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The Washington times., 1919-07-13
District PIessnt
Despite Robberies.

DAgcrlGt Pte89mt
Despite RObberies.
Save for the appalling fact thss
the thieves seem to be able To ref
away with everything that isn't
nailed down and that women now
adays don't dare stir out unattended
after dark, Warrington q daily bs@
coming pleasanter place 20 live ia.
improvements are being made an tha
time In the already beautiful SYSTEM
OF parks with which the city -
blessed. and Il Is the purpose OF tha
powers that be to bring these pleasure
grounds within the reach OF the uaa5
in the street, with his sisters and his
cousins and his aants, and more par
tlculaFly his children.
The launching OF the ferry which
runs across from the foot OF Seventh
street to the tip end OF Potomac Park
was q great step In this directions
The ferryboat - Q gtaunch littls
craft, she runs every hour, 50 thera
isn't much danger Of oYsrcroWdinE,
and the wee bit cruise across the
river IL very enjoyable. Moreover,
lower Potomac Park, with its beau
tiful spreading trees and the FfVea
tapping at its shores On two sides, %
a singularIy beautiful spot-as these
found out. It's q delightful place 70
take . picnic supper or just 70 loaf
about for q while, watching thu
stream OF motor cars and the FfVeE
craft or lingering to drink IN thu
beauty OF the sun setting behind ths
Virginia hills.
Frequently an aeroplane from
Boiling Field, just across the channel.
will circle overhead, . never falling
source OF interest to the pleasure
seekers, and almost every day one
can glimpse groups OF the flyers. foe
most OF them are ferried across 70
their own little landing in the park
and pick up their motors there 70 be
driven back to town. Then, too, By
way OF an extra added attractton.s
the Girl Scouts do thriving business
in soft drinks and such ''gOOdies@ a.
cookies and little cakes.
Some day, possibly, band eonesrtS
Continued on Page Elevsu-)
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Senate Address
Was Big Event.

OF course, the really big event.
socially as well as politicaIly-to
which the rest was merely a prelude,
was the Presidents address to the
Senate on Thursday. There seems to
be a difference Of opinion as to
whether President Wilson's speech
was an epoch-making document, the
greatest thing uttered by any Presi-
dent OF the United States since Lin
coin died" or whether it was simply
q scholarly summing up of what
everybody knew already. But nobody
can deny that the firing of the first
shot in the Chief Executives fight for
the ratification Of the peace treaty
and the league OF nations pact was an
historic occasion.
Considering the number Of people
who wanted to hear il and the limited
space into which those who did hear
Il had TO be crowded, I felt that I was
lucky to get my nose in, especially
after I had asked both Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. Lane If they were going, and they
had each one separately confessed
that they'd like to, but had their
doubts whether they could get cards!
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There was a large party present
from the White House in addition to
Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wilson. I saw
Mrs. Boiling. Miss Boiling, and John
Randolph Boiling. who almost never
miss an occasion of this kind; also
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Hunter, Gait,
Col and Mrs. Edward T. Brown
they're frequently "house guests" at
the Executive Mansion, but now have
a house Of their own here-and Prof
Stockton Arson. And 1 thought Miss
Benham was in the party, but couldn't
be sure in the dim light.
Among those in the seats back OF
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nave two girls OF her own housenoio
to present at the next drawing room.
Presumably Mrs. Davis may come
over In the autumn to settle the mat
ter of her apartment at 1903 Six
teenth street, but the present plan is
for Miss Basel. who is making her
home there now, to sublet 1t fur
nished and thus avoid the trouble OF
arranging for storage or other dis
position OF their household goods.
Miss Basel came to Washington a
year or so ago to do war work, and
expects to linger here through the
summer. How the rumor about Mrs.
DaviG' return first got about nobody
seems to know. There was a Mr."
Norman Davis" on the passenger list
of the George Washington and some
one may have got hold of this name,
confused II with the Ambassadors
and jumped to conclusions.
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President Falls
Into Regular Ways.


