Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-24
Resume of Washington
Society from Prince
Edward to 1919
For the First Time Since Her Marriage to the
President, Mrs. Wilson Fails to Sit As Hostess
At Formal Dinner Luncheon.

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a president led the dance himself. .
During the first administration OF
President Wilson his daughters had
some dancing, but there has been
none since the first Mrs. Wilson
died there. -, j.,
The appointment Of Lord Edward
Grey as British ambassador at this
expensive post is the forerunner
of the princes visit here, a. it would
be somewhat embarrassing to en-
terrain formally the future king OF
England, when the embassy had tor
its host merely charge d'aftalres.
The person happens, in this case, to
be very distinguished Englishman
Mr.. Roland Lindsay, for number
of years a very popular bachelor
secretary of embassy here, and dur
ing his service in that capacity, hav-
ing married one of the most popu-
lar and distinguished debutantes of
his last season in Washington, Miss
Martha Cameron, taking her off to
Cairo. Egypt, where he was trans
.ferred. Miss Cameron was a daugh-
ter of Senator Don Cameron OF
Pennsylvania. Her mother was a
daughter of General Sherman and a
sister of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles Mrs.
Lindsay was an extremely pretty
girl and grew to be a charming
woman much admired and respected
in English society. Their English
home was "Stapleton" in Bland
ford. She died few months before
Mr.. Lindsay was returned to the
embassy here, promoted to counse-
lor and charge d'affaires succeed
ing Colville Barclay, in June.
For the first time since her mar
riage Mrs. Wilson failed to sit in
her place as hostess at table, when
the president entertained, (even
though no other ladies were pres
ent), last Tuesday when he had the
members of foreign relations COM
rittee of the senate at luncheon.
Mrs. Wilson. however. did not have
luncheon alone. She entertained
Mr.. Tumulty and Raymond T.
Baker, director of the mint, at the
same time, at charming little
luncheon in the private dining room,
adjoining, but behind closed doors,
the state dining room where the
presidents party sat
Popular Resort.
The White Sulphur Springs and
Washington are closely linked in
these modern days of the automo-
bile and the telephone. 1t vies with
Buena Vista Springs and Blue Ridge
Summit. for popularity with the dip
lomats and higher officials, with the
odds in favor of the White Sulphur
with those who do not count the
cost, Not that Buena Vista and
Blue Ridge are moderate priced
resorts, but the White Sulphur is
less moderate.
Echoes Of a former administra-
ton are strong there just now, with
the widow of General Benjamin
Harrison, and her daughter, Eliza
beth, the youngest child of the ex-
president, born some years after he
retired from the White House. oc-
cupying cottage. A niece of the
late ex-president, Mrs. Thornton
Lewis lives there the year around,
III fine old place, The Meadows"
which is factor in the social life
at the "Old White"
The Lewises have always given
the use of their place for the horse
show. In fact, were it not for them,
there would be no horse show there
Mrs, Lewis is quite the leader in
the summer festivities. and her
luncheon there last week in honor
of her handsome young second
cousin, Miss Elizabeth Harrison,
was one of the most important
events of this year. outside the balls.
Little Miss Harrison is dis
tinct beauty of a serious type. She
goes in for international law rather
than cotillions. She is a graduate
in that higher branch, and is every
thing but social butterfly. Her
mother has been doing considerable
war work among the officers sta
toned in and around New York, be-
lieving that all that was possible
was being done for tho enlisted men
and that the officers were sadly
neglected
Mrs. Thornton Lewis is the
daughter of the late General Harri-
sons brother, the late Mai. Irwin
Harrison. Her son, Lawrence, mar
ried the heiress and niece Of the late
Mrs. H. H. Flagler, and some of the
Flagler millions are now being ex-
pended upon a fine summer home
Of the Lawrence Lewises 1T the
White Sulphur. Mrs. Thornton
Lewis is = first cousin Of Russell B.
Harrison, whose wife is 4 daughter
of the late Senator and Governor
Alvin Saunders of Omaha.
Nebraskans.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, formerly
of Crete, Neb., has returned from a
short visit to Atlantic City. where
she went for recreation after a
Stl SIuou5 AHu uSlUlC
rather strenuous autumn as director
of the Fairgrounds association of
the District of Columbia. She is
doing much to improve and enlarge
the scope Of the work of the Play
grounds association. Mrs. Rhodes
IS looking for q visit from her
mother, Mrs. Root, Of Crete, who
expects to spend the autumn with
her.
DR.. Robert L. Straetten, u. S. N,
son-in-law OF Mrs. Rhodes, whose
ship is now at New York for time,
arrived here today, accompanied by
his sister. Mrs. ter Ellen, who ar
rived in New York last week from
her home in Holland. She will make
a visit here with DR.. Straetten and
his family and then 60 on to Tam
pico, where SIZE will join Mr.. ter
Ellen. They will make their future
home there. Mrs. Straetten and her
rhiIdsan havs ry1adn thai hoo,. ,,r;tI