The Washington times., 1920-11-03
SOCIE TY FOLK
GATHER TO
HEAR RETURNS

- VER1BODf turned out last eVe-
II ming to hear the election retorna
L. There were. OF course. private
wires into the White House. and the
news was relayed to the President ana
Mrs Wilson and q little assemblage
OF members OF their family In the
Presidents study until they early con-
coded the result and President Wilson
retired. Returns were also received at
most of the executive departments and
several Of the Cabinet officers had par
ties in their offices.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. Houston spent the evening at
the Treasury and had d little COM
pany OF intimate friends with them.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Burleson had the members OF their
family and a few close friends with
them at the Post Office Department,
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker
were with the Secretary of. Agri-
Secre.atv's office They had one of
the most interesting OF the election
night parties. having some OF the
cabinet members and a member of
the dipIomats hrr"ng WET "'IN" :
The party was quite impromptn and
most Informal, bat Leusuyt.I su>S
interesting motion pictures were
shown In the intervals between FASH
ing dispatches on the screen.
wise the hotels and cafes, and nu-
merous smart little supper parties
were on the carpet. Mrs. Cromwell
Brooks, Mrs. Charles 8. BrQmwell, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Westcott. Col. John
G. Ouakemeyer, and Rear Admiral
Andrew Long made up an interesting
compsnv which supped at the Shore
ham Hotel and heard the returns
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip c. Kauhf-
mann also entertained supper party
at the Shoreham.
AT THE WILLARD.
At the willard Mrs. F. b. Moran
entertained a party OF twenty or
thirty guests in the big dining room
and across the way in the Palm Gar
den her daughter. Mrs. Horace Ma
farland and Mrs. McGorem Crawford
were joint hosts at a supper party.
Their guests included Miss Dolores
Crawford, Miss Aurora de Quesada.
Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske. Or. Leo
S. Rowe. Mr.. Quesada. Cuban consul;
John w. Belt and Tom Jenkins. Mrs.
T. Dewitt Talmage and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Pitt Scott, who have just
resumed from Europe. also had a
party at the willard and so did Mrs.
Thomas F.. Logan.
Mrs. Logan first entertained her
guests at dinner. then took them to
the theater and returned to the will
lard for the supper dance and TO hear
the returns. Her party was arranged
in compliment TO the Secretasy of,the
Peruvian embassy and Nine. Carlos
Gibson, who will leave next week for
Peru before going to Mr. Gibson's
new post OF duty. Mr.. Logan went to
New York to vote.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harlow had
guests in the Salon des Nations. at
the Washington, and others who gave
parties there were Mr.. karpovich, of
the Russian embassy: NJ. A. Ballinger
and Captain Van Duesen. Mr.. and
Mrs Leonard L. Nicholson. jr.. en-
tertained at Wardman Park Hotel in
to their guest. Miss Emily
Burrows, of New York. Seymour
stone also had a supper party at
Wardman Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Drury. the lat
ter formerly Miss Marguerite ST.
monds, gave a dinner at the Cafe st.
Marks, remaining through the even
ing to hear the election returns. They
had fourteen guests. The d nner fol-
lowed an informal house warming
tea given yesterday afternoon at their
apartment in the Hadleigh, Of which
they have recently taken possession. /
Others entertaining at st. Mark 9