The Washington herald., 1918-04-28

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gether." with Blanche Bates. who is
Mrs. George creel, you know, as the
star, long before the curtain went
up.
I understand that the British War
Mission has bought up the produc-
&, ton and 10 putting 1t on the road as
propaganda" which may have ac-
counted for the remarkable audience
that greeted it Monday night-thoush
am told the house was packed-and
not papered-every night last week.
That opening night there were four
double box parties-English. French.
Italian and American taking up all
the box room-and an audience which
simply packed the auditorium-two-
thirds men, to be sure, but army Of
fcers Of every service and nationality
known to Washington in this year Of
grace 1918. with as many of their
wives as were available. I think
every member of every mission must
have been there. The box parties
were headed by the British, French
and Italian Ambassadors and their
wives: and the American party. which
4 ' dICt hCNOlbliSh, EtSAChoig y
and Mrs. Baker, and Secretary and
| Mrs. Daniels, was George Greer S
party.
No-the President and Mrs. Wilson
were not there. They apparently pre-
! ferred being friendly with the girls
tthere was a Girls Friendly Society"
benefit at the Belasco that night, and
they attended thaU to getting to-
\ gether" with our Allies. He did,
however. see the play later in the
week. amid scenes Of great en-
fthusiasm."
That night Lord Reading was visit
ing around in the boxes. just like an
ordinary mortal, and apparently hav-
ing all sorts of a good time. Gen.
Bridges. who is playing a return en-
Sagement-he was here last spring.
you know. with Lord Balfour-and
who is being greatly lionized and
made much of, made his first public
appearance this trip and stayed quiet
ly in the box chatting with Lazy
Reading and with Gen. March. So
one only saw him from a distance.
He was one of the most popular MEM
bers OF the Balfour mission-"such a
fine, outstanding soldier mainland
when he went back into active serv-
ice and the thick OF the fighting, and
early In the winter word came that
he had been SO seriously wounded that
he would lose a leg. Washington felt
a thrill of sympathy. quite as if il
had happened to one of our own pop
ular soldiers.
OF course he is retired from any
! more of the front line fighting but
if one didn't know, one would scarce
| ly notice the hitch in his walk, due
to an artificial leg. He looks a little
| gray. a little thin-and that is about
alias one sees him around the Shore
ham, where he is staying. They are
not giving big parties for him, of
course, but any number of little lin
timate affairs" are being arranged fol
him. No one knows quite how long
he will be here. 1 fancy he does not
know himself-"few weeks. probably"
seems as near as he can come to it.
The reception and private view OF
the Fare air fighter pictures-with
ten and dtrimmings-at the Washing
ton Club, the next afternoon, brought
out one of those ultra smart assem-
| blages, that seem to reserve them
selves for affairs under diplomatic
patronage. Fare, who was a painter
of reputation before the war, a regu-
lar exhibitor at the Paris Salon, and
who, though living in Buenos Aires,
hurried home to offer his services to
his country-has been officially desig-
ated as the painter of the French
sky fighters. So his exhibition here
was under the auspices of the French
Embassy and the French High Com
mission. and all of their respective
official families turned out, and made
It evident that 1t was their party.
Which. of course, brought out all the
other embassies. and naturally the
ultra smart set.
Early in the afternoon, Mrs. viii.
son. with Miss Bones and Miss
Benham, dropped in, and spent near.
ly an hour. really studying the
pictures. The President was no,
with her then. but I'm told he came
over later in the week. and seemed
greatly interested. Late in the
afternoon. 1 saw Lady Reading
there. and in between the two most
of the smart world Of Washington
had passed through those galleries
Lord Reading was away, ant
whether he got in later in the week
after his return, deponent sayetf
not-not knowing.
He and Lady Reading had q
tank party Monday afternoon
taking Mrs. Lansing. Mrs. John W
Davis, wife of the Solicitor Of tn,
DEPARTMENT of Justice; and Capt
r.. r. Glen. Arnold Robertson
Mr.. Blackett and Maj. Stuart. all OF
the Embassy Staff, in quite the
queerest seagoing hack that has evel
navigated the Dupont Circle neigh,
hood. Naturally all the motors il
the vicinity at the time ducked t.
cover when they saw 1t coming
and the children playing in tn,
Circle were divived between thos,
who stared open mouthed. anS
those who hid their faces in thei
nurses laps and shivered as i
numbered past. Some OF the oc
!, cupants admit that while Il was |,
very Interesting experience. and onl