The Washington herald., 1920-12-19
MISS HELEN ROBERTA WELSH,

long to enumerate. There were sew
eral entertainments given for the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
and for various visitors in town.
like Nine. Mende, who was formerly
Miss Elsie Porter, daughter of Gen.
Horace Porter. The Geddeses were
much entertained, as usual, and
Mrs. Colby entertained like mad :"
she was hostess at something or
other almost every day. She LOCKS
very tired, too, think. The Spanish
Ambassador and his wife enter
tanned; the Assistant to the Secre-
tary OF State and Mrs. Wilbur Carr
were among the weeks hosts; the
Counsellor of the Italian Embassy
and Nine. Brambilla kept up their
record for entertaining. which is
a lively one; Mrs. Marshall Field.
Mrs. T. F. Walsh, the Edward Beale
McLeans, the Grouitches, Miss ANA
ryllis Gillett. the w. A. Scullys, the
Gist Blairs, the Theodore Noyeses.
the Sumner Welleses. the Secretary
and Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Henry +.
Dimock. Mrs. Delos Blodgett. Mrs.
Cromwell Brooks, the Sheldon
Whitehouses, Senator Walter Edge,
all gave parties worthy of note
during the past seven days. Ana
there were many others-I said the
list was too long to enumerate.
Then there were dinners galore at
the Chevy Chase Club Wednesday
evening; the club hasn't been SO
gay for some time. The Southern
Society gave a large and brilliant
reception for the British Ambassa-
dor and Lady Geddes; the women's
City Club had a most ENJOYABLE
dance and the younger attaches of
the Datin-American embassies and
legations gave a dinner for the
debutantes. 1t was a fine party and
one that won't soon be forgotten.
Those young men-rather unlike
our own young men, I hate to say
felt that the debutantes had enter
tained most of them frequently un-
I'll they were all indebted to them
and thought IL would be nice IL
they returned the favors by giving
the buds tine party like that be-
fore the debutante season was over.
think 1t was a proper idea, don't
you! George Pezet, that very good
looking young nephew of the Peru
ian Ambassador. managed the party
and he's some arranger, believe me.
me Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet chaperoned the party.
ETIQUETTE Is NOT
ALWAYS FOLLOWED
Talking Of ambassadors, one was
conversing with me the other day
about precedence and the ignorance
OF most people about such things.
FOR instance, he stated that an am
oassador always takes precedence
over all civilian guests at all parties
and yet he has frequently read of
a dinner being given for this per-
son or that-civilians-an that
In the company asked to meet
them was ambassador this or ann
bassador that. He says everyone
should know that an ambassador
must never be asked ito meet" a
civilian. Some hostesses, too, send
out cards to ambassadors and "sich"
asking them to dine, ito meet So
and-So. That is improper eti-
quette. don't you know.
Practically all of the Ambassadors
and ministers are planning to en-
tertain their STATS and their families
at dinner either on Christmas Eve or
christmas Day. 1t is an annual GUS
tom with most Of them. There are a
rev very recent changes in the
corps; for instance, the Bulgarian
Minister really is going home; the
rumor to that effect was correct.
several of the attaches of the Brit
ish Embassy are departing, with
others coming. Nice Capt. c. ].
Henry is leaving and is going to
be as much missed as any young
diplomat ever assigned to duty in
Washington. Bridges is coming
back, as Is also Henry Getty Chill
ton-all Of which is good news.
Don't you know. a little bird that
new over the British Embassy the
other day told me, fresh paint or no
fresh paint, plans for a rev British
embassy are being seriously consid-
cred and that perhaps George Oak
ley Totten would be the architect.
The new paint will be getting
shabby by the time the new build
Ing Is ready, I suppose. The EN-
bassy certainly looks less gloomy
now. DR.. W. II. de Beaufort, charge
dafaires of the Netherlands Le-
cation, has sailed for Holland, much
to the regret of many. He went
rome to attend the golden wedding
anniversary of his parents, but will
return Immediately, for he has ar
ranged to take the entire person.
mel OF the legation to New York
for the frst concert which willem
Mongleberg will give with the Ma
tional symphony Orchestra in that
city the second week in January.
Have you heard that IL is said
that In the British royal family the
Prince of Wales is called David,
and 1t is probable that IL he ascends,
the throne Of the British Empire
he will rule under the title or King
David II Publicly the prince Is
known as Albert Edward, but al
together he has seven Chrinfian