The Washington herald., 1920-01-25
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT


things, They both stroye very hard
to break up the many dinners sched-
uled for every blessed" night. and
succeeded in keeping many guests
home from the numerous receptions.
both afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, for one,
told me that she had ten last min
ute regrets for her dinner because
of illness. All hostesses had similar
experiences. There isn't a family
without at least one member i'll. I
do believe, and II took truly brave
people to venture out most of the
rainy, cold, slippery. miserable
nights we had last week.
Nevertheless il was a notable
week in the history of Washington
society, Never was society buster.
There was something doing" =
something big-every day. Every
set made a special effort to show
the delegates to the second Fan
American Financial Conference a
good time, and the honors due them
as distinguished statesmen of sister
republics. Practically every dele
gate was a very important man in
his own country. which fact natur-
ally added much to the interest and
them So many people who came in
contact with them at the different
social functions remarked what in
teresting men the delegates all were
and how much they had enjoyed
bearing them talk and how they had
profited by the experience. The
same seemed to be true of the ladies
accompanying the delegates; they
were all delightful-unusually SO.
GREAT AGGREGATION
OF NOTABLES.
The conference represented the
greatest aggregation of cabinet
ministers ever gathered together in
the history of the United States.
The list included DIR: Luis Toledo
Herrarte. minister of foreign affairs.
Guatemala: DR.. Ygnacio Bonillas.
ambassador from Mexico; DR.. Ces-
pedes. minister from Cuba: DR.. Gal
van, minister from Santo Domingo;
. DIR. Elizade, minister from Ecuador;
DIR. Domingo Salaberry. Argentina;
Senior Guzam. Colombia; Senior Borja.
Ecuador; S. f. 81. Fequiere, Haiti;
Senor Ayala, Paraguay; Senior Fuchs,
Peru; Senior Suay. Salvador. and Sc
nor NecinO. Uruguay.
Among well-knOwn Americans at
tending the conference were John
Hays Hammond. Frank A. Wander
lip. James A. Farrell. Edward N
Hurley. former chairman of the
Shipping Board: Joseph p. Grace, w.
Cameron Forbes. former governor
general of the Philippines: President
Goodnow. Of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity; J. G. White. international en-
Etneer. and Maj. Gen. William c.
-Gorgas.
The ambassadors and ministers of
the nations of Central and South
American countries practically all en-
tertained in compliment to the dele
gates from their respective coun-
tries. Some Of the officials. like the
Iansings, entertained for the various
delegations as officials and acted as
the nations hosts. Then other Of
hcials entertained because they were
interested in the financial feature of
the conference, Treasury Department
and Reserve Board men like Charles
Hamlin for example. Then the resi-
DENTAL set entertained occasionally
because OF their various interests
In the different countries, like the
Johns Hays Hammonds, for example,
who entertained the Chilean delega-
tion because Mr.. Hammond has ex-
-
Walter Penfield. who is special coun-
sci for so many of those Latin Ameri-
can republics Then all sets in So
ciety were included among the guests
at most Of the receptions given. so
everybody came in for some of the
gayeties and it was brilliant week.
LARGEST RECEPTION
81 THE WEEK.
The largest reception of the week
E2G-u for the Pan American dele
R2Sss was the reception which Secre-
taTy and Mrs Lansing gave Wednes-
day night at that gloriously beautiful
Tan American building. always a per
fecS setting for a brilliant function.
serTetary Glass the nations host for
tho conference. and Mrs. Glass re-
cef-ed with ar. and Mrs Lansing.
1t 7asn't a very large party. that is
not as such official parties 90, but it
was a very enjoyable one. think
a large company was invited but be-
cause of the weather-it rained,
sleeted and did a little bit of every
thing that evening-many of those
asked did not attend. The Pan Ameri-
can building is little out Of the way
and the streets were very slippery;
horses slipped and machines skidded
ugh,
Then the new Secretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Joshua w. Alexander
had unfortunately selected the same
evening to give their first large enter
Sainment, which rather detracted from
both parties. They entertained at a
reception at the Congressional Club
and it was a lovely affair, but not As
large as 1t would have been if the
tansings hadn't been entertaining the
snme evening. 1 have just lost my
heart to Secretary and Mrs Alex
Hnder; they are a pair of dears. both
Of them They make charming hosts
and made everyone have such a
gooS time they didn't want to leave.
There was dancing too; the music was
so much better than it was at the
Pan American party. The Marine
Band played down there and is a
wonderful band, but it simply can't
play dance music. Everyone groans
and has been doing so for years now,
when they try to dance by the Ma
rine Band. 1t makes dancing hard
work instead of a pleasure. At a
charity ball recently the Marine Rand
alternated with a dance orchestra and
the contrast was so strong that IL
furnished a topic of conversation all
evening.
MISS MARGARET WILSON
AT BOTH PARTIES.
Margaret Wilson took in both partjes
Wednesday evening, as did MANY Of
the guests, most of them going to the
Alexanders' first, feeling that the off,
cial party would last the longer. But
both proved to be early affairs; the