The Washington herald., 1919-02-09

10 Join their husbands on the other
sioe' now that the war 10 over. There
Is great difference Of opinion on the
subject, some persist In being opu-
mistic about II, others say they know
1t can't be done. Mrs. T. Q. Donald
son who was also at the ball, wants
to go over to Join Gen. Donaldson;
Mrs. James A. Woodruff, wife OF
Gen. Woodruff. Is another. q am an
other.) just now Mrs. Woodruff Is
visiting the Billy Tafts in Philadei-
phia; Mrs. Taft was Stella Carus, S0u
know.
I hear that Billy Mitchell. now a
brigadier general IL you please, Is
back. so maybe Col Baldwin will re-
turn soon too. They were on duty at
the same aviation field. near Tours, 1
think. They have done much hyins
together over there. Gen. Mttcneil
went over before we entered the war
as military attache at Paris and as
an observer Of the allied armies. Ills
wife has been at her former home IN
Rochester, N. Y, most of the time
during his absence. 1t will be nice TO
have the Mitcheils with us once more
for they we're very popular folks
both are fine dancers and were al
| ways into everything worth while
They were almost always at the
Chevy Chase Club dances, the Array
and Navy Club dances-I wonder ,t
, those dances will be given again now
the war is over--the administration
dances which, i understand, are just
starting up again, and-wen, just ev-
erywhere. They are both fne horse
men. too, and rode a lot Billy Mitch
ell was one of the leading spirits at
the Riding Club in the good old days
| before the war.
There were very few officials at
the ball-yes. / am still talking
about the ball, with a depression or
two-and the Carter Glasses were
the only members of the Cabinet /
saw there. Mrs. Daniels was to
have been in the receiving line but
was out of town. 1t seemed quite
unusual to have neither the Presi-
dent and his wife nor the Vice Presi-
dent and his wife as honor guests.
The Southern Relief Ball is the ball
above all others that the White
House has made a point of patroniz-
ing. There were quite a few Sena-
tors and Representatives with their
wives there but only a diplomat or
two. / saw the Minister Of Colom-
bia and Nine. Urueta and the Minis
ter OF Ecuador and Nine. Elisalde:
and oh, yes. NJ and Nine. PHILIPPE
Barber. of the Belgian Legation
stafT. were also in the assembled
company.
or the immediate administration
circle l believe Mrs. Baker is the
only one who actually dances now
the McAdoos are gone. They were
both avowedly fond OF dancing. and
did 1t well. AS for Mrs. Baker. she's
devoted to 1t. Dances with all the
enthusiasm of girl, and most
, gracefully. end the last time / talk
ed with her was frankly regretting
that her Illness of the fall and early
winter had made II inadvisable for
her to dance until her strength
should more fully have returned.
She Is going out to some extent:
there are occasional dinners for
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker" and they occasionally at
tend dinners for other notabilities {:
she goes to the big concerts, and
/ she takes part in small ones
Singing for the soldiers at hospi-
tails or cantonments, or at entertain
ments arranged for them elsewhere,
has been Mrs. Bakers special war
activity. even as 1t has been Miss