The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

knew what was up he was teiephon-
ing Meade. He was In Secretary
Bakers once. He had put the matter
up 70 him. Apparently no one had
done that before. And he thought II
they'd be patient for a few minutes
the matter could be fixed up. And
almost at once the wheels were set In
motion toward remedying that MINUS
tice which no one had dreamed OF
making clear 10 Baker personally.
Darden had SO often talked things
over with Baker In his newspaper ca
paeity that II didn't occur TO him that
there was any insurmountable DIM
Guilty about taking Il up with Baker"
More power TO him. A few more sniil-
ing Tommy Dardens would sure come
In handy.
But to return 10 the Daughters. II
was rather a small congress this year.
Perhaps there was the usual number
of voting delegates. but the alternates
dld not show up 90 numerously ana
who usually are In Washington during
Is d. A. r. week., because they like
10 DC nGTN WuCu uu8 . htIC ut0u y
show up at all There was very much
less social stunts. OF course they were
not received en- masse at the White
House. and. that always used to be q
feature Of the congresses.
There were. however, a number Of
teas" for special delegations, and
one or two for the entire congress.
One OF these-that given Friday by
the National Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation, labored under the not infro-
quent difficulty of the absence OF one
OF Its joint stars. The tea was an
nounced as being in honor of the
presidsnt-general. Mrs. George Thach-
er Guernsey. and Mrs. Newton ID.
Baker. Mrs. Baker was on the line
she usually Is on the Job when she
undertakes anything-but Mrs. 0uern-
sey was not visible. Unfortunately.
MrG Guernsey found II impossible 10
be two places at once. and she was
also on the program to pour" at
Mrs. Matthew Scott's tea up in Q
street about the same time.
That sun" tea was. as all their
teas are. q very nice party. 1t Ii 4
perfectly lovely home for parties. But
1 was impressed with the amazing
nerve of the only two "men" that ]
saw in all that swarm Of women. One
was Commissioner Louis Brownlow.
who always knew was q brave man;
but who seemed to feel the need OF
an excuse, and explained that he was
merely acting as convoy for Mrs.
Brownlow. The other-I was partic-
ularly pleased to meet him-seemed
rather overcome at his own temerity.
and clung tightly to his mothers
hand He was Clifford Pinchot, jr..
aged perhaps four-with appealing
brown eyes and his mothers red gold
hair, and . generally strong resem-
blance to her. He was quite the CEN
ter OF attention. in a tiny white jer-
sey separated from his small white
shoes by the most diminutive pair OF
'trousies" I've ever seen, of a lovely
warm yellow linen. When some one
asked him whether he was present as
sun or as d. A. r. he dug his lit
tie fist into his eyes and took refuge
in his mothers skirts and silence; un-
til Mr.. Brownlow, evidently realizing
that was one OF those times when a
fellow needs a friend, answered for
him. both" Which is probably true.
Probably the one individual who was
most entertained-and she isn't even
an oficer in the organization-was
Mrs. Charles Whitman, wife OF the
Governor OF New York. who was here
ostensibly as a d. A. r. delegate. but
could scarcely have had much time for
ID. A. Ring. She was the house
guest OF the Da Gamss at the Brazilian
Embassy. as she had often been be-
fore. and who was as much feted as
she'd stand. Mrs. Edison Bradley gave
her a very swell luncheon. and John
Barrett gave her one, and the ] a
Gamas gave q dinner in her honor the
first night when it seemed as IL she
might cut the session, and Mrs.
James Mcdonald entertained for her,
and there were one or two other lesser
functions.
Mrs. Whitman Is quite q frequent
visitor-she comes when there is any
special suffrage activity on. for she
has been one of the stalwarts of
suffrage-and she comes for various
other movements for uplift, or pro-
gressive citizenship. And in spite of
her progressiveness she's tremendous
ly popular in the most conservative
and exclusive circles The resident
set. and the socially elect of the po-
litically elect. who rather turn up
their noses at the rest OF official-
dom-people like the Gerrys and the
Longworths and the wadsworths-
perfectly good people. you know.
and OF unblemished patriotism. but
q bit top-lofty"-and she rather sps-
cializes on the diplomats.
Mrs Longworth just now Is bend
ing all her energies TO the drive
for the liberty loan. Mrs. Charles
Hamlin Is head Of the local Wom-
ans Liberty Loan Committee. and
she put Mrs. Longworth in command
OF the hotel squad." Mrs. Long
worth has gone into II head first,
and with both feet" after the fash
ion of her august father. She has
able deputies in each Of the big
hotels-women in her own set-and
she goes to all OF them. They are
using their Establishments on guests
and employees aiike-and with mark
ed success. When a stunning crea =
ture in a stunning creation. goes
raw NIIF Avn CREAM