Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

aIidS CleESGu even tHdl. j HIS Sulli-
mer will be one of the most inter
s. estirg and most attractive to men
aud women who are wide awake,
that has ever been known. With
the president lin residence" the
members of the cabinet and their
families all in their Washington
Etmes, with the exception of the
secretary of state and Mrs. Lans-
sing, who will be here early next
week, congress in session, and near
ly all OF the embassies and legations
open ard busy. there is every ex-
cuse for gayeties unprecedented in
July and August. Not only are the
official, diplomatic and congression-
al people in town for the most part,
but the prospect of the visits of
royalty before the end of the sum-
mer is still further excuse.
To be sure the president and Mrs.
Wilson will remain here for only an
/. other week or so, before starting on
tour of the country. for some
weeks, but while they stay, their 60
ings and comings are of more than
usual interest. Everybody is anx-
ious to get a glimpse of the presi-
dent, to see if he has aged, (and he
has) during the strenuous weeks of
the Paris conference, and every
body, is more than anxious to see
Mrs. Wilson in her Paris clothes,
and admire her really good looks.
She is extremely handsome in these
Paris frocks. She has superb taste
lis never over dressed, and never
by any chance under-dressed. Her
clothes are never conspicuous and
are always of sufficient attractive
ness. to be worth copying. When
she went with the president to the
Central Presbyterian church last
Sunday, she wore a particularly eff
fective costume of soft gray, short
round skirt, in which she had no diff
hculty in stepping into her machine
yet not full enough to be called
FULL The bodies had low waist
line and short distance below it,
deep fringe was set on, which fell
almost to the hem of the skirt. The
neck was the new round line, and
her wrap was cape effect of gray,
lined with white satin striped with
gray. Her hat was small one of
gray chiffon velvet with soft ostrich
plumes hanging low on one side and
bewitchinglv becoming. She smiled
and smiled and smiled, showing
plainly, what she tod her family on
her arrival here. that she was $50
glad to get home she did not know
how to express it,,
Reception.
She was quite as radiant on Mon
day evening when she appeared
with the president, at the beautiful
reception in the French embassy,
given by the French ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand in celebration
Of the fall of the Bastile and of
French independence. The guests
included the president and Mrs.
Wilson, the vice president and Mrs.
Marshall, the members of the cabi-
net, the ambassadors, foreign min
listers, and all representatives of the
allied nations, the army and navy Of
icers who saw active service in
France, especially those who
marched into Alsace-Lorraine after
the armistice was signed; the men,
bers of the foreign relations and for
eign affairs committees of the sem
ate and house and their wives, and
some of Washington's smart resi-
dent society. (,
II was 4 brilliant gathering OF
notable people. Mrs. Wilson was
lovely in Paris costume of black
tuiie encrusted heavily with cut
! steel beads and jets, with cut jet
tiara in her dark hair. She and the
president were met at the entrance
BY the ambassador and Mime. JUS
serand, who left the drawing room
to greet them and escort them there.
The marine band played the Star
Spangled Banner" and then the
sMarseillaise," and afterwards the
president and Mrs. Wilson took
their places in the receiving line be-
tween the hosts and greeted all the
guests. At the supper which fol-
low the president responded gra-
ciously to the handsome toast Of the
ambassador. They remained until
midnight. They had with them Miss
Margaret Wilson, Miss Bertha Boil
ling. sister of Mrs. Wilson, and Col.
Clarence Ridley, military aide to the
president.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
former chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee, was not present
as he had Joined his family in their
cottage at Swampscot, Mass. His
successor as chairman of the COM
mittee, Senator Lodge, was present.
Ak-Sar-Ben Club.
The Ak-Sar-Ben club, of Nebraska
girls, gave a moonlight picnic last
evening, to Marshall Hall, the pop
ular river resort opposite Mt. Yer
non, which was in its early days
the home of George Washington's
relatives.
Representative and Mrs. c. Frank
Reavis are expecting their two sons
to Join them the last of this month.
from Cornell, where the older one,
C. Frank, jr., will graduate. He
was the daring young aviator dur
ing the war period. They both re-
turned to college when they were
released from service, and are max
ing up what they lost at Cornell:
They will come down here and
spend some time with their parents.
Repre- and Mrs. Reavis will
make a weekend trip to Atlantic
City between now and the first of
the month. for a complete change
and recreation. Otherwise they will
remain in town right along.
DR.. and Mrs. Hustled of Falls City,
Neb., made a short visit here last
week and enjoyed little sight-see-
ing. They made trip to Mt Yer
non and were entertained at lunch