The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

charitable functions In the th1rd-
Just which occupied the center ring
Is difficult to say. Then of course
there were other added attractions"
and side shows" in the way of
teas, luncheon and such, worthy Of
mention.
The first bud to be formally pre-
scented to society was Miss Elinor
Wheeler, who made her bow Mon
day at q reception given by her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ".
Wheeler. A little group of the sea-
sons unusually attractive array OF
debutantes assisted in receiving as
they also did again the next day
when Miss Anne wicks Craven,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs. T. T.
Craven, was formally presented.
think this seasons group OF
buds are unusually attractive and
look like debutantes, which Is really
unusual these days. Elinor Wheel
er Is lovely and looks. very much
like her handsome mother, who
scarcely appears old enough to be
her parent zilla MacDougal is
fascinating looking. according to
my way of thinking. The Wheeler
reception Monday was a beautiful
party; everybody worth knowing
was there and the house. though
large. was packed and jammed. 1t
Is q lovely house they have; have
had 1t for about eight or nine years
now. There may be more expensive
mansions in the city but few IL any
contain more worth while things,
particularly works of art. Mr..
Wheeler is quite an art connoisseur,
you know. and has collected some
very fine paintings until his house
Is a veritable art museum. They
are all properly illuminated, too.
Really, IL he had an art gallery
in his house. he would have it well
filled.
And in their dining room are doz-
ems of wonderful japanese prints
1 guess they are prints; I'm not an
authority on such subjects-but he
has a splendid collection Of beauti-
full Japanese pictures all framed
alike Mr.. Wheeler Is a man OF
considerable means, you know; halls
originally from Pittsburgh and
made his money In steel. He used
to be the head Of the. .Firth-Sterling
Steel Corporation down here at Gies-
boro Point but retired some time
ago-very young to retire, but he
has many other interests-art, for
example. The wheelers have only
lived in Washington about decade
nut have . very wide circle of
friends and friends worth while.
They have two other children: two
boys.
DEBUT NEXT WEDNESDAY
FOR MISS GELM.
Don't you know, 1 got my dates
all mixed about these debutantes
and told you last week that Mar
jorie Gelm, daughter OF Capt. and
Mrs. G. E Gelm, would be presented
last Monday. But. bless your heart.
she doesn't come out until next
Wednesday, the first. !
There wasn't any debutante party
on Thanksgiving day. which is
rather unusual In fact, as a rule,
that Is the earliest date that a bud
is presented but society has gotten
an early start this season.
MANY VISITORS
AT BRITISH EMBASSY.
There certainly has been a steady
stream of visitors of note at the
British Embassy, while many other
prominent Britishers have come to
town. staying at one of the ho-
tells. Almost every week sees some
parsonage from England at the Cap
ital. And the Ambassador and Lady
Geddes are always ION the job" to
use a slang expression; always en-
tertain them I am amused to see
the way the Geddeses arrange their !
dinner lists; they seem to think
nothing, of separating husbands and |
wives, especially when they are deal |
ing with the staff of the embassy. |
At one dinner recently I noticed |
several of the husbands were con-
spicuous by their absence, while |
on another occasion some of the |
wives were left at home.
The Hon. Harcourt Gladstone |
Malcolm, speaker of the house of |
assembly of the British colony of |
the Bahama Islands, was Just here
with his wife and stayed at the
Shoreham- They attended the Brit
ish Embassy ball and dined before
hand with Capt. Harker. of the EN-
bassy stan.
The Geddeses are busy being en-
tertained themselves. too. In a
way, like the Colbys. they are just
seriously beginning the round of Of
fcial entertainments given to them /
as a welcome to our city," don't /
you know. A new diplomat is al
ways wined and dined-yes, often
wined even In these days-by thel
different officials and diplomats /
shortly after their arrival in our
midst But 1t was rather late in the
season when the Geddeses came last
spring 50 much of that sort of en-
tertaining was postponed until fall.
OF course. all OF the entertaining
done for them isn't official; many L
people entertain them\just because
they like them-and a few because
they are who they are. (Cat. hear
you say.)
THE Geddeses were members of
the dinner party which the Un-
u dersecretary of State and Mrs.
Norman H, Davis gave on Monday
evening and were the honor guests 4
at the dinner given by Judge and
Mrs. Charles B. Howry. They scarce
fy ever eat a meal at home and
never without guests. I'm
sure. Lady Geddes received for the
first time this season last Friday
afternoon and the fact that she se-
lected Friday IL a matter of general
satisfaction to the social world.
women whose visiting lists are long
knowing well the necessity of hay-
ing uniform embassy and legation
day as well as special days for
visiting the various branches of Of
fcial society. Efforts to establish Z
other than Friday for a diplomatic (
day at home have been more or less
of a hat failure. The first thing n Z
society woman learns-men, too, for Z
that matter-on coming to WASH .
ington. is that Monday is Supreme {
Court day and judiciary day; Tues q
day. House day: Wednesday, Cab d
met day THURSDAY. Senate day; FRI Il