The Washington herald., 1919-12-14
Society:
q. z c. DRUM.aUNT

conducting the Republican cam
paign; will have their representa-
tivss on the stump and will ngure
largely In the list OF contributors.
Women will be sitting on juries In
trials At the District Supreme Court
before we know It OF course there
Is q quantity of conjecture as to
whether or not they will make i'm
partial servants of the law. ! ask,
why notf" OF course they will
There is q polite theory that wash
ington society IL = thing apart from
politics. and that On arriving with
in the voteless area Of the District
OF Colombia men OF all parties-and
of course the women in their fami-
lies-never allow their principles or
their prejudices to disturb the sur
face of society. 1t is true that vic
tor and vanquished rivals in poll
tics meet in friendly fashion at din
ners or over the table. but at those
same dinners and tea parties much
, politics Is played and sentiment Gre
ated that is felt an over the coun-
try. Washington has long been an
! important factor in politics. Should
woman's suffrage become universal
in the next ten months, the tea Ia
BILE agitators of today will be q rec
ognized force in electing the next
President. and women are not the
only tea table ,agitators, you know.
The next President Is sure to be
q figure prominent In Washington So
ciety either in the past or present. All
of the possible candidates mention
ed are well known at the Capital.
As one mikes around in society and
meets the wives Of the prominent
statesmen with Presidential ambi-
tions one cannot help but wonder
which will be the next first lady
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. Mrs. Warren
G. Harding, Mrs. Howard Suther-
land, Mrs. Hiram Johnson, Mrs.
Leonard Wood. Mrs. Gilbert Hitch
cock-eft who. May be the next Pres
ident will be q marriageable eligi-
BILE, like Gen. Pershing.
To 90 back n bit-the male members
OF the Republican committee were
the center of entertaining. too. There
were many distinguished men here
and many of them were accompanied
by their wives, like Martin Glynn.
formerly governor Of New York. and
George wickersham. Mrs. Henry r.
Dimock alone gave two dinners for
the Wickershams. Senator Medill
Mccormick entertained at dinner one
evening for the Republican national
committeeman now in Washington.
and the same afternoon Mrs. McCor-
mick was hostess at an informal tea
for a number of Republicans here to
attend the meeting OF the national
COMMITTEES.
MANY VISITORS
ARE IN THE CITY.
Il
was fairly swarming with people all
week: Peacock Alley was Just packed
with humanity at all reasonable
hours. But there were many familiar
faces missing from the Republican
ranks, like the late Mr.. Fairbanks
and Gen. Powell Clayton. The latter
was a member of the Republican ma
tional committee for years and
years-I think I am correct In saying
that at the time of his death, Q few
years ago, he had served on that
committee for a longer term than
any one man.
He and his family were promi-
nent in Washington society for
many years though he was born in
Delaware County. Pa. and lived
most of his life in Arkansas. He
was the first United States Ambas-
sador to Mexico. Particularly
prominent in society here was his
daughter. Charlotte, who married
Baron Moncheur. Belgium's minis
ter to this country for a long Pc
riod and the chief of the war mis-
sion which that country sent over
here several years ago. The Clay
ton family is brought to mind also
by the recent arrival in this coun-
try of the former Princess Enga-
litcheff of Russia. She was Evelyn
Florence Partridge and her first
husband was Sam Clayton, son of
the late Judge Tom Clayton. of
Media, Pa. and a nephew of the
late Ambassador Powell Clayton.
When he died. his wife having di-
vorced him. he left most of his
money to the Baroness MoncheuE
Princess Engalitcheff. who has also
divorced her Russian husband,
Prince Nicholas v. Engalitcheff.
former Russian vice consul in Chi
cago. has resumed her maiden
name. Her father was the late
Charles W. Pardridge. Chicago real
estate operator. She married the
prince in 1898 and divorced him
about three years ago. Sam Clay
ton resided most of the time In
Philadelphia.
But I have digressed; 1 was talk
ing of the visitors in town. 1t was