The Washington times., 1916-01-23

day. The room is really too small 10
hold more than a handful with COM
Tort The floor Of the main room has
been in bad condition for many months,
30 II does seem that its familiar un-
evenness might have been put up with
until summer The trouble comes. /
am told, from the fact that there ~ no
cellar under this part Of the building.
the boards are laid right on the ground.
and hence the dampness plays havoc
with the surface in no time
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Elsie Ferguson was q guest at Mrs.
Armstead Davis dance the other eve
ming, and was quite the belle of the baii.
She wore a black gown--her clothes ore
always perfectly marvellous, thing
with garland OF crimson roses that
swung free from the waist line wnen
she danced. OF course, the women took
In the details OF her frock from decoi-
tage to hem. with a keen eye for point
ers. but the men had eyes only for ner
pretty face. She looks younger in ner
proper person than on the stage ana
even prettier while she dances c1arm-
ingly and has a most winning manner.
Tine party. by the way. was one of the
prettlest OF the season. the Ulaynouse
since its remodeIing being perfectly APP
pointed for everything but plays.
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Ail-of.a-sudden weddings seem TO be
quite the thing I'm Washington. The
eIopement OF Ruth Lester and John
Buchanan came hard upon the heels Of
Madame Vassilieff's marriage to Com
mander Mishtowt. and even while
tongues we're wagging over the marriage
Of these two young things came the
news that Mrs Colby Dodge had be-
come Mrs. Edward Larooue Tinker.
Mr.. and Mrs John Buchanan came
home last week. and were duly for
given Matrimony seems not to have
interfered with the brides popularity
in the least. for when ! saw her at the
supper dance at the Willard Thursday
evening the men were flocking about her
and breaking her dances into little bits.
suppose one can't be stern with boy
and girl like that. but-well. what's done
Is done and there's an end to 1t.
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Mr.. Tinker. whose marriage to Mre.
Dodge took place on Monday. Is New
Yorker. but he has been In Washing
ton great deal this winter. maintHin-
ing a suite at the Shoreham. He Is the
possessor of 4 most extra ordinary car,
a long boat-shaped green machine. WITH
a wooden rail all same like" Yacht.
Mrs. Tinker first came 20 Washington
as a young widow. Her husband, the
late Victor Cordell, Of Baltimore, left hel
a comfortable fortune, but provided
1 understand. that she must give 1t an
n she married again. However. the
story goes. when she decided TO become
the wife OF Mr.. Dodge. Mr.. Cordelfs
children arranged "A settlement upon
her. The Dodge menage always seemed
particularly contented one, ano
Washington society was greatly sur
prised when the marriage came B. crop
per at Reno last August. Mrs, tinker
has always been social favorite. and
is extremely witty end amusing
Mrs. Victor KauGmanns silver tol
furs, which she wears quite trequehl'
with afternoon costumes. have come II
for much favorable Comment Th'
are both beco ming and unusually hahd
some. 1t was at Mrs. Fred DenneC
| tea dance for her daughter. Dorothy
that l overheard two women taking
about them. Cne seemed 10 approve
! OF the way Mrs. <auTfmann wore TIT
! scarf. with the tails hanging dJWn he
back after the latest mode. Yes re
/ marked the other casually. Il like tn
! tails Of Keuimann." Rather clever.
! thought.
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| Mrs. Frederick I4ichelberger will b
at home Saturday afternoon for tn
! last time this season and ! do want L
: The E,ipb
! eihergeTs have a most deliShtiul lhti
house in Bancroft place. gust n teN
| doors from the Nevil Monroe Hopkins
interesting home. Mrs. Eichelterge
received last Saturday also and So nan
people dropped in that the party to1l
on the appearance OF a tea. They hav
recently purchased dandy new car.
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Dorothy brakes strenuous season la
winter, when she was a debutante. wa
too much for her and this year she hs
been obliged to take a complete resi-
Indeed. she has been really ill for soy
eral months, had n half dozen OnerA
tions on her throat and is just hegin
| ping to improve. She has been obIige
TO refuse all invitations. even Tor PAL
ties of an informal character, much I
the regret of the yorng people.
Mrs. Alden Smoot, who has been sui
fering from typhoid fever, is another j.
valid who is beginning to so abou
again.
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In two of the Cabinet homes a mil
tragedy was enacted on New Yea
Day, and the day thereafter. Had yo
been anywhere in tho neighborhood {
Mrs. Daniels home or the Garriso
residence IN Connecticut avenue tina
afternoon, you would easily understan
how 1t happened ;nat all the availab
receptaClcs for cards we're exhauste
and scrap baskets called into service
What was Mrs. Daniels distress I
discover next day that the baskets ha