Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Washington
Society
Washington Bureau of The Bee.

Washington is making every
preparation for an unprecedented
season of gayeties. While it is ar
ranging festivities for the debutanes
it is planning official affairs for,
month later. No dates have been an
nounced for White House affairs,
but they will be no doubt as soon as
the presidential party reaches Wash
ington again and they will make
brilliant schedule of dinners, dip
lomatic and official, receptions and
balls. The charity balls in them
selves for Christmas eve, Christmas
night, New Years eve and New
Years night-an inviting list with
dates set far into February. There
are innumerable private balls and
dinner dances almost for every night
from the middle of this month on to
Ash Wednesday. And, indeed. Ash
Wednesday is not at all certain to
stop the entertaining. 1t will be
done more or less throughout the
Lcnten season, as the democratic ad-
ministration is not as observant OF
Lent as former administrations
have been.
The departure of the retiring
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
McAdoo from Washington is
matter of keen regret to society in
general as Mrs. McAdoo has en-
deared herself to many classes of
society in her many efforts in war
activities. She had a brilliant re-
ception on Wednesday afternoon in
her pretty Sixteenth street home,
and will have another next We'd
nesday as farewell functions to her
friends here.
Thrilling Episodes.
The visit this week of the Royal
Prince Hagashi-Fushimi of Japan
was thrilling episode, but the fes-
tivites arranged for him were all
for men, and no buds had chance
to lionize him during the four days
of his stay in Washington.
Senator and Mrs. George w. Nor
ris of Nebraska had as their week
end guests Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Westover of Baltimore. They have
made no plans for Christmas
visitors, other than the members OF
their own family who are with them
now. Mrs. Norris will entertain the
members of the Nebraska girls
knitting class next Monday evening
The girls are returning home rather
rapidly now, since the active war
work is growing less, and after a
time the girls" will probably be
merged into the regular Nebraska
state society.
Representative and Mrs. Frank
Reavis' two sons, who have been in
the service for some time, expect to
both return to Cornell university by
the first of the year. Their older
son, 1t. Frank c. Reavis. jr., who
has made fine record in the naval
air service, expects to add to that
record by flying trip to New York,
taking his father as a passenger.
Mrs. Reavls is quite as anxious to be
in the party, as Representative
Reavis, but she is not eligible. as
only men of the service or certain
officials are permitted.
Gossip About Friends.
Mrs. Daniel c. Stapleton has as
her guest for some time Miss Mil
cred Merrick, whom she is enter
tanning i'll an informal way.
Mrs. Walter Penhcld, formerly
Miss Lucille Bacon of Omaha, is
expecting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
frank Bacon, of Omaha, to spend
Christmas with her. They will ar
rive about the, middle of next week.
Mrs. Penteld is giving luncheon
one day next week in honor of Mrs.
William Gibbs McAdoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Burgess of
Omaha are comfortably settled in
the Ten Eyck Wendell house on
Connecticut avenue, where they will
remain for the winter, although they
had expected to return to Omaha
after the armistice was signed.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Frazier
of Omaha, who have spent couple
Of weeks at the Hotel Washington
in Washington, and been enter
famed by old friends here, have
gone to New York, where they ex-
pect to spend the Christmas holi-
days.
Mrs. E. K. Hurst of Falls City,
Neb., and her young son, Buster
Hurst, are enjoying Washington this ,
winter. They are in an apartment
at 1922 Fifteenth street, where Lieu
tenant Hurst, who is stationed at
Camp Humphreys, near Alexander, !
Va, joins them for the week-ends |!
and holidays.
Mrs. Harry Williams, jr., of Nor
folk. came up to Washington early |
i'll the week and spent the day with
her mother, Mrs. Russell B. Harri-
son. Mrs. Williams left her three
tiny daughters with her mother and !
Mrs. Saunders, of
Omaha, and went over to New York
for this week, accompanied by Mr..
Williams cousin, Miss Lillian Beale,
of Franklin, Va. They will return
here tomorrow or next day and Mrs.
Williams and her little family will
spend Christmas with her mother
and grandmother. They have been
in New York by Mrs.
Williams aunt, Mrs. James Robert
Mckee. sister of Colonel Russell B. |