The Washington herald., 1919-11-16

there. No fadies were al the dinner
ct 1the embassy, nor 1.-THE officiai
patty which welcomed the young
man at the station. Poor Mrs. Mar
shall. who waaYto have acted as the
nation's hostess, was III all during
hts visit and only saw the distin-
when he called upon her the day he
hear the prince rayed a bit
about the music he danced by while
In washington. said II was the best
he had ever danced to-, L think we
can boast of having here in wash
ineton one Of the best dance orches-
tras In the country, Meyer Davis.
know of four parties at least
given for the prince where he
played. AZ the Letters, at the Brit
lfsh Embassy. at the Hoar party, at
Grassiands, and at Mrs. Marshall
Fields. II IL the same music they
have all the time at the Cafe ST.
Marks.
THE FRINGE
AND .sfUAfs.s
I think I shall always think of
the Prince Of Wales in connection
with huge white chrysanthemums s.
They were used as decoration at all
of the parties that were given In
his honor. Particularly were they
q feature OF the dinner which the
Secretary and Mrs. Lansing gave.
never saw q more beautiful table
than Mrs, Lansing's was that night.
II was far more TO my liking than
the gorgeous one set for the King
and Queen of the Belgisns at the
home OF Mrs, Walsh with all It's
gold plate. etc. The Lansing table
was 0 mass - white chrysanthe-
NUNS, which harmoniEed perfectly
with the cut glass and silver with
which the table sparkied. Il would
have been q perfect setting for d
bridal dinner. Mrs. Lansing's par
ties are always lovely. though Sim
pie. This particular party was very
Informal and comparatively smaii-,
ltwenty-four - and seemed to be q
sort of ofiiciai family gathering.
The British Embassy. Thursday
night. was also wonderfully decor
ated; eiaborately so. Particularly
lovely was the stairway, the balus-
trades Of which were interlaced with
asparagus vines and yellow chrys-
anthemums. and the dinner table
massed with American Beauties.
The Vice Presidents party. the first
evening OF the princes arrival. was
no less beautiful; red and white
roses being used as decoration that
evening. The Belmont house Is SO
handsome itself that II does not re-
quire elaborate decoration. As large
as 1t is. IT wasn't big enough TO ac-
commodate the princes party; only
Ehve were quartered there-and the
| frUA
prince and those Ave while the
others were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter.
The Belmont house having been
built In days of automobiles has a
driveway to the front door that ts
quite usable but some Of these older
houses are almost unusabie for ma
chimes. The Lansing home rather the
Foster house, has an approach al
most impossible for a long car. The
Walsh entrance on Twenty-first
street also was undoubtedly built in
the days of carriages as the drive
turns so sharply as to be most diffi-
cult to make. The driveway at the
British Embassy, Is better than some
but II was a wise man who decided
not to use II the night OF the recep-
ton. The guests were deposited AZ
the sidewalk and walked on red car
pet protected by a big canopy to the
front door. Even the big open sides
of tht port-cochere were closed with
awnings. Perhaps 1t was Maj. Stuart
who had the clever thought about
that. He Is an intensely interesting
person. I am told-no. I've never met
him-and an exceedingly busy one.
He seems to attend to everything
that needs attention at the Embassy.