The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Last Social Season of Present Regime
in Washington Comes to Brilliant Close

and Mrs. howe mad had a famous MAJ
ti,4 picture faithfully copied In blue
satin. Her daughter wore Paris gown
of jade green metal cloth. embroidered
in jade and crystal beads, but having
done her duty as hostess she slipped
away ana reappeared In bewitching
little Pierrot costume developed in green.
can't begin to tell you of all the
pretty and clever costumes on the floor
that night Sidney Burleson was ador-
able as Sunbonnet Sue. in striped ging-
ham and sunbonnet; Nine. Pezet was
lovely in an evening gown Of pink vel
vet, which was tremendously becoming,
and of which she enhanced the effect by
wearing a very becoming white wig,
which seemed at once TO transform her
gown into a costume of the Colonial
period. Several of the girls came as
boys. Zilla MacDougall, for instance, as
staggering Balkan soldier of comic
opera persuasion, and Antolnette Grayes
as a Spanish cavalier, dancing with
Chester Lockwood in girls attire. Mrs.
Phil Kaufman, having recently bobbed
her abundant hair, appeared in black
velvet picture costume with her cropped
locks in stiff little curls. An amusing
family group was ths-SDrakes, Cen.
Drake as an Episcopal clergyman. Mrs.
Drake as a yelled Persian lady, and
Barrine as a firecracker
There were peasants from every coun-
try In Europe and princes from not 4
few. Nine. Greuitch had on one effective
Russian costume with a 5eweled kako-
shnik. and Mrs. Frederick Harris had
on another, quite different, a skating
costume. Probably the hit of the eve
ming was John Barleycorn with the
bottle for his body, a cork for n head
dress and wicked imp welding the
corkscrew. Some Of the costumes were
beautiful some amusing. but all were
picturesque, and peasant priest and
pirate, jockey and jester, South Sea
islander and sailor rubbed elbows in a
Kaleidoscope assemblage, many of them
scarcely recognizable until the midnight
supper hour brought the unmasking. In
fact 1t was a delightful close to the
season-even if the season refuses to
recognize the fact that it is closed
Mrs. Townsend's Party.
1t really seems impossible to close 1t
with an inauguration only three weeks
off, and a certain amount of official
entertaining incidental to the closing of
one administration and the opening of
another almost inevitable One can't,
under the circumstances observe Lent
are really devout Roman Catholics
recognize that and are accepting and
offering hospitalities not exactly Lenten
in character Moreover there are three
or four balls in prospect, the first being
Mrs. Richard Townsend's for her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Peter Gerry. tonight, which.
while it will not perhaps be so very
large. will be very smart. 1t is Mrs.
Gerry's birthday ball which her mother
has given her every year since her debut
and is always an event.
Then there Is valentine ball at the
Marine Barracks, a benefit dance which
promises to be quite a party, and the
One Hundred Club is planning a mi
careme costume party at Mrs. Sylvanus
Stokes which will come just about
Inauguration time; and Of course the
big Child Welfare ball on the evening OF
March A. which is going to be the big
gest sort Of a success and is attracting
people from all over the country who
want to come on for the Inauguration,
no matter how simple it may be. but
do want some sort Of festivity while
they are here.
1 know / haven't told about the
Congressional breakfast, but they've had
so many of them that l admit that
my interest lags somewhat. The only
thing about this was that 1t was Mrs.
Wilson's first appearance at any sort
of function for many months, and
! Is like to be her last as mistress of
| the White House. She really looked
wonderfully we'll, rather stouter than
when she first took up her position as
| first lady. but not unbecominsly so, and
she seemed to be enjoying all the fun
| ever so much
The President seems 10 be getting
along famously. and as you doubtless
read has resumed theatre going. good
deal of his furniture that has been in
storage up in New Jersey has been
brought to Washington in the last few
days and Is being placed as rapidly
as possible in the street house, which
he and Mrs. Wilson have bought.
1t seems curious that with both Mrs
Wilson and Mrs. Harding In town fol
a good part of the week there should
be nothing particular to say sbou
them, but there isn't. Mrs. Harding
stuck to her packing during the little
time she was here. and Mrs. Wilson does
what packing she can In the intervals
of looking after her husbands com
fort, and comes and goes blithely be-
tween the White House and their fu'
ture home. Mrs. Harding managed &c
make people forget completely thai she
was here, and went her way quite un-
noticed and undisturbed by any clamors
| OF would be entertainers while she die
| the little that was left to be done, anc
got off for the South TO Join Mr.. Har'
| ding.