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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOMIE
BALL TO BE BRILLIANT EVENT

cumstances don't permit OF seasons
at the seashore or in the mountains.
There boys and girls who are under
weight, undernourished, anemic, or
conyalescent from serious illness are
given one long, blissful stay In
beautifully situated house, In the
midst Of country and woods, with the
kindest and best of care.
One little mother, remember be-
ing told about, who broke down.
poor child. under the care OF four
younger brothers and sisters. found.
her first taste of real childhood ct
the Country Home, where she stayed
for more than a month. 1t was
pathetic, the nurse in charge told
me, to see how hard 1t was for this
thirteen-year-old child to realize that
she was expected TO play and 10
romp, instead of to take grown
ups place in caring for the other
children.
1t is no accident, I imagine, that
30 many members of the board OF the
home are themselves mothers with
healthy, happy children of their own,
and therefore anxious to distribute
health and happiness to children
whose chance for II is so pitifully
small The proceeds of the ball this
year will be used to raise money FOR
additional equipment and furnish
ings for the home. and IL is hoped
that at least $1,000 more than usual
will be realized I-a-4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

Plaza there is always a substantial
reason for the luncheon party.
Usually 1t is politics. Mrs. collie"
is one Of the leaders of the suf-
frage movement, and she worked
night and day for several years to
obtain the vote for the women of
the u. 8. A.
In addition, several years ago,
when hard times" hit us, Mrs. Bel
ment opened soup kitchens on the
lower East Side, where the poorer
people out Of employment and with
out food could get their meals free.
She has had, for some years, a per-
sonal charity bureau, and no one
who is in need of financial assist
ance or medical care is ever turned
away from the bureau, which il I'M
der the direct supervision of Mrs,
Belmont.
Then there Ia Mrs. Marjorie DEL
richs, who successfully combines
society and business. Mrs. Oelrichs,
by the way, has opened her own es-
Enlistment, on Madison avenue,
and the other morning when 1 was
enjoying a constitutional along that
tAorQughfare ] Wa much interested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
~MLE W0MEN'' OFF SOCIETY A MYTH
ACCORDING TO THOSE BEMTND SCENES

interfere with her charitable work.
Mrs. Wilson, like Mrs. Whitney.
has assisted many struggling must.
clans and artists. and hardly q week
passes that Mrs. Wilson does not
introduce one or moro aspiring
"seniuses" to her swagser and in
fluential friends via n,usicaIes at the
Wilson apartment.
Anne Morgan, the one and only
Anne, Is another example Of So
ciety woman who has time TO look
after her social interests and still
finds time to conduct her manifold
charities. Miss Morgan has inner.
tied much of her late fathers, j.
Pisrpont Morgans' executive ability,
and for more than six years past she
has devoted herself to war recon.
struction work.
In fact metropolitan society has
seen little Of Anne for several years.
In those years, however. she has re-
built many villages in the devas-
tated parts of France and has as
sisted in large way in celebrating
the traces Of the war In what was
once Sunny Frnce."
Realizing full we'll that no per-
sonal fortune, no matter how vast
II happened to be. would be suf-
ficient for her needs in restoring
the villages Of France. Miss Nor
gan has lectured from the Atlantic
to the Pacific in order to raise funds
for her worthy work overseas.
Then mono must not forget Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt. ST.. the Wild
ow Of the head Of the Vanderbilt
clan. At great personal expenses
Mrs. Vanderbilt had a movie" de-
plotting the terrors of the drug evn
made and Mrs. Vanderbilt person
ally discovered much Of the material
shown in the picture and spent
many months directing the showing
of the flm in the large cities
throughout the country. Needless
to say, the picture accomplished
much good
Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont. who was
Mrs. vanderbilt's professionally
collie" was the late William II.
Vanderbilt's first wife-has little
time for society. She rarely ac-
oepts dinner invitations. and when
she lunches II the Rits q tn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