1t was amusing to see how prompt
ly the President and Mrs. Wilson fell
back into their old Washington
regimen The Bollings spent the
morning with Mrs. Wilson and stay
ed to luncheon. In the afternoon the
President and Mrs. Wilson went for
one of their long motor rides in the
country. And the morning and the
evening were the first day" No, my
dear. he didn't go to Keith's that
night-you're getting mixed, it was
Friday or preferably Saturday that
he used to go to Keith's-but he and
Mrs Wilson. with a. family party
augmented by DR.. Grayson and DR..
Tuesler. did take in the show there
later in the week. And they also
spent a morning or two on the links
this week. They must be wondering
if they've really been away at all
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. who returned with the
Presidential party, were met at the
station and whisked off to the en-
bassy. The Italian Ambassador and
Countess di Cellere were not in the
party. although they were invited to
be quests of the President and Mrs.
Wilson on the return journey aboard
the George Washington. They couldn't
get away in time. but they sailed
Monday on the lmperator and are
due here next week
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said softly 1T can imagine several
things he might like to do with
them" So can when you put ii that
way.
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Nine. JusseFand
With Mrs. Marshall

With Mrs. Marshall
Why, on Thursday some Of the men
who were in the White House party
actually had to find seats on the
stairs, and Mrs BUrleson and Sidney
Burleson were perched on the steps
above them! Mrs. Lane did get her
ticket, for noticed her in the gal
lery, but didn't see Mrs. Baker. Mrs.
Daniels was there and had the Secre-
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MRS. WEBSTER KNIGHT, I'd,

Mrs. Wilson noticed Mrs. Oscar
Underwood and Mrs. Champ Clark
and the sight Of them took me back
to the early days OF the Baltimore
| convention"-the Democratic con-
vention OF 1912-when It seemed
likely that either Senator Underwood
or Champ Clark would be the nomi-
nee Both Mrs. Underwood and Mrs.
Clark were constantly in attendance
at the sessions. each pulling" for
her man-Pm told Mrs. Underwood
wore green stockings for luck all
Through convention week. And the
man who is now President of the
United States was a dark horse then
and hadn't even met the woman he
was later to make mistress OF the
White House! Verify, Father Time
brings about dramatic changes.
A number of important luncheon
parties were given in the Senate res
taurant after the address, including
one with the Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall as hosts; there was a sort Of
impromptu reception in the corri-
doris while people were waiting for
their motors, and, altogether, 1t was
tremendously interesting event. l
don't need to tell you of the enthusi-
astic reception the President got, for
you must have read Of that in the
papers: and you doubtless read of
1 how the crowds funny bone was
| tickled when it became apparent that
the committee sent to welcome Presi-
dent Wilson and escort him to the
Senate chamber included Senator
| Lodge and Senator Borah.
] liked the costume which Mrs.
Wilson wore on her arrival in Wash
fngton much better than the gown
she had on at the Senate. 1t was OF
gray tricotine trimmed with deep
fringe and worn with a ravishing
cape of gray and white striped ma
terial and a most becoming gray hat.
The skirt was short enough to be well
out of the way, perhaps six inches
from the ground. and 1t was-mark
this wellI decidedly more than yard
around at the bottom Mrs Wilson
was able to step in it with ease, and
could at a pinch, have climbed into
the motor unaided. 1t was really
quite refreshing. Mrs. Wilson looks
| we'll and handsome.
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tary's niece, Mary Cleaves Daniels,
with her.
The diplomatic gallery Is so small
that seats could only be reserved for
the heads Of missions, and the only
women Of the diplomatic corps whom
saw were Nine. Jusserand, wife of
the French ambassador. and Nine.
Grouitch, wife of the minister OF the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Jus
serands were with Mrs Marshall, wife
Of the Vice President, who also enter
tanned Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner and Mrs. c. c. McChord, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Line Elder, Of
Indianapolis. DR.. Grouitch sat with
his colleagues and Nine. Grouitch had
q place in one Of the galleries nearby.
The members OF the Abyssinian mis-
sion. in their picturesque native dress,
were conspicuous figures among the
diplomats.
Next to President Wilson and what
he had to say, the assemblage was
most interested in Mrs. Wilson and
what she had on. 1t may be lese-ma-
jeste to say so, but if Mrs. wilson's
costume was Partisan, I prefer her in
her made-in-America clothes. Her
gown was Of black satin, apparently
wearing in Paris, with the sleeves
and the upper portion OF the bodice
fashioned OF kings blue satin sewn
with what appeared to be blue bugles.
The gown had the round neck line
which has become so familiar in the
last year or so and rather tight elbow
sleeves. She wore black suede gloves
and a huge gray tulle picture nat
with scarf OF tulle which was al
tached to the brim and swathed about
the wearer's throat.
Tulle hats must be the fashion in
Paris-they don't seem to have reach
ed Washington yet save for garden
party or bridesmaid wear-for Mar
garet Wilson's hat was also of tulIs.
1t was biege in color and had a pink
rose tucked away at one side of the
puffed crown and about her throat
she wore a narrow band OF black vel
vet ribboR-also a favorite fashion
with thoose coming home from the
French capital-which was tied
under one ear in a tiny bow with
long floating ends.
She had on a creamy frock, but I
couldn't get much idea of the material
or style because she was bundled up
in a loose cream colored coat Mms.
Jusserand, who is also just back from
Paris and whose clothes will cons -
Quently bear watching, wore a gown
OF taupe crepe de chine trimmed about
the bodice with black or navy blue
satin and her hat of black straw was
trimmed with beautifully placed biege
wings.
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OTIS WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL. SOCIETY
Fancies, Fads,
And Foibles of
Capital Society

