The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

s"o8dsCoiS. 1ney nave Oe0Q~ the
moving spirits In some of the most
enjoyable stunts In that line that
Washington has known for years
sometimes elaborate carefully re-
hearsed revues. or vaudeville pro-
grams. for the benefit of some de-
serving charity. given at some very
smart house. with tickets sold for \
fabulous price to > carefully band
picked list Of guests. but quite ~
frequently equally clever, but al
most impromptu high jinlkA gotten
up on the spur OF the moment and
put over with pep. and spirit. SIM
ply for their own and their friends
amusement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Delano Rob
bins dinner party that night was
distinctly smart-but 1t was hardly
official" OF course. the Robbinses
have been and are official. Mr. Rob-
bins has been through the mill" at
the State Experimentation almost
everything but Secretary or Assist
ant Secretary Of State. He's held
various stations in the diplomatic
service. and he u now chief OF the
division Of Near Eastern Affairs,
and no and his very stunning wife.
q fascinating woman whom he
brought home from his travels In
South America. are among the most
sought after of the smart younger
State Department set. But their
party was more New York-y than
highly official. including as it did.
the Vincent Astors and the Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. and Mrs
Henry Potter Russell. also Of New
York. who was Ethel Hartman.
There we're two Baltimore girls and
n number of foreign delegates. which
didn't leave many OF the twenty-five
quests fog local officialdom.
.NOR is the dinner that Mr.. and
Mrs. Robbins are giving to-
night likely to be any more local
IN flavor 1t Ia to be In honor
of Count and Countess szechenyi.
(She was Miss Gladys Vanderbilt.
you know, and her marriage to
Count Laxio Szechenyi in 1908 was
q good deal Of q wedding in the
eyes OF New York's smart setD
I'm not quito sure whether Sze-
chenyi Ii. or IL not. Hungary's
minister to the United States. 1t
is generally accepted that he Is
going to be. and the Szechenyis
leased Mrs. John r. Williams'
house on Massachusetts, avenue
about the first OF October. and
Countess Szechenyi has been es-
tablished there for some time. ner
husband having gone back to
Hungary for q short visit. He's
back now. but he doesn't figure
as yet on the diplomatic list. OF
which the November issue IL Just
out. In fact. Hungary doesn't
figure there yet. 30 apparently
diplomatic relations have not yet
been established. r....
Mrs. Grafton Minot II another
smart hostess of the younger set
who draws. on the whole eastern
Tier of cities for her guests. when
she entertains. although last Wed
nesday when she gave a dinner for
the Countess Of Annesley. her
quests included Mr.. Balfour, Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge twho IL
her grancfather). and Senator
Moses of New Hampshire.
. always think Of Mrs. Minot.
as the late Augustus p. Gardeners
school girl daughter, Of whom q
certain political colleague told me
IN unconcealed irritation. mixed
with grudsins admiration that he
tried to get "Gussie" Gardner to
accompany him to reason with
recalcitrant member Of the House.
and found him helping his little
,xirl with her lessons. and not to
Be dragged away for any errand
Of partisan politics. And now the
little girl" who was Constance
Gardner. IL giving the smartest
dinners In town and entertaining
all the visiting lions and lionesses-
She IL to have . dinner next Mon
day for Lord and Lady Lee. and
one on December 10 for Sir Robert
and Lady Borden, and on Decem-
Der u one for the military and
naval attaches Of tho delegates at
tending the arms conference. which
will be quite q considerable din
nor, 1 should say. for there are
dozens Of them here.
The Sylvanus Stokes party last
night was another merrymakinE
which the foreign visitors - and
many of them were. among their
Ruests-will remember. Mrs. Stokes
dubbed It q supper party" but
dancing was the principal business
of the evening. Most Of their guests
were drawn from the young married
set, with some Of their contempt
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