The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

week the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand gave a dinner for
the members of the French delega-
tion-the Ambassador Is a delegate
and the Geddes have planned to
do the same for their respective
delegation this week. Sir Auckland
Geddes is a delegate from Great
Britain as well as being Ambassa-
dor. Rene viviant. of the French
group, entertained at q luncheon
last week and his wife did like
wise, and Maurice Casenave. attach
ed to the French delegation, was
host at dinner for some of the
members OF the mission. Marshal
Foch had a dinner party. BRAND
entertained or was entertained
every day. Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Edwin DENLY entertained
at two Of the series of four or more
dinners they have planned. each In
compliment to the naval adviser of
ono of the large missions; Ad-
miral de Bon, of France, and Lord
Lee. Of Fareham, were the honor
guests at last weeks two dinners.
Then Admiral Kato,' OF the Japanese
group. gave a dinner last week for
the Denbys.
OTHER NoN-oFFICIAL
FUNCTIONS HELD.
There were several other func-
lions that wern't official at all but
whose guests were such a. one
would find at an official party
right now. Among these was the
dinner which Mrs. Henry F. Dimock
gave In compliment to her son-in-
law and daughter. the italian Min
lister to Venezuela and Nine. Cata-
lani. when she asked the members
OF the italian delegation to meet
them. Mrs. Davis Ireland had an
Interesting dinner party In compli-
ment TO Mrs. George W. Guthrie.
wife Of the former United States
Ambassador to Japan. when her
guests included many membets Of
the japanese group here for the
conference. She also gave . lunch
con for Mrs. Guthrie.
- Then practically all the leading
lights" were at the dinner which
the Belgian Ambassador and Baron
ess de Cartier gave on Tuesday
evening In celebration OF the day
of the patron saint of the King of
the Belgians. Practically all of the
Cabinet, the heads of most of the
diplomatic missions assigned to
Washington. the heads of the con-
ference delegations like BRAND. Bal
four and SO on, and some of the
American officials connected with
the conference, were there. The
dinner was a stag affair, but the
ladies and about 500 additional
guests were asked to the reception
which followed.
Just the very cream of the smart
reception Of the night before were
At this reception which was pro-
nounced by the guests to be par
ticularly enjoyable. In the first
place the Baroness makes a charm
Ing hostess. She received the
greater part Of the evening alone
at the entrance of the larger draw
ing room at the top of the broad
stairs, while the Ambassador min
gled with his guests most of the
time. She, who Is generally con-
ceded to be the best dressed So
ciety leader in Washington, looked
particularly well that evening in a
long graceful creation of moon
light blue satin, made on slightly
fitted. draped princess lines The
striking feature was the long
strings of pearls that began in
front of the bodice and went UP to
the shoulders and then hung almost
TO the floor. At the Hughes recep-
ton Lady Chatfield, who wore a
black satin gown that swept the
floor had chains of jet beads that
in front reached about to the waist
line but in back hung to the floor;
looked as though she had a very
long Jet chain on backwards, don't
you know.
The de Cartier drawing room which
was 50 beautiful that It required
and had-few floral decorations, was
spoken Of by many as being par
tcularly lovely. Its furnishings were
decidedly French with the exception,
perhaps, Of the rugs, which were
Chinese. The large one in the center
Of the main drawing room was par
ticularly admired and II seems that
the baroness ran across It In a bath
room in some European chateau; =
bathroom, mind you, and It Is an
unusually handsome rug. Mr.. Hughes
was surrounded all evening, holding
an impromptu reception; was even
more popular than BRAND or Balfour
the latter only remained at the re-
ception about a half hour: he looked
very tired. But so many grasped that
| opportunity to congratulate the
Secretary on his splendid handling
of this arms conference and on all
sides I heard people pronounce him
/ the greatest man in the world to-
/ day.
Mr.. Hughes is a genial soul: al
ways seems so glad to see every
one. He would talk of the confer
ence: then tell jokes to another.
He had several good laughs swap
ping" Jokes for a few minutes
with Representative and Mrs. Henry
Allen Cooper. Nine. SEE received a
great deal of attention at that re-
ception too; she looked SO pretty
in her native costume which she
wears more frequently than she
does the American. though she
wears the latter very well, let me
tell you. She, like Nine. Koo, has
much charm of manner and is
proving to be very popular in
Washington as the wife Of the
brilliant woman. Henry white, who
was In town for just twenty-four
hours, slipped into the Embassy
late and received warm greetings
from many.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Henry White will
return to Washington some time
next month and the opening Of
their mansion will quicken the
activities among the exalted ex-
omcials resident at the Capital. For