cold that she felt sure some Of he's
Christmas house party had Eona
home, before the time for which thsJ
had come was up. simply because ths5
were frozen out
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All bets were of, however, for the
youngster was given his mothers
maiden name.
In the little group waiting at the
White House portico to welcome the
returning travellers were Mrs. Boiling
and Miss Boiling. Mrs. Wilson's
mother and sister preferred to greet
them at home rather than to go to
New York to meet the transport The
two have been making a series Of
visits with relatives in Virginia.
having spent considerable time with
the Maurys, husband and children
OF Mrs. Wilson's oldest sister. who
died just before Mr.. Wilson's second
inauguration. The two Maury girls
have been frequent visitors at the
White House and. as they are getting
on toward debutante age, there has
been some speculation as to whether,
the war safely over, Mrs. Wilson
might not give them the glory OF a
White House debut and herself the
run of chaperoning them.
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the
Presidents young kinswoman, Tho
has made her home at the White
house ever since the Wilson's came
10 the throne" met the returned
wanderers in New York, but did not
come on to Washington with them.
She spent some time with. Mrs. Sayre,
the Presidents second daughter. after
the President went abroad and has
been making a series Of visits in New
York and New England. She was
pack In Washington once to stay
with her cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Erskine and I'm told she has made one
or two flying visits to the White
House. Mrs. Sayre and Mrs. McAdoo
were members OF tn eparty which
went down the bay on the flagship
pennsylvania to meet the George
Washington but their welcome to
their father was followed almost i'm
mediately by good-by.
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affection" in the days when she was
still Mrs. Gait. The President and
Mrs. Wilson were almost the only
guests at the marriage Of Miss Gordon
and DR.. Grayson. and when their 6rst
boy arrived their friends were laying
wagers whether he would be named
for his father or for. the President
All bets were of, however, for the
youngster was given his mothers
maiden name
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have two girls Of her own household
to present at the next drawing room.
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had watched in the "cinemas," they
had read about them in books on the
Far West, their presence was a
dream come true. That first day
the children seemed to be leading
the American soldiers, showing
them to Paris, with pride, as if to
say:
They've come, you see. They
are our friends. Now we are Safe"
One little girl, asked If she would
sell her American flag, even when
offered as large price as So, stout
ly refused.
ut is not the flag I cannot SELL"
she said, cit is my heart,
Nor were their hopes too high.
AS the Americans increased in
numbers and spread out in every
direction, waiting to fight, their
kindness and generosity became
generally known. Speaking of
Tours, where many of the troops
were quartered, one little, old
Frenchwoman said:
eve have no more poor in our
town. The children and the old peo-
pie are always with the Americans
now, and they are all laughing to-
gether."
Another day, in a more remote
part of the country, farm goes up
in flames. Immediately the Ameri-
cans organize an amateur brigade
and when the fire is put out they
pass around the hat and take UP a
collection Of $3.50 to help pay for
damages.
1--WE were so choked," the farmer
said, chat we could not even
speak"
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had seen little and some nothing OF
actual fighting.
Particular praise is given General
Pershing and those associated with
him for the formation of the ser
vice of supply:
"The greatest Difference and
gratitude are due to General Per.
shing for his farsighted judgment
in planning at once an organiza-
ton sufficiently vast to accom-
modate the army which his mill
tary genius realized would be
needed to turn the scale in favor
Of the Allies
"The task Of preparation to be
accomplished was formidable. In
the opinion of the commander in
chief the immensely Of the prob
lem could hardly be overestimated.'
Three thousand miles of sea
stretched between the most east
erly ports Of the United States
and the most westerly harbors Of
France. The best of these, in the
north, were crowded by the ship
ping and supplies of the British
armies. Further down the coast,
Saint-Nazaire, Bordeaux, Nantes,
La Pallice, while comparatively
free, had not sufficient facilities
for handling the quantities Of ma
terial and caring for the numbers
Of men to be brought across the
Atlantic.
working against all manner
Of difficulties, in a country which,
for over three years, had been de-
vastated by war, the S. O.. 8. and
engineer contingents built docks
by the mile; they constructed
buildings which, if strung out end
to end, would cover a distance Of
452 miles; they set up 1855 loco
motives and 1902 cars sent from
the United States, and, for the
French, they mended 1923 loco
motives and 1898 cars. They
laid 1,475 miles Of railway and
stretched through the air $4,000
miles Of telegraph and telephone
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CLen1enceUu Comes Out
Ahead in Another Struggle

