The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Society:
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venes and Nine. Grouitch. Senator
and Mrs. Gilbert N. Hitchcock. the
American Minister to Poland, Hugh
Gibson; Representative in the
Polish Congress and Mrs. Kleczka,
the charge d'affaires of the Neither
land, DR.. de Beaufort; Gen. Collar
det, Duke Caffarslli. the Military
Attache Of the Polish Legation and
Mrs. Brynk, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Cary T. Grayson, Prince and Prin-
cess Radziwill. Mr.. and Mrs. Blair.
Mrs. Hare Lippincott and Miss
Patten were in the party.
Nine. Sol. wife of the minister of
Salvador, was a luncheon hostess
last week and another party of in
terest was the dinner given by for
mer Gov. Folk and Mrs. Folk for
William Jennings Bryan.
The most brilliant party per-
haps, and certainly one of the
most enjoyable was the dinner
dance which Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Huddleston Rogers gave last even
ing at the Montgomery Country
Club. The dinner was served in
doors, but a miniature stage was
erected under the trees and, at
1890 o'clock a clever little vaude-
Vile program was presented, with
Miss Evans Burroughs Fontaine
who gave East Indian and South
American dances. and a group of
artists from the Ziegfeld Follies.
The Montmartre orchestra was i'm
ported from New York to play for
the dancing. About $50 guests at
Id AA nd h0N a
same number were asked for the
vaudeville and dance.
There were three long tables,
one on the broad veranda of the
club. The host presided at one. the
hostess at another and at the
third the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Colby did the honors. The
Spanish Ambassador and Nine. de
Riano, the Italian Ambassador and
Baroness Romano and the British
Ambassador and Lady Geddes were
present and were seated at differ
ent tables, the decorations at each
one carrying out the colors of the
country represented by the guests
DIPLOMATIC CORPS IS
VERY WELL REPRESENTED.
Miss Millicent Rogers, assisted
her mother in dispensing hospitality
and had with her Miss Leila Emory,
who came from New York to stay
with her for a few days. Among
the guests at the dinner dance were
the Secretary of War and Mrs. Bak-
er. the Minister of Sweden and Nine:
Ekengren, the Minister of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and
Nine. Grouitch; the Minister OF
Switzerland, Mr.. Peter; the Polish
Minister and Princess Lubomirska;
the Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Frank L. Polk, the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Roland Lindsay, counselor of the
British Embassy; Jonkheer w. II.
de Beaufort, charge d'affaires of the
Netherlands Legation; the counselor
of the Italian Embassy and Nine.
Brambilla; Count and Countess
Borde, Mr.. and Nine. de Celesia,
Capt and Mrs. Carlo Huntington
Mime. Hauge. Miss Katherine Colby,
Miss Yolando Romano. Miss Meta
Evans, Miss Mildred Bromwell and
her guest. Miss Margaret Wlint, OF
New York; Henri de Bach, and many
other persons prominent in official
life and in resident society. Maurice
Cazenave, French high commission
er, whose headquarters are in New
York: Mrs. Martino. of London, and
Mrs. Lyman, of Boston, were among
the out-of-town guests present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers and their
daughter will go this week to their
summer home at Southampton, l.. l.
of all the unique parties. that "old
clothes party" given by the House
keepers Alliance at the Washington
Club last week. took the cake" The
guests were all told to wear their
really old clothes, and the result
was the emersion from oblivion OF
ancestral gowns, laces and jewelry
and other contents of ancient chests
and trunks, and, as nearly 200 wom-
en- attended the party, 1t was-well,
more than unique, lots of fun and
intensely interesting. Ten pounds of
sugar were given to Miss Mamie
Macomb for the oldest dress; she
wore one that had belonged to her
grandmother. Mrs. Howard l.. Hodg-
kins won the prize for the best
made over" dress.
JUNE UsHERs IN ITS
USUAL bLt ShiN" DhhD1S'
June, true to it's traditions,
though only week old, has al
ready seen many weddings solemn
lied. though SO far there hasn't
been any of tremendous social in
terest. But there were two engage
ment announcements made last
week of the greatest interest, that
of Miss Helen Taft, daughter of
former President and Mrs. William
Howard Taft, and Prof. Frederick
Johnson Manning, of Yale: and that
of Miss Augusta Christian Glass,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Car
ter Glass, and Robert McClanahan
Allen, of Roanoke, Va.
Miss Taft's engagement was in
formally announced several weeks
ago and very formally denied. At
that time Miss Taft had gone West
to help raise money for the Bryn
Mawr endowment fund. She was
in Washington for several days
shortly before that for the same
purpose, when she visited Miss
Charlotte Harding. daughter of
Right Rev. Harding, Bishop of
Washington, and was extensively
entertained. Mr.. Manning was for
merly a lieutenant in the United
States field artillery. The wedding
Is to take place next month in Can
ada, where the Tafts spend their
summers usually.
II Washington had its way she
would be welded right here among
her old friends, for the city
abounds with them. The Tafts
were in official life for so long