The Washington times., 1920-12-12
Ne4vsy Gossip
Of Doings in
Social Worla
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Usher, and Gov. Frank Lowden, Of
Illinois, are usually mentioned as IN
line for an ambssss dorship. And
Senator Penrose is about the only IN
n;uentisl Republican Senator who hss
lot been mentioned for the Cabinet
Former Senator Sutherland OF Utah
seems by common consent TO have
the post OF Attorney General pretty
; well tied up. And no one Is so ire
quently mentioned for the navy as
former Senator Weeks OF Massschu-
! setts-always with word or regret
that So eminently mt a man should
hath from Massachusetts. For that
State is regarded as sufficiently rep
resented in the Administration by
Coolidge as Vice President. II seems
. rather absurd that the country can
have the best available man, because
he happens to come from the wrong
state, doesn't IL?
Then there is Frederick Stimson,
Taft's Secretary OF War, who is FREE
quently mentioned as likely to hold
the same place in Harding's Cabinet.
And, of course, VIII Hays Is regarded
as slated for the Postmaster Gener-
ais place. That is always allotted 10
the political manager-the practicai
politician-presuma because IL OIL
fers more jobs. all over the country,
and he Is expected to know how best
TO pay the party's debts. Anyhow IL
seems probable that the new ADMIN
! istration. will not bring quite such a
J group of rank outsiders as came, with
the Wilson regime. There won't be
I quite so many prentice hands carN-
ing the national destinies'
MEREDITH BALL
GALA EVENT.
OF the present Cabinet the Secre-
tary. of Agriculture and Mrs. Mere
dith are decidedly the most active
socially, especially now that Secretary
Colby has finally started OF on ms
journey to South America bearins
with him, by the way. the brilliant
young commercial attache or the
Brazilian embassy, Sebastalo sam :
psio. who is the only foreigner in
the party, and who goes as the
representative of his government IN
general and the IRA lillian ambassa
dor in particular.
Their baIl-the Merediths, / mean
of course-was undoubtedly the social
climax of the week, and perhaps the
most brilliant function given by a
Cabinet hostess during the present
Administration. The world and his
wife were there, with his sisters and
his cousins and his aunts, and it was
preceded by a dozen dinner parties
some of them large enough to be re-
garded as events" in themselves.
The official world was brilliantly
represented, and one noted in the
colorful shifting throng diplomats
from pretty nearly every country
which maintains an embassy or lega-
ton at Washington. And rubbing
shoulders with all these notables
were a whole Erist of pretty girls
with their proper complement OF
Young men. A gay scene and an ef-
fective one, for every woman in the
room seemed to have on a striking
new frock and the jewels displayed
we're worth the proverbial king
ransom.
Mrs. Meredith did not receive on
"Wednesday afternoon, as she had her
BAN that night on her hands and
qrite a little house party as we'll
her sonin-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick owen Bohen, Mr.. and
Mrs Carl Kurtz, of Des Moines, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Pearsall. Of
Newark 1t was for the Bohens. who