The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

sandwfchcd in between that and the
Yea IN the afternoon, Just as there
were Friday between the two debuts
OF the afternoon and Elizabeth Grin
nells dance In the evening; and yes
terday between Olyve Graef's tea and
danee-dinners for debutantes and
their beaux.
Among the most popular of the
tatter' by the way. is young Ned
Lane-whose name is really Franklin
k.' Jr.-tust back from all sorts of
thrilling adventures overseas. He had
peen for the first day or two after
ne arrived carefully correcting all
MS friends who addressed him, or in
troduced him, as Lieut.. Lane, of the
naval aviation, reminding them that
ne was merely an ensign. Then he
went down to the department to re-
port and discovered that he had been
Lieut. Lane for nearly two months.
quite unknown to himself. He had
earned his promotion. and 1t had
been given him in October-but they
forgot to tell him about 1t. He is
not, however, half so ready to cor
, rect people who call him ensign now
as he was when they called him lieu
tenant before.
Like many another he is not very
sure what he's going to do next. He
VIII be in Washington for a while,
anyhow, renewing acquaintance with
his parents and his sister, and the
younger set in Washington gener-
ally with whom he was tremendous
ly popular. But IL is not vet decided
whether he will stay in the service
or not He went In before the United
states entered the war, as / remem-
Der it He had studied for a while
at one OF the local colleges after
graduating from Western High-in-
tending ultimately to go to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, for which
he was then 'ower young" Then
he was fired with the aviation fever.
went down to Norfolk and studied
and trained. and went into the army
aviation service. He came up here
on that historic Night from Norfolk
with the big Caproni plane a year
ago last fall-and not long afterwards
at Secretary Daniels urgent invita-
ton got himself transferred from the
army to the navy aviation, not dis
covering till after It had been ac-
complished that his age barred him
from the lieutenant's grade in tn.
navy-the best they could do for him
was ensign.
OF course Ned. as about the FIRST
of our heroes to return, is in great
demand for the debutante dances.
He would be anyhow, but with the
added halo of heroism-well, IL his
erstwhile level young head is not
completely turned II won't be the
girls fault. Mrs. Lane admits that
she had not dreamed there were so
many dances as Ned is going to.
don't believe there is a night for
the next month when there is not
dance for one of the debantes on
with. Of course, all the others in
vited
Tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. Baker have a dance at Grasslands
for their granddaughter, Miss Eliza
/ beth Baker Kemp, and that unfortu-
\ nately conflicts with the one the
! Colville Barclays are giving at the
British Embassy for the younger
set Colville Barclay. as counselor
of the British Embassy. is charge
d'affaires in the absence Of Lord
Reading. and though the BARCLAYS
dance is announced as a small one,
a Christmas eve dance at the British
Embassy is an event, and the young
people are all excited about II.
Wednesday night there is the ben
eft ball for the Children's Country
Home. which is always the one big