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The Washington herald., 1921-02-27
State Party
Big Success
Pennsylvania Society A.
fair at Willard Does
Itself Proud.

One OF the most interesting OF re-
cent Developments in a social way
has been the recrudescence Of the
Pennsylvania Society. 1t claims 60
be, and probably is. the oldest State
society in Washington" II was
born something over twenty-five
years ago-and nearly died a-born-
ing" Through all these years it
well, il has survived. and that's Just
about all. Edwin 4. Mess, the pres
ent secretary, who was present at
the meeting at which il was organ
ized. has mourned over it. and won
dered what could be done 70 put a
little life into il. II met. once a
month or so. at the Thomson. Per
haps two or tkree-score of loyal
hut languid Pennsylvanians turned
UP there-and wondered why they
came. Finally a few OF them who
really had the orEs IMITATION at heart
got together and held a consulta-
tion. 1t was dying OF pernicious
anemia. il needed an injection Of
new blood.
They elected Clyde Kelly, Repre-
sentative Clyde Kelly. Of the Thirty
sixth district, president-and looked
hopefully, to him 20 pull them out
Of the doldrums and make life wort n
living: and he. like a wise man put
il up to the women-Mrs. Kelly and
Mrs. Howard Reeside. They told
him. Somewhat after this fashion
they laid down the law: '1f you
want TO make the Pennsylvania So
ciety worth while. hold its meeting
in a worth while place. Plunge a
bit Go down to the willard. Have
the right kind OF a psrty-in tha
right kind Of a place, and you'll
get the right kind OF people-and
plenty Of them"
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over ten years ago-and he was
one of those positive personalities
that make themselves felt. He was
bachelor-and always occupied a
leading place in any list of Wash
ington elicibles. If designing dam
sells set their snares for him he
eluded them smiling. And then,
just about the time he was leaving
Washington he narried-"a girl
from home"-Miss Marion Bartlett
Thurber, of Detroit, and settled
down there. attending strictly to
his own affairs. Washington heard
very little of him-until the war
broke and he insisted on enlisting
in the Marines. They tried to give
him a commission, but he would
have none of il. He wanted to en-
list and learn the game from the
ground up-nothing else would do,
and finally, though he was past the
enlistment age. they stretched a
point and took him in as an en-
listed man. They do esay that his
fellow recruities nearly deviled the
life out of him down at Paris Is
land. But they also say that he
was game. Nobody has ever ques-
toned Denby's gameness. And 1t
seems probable that when he comes
here as Secretary OF the Navy he
will find a warm welcome waiting
for him and for Mrs. DENLY. in
spite of his having fouted the
Washington girls, most of whom
are Just as successfully married as
il he had not
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Many Farewell Affairs
Held in Honor of Families
About to Leave District
in being on the spot to superintene
the finishing Of n
SECRETARY WILSON'S PLANS
STILL REMAIN UNSETTLED

In being on the spot TO superintend
the finishing of n
SECRETARY WILSON'S PLANS
STILL REMAIN UNSETTLED
The Secretary of Labor, Mr.. VIII
liam b. Wilson. and his family seem
bit undecided. ] met Miss Agnes
Hart Wilson not long ago and asked
her about their plsns-about Miss
Jessie's rather sll-of-a-sudden we'd
ding. IL really hadn't been so all-,
of-a-sudden as IL looked. and they
were back from their wedding trip
as happy as two people could be
and hunting for an apartment in
which TO settle down. She seems in
clined to wish that the others were
SO sure what they wanted. The
case did seem a bit complicated.
for Mr.. Wilson had been a labor
leader until he came to Congress.
and then went into the Cabinet, and
labor had naturally in all that time
found other leaders. and his Job for
the moment seemed non-existent.
The suggestion that he might pres
entity return TO Congress brought
out the rather interesting response
that that scarcely seemed likely.
DIPLOMATIC PROSPECTS,
AROUSE MUCH INTEREST.
Aside from the Cabinet. perhsp.
the most interesting questions Of
personnel wilr revolve around the
diplomatic corps. Having digested
the Cabinet slate, Washington ts
madly guessing as to who'll get the
big diplomatic appointments. U
had been assumed that Fletcher
might get one of them. hut that
seems TO be disposed Of The next
most persistent rumor has been that
the Larz Andekons were likely 90
go TO Italy, and their friends admit
that that has been the summit Of
their ambition for years. -
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Also one hears occasional tua-
gestions Of the possibility Of th.
Stotesburys getting something"
which is vague but interesting.
They have been down in Florida
for some time past, and might
easily have talked things ever
without attracting any undue al
tention. Just this week. by the
way. Mrs. Cromwell Brooks. Mrs.
Stotesbury's daughter. has joineu
her mother down there for q little
visit
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
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TT REALLY SEEMED
LIKE SUICIDE.

