The Washington times., 1917-11-18
News and Gossip
OfCdpital Social
DoingS and FddS
Dear Susan:

Dear Susan:
: CamouflAEe-official camouflage in
its social application-is bringing the
! fact that we are at war home 10
Washington as no other one thing
! not even the swarms OF soldiers on
the streets, the guards thrown around
. the White House and the departments
most directly concerned in the bust
ness OF war nor the fact that every
other man one meets and others one
doesn't see but inquiries for are re-
ported a. being with their regi-
mentsF-couid possibly do.
Every day Il happens that familiar
figures-men nationally and interna-
ti0nslly known-who have been play
ing around in Washington all summer,
some OF them, and practically all their
lives, some of them, suddenly show
Up In the dispatches as having landed
AZ "a British port" or perhaps a
French port
Twenty-fOuF HOurs
U1sets Society Plans.
Today the names OF Lord Reading,
chief Of the British financial mission.
and Lady Reading appear "Smong
Those present" at some important
Washington wedding. Today Lord
q
: subordinates and Capt Andre Tardieu.
Shigh commissioner of France in the
United States, Is interviewed In our
papers
Tomorrow one picks up the morn
ing papers and sees that Captain An
dre Tardieu has arrived safely at a
French port and is on his way to
Paris to attend the inter-Gllied war
sleonference, and that Lord Northenffs
and Lord Reading are peacefully at
home in London.
Lord and Lady Reading have been
emsntioned among the guests at Wash
stngton functions certainly within the
1past ten days-and II one had not
run into them personally for q week
or two IL was, OF course, Just q
happen so"-and yet Lord Reading
LANDED at q British port last Monday
and Lady Reading was with him.
Quite as suddenly they will probably
reappear among Us after a while, for
their lease on Mrs. F. B. Moran's
house, 2316 Massachusetts, avenue, the
papers for which were signed but a
l1sw weeks ago. runs until next Octo-
ber.
Visitors Were Popular
VITA Leaders II CapItaI.
Captain Tardieu IL avowsdly 10 re-
turn before Christmas, which is GER
!tainy good news Indeed, Washing
ton society greatly regrets the de-
lparture Of such interesting person
ages as Lord and Lady Reading and
Captain Tardieu-now that Washing
ton has found I. cut.
Z Lord Northcliffe, who was coupled
With Lord Reading as having landed
safely, has Deen making his head
quarters In New York, but he has an
apartment here and has been quite
enough in Washington for Washing
ton society to feel that It knows him
pretty well-an1 Re has been inter-
viewed within q very few days.
The first instsnce Of this sort that
I remember was last spring, at the
time OF the departure OF the French
mission The evening papers sent
.Joffre and ths-French mission as well
as Balfour ard the British mission to
Mona AcAdoo's wedding. A friend OF
mine suggested to the society CORES
pendent OF one OF the big New York
papers that she leave the Frenchmen
out OF her accoun: Of the wedding.
Tip Prevented B'undeF
Az RIerehantmeu Left U. 8.
Swhy? Because they are on the
high seas-thouEh you needn't say
that: just leave them out"
but they only returned yesterday
from their Western trip"