Evening star., 1916-11-05

A woman. new to Washington, whose
high official ranks she had recently
Joined. hidden by telephone to join the
Presidents guests at the White House
on election night a few years ago, was
much chagrined, upon her arrival there
in street dress, to discover every one
in evening clothes. Getting the re-
turns on election night had been to
her about as uncermonious procedure
as going to the movies is to the patrons
of that. pastime at present
Woman. in her evolution, is adding
a new duty to the many which have
engrossed her time and attention at
this season. Besides dates with the
house decorator. the mantua maker and
the modiste, she has now in various
localities her vote to-east. This phase
of changing conditions was brought
home forcibly last week, when several
women. declining invitations for this
week, regretted they would not be
here as they were going home to
vote" Invitations. by the way, are
becoming more numerous as dinner and
luncheon parties grow larger The
debutantes' season of luncheon parties
is just beginning. and the indications
are that this preliminary chapter to
their winter will be prolific. without.
however, coming up TO any such record
as was scored the season the new Prin-
cess Boncompagni. formerly Miss Mar
garet Draper. came out. when the
debutantes sat down to luncheon to-
gether at parties given in their honor
thirty times.
Informality is still the keynote of
entertaining. and will be for another
month. Many of last weeks parties
had all the informality of Halloween
gatherings. The Montgomery Blairs
dance. at their country home for their
daughters. Miss Edith Blair and Miss
Minna Blair: Mr.. and Mrs. George f.
Hamilton's dance, at their country
home for their daughters, Miss Eliza
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ton; Mr.. and Mrs. New.bold Noyes' din
ner at Dover House. followed by dane
ing. and Mr.. and Mrs Horace Westcotts
dinner. followed by Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Waggaman's dance at the Montgomery
County Country Club, notwithstanding
their informality, were distinctly smart
gatherings.
Altogether more formal were the fete
days of last week. two of them, at
the Japanese embassy. 1t was busy
week for the new ambassador, who
paid his devoirs to the President at
Shadow Lawn on Monday. returning in
time for the celebration of his en-
perors birthday Tuesday. Friday
brought a second celebration at the
embassy. that of the formal proclama-
tion Of Hirohit as heir to the imperial
throne, a proclamation made in 1912
but not celebrated because OF court
mourning at TOXIC for the late en-
peror, the young princes grandfather.
There was the fash of much gold braid
I.On
Branch Monday, when Mr.. Aimaro Sato
presented himself to the President
with all the ceremony that would have
attended the function had ii taken
place in the blue room instead of at
the summer residence of the President.
Il recalled Mr.. Roosevelt's recep-
tion of the late Baron Speck Won Stern
burg. when the latter presented his
credentials as German ambassador to
the President in his summer home at
Oyster Bay.
The marriage yesterday of Miss
Leita Montgomery and Lieut.. Terry
Brewster Thompson. U. S. N. will be
followed this week by several we'd
dings. military or semi-mlitary in
character. that of Miss Beatrice Clover
and Maj. Thomas Holcomb. L. S. NJ. c..
closing the week next Saturday with a
noon ceremony.
That Washington is q mecca for all
wanderers and meeting place for old
friends who have known each other In