The Washington times., 1914-08-02
! JEAN ELIOT@
9 LETTER.


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Miss Dixon, by the way, was none other
than the very lovely Alice Dixon, whose mar
riage last winter to Carlo Pinto, of Paris,
was one of the events of the season in Mil
waukee. She is as pretty a blonde as ever
saw. Tell Berna, of Cornell fame, who was
a member of the Olympic team, is living in
Milwaukee these days and wrote me an in
terestirL account of the wedding
A little girl who has just returned to
Washington from Mexico, where she has
lived most of her life, was taken out to the
Country Club by some friends recently and
when she was told the President was playing
golf there and would be on the last hole
soon, she was ryost anxious to see him.
She could not understand where his SOL
diers stood while he played and she could
not understand how he played with his sword
and uniform on. 1t was all explained to her
that he was not like the President of Mexico.
Finally when the President appeared, one
of her friends took her over to one of the
Secret Service men and asked him to allow
her to stand beside him and watch the Presi-
dent finish his game. He not only did this.
but when the game was done, took her over
and introduced her She was so eager to 60
to the President where he stood that she
tripped and would have fallen, but the Presi-
dent caught her in his arms. He chatted
with her for some little time discussing
Mexico. When he departed from the club he
happiest and proudest little women in Wash
ington.
Lucy Mackall sent me postal the other
day from England. She is having most in
teresting trip with Lucia Hollerith, Hannah
Matthews and Hannah's aunt, Miss Emily
Matthews. They are spending most of their
time in England and Scotland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackall with the younger
members of the family and the John David
sons are at their lovely place at Langley, Va.
The polo field at the Speedway is being
turned over to flock of sheep for moving
purposes, not unusual way, of course, but
have never seen it done here before. Also
there are many yarns going about as to their
origin. Some say they belong to butcher
who does big business here and finds it an
economical way of fattening his flock. A
much prettier story has il that the smart polo
playing men of the town complained that the
grass was not kept close enough and George
Oakley Totten promised to fix things. He
imported the sheep and, they tell me, brought
over half dozen or so picturesque shepherds
in native costume from wherever in Europe
is the habitat of shepherds. They, it seems,
spoke no English and found sheep tending
on the mall very uninteresting. In fact they
moped so they had to be shipped home post
haste and the beasties turned over to the
charge of a perfectly competent, but perfect
ly unnteresting boy in overalls.
Dear me, Susan, but there have been
some smart dinner parties recently at the
Chevy Chase Club. What would Washing
ton do without the club anyway? With so
many diplomats and officials here this sum-
mer (and they live at the club in the even
ings and on Sundays it makes Washington
splendid place to be, even if it is mid-sum-
mer.
Paymaster John S. Higgins of the navy
gave large dinner Wednesday evening pre-
ceding the mid-week dancing for the Spanish
Ambassador, Senor Riano, and there were
any number of other smart dinners. And
telling you of all this reminds me of the fact
that Mrs. Morris Evans is at the cllN Snuch
these days Come to think Of it she was
among those at both the Higgins dinner for
the ambassador and another one given by
Count some one, I've forgotten. Anyway,
Mrs. Morris Evans and chatted a moment
as we met and she ;olt ME that Meta is
making visits in New England and having
the time of her young life. Meta is so at
tractive and so we'll versed in the gentle art
of being pretty and knowing how to enjoy
life. In August Mrs. Morris Evans will join
her for the remainder of the summer.
And in speaking of Meta Morris Evans