The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
Society
By Z. c. DRUM-HUNT

Blodgett. entertaining at q reception
for her. followed by q dinner, after
which she entertained them in hsi
box ct the ball given for the Chill
dren's Country Home At Rauschers,
That Is an annual AFFAIR always given
on Christmas evening and usually at-
tracing the same set OF people u:ore
or less; the diplomatic set and the
leaders Of the residential circles in
society.
BALL WAS
BRILLIANT.
Though so many. people are exclaim-
ing how tired they are Of charity balls
and charity entertainments in general
the ball Thursday evening was well
attended and was a brilliant affair.
one Of the handsomest and smartest OF
the season which has already been
crowded with handsome affairs. sThe
receiving line was a short one, COM
posed only Of Mrs. James w. wads-
worth and Mrs. Randall Hagner, as
the other members OF the hospital
board were in mourning, Mrs. Letter.
Mrs. Clarke Wagsaman and Mrs w.
a. slater. Mrs. Letter, her mother,
Mrc. John r. Williams and Mrs. Slater
all had boxes, but were in mourning,
so turned them over to the wounded
soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.
Most OF the soldiers arrived early,
while the other guests were quite late
In setting there. The soldiers were
kept standing for more than an hour
before being cared for In any way.
Their early arrival. however, was the
happiest feature OF the evening for
them, for they amused themselves by
dancing with each other to the ac-
compartment OF music produced by
several OF the wounded heroes, who
seemed perfectly fascinated with the
chimes and played them until the
each other to the boxes, where, with
courtly manner and much laughter.
they bowed one another into their
seats
Really people do seem to be dead
tired Of going to large balls, especially
the older people. The younger set
seem never to be tired of such things
though some Of them are beginning to
look very tired. Then so many social
leaders are in mourning this winter.
The Richardson Clovers are in mourn
ing, likewise Nine Matthew, wife of
the Chilean Ambassador, though she
does go sometimes to an affair or
two. Mrs. Guy Castel. formerly Har-
riet Bayne, and Mrs. Roscoe Bulmer,
both lost their husbands recently. The
McLeans are in mourning and Mrs.
McLean's health has not been of the
best lately. Neither she nor her hus-
band seem 10 have recovered much
from the shock of their sons tragic
death. They are out at their suburban
home, Friendship. which looks quite
queer right now with its good looking
stone wall demolished.
1t is being torn down to be moved
back so that Wisconsin avenue NAV
he widehed. Wisconsin avenue is n
portion of the Lincoln Highway
which is to soon be widened as far
as the District line; ultimately to
Rockville. 1t is the main road to
every place outside OF Washington;
there Is a tremendous amount OF traf-
fic on it and needs to be widened very
much To that end the Mclean wall
is being moved; also a number of
houses. churches, stores, etc When
the wall is replaced understand that
the drinking fountain for horses will
not b. erected again. There Is little
use for water troughs nowadays. The
Mclean estate was open to the public
during John r. McLean's life and