The Washington times., 1918-03-24
Gear Susan:

Gear Susan:
sprinz is here! Almost overnight
the ,croeuses appeared. genming the
lawns with their purple, white ana
gold. Brave little sufrragists. they
are, haunting their eolors gaYy IL
spite OF lingering freshness!
- To walk downtown of, an early
morning nowadays is to find onesel1
III the midst Of a beautitul aavehtuI
dupont circle is bounded With dos
.,,,,nr forsvthia. The robins have
occupied Farragut square, brave IN
their uniforms Of scarlet and brown
ana given TO 'swanking' bit. some
fEnes they fall to squabbling, but on
the whole they are a CHEEKY lot. Ihe
black birds. their iridescent arno:
aeleam. share Lafayette park with
tic SQUIRRELS, plump gray pigeons IRE
ceeatly Joining in the dress parade
i'm Potomac Park the, willows have
hurst overnight into young ana
tender green.
And one morning, seeing the pass
sss-by at a certain street corner gaz-'
ing sIxN-1yard, \, too. looked aloft
thinking idly. The British flyers up
! esaly-this morning" -. Instead. caught
sight Of a wee scarlet thing, Ken
tucky cardinal, perched on the top
most branch OF a bare brown tree
. and singing as though its little throat
would burst.
You remember Robert Browning's'
"oh, 20 be in England, now that
Aprirs there.S Well. he only wrote
that because he didn't know WASH
Z ington.
! Aprirs not here quite yet, OF course,
) but il time continues to pass with
1ach flying feet she'll be upon us
: before eFer we have a chance to bid
farewell to March.
8 Only Holy Week now remains OF all
the forty days OF Lent, week to pc
marked by a slowing up In the social
pace hitherto unnoted in this scarcely
recognizable penitential season MIS-.
/. Henry F. Dimock will give her dinner
Tor the British Ambassador and Lady
Veading tomorrow and Mrs. John b
; Henderson is having guests to meet
. Col. and Mrs. George Harvey the same
evening, but after thetthere1l be ut
: tie entertaining OF consequence (antit
after Easter Sunday.
The week just past. however. was
gay enough In all conscience. with all
: manner OF dinner parties scattered
through its seven days and the trl-
Icsn Fund for French Wounded to wind
UP v-iths- The French Ambassador and
Mime. Jusserand, who so rarely go any
where nowadays, had a box. and their
diplomatic allies turned out In force
as a matter OF international courtesy,
30 the bail Was one of the most bril-
liant as well as one OF the most pic
tiresque OF the season Moreover.
from the number of dinners which
- h. e,sn~Nfnn ANNA red
that-as one woman put it-"every-
body was either having company or
being company"
Capt and Mrs. =. l. willard gave
two dinner parties at the Navy Yard
during the week. Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett had a dinner at the
Marine Barracks. just over the way.
with Capt and Mrs. A. J. DreKei Bid
die as honor guests. The Brazilian
Ambassador and Nine. da Cana en-
tertained a distinguished company in
compliment to Alberto de Ipanema
Moreira, counselor OF the embassy,
who is leaving Washington soon. hav-
ing been made Brazilian minister TO
Mexico. The Persian minister cele'
krated the Persian new year, fes-
tivaI 5000 years old. with a dinner
Sarty marked by several quaint tradi'
+, As for Lord and Lady Reading,
they dined out every night last week
save Wednesday. regardless Of the
afact that they have been busy get
ting settled in the embassy and that
even ambassadors. with large stan
Of servants a: their disposal. spell
the throws" of moving that way
rather than in alavish agreement with
dictionaries. The very day they
moved they were the principal guests
~ 4 brilliant dinner which Mr.. and
1Irs Edward BeaIe Mclean gave al
their home in ! street.
. Later in the week they dined with
AR. and Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius
who are settled at 25Ol Massachusetts
avenue. since Mr.. Stettinius came q
Washington to do TIE buying for th'
War Department: with Mrs. Richard
Townsend and with Mrs. John Il
Henderson. And last evening. by way
OF a climax to the weeks festivities
the italian Ambassador and Countess
di Cellere gave a dinner in theil
honor.
In the absence % the Secretary o
War. Benedict CroweN, acting secre