The Washington times., 1917-11-18

distant relative who lived away from
Washington.
Mildred BromwelI and Ellen Bruce
! Lee are back at school, and 80 are
+. Ruth Donaldson. daughter OF Mr.. anc
Mrs. r. Golden Donaldson, and Mrs
George Barnett's charming daughter
Leila Gordon, although all Of them
1 have had a preliminary fling in the
social world during the summer
months which they are likely to re.
peat when holidays come round. Ce-
ella McCallum has given up ali
thought Of . formal coming out. and
20 has Enid Sims, daughter Of Con
gressman and Mrs. Thetus Sims. who
T, has. I believe. the distinction OF be-
| ing the only Congressional bud In the
bouquet Daviett- Ficklen, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel P. Fieklen
will have an. informal tea dance
given for her probably during the
Christmas holidays. but no official
coming out-snd SO It goes.
Then there's Gertrude Drain. daugh-
ter Of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. James A.
Drain, who has all the viYaeity and
charm of the older Drain girls.
Kathryn. now in France, and Doris,
now Mrs. Edward Hay. Gertrude
! isn't thinking about coming out. but
she's home from school and always in
demand for informal festivities. Mrs.
Drain. by the way, has slipped away
/ from Washington for a months rest
! whsJ with packing her daughter and
{ her husband-he's General Siberts
ordnance ofhcer-on to France. get
: ling her house ready for the Frank
! Scots and moving into her apart
meat in the Wyoming. she was really
quite worn out and certainly has
! earned a rest.
The SCOTS have the Drain house.
but nobody seems to know whether
they are to remain in Cleveland or will
return to Washington when Mr.. Scott
recuperates from the nervous break
down which forced his resignation
kfrom the Craftsmanship OF the general
munitions board.
But how 1 am digressingi
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Mary Duncan Gibson. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Gibson, and
Margaret Devereux. daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Ryan DsVereux, are the
young people directly responsible for
bringing the buds together to organ
ize the dance for the ambulance corps
and possibly other parties for other
equally worthy causes. It's an aw-
fully good idea, for although nobody
has much heart for entertaining now
adays, the buds would seem to be de-
serving of some recognition, even in
wartime.
Patronesses? Well. they're a most
imposing list, among 'em Mrs. Nc
Adoo, Mrs. Baker. Mrs. Edison Brad
ley, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs.
Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Marshall Field.
Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mrs Mcmillan
Gibson, Mrs. Blaine Elkins, Mrs.
George Barnett. Mrs. Bernard Baruch,
Nine. Belisario Porras, wife OF the
minister OF Panama. Mrs. Aksel Wlch-
field, Mrs. Henry Clifford COrbin. Mrs.
Edward B. Mclean, Mrs. Louis Brown
low, Mrs. William McClelland Ritter.
Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. William
Gorgas. the Misses Riggs, and Mrs.
Howard Coffin.
Their .FIrst Monday"
Is On Saturday.
In Baltimore the debutantos-the
list is not long. but It contains some
names to conjure with when II comes
to wealth and position-will have
their coming out at the First Mon
day" of the Bachelors CotiIlion Club.
as usual No. not quite as usual, for
the Bachelors. the most conservative
OF organizations, is engaged in perpe-
trating a "bull'-a bull with a genu-
inc Irish flavor. Through its secre-
tary, William +. Lucas. jr., announce
ment has been made by the Bachelors
that its famous First Monday" will
be given on December l. And that
date comes on Saturday!
The wars responsible. of course, for
] II is owing to the war that Balti-
nore's only available supply OF dane
J ing men should be in tents at Camp
Meade, and only permitted to emerge
from military restraint on Saturday