The Washington herald., 1918-10-20

hear whether he carried out his
threat. Friday seems to have been the
big day at the Shoreham. Mr.. Joseph
Davies was introduced by Senator
Key Pittman and made a speech dur
ing the dinner hour from the balcony
of the dining-room Since dining al
ways makes people feel generous, he
played shamelessly on their helpless
ness.
hotels did equally we'll Very likely
they did. only don't happen no have
heard of il. l don't go much to the
others, for II seems as II every one
one knows Is at the Shoreham. Dur
ing the beginning Of the drive, the
Belmonts were staying there. their
house being occupied by Sir Eric
Geddes and his party. Mrs Belmont
helped a lot, and brought her friends
to the booth and made them buy.
happened to be there one day when
she brought Mrs. Hartman up and of
course Mrs. Hartman had to buy.
At that time Nine. de Sibour and
her sister, Nine Bonaffon. were help
ing Mrs Lewis. And, believe me,
they worked hard. Nine. de Sibour
confessed to be absolutely brazen in
her demands. But nobody minds a
woman being brazen in a good cause,
when she is so pretty! She and her
sister We're good foils to Mrs. Lewis
gypsy beauty. Nine. Bonaffon's deli
cate fairness was even more delicate
and more fair than usual, for she was
just up from a bout with the in
tluenza. and was still rather weak
Through the whole week. of course
the grim battle with the influenza has
been waged. Theaters and schools
and churches have been closed, all
gatherings in private houses are
banned; finally all outdoor meetings.
Even the galleries of Senate and
House. And yet the death rate has
mounted. From a normal death rate
of perhaps twenty a day, it ran up to
over 100, the influenza toll to about
ninety. 1t reached a stage where IL
one called a friend on the telephone
it was a genuine relief to hear the
familiar voice; and the perfunctory.
How are you?" with which one
usually greets an acquaintance whom
one meets on the street. ceased to be
perfunctOry.
Which reminds me that about ten
Clark-Mrs James Thomson-was Sc
riOusly i'll. 1t was the more alarming
because her friends all know that her
throat has always given her more or
less trouble and it seemed as IL II
might 80 hard with her. had talked
with Mrs. Clark within a day or two,
and Genevieve was apparently quite
well then. However, the telephone
was handy. and in a few moments
the Speakers deep voice came from
the other end. Mrs. Clark? No, Mrs.
Clark was out. Presumably he would
know of his daughters condition, so
The question was put. Gcnevieve, why
no. she wasn't particularly sick She d
had a touch of it. but they put her
to bed and made her take care of her
self and she was all right now, or so
close to it, it wasn't worth men,
tioning.
He? Well, yes. he had been sick
yes. he'd been right sick-quite as sick
as he wanted to be. Oh yes, he was
all right now, but it had been pretty
bad while 1t lasted. But Genevieve
had only had the merest touch of it.
And then Central concluded there had
been enough of that conversation and
cut us off.
her to explain my apparent abrupt
departure to the Speaker She began
| to laugh, and finally told me that
when she came home that night she
found Genevieve in a fine state Of In
| dignation because she had lain In bed
and heard her father telling that she
was scarcely sick at all. but tha,
he had had a pretty hard time; while
she was personally convinced that she
was pretty sick. and she didn't think
he- father had had it as badly as
she had! One can quite see how
Genevieve felt about it-likewise heI
| father!
Mrs. Clark, by the way. had been
to wedding that evening-had in fact
given the bride away-at which a VEN
erahle bishop of the Methodist Epis-
eopal Church had offieiated. It was
the marriage of q Miss Ethel Brown
and DR.. George Woodall. a reverend
| doctor, the latter of Troy, neither ol
! them particularly we'll known in
! Washington. But the old Bishop John
William Hamilton. whose home now
! Is, believe, in Boston. was an in
! teresting old party. II was he, who
many years ago had ordained DR.
| Anna Howard Ehaw, into the min.
istry. DR.. Shaw often tells what a
storm of criticism and obloquy h,
drew upon himself by ordaining "a
| female woman" a minister of ths
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