The old-timers rather demurred.
So, to be frank. did Mr. Kelly. wfth
a practically empty treasury. Sc
seemed sheer suicide to plunge! But
the women insisted, and carried their
point They had their first, party
under the new dispensation at the
willard early in February. They
brought Clifford Pinchot down from
Harrisburg 20 help them celebrate
Ben Franklin night, Pinchot, being
the modern conservationist, the ex-
ponent of national IL not Of indi-
vidual, thrift. OF which Franklin On
his day was the great advocate.
And they persuaded Mitchell Palmer,
the ranking Pennsylvsnian OF the
Wilson administration, to give them
a little talk: and Mrs. Pinchot and
Mrs. Palmer, and the wives Of prxr-
tically the entire Pennsyivania Cob
gressional delegation TO come down
and help.
1t was some partyI There wer.
500 good looking. well dressed, in
terested Pennsylvanians there, pers
fectlyi delighted to get together.
and find out how many Of the home
folks they had been brushing ell
bows with. all unawsres-so much
of q party that they realized at
once that the smaller ball room NJ
the willard was already outErown
they'd have to have the big one
next time. And so they did
sEAToR KNOX MAKES
CoRkING SPEECH.
They had their second party un-
der the new dispensation on FRI
day night-snd that was some
o1 ~..x-
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She was one of the many victims
of the influenza epidemic, the dis
ease in her case bringing on a
slow decline. Miss Katherine, now
the eldest daughter, is remembered
as a school girl. Both she and lit
tie Miss Elizabeth were pupils at
the Cathedral. School for girls
which in their, time both Helen
Taft and Ethel Roosevelt had at
tended. Indeed 1t was in an ap-
parently casual statement in the
course of an address at the Cathe-
dral School at Miss Katherine's
graduation in June. 1885, that Jus
tice Hughes first definitely let 1t be
known that he would accept the
Presidential nomination which the
Republican convention. then sitting,
wanted to give him.
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Miss Katherine was then entering
Wellesley, from which Helen had
graduated, and of which Mrs.
Hughes was also an alumna.
Katherine should be through col
lege by now, and ready to take her
place-a young lady, out in society,
as one Of the Cabinet bellies. As /
remember. Katherine. had distinctly
the making of real sure-enough
belle. She should be really gooo
looking, and, unless she has
changed a whole lot. she is an eager
enthusiastic sort Of a somebody
interested in things and people
not merely "in" on everything
that's going. but a leading spirit
among her mates.
ELIZABETH oUTGRowN
FAMILY BABY STAGE.
Little Miss Elizabeth has prob
ably quite outgrown being the fam
lily baby. She must be along about
IA or 15-still a SCHOOLGIRL. of
course, and quite probably looking
forward to college, but not too Sc
rious-minded to enjoy all the fun
that comes to official juniors. And
of course there. is Charles Evans
Hughes. jr.-but~ he Is married, and
has his own little family; and
while. naturally. they may all be
frequent visitors, they are not nee
essarily to be reckoned with as part
of the administration circle. s.
Probably Mr. Hughes is wishing
he had not been quite so precipi-
tate about selling his house up at
210o Sixteenth street to former Sena-
tor-and prospective Secretary (of
war)-John Weeks. For II was a
house that suited him and his FAM
ily-one which he had bought when
It was half built, and had 1t con-
pleted to meet his own family needs
and tastes-and he will be put to Il
to md another that suits them any
thing Ike So well. p
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evening in honor of the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Colby.
PRESIDENT AND WIFE
TO COME HERE MARCH 3.
The President-elect and Mrs.
Harding will not arrive in WASH
ington until the morning of March
3 and will go direct to the New
Willard Hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Hard
Sawyer. his personal physician and
Mrs. Sawyer who will occupy
suite at the hotel.
President and Mrs. Taft stayed
with friends here before the form
er's inauguration. President and
Mrs. Wilson had apartments at the
Shoreham. President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley made the Ebbitt House their
headquarters as they had lived there
while Mckinley was in Congress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland stayed at
the old Arlington Hotel. President
Roosevelt took his oath of office
while en- route to Buffalo where his
predecessor had been assassinated.
Presumably all of the Harding
family will come on from Marion.
One sister. the one who had far
thest to come, Mrs. Z. Z. Remberg,
of Santa Ana, Cal, was reported as
having started early in the week,
accompanied by her husband and
daughter. As ! remember II. she
is the lady who was reported at the
time of the nomination. as having
said that IT was "a tragedy" She
shuddered at the trouble she saw
ahead for him
INAUGURAL SIMPLICITY
WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
In spite of the extreme simplicity
of the ceremonies" the Republican
cohorts. leaders and all, are slowly
but surely making their way into
the Capitol these last few days in
preparation, for the festivities of the
inauguration. OF course the pub
lie celebration is to be very simple;
there are to be no Invitations, no
music, no grandstands, no seats for
any one. Even Mrs. Harding Is go
ing to stand while her husband is
sworn in-the first time such q
thing has been known. Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court Edward
Douglass White, Senators. Represen
tatives, diplomats aAd distinguished
guests will all stand. A space will
be roped off for them while every
one else will stand the best place
they can find At the close OF those
exercises Mr.. and Mrs. Harding will
drive to the White House-and the
excitement will be over-not even a
parade.
That night of course there is to
be the huge Child Welfare ball
which is TO be a substitute for the
inaugural ball. OF course 1t won't
be the same at all but gives promise
of being a huge affair and one OF
unusual interest. for the guests will
include the outgoing and the in
coming officials and the governors
of most of the States in addition to
the creme de la creme of Wash
ington society. From the present
outlook only the Hardings and VIII
sons will be missing. By the time
the ball is on. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
will be settled and comfy" in their
new home in s street and President
and Mrs. Harding will be establish
ed at the White House.
Vice President-elect and Mrs. CAL
vim Coolidge will arrive on Monday
afternoon. They will occupy a suite
just above the Vice Presidential
suite, which is now occupied by Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall until
after the Inauguration, when they
Will take possession of the Mar
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MRS. HUGHES ADAPTED
TO HEAD PREMIER,s TABLE

