The Washington herald., 1920-11-28
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q beauty. Mrs. Cummings was rid
ing her famous hunter, 'Vagabond."
He Is a superb animal-one Of the
best hunters In the country. have
heard.
Miss Elizabeth jackson was rid
ing "Bally-Ho" and Mrs. Cummings
was telling me that she rode unusu-
ally well She is always so wonderful
on a horse, SO 1 am. not surprised.
Al of the Jackson girls ride well.
TOR that matter; but / have seen
Elizabeth SO frequently at horse
shows that when ] say jackson
girls" I generally think of her.
There were no accidents.
rather emphasize that. because I
think even a trivial accident is so
fatal when one is just starting any
thing. ! remember that the Sunday
following Col Mortimer's accident
an the jumps in Rock Creek Park I
saw that most popular meeting place
almost deserted. I know myself
that ever since that / have hated
70 see anyone attempt that particu-
Tar tump-the stationary one. They
hsve fixed 1t up a bit so IL Is not
so dangerous, but IL still looks
rather uncertain to me.
COL MORTIMER AGAIN
AT THE JUMPS.
Jumps again last Sunday. He was
riding for the first time since his
accident. but didn't jump. You
know. he is a splendid horseman.
I understand he has all kinds OF
medals and has won innumerable
trophies. ! wonder why IT Is that
the best horsemen always have the
worst accidents. Probably because
they take risks that one less skilled
would hesitate to attempt. 1t is
always the best swimmers that
drown. you know. He was riding
the horse that threw him. His STEP
son. Comdr. Lee Warren, was with
him, as he nearly always is.
The park was rather deserted last
Sunday, but 1 did see a number
of interesting people among the few
horsemen and women who dared risk
the threatened shower. Riding into
The park, passed Mildred Brom-
well with some Britisher whose
name / failed to recall. All the
embassy stan are ardent horsemen.
Capt Henry was telling me the
other day that he rides almost every
day. That Is one of the most at
tractive things about the English
they are such good sportsmen.
Capt Henry was hunting Thanks
giving out in Virginia / have
heard that he is quite a good shot
and ] know he rides well and is
n tennis expert and plays good golf
Speaking OF the English reminds
me that / saw H ". Tennant Of the
embassy stan Sunday riding with
Warren Delano Robbins, who, by
the way, looks as well in the saddle
rs he does on the ballroom floor,
which Is saying a whole lot.
Helen and Mona Blodgett are rid
ing quite q bit this fall. They are
50 fond OF horses and such good
horsewomen. Their horses were at
The Plains. Va. all summer and
have just been brought back to the
city. Mona, by the way, has a bob"
and looks quite cunning with her
close cropped curls. Her curls are
tight as can be and lie quite closely
to her head Speaking OF hobs"
reminds me, also, that Mrs. King.
wife of Comdr. L. N. N. King, of the
British Embassy. has one. Hers,
however. is q bit different from
Mona's, and while the latter looks
cunning Mrs King looks quite
stately and Grecian. She was wear
ing a bandeaux of gold and green
leaves around her head at the Pill
grims with a rather loose green
gown and looked as though she had
stepped from the pages of Greek
history books we studied in prep"
school. Mime. Hurban. wife of the
military attache OF the Czecho-
Slovak Legation, wears her hair
bobbed.
A number of the buds have
fallen victims to the charm of the
bob" Zilla MacDougald has one
that Is very becoming, though / be-
peve that hers is only "bobbed' on
The side. i noticed at the Navy Re-
lief ball that Anna Hamlin is still
wearing hers, though / believe she
cut 1t last year. Several of those
Tho wore the bob" last winter,
are letting their hair grow out.
Nine. Riano, wife of the Spanish
Ambassador, is wearing hers tucked
up and so. also. is little Mrs. Peter
prury. I never really fancied the
latters hair "bobbed" SO I am glad
she is letting it grow.
DEBUTANTEs CLING
TO INDIVIDUALITY.
THE shorn locks of this seasons
crop of buds" Is typical to
= me of their attitude toward
life The debutante OF this year
and for several years past has re-
fused to surrender her individuality
to the stern mandate of custom.
They are human-which is more
than can be said of the frightened, |
self-conscious neophyte of society
a few years ago.
Perhaps one of the fundamental |
reasons for their ''humaness" rs
that they go so heartily into sports. |
Imagine a bud" of the past decade |
playing the many games that Miss
Deoutante Of today excels in. This |
fall the buds" seem to be going in !
Tor golf more than last year. Quite |
a few OF them are more than ex-
pert at the game and nearly all at |
least play at II" which is as much |
as can be said for many of those |
who have been years at. the game. !
Speaking of golf reminds me oil
the newly organized Knicker-l
booker Club of Washington, a little
group OF women who have decided
that the proper costum for ths
game Is "knickers." And why not?
Hardly anyone rides in skirts any
more and golf devotees say that |
their game is quite as vigorous as
riding.
TT Is only a question of times"
says Mrs. Raymond z. Carlson, |
secretary, when this new and SEN