The Washington times., 1921-10-16

ers occasionally present is j. o. p.
Bland, formerly Of the editorial staff
Of the London Times, who is an au-
thority of Far Eastern affairs and
the author OF Japan, China and Ko-
rea." a recently published standard
work on Pacific problems. Much
impressed with President Harding's
personality and his manner OF deal
ing with the press, he exclaimed.
He needs only a toga of the Julius
Caesar period to fit naturally INTO
the role Of a Roman senator"
THE MARSHALLS-to go back
a bit-brought their visit to a
close early in the week. but Mr.. and
Mrs. Meredith are staying on for
several weeks and a good many par
ties will be given for them before
they start West again.
ONE meets everybody imaginable
at the hotels nowadays-out-of-
town notables drifting in for day
or two and local big.wigs foregath-
ering for luncheon, or dinner or tea
or simply to look about and see who
is back in town. The Shoreham
huns with activity at the luncheon
hour and one is sure of running into
groups of familiars.
One day saw the Argentine Am
bassador, DIR. LeBreton. having
luncheon with one of the good look
ing young men on his staff while
Secretary Weeks and Eliot Wads-
| worth Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, were being entertained by
| Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Pratt.
A. Mitchell Palmer, sometime At.
torney General, and Joseph p. Tum-
ulty, President Wilson's secretary.
with two or three other cronies.
were lunching at their accustomed
| table. Mr.. Tumulty used to have
luncheon at the Shoreham pretty
nearly every day when his office
| was just over the way at 1000 Penn
/ sylvania avenue, and it is an agree
able custom to which he seems to
cling even now.
Mrs. Norman James, formerly
Miss Belle Hagner, who was social
secretary at the White House dur
ing two administrations, had motor
| ed over from her home in Balti-
more and was lunching with a man
/ and two young girls whom l took
| to be her husband and his daugh-
ters; and Mrs. Raymond Belmont
had arrived from Middleburg, also
by motor, and was entertaining sew
eral guests at luncheon.
Mrs. Nathaniel Francis, a daugh-
ter of the late Chief Justice Fuller.
had six guests with her. Mrs.
Kenna Elkins and Mrs. Edward
Alsop bad a little table together.
the latter looking very smart with
an astrakan trimmed gray cloak
over her gray gown and a small
gray hat timmed in coque feathers.
Miss Margaret Harding, also wear
| ing a smart gray cloak, was there
with a good looking young man and
others noticed were Mrs. Fred
erick McKenney, Mrs. Fred Britten.
Mrs. Poe White, Senator Hoke
Smiths daughters, Mrs. Ronald
Ransom and Mrs. Lyman Pratt and
| Captain Van Lennap.
| THE Willard Coffee Shop, where
one can obtain luncheon. or tea
as we'll as soda fountain drinks. is
another popular spot. Located in
what was formerly the Grill Room,
| il has been done over i'm old English
style and the historic Willard bar,
now put to new and innocuous
uses, occupies one end of the room.
The walls are hung with old time
prints, showing the hotel as 1t look
unique collection for which a hand
some sum has been offered and re-
fused. The Coffee Shop is in charge
of Mrs. Duncan Elliott, kinswoman
| oil Col. duncan Einott, VINO was SO
cially prominent in New York
few years ago. During the war
Mrs. Elliott was engaged in war
work in France, having charge of =
cantcen near the front
Kermit Roosevelt was at the vii.
lard early I'm the week, for the sec
ond time within a very short period
and | find myself. as usual won.
dering II he was to be pressed into
the service--and IL SO, in what CO.
paclty? And also at the Willard I
! noticed Baroness Won Sternberg-
or rather Mrs. Adolph Pavenstedt
she ,5 now. ! aways think Of her
rs T. wh OF SpsCk Won StornberE,
WI. q, the German ambassador and
! CHI 4.ainc Of the German embassy
! LIZ, IL -..r RnoacNnlt regina