The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
By BETTY BANTER

By BETTY BANTER
 Special Correspondent oI The Age Herald
 Copyright. 1921. by The AEe-Herald)
 Washington, December 11.-Just think, only a week from Christmas. Between parties, people are busily en- gagged these days shopping and at tending bazars Every church and charitable effort imaginable gives some sort of a sale or bazaar right now, selling possible Chrlstmas gifts in order to raise funds. But how the society women who manage most of such affairs find time for them, 1 don't know, for they are all caught in a mad whirl of entertaining,
 1 don't think l ever saw so many parties going on in Washington as at the present time. It seems as though society has sort of lost it's head Some man said to me the other day: What has become of the old-fashioned girl who dimes at home?' But it isn limited to the girls; the men are as frivolous as the women and are be- ing entertained just as much and just as often entertain themselves.
 Washington society is now at the height of a record breaking season and the social calendars are just damned with functions of every size and description. All society, too. IS being very gay right now. The dele gates to the arms conference are be- ing feted. the diplomats and officials are in the midst of their official en- tertaining, the debutantes are busy every minute of every day and the residential set are entertaining con- stantly.
 No one seems to have a spare min ute And this will continue for the next few weeks. This week the younger brothers and sisters will come home from school for the Christ mas holidays and then parties for them will commence and continue until after the new year.
 Event of the Week
 The event of the week, l suppose, was the dinner which President and Mrs. Harding gave Thursday evening in compliment to the members of the cabinet and their wives, the first of the regular official White House functions of the season. From now until Lent, President and Mrs. Hard ing will entertain at similar parties, including the New Years reception at the White House, which Is open to all, regardless of rank, age or color. Then comes the reception In honor of the members of the diplomatic corps, which is followed in about week by a dinner for the heads of the various diplomatic missions and their wives Next on the White House program of official entertainments will be the reception for the justices of the supreme court and their wives; then the supreme court dinner; next comes the congressional reception; the dinner to the speaker of the House. and then the army and navy reception.
 Thursday was a very busy evening in other ways, too. for that was the occasion of the Washington opera ball, when the entire cream of society attended to help raise funds for the Washington Opera company. It was preceded by many dinner parties Many of the guests at the White House dinner wound up at the ball The Washington opera Is attracting nation wide attention and other cities are planning to develop a similar mu- nicfpal opera, you know.
 The Vice President and Mrs. Cool idge. who were at the White House dinner, or course. were given din- ner Monday evening by the Under Sec