The Washington herald., 1922-05-28


Then quite in contrast to those
out-of-door entertainments, on the
same day the Peruvian Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Pezet had a large
and formal dinner at the Pan
American Union building in COM
pliment to the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Hughes and the Peruvian
delegates to the Chile-Peruvian
conference which has been going
on here for a fortnight. The dele
gates have been much entertained.
together and separately. and in
divers groups. The table was set
In the patio just beyond the en-
trance hall of the building, the
most beautiful in the Capital, and
encircled the playing fountain de-
signed by Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney. with the palm trees and other
tropical foliage growing there for
background and the star-lit
sky above. for the glass roof was
removed, as it usually is for spe-
cial occasions in warm and clear
weather.
Still another attraction for So
ciety Monday. and a bit different.
too, was the play put on by the
GarriCk Players at the Garrick
Theater. "A Manageable Mother"
-. y. II.
Capt. and Mrs. Calhoun took the
leading parts, although the other
actors were all members of the
professional company playing at
the Garrick this summer. The
boxes were filled with society and
the same was true of the rest of
the house. They played to full
and fashionable audiences every
night. Capt. and Mrs. Calhoun
gave a supper party after the
show Monday.
MONDAY PROVES BUSY
DAY FOR SOCIETY.
Then Monday there were sew
eral parties given-well just be-
cause. Jules Henry of the French
Embassy staff had a dinner party
he gave another Tuesday-as did
the Misses Mary and Josephine
Patten. and Miss FlamInia Sar-
meintO. the debutante daughter of
Nine. de Cespedes, wife of the
Cuban Minister. had a group of
buds" for luncheon Monday. You
see what a variety of different
kinds of entertainments there were
Just on Monday and the same was
true. more or less. of all the past
seven days. Most of Tuesdays
parties. however, were formal.
There was the ball given for the
salvation Army and several din
ners given before IL. among those
thus entertaining being Senator
and Mrs A a. Jones' Then the
Henry Whites gave a dinner that
evening. Mr.. White was formerly
United States Ambassador to France.
Wednesday there were a great
many dinner parties. among the
hosts being the Frederic DeIanos,
whose honor guests were the
French Ambassador and Nine JUS
serand. Col. and Mrs. Stephen LII.
SlOcum-Lady Geddes. wife of the
British Ambassador. who has been
at Atlantic City for several weeks.
hurried back in time to attend that
dinner: Representative and Mrs.
Thomas B. Dunn, the commercial
secretary of the British Embassy
and y Mrs. John Joyce Broderick.
Mai and Mrs. Stewart Godfrey
who entertained for Gen. and Mrs,
Lansing Beach; Mr.. and Mrs. Vic
tor Kaufman, who had their
party at the Chevy Chase Club,
and one or two others. Some of
those parties were formal and
some not.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Colladay
had lawn tea that day at their
Chevy Chase home. The only party
that even suggested officialness
that day was the luncheon which
the director general of the Pan
american Union. DR.. Leo S. Rowe,
gave in compliment to the dele
gates to the Taona-Arica confer
ence at the Pan-American Union
Building.
MRS. HARDING ATTENDS
MOUNT ALTO EXHIBIT.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge were the honor guests at
a dinner which the Persian Minister
gave on Thursday. There was a
ball that night. too. given for the
Pro Infanta Pro Patria by the
FAlliance, Franchise" Then there
was the fete at Mount Alto Hos
pttal, where the wounded soldiers
exhibited and sold their handiwork
and society gathered to buy. Mrs.
hardlng always takes time to go to
tnat anair. which is given at
mount Alto every spring. The out
door party of Friday-there seemed
to be at least one every day-vas
the garden fete given by senator
and Mrs. George wharton Penner
at the country estate of Mr.. and
Mrs Beverly Price Evans in Edge
moor. Md, in compliment to the
Chilean delegates to the confer
ence. That evening the Peruvian
delegates were given a dinner nv
Joseph W. Folke-he was formerly
governor of Missouri.
The needy Russians were. the
beneficiaries of a lecture given nv
Nine. de Heissner on Psychic Phe-
nomena in the Light of Biblical
Teachings" That evenings dinner
parties were given by the Assist
ant Secretary of War and Mrs. ].
Mayhem Wainwright. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles MacVeagh, Mrs. Robert Nc
Kenzie and one or two others. Last
evening the chief event was the
o:nner which the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Hughes gave.
BIRTHDAY PARTIES
ARE POPULAR HERE.
One party. small and Informal but
of great interest, was the recep-
tion given last Monday by Gen.
Horatio Gates Gibson in celebra-
tion of his ninety-fifth birthday an
niversary. The general always
gives a party on his birthday and
on that occasion the Aztec Club of
lS47. composed of descendants of
the officers of the Mexican war, al
ways Calls in a body on the gem
eral, who Is the only officer of that
war living today. He was formerly
, president of the Aztec Club.
Practically all of the generals
sons and daughters and grandchil-