The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-18

ing formed from time to time and
the Washington Cotillion is one OF
the smartest. 1t was brilliant
success last winter and gives every
indication of being more so this
winter. 1t will give dance on
Mondsy. January 30 at thf New
Willard Hotel A cotillion Of sew
eral figures will be followed by
buffet supper and by regular
dance. The membership is strictly
limited to $50 permanent residents
of Washington. supplemented by
sman associate membership drawn
from diplomatic. governmental ana
service clubs. all members being
acquired by election only.
SECRETARY HUGHES GUEST
OF REP. AND MRS. HICKS.
Another dinner of particular in
terest was given Wednesday even
ing by Representative and Mrs.
Frederick c. Hicks for Secretary
| and Mrs. Hughes. That evening
the members Of the Italian delega-
tion entertained the Japanese dele
cation at dinner; on Saturday they
gave a similar dinner for the Brit
ish delegates.
There were many luncheons oil
unusual Importance in addition to
those when the debutantes were
the feature. Gen. Pershing was
host at a luncheon yesterday and
the Polish Minister and Princess
Lubomirska had luncheon guests
yesterday. There was the Van
Karnebeek luncheon for the
/ Hughes on Monday. which / told
you about; Mrs. Frederick Dent
| Grant gave a luncheon Tuesday, as
did also Mrs. Edison Bradley. when
the honor guest was Mrs. Felix D.
Doubleday, OF New York. Mrs.
Coolidge was the guest honored at
the luncheon OF Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh given Friday. one of series
| which Mrs. walsh has planned for
the next few weeks. Mrs. James T.
Morris had a luncheon for Mrs.
Coolidge Tuesday. But I think
have told you enough about the big
functions of the week to show you
what a very brilliant week wash
ington has had.
PRINCESS BIBEsCo's BOOK
AROUsEs MUCH COMMENT.
At the Everett musicale ! saw
Princess Bibesco, wife of the
Rumanian Minister, and daughter
of Margot Asquith. who wore a deep
rose-colored velvet gown made just
like a black velvet she had last
winter. Frequently / am asked If
! have read her new book. II Have
Only Myself to Blame" Books by
persons OF title generally fatigue
the reader, but Princess Bibesco's
short stories fatigue no one. I'm
sure. unless II is their stock OF ad-
jectives. I have heard them called
many things-sophisticat ultra
modern. scintillant, gem-like, pi-
quaint. They are tales apparently
of one with no illusions left. who
sees everything clearly without
much sympathy. There are sixteen
little emotional sketches and ap-
parently the daughter has inherited
from her talented mother much of
her alarmingly candid. frank per-
sonality. She tells much about the
feminine soul and the feminine
| body. 1t has created something OF
| a sensation in Washington.
In general all these little stories
are the hxation of a moment OF
complicated emotion. The half
hour OF crowded anticipation. How
fully 1t pays for the sterile hour
that follows" Feeling somehow
that it was indecent for her to be
| seeing naked soul" "All the
whispers of the world in my good
| blythe gurgle in her voice like
the pouring of water when the jus
is nearly full"
OF domestic inhdelities there are
not few in the book. In The
Old Story" is described a charming
girl who supplanted a cabinet min.
ister's wife, that wife dying con
veniently. But later a sympathetic
friend says Of the first wife:
Poor Ann. She had a difficult
nature, and she, was always some
how out of things"
Margaret (the second wife)
smiled again.
She had a charming husband"
so have you"
Yes" she said. the same hus.
band"
The little birds have whispered
that Margot Asquith, wife of the
former British premier, Herbert
Asquith. has arranged to make ar
American lecture tour under the
management of Lee Keedick, of 49,
| Fifth avenue, who received a cable
| dispatch from her last week telling
that she would leave England or
January Is. Her lecture subjec,
Will be People I Have Met" In
making this announcement Mr.
keedick said the recent publication
of Mrs. Asquith's autobiography
had aroused such widespread inter.
est that she had received many in.
vitations to lecture here.
Mrs l.
picturesque figures in contemporary
history. Even thirty years ago, a.
Margot Tenant. she was so con-
made her the heroine of his novel
"Dodo." subsequently, as wife o.
the prime minister and hostess a.
No. 10 Downing street, she lived al
the heart of English politics ant
English society, the leading mer
of all parties having been hel
friends. Her political insight anc
amazing wit gave her an infiuenc,
greater than that of most cabinet
ministers
Mrs. Asquith was behind III.
scenes in the great crisis and dur.
ing the first years of the war He,
autobiography abounds in stirrine
"reminiscences, ranging from the
victorian period to the persen'
day. Many of the celebrities sh,
describes were numbered amonl
her friends and acquaintance. She
gives remarkable pen pictures Of
| Queen Victoria, King Edward a.
Prince of Wales. as we'll as King
Queen Alexandra. Gladstone, Lord
Salisbury, Balfour. Huxley. Mere
dith, Tennyson. Henry James. Camp
bell-Bannerman. Harcourt and Lord
Curzon.