The Washington herald., 1918-02-17

MINI occasionally also. he was en-
tertained at dinner the evening of the
concert by Miss Kitty Beale, who has
been associated with him for three
years. Mr.. Polak is a composer, too.
After the concert quite a few OF the
guests went down to the Admins
tration" dance at the Willard. That
has been a pleasant series of not too
large dances intended to bring the
young people of the administration set
together, which has been running
through several seasons. They have
proved popular. and have attracted
a good many who could scarcely claim
to belong to this administration. For
instance, that night Miss Helen Can
non gave a young peoples dinner for
her two nieces, Virginia and Helen Le-
Seure, taking her guests afterward
down to the administration dance. And
certainly 1t is one of the ironies OF
Time that Uncle Joe's granddaughter
should be patronizing the administra-
ton dances OF the Wilson regime. The
Cannons are in an apartment up on
Twentieth street this winter, and 1t
must hurt Uncle Joe's feelings to pay
the scandalous price-I understand it's
something like 81 900 o month on a
four months lease-they, like every
body else. are having to pay for quar-
ters in Washington this season. You
know a night or two after they moved
in Uncle Joe fell, at an unexpected
step in an unfamiliar corridor, and
broke one OF his shoulder bones. and,
indomitable old boy that he is, in
sisted on going down ito work." ap-
pearing on the floor OF the House in
a wheeled chair. One man said that
when he attempted to sympathize the
veteran answered grimly: We'll any
one that would fall for that rent
might be expected to fall on or over
anything"
Returning to the dance at the Will
lard, both Miss Bones and Miss Will
son belong" to the administration
dance set, and Miss Bones went down
there after the garden party Cwhat
a nice phraseD. Miss Wilson went
to New York that afternoon, so she
didn't go to either. No, the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson weren't there.
It's usually some sort of a charity
ball that they turn out for, and the
one for the Episcopal Home for Chill
dren last Saturday night will prob
ably be their last appearance at a
function of that sort for some time.
They had been to the theater first
that night, being "gladded" by POL
lyanna," and did not arrive at the
ball until close upon Ii.
For once 1t was not a family party.
It's probably the first time the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson have been in
a box without a single member of
either of their families. They had no
one with them but Mr.. and Mrs.
David Crompton, Of New York, who.
along with Col. and Mrs. House, were
White House weekend guests, going
home Monday afternoon and taking
Miss Margaret Wilson with them.
That night Mrs. Wilson reverted to
one of her good-looking black evening
gowns of chiffon velvet on princess
lines with a medium length train, and
guiltless of trimming except for, fam
ing red tulle which formed one side
Of the bodice drapery and flowing
angel sleeves caught on the shoulders
by tiny diamond buckles. She re-
verted also to the little Jet tiara she
has been wearing this winter, and
of course carried an enormous feather
fan-gray this time.
It was rather hard to have to OBJ
serve Mardi Gras-literalIy fat
Tuesday" the feast day before the
lean days of Lent-as a meatless day
and one wonders whether It was as
strictly observed as some Of the ether
meatless ones ordained by the Food
Administration. There were several
more or less formal dinners that
night-notably one at Mrs. Richard
Townsend's. one at the Mexican En-
bassy, and one at Mr.. and Mrs Blaine
Elkins', and the Key Pittman's din
ner at the Willard. All but the last
were followed by dances to which
numbers of extra guests were invited.
and all were rather imposing hospi-
talities; but one. hopes Mr.. Hoover
wasn't looking.
And on that same supposedly
"meatless" Tuesday the Congressional
Club had its annual club breakfast
no, not Dolly Madison" or MAR
tha Washington" breakfast. It was
the Woman's National Democratic
League that perpetrated these. This
was simply the Congressional Clubs
breakfast. to which only club mem-
bers and the strangers within their
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