The Washington times., 1918-01-20
Washington Is Itself Again
After the Departure Of
Numerous .NotdbleS

full corals. combined with Jet. heavy
chain thereof ending in coral and Jet
tassels, and a girdle with ends falling
almost to the hem OF her gown. To
those who admired the ornaments she
explained that they were Pompeiian-
no. not from the ruins, but OF Pom
peiian origin-and very old, which
able color, their patine, as 1t were.
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VIII Not Observe
Thursday At-HOme.
The ladies ofsthe Senate, as an or.
gahization, have decided that they
will not observe Thursday afternoons
at home this year. unless 1t Is an
nouneed ahead Of time This would
seem to be an excellent solution of
the question as to whether Senate
day" should be observed In war time
or should pasA with AbInst- day"
into the limbo of things Forgotten.
The present arrangement relieves
the-Senate hostesses OF the obligation
OF receiving every Thursday, OF de-
voting time TO. social obseryances
which might be employed In war
work, and yet gives each hostess the
privilege Of selecting certain days to
stay at home, notifying her friends
ahead. OF time, either by cards or
through the newspapers, without fy-
ing in the face Of the pFeJudices of
any OF her associates.
II relieyes official women of much
Of the burdensome part Of what they
hitherto considered their Official du-
ties, and leaves to the judgment of
the individual woman. the extent to
which social doinEs shall enter into
her program. The matter OF making
official calls is also being left pretty
much to individual judgment.
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For instance, Mrs. Marshall has de
eided that unless the situation
changes materially she will not keep
q day at home at all this season, and
she 10 making absolutely no calls
She couldn't, you see. unless she in
tended to devote a great deal of time
to social duties, for IL she returned
one call she'd have to return them all
Mrs. Salisbury. wife Of the President
pro TSmpore OF the Senate, on the
other hand, will observe her after
moons at home pretty regularly
throughout the season, and she has
already made most OF the Thursday
calls" which she considers It incum-
bent upon her to make, including calls
upon the newcomers to the Senate
contingent.
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Since moving their headquarters
from wadSworth House to rooms in
the Senate Office Building, the Ladies
OF the Senate, who Organized, as you
doubtless remember, especially for war
work, have branched out extensively.
The rooms are open six days in the
week from Q o'clock to late after
noon, six sewing machines are going
continuously, and there are always .
doSen or more women hard at work.
The hrst three days OF the week
are devoted TO knitting, OF which Mrs.
John W. Weeks has charge, and
"wooly" work'-that is all work with
flannel or other fuzzy material which
must be kept entirely separate from
anything which has to do with surgi-
cal dressings. Mrs. Atlee Pomerens
superintends this work. Surgical
dressings, with Mrs Claude Swanson
at the head of the workers, have
their innings on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, and on the same days
much time Is devoted to the manu-
facture of sheets, pillow cases, linen
towels, and similar hospital supplies.
Mrs. Ralph GallInger, daughter-in-law
of Senator Gallinger, has this work
In hand.
Many OF the women OF the Senate
have been in the habit OF going fire.
quently to the Capitol TO. take lunch
con with their husbands in the Sen
ate dining room, or TO bring them
home in the evening, and nowadays
they always wait in the work room,
putting in their spare time at knit
ting or making hospital garments. In
addition, most OF them have certain
hours each week which they devote
to war work.