The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Washington Gay With Dinner Parties
and THANKSGIVING Dances for Charity

who was her stepmother's only attendant
at the wedding. At present she is away
at school. Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks have the
Archibald Hopkins house on Massachu-
sets avenue and Dupont Circle.
Drifting Back 10 Capital.
Gradually the senatorials and congress
SIGNALS are drifting back. Senator and
Mrs. Sutherland Of West Virginia re-
turned few days ago and opened their
Washington house. They have with
them two of their daughters. Miss Vir-
ginia Sutherland. who was debutante a
! couple Of years ago. and Miss Katherine
sutherland who is to be presented this
season--early in December The two
younger girls are at school. Margaret at
Briarcliff in New York and Elizabeth
somewhere in New Jersey.
Sepator and Mrs. John 3. Kendrick
Of Wyoming are back and settled In
their apartment at 2.400 Sixteenth
street with their daughter. Miss Rosa
maye. who is to be a debutante this
season. having graduated from Goucher
College last June. Mrs. Kendricls plans
10 present her daughter at tea and a
little later TO give a dance for her.
nirs. Harry New is back and getting
settled for the winter. Senator New is
expected early next week. Senator and
Mrs. Pomerene have been back and
opened their Washington home They re-
turned to Canton, however. for Thanks
giving.
Mrs. Pomerene, who has been serious
| ~ Ill. is reported as entirely recovered.
Senator and Mrs. Wadsworth have re-
turned to their Sixteenth street home,
where the other day there was a most
enthusiastic meeting OF the American
Women's Legion. at which Mrs. Wads-
worth presided. Several plans were dis
cussed whereby the Legian could give to
the country valuable service-especially
plans whereby il could be of practical
help in the all important work OF Amer
fcanization. Service to men still in the
hospitals was reported OH and plans
made to enlarge this branch of the or
ganization's work. Especial attention is
TO be given to the men at st. Elizabeth's
the Government hospital for the In
sane.
But all this isn't telling you about the
debutantes and the dances. This year
the dances were both held In the ball
rooms of the new Willard-where, TO be
| sure, the Eye, Ear and Throat" ball
usually is held; but the navy ball"
which always used to be held down at
| the navy yard in the sail loft--which
was picturesque. and characteristic, and
cold and clammy, not to say briny and
bilge watery-until the war interfereo
| by closing for a couple of seasons the
navy yard gates. has since then been
held at Rauscher's and the Willard, ap-
parently settling on the Willard, as It
! was held there last season as we'll as
/ this.
The Eye, Ear and Throat Ball is gem
| orally regarded as the Cave Dwellers'
ball--being largely arranged by the old
resident set here-which processes to
/ look down on mere mushroom official
I dom. 1t was "a Their a late party. as II
called itse Z n Pilgrims ball-borrowing
a little prestige. although It protested
/ to have used the title merely as an
announcement OF its intention to avoid
elaboration-from the tercentenary cele-
bration which Is still going on by fits
/ and starts. There was an elaborate
/ pilgrims parade and pageant-a pict-
| uresque affair with carefully posed
| floats under hickering torches. which
/ was reviewed at the Waite House-and
the ball could not be r,il until that was
over, and was accordingly rather long
drawn out at the end. And In spite OF
! its scorn OF otiic!aldom it gave itself
some official flavor and gained not a
little prestige by inviting Lady Geddes.
and Mrs. Colby to head the receiving
party and moving its own president,
Mrs. David Meade Lea a bit down the
line. It was, as always, a beautifully
managed event.
The navy ball the following night
| brought out more of the official set,
/ especially, OF course, the navy group.
with the sister service-the army--pretty
well represented. But these dances arc
so much OF n muchness from year to
year that there doesn't seem anything
particular TO say about them. Nor of
the two debuts Of the week either, for
that matter,
Both We're fairly representative OF
their class--a debutante and a dance for
the resident set, and a debutante dance
for the army anu navy Get. with both OF
the young women entertaining parties
at their homes for their debuts and
keeping them over for the weeks big
dances and both having large groups
OF their sister debutantes keeping them
IA countenance, while their mothers
best friends assisted" at the tea tables.
II was these groups OF liable assistants
which were most characteristic of the
particular sets to which the girls respec-
lively belong, Mrs. George Barnett Miss
Justin Morrill, Chamberlain, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman and Mrs. Reeve Lewis being
fair samples of those who helped at Miss
Elinor Wheeler's bow TO society on
Monday. while Mrs. Josephus Daniels.
Mrs. David Franklin Houston and Mrs.
Seaton Shredder presided at the tea
tables at the Craven residence when
Miss Anne Wickes Craven, daughter OF
Capt. and Mrs. II. L. Craven. was intro-
duced.