The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-12
Washington Grateful
That Social Season
Is Practically Ended

,vAsHrNGTON.-Lords and ladies'
- ,ho capitals mansions are en-
r,rfering difficulties in their cf-
49,, 10 suppress Judcious yawns
~, ~ fatigue, in the wake OF the
., sfrenuous social season WASH
igrfou has ever known
t.,ur months high temperature
Ill fever has now developed a
..Hdcn case Of social doldrums Not
', fbe round OF functions has les
',eJ pe.coptlbly. but that the func-
,t.rs themselves fail to function
LIN their former fund OF finesse.
,t.i' As, trips behind the palm plant
.l hidden by its fronds gives way
80 a titan yawn and then hastens
b,rk 10 her guests, few noting that
brr v.nsome smile Is more histrionic
than sincere.
The men, poor fellows, have risen
=, noble heights I'm their endeavors
>, "gce this thing through and
,boy are to be found night after
ricit at luncheon and tea and tcte-
a.fsfe In seemingly endless success
siar living up to their vows, chat
ting with demure madomoiselles or
,'I,h the elderly matrons who grace
the picturesque assemblages that
bo,d forth every day and night in
every embassy, legation, delegation
and I'm the homes OF the elite.
None had thought the conference
m limitation OF armaments would
last 80 long. None had thought their
healthy stocks OF cellar goods would
he called upon 20 last so long. And
,hus those more generous hosts dis
pensed with their liquid treasure
long before tho round Of gayeties
had come to an end. There Is no
longer the attraction at their reccp-
tious that there was wont 10 be in
the DAYS before New Year loomed.
They have been socially shelved,
and In their places now entertain
the lords and ladies who dealt out
their eXhiliarating beverages
frugally
The tedium that has settled itself
down upon Washington is being
oyerrid den with characteristic
American resourcefulness. Amer
ican ladies who are called upon to
entertain for.ign dignitaries and
their wives on occasion after occa-
sion do so with that winning air
and pleasantly that Europeans mar
vel upon. Though the "air" may
be more or less dramatic II is never
theless never allowed to waver. and
the foreign ladies' and gentlemen
can detect no flaw in the perform
ance that nightly is staged in Wash
ington. The whole situation has
been reduced to a telepathic under
standing. and as a consequence host
esses think twice these latter days
before sending out invitations to
unsuspecting victims. Mercy IS at
last creeping into that merciless es-
tate-the aristocracy.
Perceiving folk are quick to under
stand that the question flung back
and forth In almost every mansion
househOld-by the madame from
her boudoir to the master in his
study is. my dear, when do you
SUPPOSE our guests will decide to go
home?" The answer is inevitably,
Let us hone they 20 soon. my dear.
Deucedly jolly folk they are, but
damna5ly boring-what?" ?"
Nobility never before graced the
national capital as II has charmed
It these past four months. Princes
and prlncesses, titled statesmen. ele-
giant ladies', distinguished delegates,
ambassadors and ministers frequent
the city and lend added color to it's
granted charm. Hostesses and as
piring hostesses were not slow to
take advantage OF the occasion.