Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
Washington
Society
Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee

-" ORSE SHOWS are the last acts
RI of the summer play at the sum.
49, mer resorts. In spite of the wal
season and the great cry that resort
hotels were suffering from lack oi
patronage. they were for the most
part filled with people OF leisure
Labor day will as usual see turn
ing of the tide of travel towards
home. Almost every house, apart
ment or rented room of any descrip.
ton in Washington has been either
engaged, or is already occupied for
the season, and the late-comers will
have sorry time in finding comfort
Washington saw a short season of
real gayety last week in the visit OF
the special mission from Uruguay,
headed by the Minister of Foreign AT
fairs DR.. Baltasar de Brum. He had
party of five interesting men, includ-
ing a new military attachc of the le-
cation here, Lieutenant Bcrisso. Sec
retary Lansing took DR.. Brum to the
White House, where he had tea with
the president and Mrs. Wilson, and
| Secretary and Mrs. Lansing enter
tained him at dinner. Three of the
! ambassadors returned to Washington
for the purpose OF meeting DR.. de
Brum. They were the Brazilian am
bassador, Mr.. da Cana; the Argentine
ambassador, DR.. Naon, and the Mexi-
can ambassador, Senor Bonillas.
The garden party in the Aztec Gar
! den of the n-AmeriCan building was
veritable picture party on Monday
afternoon, with John Barrett, as host.
The heat was intense, making the
whole affair all the more tropical
in atmosphere. " The parrots in the
aviary, through which all the guests
passed into the garden, shrieked their
loudest and shrillest, and the monkeys
put on their funniest faces and antics
and this pretty patio with the blue
sky for its canopy was grateful rest
ing place between the hot walks at the
back and the front of the building.
Mrs. Lansing acted as hostess for the
bachelor, Mr.. Barrett. The tables with
iced drinks and cool food were laid
on the facade overlooking the pool
of the Sad Indian" and the sunken
gardens. The uniforms of the\ allied
countries mingled with the pretty
clothes of the women and made a
comfortable and picturesque sight.
The cards of invitation called for
informal Dress" and all the men in
particular, observed it to the letter.
Even Major General Barnett, COM
mandant of the marine corps, punctil-
ious in the matter of f~proper railment,
wore his khakis which had plainly
been washed and ironed, in preference
to his immaculate white with the gold
lace and other adornments of his
rank and attainments.
DR.. de Brum Entertains.
An innovation in the matter of
summer festivities was the brilliant
dinner party with IS guests, given on
Wednesday evening by DR.. dc Brum
of Uruguay, in honor of Secretary
Lansing, and as return for the many
courtesies shown him. He was the
official guest at the State department.
He was offered the use of the Pan
American building for his function
and the dinner was served in the Great
Hall of the Americas.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
have had quiet week enjoying the
theater several times with small fam
lily parties, and having a short visit
from Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the Sec
retary of the treasury, who came up
on Monday from White Sulphur
Springs.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan spent
few days in Washington this week
with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard L. Hargreaves. of
Lincoln, Neb, in their home, 1928
Connecticut avenue. She left Wednes-
day for her summer home at Ashe-
vile, N. C., to rest from a rather
strenuous month or six weeks travel
ing through Pennsylvania and New
York state. She was making speeches
for the war council of the Y. w. c. A.
Mr.. Hargreaves is in the naval re-
serves and is not at all certain OF his
orders so they may or may not re-
main in Washington this winter.
Miss Ruth Hitchcock, daughter of
the senator from Omaha, accompan-
led by Miss Joan Obi, has gone to
Swampscot, Mass, to make a visit OF
fortnight with Mrs. Hitchcock. who
has spent her summer at Little's
Point. Miss Oil passed the last few
seasons in Washington with her
mother. They have lived nearly all
Of Miss Ohps life in Paris and Lon
don.
Nebraska Girls Tea.
A pretty tea was given last Satur-
day afternoon by some of the young
girl war workers from Nebraska, in
honor of Miss Lucille Fleming of Ce-
dar Bluffs, Neb., who left early this
week to spend her vacation at home.
Mrs. Norris, wife of the senator from
Nebraska; Mrs. c. Frank Reavis, wife
OF the representative from Falls City,
Neb., and Mrs. Harvey Nelson,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Norris,
chaperoned the party. They chose the
lovely surroundings of Mt. Alto Inn
for the party, which is in the winter,
the National School of Domestic Arts
and Science. The girl hostesses were
Miss Eugenia Weiss, Miss Nellie
Barry, Miss Pearl Reid, Miss Viola
Wetherill and Miss Hazel Norris,
daughter of the senator. Tea was
served in the Greek Temple and it
was one of the prettiest parties the
girls have had.
Professor Buck of the University of
Nebraska who graduated from the
first training camp at Fort Myer last
summer, is located with his family
and. Mrs RucE,s r,aothar Me- LII n