The New York herald., 1921-04-03
\ Brilliant Dinner Parties and Dances
Keep Society in Washington Busy

Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand and the
Japanese Ambassador and Baroness
Shidehara, the Norwegian Minister and
Nine. Bryn, the Polish Minister and
Princess Lubomirska, and DIR. Stepanek,
the recently arrived Minister of Czecho-
SlovalSia, and such other notables as
Gen. Pershing. the Lansings, the Henry
Whites. the Larz Andersons, Senator
Lodge and his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
George Cabot Lodge; Senator and Mrs.
Frank b. Kellogg, and a dozen more.
Round OF Dances.
The weeks dance programme has
been rather an unusually full one. with
at least one important dance each night.
starting in with the u. ID. C.'s Dixie
ball at the Willard on Monday with
Gen. Pershing as the chief guest. Then
there was one of the army dances which
have been given at regular intervals
during the winter at Rauscher's. They
have been most successful, and this one
was an extra, given for the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Weeks, who headed
the receiving party. Wednesdays was
the Army Leagues annual dance at
the Willard. and Fridays was the Navy
and Marine Corps dance at the same
place. The Army and Navy Leagues
dance, which was, as always, for the
benefit of the relief work for the fam
lilies and dependents of the enlisted men.
introduced a novelty in the form OF
bridge tables for those who did not
care to dance. Possibly this was meant
as a delicate attention-or bait to
attract the President and Mrs. Harding.
For it is perfectly well known that
they do not dance, and that they do
play bridge.
Quite the prettiest dance of the week
was the Colonial Danes costume party.
which brought down groups from New
York. Philadelphia and Baltimore, ana
brought out a great many costumes
which are heirlooms in the families de
scenied from Colonial worthless. Almost
as pretty was the final Junior League
dance last night
Scattered through the week there has
been succession of parties for Miss
Helen Blodgett and Captain Erwin, who
were married to-day-quite a big we'd
ding at st. Johns, followed by a recep-
tion at the house. During the week
there also have been several rather un-
usually interesting engagements an
nounced.
Probably the most interesting was
that of Miss France Hoar daughter
inald Foster. son of Mr.. anH Mrs.
Charles II. W. Foster of Charles River
Village. 1t is rather nice TO know that
Miss Hoar is going to become the bride
of a perfectly good American. as she
comes of such unusually good American
stock herself Her mother is now the
wife of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. having been at the
time of her second marriage the widow
of lockwood Hoar, who was in his time
a Representative from Massachusetts,
and a son of Senator Hoar of the same
State. 1t would seem as If a girl whose
father and grandfather both served IN
Congress and whose stepfather is even
now Speaker ought to be married to an
American. Mr. Foster is with the Amer
lean Commission in Germany. having
gone abroad In 1915 to do war work.
Miss Hoar and her siste'. Miss Louisa
Hoar. who have been conspicuous in the
younger set in Washington ever since
their debuts some years back, We're
abroad all winter chiefly visiting Mr..
and Mrs James Clement Dunn in Ma
drid where he is Secretary OF Tie Amer
lean Embassy. The engagement was
announced soon after Miss Hoar's re-
cent return to this country. She is at
present visiting in New England and
there is no announcement as to a we'd
ding date, nor are any plans expected to
be made until Mr.. Foster returns 10
America.
Both Miss Hoar and her sister We're
introduced to society in Washing
ton and Boston. and have been fire.
quent and much feted visitors in New
York. Both OF them axe accomplished
linguists. Miss Frances particularly Is
n clever dancer. with so decided talent
for amateur theatricals that she even
considered the idea OF a professional
stage career-not because she needed
the money. for both the girls were ,ft
comfortable fortunes by their grand
father Mrs. Gillett's father.
Almost equally interesting Is the en-
gagement OF Mrs. Dorothy Williams
McCombs 70 Mr.. Frederick A. Sterling.
counselor OF the American Embassy IN
paris. announced early in the week hy.
her mother. Mrs. John +. Williams. Mrs.
McCombs Is well known in several cities.
both here and abroad. rs one OF tie
three beautiful Williams girls, her elder
sister Juliet having been married to Ar.
Joseph Letter. and her younger sist
TO Mr. John Ballentine PItney OF New
Jersey. a nephew OF Justice Mahon pit
ney of the United States Supreme Court
Then there is the announcement ma, :
early In the week by Capt. and Mrs.
Sumner +. w. Kittelle--navy follk-or
the engagement OF their eldest daugh-
ter Miss Anna LSoise Kittelle. 70 Licu-
Commander Charles y. Moore.
who is the son OF Rear Admiral Charles
Il. I. Moore. Miss Kittelle is the grand
daughter OF Rear Admiral Charles ~
Sigsbee Of Spanish war fame. and the
eat-granddaughter OF the late Com
modore Henry II. Lockwood. She her
self did war work with the Red Cross
and the War Risk Insurance and her
1ance served with American destroyers
operating in British waters. So that II
Is very much n naval wedding that is
planned-though as yet the plans have
not progressed much beyond announc-
ing the engagement.
Capt. Kittelle has just been appointed
Governor OF the Virgin Islands by
President Harding, and presumably will
go down there soon for station, SO his
daughters marriage probably will take
place at an early date.