The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
For First Time Since Great War
Total Number of Persons Entering
y. S. Larger Than Those Leaving

They passed to their seats, blase,
world-wise. yet glad to be seen
there and recognized Let us imag-
inc the presence of an announcer
for the super-interesting folk as
they enter:
Peel, Grandson Of Peer.
That tall, besrdless young man
Is Robert Peel. Britisher grandson
OF the peer of the same name from
whom came the nickname "Peeler''
Tor London policemen. gained when
the elder Peel ran the metropoli-
tan force of that city. Young Peers
! companion is his wife. Beatrice Lii
7 lie, actress of London and once
| belle of Coburg. Ontario.
Here comes Miles Price, who fl
nances caravans engaged in NOV
| ing the ring treasures out from in
terror Asia into the modern world.
He is specialist in mosque and
prayer rugs. That young miss,
surrounded by half a dozen south
erners. is Miss Tallulah Bankhead.
daughter OF Senator Bankhead of
Alabama. Comes with lofty bear
Ing John Nee. Bowman, formerly
of Toronto, now the American ho-
| tel king and head of the Pershing
Square chain of hotels. That jolly
faced man is Levy Meyer. the Chi
cago lawyer. Lo, here is ex-Post-
master General Frank Hitchcock,
the man who almost put Leonard
Wood across at Chicago. Yes. that
clean-cut looking man is Governor
Edwards of New Jersey, walking
| with the air of a Vice President. A
voice whispers: Cox and Edwards
the inside hunch for Frisco" Mex,
you see John Wanamsker. jr., and
Mrs. Wanamaker. Reed Albee yon-
der Is the heir-appsrent to the
Keith kingdom. Conde Mast, pub
Usher, passes with his editor.
Frank Crowninshield. Next is
William Semon, upon whom has
fallen the mantle of Freddy Geb-
hardt. There goes Barney" Ba-
ruch, the frequenter of the White
House.
Many NotabIes Pass.
| The foyer has become a crush
and we can but fash the names as
the faces pass-E. r. Thomas, the
former banker; Ben Ali HaSgin
of London, Paris and New York
Paul Block, w. r. Sheehan and
Max MARGIN, H. b. Sire. the first
real estate man to realize the A.
nancial rewards from TRANSFORMING 6
brownstone fronts into apartment
houses; Frank Mckee, who made
fortune as a partner Of the late
CHARLES Hoyt: Harry Mason, the
society broker; Burton Castles, late
or Texas; Horace Charters, broker
late OF Harrisburg, Pa, George
Leavitt, who looks as IL he stepped
out OF the illustrated pages of a
tashion magazine; Harvey Sickler
shipping man formerly of Wilkes
barre, Pa, Jack Carpenter, the
Nashville capitalist and the first
man to break apartment houses in
TO Fifth avenue; Frank Case, Rich
ard Barthelmess. George NJ. CO.
han, Forrest March. Hon. Neville
Beauchamp Seymour, DR.. Jerome
wagner. william Rhinelander
Stewart. Jr.. Walter Kingsley
Frank Munsey, Thomas johnson
Ludlow Fowler. Walter J. Salmon
and many, many others including e
actresses and managers galore.
Elwell Main Topic.
The topic most on every lip was
the mystery surrounding the muir
der OF Joe Elwell. the bridge whist
player who always was present or
such occasions. Said one of the
talent just before the curtain rose
curious thing about Joe Is that
ne was awed by wealth. He never
could bea- Harclc Vanderbilt, JohI
W. Drake or Charley Schwab. The,
represented so much money that II
affected his nerve. He was a caro-
master who always bested the av
erage man of wealth but when n,
encountered the topnotchers he fel
by the ways,de. He liked to b,
seen with the men of means and
usually shaded the rich into grades
his nod being iced to precise differ
ences between those he was with
and those further down the dollal
or social ladder. Interrupted a sec
ond voice: Perhaps Joe let the
big fellows win for. the advertise
ment II gave him with the lessee
lights The other remarked
maybe 80. but"-and the rest wa
lost IN the jazz of the opening
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