The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18

music was keen and who rushed up
after the program to congratulate
him. Senator and Mrs. Robert L.
Owen were there and Mrs. Keyes.
wife Of the Senator from New
Hampshire, and Congressman and
Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks-to give
you just few OF the official folk
and 1 saw Mrs, Stephen b. Eikins
and Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh and
Mrs. Marshal Field and Col. and
Mrs. T. @. Donaldson and Mrs. Will
lam F. Dennis and Mrs. Charles
Nelson Riker and Mrs. Hare Lippin-
colt and the Norman Underwoods
and Col. William =. Horton and
Mrs. Victor Kaufman and Mr..
and Mrs. Philip H. Kaufman and
but 1 can't 60 on or I'll never get
through my budget Of news.
Curiously enough. Mrs. Elkins.
Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Field all had
on wine colored velvet gowns. Mrs.
Fields purplish in tone and the
other two with more red In them.
} And Mrs. John Allan Daugherty.
who came with Mrs. Walsh, wore
red in a brighter shade, almost an
American beauty. stunning frock.
which seemed to have q lot Of
sequins or glittering beads about It.
I didn't get very good look AZ 1t.
but 1 did notice her unusual slip
pers. red and gold with touches OF
green or blue and the color put on
In patches "ali same like" an i'm
pressionist painting.
THE Hundred Club dance. from
all accounts. was very pretty
and very gay-altogether one Of the
incest parties the club has ever
given. 1t took place at the Argen-
tine embassy. with the Ambassador
and Nine. LeBreton as hosts-you
know their niece, Miss Manuela
LlOveras, II a member Of the club
and. Of course, there were a number
Of smart dinner parties beforehand.
There were a good many out-Of-
town people present-for example.
Mrs. Allen G. Wellman and jacques
Wurtx, Of Paris, who are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes. IT,.
and Mrs. Felix Doubleday. of New
York. q guest of the Edison Bradleys.
For the rest. only members are
present at the Hundred Club parties.
and the club roster Ii shrouded In
mystery. However, one can get a
reasonably good idea from the names
of those present" at some Of -hs
dinner parties given before the
dance. The Nicholas Longworths
and the Theodore Roosevelts. for In
stance, were guests Of Mrs. Crom-
well Brooks, who also had Mrs. Well.
man and Mrs. Doubleday. Miss
Isabel May and a grist Of others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Thropp enter
tanned the LIE Bretons and the Span.
ish Ambassador and Nine. Riano.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry-the Senator
was ill-Mrs. John F. wilkins.
Jacques wurtz and others. The
Breckenridge Longs also had O din.
ner before the dance.
THE second Of the Hundred Club
dances will be held on January
il. with Mrs. Gerry as hostess; and
the third. a costume party. on Feb
ruary IA at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stokes. No. not their new
home out at Massachusetts, avenue,
for. although that now begins to
look like a house and will probably
be finished by spring. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stokes don't expect to take posses.
sion until next autumn. They will
probably move their things into the
house in the spring-they are giving
up their present residence then, I
believe-install the lovely things
they purchased on their recent shop
ping expedition abroad-and then
slip away for the summer.
The new house is wjde and low
and many-windowed, with stunning
big living rooms. At the present
moment 1t is painted delicate pink.
but I don't know whether that Is
temporary or permanent. The house
in which the Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes
now live is what Is generally known
as "the Bellamy Storer house"-1s4o
Rhode Island Avenue-because the
Storers once lived there. 1t was also
the French embassy at one time and
has had an interesting social his
tory. ...e... ,-.