The Washington herald., 1919-01-19

Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs. Ba-
ker Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Houston
! were not there. The Congressional
set was pretty well represented.
| noticed among the Copleys' guests
Judge and Mrs. John Marshall Gott
of Philadelphia. And the residential
set-the Townsends. the McLeans, the
Edison Bradleys. Mrs. Marshall Field
were out in force.
But the State Department was con-
spicuously absent. l had heard a ru-
NOR early in the afternoon that the
oficials there had been warned that
they had better play safe and keep
away-so l was curious to see what
there was in ii. or course l don't
know whether they had been warned
or not-but they weren't there. The
Frank Lyon Polks and the William
Phillipses were guests at Senator and
Mrs. Saulsbury's dinner that night.
So were the Minister of Salvador and
Nine. Zaldivar-who were very much
at the ball; and so were the Simons,
who were in Nine. Bakhmeteff's box.
l don't know what engagement
the Breckenridge Longs may have
had. but they were not in the ball
room. And they and the William
Phillipses. and the Polks are rather
addicted to balls. So perhaps the
State Department did decide to take
hand, or at least to have a finger
in the pie.
Presumably the Breckenridge
Longs were at some one of the
many. many dinners of Wednesday
night. One of the most interesting
was one that Mrs. Price Collier gave
for her son-in-law and daughter
Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles Fellowes
Gordon, who have been her house
guests since their return from their
wedding trip about ten days ago.
1t was by way of farewell, they
are leaving Washington today. eN-
pecting to sail for England. Janu-
ary 81 Mrs. Collier is going up to
New York with them and will stay
there until they sail. when she will
go down to Florida for a couple of
months, and on her return close her
Washington residence and return
once more to Tuxedo.
Mrs. Golfers dinner party was real
ly a farewell to the whole group, and
with most of the women attired for
the ball, was an unusually picturesque
function Admiral Sir William Low
ther Grant, R. n. was among the
guests, some of the others being Mrs.
Frederic Delano, Mrs. James Law
renee Houghteling. jr. formerly Miss
Laura Delano). Mr.. and Mrs Brooke
Baker, Capt. and Mrs. John Gregory
Hope, Mr.. and Mrs. Lanier Winslow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford, Capt. Arthur
Snagge, naval attache of the British
Embassy, Commander Putt and COM
mander Trimmer, of H. NJ. S. War
rior. and Lieut.. Duthy, of the British
army. There were thirty-siX guests
in all, most of whom went afterwards
TO the Russian ball. On Thursday
Mrs Delano gave a farewell luncheon
to Lieut.. and Mrs. Gordon, not very
large. but large enough to include
Sir William Lowther Grant. whose
flag lieutenant young Gordon is.
Another of the rather more inter-
esting of Wednesdays dinners was
Commander Theodore JEWELS de-
butante dinner-interestin because
it was his eighth annual" Each
year he gives them. selecting some
one particular debutante as his
honor guest. and inviting most of
the others to meet her. This year
Miss Mary HELEN was the bright
particular star. and Lieut.. and Mrs.
Wilkinson. whose marriage last
month was an event of Importance,
chaperoned the party which includ-