The Washington herald., 1922-03-12

States didn't agree a greater part
Of the time. There will have to be
a new Assistant Secretary of State
too. as Fred Dearing Is going to
Portugal as Minister.
ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
AT CHINESE LEGATION.
The Chinese Minister and his
wife have inaugurated a series OF
CntertainmeEtS luncheons and din
ners for the nHrt few weeks, Last
week in addition to the party they
gave for the Coolidges, they haG
.nother-it was last night-for the
Chief Justice and Mrs. William
Howard Taft. And this week they
have planned several dinners; one
for tomorrow is compliment to the
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and
Nine. Jusserand. Note 1.-THE
French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand. perfectly good Catholics
and going to formal functions in
Lent. And they are not alone
all of the Latin-American heads of
diplomatic missions here are doing
the same. The Jusserands went To
a very large and formal dinner
party Mrs. John b. Henderson gave
on Ash Wedne sIay-Ash wednes-
day. mind you. But some one ex-
planned to me that they could do
SO because Mrs. Henderson is a
vegetarian and served only veg
etables at all of her dinners.
Though her vegetables are so dis
guised that they look and taste
like meats, and-well, you would
just suppose you were attending
dinner, usually delicious, IL you
didn't know better.
A group of young diplomats. men
Of many faiths, gave dinner-dance
and amateur theatrical performance
last Wednesday evening at the Mont
gomery Country Club which was at
tended by q large share of Wash
ington society. and a small share OF
society from New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore. That party was post
poned twice. once because of the
blizzard and again because of sick
ness. But at last II came OF and
was a "howling" success and was
proceeded by a number of large din
ner parties. Each OF the eight hosts
had a company for dinner at the
club. and then others were asked for
the show" and dance. The guests
all said it was different from any
party they ever attended before.
Some of the other parties Of the
week-well, most OF the entertaining
were dinners. Representative and
Mrs. Thomas II. Dunn had a dinner.
Mrs. Thomas Chatard gave a CLOSE"
dinner for Mrs. Dunn on Tuesday
and Thursday. Representative and
Mrs. John Philip Hill had a dinner
party Monday as did Mrs. Grafton
Minot. whose guests of honor were
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft. 1t was
a very select little company. Mrs.
Henry Wilder Keyes. wife OF the
Senator and welI-known as an au-
thoress under the name of Frances
Parkinson Keyes, also vice president
of the National League of American
Pen Women. had a dinner Monday
evening as a farewell to Mrs. Will
lam Atherton DuPuy, the national
president who sailed yesterday for
Geneva where she, with her husband
two years.
MRS. GEORGE VANDERBILT
GIVES DINNER PARTY.
Tuesday Mrs. George Vanderbilt
gave a dinner party followed by
dancing. These last few weeks Mrs.
Vanderbilt has been constantly fly
ing back and forth between her Bilt-
more. y. G.. estate and her Wash
ington house, occasionally passing a
day or two in New York. Her
daughter, Cornelia, who was a debu-
tante of a season ago. passes most
Of the time here but does a bit of
going back and forth" too. Some
Of the interesting dinners of Thurs
day have not already tpld you about
were those given by Senator and
Mrs. John B. Kendrick: one with the
Commercial Attache of the French
Embassy and Mrs. Heilmsnn as hosts.
she has such lovely white hair which
sets off her youthful face so prettily,
and one given by the popular charge
d'affaires of the Siamese legation,
Phra Sanpakitch. Mrs. Grafton Minot
gave another dinner on Friday. DR..
and Mrs. David Jayne Hill were hosts
at dinner Friday, too, as were also
Representative and Mrs. William A.
Rodenberg.
LAST OF DANCES BY
ONE HUNDRED CLUB.
The outstanding event of last eve
ming. in addition to the SEE dinner
for the Tafts was the last Of the
series of 100 Club dances which are
always very smart affairs. This one
was a fancy dress affair and was
given in the Breckenridge Long
house. 1t was planned for Valentines
night and to be given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes
but was postponed because of the
death of Mr.. Stokes mother.
The bride and bridegroom. Gen.
and Mrs. Douglas Macarthur were
there and received the congratula-
tions of all of their friends who had
not already seen them. They came
to Washington from Florida the first
Of the week and planned to be here
about ten days in all before going
to New York and West Point. They
are going to keep this house here
open. 1t is said. The MacArthurs
were the center of quite a furry of
entertaining last week, among their
hosts being Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Westcott and Col. and Mrs. Norris
Ernest Loche. Mrs. Loche gave a
luncheon yesterday. too.
|, This week already quite a few en-
tertainments are planned. including
the Sze dinner for the Jussera nds,
another dinner given by DR.. and Mrs.
David Jayne Hill-he was formerly
our Ambassador to Germany, you
know-and a Junior League dance
That will be the last of the series.
] think. Then Margot Asquith is
coming back. She has been lectur-
ing in the Middle West and in
Canada and only few through the
Capital. stopping just long enough to
lecture anG to be feted once or
twice. Here the British Ambassador
and Lady Geddes dined her but did
not attend her lecture. They had
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