Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07
Days at
The Capital
In Lent
March Seventeenth Will
( Be Occasion for Many
Brilliant Affairs.
Bee Bureau.
Washington, March s.

caremc celebration by society here.
Instead Of the customary one day
of festivity i'll mid-lent, there are
now two days. and society will lay
aside its sackcloth eand ashes, or
what Of them it has assumed, and
be merry on Wednesday and Thurs /,
day of next week. The sn1artest
fancy dress party of the season was
to have been given on the FIRST
named night in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr, as wind
up OF the dances this season, of the
Club of One Hundred" organized
in December in the exclusive circle
of young married people: Because
of the death Of Mrs. Stokes grand
mother, Mrs. r. Snowden Andrews
of Baltimore and Washington, thxt
dance is postponed until April Is,
and will be given elsewhere, prob
ably at Rauscher's. Mrs. Stokes
was Miss Margaret Fahnestock
daughter of the late Gibson Fahne-
stoqk, from whom she inherited in
herr own right the greater number
of her fathers millions, "A sub
scription dinner-dancc is being ar
ranged for 56 for Wednesday eveii-
ing at the Cafe st. Marks, tho quaint
old negro church, one of Washing
tons landmarks, which has been
converted into smart little eating
place of the Italian garden and
cabaret variety.
Next Monday an interesting
diplomatic function will be the re-
ception by Jan Masary, charge
I'd affaires Of the Czecho-Slovakian
legation, and son of the president Of
that new country. He is giving the
reception, to be preceded by din
ner party, in honor of the birthday
of,his father and as sort of thanks
giving for the safety and prcserva-
ton of, his family. His mother is
an American woman and had<a most
unhappy experience ip the war when
she was taken prisoner by the Aus.
trians, along with this son. The
son was made great use of by the
Austrians and made to do much BY
the threat, that on his refusat his
mother would be brought out and
tortured Eventually she was res
-ceud and Jan, her son, escaped. She
wasa Miss Mafe Garrigue of New
York. Il
I The vice president and Mrs. Mar
shall iiastencd away to their b,nga-
low in the west, Immediately after
the funeral of their little foster-son,
20 whom; they Meres greatly devoted.
His funeral took place HI their apart
n1enf on Saturday afternoon, and
they caught a '6o'elock train for
Arizoha to spend an indefinite time.
Mrs. Marshall was shcart-broken as
she l1ada rescued the little fellow
from the diet kitchen Of the Chill
.dreIfs Welfare, where his mother
took him each day. Mrs. Marshall
,bpcan1f intef tested and asked perfflis-
QOnStd take him home with her, to !.
see if Shk could not, by constant
care and attention, restore him TO
perfect health. Her affection grew
So strong and the child improved so
much that She wa, finally able to
tget the parents fcphscnt TO keep
him. lie was an suiiusually bright
little fellow and very lovable. He
has FIVE. sbrotliefs and sisters wfricl,
the parents are only just able Is
keep together His remark to the
prince, of Wales, when that tyounr
personage made his formal cali uoon
the vice president, has caused great
1ncrrlment among those who heard
It: II xeerhs that little. Morrison
Marshall bad thc bad habit Of biting
his finger nails, and TO break him Of
It Mrs. Marshall caused him to
wear almost Constantly a pair of
thick gloves. When the prince ar
rived, the only thing that impressed
Morrison was that his royal high
ness wore gloves. Stepping up to
his side. and slipping his little hand
into the royal hand sympathizinply.
Morrison whispered, "Mr- Prince.
you bite 'em too, don't your" The
prince, with characteristic tact. per-
rnitted himself Ito be synpathized
with by the youngster xaild it proved
to be aisplcndid lesson to the little
fellow. n,
Mrs, WilliamsE. Andrews, wife of
the representative from Hastings.
Ncb. who has done one Of the
greatest of wonen's works throurh-
out the war period is, preparing to
go to her home in Hastings about
'Aprilll,. for an indefinite stay. Mrs.
andrews rallied right to the cause
when the congestion sof,war workers
was fret discovered in Washington.
and took into her house as MANY OF
the voting girls as she could accom-
modates and then she had such de-
Iliarlds from other girls, who really
could frd no place to get decent and
proper food and who had little. or
no protection. that she kept enlarg-
afg her table until she bad 40 young
girls at table. and a number in the
rooms Of upper floors of her home.
Mf. Andrews will, OF course, join
her there when congress adjourns.
She VIII not return here until next
winter. .s .
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes has her
mother, Mrs. Root. with her for the
winter. They are all formerly of
Crete, Neb., bnt Mrs. Root now
makes her home in Clinton, Okl..
with one Iof her sons. Mrs. .Straet-
ten. iwife If DR.. Robert L. Stractten. i
u s. Az, only daughter Of Mrs.
Rhodes. is also with Mrs. Rhodes.
while pr Stracttcsb is-with the heet
ia .Paua11a waters 49,
Mrsss.t.A w Jefferis, wife Of The
congressman from Omaha, IS visit
ing her sister Mrs. Albert .Daum,
ST Steward III -.