mrs. hughes Will slip easily into
her old place in Washington So
ciety. and will take up the added
premier. on whom OF necessity will
devolve much diplomatic entertain
ing, with thorough understanding
of the requirements, II with no es-
pecial enthusiasm. She has many
friends waiting to welcome her re-
turn. and of course was inundated
with invitations when 1t was known
she was here with Mr.. Hughes.
They will return for the Inaugural
tion, and are dining with friends
on the night of March L.
The incoming Attorney General
and the incoming Postmaster Gen
eral - Harry Daugherty and Will
Hays-are dark horses so far as
Washington society is concerned. n
knows Will Hays. of course. per-
sonally. Probably he Is personally
better and more widely known than
any other man who will enter the
Cabinet. But his family isn't known
at all. One recalls that he lost his
mother during the heat of the cam
paign. He will bring with him a
young, wife whom Washington will
be glad to meet. but of whom, for
the present lit knows little beyond
the fact that she was Miss Helen
Louise Thomas.
DAUGHERTYs TO TAKE
LITTLE, SOCIAL PART. y.
1t Is understood that the Daueh-
ertys will for the present take little
part In the social side Of official life,
as Mrs. Daugherty is in deep mourn
ing, She Is said to be a woman Of
charm who will eventually be de-
cided social asset to the administra-
tion. Also she is said to be a close
personal friend of Mrs. Harding and
likely to be frequently and init
mately at. the White House. The
Daugherty children are grown up,
and married. but they will undoubt-
edly be frequent and welcome visi-
tors and identified with the admin
istratien circle They have a son
who was, of course: in the service
during the war-holding-a commis-
sion as captain. He married few
years ago a daughter of Represent
ative George H: Bowers of West
Virginia. And, they have a daugh-
ter, formerly Miss Emily Daugherty,
who Is the wife of Ralph tRarey, Mr..
Daugherty's law partner. =
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DENNY REMEMBERED WELL
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Edwin DENLY, who seems to be
slated for Secretary Of the Navy,
and Albert Bacon Fall Washington
knows very weil-very much better
than 1t knows their wives. Mr..
DENLY spent six years here a. q
member e & CougresA. something
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HOME WELL ADAPTED TO
SHOW PERSONALITY.

