The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-05
Social Life in
Washington

The American Bankers Association
made gala week, both for Washing
ton and themselves, during their con-
vention week, which lasted through
the week. Many of them had ladies
in their parties, wives, mothers, daugh-
tiers, sisters, who spent a busy and a
happy time being entertained and in
sight seeing. There were innumerable
small private luncheons and dinner
parties every day and theatre parties
every night. The Chevy Chase club
was thrown open on Tuesday after
noon fora garden tea to the visiting
ladies. Mrs. John B. Larner, wife of
one of Washington's prominent bank
ers, was chairman of the ladies' enter
| tainment committee and received the
guests. With Mrs. Richard S. Halves
of st. Louis, wife of the president of
the association, and Commissioner
Mabel Boardman, standing beside her.
The other members of the committee,
which consisted of the wives of almost
all bankers and bank officers of Wash
ington, were the other assistants. It
was a very handsome party, for the
weather was ideal Indian summer and
the grounds and handsome apartments
Of this splendid country club were
never so attractive. On Wednesday
the ladies, and some of the men, made
the pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon and
again the weather was ideal for the
lovely sail down the Potomac. Old
visitors to Mt. Vernon always regret
the discontinuance of the handsome
tribute which was always paid to the
Father of his Country by the boats
passing his tomb, going either up or
down the river. Up to perhaps ten
years ago every boat, when approach
ing Mt. Vernon tolled it's bell, and men
on deck stood uncovered, until the
tomb, which shows plainly from the
river, had been passed. This has now
been done away with, and the Mt. Yer
non estate is passed every day by hun
dreds of passengers going up and down
the historic river, without their knowl-
edge. 1t is always keen disappoint-
ment to them when they discover it.
On Thursday night the delegates and
the ladies of their parties were enter
tanned at mammoth theatre party in
the large theatres, and last night the
president and board of trustees of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art entertained
them at a brilliant reception and pri-
vate view of the gallery, the guests be-
ing received in the great lower corri-
dor. This was a beautiful reception,
as evening functions are always, in the
stately gallery.
The forthcoming week will be the
dullest which will be known in Wash
ington from now to the beginning of
the Lenten season. Many of the Of
fetal women now in their Washington
home will go off to vote, this being the
first experience for many of them and
they will prefer to do it in person
rather than by mail as is now possible.
They will all return by the middle OF
November, for by that time they will
all know whether they will remain in
Washington for another four years or
not. An interesting question is
brought up in the matter of wives,
especially the brides as to just where
their vote is legal. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson is a resident of New Jersey
by reason of her husabnd being a resi-
dent of that State, yet she has never
lived a day in the State, except the
summer she spent at the seashore, fol
lowing her. marriage. The question
might be raised "has she established
legal residence there?" Also in the
matter of the bride of Representative
Edward Everett Holland of Suffolk,
Va. who this month was married to
Miss Eunice Ensor of Omaha, Neb.
They will arrive in their Virginia
home next week in time for him to
vote there.
Mrs. Wilson is sitting for a new
portrait to be surprise to the Presi-
dent. Not but what he knows it is
being painted, but he has not yet had
peep at it. She is posed in her
favorite black velvet gown, not the
actual one she was married in but
the one in which she appeared at
the first evening function after she
was married. 1t is a graceful and