The Washington times., 1914-01-04
JSAN DEAR:


ne. This week has b@en busy one So
allv. There were so many parties morn
ing, noon, and night until stop to think
what happened early in, the week, and it
truly seems as if it did happen last year.
1t is hard to say which debutante of the
week came in for the most notoriety-- Gene
We've Clark or Marie Peary. They are both
girls of much the same type, although one
would scarcely say they look alike. Anyway,
they are both splendid girls and so popular.
The Clark reception was packed and
everyone wanted to wish the Speaker and
his family happy new year and wish the
debutante daughter happy voyage IN the
social sea- "
At the Peary reception met most in
teresting folks, and everyone was SO glad to
meet the admiral. Admiral Peary just doesn't
care rap about society, but, when his Snow
Baby" made her debut he was there all
|afternoon and escorted the receiving party to
the Army and Navy Club for the dinner and
dance in the evening.
Have you seen the Double Shuttie
done vet? 1t is the new dance that IS taking
Washington by storm. Whence If came and
why | do not know, but it is here all right.
Down at the hop at the Washington Barracks
Friday night If was being learned by all the
folks, and as many of that same set will be
at the the dansant which Mrs. Joseph Ihropp
is having this afternoon, | guess 1t VIII De
the order of things there.
Ii is not at all rough or ugly, but rather
q delightful improvement on the tish walk
When the members of the British aristocrocr
hear of if they will certainly term It mig
ger" dance, as they did the tango and other
modern ones, and put the ban on IT, too.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry White left
town this afternoon for Florida. They go to
ST Augustine first and then to Palm beacn.
They are going to be away fortni snt any
way and longer if Mr. White can arrange
to stay.
Monday evening is going to be very
busy one. That is the night OF the Charity
Ball for the benefit of the Childrens Hos
pital and the usual dinner parties and the
ater parties will precede it. Personally, I'm
more interested in the theater parties than
the dinners. At the Columbia Theater there
are going to be number OF parties to see
the Queen of the Movies" Later they will
20 to the ball. The Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Lane, the Postmaster
General and Mrs Burleson, and the Com
mandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Bid
ole will all have box parties, and | believe
The Minister of Peru and Nine. Pezet, too.
are having one. Then Gen. and Mrs. Albert
|. Mills are having dinner party and the
ater party there afterward, and so are Mr.
and Mrs. William Barret Ridgely, the Sen
ator George Chamberlains, the Gen. Will
lam L. Marshalls, the Judge Charles B.
Howrvs. and lust loads of folks we know.
Ruth Iones is having theater party, too,
hat will % to the ball afterward and Con-
FRESHMAN and Mrs William Schley Howard
Of Georgia are having dinner party which
they will bring to the theater before going to
The ball. Their party is in honor OF mrs
Towards sister, Mrs. George Robinson
Hackley, of Mexico City, who has come up
here to make them long visit.
OF course, this will be the first Charity
Rail- in wears when the chief feature of the
evening will not be the arrival of the Presi-
dent and the White House party, but, just
the same. | think the other box parties wih
help make up for it, and will come in foI an
additional share of attention as far ss the
quests generally are concerned. The FuS-
,ian ambassador the Brazilian ambassador
Mrs Larz Anderson, Mrs. Marshall Field, Or.
Preston Satterwhite, of New York; Mrs.
DeLos Blodgett, Mrs. Lloyd w. Bowers, Co...
Robert M. Thompson, Miss Calhoun, OF New
York and Mr.. and Mrs E. 7. Stotesbury, OF
Philadelphia, have taken the boxes.
.,
Mrs. Dimock had a luncheon today for
LADY Spring-Rice, and one of her guests
had the most awful time. Like. many other
folks. she forgot it was Saturday, the holi-
days getting her calendar all confused, and
forgot il was the day of the luncheon until
il was too late to go. Oh, she was all upset
about il, too.
Nearly everyone is keeping their at-home