The Washington times., 1916-01-23

shoulder, as she finally departed. "'Vell.
many are called. but Ic,v are rrcHen.'
And ] hav" alwaN, cherished a certain
bon mot which IS attributed 10 lei-it
may be arocmyrhai Tat certainly i, S
v orth repeating.
1T happened in the days when Miss
Cannon first came to Washington and
when she took the business OF return-
ing hundredS of calls very seriously.
, Her smart coupe and spanking pair
were familiar sights in the calling sec
ton, but one day her duty as an official
hostess took her to some queer corner
in northeast Washington. The house
looked most dclaridated, but she braved
the muddy pathway and rang the bell,
what's more she rang again and again,
to receive no answer. Finally she gave
IL up. Whats tho trouble. couldn't
YOU raise them uuCried the friend
who was with her. mo- said Miss
Cannon, nothing came TO the door but
the smell of cabbage"
-
or course. Miss Cannon was al Mrs.
Gilett Hills party and held court ALI
afternoon. She is q close friend of Mrs.
Hill and in particular of Mrs. Hills sis
ter, Miss Amaryllis Giilett. The tea
was ever so nice. At first the crush in
terfered rather with the dancing, but
after it thinned out il was great fun.
/ Half the lower floor OF the house, you
may remember. Is a studio, a delghGul
| room which made a perfect setting for
| the laughing girls In their pretty light
gowns.
| Then it was good to see Mrs. Hill and
: lRmira after their long absence
l<emirs Is as frank and jolly as over
and just as good fun. always re-
member her as the girl who got ahead
OF Mrs. Vernon Castle and introduced
the ukulele to Washington several years
ago. WHAT'S more she learned to pla y
# In Hawaii. where they tear the very
, heart out of music Mrs. Hill owns a
| good deal of property there. ! believe
and they spend much time in the is
| lands. Lemira is a really talented pi-
| anist, and has been a devoted student
OF music since she left Washington
The party was for her young kns-
! woman, Mrs John Dean Gillott Hill. a
charming addition to the list of visi-
| tors In Washington. Nina Stockton
| came up from Annapolis, where she /.
spending the winter with her aunt, Mrs
George c. Reid. to receive with Lemira
and STAYED in Washington over the
week end.
Mrs. William ID. stephens tells me
that her sun-in-laW and daughter. Lieut.
and Mrs. Randolph Zane, L. s. NJ c.
are having the ples santeSt possible win
ter in Honolulu. You remember JIsr,
bara Stephens, I'm sure, an unusually
pretty girl, with quantities OF fair hair
and a brilliant color. She made heI
debut here shortly after her father wa.
elected to Congress FROM California
had just one season in society, and ther
one Of those bold soldier boys cam.
along and married her.
In spite OF the fact that she married
into the Navy. Mrs. Stephens has man
aged to see quite little of her daugh
ter. For five months Lieutenant Zane
was in Mexico and during that tim,
Barbara was with her mother. Ther
last summer Congressman and Mrs
Stephens took a trip to Honolulu anC
spent several weeks with the Zanes
This summer Barbara expects to corn,
home for a visit. accompanied by he1
small daughter. Marjorie The baby il
sixteen months old a fascinatini
younGSter. Mrs. Stephens says so, anC
has less biased opinion to back her UT
: ~
Army and may people come and @
, and, although we civilian re sidents Z,
: on forever. we never quite Iet used I,
Z PARTING with our friends of the service
There seems to be a general exodu
scheduled for the spring. Capt. an,
, Mrs. Bayard Schindel expects to go an,
there are q nunbe. OF other arm,
people who will he manchued afte
, their fn,lr wears dItv here. Capt an
, Mrs MarE bristol ana Johnnie Isemal
r. ~ the navy people whose dsPartur