Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-14
w Washington
Society
Bureau Of The Bee.
Washington, May l3.

seen to be appreciated. Never has
the city seemed so lovely as this
auspicous year of unprecedented
conventions of women to be followed
now by an unprecedented number
OF conventions Of men. There have
already been important conferences
of surgeons and physicians, and this
week the motion picture owners and
managers were here in convention.
Next Monday morning the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States
will meet in convention in the great
old convention hall of Washington,
a mammoth, barn-like place over
the K street market.
An interesting little party of Ne
braskans met in the picturesque tea
house known as "The White Pea
cock" Gas before it fell heir to that
spectacular title it was the stable
Of the late Judge Shallsbarger). Now
it is the most adorable pale green
and gray tea rooms with the quaint
est and most adorable little studios
above. An accomplished Japanese
cook presides over the kitchen,
from which emanate the most delec-
table dishes. The Nebraskans who
met there were Mrs. Edgar Scott Of
Omaha, who had with her Mrs. John
A. Baldwin of Omaha and Mrs.
Barkalow, mother Of Denise Barka-
low, formerly of Omaha. There they
met Mrs. Russell B. Harrison and
her mother, Mrs. Saunders, who had
gone in for luncheon.
Mrs. Harrison and her mother. ac-
companied by Miss Sally Ann Will
liams, great granddaughter of Mrs.
Saunders, left on Monday evening
for Omaha, where they arrived on
Wednesday after week here at the
Hotel Lafayette. They have been
east about three months. Little Miss
Williams will spend the summer with
them.
Gen. Pershing had another one of
his Sunday l o'clock breakfasts last
Sunday at the Shoreham. His guests
were asked to meet the secretary of
war and Mrs. Weeks.
Representative and Mrs. NJ. o.
Mclaughlin will reach their home in
York, Neb., next week, Mrs. Nc
Laughlin having left yesterday with
their children, and the former going
through by automobile. Mrs. Nc
Laughlin and the children will prob
ably remain in York the remainder
'of the summer, but Mr.. Mclaughlin
will return here after the graduation
of their daughter, who is senior in
the York college.
Representative and Mrs. Evans
and their daughter, Miss Anna Evans,
had as their guest for this week a
classmate of Miss Evans in the Ma
tional Park seminary, where she
graduated, Miss Margaret Hine, OF
Akron, O. The girls dined with
their former teachers last Monday
evening at the seminary. and on
Tuesday were out there again for
the junior parade. Miss Hine will
make visit in East Orange, N. J.,
next week, before returning home.
Mrs. Jefferis. wife Of Representa-
tive A. w. Jefferis Of Omaha, was a
hostess at the Congressional club for
the Wednesday luncheon. She had
among her guests Mrs. Edgar Scott
and her sister, Miss Dodge; Mrs.
Barkalow, Mrs. John A. Baldwin,
Mrs. Morrill,, wife Of Col. Morrill,,
and Miss Janet Scott. Mrs. Robert
E. Evans, wife of the representative
from Dakota City, was the luncheon
guest that day Of Mrs. Hadley, wife
of the representative from Belling-
ham, Wash.
Mrs. Jefferis had an interesting
luncheon last Saturday for the wives
of the Nebraska delegation in con-
gress, but because of illness in so
many cases there were only three OF
them present. They were Mrs.
Reavis. wife of the representative
from Falls City: Mrs. Evans of Da-
kota City. and Mrs. Mclaughlin OF
York. Among other guests were
Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton of St.
Louis, Mo-; Mrs. George Young of
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