Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
VIRGINIA TATNALL PEACOCK

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+ TAVING bndged Or jumped Ash Wednesday,, the world of society is
again o n its way. Those who have dropped out of the procession
are not numerous and their influence is less dominant than it was
in a godler age OF a decade or mort ago, when entertaining in the forty
days of Lent was more crushing, socially, than crime 1t was not fash
ionable, The dinner table, so fr As a social institution went, vas aoohsneo'
and as for dancing, except at mi-Careme, the polite world would have none
of it There are still some survivals of that self-sacrihcial PERIOD though
they have almost the ring of quaintness. The world for instance has not
lost the trick OF keeping as keen a n outlook or mdLent as II a oeselt
stretched between, and a ball now could bring the SAM relish that one
of Mrs, Herbert Wadsworths costume dances OF a bal masque Or bal
poudre at TIL home of some other mart hostess brought eight or 'en
years ago.
Soc1ErY ven to the hunt ball shrove Tuesday night a if it really
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there fn a ps "A % eiesisnft of sSs' P!si dea IT and @' his GsI immediate eptourase has
3; s. e, y ;ss; ia; nd S{: seas 81 sf: an d Ssi Pf Ssi: si ' Z ' sfe s;5sssy 1 The 's %3's E:
bal, s; s9. ea%psfsa i9t ad fsw S' btfoit had 1sss s4BRsg f q te WRITE Rsfte h ao~s ST. nc ''l'-
ball. T sf so sS s.T 6sSs. 'a," Kat t1 ~ea %df IMPOSE ss a s:s ob 1s ,5s N the Rs,f az {, q {
the.principal guests. The music, the gay spectacle generally, MAKE 1t a sc-
cess VIII merely a brief attendance of the nw powers
THE VICE PRESIDENT and NJ, Marshall 4L will - b a sm9 sgu .hs s mssds of
night i !as Hssss : H 9sl tf sai sssl Hs5s s f : sigs !. ! s esssfi;ss !. u. s { Vii : ii : e. Is yS Il:
as they were four years ago, the Vice Preaden eseol 70 n rom s ne
Canitol on the day OF the inaugural ceremonies. Already house parties arr
assembling in several of the cabinet homes to remain over tn inauguraIon
and for the first time in twelve years there will be Inauguration guess ].
5 !5s W i;M5y a s{ ise " aasso 2asi9 P15Eid s' !h io ti that !; Of in h Rs0s ssess ss TRANSIT Is sire Us"
stance not compatible with entertaining house guests.
MANY farewell Inequalities that were on thu cards our years ago
aenerallv known, practically the entire administration to emaln intact. Nj MI
Gone Johnson, who has been solicitor of the State Department during MI MI
Wilson'S administration, and who returns, this wee to take up ms ms lSm
nractce At his home in Texas. and Mrs. Johnson are among the rev *
renEons Their reception. Wednesday afternoon, arranged t give them N
pportunit @ bid goodbye to the large circle Will which hy nave oeen
identified during the last four years, followed man TEs osp.an ef Sta4e
and Mrs. Lansing we're anon the guests, and Mrs Gregory MIS- MrS' KANSAS osnson
md Mrs. Burleson we're among those assisting: MI n MT. J ms
have made many friends here, and they had to listen wednesday 10 "ahy
expressions OF regret
7HE announcement OF the engagement of Miss Mona MeAdoo' daughtet
l. OF the Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr.. FERDINAND oe MohIehse ~ ~.
oea s Al Washington. The wedding, for which the date is not yet set
viii be one of seyeral international marriages celebrated mere TINS yedl, m
cIudinp those OF Miss Catherine Birney and Baron Schoen OF tn German
dinlonatic corps and of Miss Briton and Prince Hohenohe OF te Aus.o-
winter among those of the year. 1t will be the third marriage IN the am
1v OF Secretary McAdoo since the beginning OF the dmlnlstrato at d
nrsd e ;u he 'a administration matrimoniany, taking place at Baltimore in June
following the inauguration of President Wilson.
TT is no new sensation for members OF the national legislative body in
i time OF stress to be uprooted % Dime parties or other Socia saan n
;,or ar torn rom the tranquil seclusion o their W homes n haled I
CanitolH Hill Ito make II a quorum. The hands OF the clock can be tam
neIedw with indefinitely and, with the session rushing to its close, tn lamp
brrninp brightly beneath the feet of the goddess who surmounts n dome
~ the Capnol night fife night should serve as reminder that dinner
invitations during the coming week must be accepted with a string to tn
acceptance. rhair euss we're epresentativ C.