The Washington herald., 1920-03-28
Society. !.
By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.


It's Palm Sunday-can you realize
. it! And next Sunday is Easter. And
last Sunday was Officially" the first
day Of spring. And you would have
been sure that the spring had at
last arrived IL you had seen the
Chevy Chase Club golf links that
day for they wera covered with
players. The course had been de-
serted for. months as the continuous
SHOWS had formed into a thick coat
ing of ice tha. only disappeared a
few weeks ago. leaving the ground
too soft to play on. Last Sunday
was about the first day that the
links were usable, and from the
number who played during the day
you would have thought that the
golf-playing coterie at the club was
formally celebrating the arrival of
spring. The sunshine enticed the
winter-weary citizens out Of doors,
some to play golf. some to walk
into the country-some $4,000 visited
the Zoo alone, il is said-and some
even went fishing.
All during last week so pleasant
ly inaugurated. the park benches
were exceedingly popular and Con-
necticut avenue was crowded with
strollers, especially after office
= hours, many walking home in the
pleasant sunshine instead Of crowd
ing in the stuffy street cars.
noticed Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Houston, among others OF
note, strolling homeward several
evenings. suggesting that Mrs
Houston had gone down to his office
to meet him just to walk home with
him. Whenever two or three got to-
gether last week you would hear
them planning to make tennis dates
and discussing how soon the courts
will be dry enough to use, or ar
ranging long auto trips or discuss
ing summer plans. A few have al
ready gone or to one resort or an
other to lease homes for the sum
mer. There's another unfailing sign
of spring-the moving van. But We
see less OF that now than We used
to. for II costs so much to move
nowadays that most people just rent
furnished abodes and thereby save
the expressman's charges.
sALEsRooMs WERE
SIGHT FOR THE GODS.
The number of automobiles on
the streets have increased double
fold during the last week or so.
and Rock Creek Park Is no longer
deserted. The curtains OF the cars
have not only been taken down
after long service in keeping out
the winds and SHOWS. but the tops
are. And the automobile sales
rooms last week were a sight for
the gods. Every one who didn't
already have a machine seemed to
be out buying one, and many who
have cars were out purchasing new
ones, I'm sure. for all of the sales
rooms were crowded all day and
up into the night. The long line
of auto stores made Connecticut
avenue at night look like Broad
way. Some OF them were visions
of loneliness. too. with their elab-
orate decorations of spring flowers.
This sort of weather makes every
one long for an automobile with
which to go out into the country
which calls even the most devoted
city person at this season.
The Riding Club gave its last
indoor evening ride and supper
dance last Thursday evening and
henceforth will indulge in out
door rides and paper chases and
preparations for the National Cap
ital Horse Show, which will take
place across the river at Arlington
Park on May Is to %. Horace w.
Westcott is secretary of the asso-
citation and is already announcing
the donation of a number of cups
for the show, among those con-
'tributing being Larz Anderson, Miss
Evelyn c. Prescott. Gen. James A.
Buchanan. Miss Helen Buchanan
Jones. Dennis A. Upson, Col. Robert
NJ. Thompson. Mrs. Robert NJ.
Thompson. James Parmalee, the
willard Hotel. Gait Brothers, and
Wardman Park Hotel.
Did you see the miniature auto
mobile show out at the latter hotel
last week? There were all sizes
and kinds of cars there in the
lobby. including one small affair
that attracted a great deal of at
tention- 1t was said by some to
sell for $50 and others for $3.50.
At any rate II was very inexpen-
sive. Il can't recall the make of It:
was a car I had never heard of
before. and differed in design from
any small car ! ever saw. It was
low. suggested the racing type OF
machine, but the lack of gears
suggested a Ford. ..
THURSDAY EVENING
PARTIES ARE POPULAR.
The. guests at the supper dances
out there last week all stopped to
after the dances. Every Thursday
evening. there Is a very interesting
party given out there. You know.
a very large number OF the dipIo-
mats assigned to washington-all
rnations and degrees OF rank-live out
at Wardman, and most of them give
party together every Thursday
evening, asking a group of debu-
tantes or, young married people for
their guests. making a very large
and very jolly party indeed. Last
Thursdays party was a very no.
table one, among those in 1t being
SIavko Y. Grouitch. Minister of Ser
bia-Ame. Grouitch is of on q tour
Of the country-M.ss Romano Avez-
rama, who. by the way. is very at
tractiye and Is pronounced by every
one to be most charming; the little
Da Cana girls. debutante nieces Of
Nine. Matthew, wife OF the Chilean
Ambassador; Barrine Drake| Mrs.
Morris Evans, Meta Evans, the Hem
, ~. Price Wrights and Mrs. H. H.
Rousseau. Capt. Carlo TappL. assist
ant air attache of the Italian EN-
bassy: and Capt Carlo II. Hunting
ton, assistant military attache of
the italian Embassy. Mrs. Hunt.
ington wasn't thore: she had gone