The sun., 1919-06-08
wAsHMGroN, June Z.

w nth June opening merrily TO
NA/ the music Of an unwonted
number of wedding bells;
with moreover a real round Of fes-
tivities marking the sessions of. the
Pan-American congress-: with a visit
from the President elect Of Brazil, Don
Epitacio Pessoa, in the near future.
and probably the return Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States on the not
too distant horizon-with plenty that
was pleasant to talk about and to
plan for-there has been since Tues
day Just one absorbing topic. Where
ever two or three have been gathered,
whether in the name of afternoon tea,
golf, a dinner or dance or a wedding,
the attempt on the Attorney Generals
life has intruded itself. The bomb,
literally, exploded too much "in our
midst" to be ignored.
The sound OF the explosion was
heard, the jar OF It felt all through the
most exclusive residence section of
the city.
When one considers the number of
persons of social and official import
ance who live in the Sheridan Circle
neighborhood-the Larz Andersons,
Mrs. Richard Townsend, the Patten
sisters, the Fahnestocks, the Ira Cop
leys, Edward Everett and a score of
others, as well as the Norwegian Min
lister, Senator Swanson, the Franklin
Roosevelts, Morven Thompson, Repre-
sentative Mansfield and the Ellersons
who were within the first zone Of de-
struction-one can realize how seri-
ously Washington social circles felt
the Jolt. Everybody has had some
personal contribution to the story OF
that night.
or course Mrs. Palmer got the worst
of the shock-she and little Mary
Palmer, who is rather too young tc
realize fully what it all means. They
were both asleep and were awakened
by the explosion. Later in the week
che and little Miss Mary went to Bal
timore to visit relatives there while
their home here was being "un-
scrambled"
1t seemed a particularly narrowing
ending TO a day which had been sig
nalized by the awarding to Mrs Palmer
among others, Of special medals
in recognition Of her services in the
Liberty Loan drives. The ceremony
Of the medals" took place in the red
room of the Willard on Monday after
noon. Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner
chairman of the local womans loan
committee in the recent drive, pre-
sided. assisted by Mrs. Carter Glass
and Mrs. William McAdoo. About 200
lala
those decorated" being Mrs. Baker
and Mrs. Daniels. as well as Mrs
Palmer and Mrs. Glass of the Cabine
circle, and the two Glass girls. and
such well known women as Mrs
Charles s. Hamlin, Mrs. Gibson Fahne
stock, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Miss
Mabel Boardman, Mrs. John Lori
OBrian, Mrs. Frederic Delano. Mrs
Victor Kaufman, Mrs. James r
Mann, Mrs. George Barnett and DR.
Esther Lovejoy. Mrs. Barnett was out
OF town, having gone to Boston tc
play godmother to a destroyer named
after her great grandfather, Admira
Sinclair, who was one OF the fathers
Of the navy and especially a father o
the Naval Academy,
Music at Medal Distribution.
The distribution of medals was t.
a musical accompaniment, Mrs. Frank
lin Townsend, Mrs. Newton Baker
Mrs. Charlotte Boyd Eldridge and Mis-
Margaret Ripy contributing to tn
programme.
Mrs. McAdoo. who Is genuinel.
popular in Washington, remained II
town till Thursday as the guest o
her cousin, Mrs. A. w. Erskine. an,
was the centre of continual enter
tanning, the parties in her honor beinl
made up almost entirely Of those VIII
were her closest friends while Il
washington.
Washingtonians Of the older gen
Grafton felt almost az vivid and per
sonal an interest in the report of tn
bombing Of Judge Motifs home in Ne,
York as they did in the attack o.
the Attorney-General. For Judg
Charles C. Mott of the New Yor
Court OF Appeals is the son Of Jude
Charles c. Mott, one time Chief Jus
tice of the Court of Claims in Wash
ington. He was born and brought u
In the District Of Columbia, and
q nephew of Col. Archibald Hopkins.
So overshadowing was the interes
In the red" attacks all over the coun
try that nothing else seemed Of an
Importance. Suffrage, which hereto
fore had packed the galleries when u
In either house, sneaked over the to
finally in the Senate last Wednesda
almost unobserved. The galleries wer
scarcely filed.
The diplomatic galleries were empt,
The Senator's family gallery was a
most equally unoccupied. There wa
scarcely a handful OF "antis" in til
gallery reserved for them. Mrs. jaime
Wadsworth, who has always hereto
fore led her forces In person, was cor
Spicuously absent She Is out of town
In the gallery reserved for the Ma
tional Suffrage Association were mo,
OF the leaders Of that organization, Ell
- ccpt that DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, VIII
Ii quite III out In Illinois. could not b
there. Conspicuous among those ther
were Mrs. Maud Wood Parks OF Ill
nois. Marjorie Shuler of Buffalo. Mar
Garrett Hay Of New York, Mrs. Georg
Reinecke OF Illinois, Mrs. Robert BuI
dette Of California and Harriet Taylc
Upton OF Ohio. about the only survive
or the group who surrounded Susan
Anthony at the beginning of her figl
before Congress and who had accom-
panied her and stood by her every tim
she appeared before a Compression,
committee to plead for suffrage.