The New York herald., 1921-02-20

figure socially during the little time
that remains TO them,
Ii is said that the Ladies of the Senate,
which Mrs Marshall organized and
over which she has presided for the last
three a. four years are planning TO
present to Mrs. Marshall a silver service
before she finally gets away from them,
a tokeir OF the affection and esteem
which she has won from every one of
thenl-nhne y-odd-regardless Of politics
or geography.
1t might not have occurred to you,
but the EIardings are not the only ones
who are going to be tnaugurated. Both
the LadAs OF the Senate-an organiza-
tion limked strictly to the women OF
the Sena torial households-and the Con-
gressionaI Club have recently been hav-
ing elections, and as soon as il Is con-
venient axter the 4th Of March viii
duly inauGurate then new officers. The
Ladies OF The Senate do not choose their
own prefdent-they let the country do
tnGt for them. For the wife of the Vice
President IS ex officio the head of their
organization. But they have four vice.
presidents whom they picked out at their
recent election, and the usual secretaries
and treasurer. They organized, you
know, during the war under Mrs. Mar
shall's leadership, for war work, and
hthey worked hard and were justly proud
of their record. Their work room was
the busiest place in town, and the wom-
en- were wonderfully faithful and regu-
| lar in their attendance After the war
| they decided that their organization had
been such a. pleasant way OF getting To-
gether that they wanted 10 continue 1t,
| and they have been meeting on Tues
days. bringing their knittin, working to-
I gether and unching together. with six
.1zI., - 4tf.aI rfa4s
AS hostesses each week and providing
! the luncheon for the crowd. l believe
| they have the waters of the Senate
J restaurant 10 set their tables for them
and to clear away afterward, but they
wait on themselves and have the jolliest
| Informal kIncheons imaginable.
Holds Election Every Two Years.
The Congressional Club, on the other
hand. being made up of wives and
daughters of both houses of Congress.
holds its elections every two years, and
has made rather a custom of choosing
Its president which is about the only
office that seems TO count, alternately
from the House and from the Senate.
Thus Mrs. Ward wife of a Representa-
tive from New York, succeeded two years
| ago TO Mrs Pomerene. wife of Sena-
| tor from Ohio, and will be succeeded by
4 MIS-. btiIOOt, NAli VI q otilsiLol Il olli
\ Wisconsin. The club was organized ten
or dozen years ago. and although it
\ was bit slow in making itself felt in
| Washington has been steadily gaining
| in prestige and influence. Mrs. Ward,
! the retiring president, Is a woman OF
! considerable social experience and has
made Ms half dozen big functions dur
1 ing the season distinctly worth while,
/ and more and more they have brought
4 out those members of official society
/ who are not merely official-but society.
/ Also there is a constant rapid fire of
smaller parties, some given by the club
and some by individual members. They
have a delightfully."- pretty clubhouse at
| New Hampshire avenue and Sixteenth
| street. built by the club on a piece OF
| land given IL for the purpose by Mrs.
John =. Henderson.
However. to get back to people. Mrs
Wilson now isn't trying to do even the
most informal entertaining. She Is put
ting in much of her spare time up at
2340 S. street, getting her new home
ready. and placing the several big van
loads of President Wilson's furniture,
which have come from New Jersey. as
well as their personal belongings which
have been gradually transferred from
| the White House.
| Miss Margaret Wilson has been down
this week, for the first time since the
Christmas holidays, and has superintend-