The Washington herald., 1922-05-07


HAND GRASP ANYTHING
BUT PERFUNCTORY.
And her hand grasp is anything
but perfunctory. She not only
shakes hands but she holds on to
ones hand a moment, and very fire.
quently uses both hands, all in a
most naturally genuine. friendly
manner. Every one seemed to have
some little special word for her
and she always had an appropriate
answer right on the tip of her
tongue. And Lord Astor Is a close
second. Lady Astor's personality Is
extraordinarily attractive and her
husbands is unusually so. too.
They make a very handsome pair.
He is never at a loss for words
either. | heard a man introduce
himself as Congressman So-and-So
from New York and Lord Astor re-
piled. New York. oh. then you
have a most distinguished constit-
uency. haven't you?" The next
man said. Il am Congressman So
and-So from California" Cali
fornia," exclaimed Lord Astor. that
is one place I've always lonEed TO
60" And so il was. l think the
and Lady" did much to attract the
public. for these democratic peo-
pie, you know. love nothing better
than people with handles" to
their names. but the charm and
winning personality. the natural
ness and animation and friendly
spirit of both Lord and Lady Astor
held their attention and charmed
them
PERsHING GIVES
LUNCHEON SUNDAY.
They were both entertained so
constantly while in Washington
wonder how they stood the strain;
Lady Astor must be N perfect phys
icaI condition. The event Of Sun
day was the luncheon which Gen.
John j. Pershing gave In their
honor, Gen. Pershing is giving
series Of Sunday luncheons with
some bright and shining star as
guest of honor. Gen Joffre was
the honor guest at the first. then
the Astors and today he will enter
tain for the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Weeks. For a long period
Gen. Pershing did practically no
entertaining but was entertained
himself like mad" Lately he has
been entertaining much and on
lavish scale. Following the lunch
con. Senator Medill Mccormick and
Mrs. Mccormick had a tea party
for them. and that evening they
dined at the British Embassy. just
Lord and Lady Astor and Sir Auck-
land and Lady Geddes- The Geddes
did not give any party at all for
Lyttleton. d. r. E. who is with the
Astor party. was not invited. She
is an English barrister and quite
an interesting person. too, but. like
every one else. quite overshadowed
BY the fascinating English Amer
lean or Americana English woman.
She and her party left here Mon
day for Philadelphia and then for
Virginia.
The Secretary Of the Peruvian
Embassy. Javier d'AlvareZ de Bluen-
avist4. had brilliant company as
his guests for a musicale Sunday
afternoon TO-. his sister. Mile. d'Al-
varez. of grand opera fame. Then
Monday-my. what a busy day for
society. Not quite as busy as was
expected, however. for there was to
have been the Polo ball-to raise
funds for the War epDartment polo
teams to carry on their polo tourna-
ments with-to which the social
world and his wife planned to flock.
but II was postponed until this
wek because of Gen. McAndrew's
death Monday. And then the din
ners-there were too many to
count and all of Importance. too
Practically all of them were to end
up at the Polo ball. Dinner-giving
Is the most popular form Of enter
tainment in smart society here
anyway and now 1t seems to have
become a habit: society doesn't
know where to stop. do believe.
VICE PRESIDENT AND
MRS. COOLIDGE GUESTS.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge were the honor guests at
a dinner given by the Minister Of
the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes and
the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes gave a dinner for Chief
Justice and Mrs. William Howard
Taft-two official dinners. other
dinner hosts were Col. and Mrs.
Morris Ernest Locke. Mr.. and Mrs
H Campbell Graef. Mrs. wilfred
duPuy. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies.
for their debutante daughter. Flea
nor; Col. and Mrs. 7. Q. Donaldson
entertaining for the Harry billiards.
of Philadelphia: Nine. Christian
Hauge and Col. and Mrs. HERON
they gave a second dinner on Thurs
day. Several people were dinner
hosts twice last week.
Then Mrs c. c. McChord, Mrs.
NJ calder and Mrs. George Mesta
were joint hosts at a dance given
at the Chevy Chase Club for Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. a return favor.
as IL were. for the many hospitali-
ties extended by Mrs. Walsh during
the winter when she entertained at
a dance every afternoon and every
Saturday evening at her Massa-
chusetts avenue residence. calling
IL her dancing class" The week be-
fore. another group of three ladies
arranged a dinner in her honor
with the same idea in mind. An
other dance that evening was given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Bell for
the Mask and Wig Club of Pennsyl-
vania University. which gave its
performances that evening before a
very representative gathering. And
Iuncheons-Mrs. Coolidge was en-
tertained at a luncheon by the ten
Senatorial ladies residing at 24oo
Sixteenth street. which is fash
ionable apartment hotel. All of the