It is a delightful house. with a
big library on the first floor as one
enters from the street - and the
drawing-room directly over II SON
the second floor, a room with ivy
framed windows on two sides, ana
the sunshinsE peuring into It much
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PAIMERs MAY DELAY
DEpARTIRE FROM CITY.

Secretary and Mrs. Meredith plan
to return TO their home in Des
Moines, leaving Washington about
March Z. They are building q new
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STILL HARD AT WORK
FOR CHILDREN's BALL

Mrs. Marshall is still working
bard for the Child Welfare Society's
hall 10 be given on inauguration
night at the willard, and she and
the Vice President will make their
final appearance in Washington So
ciety at the head of the receiving
line that night. The ball promises
to be the biggest possible success.
Tickets and boxes have sold IN un-
precedented numbers, ard at unprec-
edented prices. Aside from the
large sum which Will be realzeo
from the sale OF the tickets gen
eral interest in the organization mas
been aroused and contributions ana
promises of help in Its WORK are
coming in from all directions. one
Of the most recent expressions OF
interest has come from MIS-, f. n
Hartman, OF New York, VINO mas
promised to equip a department OF
sontaI hygiene at the "Children's
House." and this will be in charge
of DR.. Loren johnson. an acknowl-
edged authority in his line.
Mr.. Colby is plannin- to get back
to New York and into harness as
a practicing lawyer again as soon
az he possibly can 1t is posslple
that Mrs. Colby and the girls VIII
stay on here for a few weeks, as
they took the Campbell Gpaef house
which they are occupying, for a
wear. and the year has a month or
six weeks yet to run.
PAI,MERs MAY DELAY
DEPARTURE FROM CITY.
The Mitchell Palmers may De
Ieisurely about getting away. Mrs.
Palmer is in deep mourning for ner
father and 1t may be some nttie
time before she pulls herself to-
eether and gets herself moved Also
there is little Miss Mary's school 10
be considered.
The Bakers and the Daniels are
eating under way Immediately,
both leaving on the fifth, I believe.
Mrs. Houston and her two children
have. already gone up to Boston
where they will spend q few weeks
with Mrs. Walter Boyden- Mrs.
Houston's sister. MI. Houston viii
be travelling pretty continually for
few weeks before he finally decides
on his future plans.
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of the day. There is a pleasant
sort of living-room hall. sun-fiood-
ed, and filled with growing plants,
connecting it with the .dining-room
- altogether pleasant, dignified
American home. thoroughly adapted
to official entertaining, but primar-
lily a place to live in and to ex-
press ones personality in.
One recalls that the one impress
sion the big library left was books
and deep cushioned chairs-a
mans room; while just above il.
in the drawing-room, one recalls
the big piano. and the effect Of light
and sunshine.
This, at least. is the memory Of
Justice Hughes house. do not
recall having been in IL since the
Weekses bought it. They went into
'.retiracy" themselves two years
later, and during the period inter-
vening the war and the influenza
interfered sadly with social inter-
course. They are established there
now, have been for some time, and
are, as always, tremendously popu-
lar with those who know them best.
and have the reputation of having
one of the most delightful homes
in Washington, and of exercising
the most delightful hospitality.
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MRS. WEEKS AVOIDS
LIGHT OF PUBLICITY.
Mrs. Weeks is one of the few
women in Official life who keeps
sedulously out of print There are
others-a few-who would really
like to, but they have honestly
been unable to. So far as know
there has never been a picture Of
her published. Even when Mr..
Weeks was rather prominently in
the limelight as possible Presi-
dential candidate, both she and their
daughter-Mrs. John W. Davidge-
managed to keep out of the lime
light. There are no young people
in the Weeks household. Mrs. Da-
vidge-who was Katherine Weeks
has her own home and her own
establishment. at. 2so2 Connecticut
avenue. and while the Davidges have
lived right. here in Washington for
years, and like the weekses, en-
phatically belong" they don't work
very hard at being social butter
flies, but seem to be leading en-
tirely sane. normal lives, chiefly oc-
cupied with their own affairs and
with their own little family.
So much for two of the families.
Both of them are identified with
the same big .warm-toned brick
house at Sixteenth and V streets.
Meanwhile the incoming Secretary
Of State expects. for the time to
make himself comfortable in the
suite at the shoreham which he
has retained for several months.
as he has had to make frequent
trips here as counsel for Senator
Newberry in the matter of his con-
tested election. Mrs. Hughes join
ed him last week for a few days,
and undoubtedly looked around a
bit for a suitable house; but there
Is nothing D indicate that she
found. one. and they WIN probably
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MRS. COOLIDGE HAILED
As SOCIAL ADDITION,

