The Washington times., 1921-12-18
SALES, FETES, ETC.
@FOR BENEFIT OF"
ENGROSS SOCIETY
Society Folk Brought
Together by Child.
Welfare Sale


another "for the benefit Of" are en-.
gaging the attention Of society. The
Gentlewomen's League, where
women are helped to help them
selves" had its Christmas sale yes
terday. The Vassar drive" 10 being
clevcrly engineered largely by Miss
Mary Wallace. daughter of the Sec
rotary of Agriculture. Then there
has been Wellesley sale going on
chiefly food sale, but with a gen.
eral rummage sale ION the SIDE" II
seems to be doing a thriving bust
ness in one of the unoccupied stores
on the street floor of the new home
of the City Club. which Is just near
ing completion.
And speaking OF rummage sales
you should have gone to the Child
Welfare Society's rummage early
in the week! That charity IL run
by the smartest and wealthiest wom-
en- In town-and when they ask
their friends to rummage for them,
the results are really surprising.
The dealers in antiques and curios
have discovered It. and 1t was anus
ing to see them wedgeed in the
crowd there waiting for the doors to
open-along with a goodly number
Of colored women-probably friends
of the servants of some OF the wom-
en- who back the sale-and quite a
few Of the women's own smart
friends. The dealers felt q little
sheepish evidently. and i heard one
Of them contrasting to another that
after this" he didn't think he could
fairly tease his wife. or women in
general. for their habit of scram.
bling around bargain counters. Still
he argued. ''one often does get a
priceless bit Of porcelain or old ivory
or tortoise shell. or perhaps some
rare lace or embroidery. for a SONG.
which one can sell for" and then
as he paused. for q whole opera!'
supplemented one Of the others
laughing. And then the doors
opened and they all poured In.
didn't buy much confess. but
had pleasant little visits with
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, who was
running. the hat shop as usual. and
Nine. Grouitch. who was lowering
around on one side of counter that
had Mrs. Walter Tuckerman and
lovely Manuela Lloveras, tho niece
of the Argentine Ambassador and
Mme. LeBreton. behind II: and Mrs..
Harold Walker. Just back from q
visit with her sister. Baroness Won
Schoen. whose husband is now repre-
senting Germany automatically at
Rome; and Mrs. Blair and Miss Mary
Gwynne. who sat in the doorway
and welcomes her friends-with her
venerable little Pekingese on her
lap-almost as small as Nine. Koo's,
but not 30 young and sleek.
Really. it's a splendid place to ex-
change a word with the people one
likes, but doesn't often SEQ. Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend Is a wonder
with hats. She was selling them.
both new and old ones. twisting
them, and giving them her mimi
table touch 30 that nearly. all of
them looked smart. Or at any rate,
she and her able assistants were
able to persuade possible purchasers
that they did. Mrs. Townsend. hav-
ing done her whole duty there went
up to New York for a week of rest
and a plunge into opera which she
loves and does not get enough Of in
Washington.
Nine. Grouitch was glad to see, II
only because she assured me that
she and DR.. Grouitch were not to
go to London-at least. not for the
present. She admitted that there
had been talk of 1t. But she didn't
want to go-they were doing very
we'll here. and the Serbian govern
ment decided to let them stay. And
Mrs. Harold Walker Ia always
pleasure to meet. She was full of
news from the other side. and I
know she brought lot of lovely
things over with her. Which did
not prevent her from having a keen
eye for a bargain. She bought right
there a couple Of very attractive
medium small lamp shades. which I
needed lot more than she did! She
was expecting her sister. Mrs. Edward
Finkenstaedt, from Cleveland-who I
believe has since arrived to make her
a visit-and who will be made much
Of. since she was Washington girl
until her marriage shortly after the
armistice.