NO matter how many the seasons
grist Of charity balls, interest
awakens at the announcement Of
the annual ball for the benefit of
the Children's Country Home, to he
held this year on January Q ut
Rauscher's. Smart society claims
this ball as It's own. and the fashion
able young married set attends this,
IL no other of the dances given for
sweet charity's sake
Mrs. Joseph Letter, whose epergy
and charm make a success of what
ever she undertakes. from social
events to her very attractive chill
dren's shops in this and half dozen
other cities, is directing arrange
ments for the ball as president Of
the board Of the Country Home. AS
sisting her are the other members
of the board. including Mrs. James
F. Mitchell, vice president, and Mrs.
Frederick Faust, assistant treasurer.
Mrs. John Newbold is in charge Of
publicity.
THE Children's Country Home is
one of the most appealing of the
causes to which Washington Is con.
stantly being asked to give. 1t il a
sort of children's health resort, for
the benefit Of youngsters whose cir.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

to note sign In front Of q very
chic shop bearing the name Mar
jorie Oelrichs, Inc
Another well-known society
woman recently purchased leather
goods factory. The matron ! have
in mind plans to personally direct
her factory along new lines. and
notwithstanding the fact that she
tolls from ten to twelve hours each
day at the office Of the aforemen-
toned factory, she, looked exceeding.
ly smart and not one whit fatigued
when I encountered her the other
evening at the dance given by Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, I'd, at
Sherrys in behalf of the Big
Sisters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Registered United States Patent Office.
NEW YORK, Dec. -.

NEW YORK, Dec. ~.
wv HAT q wrong conception
" most people have Of the life
woman!
To those who are not privileged to
little giimpses behind the scenes"
the idea IL prevalent that the ma
irons who compose the cotsrie
known a. society pass their waking
: hours either idling away their time
at lunchscns and tea parties or sos
siping At the hairdresser's, etc.
Such an tmpression Is not only
incorrect, but q decided injustice to
society women taken ~ q whole.
Take, for example, Mrs. Harry
Payne whitney. With untold
wealth at her COMMUNICATING
been born q Vanderbilt. q daughter
of the dowaser Mrs. Vanderbilt
one would imagine Mrs. Whitnsy's
interests would be conferred In only
those diversions which great wealth
allows one TO indulge in.
Not 20; It would be next to innpos-
uible to find a woman whose time -
more taken up with the serious SIDE
of this earthly existence. Deeply
interested in art, Mrs. whitney sew
eral years ago established q studio
. down in Greenwich Village. Her
magnificent home on upper Fifth
avenue was, to q certain extent. for
saken for the Workshop" In the
shadow of the washington arch,
and whom she u In Now York she
tolls daily at her studio.
Realizing there was no end Of un-
Uncovered genius in ''the village"
Mrs. whitney arranged to lend her
studio for exhibitions Of the work Of
unknown artists. Then she went
even further and interested many OF
her fashionable and wealthy friends
in these exhibitions, and numerous
strugKiing and unknown painters.
writers and sculptors received profit
able commissions a. result Of Mrs.
whitney's kindness.
Mrs. Wilson II q sister-in-law OF
Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Mrs. Marshall
Orme Wilson and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. She is a great favorite
in the innermost social ranks, but
never allows her multitudinous din
ner ard lupohsen oppointmsnts u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

QUEEN MARY's christmas cards
are the most novel Of the year.
They are headed Royal Romance"
and are on old buff-colored board
containing portraits Of Princess
Mary ana viscount Lasceiles. They
bear the inscription. with good
wishes. 1884,"
The royal family II spending
Christmas It SAndfinsham Palace.
with . small party including Queen
Alexandra. the King and Queen Of
Norway with the Crown Prince Olaf.
r .ADY BARRYMORE il remain
ing In London for the Christ
mas holidays. She meant to have
Christmas dinner at her home in
Cork, but owing to the undecided
condition Of affairs in Ireland has
decided to stay on this side Of the
Channel. However, she has not for
gotten her charities and has in
structed her agents in Cork and
Queenstown to provide Christmas
dinners for the poor. Before her
marriage she was Miss wadsworth.
Of New York.
TUE Earl and Countess Beatty
have found their recent trip to
America % sxhausting that they
have decided 70 spend Christmas ut
a'<hstr c6untry home. Before the trip.
II was understood that they were
remaining IN London for the holt
days. entertaining on IN extensive
scale. but their plans have been
changed. The announcement of
Princess Mary's engagement also
altered plans, because the countess
intends to take an important role
in the festivities surrounding the
event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

