The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
and Mrs. Houston. And the sylvans
Stokeses had a dance.
DEBUTANTE PARTIES
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS.

ana Mrs. Houston And the Sylyans
Stokeses had a dance.
DEBUTANTE PARTIES
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS.
And there were debutante parties,
the buds entertained being Miss
Edith Bacon and Miss Margot Fiske
Miss Bacon gave q luncheon party
and Miss Fiske a tea followed by
dinner. Both will be formally pre-
sented in December. Then the Army
and Navy Club started last week.
week ago last night-giving it's
weekly dinner dances which they
abolished when this country entered
the war. They used to be-and are
sure to be again-a very important
factor in the social life of Washing
ton the year round. At this dance,
Col. and Mrs. Edward L. Munson en-
tertained a party for their debutante
daughter. Miss Katherine Munson,
who was also the honor guest at a
party which Col. and Mrs. Donald
son gave Tuesday night at Ward
man Park Hotel
Most of their guests were from
the younger set though there was
sprinkling of a few married
couples in the party. Another, de-
butante feted last week was Miss
zilla MacDougalI, who was given
a luncheon by Helen McLanahan, a
bride Of last season.
| The Army and Navy Club gave
the second of its dinner dances Of
the season last night. Apparently
they have adopted Saturday even
| ing for these parties which seems
| too bad to me. as there is always
so much else doing" on Saturdays
Il Il-fha ~ be
| Chase Club; the big supper dance
at Wardman Park Hotel: a big
night" always at the supper dances
| at Cafe st. Marks and several other
| functions regularly attended by So
ciety. The Army and Navy Club
used to give their parties on Thurs
day evening, an evening not taken
up regularly by any entertainment
| at any other place that can think
Of They used to have the parties
1 the year round. in summer the din
ners being given on the roof. the
\ parties going below later to dance.
III There are two dances scheduled
for this week Of special interest:
| Tuesday evening there will be given
the first of the series of smart
supper dances to be given at the
Maison Dupont and Friday even
ing the E.Itish Ambassador and
Lady Geddes are entertaining at a
dance at the embassy, which will
be preceded by a number of dinner
parties. Lady Geddes has announced
that she will resume her Friday aft
ernoons at home on November IS
Mrs. Houston. wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury. resumed her days
at home last Wednesday. the first
of the Cabinet hostesses to do SC
this season. excepting OF course
Mrs. Baker, who received every
Wednesday afternoon during tn,
summer and winter.
PRESIDENT WILSON
GOOD LOSER.
III From all i can hear, the President
isn't suffering any i'll effects what.
soever from the result of the elec.
tons but is proving a splendid loser
He had with him for luncheon one
j day last week, his son-in-law anc
daughter, the W. G. McAdoos. TIL,
| President and Mrs. Wilson have a.
their guests Margaret Wilson, Mrs
McAdoo and Helen Bones-ouite |,
family party and the FIRST in som,
time. 1t is the first time Miss Bone.
j has been at the White House IL
York now, you know. Margare
Wilson has taken an apart
ment in New York-l2o East Eigh.
lty-second street. What do you know
= about that? Mrs. Wilson informally
received Nine. Grouitch last week
' / don't think there is the slightest
= doubt about our having an inaug-
ural ball this year which means that
Washington will be crowded "fol
sure" at inauguration time. 1t ha:
b been twelve years-think of it
|, since there was an inaugural ball
Do you remember that night-it wa.
Taft's Inauguration. you know anc
the weather was something fierce
= a blizzard with the Thermometer So
low IL could hardly be read and cal
A lines, telephones. electric lights anC
Everything else out of order anC
half of the parade never paradec
d and the other half almost expired
s with the cold and the deep snow
and trains were tied up and every
: thing went wrong. / don't think
, will ever forget it, And that wa.
q IL years ago next March!
= Our Prcsident-elect. from all
:. gather, is something of a golf fiend
: plays regularly. President Wilson
= played regularly too before he wen
!, abroad but was never a fiend no
did he ever claim to be much o
3 player. He, with Mrs. Wilson
> No. 2, use to go out on the cours'
every morning regularly for a rount
o of nine holes, but that was all.
l. don't think he ever played witt
3 anyone else but DR.. Grayson occa
y sionally. Harding plays with men
q usually in a group including Sena
Il tors Hale, Hitchcock, Cummins an,
= Frelinghuysen. / think he general,
-jplays at Chevy Chase too, wher'
q President Wilson never played. He
It you will recall. refused the Chev,
'. Chase Clubs invitation to become
y member when he first became Chic
/, Executive. He use to play a grea
o deal at the Washington Countr,
v Club over in Virginia and later a
z the Kirkside Club in Chevy Chase
e formerly the Bannockburn Club
l. which moved several years ago from