, that Of rebuilding the devastated areas
The first has the most immediate ef-
feet on the high cost of necessities.
The governmental stores set up IN
Paris by M. Vilgrain did not fulfil
public expectations. The labor press
and the opposition in general charge
that inflated prices are kept up artl-
fcially by conspiracy of dealers and
countenanced by the government. The
question of reparations enters into the
problem chiefly through the failure OF
the government to exact immediate
payments from Germany, and through
the declining prospect Of having the
entire cost Of the war borne by Ger
many. The result is that no relief as
to taxation Is Forthcoming, and the
high taxes are naturally felt most
acutely by the lower layers Of the
population.
The problem OF reconstruction, In the
narrowest sense-that Is, that OF re-
building the districts devastated by
the German invasion-is aggravated BY
the refusal of French manufacturers
to tolerate unrestricted imports OF ma
chinery and other supplies indispen-
sab Bile for the work, but highly damaging
to the existing French industries them
selves. The resultant slowing up OF
reconstruction tends to increase unena-
ployment, and the embargo on foreign
supplies helps to keep up the prics
level.
This, in brief outline, Is the economic
background of the political movements
which reached it's temporary climax IN
the overthrow of Food Minister Boret
as Immediate scapegoat The papers
sympathetic to the Confederation &C.
nerale du Travail, while expressing
qualification that the general discon-
tent found at last expression in the
Chamber, emphasize that tho crisia 10
yet to begin
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The Call to Fight

So the Americans, training for
war, went about doing kind deeds.
Then at last came the call to fight.
simultaneously Hun and poilu
reached the conclusion that the
Americans were fighters. Following
close on Pershing's offer of all the
resources at his disposal to stem the
German drive in 1918 came the en-
gagement of the 1st Division at Can
tgny, when the Americans took and
held their objective against the most
determined counter attacks.
The little volume follows with all
the other American engagements.
Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the
second Marine, St. Mihiel and the
Meuse-Argonne, giving as far as
possible the exact results and recall
ing the commentators of the French
/ command.
At Chateau Thierry, where the
sd Division defended the bridge
head, the French order of the dav.
referring to the action, reads:
The courage of the Americans
was beyond all praise. The colo.
mails themselves, though accus-
toned to acts of heroism, were
struck by the wonderful morale
IN the face of fire and the extraor-
binary cooiheadedness Of their AL
lies. The episode Of Chateau
Thierry will remain as one of the
brilliant pages Of the war"
And at Belleau Wood is recalled
the citation of the Sd Brigade of Ma
rines as having given "superb ex-
ample Of dash, abnegation and sac
rifice."
And General Mangin's address to
the Americans after the second bat-
tie Of the Marine:
you threw yourselves into the
counter Offensive and your indom-
liable tenacity stopped the counter
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\ nee more a general offensive

