The Washington herald., 1918-12-08

home in the tower rooms of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley's house.
There are three items given me by
a woman who Is wise i'm the ways
of Washington as showing which
way the wind blows" The only in
ference 1 draw from them is that 1t
Is blowing around In circles, or six
ways to Sunday. But I'm probably
stupid.
You know this business of readjusr-
Ing ourselves to peace. Just as we'u
gotten full steam ahead for war, is
rather bewildering. and at times a bit
trying. even. People who can simply
resign are rather In luck. Sticking
around until Uncle Sam can back
away and get you mustered out OF
service is. to put 1t mildly. disconcert-
ing. Hanging around to see whats
going to happen is distinctly unset
Ting All my best friends are more
or less doing II. and one wonders who
is going to stay and who Is going to
be allowed to go home and go about
whatever was his business before the
whole force of the nation was mobi-
lized to win the war. Just the other
day the Archibald Barklies. fro~,
Philadelphia, had perfectly la<-
apartment here. at Wendell Mansions,
just above Sheridan Circle. in Massa-
chusetts avenue. Mrs. Barklie ex-
pected to be here most of the winter.
They were here week ago awaiting
orders. Now Mai. Barklie Is stationed
at Camp Meade-just to keep him
busy apparently-and Mrs. Barklie
has rented her lovely apartment and
gone back to Inver House at Wayne.
Nobody seems to know what to ex-
pect of the Baruch and the Stettin
families. Mr.. Baruch has been here
on and on. Mrs. Baruch and Miss
Belle Baruch have scarcely been here
at all this season. But apparently
they mean to be. for Miss Baruch fig
ures rather prominently on the vari-
Gus committees for the Junior League
ball on New Years Eve. And the
Junior League does not encoura ze
sleeping partners Any one who is on
their committees is expected to do the
work. Mrs. Stettinius and Miss Mabel
were expected to spend most of the
winter here-but. so far as | know,
nave not been here except for a day
or two en- route from White Sulphur
NliNg spttlt ffliSl Vi lilt
summer. to New York Miss Betty
Stettinius was not to have been here
anyhow, except for the holidays. as
she's a college girl.
And some of the debutantes. don't
seem to know whether they are Wash
ington debutantes or New York or st.
Louis, Philadelphia. Boston. or Chi
cago. The Requas, for instance, whose
young daughter, Alice, was to have
made her debut this season. have an
nounced that she would not have any
formal coming out, since they did not
know how long they would remain in
Washington. She is none the less
playing around with the debutautes.
going to all their parties and generally
having a perfectly heavenly time
all the fun. in short, with none Of
the responsibility.
And, by the way. young Ned Lane
alias Franklin X. Lane, jr.. must be
just about due home by now. His
parents don't know exactly when to
expect him. They had a cable from
him that he was sailing November 2s-
just that and no more. So IL he hasn't
already landed, he certainly will in a
day or two. And IL he's only stationed
here or somewhere close by, he will
certainly have the time of a young
life that has not been at all lacking in
times"
He is terribly popular with the
younges set. and just about belongs
with the bunch OF buds that is bloom
ing right about now. And II he ac-
cepts half the invitations that will
come his way as soon as he reaches
town. he'll probably be a nervous
wreck before Lent.
About the time the debutantes get
through debutting comes the Christ
mas Night ball for the Children's
Country Home, always a smart func-
uon, and on New Years Eve the Ju-
nior League ball, which has pressed
the entire group into service on it's
committees, particularly its floor COM
mittee and its ticket committee. The
lists were announced few days ago.
This ball is always one of the pref
tiest of the year. and is sure to have
some new and delightful feature
While it is developing rather slowly,
and daily adding new names to the
lists of patronesses and boxholders. at
present the patronesses include Mrs.
James Wadsworth. Mrs. Robert
Thompson. Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs.
Marshall Field, Mrs. d. A. Blodgett,
Mime. Riano, Mrs. ]. Esrey johnson,
and Mrs. Harold Walker Boxes have
been taken by Mrs. F. w English.
Mrs. D. A. Blodgett. Miss Ruth
Hitchcock and Miss Natalie Camp
bell, which is a very good beginning.
There is, of course. the usual grist
of benefits. One of the most interest
ing Is the benefit performance of The
Masquerader," with Guy Bates Post,
to be given next Monday night, De-
cember l6, under the special patronage
OF Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and the la
dies of the Cabinet for CoIun,b;a H.