particularly bright newspaper girl who has