The Washington times., 1916-01-02
A Chronicle o.
cJociety e

''Wpoft uuL hLANed on Tor q little
While to install his successor. FOR the
oast several weeks he and Sally have
been visiting the WainwriRhts. They
expect to be stationed at Fort I.eaven-
worth. Indeed, they were so sure that
all their household gear has been sent
to Kansas. and must be brought back
again, However, Mrs Bull is so tickled
1T being assigned 10 duty near wash
lngtcn-she grew up here and has liter
ally hosts OF friends-thAt she doesn't
secin To mind the trouble little bit.
virginia Wallis gave an attractive
bridge party for her on Thursday after
noon.
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Elena Calderon Is having the time OF
her life being an official delegate to the
Pan-Amerlcan Scientific Congress. She
must feel ever 50 important and In ad-
alton TO being ~ bit of parsonage at
all of the official entertainments she is
a, reigning belle among all the dis
tinguished Pan-Americans and, more-
over, can run out and order a taxicab
whenever she likes and send the bill to
Uncle Sam. That is my idea of real
Importance. but I'm afraid would
never be able to resist the tempta-
70 bpenO hll my title anu CHNlS
Sans money Joy riding.
Mercedes Godoy, on the other hand,
ls on the entertainment committee and
has to busy herself with seeing that the
visiting delegates have a good time.
She says it's all very agreeable except
that she has TO run to Union Station
every fifteen minutes to meet newcom-
ers and bid them welcome.
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In spite of the sudden unpopularity or
the paclhciSts. the Woman's Peace
Party continues to grow-ten new MEM
bers Joined yesterday-and preparations
for the annual convention go on apace.
The first conference will be held on
January and on the afternoon OF SUM-
day. January 9. at o'clock there will
be a big mass meeting at Polls Theater.
1t Is then that Jane Adams will speak.
The woman's Peace Party is not
bent on disarmament nor is It as
whole back OF the quaint crusade that
Mr.. Ford has engineered. Their program
Is constructive and they are working to
place peace, when 1t does come. on q
healthy basis and to establish some
means whereby future wars may be
avoided.
Poor Colonel Williams has had quite
time, and now he is in Emergency
Hospital recuperating from a slight
operation. Doesn't 1t sound strange to
Washington ears to hear OF anyone
deliberately selecting Emergency--iS
was such a horror for so long-but.
Of course, now 1t is one OF the finest
hospitals in the city. The rooms are
q n feN NakI N.-EN
colonel is doing very well.
The date of Juliette Letters start
for Florida, where she is to spend the
winter aboard a houseboat, is some
what contingent upon the rapidity of
her fathers recovery, but she expects
to leave late In January. Francise
Williams will go with her. and Joe
Letter will precede them to see that
everything IS in readiness. The two
boys--they are such dears-are to go
along with their troop of nurses and
attendants.
Last week the Letters had as their
guest for several days Sarah Hamil-
ton' OF Petersburg, Va. whose en-
eagement to Lieut.. Stephen Booth Nc
kinney U. S. N. has been recently an
nounced. hear she is ever so attrac-
tive. Booth Mckinney Is in the AdJu-
tant Generals office. of the Navy De-
partment, and is one OF the FIVE or
six delightful navy bachelors who
haVe-or had, for I'm not sure that
they are still there-an apartment in
the Avondale. He is a great friend
OF the Letters. ardsof Francise Will
iams as well. The marriage is to take
place next summer or in the early
fall.
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NO date has yet been decided upon
for the marriage of Dorothy Curtis Jor-
dan and Munroe Douglas Robinson. but
1t probably will take place in February.
Dorothy Is the attractive daughter of
Eben ID. Jordan, OF Beacon street. and
IL leading figure in the younger social
set In Boston. She is widely known for
her dancing. She is quite as efficient
In ballet dancing as some OF the famous
professionals. and on several occasions
has appeared at prominent entertain
ments for charity in New York and
Boston. She is an active member of
the Vincent Club and the Chiffon Club.
Dorothy Is fond OF outdoor life, and few
society girls are her equal as a horse
woman. golfer. or tennis player. She
has beautiful country place of her
own at Wenhan. purchased for her by
her father. where she passes her sum-
mers when the family is not abroad.
The Myopia Hunt Club and the Essex
Country Club are within easy reach of
the estate. and THE Rocks" the Jor-
dan estate at West Manchester, is not
far distant. She is about twenty-five
years old.
Douglas, as you know, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, OF New
York Mrs. Robinson was Corrinne
Roosevelt, sister of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt His aunt is Mrs. William
Sheffield Cowles. wife OF Rear Admiral
COwles.
Douglas has been associated with his
father in the real estate business since
his graduation from Harvard in 1909.
AS boy he attended st. Paul's School.
in Concord, N. H., and Harrow School,
in England. While in the real estate
business he made his headquarters for
several years in Chicago. Recently he
returned to New York. He is about
twenty-eight.
The returns are still coming in from
the Publications OF Christmas week