The Washington herald., 1917-12-09

~ oNPARE your engagement book
4 for this month with that for
the corresponding month Of
last year and ponder. 1t viii
prove to be another reminder that We
are at war and that society fully re-
sllZeS the fact The pages Of the lit
tie book for December, 1915. will be
well filed with engagements for break
fast parties. luncheons, card parties,
dinners, debutante AFFAIRS, dances, sup
peIs aPd every sort of function
This month ther are inscribed
therein dates OF Red Cross con-
ference, Red Cross sewing classes,
Rcd Cross benefit performances. lunch
cons for this relief work, q sale for
.aat and so on. When = dance or card
E1.-ry dcls creep in occasionally 1t, too,
Is usually for the benefit OF some
e-aritable effort Everybody Il work
ing at something these days. As q So
eisty , said the other day;
~ too busy now TO even
sz.. ore; and then. too, no
ose dos .... ,hing to gossip about
n1wadsys You can't gossip about
folks who spend their days laboring
AoA SUNNI boou pdipooS.
The small amount Of informal enter
tanning that is going on is usually for
some distinguished visitor in Wash
aston or else on Saturday evenings
when men in the service are In town.
The Chevy Chase Club 10 q popular
gathering place on Saturday evenings.
when there are always a number OF
small dinner parties usually with the
men in uniform predominating among
the guests.
Last evening the Swedish Minister
and Nine. W. A. =. Ekengren enter
tanned at dinner in compliment to the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MeAdoo, DR.. FridtJof Nansen and
DR.. Hjalmar Lundbolm. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Folk had dinner guests at the
Chevy Chase Club; also Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter. Much of the entertain
ing OF last week, though very in
formal. was for Mrs. William J,
Bryan, who is the guest OF Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture and Mrs. Carl
VroOman. Other notables here are
tire Chinese Military Mission, for
whom the Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Baker gave a dinner on Friday even
hg. Several parties have been planned
4UA NlAEAA NliAS NEEhs anu
Lady Aberdeen are here now for the
National Council Of Women, whose
sessions began yesterday and will last
until Wednesday next. Lady Aber-
deem is president OF the International
Council of Women and will address
the meeting
The mornings of last week found
many of the elite either before or be-
hind the counters at the rummage
sale in Fourteenth street for the
benefit of the infant welfare eenters
Of the Washington Diet Kitchen AS
sociatien. Mrs. Joseph Letter acted
as cashier. usually dressed in a plain
tailored suit and white shirtwsist like
a regular" cashier. Behind the coun-
ters at different times were such
prominent women as Mrs. Wiehfeld,
Mrs. George Howard, Mrs. Marshall
Field Mrs. z. II. G. Slater, Mrs. H.
H. Rogers and Mrs H. c. Graef.
NorgaTet Perrin, one OF the members
Of .ha Rcd Cross refreshment corps,
vss iTting around from place to
place I-rr Of each day, looking very
aft~-- ave. rs is usual. One day she
ne s-ylish black satin and serge
fr3c-, IN the hem OF the skirt rolled
b --->.sh ashton. With 1t she wore
'.-nia; black toque covered with a
ITu- breast and wing, and though
ne. oGyes came to the wrist, she had
on Iwelve-button while gloves, which
she never removed during the day.
not even when lighting numerous
scented tapers which she placed
throughout the building. Why she
did not burn those gloves was a mys-
terry to several onlookers. but she
didn't.
The sale is to last through this
week. and is proving to be a real
success. Almost every sort of a thins
can be had there and many Of the
articles for sale are brand new. On
the second floor, where tea is served
at small tables, there Is an interest
ing display of gowns of many varie-
ties and most OF them presented to
the association by prominent cos
tuners; also evening slippers of every
color and style. many Of which look
Ike they have never been worm
Among those looking at the gowns
We're Mrs. Ormsby McCammon and
Mrs. Frank Evans, both of whom are
unusually ATTRACTIVE young women.
Luncheon hour found many of the