The Washington times., 1916-01-30
JEAN ELIOT LETTER

| once even saw a lady with cigarette
in the ball room at charity ball,
but this was a little different. You see
there are signs all about the lobby pro-
hibiting smoking for the men. out of
courtesy to the feminine patrons of the
theater. At any rate the manager mildly
intimated that this was an undesirable
precedent Whersupon the party stroll
ed out on the steps, and one OF the
ladies. draping herself nonchalantly on
the rail, proceeded about the business
of finishing her cigarette. Tableau! At
least 1t was enough of tableau to
cause quite commotion among the
passersby. must admit. however, that
the lady-she was strilkingly handsome
looked very fetching as she puffed
away and swung her dainty feet in their
silver slippers.
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Such jolly party! About John
Eager's dance, be It known, the only
sad thing was the fact that 1t was a
farewell party for the host. who already
is off and away with Panama as his
destina tion. OF course. everybody from
Fort Myer, where Lieutenant Eager has
been stationed recently, was there, many
of the army people on duty in and
about Washington, most of the debu-
tantes. and a pleasant sprinkling of
common, or garden, civilians, Just
enough to fll the Playhouse comfort
ably
a number of the girls were to 60 on
to Mrs. Edison Bradley's, but such a
good time were they having that they
arrived at the other party after it was
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| the Playhouse to dance until the wee
small hours OF the morning. 1t was all
| very gay. Bernstein played, and when
ever. he stopped to draw breath or to
snatch a bite Of supper Hugo de Pena
| usurped his violin and bow, and proved
himself no mean musician and an ex-
| cellent leader.
Joe Treat, who has a trick of lifting
| his partner clean off the floor. picked out
| the smallest girls in the room to dance
| with and kept his partners in dizzy
| whirl Do you remember how Ed
| Greble used to pull that stunt?" The
Charlie Hagners were among the guests.
| likewise Frederica Morgan Cameron,
who is as popular with the boys as any
debutante Margaret Howard, Ruth
4 Hitchcock. the Treat girls. Frances
Trayer.~ Catherine Hill, Dorothy Ale
shire. Helen Macumber. Oh! you know
| the crowd.
| l was particularly taken with the two
| little Raybaud girls, who are having a
decided vogue these days. Their father,
Colonel Raybaud, goes about with them
i most of the time. He has such fine mill
tary carriage and looks every inch the
diplomat Young Apres Borden was
also there. He Is up from Panama on
leave and is with his parents. DR.. and
4 Mrs. William Cline Borden.
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John Eager is one Of the cleverest OF
the younger army men who have been
in Washington recently. His is a civt
appointment. but, had two Harvard de-
grees 10 his credit before he went into
the army. The Edwin Parkers have
also been ordered to Panama from Fort
4 Myer and Edwin got off with John Eagel
! on six days notice. This. however. was
a little too h8sty for Hannah. She has
l DECIDED to wait until spring before sail.
ing and will, spend the intervening time
with her people. the Henry S. Mat.
! thews,' at their home in Georgetown.
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j Here san anu sing story. Susan. and
have. it from a debutante, If you please