The Washington times., 1921-03-06
N ELIOTS WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIET

ton day, the shadows vanish and the
memory that remains is OF a new
President braveiy taking up tremen-
dous tasks and carrying into the
White House high hopes and earnest
purposes. while the President of yes
terdAy adjusts himself to private life
In which he has already found much
TO do.
OLD AUGMENTATION
GOING OUE
The for .ner Vice President and Ars.
Marshall are leaving town tonight
and will so az once TO Hoiyoks. Macs.
whre Mr.. Marshall will give the nrst
OF Q series II ehatauaua lectures. His
tour will Last seven weeks. taking
him as far West as che coast, and
Mrs Marshall will. OF course. accom-
psny him. They have postponed tho
trip abroad thIy had planned for
some time in May. and. their travels
over. win so to their home In In
disnapoiis.
The memoers of President Wilson's
Cabinet are getting out of town with
peatness and dispatch. their wives
with them. aud most OF the men will
resume the work which they gave up
to take Cabinet positions.
The Bakers and the Merediths. as
we'll as the Marshalls, held i'm
promptu farewell receptions At the
great ball watch. by q stroke of ge-
MUS. the Child Welfare Society beau
tifulIy carried out; and Il must have
netted close on SIC, 900 for the kiddies
OF the District. Moreover. II COM
pensated In some measure for the
lack OF an inaugural ball and gave
the strangers In town some place to
go In the evening.
The Edward Bsaie McLeans' dinner
and ball, with the Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge as the honor guests
well. that, OF course. was still an
other story and far away the most
brilliant party which has been given
here since the visit Of the Prince Of
Wales. 1 would take q book to tell
you sll about II.
THE NAVY LEAGUE
COMES TO IT'S OWN.
With the Inauguration and the new
Administration spread all over the
newspapers. the annual conference of
the Navy League held last week re-
ceived little OF the attention It rates.
Moreover, the fact that its existence
10 about to become tranquil probably
had something to do with the lack of
publicity. Happy organizations, like
happy persons, have no histories that
are worth while from the journalistic
point of view.
Even II there had not been q brill
liant banquet last night to announce
tho joyful spirit of the league 1t
would have been taken for granted
that the new Administration would
do all possible to compen nsate for the
isapproved-of step child relation that
the famous association of distin-
guished persons occupied under for
mer Secretary Daniels regime.
After the dinner at which Col.
Henry Breckenridge, president Of the
league, was toastmaster, IL may be
said that the ban, so firmly placed
long ago, has been practically. IL not
yet officially, lifted. and that the
future of the league appears most
promising. Despite official disap-
proval, the league did remarkable
work during the war and kept its
high purpose through a period that
might have been perilous to a less re-
markable organization.
-
It will be remembered that Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson. who smil I'd
benignly from his place at the ban
Quet last night, was president OF the
league when II incurred the ban, IL
one is to express what befell with due
tudicious accuracy. Colonel Thomp-
son was vigorous in his advocacy Of
preparedness in the navy, and the ex-
plosion in Mare Island navy yard
brought to a crisis differences of opin.
ion between him and Secretary DAN
iels, with the result that all members
of the Navy League were prohibited
from visiting warships and navy
yards. In view of the fact that Sec
retary DENLY and his assistant, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. are both members
of the league. as are also three other
members OF the new Cabinet, Secre-
tary Hughes, Secretary Weeks. and
Secretary Fall. it is plain that the
organization may hope for official
One of the chief advantages Of any
new order Of things is that ancient
feuds are left behind and in this
case there has been a most fortunate
issue out of old trials. The con-
vention revealed that the league is
In fine condition and ready to go on
helping wherever possible in the
carrying out OF American ideals. On
he night of the Inauguration many
of the delegates were entertained at
the dinner given by Mrs James Car
roll Frazer, one of the most loyal
and most energetic supporters Of
the league, who had as special
guests the Hughes. Secretary and
Mrs. Weeks, the Denbys. and The
Jusserands. 1t was to Mrs. Fraser
thst M ,,ucb ~ tba or.ai, h>io,~>d