The Washington times., 1914-03-01
! JEAN ELIOTG
9 LETTER

guests They all understand French so well,
but there was one woman who sat near me
who was even more unfortunate than |. She
did not understand one word of II, and she
did not have neigfbor nearby like Jane
who did. However, everything has its ad-
vaiitages, | suppose, for she had wonder
fully fine nap from ntcrmisSon to intermis
sion. Sitting quite near her were Mrs. Mar
tin LittIeton and her young son. They were
greatly interested, for young Mr.. LittIeton is
an excellent French pupil.
On, dear. yes. should say Washington
is keeping right along with The fads and
fashions. We may be little late, perhaps,
but We enjoy them when we get them, and,
also, might add that the stranger within
our gates seems to enjoy them, too.
We know all about tine supper dansant.
In fact. we go TO it nights after the theater,
and sometimes when We have not been to
the theater the Fowhatan was the first
hotel to have them here, as far as | know,
but they have discontinued until after Lent.
You see, the Powhatan is right up on re-
ligious observances, as we'll as style. On
the other hand. the New Willard Hotel is
long on style only. They gave their very first
supper dansant Monday night week ago,
and they are scheduled every Monday for
month They are being given under the
auspices of Mrs. HauXhurst and Mrs. Gron-
ner, of New York who established the the
dansants there around Christmas time. They
have been such success that there is little
doubt that the evening dances will be quite
as much so.
They begin about 10 o'clock, and are held
in the Red Room, and splendid orchestra
plays for the dancing.
should say the dansants al the Shore
ham arc popular. There is something so
attractive about the arrangement there, even
if it is bit crowded at times, you always
want to 60 again.
Some Of our Young dancing men'-tllat
species of local masculinty who handle
their feet with greatest dcXteTlty-are made
of sterncr stuff than some people think.
Young Sterling Larrabee, who has just re-
turned from service in the Philippine con
stabulary. illustrated some of this 'ste7ner
stuff the other night, when proTllncn;
snob remarked to him, with an affected Eng
lish accent. "Oi say, LarTabce, old chap, Who
is cr-til lat--eT-person? Ihcy tell me his
father was upon time police officeT
What is he doing here?'
Il don't care who his father was. never
asked YOU VINO YOUR forcfatilers were,
cruelty replied Larrabee. And without CIV
ing his ques:ioner time to say aught else, nc
walked away Needless 10 say. the answer
enhanced Larrabccs average 1000 per cent
in the estimation OF all who oVcrhcard The
incident
Had it been any ordinary deoutantc OF
the temperate zone who found herself stuck
fast in a taXicab in two inches or SNOW IN
front Of tic Pan-American Building the otreT
night, there would have been no uProaT from
the crowd Of society folk gathered there
about And why such symphony OF Ohs!
and Abs OF surprise at tlc inability o.
mere taxicab to move through such an IL
significant thickness OF snow? All because
the pretty occupant of the taxi haPpcnc1 to
be Miss Marie PCary, daughter OF the o''-
covcTcr Of the Nort:, Pole, otherwise known
as TIC Snow Raby.
Whether the sight of sir! who h@d sur
mounted gigantic snow drifts and br''ed
ether arctic dangers in company with ncr
father embarrassed by several inches ct snow
and slusi struck the crowd as ridiculous, or
whether tfcy just took notlo', to josh Miss
Pcarv is not known.
Oh You Snow Ba6j, c.:' Iou SNOW
Habv!" soCctv-and nearly all social Wash
in@ton was there at John Harrctts part
c.oruscd. If Mis- Fcary tho-&j:t anything
a0oui the machine or the cn2"!;cur, Or the
snow. sic hid it meath pleasant smile. Inc
cnsna cau2ht hold in TIC .n"" IN few
n.;n;:tes END she was whizkel quickly ircn
her too prominent position.
Do YOU know, Susan. | so believe that the
nla.ixc will be the dance that will outilVc
the tango and all The others and be the dance
Of the future 1t is beautiful in all the VaTa-
e;o,e ,Iot orc he;ru OTGinated Dorothy