The New York herald., 1922-05-14

I w 65Hk4lHtOu QIiteB Out III lOtu bQ6 only
| consented to lend her name to 1t, saying
patheticaIly that she was so driven her.
self that she could not promise to do
much real work. So Eleanor Moffett-
| or rather Mrs. Carlson. she Is now. has
1 been these three years, but can't some
| how get used to it's the chief execu-
| tive, the general who is planning the
campaign and putting 1t over In fine
| style.
Then there is the tea room hut at the
horse show which Is being run for the
benefit OF the Children's Hospital by a
| group OF women headed by Mrs. Harold
Walker. who has Mrs. Wilfrid DuPuy
| as her first lieutenant. It does seem
rather pity, without for moment
| grudging the President his "ower short
outing. that he was out OF town this
particular weekend.
They are rather hoping that the White
House box will be occupied and by the
master and mistress of the White House
at the end of the show if 1t couldn't be
at the beginning. But as / understand
1t the Hardings were also to make the
Frelinghuysens little visit and contem-
plated an absence of five days. which
will be exactly the duration Of the horse
show.
Certainly the President will be back
by the end OF the week. as he promised
several months ago to take part In the
ceremonies of the dedication Of the "old
| Captole as the permanent national
| headquarters Of the National Woman's
party. which are to take place next Sum-
| day. and for which an elaborate pro-
| gram has been arranged. People. espe-
cially women, Of course, are coming
| from all parts of the country to take
part In the ceremonies. And the Woman's
party Is getting all sorts of messages
and greetings from city and State execu-
tives and leaders of thought not only In
this country but from overseas For
Instance, there Is formal greeting from
Lydie Martial, secretary general OF the
French Union de Pensee Feminine" q
greeting really from the women of
France to their sisters In the United
States. from the women who are work.
ing to remove all the determinations
against their sex in the old Napoleonic
code to those who are striving here to
remove all sex determinations.
1t Is rather curious when you think
Of II that 1t was Quaker, Lucretia
Mott, who collaborating with Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, drew up the first Decla-
ration Of Womens Rights-at the Sem
eca Falls convention back in 1S48. And
that 1t is again a Quaker, Miss Alice
Paul, who has led the National Woman's
Party In its fight, and is now reiterat-
ing that declaration-brought UP to
date-as part Of the dedicatory ceremo-
nies Of the new National Woman's Party
headquarters. And the new declaration
Is being drawn UP in Philadelphia, the
Quaker City-and the scene Of the
original Declaration OF Independence
| which Is celebrated every Fourth of
July--by Miss Mary Winsor of Haver-
ford.
Polo Bali and Church Pageant.
One OF the difficulties of the social
program this week has been that so
many different things that appealed to
the same people have been happening at
the same time. There was the polo ball
which had first to be transferred from
the Willard to the new City Club, be-
cause Of the fire which gutted the VIII
laro ballroom twenty-four hours before
the date set for the ball, which was to
have taken place on May /. Then Gen.
James McAndrew. who had been chief
Of staff Of the A. II. f., died-and the
army folk could do no less than honor
his passing by calling off their dance,
and 1t was postponed until last wednes-
day, May 10.
But a good many people who were In
terested in that were interested also In
the elaborate and splendidly conceived
pageant OF the Cross Triumphant up In
the Cathedral close. That after con-
siderable trouble I'm selecting suitable
time was set for Friday Of last week,
and after two weeks Of weather during
which not drop of rain fell, the
heavens opened Thursday and for two
days 1t poured, perfect torrents. Pleas
ant outlook for an out of doors fete. So
1t was put over till Wednesday of this
week and came into direct competition
with the polo ball.
Those two events. the Polo Ball and
the big church pageant, were, In spite
OF the fact that they came In rather
direct competition with one another.
even though the pageant was rather
earlier" than the ball. a complete
refutation Of the theory that party
postponed Is q party spoiled, for each
OF them was complete and brilliant
success.
Fully 700 people took part In the
pageant-and a good many Of them
were people OF social consequence. It
told in picture form the story OF the
Episcopal Church, and while It was nom
sectarian. in the sense that there was
no attempt TO limit the participants to
Episcopalians. all the Episcopal churches
In the diocese were interested, and II
was given to raise fund for st. Mary's
School at Raleigh N. c., the oldest
church school in America
Across a sylvan stage In the cathedral
close moved a marvellous procession OF
men and women who have carried on
the work OF the church-from Joseph
of Arimathea. King Alfred the Great,
Sir Walter Raleigh, George Washington.
down to the present Real characters
mingled with characters OF fiction.
Oddly assorted groups perched them
selves on the slopes awaiting the signal
for their appearance. and high over all
rode a great golden moon casting shad-
ows
And the audience was almost as I'm
teresting and varied as the pageant.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson had a box and
entertained group OF friends. Mrs.
Hoover had twenty children from
Neighborhood House. The Right Rev.
Alfred Harding, Bishop Of Washington.
had n party Of prelates In his box
among them Bishop Gailor Of Tennessee.
Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews. who wrote
the book of the play-or whatever one
should properly call tho words OF a
pageant--had a box and entertained a
party of friends. Mrs. Isaac T. Mann
had q group of men from Walter Reed
Hospital In hers. Mrs. George Hope
had the sisters OF st. Johns Orphanage.
Others who bad boxes or entertained
groups Of friends we're Mrs. Henry r.
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