Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-01
Washington
Society
Bureau of The Bee,
Washington, April 2o.

the close OF the 30th congress of the
D. A. r. last week, which was a
very important one to the d, A. K.
These last two were the Daughters
of 1872, who always follow on the
heels of the d. A. r., and the Parent
Teachers association. Delegates TO
both these conventions were re-
ceived by President and Mrs. Hard
ing in the White House on different
afternoons, and what with the visi.
of the distinguished foreigners and
other duties in between, the chief ex-
ecutive and the first lady OF the land
have lived strenuous life the las:
10 days. In fact, it has been stren-
uous one ever since March 8 for
them, and they have discharged their
obligations to their country well and
conscientiously. No president and
wife have ever been more hospitabie
to individuals or organizations than
they have. The wonder is that their
strength holds out. s.
They left Wednesday on their first
cruise on the Mayhower. going 10
Hampton Roads to view the Atlantic
feet, returning here yesterday. Sec
retary OF the Navy Edwin DENLY
went down on board the Sylph and
both had interesting parties with
them. Mrs. DENLY has not yet ar
rived in Washington. The trips on
the Mayhower are bright spots in an
otherwise strained existence of
president and in the past several adj
ministrations have been worth while
features of the spring. summer and
autumn. Mrs. Roosevelt rarely went
aboard. as she was not good sailor
The second Mrs. Wilson thoroughly
enjoyed the cruises with her hus-
band and they rarely took any guests
but immediate members OF the fani-
lily, and at that there were never but
one or two of these.
The prince OF Monaco, that
dazzling island OF wealth which
Monte Carlo has made famous, quite
stirred things up in Washington this
week during his visit here. He spent
the week at the Hotel Washington,
where he entertained a number OF
parties at luncheons and dinners,
returning obligations and incidental
ly making a few. When he arrived
he had heavy mail filled with in
vitations. The French ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand. the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Hughes. Professor
and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor and
others of scientific as we'll as diplo-
matte circles. entertained in his hon
or. The ceremony of the presenta-
ton of the Agassiz gold medal for
his contributions to the science OF
occanography to the prince and a
similar one to Rear Admiral Sigs-
&c, took place on Tuesday evening,
by the National Academy Of Science,
at its annual banquet The prince
IS a princely figure, but not youth
full one. He has made fine inl-
preston and is really brilliant per-
son. =e..
And still another set OF merry fes-
tivities during the past fortnight |
have been those for Mrs. James
Robert Mckee, daughter of Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison. who has
been the guest of Mrs. Elkins. moth
er of the senator from West N;r-
ginia.
The D. \. r. accomplished several |
things - importance during their |
congress CT last week. Chief among
them was the purchase of the site Of
the battle Of Yorktown and the sur
render of CORVALLIS, which will pre-
serve it to future generations. They |
also raised their initiation fee from
ST.. which has always been con-
sidered too small, to IS. This does |
not affect the annual dues or the |
chapter dues. The daughters will |
begin the work upon their new |
building to the west of their beauti- |
full memorial hall at once, as it IS
much needed to house their business |
Offices.
The D. A. r. of the state OF Ne
braska, at their state meeting last
March unanimously agreed to fur
nish one room in the new building,
that one to be occupied by the re-
porter general of the Smithsonian
Institute. This will be done in honor
of the retiring vice president general
from Nebraska. Mrs. Aull, who is a
sister of Mrs. George Thacher
Guernsey, former president general
Of the D. A. r. Mrs. Aull has spent
much of her time for the past sever
al years in Washington where she
and Mrs. Guernsey maintained an
apartment. Since Mrs. Guernsey's re-
tirement from the Office they have
given up the apartment and yester-
day left for their homes, Mrs. Aull
in Omaha, and Mrs. Guernsey in In
dependence, Kan, The Office of the
reporter general Of the Smithsonian
Institute is necessary one because
the ID. A. r. are required to make an
annual report to the institution. The
reporter general is Miss Lillian M.
Wilson. who is member of the Lin
coin. Neb.. chapter D. A. r. She
has been in Rome, Italy for many !
months doing some research work,
but is expected to return here some
time this spring. Mrs. S. I. Ringer
of Lincoln, state regent of Nebraska,
was here last week at the head of the
Nebraska delegation which was a
much larger one than usual, consist
ing of eleven. Mrs. Ringer was sue
ceeded as state regent, by Mrs c. S.
Spencer of North Platte, at the re-
cent election of state officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Wright of
Omaha arrived in Washington the
middle of the week and made a
short visit at the Hotel Washington.
Representative and Mrs. A. w. u
Jeffries of Omaha have as their guest
the formers sister, Mrs. Mary r.
Swayne of Downingtown, Pa. who
came to attend the convention of the
Parent Teachers association. She
will return home in another day or
two. &