The Washington herald., 1919-12-14

The debutantes again held the CEN
ter Of the social stage last week.
ave buds made their bow to society
IN addition to q number Of luncheon
and dinner parties and dance or Two
In their honor-but they didn't have
the stage entirely to themselves at
that They had to share 1t with the
deiegates to the session OF the Re-
publican National Committee. with
the members Of the Rivers and Har-
bors Congress. the National Labor
Conference members. the National
Red Gross meeting and innumerable
benent Affairs Of social Importance.
Practical preliminaries Of the APP
preaching Presidential campaign of
ls2D began last week when the Re-
publican National Committee met here
Wednesday to arrange time and place
for holding the national convention
no nominate q Republican .Presi-
Dental ticket and frame q platform
for the elections Of next November
Departing from the staid custom of
former years the Republican National
Committee held an open session
which was addressed by Mrs. Medill
Mccormick. Of the Women's Execu-
tive COMMITTEES. and others.
Two noteworthy features of the
session were the presence OF women
and Of the former national chairmen
OF the party. Attending were prac-
tcally all Of the national committee
and most Of the State chairmen as
well as leading women who are act
i've In the work Of the women's di-
vision. and numerous prominent Re-
publican political figures. including
Republican editors. friends and sup
porters Of various candidates-alI Of
which brought a most distinguished
army OF visitors to Washington- So
ciety leaders Immediately began to
entertain the different members whom
they could claim for friends and the
result was quite an imposing list Of
dinners and funcheons.
Among those entertaining were the
Minister Of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes and Mime. Grouitch, who
gave a dinner for some OF those at
tracted here by the session last Tues
day evening. The same day Nine
Grouitch gave a luncheon for Mrs
Cordenio A. Severance. of St Paul.
MINI. who attended the session. Mrs.
Jerome Landfeld. Of New York. spent
last week with the Minister and Nine
Grouitch and left yesterday for New
IOlAs ACIODlH1DlCu Dy 1InC.
who went there to meet Lady Camp
bell. She arrived in New York yes
terday from England and will come
to Washington for a visit at the Ser
bian legation
MRS. LAHDFIELD
Is A RUSSIAN.
met Mrs. Landheld with the Min
lister and Nine. Grouitch at Mrs.
Marshalrs reception Wednesday aft
ernocn and found her an intensely
interesting person. She is a Russian,
married to an American, head OF the
Russian Economic Commission In
this country. She doesn't look Rus
sian and yet she does. a bit, too. She
speaks English fuently and interest
ingly. Said this was her first visit to
Washington and liked it and was
coming often in the future. They are
going to make their headquarters in
New York and will run back and
forth frequently. She used to be
lady in waiting to Princess Somebody
in Russia-can't recall which prin-
cess II was-and is quite a distia-
guished person in her own country.
Mrs. Cordenio Severance is a
weIl-known figure in Washington
sesiety, as she, with her husband,
frequently visits here. Mr.. Sever
ance is-or was-a law partner of
Senator Frank Kellogg. Mary Gar
rett Hay was another prominent
woman attending the convention:
she Is a member OF the Republican
women's national executive COM
mittee and State chairman for New
York; also Maud wetmore. Mrs
Barclay Warburton, of Philadel-
phia, and a number of others-and
they were all entertained and en-
tertained- Miss Hay had a particu-
larly interesting party. gave a din
ner at the Willard. when her guests
Included the members of the wom-
ems committee and the State chair
men. men and women who were
here for the committee meeting.
women are to have a full share in