The Washington herald., 1918-05-12
Activities Women Social Life Of the Cap

II wili-to do a. well a. England has
done and is doing.
After talked with Mrs. Lewis
saw Mrs. Carl vrooman- What was
she doing? Absolutely. nothing. II
seemed to me, but Just what every
woman In this town Ii doing: stag
gering around from benefit to benent.
relief to relief She is really q very
busy and q particularly intelligent
worker In many good causes, She
confessed that she had hoped TO be
downright frivolous one night this
week. She did want to have a few
friends to dinner, and take In the cir
cus-but the fates were against II.
Her husband. who Ii Assistant Secre-
tary Of Agriculture. and one of the
handiest men on his feet I'm the ad-
ministration circle. had just returned
from . speaking trip. and she hoped
to have him at home long enough to
play host to her circus party; but he
had to start OF again that night. and
she was on her way to have lunch
with him right then, for there was
no telling when she would have the
pleasure again.
It certainly seemed like everybody
In town took in the circus while II
was here. The President and Mrs.
Wilson went-the President always
does. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Reside
had a party there one afternoon.
Their daughter, Mrs. Victor Whitside,
was among those with them Mrs.
Charles B. Warren took her children /:
Mr. and Mrs. John Childress, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Freeman Clark were all
there; Swagar Shirley's children went
with Alonzo Mcdonald and his little
daughter.
! know one person who wishes she
had never gone to the circus, and
that is Caroline Nash. She went with
party the first night and hurt her
ankle, which caused her to miss the
nice trip to Cleveland as a delegate
to the National Junior League confer
ence. Five girls were to have gone.
The others, Mrs. O'Neill, wife Of
Lieut.. Grover o'Neill, U. s. A; Miss
Sophie Sweet. daughter OF the Assis-
tan Secretary of Commerce, Miss
Alys Downing and Miss Cora Barry.
all went and are having a dandy time.
I'VE must realize and we must
make the members Of our various
leagues realize, that they are helping
with war work quite as much IL they
support and work with established
home charities as with new war or
ganizations. 1t Is even more essential
| that we continue our work with local
, organizations now than in former
years"
Mrs. Allan G. House, president OF
the Junior League in Cleveland. in an
address opening the National Junior
League Conference at the Mayfleld
Country Club, voiced the most i'm
portant point of discussion, for the
conference will consider how much
of the work OF the league for the
coming year will be war work and
how their workers may be kept inter-
ested without the glamour Of war
work and the distinction of q uniform
to hold them.
Following Mrs. Houses address OF
welcome short reports from the twen-
ty-two leagues whose delegates had
arrived. were given on the new work
| undertaken since the Philadelphia
| conference two years ago.
Each league Is an organization Of
debutant and young society matrons
in the larger cities Of the United
States for the purpose Of giving fnan-
cial and volunteer aid to local chari-
ties. giving help to all philanthropic
movements, such as baby dispen-
saries, hon5es for aged men and won-
en-, for delinquent children, Juvenile
court and free kindergarten work. aid
ing civic and patriotic movements.
Among the activities Of the differ