The New York herald., 1921-01-30


M/ lady who's going to be FRS
Lady, and the lady who hat
hoped 10 be First Lady-not on hel
own account, of course. but simply
out of wifely loyalty, since her hus'
band wanted to be Chief Executive
all in town at once, Washington wa:
in a good way TO developing an ag'
gravated case of community strabis-
mus in the effort to keep an eye or
each one of them and. incidentally, or
few other things and persons. Anc
the funny part Of it was that the lady
who's going to be First Lady was not
doing a thing from the social point OF
view. though she was busy as a mat
ter of fact; and the lady who is the
First Lady wasn't doing much, though
she is sitting up and taking more
notice in a social way than she has ir
months, while the lady who is not
going to be First Lady was being made
much of and feted within an inch OF
her life. and really cutting quite a
figure in official socitey! Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Cox all here al
once!
Mrs. Wilson is becoming active So
ciaHy at this eleventh hour of the
Democratic regime. Her series OF
luncheons and teas seems to be gather
ing momentum. Her luncheon for the
women of the diplomatic corps last
week &as a good deal more of a party
tnan her Cabinet luncheon for Mrs
Marshall the week before. The latter
event, being limited to the Cabinet
circle and few women relatives and
close personal friends, was, in a way
simply an extension of the family
party" to which the White House has
been so greatly addicted throughout
the Wilson regime.
But the former, with the ranking
woman Of each of the foreign missions
which make up the diplomatic corps
here among the guests. and Mrs. Col
by and Mrs. Norman Davis, wives OF
the Secretary and Under Secretary OF
state; Mrs. Roland Morris, wife of the
United States Ambassador to Japan
Mrs. Henry White, wife of a veteran
United States diplomatist, as well as
Mrs. Cary Grayson, Mrs. J. NJ. Helm
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Rolfe ,E
Boiling and Mrs. Alexander Hunter
Gait. asked to meet them, came pretty
near to being a state function" il
certainly had "all the trimmin's," not
only floral but musical. For a section
of the Marine Band played in the
White House corridor-for the first
time in three years.
Mrs. Wilson to BE Chief Guest.
Now 1t is announced that Mrs. Wilson
will be the honor guest at the Congress
sional Clubs annual breakfast--served
at noon-at Rauschers on Tuesday
February s. This breakfast Is the clubs
prize party each season. OF course II
so many persons there as at the recep-
ton on next Monday night for the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall. or as there
were at the clubs dance for the seasons
debutantes last night, with Misses Pris-
ella Hustled, Dorothy Mondell, Katherine
Sutherland and Rosa Maye Kendrick
Congressional and Senatorial buds. and
hence "club daughters") as the special
honor guests. The club gives n dozen
bigger parties each season, but its break
fast Is the one everybody particularly
wants to be asked to. For it's a sort OF
annual "high links" or gridiron event
when quite an elaborate programme is
usually prepared.
Now that the President is getting bet
ter Mrs. Wilson is very faithful in her
attendance at the concerts. She goes
TO all the regulars and TO most of the
extras that promise at all we'll And
IL is often the extras that are the most
interestlng--like the two of the La Scala
Orchestra last week and the Chicago
Orchestra concert on Thursday. The
ToscanIni concerts brought out as brill
liant audiences as Washington has seen
this winter, with the diplomatic and
official sets turning out en- massc-or
should one rather say zen classe"?
Anyhow, they were all there. half the
Cabinet women giving UP their at-homcs
In order TO attend the Wednesday after
noon concert, and the Italian Embassy
folk entertaining I'm honor of their coun-
try's most famous musical organization
the La Scala Orchestra. Mrs Wilson
entertained Nine. Brambilla. wife of the
counsellor (and Charge d'Affaires) OF
the Italian Embassy. in her box for one
OF these And her guests say that she
was particularly enthusiastic and ful
of reminiscences. since the orchestra hao
played In their honor when she and the
President we're In Italy during the peace
conference.
This week it was the Chicago Orches-
tra's concert on Thursday afternoon ir
which society was especially interested
Mrs. Marshall Field entertained the en-
tire orchestra at buffet luncheon al
her sixteenth street residence just be-
fore the concert on Thursday, and hao
about thirty OF the most influential
women In Washington assisting her
Frederick Stock, the orchestra leader
was the special guest.
Mrs. Harding busy Packing.
Mrs. Harding had warned her friends
IN advance that she would have no time
for social doings when she came 70
Washington this trip. And she stuck "a
that In spite of temptations and argu-
mcnts and a naturally friendly disposi-
tion. She had come here to pack and
nut her house I'm ordcr--for renting or
sale, according. TO. >circumstances--and
chic attended pretty closely to her knit
tin Not wanting to begin work OF