The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-03
OTS WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF. CAPITAL SOCIETY.

heard of it! Wasn't that a shame?
And, of course, he had to spoil all the
fun-he always does. And the recess
is of: And everybody had such lovely
plans!
1t was only the House that was re-
cessing, of course. The Senate was to
stay on the job, anyhow, and wrestlc
with treaties and things and hurl
some hard hunks of language at the
President. And even the House had
so many Investigations on-so many
committees which were to continue
their work right through the recess.
that a whole lot of the members were
mournfully deciding that they couldn't
possibly get away for any length OF
time. And they're having rather the
laugh on the others now.
The Speaker. being exofficio mem
Der of all the committees. doesn't real
ly have to work very hard at any
OF them-and he had concluded that
he could very we'll take a well-earned
rest. So he and Mrs. Gillett were
planning to be away from Washing
ton a good part OF the recess. and to
put in the time motoring through
New England. They were to have
started almost Immediately by motor
for the Maine coast. Mrs. Gillett's
daughter, Miss Louisa Hoar, who has
been in Washington since she re-
turned from a series of visits about
a month ago, was to start with them.
though she was quite likely to fall
by the wayside" and continue her in
terrupted round of visits.
Her sister, Miss Frances Hoar, has
been making them pretty continu-
ously since the end Of May, and is
apparently still going strong" She
is spending this week end as a mem
Der of a house party which Mrs. Mar
shall Field is entertaining at Beverly,
Mass, where she has taken former
Senator Beveridge's place for the
summer. It's a place where Mrs.
Field frequently had visited during a
considerable part of several recent
summers. as Mrs. Beveridge, formerly
Miss Margaret Eddy, is her niece and
she and her children are great favor
ties with Mrs. Field.
CIarks to Visit
Home In Missouri.
Former Speaker and Mrs. Clark
were headed the other way. They
were going out to Missouri, imme
diately or sooner. They have not been
at their home, "Honeyshuck, at
have almost forgotten what it looks
like. Their son, Bennett Clark, who
was parliamentarian of the House be-,
fore he went into the service (he's out
again now is in ST. Louis, where he
has gone into law firm and is start
ing in on a professional career. Their
daughter, Genevieve, Mrs. James
Thomson, of New Orleans, is coming
North within a couple of weeks, and
will make a series of visits, probably
spending considerable time with her
"in-Iaws" at Summit Point, w. Va.
Alaskan Stag Trip
Sounds Interesting.
There was a party planning an
Alaskan trip that sounded rather in
a dozen or more Rep
resentatives, without their wives, a
stag party-Represent Edward
S. Brooks, Albert Johnson. G. NJ.
Young, J. NJ. Evans, H. L. Candy, J.
L. Raker, w. G. Landlord. Scott Fer
ris, NJ. II. yelling, w. S. Goodwin. L.
c. Hopkinson. and c. D. Undertake.
/ am not quite clear whether they
were going for business-Congres
sional business-or pleasure. II they
are a committee investigating-oh
we'll, most anything-why the salmon
is not as red as 1t used to be-or
where all the seals that used to lend
us their coats for winter. have gone
they will probably go EayIy on
their way. But unless they have a
perfectly good excuse, and Uncle
Sam paying their way, they'll have
to swelter in Washington at a time
when Alaska looks particularly al
Turing.
There arc some people. even young
people, who don't seem to mind
spending the summer in Washington
at all. One of them is Dorothy Dem
nett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
bennett, on Q street. Possibly Wash
ington is good enough for her be-
cause she has for the last few years
spent her winters out in Wisconsin,
where she is a student at the State
university. She used to spend the
0ettcT part of her summers out there,
where Uncle Fred bennett" who
isn't her fathers brother, as one
might suppose him to he. but merely
a cousin, has A most delightful sum-