The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

Clover. Mrs. Price collier, Mrs. Rich
ard =. Crane. I'd. Mrs. Frederic A. De-
lano, Mrs. Henry Dimock, Mrs. Peter
6oelet Gerry. Countess Gizycka, Mrs.
John Hays Hammond. Mrs. Charles 5.
Hamlin. Mrs. Reynolds Hit. Mrs.
Hugh Legare, Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mrs.
Breckinridge Long. Marquise de Polig-
mac. Mrs. Frank l. Polk, Mrs. Frank
Inn ID. Roosevelt. Mrs. William A.
Slater. Mrs. Richard H Townsend and
Mrs. Marshall Field.
There was a large floor committee.
under the direction Of Richard Crane.
Commander Theodore Jewell, ana
Clarence Hewes. Among its members
were Capt. Harry Moore. Lieut.. Eu-
gene Battley. Lieut.. Harold Van VAL
zah. Capt. William MacCauley. Lieut..
Humphrey Duphy, Luis Penaherrera,
OF the Ecuador Legation; Carlos Uribe.
Of the Colombian Legation. and Lieut..
John Jay Ide.
The ball was planned to be thorough
ly in accord with war conditions and
war demands. lit was the ideal war
dance. and should have delighted Mr..
Hoover's heart-if he has heart for
balls at all. The tickets announced
boldly and unmistakably-"No Sup
per-" Still as dancing Is notoriously
hungry work. it was easy to foresee
an exodus to Child's along about
hungry time. The Cafe de L'Enfant Is
getting hardened to the sudden swarm
ing IN some time after midnight of
an army of the elite in ''open-face
clothes" 1t Is getting to be quite the
thing-the patriotic hover-ful thing
for the smart set to go there for its
- r,nfAnfohf
1t has been a standing joke for sew
eral years that the ID. A. r.. whose
members are even now assembling for
their annual Continental Congress next
week, registered at the Willard and
ate at Child's. This year one Won
ders how many of them will be able
to register at the willard That is
well nigh an impossibility nowadays.
though the opening of the big new
hotel. the Washington. in the same
block. may relieve the pressure some
what 1t has been the correct stunt
this week to have dinners and lnuch-
cons and things there. Just to see
what it's like" Every one Is MAX
ing the experiment.
AS for the ID. A. r.. they are likely
than usual, partly because of the diff
ficulty of getting accommodation. part
ly because their members are unwont-
edly busy at home. and partly perhaps
because there is no very exciting busi-
ness on. There Is no election, at least
there is not president-general to be
elected. And it is doubtful If any
future election to that office will create
the excitement and produce the. long
and expensive. carefully worked-out
campaign of past years. The last
congress so amended the constitution
as to elect its president-general for
three years without reelection. So
that there is considerably less tempta-
ton to playing politics than there has
been in the past.
This congress is likely to resolve IT
self to a large extent into a discussion
of the organizations war work. One
of the interesting things that has been
done will be reported by Mrs. George
Harris. of Cleveland. the State regent
from Ohio. who has been able to make
her organization establish and MAIN
tain a ID. A. r. lodge at one of the
big Ohio cantonments. which has
proved a valuable asset in welfare
work among the boys whom it reached.
The president-general's reception to
be held Monday evening as usual is
to be held this year at the Pan-Ameri-
can Building next door. instead of at
Memorial Continental Hall. as usual
And with every appreciation of Me-
mortal Continental Hall it will be a
great Improvement to hold the recep-
ton somewhere else. 1t is a beautiful
building. of course. and the Daughters
are justly proud of it. but it does not
make for coy cordial sort of recep-
tions to have the hostess, and the re-
ceiving line drawn up on a stage with
the guests filing in at one side and
exiting at the other. into an audi
torium where the seats are screwed
to the floor in straight rows. Every
body wants to stand in the lobby and
talk-since there's no other palce-the
result is congestion worse congested,
as well as confusion worse confound-
ed. So there is n general feeling that
it was happy thought of Mrs. Guern-
sey's to borrow the Pan-American-as
some one once said 1.-The home of the
sons of various South American revo-
lutions set up alongside of that of the
Daughters Of the North American
Revolution"
The delegates are having a whole
lot of trouble finding quarters. and
most OF those listed as alternates are
giving up the attempt. unless they
know that their principals are not
coming. and it is up to them. Here
tofore it has been the custom for both
to come joyfully along and attend the
business meetings. though of course