The Washington herald., 1922-09-03

OF doing about the middle of this
month-just think. II is September
already-that will make quite
hole in society's ranks. for all the
members are sure to go away. and
their wives too, most of them going
home and the others to some re-
sorts for an autumn rest, or off
making political speeches either for
themselves or their friends and none
of them returning before the regu-
lar session convenes in December.
The House had a respite and many
of the Representative have not re-
turned. even though that body Is in
session again. but the Senators have
stuck to their jobs" pretty well all
through the hot weather and many
OF their wives with them. The Sem
ate has almost become resigner. I
should say, to no real vacation.
Many of them are out of town this
weekend, however. n larEe share
of them speaking tomorrow for
some political end.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge haYe-been away for some
weeks now. but IL the Senate should
recess they will probably stay away
much longer than they planned
COMING SEASON DOOMED
To BE SHORT ONE.
The opening of the social season
will depend somewhat on what
Congress does; the season Is apt to
begin shortly after Congress con-
venes in December. certainly not be-
fore that. OF course the debutantes
and there is already an interest
ing as we'll as a long list of buds
begin to make their bows to society
around Thanksgiving Day and par
ties for them are inaugurated about
that time. too. But the official sea-
son won't begin without Congress
and will be quite short at the best,
for Ash Wednesday comes on Feb
ruary IL and Easter Sunday on
April l. So il the official women
are going to accomplish much they
will have to be ION hand bright and
early and "hutle bit" even
though tired out from their long
hot stay in Washington.
President and Mrs. Harding
opened their program of official en-
tertaining last winter with their
Cabinet dinner on December Is. The
spring season will probably be as
long and as brilliant as the mid
winter season; it is apt to be SO
when the winter season is brief'
Though 1 must say few people, even
officials. stop much nowadays tor
Lent.
1, is dificult to say now whether
the official season will be unusually
brilliant. but there is every reason
why IL should be a brilliant one.
huge
group of distinguished foreigners
attending an arms conference to
add AL sorts of brilliancy to the
winters functions like we did last
winter. all of which will be missed,
hut there may be some other con-
ference or reason for a gathering
or foreign notables by December;
who can tell in these days when
things happen quickly? At any rate.
socially. the city is pretty quiet
right now. What society is here
and there is a considerable amount
of national interest at that-just
isn't doing much socially. 1t Will
he but Il isn't working at II" right
now. 1t is playing politics more
than any other thing. so far as 1
can see, with elections not far
away.
pREsIDENT AND MRS. HARDING
SPEND STRENUOUS SUMMER.
Even the President had planned
think. 20 do a bit of elecuoneering'
combining 1t perhaps with vacation
and other trips, but he has oeen
tied here with the strikes and sucn.
Ne and his wife have both been dis
tinctly ION the job" all summer.
president and Mrs Harding were
not able last weekend to take the
real vacation trip they had planned
10 visit the Secretary Of Labor ana
Mrs. Davis at Mooseheart, ILL.,. but
they did slip away for saturday
to-Monday trip on the Presidents
yacht, the Mayflower. They spent
the twenty-four hours or more OF
their absence cruising lazily on the
Potomac and the waters OF Chesa-
peake Bay. II was only the second
time since the summer began that
the President has ordered out the
yacht for himself and he enjoyed
every minute of his brief holiday.
OF all the perquisites of his office
President Harding has always
seemed to enjoy the Mayflower the
most. and he has greatly missed the
little trips that made last summer
and the spring so pleasant.
Accompanying the party Saturday
was the Presidents big sister"
Miss Abaigail Harding. visiting at
the White House, and Mrs. William
Boyd. Of Kansas City. a cousin Of
Mrs. Harding. Others in the party
were the Secretary of the Interior,
Albert B. Fall; Secretary OF, Com
merce Herbert Hoover. and Attor-
.ney General Harry NJ. Daugherty--
they have been cleverly dubbed the
Presidents strike cabinet: Senator
Albert cummins. of Iowa. and
Senator F. B.. Kellogg. of Mime
sofa; Secretary to the President and
! Mrs. George B. Christian. Brig.
Gen. Charles Sawyer. the Presi-
dents physician. who goes every
place the President goes. of course.
and Mrs. Sawyer-they gave
mall luncheon party Monday after
their return-and A. d. Lasker,
chairman of the Shipping Board.
MRS. HARDING JOINS
HUMANE SOCIETY.
y. Mrs Harding announced last
yweek that she had become an -ac-
tive instead OF an honorary mem
Der OF the Rockiand County Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals and sent her annual dues
iefl IS TO David Cranston. president
.o6.the organization, at suffern. n
" Mrs. Harding recently sent to
the same gentleman a large check
to contribute to the support .of a
horse So years old. the property of
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