The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Isre 10 stay with Secretary and Mrs,
IMeTedith until after Christmas, that
i the bail was given primarily, al
Though the Misses Colby, daughters OF
the Secretary of State, shared hon
ors with them. sTs. Colby, Mrs.,
Houston, and Mrs. Baker were all OF
home on wednesday, but hrs. Mere
dith naturally enough reneged. In
fact, she does not expect 10 be at
homo to the world at large again un-
| Ill after the first of January
Aside from the Aerediths ball the
two smart dancing parties OF the
week were the Tuesday Evening sup
per dance at toe Maison Dupont
with Mrs. Charles 8. Hamlln and Mrs.
Harold Walker bostesses for this
week, and the first OF the Junior
Leagues small and esrlies" at Rau-
schor's on Friday night. That was a
perfectly charming party, but III
have 10 come back TO IL later on. for
there are several buds and bride
or two who rate" more than pass
ing mention. 49,.
The first debutante of this season
from the Senatorial ranks was pre-
scented on Thursday when Miss katb-
eerlne Sutherland. daughter, OF Sena-
tor and Mrs. Howard Sutherland,
made her bow TO society, her sister,
Miss Virginia Sutherland, helping to
get her launched. Then, yesterday,
Miss h atherine MuDson, an engaging
little blonde person and the daughter
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edward Ly-
man Munson. had her debut party and
so did Miss, Esther McVann, daughter
of Mrs. u. j. 'McVann.
And there are two or three interest
ing debutantes who are belatedly IN
nounoing themselves. For instance
Miss Dorothy ,Mondell, the very pretty
daughter of Congressman and MIS-
Frank w. Mondell, Is to be formally
presented next week. her parents nav
ing sent out cards for tea In her
honor. She played round quite lie
tic last year whenever she was at
home. But she was in college--dIl
her mother has not made up her mind
whether a formal debut was either
necessary or desirable. But appar-
emily she has come to 1t. Miss Mon
dell has been her fathers right hanu
and both his feet-iately since he
has been laid up with broken les
Just at the timn> when he was busy
getting the House business running
fsmoothly. He is Republican floor
leader. you know.
On the other side of the political
fence are the Norman Davises-thC
Under Secretary of State and his wife
who also have a daughter in col
lege, Miss Martha Davis, whom they
are planning to present to th2iI
friends during the Christmas nol
days-and to whom, regardless 81
politics, society will extend welcom
ing hand. And Miss Caroline Story
and Miss Alice Harding are playing
around SO much, that in spite OF theii
announced purpose of not coming Out
this year, they are likely to nn1
themselves pretty thoroughly out De
fore they know it. Mrs. Joseph Letter
gave an. elaborate tea for Caroline
Story last week, and Alice Harding
is her pet playmate. II one finds she
has tumbled out, in spite of herself
! the other is sure to follow. They will
sink or swim together, / fancy.
The week, like last. wound up with
a wedding. Miss Marie Sims, a daush'
ter of Congressman and Mrs. Thetus
Sims of Tennessee, and Edward Gar
rett Riddick, of Memphis-the "mlr
from home" you see-were married al
s yesterday afternoon at st. Thomas
Episcopal Church, the rector, Rev
Ernest Smith, officiating.
WEDDING BELLS RING
FOR MISS SIMS.
!, 1t was lovely bridal. Marie
Sims is one of the real beauties OF
the Administrations girl of the
pnrest blond type, and sweet
natured, womanly girl who is uni
versally popular and who is wit
as well as a beauty. Her father,
Thetus Sims, has been in Congress
for twenty-four years, and ] fancy
both the bride and her younger