The Washington herald., 1919-12-21
By E. c. DRUM-HUNr

RUM-HUNT
gown she wore q small satin toque
trimmed with a black paradise
plume hanging dowp over the left
shoulder ala the Queen of the Bel
CLANS.
Many OF the guests at the Lane
party slipped away early to attend
Miss brakes tea which lasted
, longer than did Miss Lanes which
was a small and early" At Miss
brakes the guests danced in the
spacious ballroom which tended to
prolong their stay. perhaps. The
, clubhouse looked lovely in all its
Christmas decorations. not to men,
! tion the quantities of flowers sent
TO Miss Drake. And the men-I
haven't seen so many men at a
dance since the armistice-after
/ which the army and navy officers
both foreign and domestic began to
scatter for their homes. You see
, the General has all of the army
officers in town at his beck or
call. more or less. II you run short
of men for your parties just call on
Barrine Drake for help and your
party will be sure to be a success.
She is a pretty little thing and has
a delightful personality and many
beaux. 1t seemed like the war days
to see so many uniforms as were
at the Drake party and made one
stop to think how few uniforms we
see at social functions now -a-days
though just year ago the man out
of uniform was the rare sight.
HELEN BLODGETT's
GOWN WAS LOVELY.
1 saw a number Of army people
there whom / haven't seen for some
time; people who used to be stationed
here and are back in town on duty
once more. In that group l noticed,
particularly. Col. and Mrs. Ernest
! Peek. whom I used to see at the hops
down at the barracks so much before
the war. They are such a striking
pair; one notices them Immediately
no matter how big the crowd, for
they are both extraordinarily tall and
both very handsome. Col and Mrs.
Day are back here now-have been
! here since spring. l believe-and like
the Peaks are once more taking the
same active part in society as they
did when they were here before. Mrs.
Day is very attractive; Is so full OF
! pen"
Helen Blodgett came late to the mar
ty with her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos Blodgett, jr.. in
tow. and 1 never saw her look so well.
She had on a modish frock and an
extremely becoming one OF soft rich
brown satin OF a taupish shade. The
skirt was straight and full and
tucked under at the hem, harem fash
ION. Over the waist was short
open Eton jacket effect - with the
jacket tucked in at the belt - of a
| brown and tan open-weave silk trtco-
lotte. Her hat was Of tulle the shade
OF her gown and silver brocaded satin
twisted together into a toque in the
Oriental turban style which is so pop-
! uiar just now
The three outstanding buds of the
season made their formal bows last
week; the only Cabinet bud and the
only diplomatic buds: Miss Nancy
Lane and the Misses da Cana, nieces
OF Nine. Matthew, wife OF the Am
bassador of Chile, who gave a re-
ception for them yesterday after
noon. Those two girls look like
/ twins and are rather young-lookinS
and wear their dresses fashlonably
short, half way to their knees, I
should say. They don't seem to have
as good a time as they might. and
II think 1t is due to the fact that
| they have failed to get well &C.
quainted because of their diffidence.
] don't think they know many men
vet. They appear to me always as
/ though they needed some kind.
thoughtful young girl to take them
in hand at some of these parties
and to introduce them around and
make them feel at home. Nine
Matthew accompanies them usually to
the parties. but she herself is still
something of n stranger outside of
the official and diplomatic sets The
Da Cana girls are invited every
where. but so far they don't seem
to be quite Sin the swing
The other girls presented last week
were Mary Custis Lee and Eleanor
Harris. both OF whom made their
bow at a dance. Agnes Scott was
introduced last week and Betty
Grove and Margaret Hicks "came
out yesterday. And in addition to
all these parties, the "debs" as well
as the "grown-ups" attended the bic
benefit affairs of the week, including
the bridge tea at Mrs. Dimock's
Monday. the Government League ball
Tuesday and the Vanity Fair fete
Friday.
Margaret Wilson was the chief at
traction OF the Recreation League
ball.