The Washington times., 1917-10-28
News dndGOSSip
OfCdpitdl Social
Doin9S and FddS
DEAR SUSAN:

DElAh OOo<AN-
This has been q week of varied
activities and typical, doubtless, Of!
what the coming season is likely to-
bring forth. We had sundry dinners.
Including one with the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Lansing as hosts,
another given in their honor ey the,
Lord Chief Justice Of England and
Lady Reading and a third at the
home OF Don Joaquin Msndez, minis
ter Of Guatemala, where they shared
honors with the members Of the spe-
cial missions from the hosts own
country. The Minister OF Switrer-
land and Nine. Sulzer were also
among the dinner hosts of the week;
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan's din
ner for Mr.. and Mrs. Edward n. Hur-
ley was followed by dancing, and by
way Of purely social diversion we
had also the festivities in honor of
Dorothea Owen and John Cameron
Hawkins, whose wedding yesterday
was an interesting climax to the
weeks program
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First Concert of
The Season.
We had the first concert OF the
season, one of the Ten Star Series,
with Mrs. Wilson in attendance and
hostess to q very distinguished lit
tie box party. We had the cabinet
lunching with Mrs. Lansing, . func-
ton too informal and too much en-
famille TO be called luncheon, but
distinctly important because lit was
on this occasion that the Cabinet
women framed" their social code
for the coming winter, q code which
will relegate official entertaining
and official calling to the back
ground, to leave them free for SER
vice in the wartime activities to
which they are devoting time and
strength.
The ban on entertaining OF an off,
clRl nature would doubtless be lifted
Ia favor OF any Of the visiting for
eign potentates who have come 50
numsrously TO Warrington OF late,
and, indeed. Secretary and Mrs. Lam
sing will make an exception in ia
Vor of such OF the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of foreign countries as
have not already been entertained at
the home of the Secretary OF State.
Then. OF course, the Cabinet women
are making no attempt to act as q
unit in the matter of entertaining
and being entertained in their per-
aonal capacities.
liberty Bonfire
Mig Event.
For the nrst time since the United
States entered the world conflict Red
Cross work and other wartime activi-
ties have had q rival in the interest
OF Washington society. Yes. the LIB
Srty loan drive, of course-the drive
] which reached It's elimination during
, the past week and was marked by
such picturesque demonstrations as
the lighting of the mammoth bond"
{ dre on the Ellipsa Mrs McAdoo's
was the torch which set af1ame q
chain Of Liberty bsscons from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. and not even
the drenching rain could dampen the
Ardor Of the huge crowd which stood
with heads uncovered to watch the
exercises or qusnch the blaze which
leaped high into the darkened heav-
ems.
80 much Liberty losn" did we
hear that I came to the point OF ask
Ing. How many bonds do you take In
your tea?" And a friend OF mine
went so Iar as 10 0emand OF an eld-
eFly colored woman, q servant who
had been in her family for years, II
she had bought her bond. The old
woman. who now lives In q comfort
able little home on the outskirts OF
town, grinned at the very idea. Then
she grew serious. you know, Miss
Amy, / can't buy no bonds" she said,
F.. ''but thar's Somethin' would. like To
Z do for the Gov'ment" 4 little ques-
toning ELECTED the fact that Ihe
wanted to have soldiers. boys OF her
own race, with her for Thanksgiving
dinner. She was even plotting to kill
Jack Johnson and his brother" two
fat 4" 'Skovy" ducks, who were at the
moment quaeking loudly in her bit OF
q garden, in honor OF the occasion.
Edammy5
Soldiers.
The difficulty was that she didn't
know just how 10 go about inviting
her guests. This Miss Amy" prom
iSed to attend TO for her. and when
We left the dear old soul was plan
ming dinner Mt for king and gloat-
ing over the fact that, being the pos
SCISSOR of victrola, she could give