The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

I
breaking season. Seldom has wash
ington seen anything like it! For
one thing the White House has lived
up to all traditions and President
and Mrs. Harding have proved ideal
hosts! Then there was the con-
ference for the limitatio no arma-
ment which brought to our Capital
statesmen of world renown which
added much to the interest as well
as the bTilliancy of the winter
which will go down in social an
nals as a memorable one!
Shrove Tuesday is day after to-
morrow and into the next two
Ays much will be crowded. Do
Du remember in the days before
the country was dry. but Wash
ington was. and when you would
motor into :he city from the wet"
parts of Maryland and reach the
District line you would invariably
see road houses with big signs
staring a: .-ou, The Last Chance.
Well. 1 think society must have
imagined hey saw some such sign
before them lately for they are
acting as though this is truly their
last chance for real party
though many are already sending
out Invitations for Easter enter
tainments.
Tomorrow there is the annual
Congressional Club breakfast which
is always one of the outstanding
entertainments of each winter;
also the charity ball for the ben
"fit of the Episcopal Home Tor
Children, likewise an annual event.
and the opera is to be tomorrow
night. and the Swiss Minister and
Nine Peter will give a dinner for
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand: the British Ambassador
and Lady Geddes will be dinner
hosts. the Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Henry c. Wallace will
give their dinner for the Presi-
dent and Mrs Harding-one of the
series of Cabinet dinners for the
President-and several other func-
tions of equal importance-all be-
fore Wednesday.
SUNDAY ALSO TO BE
RATHER BUSY DAY.
And today Sunday. is rather
busy one. too. The president OF the
American Bar Association and Mrs.
Cordenio 4. Severance. of st. Paul.
will give a dinner for the Chief
Justice and Mrs. William Howard
L. l.
Fowler will give a breakfast for
Mr. and Mrs. Severance. You see.
much Of the entertaining of last
week centercd about Chief Justice
and Mrs Taft. the Severances and
the other important men and women
~ Washington and other large cit
- les in town in connection with the
nc citing Of the American Bar Asso-
citation. But last week was such
very full one. think I shall tell
YOU about eacn day as it came.
But let me whisper to you first
that all the entertaining this week
won't stop on Wednesday. The Swe-
dish Minister and Nine. Wallenberg
have planned dinner: Mrs. James
Reed. wife of the Senator, will give
a luncheon Tor Mrs. Coolidge. wife
Of the Vice President: there viii
he anCSler Junior League dance.
with its many dinner parties, which
always preceded that series OF
dances and the Riding and Hunt
Club will have their series of musi-
cal drills. which are followed by
dances always, and the Remount As
soCiation will stage a horse show
and several more entertainments Of
various sorts after March l. so. you
see. after all. society in Washing
ton won't have such a bad time Of
IT," after Ash Wednesday. The
Cabinet dinners for the President
will go on in Lent.
March has been selected as ths
date for the Postmaster Generals
dinner in honor of the President
and Mrs. Harding. In the natural
order Of precedence this would have
taken place sooner but for the fact
that the Postmaster General. VIII
Hays. has been away on well-de-
served holiday. on March the
President and Mrs. Harding will
. dine with the Secretary of Com
merCe and Mrs. Hoover.
There was so much of interest
khzt happened last Monday hard
know where to begin. The At
= torney General. Harry NJ Daugh-
crty. gave a dinner party for the
Supreme Court Justices at the New
willard. So many OF the important
dinners of .he winter have been
given at hotels. One reason for Il
IL because so many members OF
official life live in hotels now. The
Vice President resides at the New
willard while five Cabinet mem
hers. including Mr.. Daugherty. live
out at wardman Park Hotel He
didn't give Mondays party out there.
hut down town at the New willard.
Then the Dean Of the Diplomatic
Corps and Nine. Jusserand were
honor guests at a reception at the
willard given by the Southern So
ciety. a large organization famous
for its entertainments. three or four
Of which they stage each year.
MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
GIVES RECEPTIOS.
Monday. also. Mrs Theodore
,COosevelt. the pretty young wife of
She Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
gave a reception for the officers Of
. the navy and Marine Corps and
their wives: Mrs. Coolidge was the
honor guest at a luncheon which
Mrs. Joseph Thrnpp gave: Mrs.
Wade Ellis entertained at a
luncheon for Mrs. Severance. Mrs.
James U. Mann had a notable COM
pany for luncheon. Mrs. Grafton
Minot had p brilliant dinner party
and there was another Georgetown
assembly.
Also Monday night quite a few
washingtonians had dinner parties
in Baltimore. where they went to
attend the performance of Sam
son and Delilah." put on by the
Washington Opera Company. a COM
r1unity opera that has become an
established thing IN Washington
now. Friday night last-no. It was
afternoon. because they could not
get a booking for an evening-they
were to have put on the opera in
rxrozbfu0fOn with a militant honSa