The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-31
Lady Blanche Beresford Guest
at Several Dinners and
Other Parties.

Aylng trip TO keep an engagement long
since made. But she returned imme-
diately and devoted herself to the en-.
PERTAINING OF her guest. Perhaps one
should say her guests. for Lord Dali
Keith was also a guest of the Embassy
at that time.
They were both included in the din
ner which Mrs. John b. Henderson
was giving Saturday night for the
British AMBASSADOR and Lady Geddes.
1t was their first experience with one
OF Mrs. Henderson's famous vegetarian
dinners. She has wonderful cook
who can camouflage vegetables. fruits.
nuts. &C.. so that no one can guess
what he Is really eating. 1t was
probably also the Prince de Bearn's
first experience this trip. although he
may have been familiar with these
dinners when he was attached TO the
French Embassy fifteen or twenty
years ago, for Mrs. Henderson and
her dinners have been an institution
in Washington for probably thirty
years.
On Sunday the counsellor OF the
British Embassy and Mrs. Robert L.
Craigie entertained at Luncheon in
honor Of the Embassy guest. Sir
Auckland and Lady Geddes were per-
force absent from that party. as they
were among Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Her
ties guests at Gunston Hall, their
beautiful and historic old place on the
banks of the Potomac. The Hertles
had asked a numfer of distinguished
persons in official life down there for
a luncheon In honor Of Mr.. and Mrs
John w. Davis and Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Lansing.
On Monday night Gen. II. K Bethel.
the military attache. had a. dinner for
Lady Blanche at Cafe St Marks. later
taking his guests up to the Embassy for
dancing, to which a number Of others
were invited. On Tuesday the Misses
Patten entertained her at luncheon. And
In the afternoon she was the guest of
"Commissioner" Mabel Boardman In her
box at the New York Symphony concert,
at which Kreisler was the soloist. Miss
Boardman's other guests were Miss Ben
son of England, also guest at the En-
bassy. and Princess Radziwill. Lady
Geddes, who was one of Mrs. Wilson's
guests at the concert. entert aimed at din
ner at the Embassy that night for Lady
Blanche. and on the following day the
latter went on Der way. She has been
up In Canada and expects to make a
considerable tour through this country
before returning TO England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blunt Entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cecil Blunt of
Paris, who have been the guests during
the last week Of Mrs. Julian James
have also been the centre of consider
able entertaining. Mrs. Blunt is the
daughter OF Count and Countess Beech.
and she Is niece OF the late Pope Leo
XIII. They were the guests of honor a
n dinner which Mrs. Cromwell Brooke
gave Monday night, taking her party
later to Major George Oakley Totten's
dance Mrs. BroolEs. who had been en-
pertaining her mother. Mrs. Stotcsbury,
OF Philadelphia. went up to New York
on Tuesday for several days. Mrs
Julian James herself gave a large dinner
for the Blunts on Tuesday. They have
recently been visiting Mrs. Elbridge
Gerry and Miss Mabel Gerry In Newport
and are to spend some time In New York
before returning to Paris.
The most official party OF the week was
n Stag party being Secretary Colby's
dinner at the Pan-American Building on
Monday night given in honor OF the dele
gates OF the Ave countries to the inter-
national conference on electrical COM
munication. He rounded up for 1t all
the Cabinet members who happened to
be in town. The list was small includ-
ing only the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Houston. and the Secretary OF the
Interior. Judge Payne. The others
seemed to be or campaigning.
Another group who were tho centre
Of some little official attention were
the members OF the Jugo-Slav Military
Mission. which was In Washington on
its way from Vladivostok to Belgrade. |
Not being on q mission to this country, |
they were not specifically the guests of
American officialdom, but the Serbian |
Minister and Nine. Grouitch naturally |
went out of their way to show them at
tention. giving brilliant dinner In their
honor at the legation on Monday night |
and devoting themselves to showing
them everything worth while In and
near washington. The Mission was
headed by Gen. Mitch. who before |
going to vladvostok was in Petrograd |
attached to the suite OF Princess Helen |
daughter OF King Peter. Her husband. |
the Grand Duke Ivan, was one of the /
early victims OF the BolshevikL The |
Mission Is composed OF five officers who /
were attached to the Kolchak Govern |
n1ent and who are returning 10 their I
homes and families for the first time |
since the retreat in Serbia In 1915.
May Welcome Prince.
Washington IL rather wondering |
whether X Is to have the honor OF en-
pertaining royalty-Siamense royalty
since the Minister OF Siam, Phya Prab /
Karavongse. went up last week to New |
York TO meet and greet Prince Pura-
Chatra. half brother OF King Rama VI. |
OF Siam. He arrived last Saturday TO |
study American railroad methods. The 1
Prince Is the Commissioner General Of
State Railroads In Siam and his visit Is
semi-official.
Those who are hoping that after cleo
ton some sort Of official social pro-
grannme will be announced for the
white House are encouraged by the fact
that Mrs Wilson gave n small tea lest
Monday for Mrs Edward Douglas White,
wife Of the Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court. and the wives OF the Associate
Justices of that body. There were very
few guests outside of the Supreme Court
circle who were received In the Red
UDom where Mrs. Wilson nearly always
atceives her small companies. More
over on Tuesday afternoon Mrs Wilson.
a. already noted. entertained a box
party at the symphony concert. Two
s'pnrties' on two successive days are
rather mad dissipation. az compared
with the White House routine for the