is launched against the
~ "Grand Young Man" of
France, Clemenceau, also
called "The Tiger" and once more this
past master Of politics and parliament
tary strategy seems to emerge victori-
Gus from a close fight which would
have proved the end of lesser man.
Just week ago the general discon-
tent which in France, as elsewhere,
crystallizes around the most immedi-
ately felt problem. that Of the high
cost Of living, went off in a parlia~
mentary explosion taking the form of
vote Of diffidence addressed to NJ.
Boret the Food Minister. The event
was nailed by the anti Clemenceau
press as tho long-heralded defeat of
the government in general and Premier
Clemenceau himself in particular. But
1.-THE Tiger" Immediately turned the
tables on his opponents by dropping
Boret without a moments delay and
appointing M. Noulens, the former AM
bassador to Russia, Minister of Food
Distribution. The governmental press
explained that the vote Of diffidence
concerned M. Boret alone. and. in n
sense and to an extent, the administra-
ton emerged stronger from the tussle
by throwing its guilty" member 70
the wolves. The vote of confidence In
the government last tuesday showed
this strength.
The question of the high cost of
living, which in France Just as in
Italy Is behind the general labor un
rest and the continuous spell Of strikes
and demonstrations, is here tied up
with three other no less important
problems. One Is that of prohteering,
tho other that Of reparntions. the third
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Foch, Joffre, Poincare, Viviani and Gle
menceau Join in Praising the American
Expeditionary Forces
In the Argomne Forrest

O"t Of nine divisions hich part in this brilliant
dtoch sustained for ~ days, only three acre in
possession Of their organic artillery had ever taken
part m acue and ive divisions IN contact ch
the~ artillery for the first time the battlefield Two
divisions had spent about snty days cain, sectors one
had been ten another sixteen days trenches too
had never been ander fire. They provded acith
only hreequarters the regulation number of horses and
a0agons, and the natural difficulties Ohich then had to
}ose seemed ansurmoumtable. Yet in spite of roads
heavy ~1th mud of deep ravncs thick and steen
hills, the Americans pushed steadily on Not at auu
TIME superior IN numbers to the enemy during this ono
struggle, they olooys had the upper hand
I'm october Is, at the end Of the first month"; tho
troops had made Average Advance of 10 miles ON q
30 mile 'front.' they had freed Is vllages from the
Argonme to the Mease they had liberated 200 souare
mules OF territory and they had penetrated the four
strongest German systems of trenches including the Hindeu
burg m The avators had shot oirplanes and On
oaHoons"-From Frances Tribute to AMERICA
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wire. They handled 129, 143, 1888 OBJ
Jects of clothing; they provided
bakeries which averaged an output
OF almost two million pounds of
bread day. When the armistice
was signed the transportation ser
vice was operating in thirty ports.
Their ingenuity in saving time"
concludes the summary of the S.
S. work, "and in overcoming all OBJ
stacles, will remain as an example
OF what can be accomplished when
men of free democracy labor to-
gether in fraternal unity for COM
mon cause"
In the report Of General Dawes
the French cooperation with the
American effort is recalled:
France herself was largely
stripped Of military supplies.
Thus almost every cession to the
American army meant curtail-
ment acutely felt by some portion
of the French people and their
brave army. The efforts of the
French cooperation remind US that
it was not upon the battlefield
alone that Frenchmen and Amer
cans were brothers in q common
effort.
"At the time you entered the
war;" the book concludes, with
the French and British armies al
their maximum strength, all eff
forts to dislodge the enemy from
his firmly intrenched position in
Belgium and France had failed.
Your brilliant dash, your uncalcu-
lating spirit of sacrifice, checked
the onward movement of the ad-
versary. Your great numbers
made possible the final Allied
offensive which forced the Ger
mans first to retreat and then to
capitulate. France will ever re-
member you and your intrepid
chief as the generous and heroic
citizens of a great democracy, ex-
peditionary forces Of a new and
better world whose hope is in
America ,"
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the energy and the bravery of the
troops, results Of the greatest i'm
portance. 1 am happy to offer you
my warmest congratulations on
the success Of these operations"
The government publication is
more precise. 1t terms the Argonne
battle zone Of the most important
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operations Of the war;" and gives the
detectives gained there by the Per-
shing troops as of paramount i'm
portance." And the Americans, mot
at any time superior in numbers to
the enemy during the long struggle,
always had the upper hand" and
this though many Of the divisions