The Washington times., 1919-12-14
JEAN ELIOT WRITES
! OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
News of the Diplomats and the
Seasons Coming Social
Events.
Continued from Page Twenty

don's frocks are pretty and she's
pretty and her manner Is pretttar
sun, while to my mind Marion Drain
Is one of the handsomest girls of this
season-or many seasons. And Nancy
Lanes really lovely At the Hampson
party she had on a sapphire blue
tulie over cloth of gold, a charming
irock; and at first she wore a curious
blue bandeau in her hair with clus-
ters of purplish blue grapes Just
above her ears. The effect was odd
and striking. but l liked her bettec
after she took her headdress off
probably because she found it a bit
uncomfortable-and it was after this.
TOO, that / heard two ladies exclaiin.
ing over her beauty.
III I'm dwelling overmuch on tho
debutantes. it's because they've Lel1
the center of the stage all week, only
giving place for a little to the poll
ucians "in our midst. "and such notable
visitors as the Wickershams. Mrs.
Reid. Mrs. Hartman and the rest. At
the various coming-out teas Of the
week-Vlrginia McKenney's on Mon
Gay, Mrs. Roxier Dulany's party for
Anne Dulany and Mary Custis Les
on Tuesday, ct al, the buds, were the
players. SO to speak; and the rest of
us sat on the side lines and look e,l
on.
so II was. of course, at the McKen-
neys dance on Friday night, and also
In q measure. at the Italian fete at
Z4oo sixteenth street. This was, in
ded, gala event, brilliant, coIorful
kaleidoscopic. and a success fnan-
cially as we'll as socially-to the
great delight of Mrs. Harry Lee Rust
who organized the bazaar in the be
half of destitute italian babies
Headed by the ambassador, Baron
Avezzano, the Italian embassy. attend :
ed the party almost en- masse, some OF
the members thereof being present In
the afternoon, others in the evening
and some taking In both performs
ances. And the Argentine Ambassa-
dor and Nine. LeBreton, with their
charming niece, Miss Manuela Llov-
eras, were among the other diplomats
present
The opening Of the "Everyeirls'
Room" at Community Service head
quarters. laos Pensylvania avenue,
provides Washington with something
new-and necessary. That the fea-
ture will be success is assured from
this list of women who attended the
housewarming and are interested in
the maintenance of the rooms as q
downtown meeting place for girls:
Mrs. Grahame H. Powell, Girls
Friendly Society; Mrs. Erna Coleman,
Girl Scouts; Mrs. w. E. Chamberlain,
College Women's Club; Miss Emily
Chase. Junior League; Miss N. l..
Willims. League of American Pen
women: DR.. Kate Waller Barrett, Ma
tional Congress Of Mothers; Mrs. ]. J..
Locher. Women's Clinic: Mrs. John
Jay White. Christian Science Church !:
Miss May Williams, National Catholic
War Council; Mrs. Alexander Wolfe,
Council of Jewish Women: Miss Mar
jorie Day and Mrs. @. Turner Holman,
Of Community Service.
With such q representative list of
women, together with their affilia-
tions. community Is writ large in the
undertaking. The rooms have been
made over in a way that does ones
heart good to see, for welcome is writ
ten all over them. The fire place
and the decorations were done by j.
p. S. Neigh. of Neighborhood House.
Mr.. Neigh, by the way, is quite ex-
pert at this sort Of thing and Wash
ington should see more Of his handi-
work. Oliver H. Steele, director Of the
information service, told the women
the other day there are 10000 girls
in Washington from out of town. II
we had that many men camped here
all Washington could not do enough
for them. Miss Nancy Reed and
Miss Anna Betson are the hostesses.
A branch of the Public Library will be
opened and Of this committee DR..
Barrett will be chairman, while Miss
Emily Chase, of the Junior League
Is chairman Of the program commit
tee, so there will be some worth while
evenings at Community Service head
quaters this winter. The place has
made such hit that the War Risk
Girls have filed APPLICATION for every
Wednesday night.
Before bringing my letter to a
close ! do want to say just a word
about the newest venture in music,
the series of concerts dipIomatiques'
and chamber music concerts to be
given under the auspices OF the Cham
Der Music Society. The first of the
concerts diplomatique" will take
place at the Belasco Theater on Sum
day evening, January 4, at $40
o'clock, with Pasquale Amato, and
Claudia Muzio as the artists and Il
long list of prominent musicians have
been engaged to follow them up
including, by the way. Nine. Louise
Homer, who will appear in Joint re-
cital with her daughter, Miss Louise
Homer.
But the chamber music concerts are,
perhaps, the most interesting to
Washington-becaus Washington has
had so little Of this type of enter
tainment. They will be given in the
ballroom Mt Wardman Park Hotel
on Monday afternoons at 4:3O o'clock,
beginning on January 16. The Flcn-
zaley Quartet will appear, also the
Salzedo Harp Ensemble (seven
harps), with Nine. Powla Frijsch; and
a number Of other leading musical or
ganizations. Both series Of recitals
will be given under fashionable pa
tronage.