Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-23
w ASH t on
Society Is
Quiet
Lent Sobered Society
to Lull and Palm
Beach R e APPS
the Benefit.
By E. c. SNYDER.

washington bureau OF ne be.)
Washington, March 22.-No soon
er do the buds break and the cro-
cuses appear in the parks and on
the lawns in Washington, than the
annual cold, wintry, weather blows
up and comes dangerously near
blighting them all. The grounds of
the White House are beginning to
take on their sprightly look with the
bright colors dotting the grass,
where the crocuses are peeping, and
the magnolia trees are almost in full
bloom. y
The stream of visitors in the south
are making steady pilgrimage
through Washington, whether they
live in New York, Boston, the mid
die west or the far west. The
Washington hotels are most entic-
ing at this season. Everybody who
can 60 south is either going or COM
ing just now. -
The little family Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ned, Mclean returned few days
ago from a long stay in Florida.
They took famous, handsome place
at Palm Beach, and in the first Sc
we're storm after they were estab-
lished there with a large retinue of
servants, dogs, children and luggage
the storm broke through the doors
and windows, flooded the place and
made the occupants flee for comfort
elsewhere. They went eventually to
st. Augustine. where they spent
some time. They went back to Palm
Beach before they came home. Their
youngest son, the third, remained in
! Washington with the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, with whom, in fact, he
spends most of his time.
Children and Children.
These children when they are at
horne spend their days at Friend
ship the Mclean country place, hav-
Z ing an early breakfast in the town
.house, driving out to Friendship,
where they play and have their les
soma until the late afternoon, then
get back in time for their bread and
milk supper in the evening A cook
with several aids is kept at Friend
shi., all the winter, to cook the chill
dren's dinner in the middle of the
day and look after them.
Tire McLeans have always be-
,iev:d in the. country air for chill
drer, just as the late Mr.. and Mrs.
John R. Mclean believed in it for
tneh only son, Ned. They bought
large tract Of land far up town in
Washington, which is now one of
the most fashionable localities, bull.
all around with handsome homes. On
this tract which they had cleared
and fenced in with astall iron fence.
they built real playhouse, mlnia-
turc cottage just big enough for
the child and his little playmates.
They had pony there which they
rode all over the place, learned to
do bareback riding, and jumping
and all kinds of fancy riding, and
here the present owner of Friend
ship practically grew up. This
ground became his own when he
was II and netted him small for
tune.
The Letter children are being
raised much in the same way, but
they are taken over to the great
Letter farm in Virginia, or rather
they stay there nearly all the winter
and are brought into town occa-
sionaily, to visit their parents, who
have recently returned from Hot
I Springs.
Hitcheocks Away.
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock have
gone to Augusta, Co., and have
set no time for returning. Mrs.
Hitchcock has not been very well
again this winter and before the
dose of tie season, she made her
calls by mail, sending her cards
arounds without making the per-
sonal visit. Miss Ruth Hitchcock
remaised behind in their Washing
ton home. 49,
Mrs. Russell B. Harrison spent
the last weekend in Norfolk with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Williams, jr., and their
three little daughters. She returned
here on Wednesday and on Thurs
day her cousin, Mrs. Withers, ar
rived for Z months visit with her
and her mother, Mrs. Saunders.
Mrs. Withers has been with her son,
Burleigh Withers of Chicago, in his
home in Evanston. Mrs. Withers