The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Social Lassitude Pervades the Capital Infor-t
NAL Dinners and Dances Serve to Tighten
the Hours South America Worthy Rival
of Europe for Tourists Many Interesting
Events in the Latin-American Countries.

i'm the celebration at Plymouth,
Mass, they have been visiting the
Stearnses-Mr. and Mrs. Frank w.
Stearns-at their summer home at
Swamscott. And now they are going
up TO Plymouth, VT. to stay with
Mr.. Coolidge's father, John Coolidge.
They may come home for day or
two, II only long enough for Mrs.
Coolidge to get packed for longer
stay than she contemplated or hoped
for when she left and for Mr.. Cool
idge to wind up some of the Senate
business. But they will not be back
TO stay until Congress is on the
job again.
TIL. Secretary of Commerce. and the
Secretary of Labor have left WASH
ington for the week-end--Mr. Hoover
to toin Mrs. Hoover and the boys,
who are In New England for fort
nights stay, and Mr.. Davis to be
with his family at their summer
home at Mooseheart, Ill. Secretary
Weeks was to join Mrs. Barnetts
house party at Wakefield Manor
and presumably did so-unless he re-
ceived cable from Mrs. Weeks ask
ing him to meet her in New York.
Mrs. Weeks IL returning from Eu-
rope. and there is some doubt about
the date of her sailing. but ! have
not seen anything In the papers about
II and I don't believe she could have
got off in time to reach New York
this week.
The Secretary of Agriculture. Mr..
Wallace. who went home to Iowa to
attend the marriage of his son. John
Wallace. and Miss Margaret Powell. In
expected back tomorrow. So, IL Sec
rotary DENLY. who has been In Michi-
gan with Mrs, DENLY and their chill
dren for fortnight. Mrs. DENLY Is
staying on at viii Point. her summer
home, for some time and Mrs. wallace
will 60 back to Colorado, where she
and her daughters have been passing
the last several weeks.
The Secretary of the Interior, Mr..
Fall. Is touring the West, but he Ii on
business bent--taking inventory. as 1t
were, of the natural resources OF the
country. He will probably manage to
,oin Mrs. Fall in California for a short
holiday before coming home. Secre-
tary Mellon Is not going to Hot
Springs this week. as he usually does
for Saturday and Sunday, largely be-
cause Miss Ailsa Mellon and her
brother have gone up to Southampton
to stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r.
Mellon. And the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Hughes, who are not given
to the weekend holidays 80 many peo-
pie delight in. are staying quietly on
here and getting the full enjoyment
out of pleasant Graystone and the
pretty country which stretches at Its
feet. Mr.. Daugherty. the Attorney
General, has no weekend plans be-
yond going over to see Mrs. Daugh-
erty, who Is at Johns Hopkins In Bal
timore-but then he always visits her
on Sundays when he is in this part Of
the world.
The Postmaster General, VIII III.
Hays, who makes frequent trips to
New York on official buiness, evil
IDENTIFY finds time for a little recrea-
ton now and then after hard days
work at humanizing the postoffice
department. Recently, he went to
see performance Of George Whites
Scandals" at the Liberty Theater.
The first act finale has Panama
Canal scene that evidently made a
deep impression on Mr.. Hays for
after he returned to Washington he
wrote a letter to Mr.. White. which
is now being used as good publicity
for the show. In the letter Mr.. Hays
mentioned the Scandals" as mag
nificent" and splendid
1t is interesting to know that the
Scandals" can be characterized by
the adjectives chosen by Mr.. Hays.
Usually scandals are neither mug
nificent nor splendid. but exciting
and interesting. Perhaps they, too,
are being humanized. or at least i'm
proved, for after all scandals are
probably the most human indulsences
that civilization has encouraged. It
Is not exactly clear what a Panama
Canal scene has to do with scandals,
but probably they have them on the
canal Just the same as everywhere
else, and anyway they are. more