The New York herald., 1921-02-13

well and Miss Mildred Bromwell, who
gave very young peoples dinner LOT
her preceding the ball. Mrs. Wander
bilt stayed at a hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Polk-the for-i
mer but recently Under Secretary or
State-also came down from New YORK
and stayed long enough to have several
parties given for them. 1t was the first
time they had been here since they
severed their official connection, and
they were made royalty welcome. The
only regret was-that they could not ac-
cent half the invitations with which
they were showered
There was a whole grist OF dinners
preceding the ball. The Robert WOODS
Blisses gave one-rather a larger din
rer than they usually give, Tor the
Ernest Schellings, who came down Tor
the ball and were their house guests
we'll into this week.
The De Carriers themselves preceded
their dance with a dinner OF twenty
eight covers, with Gen. Pershing as the
honor guest. and among the rest the
Iarz Andersons, the Nicholas Long
worths. the Frank Kelloggs, Senator
Brandegee, Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs.
Richard Townsend, the Woodbury.
Blairs. the Horace Gallatins, Mr. ana
Mrs. Charles Il. Alexander or New YORK,
Mr. and Mrs. John Sanford and MISS
Sanford and Mrs William X. Nander-
bilt I'd and Miss Muriel vanderbilt, al
also of New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vanus Stokes, Jr.. also had dinner
with the Spanish Ambassador and Nine
de Riano as the ranking guests. The
Edison Bradleys entertained in compli-
ment to the Preston Pope Satterwhites
Of New york, and there were half a
dozen more hostesses that evening VINO
took their parties to the Belgian En-
bassy ball.
In fact understand that the business
of taking dinner parties to palls mas
| been rather overdone, as ii has ire
ouently happened that number Oh
| people who had not been invited TO
! dance have gone along with a dinner
hostess who had and who assumed that
her guests all had. Sometimes this mas
resulted rather disastrously, especially
at supper time, when hostesses having
ordered supper for certain number or
| guests. have been mortified to find them
! selves swamped by the guests OF their
ruests who had been brought along
don't know that this was so at the
Belgian ball, but it might easily have
been. in view of the number of rather
large dinner parties that went on after
ward to the embassy.
= Gen. Pershing's At Homes.
Sunday was just about as busy as the
previous Sunday had been. The De
Carriers were again hosts. this time at
n brilliant luncheon. Gen. Pershing had
| the last of his three at homes. One would
have thought that everybody on earth
| had been there on the two preceding
Sundays IL one had not heard so many
speaking of having put 1t off, until they
! "iust had to come" then. since 1t was the
| last chance. Every body seemed to think
* would be little short of calamity for
them to miss the opportunity OF paying
| their respects to the General whlch
! Ia the way Washington most frequently
speaks of him; and he, being the most
cordial of hosts, left with each one the
| impression that he would have been
simply desolated IL they had not sue
ceeded in getting there.
Mrs. Francis Warren was again his
| chief assistant in the pleasant task OF
receiving his host Of callers, Major
Ouekemeyer aiding and abetting. These
were further assisted by Mrs. Frederick
Gillett and group or well known
matrons, among whom were Mrs FIRE.
linghuysen. Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs..
Warren Delano Robbins and Mrs. Henry
Corbin, who relieved one another at the
handsomely appointed tea table.
These receptions of Gen. Pershing' s
have not only proved the possibility OF
something new under the sum- but
have been in every way the greatest
possible success. The cracking logs
burning on the hearth and the quantities
of ferns and spring flowers have given
a note of warmth and welcome which
the genial host supplemented. and there
was general regret that that was the
| 1ac ha
Among the other Sunday hosts were
the former Ambassador to Russia and
Mrs George T. Marye. who entertained
at dinner with the Spanish Ambassador
and Nine. do Riano. and the Chilean
Ambassador and Nine. de Matthew
among their guests; the Secretary oi
State and Mrs. Colby. who had small
luncheon for the Postmaster-Genera
and Mrs. Burleson Representative and
Mrs IRA Copley, who had large buffet
supper at their r street home the Mich
olas Longworths.swho gave one of their
small and very select dinners for some
of the New York contingent already
mentioned as having come down fol
the Belgian Embassy ball. and several
lesser lights in the social armament.
On Monday there were ever so many
of the 'residentials." as well as army
/ and navy folk, "at home for the last
Is not properly Congressional day.
there was one very big Congressional
at home when twenty-five or thirty OF
the Congressional and Senatorial women
who live at Congress Hall combined-as
they have done for several seasons past
in one big joint reception. which not
merely the general Washington public
but the wives of other Senator'S and
Congressmen made rather a point OF
attending. 1t saves whole lot OF time
and trouble when official hostesses have
these big coalition at homes. and their
callers can kill whole flock of birds
with one stone--or rather with visiting
cards dropped In the baskets of those
on whom the visitor wishes to call.
There was scarcely prominent per-
son--officially or automatically promi-
nent. I mean--in Washington who was
not either guest or host at a dinner
party on Monday and Tuesday evenings
And most bf those who were not official
either domestic or imported-were in
cluded In some party that was winding
up either at the Southern Relief ball al
the Willard or the One Hundred Clubs
dance at Mrs. T. r. Gaff's on Monday
night or at Mesdames Calhoun's and
Howe's Mardi Gras ball at Rauscher's or
Tuesday.
Congregational Clubs breakfast.
Tuesday of course, was even busiei
than Monday, with the Congressional
Clubs breakfast as the big daytime
event =. the ball which Mrs Calhoun