Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Dog Days in Capital Are
Not Half Bad This
Summer
Summer


in automobiles to point near or
at desirable bathing place. Ham
pers filled with supper prepared
usually by an experienced caterer
and often with a couple OF serving
men along. They have real Newport
bathing suits with them and after
the frolic in the water and a return
to normal dog days clothes they
find supper ready to serve. and
usually as the sun goes down. pink
and rosy behind the trees and over
the. water, they sip their cool or
hot drinks, according to the weather
and sing and talk French (for most
girls in society in Washington must
speak French to have a real claim
to popularity and take their own
good time over the coffee and
cigarettes. The drive home in the
cool of the evening, and as fire.
quently as possible the light of the
moon, is large part of the enjoy
ment of the whole thing.
Mrs. Wilson's garden party on
Friday afternoon was unique in the
annals of White House festivities.
Mrs. Marshall. wife of the vice
president, Mrs. Robert Lansing,
wife OF the secretary of state; Mrs.
Lane, wife of the secretary of the
interior; Mrs. Rolfe Boiling, sister
in-law of Mrs. Wilson, and Miss
Edith Benham, social secretary of
the first lady of the land, who &C
companied her to Paris on both
trips, were the only women invited,
except for corps of Red Cross
nurses and the little party of motor
corps drivers who brought the
guests, who were about 500 conval-
escing soldiers from the Walter
Reed and naval hospitals here.
The men were ushered at once
into the back yard" of the White
House where exactly at S o'clock
the president and Mrs. Wilson. and
the ladies assisting, entered and
formed line under the great trees
just to the south of the mansion.
A large marquee under the trees
skirting the west drive, sheltered
the long tea table, over which were
festooned inmumberable American
flags. The marine band played
way to the south of the
receiving party, below the state "
fountain and the tennis courtsf
OF course they played the Star
Spangled Banner when they caught
the first sight Iof the president,
when the whole party andf every
man and woman in sight, 4the men
on crutches and even tho,se in the
chairs as far as it wag possible,
stopped short and sto9d perfectly
still facing the music. until it was
finished. This is %ne thing the
president is very particular about
After that it was /all merriment.
When every bSty had been greet
ID the President and Mrs. Wilson
passed about chatting with the
Khaki clad l5ds, sitting about on
the lawn, pr standing in groups
watching their hosts. They en-
joyed Kheir guests quite as much as
the quests enjoyed them. And es-
oecially did the president enjoy do
ng( K. P. kitchen police) for the
1Yen. He thought those in the
ihairs were not being served as
fast as he would like, so he helped.
Labor Day.
i Labor day, a pivot around which
the people of the United States seem
to move once a year, will be the sig
nal for all who are home to get
away, and all who are away to come
home. The counselor of the State
recently elevated to the
title of undersecretary of state,
Frank Lyon Polk being in Paris,
the acting secretary of state in Mr..
Lansings absence will be the as
sistant secretary, William Phillips.
He will return here from Beverly,
Mass, on Tuesday. Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth will
return on Tuesday. Mr.. Longworth
went up to join Mrs. Longworth at
Bevery Farms for the weekend and
Labor day. They made a several
weeks visit to the governor of
Rhode Island and Mrs. Livingston
Beeckman early in the month and
were wonderfully entertained. As
Miss Alice Roosevelt. Mrs. Longh-
worth quite turned Beverly upside
down, and, indeed, in Newport she
had brilliant summer.
The Joseph Letter mansion on
Dupont Circle is being put into
suspicious1y fresh condition for the
first time since the death of the
late Mrs. Levi Letter, who planned
it and spent the last years of her
life in it. 1t is expected that Mr..
Letters sister. the beautiful Coun-