New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
CAPITAL Joins
III Fetes fol,
Nounntbatterls
s,ssat Social Activities ii,
Washington i'm Round of
entertainments Held for
The Royal British Guests
Hospital Bali Planned
,Irs. Harding Lends Name
10 Head List of Patron
csses for Charitable Event
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1 ,As ouinoss gray atmosphere which
I .ll.vs abogs the White House, notwith-
1 s,srsing cheering reports from the in
| First Lady of the Land, Washing
,ss sosk on gay air for its distin-
I salshea British guests, Lord and
4 Isay Mountbatten, and there was a
srest show of social activity all during
4 ,bejr visit. a musicale was given BY
II, aid Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
Wednesday afternoon, with grand opera
i fhere was. something particularly
4 oseking in the fact that when Mrs.
q aspiing was appealed TO in the dreary
a Ts Of her own convaleseence she
4 Aseffully lent the use Of her name TO
y ssd the list OF patronesses for the
Il Gambia Wcman's Hospital ball to be
astn the night of December Ii. Per-
u sps nowhere else does so much o.
naning. cut financially in these charity
u iils depend upon who heads u
.& alroness list. Mrs. Harding's name
d ssnding forth for the Woman's Hos
a ,asl. the ball will reap . golden har-
j tst for the cause.
4 Nrs. John w. Weeks, Mrs. Edwin
~ uelDA. 4ti AACbty ". w oaidCt, AVA rs.
II william Phillips, wife of the Under
Ssretary OF State; Mrs Mediu Nc
II Caymick, Mrs. Charles Warren, Mrs.
A slot Wadsworth, the bride of the
4 s.sistant Secretary OF the Treasury;
Ms Charles Boughton Wood, and few
a ahars stand on the list with Mrs.
q gsrding's name. The members of the
4 ia committee are Just as smart but
E sss official and include names which
rand for much in local circles.
II But as to the Mountbattens. On their
sriysl Tuesday evening from the
Ssush with Col. Robert M. Thompson,
ttey vent to the Thomas Nelson Page
ssass on r Street The dinner which
d Colonel and Mrs. Thompson gave was a
thiant affair. The guests included
b lard and Lady Mountbatten; the
b AMBASSADOR of Great Britain and
81 lsdy Geddes, Mr.. Andrew Mellon, Sec
81 ssasy Of the Treasury; the Secretary
81 Il War and Mrs. John W. Weeks, Mrs.
II JAMS Carol Fraser, Mrs. Henry j.
h Dinoek, Mr. and Mrs. William May
Il Wright, Dir. John Hays Hammond and
4 sdnltsl Rogers. As for the musicale,
sasge nee many additional guests, in
a csaEg diAomats, the officials now in
& nm lEdqthers.
Haptlrty Is Given
@knd Mrs. Townsend
and Mrs. Laurence Townsend
4 STRAINED house party for the week
lnaang Mrs. Rex Townsend, who will
atyy be Joined by her husband, who
Il hhSouth America; Miss Marsh, Miss
hgaret Kahn, daughter of Mr.. and
81 Nn Otto II. Kahn, of New York. Miss
Yonne Townsend, daughter of the
iats. also joined her parents. and the
tsire company will go to New York
81 ar the opening of the Metropolitan
81 opera Monday night.
The dinner which the Ambassador
,ad Lady Geddes gave at the British
Il Embassy Friday night was a staid and
tately affair, a line Of liveried servants
i ierning a passage from the front door
70 the drawing rooms and a man al
j Most covered with gold braid, the livery
q state at the embassy, behind each
4 chair at the table. The company was
small but interesting. Mrs. James Car
j roll Fraser gave a small dinner Thurs
4 day night.
i The rest of the program for Lord
and Lady Mountbatten embraced a
I Tip to the Pimlico races with Major
I General Bethel, military attache of
j the British Embassy, as guide. They
ended the week by going to Annapolis,
.here they were guests of Admiral
I Henry B. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. who
1 entertained them at luncheon. They
i nartin on new week by being guests
q Ny. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
Na breakfast at Friendship, their sub
yrnan home. Mrs. Cornelius Wander
s@sir. il giving a Sunday night din
Svr them. The Mountbattens go
,ssAw York from Washington and will
9 g ssssss OF General and Mrs. Corne~
uus 'ahderbilt until they sail for Eng
The election affects Washington as
Z aees no other part of the country,
each time uprooting, as it were, the
very foundation of official life. For
,ie most those who will spend their
Ass season in Washington will live
sesy quietly, entertaining but little,
ana many of the members Of the
ieSes house will not bring their fami-
'les 70 the capital at all. The Con.
siesnonal Club will be a yeritablc
,M,siiihg wall, with only its official rou-
ssae and the doiugs of the younger
Msmpars OF Congressional society TO
asep y going cheerfully. Naturally
suVugn, the President and Mrs, Hard
cls were much more interested in the
senatorial elections.
apuai Debutantes Gather
Hoand the Bridge Tables
.ueeutantes, who hold the center of
w sss'si NE just now, have almost worn
- bridge tea to fragile as q means
sslttng acquainted, and those who
ave yet to schedule pre-debut parties
e going to try to think up something
e ne season, so far as they are
@acerned, will be given over to dane
4 ss' ne new move on foot for the
l' aals' but an old move for their
ssaets, is 70 precede each large
q s. saee OF oall with q dinner party, with
men present, SO that there will
3 s. ~ 'aeK OF dancing partners The
S 9s !, with i'll result.
ms opera ball, fancy dress affair
sae New Willard Hotel the night of
: mon ,bshiner I, ~, will bring on dozens of
f.a. ainner parties, and a hostess
4 "a ~ ner eyes on her men guests to
sss;saI. ss;a. tiley devote themselves almost
onsrs 10 their dinner company. The
t6s pali will raise money to go to
0Nsrpa rpa.oooacing fund of the Washington
osI,, company. This is perhaps the
susSoss ssapitai IN che world where due
ion, = ''os gwen such an organiza-
B,yn ne Minister of Norway and Nine.
uas;c Tll T contribute the only diplo-
tar PUG OF the season, their daugh- :
10 othass KISS Laura Bryn, giving a buffet
bsr ssss - sarebutantes Thursday, Noyeni-
Niss =; There is one Senatorial bud.
ass anily Dial, daughter Of Senator
carolssss Nathaniel B. Dial, of South
Deeen,iaa,. who =, arc giving a tea for her
tae laase The only debutante from
&c s.ooMsr House. definitelu .r,rn,,nnna