The Washington herald., 1917-12-30

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Christmas. always q home holi-
day. was especially 50 this year. II
was given over to family reunions.
bringing not only the boys and
girls from school and college. but
many of the older ones from camps
for brief furloughs- For this reas-
on Christmas entertaining was
more delightful than ever, more
like the old time celebrations with
trees, merry-making and good
cheer. There was no end of family
dinner parties, luncheons and
dances for the younger set Ger
tainly war times or no war times,
the younger set, including not only
the debutantes but the sub-debu-
tantes and the set even younger
than the latter are having q beau
tiful time these holidays. There Ii
Just q continuous round Of parties
of all sorts. though all more or less
/ informal, for the girls and boys.
As one mother said, We should not
allow the shadow Of the war to af-
feet the young people as long as
possible, for it won't be long be-
fore, one by one, they will be touch
ed by the loss of some dear one in
battle. Then the boys; many OF
them will be in France IL the war
lasts much longer. Mrs. Charles
Bromwen for one, said she felt she
could not do enough for her boy
NJ. Scott Bromwell. to make his va
cation happy, for next summer he
will be twenty-one and will get his
commission in the army. And nc
doubt he will make as splendid an
OFFICER as his late father. who Ger.
tainly held an enviable record In
the army.
But the war has upset the Mard
Gras carnival in New Orleans
more's the pity. The mayor, Mr.
Behrman by name,h just announc.
ed that public masking, heretofore
q prominent feature of the last day
Of the Mardi Gras, will not be per
mitted this year to remove posi-
bility of serious trouble which
might occur were agents of th'
German government permitted Il
80 about the city disguised. Short
ly after Tnis country entered th'
war IL was decided to give up car
nival balls and parades. q.
The younger set even predominated
at the ball Christmas night. given fol-
the beneft Of the Children's Country
Home. That ball Is usually attended
by the older set In society, by Wash
ington's four hundred, who generally
bring out their best gowns and finest
Jewels for the occasion. Not so this
year. The few regulars who are in
terested in the home were all there
Of course, but the beautiful gowns and
jewels were missing. The rest wert
the boys and girls, and practically al
of the boys were in uniform OF some
sort. So many Of the boys were stran-
gers to Washington, were those who
having entered the service, have beer
ordered to duty here, while the boys
We all know who usually are to bt
seen at the social functions have gone
to France or to the different canton
ments IN this country or perhaps an
sailing the seas.
On the other hand there were many
there VINO had not been to q party
here for many days; who came from
different parts OF the country to spenG
Christmas with their families. Capt
Alfred Robins, u. s. N. c.. for one
was at the dance 1t is the first tim,
IN over two years that he has beer
back In Washington and was bus,
greeting and being greeted by his ole
friends all evening. Jia Orme, nov
a captain in the Ordance Corps. y
s. NJ. c., was there, having conn
home from FIT Worth where he II sta
toned, for Christmas Col Charlie.
Haight came up from Petersburg h
spend Christmas with his family O
Ft. Myer. and in npany with Col
Charles W. Fen a, slipped into tn,
dance for q while. Ormsby Mccain
mon, who has been up at Allentown
for months with the District Ambu
lance Corps, with Mrs. McCammon
was q guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
Letter in their box. Mr. McCammoI
has left the Ambulance Corps, havinI
received a commission as captain n
the Signal Corps and is home waitini
orders to go across the ocean. He 90
impatient to get over there and hope
now to beat the Ambulance Corp
across. The ambulance boys have ex
pected to sail every week now 70
months and have not gone yet Tn
boys are getting very impatient an,
will soon go on a strike If somethin
doesn't happen to get them to Franc
soon.
Mrs McCammon>h Mrs. Frank z
Evans living with her this winter .
they can keep each other compan
while their husbands are doing thei