The New York herald., 1921-01-09
Dance of One Hundred Club Among
Brilliant EpentS in WASHINGTON

ralner looks as II he planned lie
of ease as a country gentleman. with
occasional visits TO the city for business
and pleasure.
Mr.. BurleSon apparently is the only
nveterate politician. He says frankly
that he expects to be back to Congress
after a while-but he has plenty to do
looking after his rather large interests.
agricultural and otherwise down III
Texas to keep him busy for the next
couple of years Secretary Wilson is
going back to the farm at Blossburg,
for the time being, but ''his plans for
the future are not yet settled" while
Secretary Alexander is headed happily
back to the farm in Mssouri-or at
any rate to large agricultural interests
which require attention"
Their wives meanwhile seem deter
mined to do their whole social duty
during the little time that remains.
They will pretty generally observe their
Wednesdays at home from now on to
March l. although in some instances
they will hod joint rather than in
dividual receptions, For instance,
last Wednesday Mrs. Meredith joined
forces with Mrs. Marshall at the
Willard and Mrs. Houston assisted Mrs.
Colby at her X street home.
Mrs. Marshall Holds reception.
The Vice-Presdent and Mrs. Mar
shall, having reached Washington in
time for a New Years reception, de
cided to have one. and the red parlor
OF the Willard was thronged last Satur-
day afternoon with persons of all
ranks, who, since they could not wish
the President a happy New Year, We're
accepting the Vice President as his
understudy with very good grace. Mrs.
Marshall had receiving with her Mrs.
Houston and Mrs. Meredith, several Of
the Senator's wives-Mrs. Charles B.
Henderson, Mrs. Thomas Gore, Mrs.
Frank Kellogg, Mrs, Willard Salisbury,
Mrs. Rufus Day, Mrs. G. G. McChord,
Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh and Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. She had a group of
younger girls headed by Miss Camilla
Llppincott at the punch bowls, and for
rather impromptu reception it was a
very satisfactory one.
Very much in the same way the Under
Secretary OF State and Mrs Norman
Davis decided at the eleventh hour that
they would understudy Secretary Colby
and receive for the benefit of the diplo-
matte corps, even if they could not
undertake the diplomatic breakfast
which had for more than a century been
regarded as the most brilliant event OF
each season in washington. Mrs. CODY
and her daughters and the wives of sew
eral of the men in the State Department
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, Mrs
Arthur Bullard, Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss and Mrs. Sumner Welles-were in
Mrs. Daviss receiving party.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Daniels, who had
both definitely announced that they
would receive on New Years afternoon,
did so. Mrs Daniels had with her the
wife of the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, Mrs. Gordon Woodbury., and the
wives of the half dozen Rear Admirals
who are stationed in Washington as
the heads of the different bureaus of the
department
Mrs. Mitchell Palmer made no attempt
to receive on New Years Day. She
did. however, observe her Wednesday at
home this week. and has announced
that she expects to be at home inform
ally on Wednesday afternoons from
now on. Moreover, she gave last week
on Thursday I think it washer one
big official dinner of the year, the one
for the members of the Supreme Court
and their wives