The Washington times., 1921-02-06

This house, however, was recently
purchased BY Col. and Mrs. Herbert
j. sloeum. who now have Brig. Gen.
and Mrs william crozisrs MAssa-
ehusstts avenue home--so probably
thsre'il be another general moving
The Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall are also beginning to devote
themselves TO packing = although
what time they have for anything 90
prosaic / cannot see as they are din
ing out and Mrs. Marshall 10 lunch
ing out pretty nearly every day.
They expect to leave Washington al
most as soon As the inauguration 10
over and are preparing TO take their
little foster son Morrison Marshall.
whose death last year was such .
grief TO them. out to rest near their
Indianapolis home. A narrowing
ordeal II would seem to me. but Mrs
Marshall takes comfort In the
prospect.
Afterward they will start on a
lecture tour-the vice president TO do
the lecturing be II Understood
which will begin at Holyoke. Mass.
take In Texas and thence by leisurely
stages to the Pacinc Coast. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall will visit her parents
in Phoenix. Arizona, for n time and
when they sail for Europe some time
in May they will be accompanied by
Mrs. Thomas #. Walsh and Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. On February IL
the Vice President will visit Marion.
o.. on a special mission.
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For the next few weeks. however.
Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Walsh and Mrs.
Dougherty are up to their ears In
work In connection with the mammoth
ball which Is to be given on March
4 for the benefit OF their pet charity.
the Child Welfare Society. Mrs.
Walsh. who 10 honorary chairman OF
the ball committee. has just donated
50 900 to the society to pay the salary
OF nurse especially trained In
diatetics for the next Ave years.
This splendid gift was most needed
because one OF the features of the
work OF the society Is the study of
nutrition and the training of mothers
how to properly prepare food for
their little ones. The alarming
statistics that more than 100000
Amerio an children are undernourished ID
have foscused attention upon the
problem OF child feeding and It is one
OF the essential things OF the hour.
In the children's house q clinic is
maintained for the thorough physical
examination Of children and to survey
their mental attainments as well.
Rear Admiral Newton McCully, whose
adoption OF seven Russian orphans
has aroused such nationwide inter
est, brought the seven children for a
physical survey to the children's
house one day last week. The child
rem were greatly interested In their
surroundings and the specialists at
A taI
ports of their condition for their bene-
factor.
1t Is to raise funds to carry on the
manifold work OF the society that the
ball on March 4 is being given. II
the President-elect has any doubt as
to the pubIics wanting an inaugural
ball. and all the old-time inaugural
fuss and feathers. the people who are
busy with this ball plan could en-
tighten him. They are being flooded
with letters from all over the coun-
try, and fairly swamped with ques-
tions as to where tickets are to be
had. So it may be well to mention that
they are on sale at any of the leading
clubs and hotels or may be pur-
chased directly from Mrs. Livingston
Farrand, 1912 Sixteenth street.
s.
BALL TO BE
HUGE SUCCESS.
That ball is going to be the big
best possible success; there is no
question about that. Everybody Is
taking hold with a will. They are.
of course, disappointed that the
Hardings seem to feel that having
turned down a regular inaugural ball,
II wouldn't do for them to attend
that. Mrs. Marshall had quite count
ed on Mrs. notwithstanding how
interested she was in child welfare
work. But she says quite frankly
that she doesn't believe the Hardings
are to be persuaded. "You know Mrs.
Harding and / are pretty good frienos,
and l asked her personally. and she
seemed to feel that they couldn't.
While l don't see it that way, there
Is nothing more to be said. IL they
do" She seemed to feel that IL her
persuasions were ineffective, nobody
else would be likely to accomplish
much in that direction-and like a
sensible woman she turned to other
fields to conquer.
"You know" she continued, were
out for the Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge now. The idea is that each
Of the outgoing Cabinet women snail
entertain her successor" which Is
certainly a nice friendly arrangement.
The inference OF course Is that the
Marshalls are inviting the Coolidges
as their guests-but I fancy they have
not yet replied, as Mrs. Marshall did
not make such a personal application
in describing their plan. Mrs. Mar
shalps interest in the ball Is quite
understandable, for aside from being
chairman for the sale Of boxes. she is
vice president of the Child welfare
Society, and has maintained steady
interest in the organization since her
coming here eight years ago.
Mira Harold Walker IL another
prominent woman who has been work.
ing like Trojan for the success or
the ball. but she has had to lay all
her work aside for the present as
she suffered an accident to her eye.
Fortunately there will be no serious
consequences, the doctors assure her,
but she Is confined to a darkened room.
The pity of It is, too, that the trouble
comes just at the time when Mrs.
Walker Is enjoying a visit from her
sister, Mrs. Edward Finkenstaedt, and
will prevent the little trip to New
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