Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-17
Washington
Society
Washington Bureau,
Omaha Bee.

Omaha Bee.
VIZ ASHINGTON'S social season
w was opened auspiciously on
~ Monday night at the
Italian embassy. The birthday an
niversary OF King Victor Emanuel
was celebrated by the ambassador
and Countess di Cellere. and the
hearty joyousness over the compile
ton OF the armistice was shown to
the fullest, at the same time. The
president and Mrs. Wilson paid their
tribute to Italy in person, by at
tending the reception and being the
central figures there for an hour and
a half, lending a brillance to the
occasion which a Washington func-
ton has not known since the United
States entered the war.
The president bore the happy and
contented look of man at peace
with the world, without a trace of
care and the actual responsibility
of the world upon his shoulders.
Mrs. Wilson was exceedingly hand
some and bright after a very
strenuous day. for she played a round
of golf that morning with the chief
executive before they went to the
capitol, where the president read to
the assembled congress the ar
mistice terms. Mrs. Wilson's mother
and sister, and the presidents
daughter, Mrs. McAdoo. accom-
panied them there.
.r Review Parade.
In the afternoon Mrs. Wilson and
her mother and sister sat with the
president on the stand near the Of
fee building in the White House
grounds, to review the parade which
opened the drive for the United
War Work campaign and then they
went for drive in the suburbs. by
themselves. In the evening they
viewed from the south portico of the
White House the wonderful display
of fireworks from the camphres on
= the ellipse, conceived and managed
by Susanna Cocroft, and at $50 the
president, with Mrs. Wilson beside
him, started in a touring car with
the top thrown back, for a drive
on the avenue. They went from the
White House to the capitol and
back again, consuming an hour and
a quarter, through crowd mad
with joy, and wild with enthusiasm,
and so dense that the carriage
moved, but slowly and few rec
ognized the distinguished couple at
first. They enjoyed it more than any
one, The way back they were rec
ognized and received steady ova-
ton all along the line. By 1885
o'clock they were entering the ltal-
ian embassy, which was decked with
flowers and palms in red. white and
green, Italian colors,, with white
chrysanthemu1ns, American Beauty
roses and palms and ferns.
The ambassador and countess,
who were receiving the guests in
the drawing room-~.on the second
floor, went down the stairs, the
members of the staff following, and
met the president and his wife at
tthe front door. They were then
escorted with great ceremony up the
stairs, the ambassador with Mrs.
Wilson. and the president with the
countess The embassy is the spaci-
Gus home of Thomas Nelson Page of
Virginia, who is United States am
bassador to Italy. Tuesday evening
the president and Mrs. Wilson oc-
cupied their box at Keith's, and on
Tuesday afternoon and yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Wilson occupied the
presidential box at the National at
the concerts of the Philadelphia or
chestra and Nine. Matzenauer, re-
spectively.
Miss Wilson in France.
Miss Margaret Wilson will spend
the next year in Europe. She is
there with, her voice teacher and
her accompanist, Mr.. and Mrs, Ross
David On Tuesday NIGHT she was