No courts will be held during
The year, presentations being made
to the King and Queen, but with .
much simpler ceremony, cutting
out every unnecessary expense.
The number Of levees will also b
reduced. This will be disappoint-
ing to Americans in London, who
anticipated presentations at cere-
monial courts.
PRINCESS MARY is expecting
but few Christmas presents, her
friends sending her cards telling her
they are keeping their presents for
the wedding. which Ii now definitely
liked for the last week In February.
She has been extremely busy
shopping with her fiance. however.
and has shown her preference Tor
srnsralds by buying an old Indian
carved emerald drop with flexible
pearl and diamond fringe. Among
the presents the Princess has al
ready reoeivsd are two bracelets, one
set with emeralds and diamonds, and
the other with sapphires and dia-
monds.
The Princess 10 buying brooches Of
pearls and diamonds. ono an old
fashioned oval ono studded With
diamonds and having large pearl
In the center. -t
1T II understood that Lady Diana
Manners. who has just finished
her first motion picture. the "Glor-
ious Adventure" 10 going to DO an
other to bear the title Of Dorothy
Vernon of .Haddon Hail." by next
spring. She IL then going to
America for her first visit, prob
ably In August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

Myra Edgerly. Mrs. Murray Cobb and mrs. Morris
Ernest Locke are associated with Mrs. Letter in the
,pork for the home Countess de Seys is the pie Of
the recently appointed Counsel of the Netherlands
legation. Miss Elizabeth Blood, daughter OF Mrs.
William Blood, of New York and Ashpille IS spending
the winter in Washington with her mother and Is BE-
coming popular With the younger set.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

THE ball for the benefit of the Children's Country
Home, set this year for January 2, is Always one
of the prettiest and most successful of the yeauge
~ because some of the smartest young matrons in
Washington have it in charge. Mrs. Joseph Letter is
president of the board. The picture of her shovn be-
lov is taken from charming miniature portrait by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
President and Mrs. Harding to Have Honey
Christmas and Garry on Customs In Vogue At
Marion Coolidges Making Much Of Their
Sons-Absentees Among the @Cabinetcrs."
Others Celebrate Holiday In Coed Old-Fash-
toned Way.
BY JEAN ELIOT
BY JEAN ELIOT

MERRY Christmasi Merry Christmas!
A The social word is calling halt upon its manifold
activities today to celebrate the beautiful old feast in the
traditional way with family parties gathered about each
hearhstone At many Of the embassies and legations
it is the "official family which is being entertained
and there few small dinners "on." But for the
most part Christmas is recognized as chdrens day and
the Riddles come into their own.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
Miss Alyda Larned
to BE Presented

MRS. CHARLES MAN
HARRIS, jr.. has issued invi-
tations for the debut tea of her
cousin, Miss Alyda Larned, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Larned and the late
Col. Charles w. Larned. on Jam
nary 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
KING GEORGE
PUTS BAN ON
COURT BALLS

In Accordance With Scheme for Economy In the
Royal Household, There VIII Be But One State
Leyee at Buckingham Palace In l922LIhat
VIII Be on the Occasion OF the Wedding OF
Princess Mary and ViScount LaScelleS.
By LADY GERTRUDE DEcIES.
ss London, Dec. a.
II ING GEORGE has decided in accordance with his gen.
N eal scheme for economy in the royal household that
there shall be but state ball at Buckingham Palace in
1922.
That will on the occasion Of Princess Marys wedding
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
THAT INCOME TAX

If your income is 50 400 Il year and
nuliip and are married 10 Il brunette
~. 2G years old. yoH take the amount
Of Your income, add your personal
property. subtract your street num-
ter multiply by your height add your
Wife's height, and divide by your tele-
phone number.
You will then carry your minus. sep
aratcd from your plus. 10 schedule G
on the tenth line of which you will
subtract the multiple which you put
on line y. Schedule X. entering col
umn a.
If YOU have child in the family.
subtract 5000 from your income. add
the amount of your personal property,
multiply by your waist measure. sub
tract the size of your collar. add the
,hild's age. multiply by the amount
YOU have given the church during the
year and divide by the number of your
automobile license tag.
Ii there are two children. YOU de-
duet 100 from your income. add the
weight and age of the second child.
divide by the date Of your birth, null
tiply by the size of your hat. and SUBJ
tract the weight of your mOtherin-
law
The result of the above should be car
ricd To line VII Schedule |. after de-
Quoting from that the total Of &. L.
and 4. and adding F. G.. and l., carry
alton. except the normal and SIrtaX.
After you get it all figured out. YOU
won't have to pay income taxes OF amy
nature. for they will have YOU over
at the county hospital and strapped
Barron Shield.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
REALLY NO GREAT MYSTERY
able Where Those Boy Scouts
Were Coming From.

