The Washington times., 1918-01-20

Washington is itself-its wartime
Ielf-aEain. The Christmas holidays
made n bit of a break in the routine,
and a little later society called time
out" for q while for the entertain
uient of such distinguished visitors
al the Duke and Duchess Of Devon
shire, the Serbian Mission. Judge and
Mrs. EIbertiH. Gary, John E. Osborn.
sometime governor of Wyoming, and
later Assistant Secretary of State, and
Mrs. Osborn, Lady Lister-Kaye, Mrs.
william Grosvenor, and Mrs. Charles
Frederick Hoffman, OF Newport, and
others of that ilk. Now, however,
most Of the n-tables have taken their
departure, and the town il once more
head over ears in its round OF war
time activities.
Most Of the events OF the last week
with which society folk have been
particularly identified have been dis
tinguIshed by. something broader than
mere social interest There was John
Barrett's "nsighborhood party" at the
Pan-American Union building, for in
stance, the joIliest OF parties, ana q
9ood start, toward something we
washinrtonian6 certainly should un-
dsrtake, the entertainment Of the hun
dFsds Of strange girls IN town. There
was Mrs walter Psnfeld's pretty little
tea, with al tank by DR.. Rosalie
Slaughter Merton on what she has
seen in tn, war zone and the work of
the American women's hospitals to
supply the serious note. And there
was Billy Sundays meeting at the
home Of the Secretary OF State and
Mira Lansing, attended by Gs distin-
guished =. little company - can be
brought toeoCheriin Washington.
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n GmuseA me. rather, to hear this
cosmopolitan group. diplomats. on
eial folk. 6hsScreatn of resident Jsoci-
sty. singing N:BrtEhten the Corner
where You 1re~ and singing 1t with
. vim and enthusiasm which brought
sn apprecistiye grin from Mr.. Sun
days right-hAnd man, Mr.. Rode
HEAVIER. The little talk Mr. Sunday
gave was more Henry Van Dyke than
Billy Sunday. for he gave most of his
time to .tfsl telling OF the story of
Mr.. Van Dykes little masterpiees,
The LASt Word
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Souvenirs Of
Two Secretaries
That's wonderful room, ths
library or living room OF the Lansing
home, where 1fr Sunday held his lit.
tie service. II has q remarkably
homSlike. lived-tn look and is fIled
with rare-s nd lbeGutiful things. Many
ef the photographs set about on the
book cases and tables are of hfStor1o
interest and others need only time
TO give them that added value, auto
Eraphed photographs. for instance, of
the President and Mrs. Wilson-thO
lovely. blurry one OF Mrs. Wilson
which was printed so much at the
time OF her marriage to the Presi-
dent-of the Vice President and Mrs..
NGrshall. Of the Prince of Udins, side
by each with Rsns Viviani, former
premier of France and chief of the
French mission which visited this
country. Il.
Marshal .Jonre Is there, too, ana
beside him striking picture OF Lord
Reading, newly appointed Ambassa-
dor from Great Britain. in the robes
and full-bottomed wig Of the Lord
Chief Justice of England. And just
over the way one spies photoEraphs
ot King Alfonso OF Spain and his
rsonsort and of bis late majesty, King
Edward VII and OF Queen AIexan-
dFia-Souvenifss Sou, see, of two Sec
retGries OF starr, Mr.. LansinE and
Mrs. Lansing's father. the late John |
W. Foster, whose terms in office were |
separated by generation.
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PEOPLE who went TO Mrs. Penneld's |
party on Monday afternoon braved q |
sharp and sudden snowstor1n, which
made progress afo0t as difficult a. |
the gentle art OF uEhtrops walking,
but nobody sSerhed, 70 stay home on |
that accounti x wasn't a big party, |
just a few people who are interested |
IN the work OF the American women's |
Hospitals. asked TO meet DR.. Morton, |
one Of the moving spirits OF the or
Eanization. After she had gone, hur-
rying away TO keep a dinner engage |
ruent, few OF US gathered about the |
tea table for second cup Of tea and |
a bit OF gossip.
Pretty Nine. Zaldivar. the English
wife OF the minister of Salvador. was
there, and Wilh her her sister, Prtn-
cess Ghika. An EnglIshwomAn, a |
Roumanian princess, and a longtime
resident Of Paris, Princess GhIka is q !
true cosmopolitan, and ukes the at
mosphere one finds in Washington |
nowadays. Incidentally. she remark
ed that she had been missrably i'll be /
fore coming to this country, but had /
been greatly benefited by Washing
toms ''bracing climate" Everybody /
else being agreed that Washingtop's |
climate this year has been nothing |
short Of "devilish,s this remark seems |
worthy of quotation.
With her gown of some soft wine
colored material Princess Ghika wore /