The New York herald., 1921-05-08

their dinner party planned for that
night, in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Mitchell. the former new Federal Re-
serve member from Minneapolis. as they
were called Unexpectedly out OF town.
Mr. Eno's sister, Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood, had Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
Roberts, Major Reginald Foster, Miss
Mary Morgan and Major-Gen.< and Mrs.
George Barnett, and the General havI
ing recently "commuted from San Franz
CISCO" held an impromptu reception
throughout the evening. Gen. Barnett
is here on thirty days leave, and he
and Mrs. Barnett and her younger
daughter, Miss Anne Gordon-Leilia
was married, you know. a couple OF
weeks ago, and now Is honeymoonins
as Mrs. Robert Dickey, with Dayton.
Ohio. as her future home-went down
to Wakefield, their Virginia place, for
the last week end.
Being for the moment in company
with Gen. Barnett and Secretary
Weeks and their wives reminds mo
that Fay Doyen's wedding day is set.
1t is to be June I, at Wardour-on-Se Severn.
You know Secretary Weeks originally
was an Annapolis man of the sams
year with Gen. Barnett-and 1t was
that class that Uncle Sam coolly dis
missed all but about half a dozen of.
after they had spent four years train
ing to be naval officers. with casual
"Awfully sorry, boys, but my navy
doesn't need any more officers just
now, you'd better find some other jobs"
Gen. Barnett went into the Marine
Corps, which was not then very highly
thought of. And John Weeks never
lost touch with and interest in the
navy, In all the years that lie between.
and has so many friends in 1t that
when the President asked him to be
Secretary of the Navy he said, Let
DENLY do it," because he was afraid
1t would be embarrassing to be their
boss. and took the War Department
instead. But the Barnetts and the
Doyens and all that crowd simply swear
by John Weeks" as a man and
brother. And the Weekses and the
Barnetts are almost as interested in
Doyens little girl as Mrs. Doyen her
self.
Entertained Young Persons.
Mrs. Cromwell Brooks entertained {.
box party--but it was rather hard TO
say just who was In it--for they were
all rather lively young persons who
know everybody and who spent so
much time visiting around. and SO many
others were visiting her, that one
couldn't tell just who really belonged
there. She had entertained one of the
biggest of the dinner parties which pre-
ceded the ball. a dinner at which about
forty were served and her box party
included some of her dinner guests.
although many of them were enter
tanned In other boxes--for boxes come
nearer to accommodating four than
forty. Among her dinner guests were
the Rumanian Minister and Princess
Bibesco, the Key Pittmans. the Nicho-
las Longworths, the r. l.. Craigies Mrs.
Dorothy Williams McCombs. Mrs Fran
els Burrell Hoffman of New York. Mrs.
Grafton Minot. Miss Lota Robinson.
Mrs. Richard Townsend. Miss Josephine
Patton. Countess Gizycka, the Sylvanus
Stokeses. Admiral Andrew Long. Ray
mond I. Baker, Major Wilfred Blunt
and Senator Edge But several OF
these had boxes of their own where
they entertained some of their fellow
guests.
Others who entertained box parties
and dinner parties which wound up at
the ball were Senator and Mrs. James
w. Wadsworth, Jr.; Senator William B.
Mckinley and his niece. Miss MATHS:
Mrs Lee Phillips, Senator Edges young
him; Mr.. and Mrs. George Marye. Gen.
and Mrs. Drake, Senator Lawrence
Phipps. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas +. Logan.
Admiral and Mrs. II. III. Rousseau, Mr.
and Mrs John p Story and Sumner
Welles (Mrs. Welles was out of town..
As for clothes They are more or less
Kaleidoscope tumble, but ! do remem-
ber Margaret Fahnestock Stokes's re-
markable gown, and Isabel Mays. Mrs.
Stnlra ctv~tly ty..x
tune which started out to be white at
the top. but changed It's mind and was
black by the time 1t reached the bottom,
the crystal beading extending on to the
black In long rays. Miss Mays was of
yellow satin, OF which the feature was
an amusing tunic wired around the bot
tom. For the rest have a general hazy
idea that there were a great many
green costumes-a lovely cool fresh
sprngy green. Although supper was
served at midnight, nobody seemed to
pay much attention to that fact They
were all too busy dancing--and supper
Is the time when people have time to
look one another over and study out
sartorial details.
That night the President and Mrs.
Harding made one Of their rare trips to
the theatre. They are, 80 far as ono
can judge. not to any extent theatre
iohS. III lic IIOTt liidn Two InoIlllS
| that they have been at the White House
they have not been to half dozen
theatrical performances. And when they
have attended performance 1t seems to
have been either In order to pay a little
attention to some guest or 10 oompli-
ment a player, Orwell, to please some
one else rather than themselves Not
that they don't like the theatre. but that
they have so many interesting things to
do. and they like n quiet evening az
home with friends, and a pleasant gama
OF bridge, and TO retire rather earl bet
ter than they like either thenti as OF
parties.
The first time they went--the night OF
March 5--lt was chiefly to do nics
friendly thing for Al Jolson. who had led
merry band OF theatrical pilgrims OUT
TO Marion during the summer and partly
to entertain few of their inauguration
house guests. Last Monday night 1t was
to boose a benefit for Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. II was the premier Of
the musical comedy version of Barrie's
well known play Quality Street." pro-
duced under the title Phoebe Of Quality
Street" They had only Mr. and Mrs.
George Christian. Jr., and u. Mont Riley.
the neysy appointed Governor of Porto
RICO, with them. The adjoining box was
occupied by convalescent soldiers from
Walter Reid Hospital. and Mrs Harding
went In and visited with them between
the acts. And the boys were very gem
timely pleased with her very genuine in
terest, and still more fattered when ths
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