Now there are boy scout stunts and
boy scout stunts, but it took a Terre
Haute troop to put over the best one.
1t was at meet at the First Baptist
church, and they were illustrating an
early morning at their summer camp,
KinneumapOose The scenery, except
for small pup tent, was the regular
church furniture But still the audi
ence could stretch it's Imagination
enough to make the scene effective.
The first streak of dawn was an
nounced, and then slowly there
emerged from the pup tent a yawn-
ing. stretching scout A wee interval,
and another followed him. Another
lapse of time, and another scout
emerged from the tent. Then came
others until there We're II on the plat
form, and still others were coming
The audience was almost incredulous
with amaZement, for, as every one
knows, pup tent is so small that it
cannot accommodate more than three
boys at the limit.
Then out started the thirteenth,
and evidently he was too sleepy, for
he jostled the tent so that it slipped
away from its mOoring, and there back
of it was the entrance to the pool for
baptism. The youngsters had been
concealed in it and used the tent
merely as an entry to the PLATFORM
indianapolis News.
We have on hand about $50 trimmed
hats for ladies and children. Special
to out of town customers be-
tween trains Miss f. X. Collins
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
NEWS OF THE
FLAMBEAU MILL

Mrs Irving Thompson started WORK
as sfenographcr at the Flambpad River
Lumber CO.'S mill office "Wednesday.
VIM. Idirll has settled down to bus
mess. now that the basketball season
is over.
\. b. King is anxious for the roads
10 set good 50 that he can spend the
$50 hat he won on the LadySmlth-
Hayward game, for gasoline.
Amos Webb is the proud posSessor
of tame squirrel. He will take this
squirrel along Oh all auto trips this
summer. There's a reason, ask Webb.
walter Evans moved into the Mar
tin Grover cottage Thursday.
Miss Laura Graack. StcnOgraphcr
ii tic mill office spent Sunday at her
home ut Crane
Gus EvcrtS had u rib fractured Mon
day while lacking up Il lumber truck.
Some lumber from the truck slipped
Oh ana hit him on the back. He will
be- laid mp for couple of weeks.
Nhc Strand had his left eye bruised
Tuesday by Il flying stick of timber in
the SaWmilI.
George Dicderich has the basement
dag and lumber on the ground for 4
ncw house he is building across the
track and east Of the Flambeau mill.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01

Temple Baptist church, Los Angeles,
the largest church west of the Mis-
Sissippi.
Miss May Rees is of Welsh descent,
coming from a noted musical family.
She has studied with the masters of
both America and Europe.
Miss Fleta Lawrance is well equip
ped by nature and training for the
important place she has in the pro-
gram of the Proctor Company. AS
an accompanies, she is dominated. by
that fine spirit of understanding and
sympathy so necessary as the back
ground of an artist. AS g pianist
she displays in her solo numbers a
power and technique which insures for
her a future OF unusual brilliancy.
The Proctor Company will close the
current lyceum course at the gylnna-
stun. Thursday April u.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
PROCTOR COMPANY.

In presenting Mr.. Harold Proctor,
the eminent Irish tenor, and support
ing artists, Miss May Rees, violinist,
and Miss Fleta Lawrance, pianist the
Redpath Bureau predicts that every
community which enjoys an artist trio
of extraordinary attainmentS, s,cknowl-
edged ability and superior accomplish
ments, will find this company meeting
or surprising every expectation.
Mr.. Harold Proctor has sung
throughout the British Isles, singing
in concert and OratoriO under such
men as Hans Richter, Gaul and other
great English composers and conduc-
tors and in company with the leading
singers of England. He later travelled
throughout the United States in COM
panies headed by Kitty Gordon, FRITZ
Scheffa and Charlotte Greenwood. For
two years he was tenor soloist at the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. viii phalen underwent Scri-
Gus operation Tuesday.
John Banker. of Bruce. was Opcr-
ated upon Tuesday.
Donald Parks was operated upon
"Wednesday for appendicitis.
Mrs Albert Peterson gave birth 70
q boy Tuesday
Nellie Martin underwent IL serious
operation Thursday.
AIuriel Brott went home fully recOv-
cred from her recent operation for APP
pcndicitiS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Arthur John OldendOrf. LadySmith.
and Helen Heleta Wood. Bayfield,.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
TAX EXPERT HERE

