The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

much charm, and Is a most gracious,
hospitable hostess. But to me she
looks far from strong and quite un-
happy; is worried, you know, about
one of her daughters who Is seri-
ously i'll in a New York hospital. 1
am wondering whether or not she
Is going to be able to stand the
strain of being the wife of the Sec
retary of State. Their social duties
are certainly a great strain ON the
health of women in public life, and
since Mr.. Lansing resigned from the
Cabinet Mrs. Lansing just looks like
a different person. She looks not
only stronger, but happier; appears
to be really enjoying life now. And
she says she is. She goes the places
and accepts the invitations she
wants toy accept, and only those she
wants to. She goes >everywhere-
told me she never stays at home
any more. One meets her at lunch
cons, dinners, card parties, teas-alI
sorts of entertainments. and she is
always the circle of admiring
friends. Then there are lots of peo-,
pie, you know, who are very fond
of Mrs. Lansing and she of them:
yet they are not in the official set
and rather hesitated to invite Mrs.
Lansing to their parties when she
was wife of the chief Of the Pres
tdent's official family. But do so
now. She is just having a beautiful
time now, and society is thoroughly
enjoying having her in their midst
unoffcially.
MRS COLBY SURE TO BE
EQUALLY As POPULAR,
predict that Mrs. Colby will
soon be as popular though not 30
active socially. I think she is love-
ly. She is very good looking with
most aristocratic bearing. 1 never
enjoyed a party more than her re-
ception last Monday. 1t was q
most dignified and yet informal af-
fair. Everyone tarried until a very
late hour. and about 5 o'clock Mr..
Colby joined the party. Mrs. Colby's
Two daughters received with her
and Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk and Mrs.
Breckinridge Long presided at the
tea table. The girls are very at
tractive. a bit shy, and look almost
foreign, suggesting Latin-American
blood. Yet IL you take a second
look at them you can see strong
resemblances to their parents, par
tlcularly their mother, who doesn't
look a bit foreign.
Or course Sir Auckland and LADY
Geddes were a particular center of
interest that afternoon, as was also
Mime. Shidehara, wife of the Japa-
nese Ambassador, who had only
Joined her husband here a week or
ten days before. think it was the
nrst large function she had attended
since her arrival. She is quite a
dimlnutive httle thing-her hus-
oand is quite short too-but very
pleasant and speaks English quite
well. A person there who didn't
speak much English but mingled
quite freely among the guests and
proved TO be very interesting was
Peru's Minister to France. Mariana
q. Cornejo. who spent last week at
the embassy here en- route to his
post.
BARONESS DE CARTIER
WONDERFULLY GOwNED.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand were there of course,
and the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier. the latter
gowned. as usual in the extreme
OF fashion. and Baroness Romano
Avezzana, wife of the Italian Am
bassadoI whose popularity in
Washington is growing by leaps and
bounds. l believe that Lady Geddes
Is going to be equally as popular.
She is absurdly young looking for a n
amoassadress and the mother of five
youngsters. She is delightful. is
quite animated and friendly and her
-,
wins your heart. She is Just lots
OF fun. She was born in this coun-
try of Irish parents and has lived
here for long period as we'll as
In many other places but is de-
cidedly English in both appearance
and manners.
Mrs. Meredith is another woman
of the Official set who is RAPIDLY
growing extremely popular. She is
lively and lots of fun. Her hus-
band is an extraordinary good
looking man.
At Mrs. Colby's, 1 saw Nine. Co
doy for the first time since her re-
turn from Japan where her hus-
band still bridegroom, died She
looked lovely in her widows weeds.
was very stylish and pretty. Mime.
Grouitch was there and looks quite
rested and well even though she
has just gotten back from a tour
of the country in an effort to or
ganiZe Serbian relief societiea
Among the State Department folks
was, Of course, Mrs. Wilbur ], Carr.
wife Of the assistant to the Sec
retary of State. She is a perfectly
delightful person. But she is an
old Washingtonian, has lived here
for at least a dozen years now and
as Edith Koon won our hearts be-
fore Mr.. Carr won hers.
The new Minister of this coun-
try to Switzerland and Mrs. Hamp-
son Gary were among the guests, |
Mrs. Gary looking younger and
prettier every day. They were. ac-
companied by the son of Mrs. Ga
ry's sister. Eugene Fish, of Texas,
who sailed yesterday with Mr..
Gary for Switzerland, going as the
Minister'S secretary. He is a Yale |
graduate and rather young but with |
a great deal of poise and a splen-
did mind. Mrs. Gary will follow
them in June when the children |
finish school. Hugh Gibson, our Min |
lister to Poland. who has Just re-
turned to Washington, was also in |
the company; looking a bit tired, |
thought. Herbert Hengstler, chief |
OF the consular bureau, Dick Flour |
noy. Wallace McCathran, the good |
looking G. H. Shaw, and several
other bureau chiefs were among
those present. and altogether 1t
was a most successful party.
ALL THE GUESTS AND MORE
AT BARRETvp RECEPTION