The Washington times., 1920-12-19
lean Eliot's Nexvs
OF Capita. Society
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Mrs. Reyes flying up there At Thanks
giving time. She has been sivln0
much or her spare time TO working
Tor the Sheppard-Towner bill proyid-
ing pensions for maternity and In
fancy. They say up on the hill'
that IL that bill goes Throughout
| they now expect II viii very short
Mrs Reyes will have had more "a
do with putting II through than az
other one person-not even esceIs
ing It's sponsors. Consequently thost
| Interested In the Curtis-Gard Cd 1
labor bill introduced In the uppsf
house by Senator Curtis OF Kan
and In the lower by Cong ssnngr
Carr of Ohio--which has for Sra
purpose the keeping OF the child-rU
out OF factories and shops. AMI cor
pelling their education. Mira KsylA
| 10 perfectly willing TO help that ale rs
after they have put the Sheppa
Towner bill over. She says, WI
| some reason that II seems TO hep
more to the point to keep the ch.'y
dren alive until they are old enou b.
| to go to schooi--and the mortality 70
babies and young child. en- under tn
age of six is something frightful-
han to discuss the educa,'on OF tn
few that survive
As for the several brides--to return
to our "Bs'-buds. brides and balls
I've told you of them before and must
pass on TO n dozen other things desc
ing OF more than passing mention.
DINNER PARTIES
AND DANCES GALORE.
| Dinner parties there have been
galore during the week just past, and
a whole grist OF dances II was
very small dance which Mra Balm
1 Ill - l.. l.k. H<xs y a
girls. with a young peoples Dime
| before II, but II was q very Joiiy
party. And the dinner dance Eiven
at Ward.nan Park Hotel by the sscrs-
taries and attaches of the Latin.
Americn embassies and legations for
| a group of this seasons debutanteA
proved so enjoyable that q movement
Is on foot to repeat the party-psr'
haps even to make 1t q weekly event
| The Peruvian Ambassador and Nm.
Pezet chaperoned the dinner dance
and nlled the role of hosts. They.
by the way. have scarcely been
allowed to draw a breath since Ame,
Pezet got back from Europe Ms
George Hope gave q luncheon Tor
them on Friday. Last night they
dined with Mr.. and Mrs. William 4.
| Scully. And they are to be the honO'
guests at the dinner which Col WI
ian Eric Fowler and John Barrett
| one-time director general Of the Pan
American Union. are giving togethe'
on Tuesday evening In Colonel Fow-
| ler's apartment at 1112 H street
Mrs. James B. Haggin Is coming dow
from New York to attend the dime
and on Wednesday the Pezets wiz
give q luncheon for her at the Shore
ham.
The supper dance at the Nation
Dupont took place AZ usual on Tue
day evening and as usual was al,o
gether successful. And the "servica
folk" seem inclined to dance them
selves to death. The very succes
| full series of army dances" give
last season at Rauscher's-with
large group of army officers as j.
| scribers-is to : e repeated this seas
| and the first "hop" took place on n
day evening. The Secretary Of Wa
and Mrs. Baker. who had dined H.
with Maj and Mrs. George Coch' %,
were present and Mrs. Baker heaGrN
the receiving line.
Only the night before Secretsi,
and Mrs. Baker had been honor CUES
at similar dance the first Of
similar series, given by another grcrT
this time-at 24OO Sixteenth stree
Then, there are the navy dances
three or four of them during the ser.
son, which a lot OF navy and marin
corps officers are giving at the WI
lard. And, as If that were no
enough, along come the "Army an
Navy Juniors to organize a grour
of tea Dances with number OF serv.
ice girls as hostesses. The first viii
be given at 24OO Sixteenth street on
Christmas afternoon, and others will
follow on January s, January %, Feb
ruary IL, and February %. The COM
mittee Of young girls In charge in
cludes Miss Golden Ruggles. treas
urer: Miss Frances Morrow, secretary:
Miss Margaret Taylor. Miss Katherine
knight, Miss Anne Bryan, and Miss
Laura Lejeune,
The Christmas hop at Camp
Humphreys, with the Junior officers
of the post as hosts. also attracted
good many people from Washington.
and a very festive party It was. The
| little rustic clubhouse, with its rough
oak finish and a great open fireplace.
makes a very cozy setting for an In
formal party-it was there, by the
way, that the famous "Forty-nins
Marty" which has gone down into
history for its originality. was held
last week. On Friday, however. this
mess hall was transformed into tho
most attractive Of ball rooms. The
walls were decked with pine boughs
and Christmas greens, with red and
blue, lights tucked in amongst the
green. A very Christmasy Christmas
tree, brightly lighted, in one corner,
searchlights on the balcony picking
up the dancers with vari-colored
lights serpentino dance, snow
lance all contributed to the carnival,
-pirit in the air The decorations. ]
understand were worked out by Lieut..
Arthur Lee Mccullough.
Col. Weriweather Walker. u. s. A.,
who Is commando officsr. an Mrs.
Walker entertained ut n buffet sup
| per before the dane, Tor about .
dozen girls from Washington who
went down for D,nr night ut 'hn u, 81
| and among the were Miss El"'o
! stuart Miss ML-.;;.'tt lIicks. NJ IS
Harris, Miss ,H:al,es Tcck. Miss Iar-
bel Bruce, Niss Fli7nh' II Fn""tc".
Miss Mary Norton, Miss France