The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT

The Lenten period is FIVE days old
and society feels bit rested. Not
that society has done nothing but
rest during those fiye days; oh, no!
There were quite few dinners-eN en-
Official dinners-and a luncheon or
two and several teas but no large
parties. of course. and no balls. There
are never any large and late parties
during lent. not only because they
are not just the thing" to give our
ing that period but because there are
so many people who wouldn't attend
such, a function during Lent that the
party would Be sure to be failure.
Tho majority of hostesses even
abolish their day at home for those
forty days; some resuming them af-
ter Easter; others not at all this
season. Though L must say that last
Wednesday. for Ash Wednesday. was
a yer: busy day. There was a big
dance that evening at Rauscher's,
the George Washington University
Junior Prom; Mrs. Baker, wife of the
Secretary of War received that af-
ternoon. Mrs. David F. Houston, wife
of the Secretary of the Treasury gave
a dinner-a rather informal one
that evening in celebration of her
husbands birthday anniversary which
was really Tuesday but because there
was so much going on that evening.
IL was impossible to get together a
dinner party. There were several
other dinner parties and 1 went to
the maunees that afternoon and the
house was packed. upstairs and
down.
1 wasn't able to go myself as there
was so much else going on that day.
but they tell me ttat there was a
perfect mob at Mrs. Robert Lansing's s
last Monday afternoon. She received
that day and will be at home again
tomorrow. Monday is generally Con-
sidered as residential day" so just
as soon as Mr.. Lansing ceased to be
a Cabinet officer, Mrs Lansing made
it known to her friends that she. be-
ing no longer an officials wife. would
no longer receive on Cabinet day"
wednesday, but would observe Mon
days at home. And the world and
his wife grasped the opportunity to
call-perhaps to show which side of
the fence" their sympathies were on.
At any rate, that evening when Mr..
and Mrs. Lansing went to a show the
audience set up a rousing cheer as
they went down the aisle.
LANSINGS OFF
TO FLORIDA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing will leave
town the end Of the week for fort
nights rest in Florida and I suspect
they both need il badly. l think Mr..
Lansing has looked very bad ever
since he returned from France. He
looks better than he did but a real
rest will help some. i should think
after having such serious and extreme
ly weighty matters of state on his
shoulders it would seem wonderful to
be just a private citizen once more. /
should think he would feel like he had
been liberated from prison. OF course.
the air is full of rumors as to whom
will be his successor but it is suspect
ed that il will be rather difficult to fill
the place for various reasons The cir
cumstances of Secretary Lansing's re-
tirement sharply recall the quarrel be-
tween President Harrison and James
q. Blaine. which resulted in Mr..
Biaine's sudden resignation from the
Secretaryship of State. Mr.. Blaine
was succeeded in that office by Gen.
John W. Foster. the father-in-law Of
ar. Lansing.
The reason for Mr. Blaine's fesigna-
tion lay in the allegation by President
Harrison, directly spoken to Mr.
Blaine. that that statesman had en-
tered the race for the Republican
nomination at the forthcoming Mimi
eapolis convention after having given
his word that he would be a loyal sup
porter OF the President and the Harri-
son Administration.
Even statesmen do quarrel. Also
diplomats. Did you see the interesting
story about Niscount Grey. Mai. Crau-
furd-Stuart and the White House. L
am rather inclined to think there
must be something in the story for i'm
my few personal experiences with Mai.
Craufurd- Stuart l have found him
impatient, tactless and positively
rude. Though have had a number of
people tell NE he really was very nice
when you knew him. / didn't have
any desire to know him better than /
did, thank yJG But here is the Gist of
the stof which is an attempt to ex-
plain the failure of Viscount Grey, of
Falloden. to present his credentials as
British Ambassador to President Will
son. Ut reads like n chapter of dip
lomatic novel full OF an attaches in
descretions. the Intervention of wom-
Nh hAsh " OihNttt anu Social circles the
Ignoring of chief magistrates request
and much drama.
In it Mai. Charles Kennedy Crau-
fprd-Stuart. d. S. o. of QueeIMary's
Own Baluch Light Infant<y, holds
the center of the stage. He Is ac-
cused OF saying things about rres-
ident Wilson he shouldn't have said.
to have apologized to the State De-
partment and then to have been
similarly undiplomatIU again. When
he was ordered home, Viscount
Grey came to his rescue
LORD GREY's
CAREER ODD.
Nobody but President Wilson can
say how great or how small a part
the incident played in making Lord
Grey's career unique. for he was
never admitted to the presence of
the President, even when the son of
his sovereign made his visit to the
White House.
That visit broke two diplomatic
precedents. First, the appearance
Of the prince before the head of a
nation unaccompanied by the official |
representative of his own country.
and second, the making of such a
visit under any circumstances where
the ambassador is not welcome.
The Indian ma jOr, a gallant fig
ure with his decorations, accom-
panied the Earl of Reading when
that statesman arrived in his two
fold capacity as ambassador and