The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

necessary arrangements for his we'd
ding trip. SO when it was all over
and he and his bride had left the
house to start on his wedding jour
Dcy. he suddenly realized that he had
made no Pullman reservations-and
il was quite impossible to get accom-
mOdations on the train they had
planned to take. They thought they
would quietly go tn a hotel, and slip
away the following day and no one
toe the wiser But hotel accommoda-
tions We're equally at a premium last
December. II was about that time
that prominent captains of industry
called here by the President for con-
Sultation about war work, were glad
to spend the night in - Turkish bath
so impossible was il 10 ct a room
at any sort of a hotel. II was very
luuch case of mo room At the inn,"
Aud finally in the We sna' hours
.Lcv made their way up 10 the Oracle
residence in Sixteenth street. awokc
Mrs. Oracle, and begged lodging for
the night.
About a month later Dunbar Adams
GOT transferred TO Washington. and
for "A while he and his bride occupied
the Oracle home. while Mrs. Gracic
made a little trip South. Before long.
however, Lieut.. Adams. who is IN the
aviation section of the Signal COrrs.
was sent up to an aviation school
somewhere in the vicinity of New
Haven. where, so far as l know, he is
still located.
How to entertain exalted function
aries without making the entertain
ment a function, is a problem that
certain Washington hostesses are fac
in<. For instance. there is Mrs. Me-
Gill Mccormick. She and Represen-
tative Mccormick gave n dinner Mon
DAY night for Lord and Lady Read
Ing. She insists it was not in the least
a function She doesn't believe in
functions in war time. She and her
husband are bost notably patriotic.
1t is part of their inheritance as well
as of their individuaIties. She is a
daughter OF the late Mark Hanna. of
Ohio; he is a son OF Robert McCoT-
mick. who spent the best years of his
life in his country'S diplomatic serv-
ice. and a grandson of Joseph MedilI.
founder of the Chicago Tribune, and
one of the great journalists of the
civil war and reconstruction periods.
They are both very genuinely and
belligerently patriotic.
They have responded to every
call. Theirs is one of the most con-
scientiously Hooverized households
in Washington. But they did want
to entertain Lord Reading-as a
friend, Mr.. Mccormick had met him
on the other side. They had both
met him on this side. They " nted
to be hospitable. but "functio
are taboo in wartime. So they had
him and Lady Reading TO dinner
''informally-really not a function
Just a few friends. you know" on
Monday night before the Readings
took train for Chicago. where Lord
Reading was to attend the meeting
United States and make an address
on Thursday and return to Wash
ington in time for a dinner which
the Hurleys (of the Shipping
BoarD are giving them tonight
Saturday which may or may not
be a function. haven't asked
Mrs. Hurley how she feels about 1T.
Just now Mrs. Mccormick has as
her house guest Miss Felicite Og-
lesby. of Elkhart. Ill. daughter of
former governor of Illinois. and
is entertaining at dinner for her this
ning-"informally." of course.
But there's a difference between en-
tertaining for Miss Oglesby and en-
tertaining for the British Ambassa-
dor and Lady Reading. 1t is quite