Claude Stout. tax expert for The
Farmers Mortgage x Dcbenture CO.
and allied real estate companies. OF
Milwaukee. has been in the city dur
ing the week checking up the tax rec
ordS at the court house. Mr.. Stout
covers several counties of northern
and central Wisconsin III this kind OF
work. The several companies own
thousands Of acres of land in Rusk
and adjoining counties and much city
property in Ladysmith and lots adjac-
ent to the city.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
a CARD OF THANKS

The Sisters. nurses and patients of
St Mary'N hospital. are very grateful
10 the members Of the Methodist sun
day school class for their generous do
nation Of ease Of eggs. The gift was
both appreciated and enjoyed by all.
Friends we sincerely thank You.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
All Have OBLIGATIONS

Every citizen has obligations in the
community in which he lives. Wheth-
err man is prominent or not he is
expected to do his part in helping
bring about normal conditions in this
country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
a Pretty Good Method.

"Why do you encourage your boy to
send his verses to the magazines? Do
YOU want him to be poet?" "No,
merely want him to get the conceit
knocked out of him, that's ALL" :
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
NOTHING FOR NOTHING

SGT WAS feeling bad this afternoon
l. and Mrs. PolIywog heard about
it and brought me over some chicken
broth" announced the. landlady. 81
thought it was very kind of her Such
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01
Obeyed Orders.

"How is it have such big telegraph
bilIs?'
you told me, sir, to use dispatch in
that correspondence. SO wired all the
letters"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01

human nature IS
all right"
"They don't con-
vince me, to any
great extent" OBJ
jected the star
b 0 a r d e r. "No-
body ever does a
good deed with
out expecting a
reward, Mrs. Jig
gers. In highly
moral books in
t e n d e d for the
young, people do
such things, but
never in real life.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-04-01

Auction Sales We will gladly
clerk your auction sale, any day, any
time, warm weather or cold, rain or
shine. Drop us line. State Bank of
Ladysmitf.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-09-21

Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church viii meet at the home al
Mrs. j X Taylor Thursday at.
terno"n al three o'clocS
Mrs. George l. Taylor and
Two children, james Polk and
Anne Scott, Will leave this week
Tor Dallas, Texas, where they
vii spend some time visiting
Mrs 'lnylor's niece, Mrs. Mars.
VINO was formerly Miss Lillian
Hoge.
Miss May Horton. of PEN
nington Gap, who taught in
the nigh school here last year.
pissed through tho Gap last
week cnroute 60 Williamsburg.
VA where she viii attend
school thus year nt William IS
Mary college
Nlies Nnunic Taylor. who is
teaching IA tho Gap, spent the
weekend With hUueiolks az
slant, Va. near Gate City
Misses Lucille aud Irene ORA
per left Tuesday morning for
LYnchburg, where they will at.
leud school again Tins yedr ut
the Randolph Macon Woman 1
'lollegu
Nr. Culver, Of New York.
WHO has -puut the summer with
mar frtr.-ltf..- Mn ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-27
SIDESTEPSALL
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
IN HIS HONOR
President Harding Insists on
Rest at Palm
Beach

West Palm Beach, Jan. 27.--Side'
stepping many public and social func-
tions proposed for him at this fash
ionable resort, President Harding to.
day confined his short visit here to
a private luncheon and game of golf.
He stuck absolutely to his plans to
get complete rest before his cruise
down the coast. He turned down an
invitation for formal welcome and
made his plans to keep out of sight
as much as possible.
Despite the fact that the hour of his
arrival was kept confidential, large
gallery gathered at the links to watch
his golf match and another crowd lin
gered from early morning about the
pier.
Leaving here late this afternoon
the Victoria was expected to tie up a
short distance to the south and tc
proceed late tonight to Miami with
the president.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-27
Attack Neuro

Osceola, Ark, Jan. PA mob to-
day attacked a negro charged with
the murder of a plantation owner
and his daughter.