Mrs. Coolidge is practically un-
known in Washington, but from all
accounts she will be one Of the most
popular additions to official society.
And by the same token she has no
more enthusiastic booster than the
extremely popular. lady whom she
will succeed. Mrs. Marshalls ac-
quaintance is, I believe. entirely by
mail. The two have exchanged sew
eral notes, and Mrs. Marshall says
that Mrs. Coolidge certainly writes
an awfully nice note-and that isn't
always the easiest thing in the
world-so human, you know, easy,
and friendly. without stopping over.
Since they are to get here Monday
night. Mrs. Marshall hopes to be
able to take Mrs. Coolidge up to the
regular Tuesday luncheon Of the
ladies Of the Senate. and present her
to the exclusive little organization
OF which she will be, ex officio.
head. And take her afterwards,
along with the rest OF the ladies to
Keith's to see the pictures. of the
presentation OF a silver service to
Mrs. Marshall last Tuesday-exhib-
iting her ultimate reward. sup
pose, to cheer her on her way.
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MRS. DENNY SPENT
CHILDHOOD IN CAPITAL.

As a matter of fact Mrs. DENLY,
though she registers as "of De-
troit" and did at the time of their
marriage-was quite well known in
washington-as a child at any rate.
For she is the eldest daughter of
the secretary to President Cleve-
land and received her early educa-
ton in the White House kinder
garten organized for the Cleve-
land children.
Senator Fall came to the Senate
Just about the time that DENLY was
retiring from the House. Mrs. Fall
spends much of her time away
from washington-visitin around
among her children-I believe there
are three daughters and a son. all
married, and established in their
own homes. In fact the only one
that one recalls as part of their
Washington household was Miss
Jouett, the youngest and she mar
ried about . year ago, and is living
in Arizona. Senator and Mrs Fall
have an apartment at the West
moreland. and when Mrs. Fall Is In
Washington, she plays her part in
the Senatorial circle. inconspicuous-
iy, but entirely satisfactorily.
OF the two Pennsylvanians. Mr.
Mellon. slated for the Treasury, and
Mr. Davis, mentioned TO be Secre-
tary of Labor, Washington csociety
knows the former by reputation
and the lsttsr-really not at all
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Warmth of "Aves" Mingled
With Sad 'sVales" as Faces
Disappear from Capital
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

When 1t comes to welcoming the
coming guest-and speeding the
parting-the most expert observer.
after having been years on the job,
Is forced to admit that Washington
does them both so well. puts SO much
Of genial good will. and convincing
enthusiasm into both greeting and
parting. that the dear departing
have at least as much reason
TO be assured that society is
simply desolate at their loss, as the
new comers have to know that
washington Is simply dee-lighted! to
see them. and Is perfectly sure that
there's a good time coming and that
they are bringing II. And really
people seem to be entirely sincere
In the Joy that rings through their
Aver and the regret that steals
into their ''ValeI" Even those who
have criticized the outgoing admin
istration most severely are distinct
ly sorry to have to say goodbye"
to individual members of it-and
while there Is the usual buzz Of ex-
pectancy. and plans are merrily
making for after the Fourth of
March," society Is simply running
around in circles in its efforts in
dividually and collectively to as
sure the oficials who are about to
cease to be official of its entirely dis
tinguished consideration. That. for
the moment. is both the chief in
dustry and the favosite indoor sport
Of Washington society.
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MANY FAREWELL FE.TEs
FOR CABINET MEMBERS.
Breakfasts, luncheons. receptions
and dinners. in honor of each of the
Cabinet in turn-and. now that the
time is growing short-of several of
them together. The Colbys seem
to be rather the storm center. but 1t
is quite the proper thing now to
include the Bakers, and the Hous-
tons. occasionally the Daniels.
nearly always Judge Payne, the
Secretary of the Interior (single
men always fit in SO nicely, and
frequently the Merediths. In their
excess Of zeal they are even enter
tanning one another. At any rate
Secretary and Mrs. Baker are CIV
ina what will undoubtedly be their
last Official dinner next Tuesday