The Washington herald., 1918-12-29

The Marshalls themselves dined with
their very good friend, Mrs. Thomas
+. Walsh, at 900 Massachusetts ave-
nue., strictly en- famille. That is the
one house in town in which they are
thoroughly at home, and where they
come and go freely and at their ease
Any Sunday evening that they are
not in their own apartment at the
Willard, one would be fairly safe in
calling twenty y-twenty'' If one needed
badly to get in touch with the Presi-
dent pro tenn.
The Lansings, Of course. spent their
Christmas in Paris. and the telepathic
wires were working overtime convey
ing to them the wishes of their friends
for a happy Christmas and a success
full New Year. Here at home at the
Lansing House" which is really the
Foster House, for Secretary and Mrs.
Lansing have always lived with her
parents, General and Mrs John w
FosterA(General Foster had been Mr..
Lansing's superior in the State De-
partment, and his guide, preceptor and
friend in law and diplomacy, and there
was a very strong tie and warm per-
sonal affection between them before
Mr.. Lansing had married Miss Eleanor
Foster)-Mrs. Foster entertained the
same family party which Mrs. Lans-
ing undoubtedly would have enter
tained had she been here, her grand
son, Maj. John Foster Dulles and his
wife and Miss Nataline Dulles, her
Granddaughter, who Is training at the
Walter Reed Hospital.
Speaking of the Walter Reed-one
of my friends regretted that she had
not been able to get couple of the
boys for Christmas dinner-sounds
cannibalistic. but it isn't. She and a
neighbor had each applied for two. o,-
ferthg to send a motor over for them
and to return them the same way.
and were told that the entire avail
able supply had been snapped up two
weeks before Christmas-every boy
who was physically fit to spend Christ
mas day away from the big hospital
had been invited and accepted long
before.
Three of the Cabinet families after
celebrating their quiet home Christ
masses went up to New York for the
return of the fleet. Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels and their entire house
party went up on the o'clock train
on Christmas Day. There was some
talk of their going up on the May
flower but they they very sessibIy
decided that Christmas at sea might
to more novel than pleasant. and the
Mayhower was sent up to meet them
there
The Bakers went up on the mid
night train; so did the Houstons MIR.
Baker spent several hours of Christ
mas Day down at the Capitol presid-
inq over the great Christmas tree Sc,
up in the rotunda-a tree cut from the
Mount Vernon estate. George Wash
ington's home, by the way-by the
camp Community Service for the chill
dren of the boys over there. Mr.. Ba-
ker took an active part in distributing
the gifts, which included a stocking
filled with candy and fruit and little
foolishness which children love. Ano
in the evening there was a sort of
Christmas pageant showing the diff
ferent forms of Christmas celebration
down through the ages-from the first
Christmas, through the Yule of Druid
Britain to the present
The Franklin Rooseyelts also took
a party up to. New York for the icere-
monies attending the return of the
heet-they had with them the Lathrop
Browns and Sir Henry Babington