The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
Society,".
By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.


state and Mrs. Colby and the Brit
tsh Ambassador and Lady Geddes-
were directly in the limelight al
most Immediately upon their ar
rival in the Capital. The Secretary
Of State, cambridge Colby, of
course. had been in town off and
on for several weeks, but his wife
only arrived here about ten days
ago. Before she had been here
more than two or three days she
attended the reception which the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Edwin T. Meredith gave-that was
a week ago yesterday. She assist
ed Mrs. Meredith in receiving that
afternoon, appearing for the first
time at a large function as a mem
Der OF the Cabinet circle.
Then last Monday Mrs. Colby en-
tertained at a reception in compli-
ment to the heads of the various
diplomatic missions and the chiefs
of the bureaus of the State De-
-partment. and the same evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Colby received with
John Barrett at the reception which
he gave at the Pan American Build
ing In celebration of the tenth an
niversary of the dedication of that
beautiful structure. Wednesday
-
when society called upon her al
most en- masse. 1t seemed. and that
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Colby were
the honor guests at the entertain
ment. reception and dance given at
Rauscher's by the Department Of
State Club. Also, the long series
of dinner parties sure to be given
in honor of the new Secretary of
State and Mrs. Colby was inaugu-
rated last week, with the French
Ambassador and Mime. Jusserand
. entertaining them Thursday even
ing and the Ambassador of Peru
and Mime. Pezet as hosts Friday
' evening.
: PEZETS STOLE A MARCH
ON FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
1t was quite natural that the
! French Ambassador, as dean OF the
Diplomatic Corps, should be the
. first to entertain the Secretary of
State. but the Ambassador Of Peru
and Mime. Pezet were the first to
arrange a party for them. 1t was
a lovely party, too, given at Rau-
schePs. with very beautiful and
elaborate floral decorations, all ar
ranged according to Nine. Pezets
own ideas. Then Mr.. Colby ran up
to Atlantic City the middle Of the
week to attend the convention OF
the National Chamber Of Commerce,
where he made an address. So, you
see. both Mr.. and Mrs. Colby have
been very much in the limelight.
There were aoout 800 guests
present at the Department of State
Club party. A delightful musical
program was given by the Depart
- assisted
Prof. Fabian. pianist, and Mai. c.
T. Tittmann, who sang several
solos. Following this the Secre-
tary made a short address in a
very happy vein, dwelling on his
pleasure in being present and haV-
ing the opportunity to meet the
members of the club. An informal
reception followed, when the Secre-
tary and Mrs. Colby and the assist
ant to the Secretary and Mrs. Will
bur ]. Carr received the guests.
Dancing occupied the remainder OF
the evening, and a beautiful Mardi
Gras cotinon feature was intro
duced, when the dancers were Civ
en- large vari-colored balloons, =,
which they carried effectively as
they danced.
SIR AUCKLAND GEDDEs AND
LADY START OFF BY DINNER
Sir Auckland and Lady Geddes
arrived in town just about the same
time as Mrs. Colby did-about ten
days or so ago. Mrs. Colby immedi-
ately observed diplomatic day"
remaining at home on the Friday
afternoon of the same week she
reached the city, to receive callers,
and that evening Sir Auckland and
Lady Geddes gave a dinner for the
members of the embassy STAN and
their wives, a sort Of official family
party to enable them all to get ac-
quainted with their new chief.
Lady Geddes was also at home last
Friday afternoon, most Informally.
Saturday, Mrs. Geddes attended the
Meredith reception, remaining quite
a while and apparently having a
very good time. Everyone made a
tremendous fuss over her. Monday,
she was a guest at Mrs. Colby's re-
Ception and that evening was very
much in evidence at John Bsrrett's
entertainment Then, like the Col
bys. the dinners in compliment to
them have already been inaugural
ed. Mrs. Marshall Field enter
tanned a distinguished company at
dinner to meet Sir Auckland and
Lady Geddes Thursday evening, and
yesterday the latter was the honor
guest at a luncheon given by Mrs.
DeFrees Gritten, who was a guest
at her wedding in New York in
1905. Also, like Mr.. Colby. Sir AucK-
land ran up to Atlantic City to at
tend the National Chamber of Com
merce meeting and made an ad-
dress the middle of the week.
You know when Lord Reading
came over here as British Ambas-
sador he was dined so much, II al
most killed the poor man. Really,
his health was very much impaired
by it. But 1 hear from Sir Auck-
lands friends that he is prepared to
stand the strain. In fact, read an
interesting story recently on the
subject, written in London shortly
after Sir Auckland sailed for this
country. Here is the first paragraph
from It:
DINNER GIVING DEMENTIA
AGGRAVATED IN ENGLAND.
Behold the new British Ambas-
sador to the United States in puris
naturalibus. That is IL the great
American banquet has survived the
Eighteenth amendment. II il has
Sir Auckland Geddes will work in a
we'll practiced metier. Since the an
nouncement of his appointment as
Ambassador to the United States
until the date of his departure, de-
spite the manifold activities of
winding up his presidency Of the
Board of Trade and getting his own