The Washington herald., 1922-04-30

flowers were gathered by tho
young officers OF the post down
near Fort Foote just for the occa-
sion. Those officers and Gen. Per-
shing were all so good to the buds.
helping them out of their Difficult
ties caused by the Willard fire.
Tuesday was a busy cay and
Friday was exceptionally busy
The Loyal Legion got together
Tuesday and the conference of the
League of American Penwomen got
well under way and Mrs. Harding
received both the league and the
legion delegates at the White
House. The Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge were the guests of
honor at dinner which the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Hughes
gave. That day Mrs. Coolidge was
honor guest at a luncheon which
Mrs. Joseph !. France. wife of
Senator France. of Maryland, gave
for about 200 guests at her Balti-
more residence. The guests were
grouped about small tables beauti-
fully decorated with lilacs and
snapdragons.
Mrs. France was wearing a hand
some gown of black satin. em1roid-
cred with small white beads. Mrs.
Coolidge's costume was of gray lace
over gray satin. and a hat of COR
responding shade. In addition TO
the Pan American guests. the off,
GERS of the Federation Of Republi-
can Women. of which Mrs. Rebecca
Bowen Is president. were present.
Several prominent women, like
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, wife of Sena-
tor Spencer. for example. went over
from here also for the party to which
were asked the foreign delegates to
the conference OF the National
League OF Women Voters. which con-
vened in baltimore. Mrs. France
gives a big party over there every
once in a while. entertaining large
groups of the leading women from
the neighboring cities.
SEVERAL PARTIES
WERE HELD TUESDAY.
Ger. Charlton. who Is going home
soon. has been entertained lately and
among his hosts were the Military
Attache of the French Embassy and
Nine Dumont. who entertained on
Tuesday. Those who have been mem
bers of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh's
class all winter got together
and gave her Il big dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Walsh has had dancing at tea
time every afternoon and also every
Saturday evening all winter and usu-
ally had an Instructor present to
teach new steps to those who wished
to acquire the knowledge. Her man.
sion in Massachusetts, avenue has
been the daily rendezvous almost Of
the cream of society. and to show
their gratitude for the good times
she has given them. her guests gave
her that nice, jolly party last Tues
day. Adm. and Mrs. Edward Taylor
had a nice Dime Tuesday for Secre-
tary,and Mrs. DCnby Most of Tues
da.-'s diners ended up at the ball.
Miss Almy Clifford. of New York.
came down to visit Miss Madeline
Austin. Miss Austin gave her a din
ner party Tuesday evening. going la
ter to the debutante ball. and that
afternoon Mrs :ienry Parsons Erwin
the latter was formerly Miss Helen
Blodgett- had a group for suncneon
to meet her. Miss Margaret Tread
well. one of the debs. gave a similar
party Thursday.
PENwOMEN'S CONVENTION.
PROVES SUCCESS.
The conference Of the Penwomen
wa well under way by Wednesday.
which was the day they gave their
authors breakfast. Leaders in litera-
ture, art. music. dramatic, diplomatic
and official circles and Of both sexes
were there, many coming from divers
corners of the country to attend. and
was one of the most interesting as
well "a unusual events given here in
many a day.
Most of the notables present made
some sort of an address after the
breakfast was served. and. believe
me. there were notables galore
there. really. truly notables! Basil
King. who was the guest of Mrs.
Larz Anderson at her table. caused
hutter of excitement-more or
less-when he said that the world
was ruled by women and they were
inclined to induct Methodist church
ideas into all of their activities, a
statement with which several Of
other speakers disagreed.s
The women are alwaN on the
job" complained King. 'and the
masculine element is declining. |
Whenever women come forward,
the men retire. They segregate
themselves in a citadel they call
business. a great big blum, Then
they leave the conduct of the world
to women. Politics, religion. art. |
literature-they are all conducted
with an ear to the ground to give
the women what they want. fhe
tendency is for them to rule alone.
That makes society anemic. The
men ought to take their, place"
Gen. Pershing. who rarely makes
speech, finally did so that day, but
not until the clamor for him to do
so became so insistent il was fun
ny. He won the hearts of his hear
ers by his remarks, too. saying
among other things that he did not
see just because women vote that
men should keep their hats on and
put their feet upon a table. "Of
course l don't believe in women an
the men," he :nterceded. |
but I'm old-fashioned enough to |
believe in chivalry. We ouSht ali
to get together. the men and !
women. and proceed as good fell
lows" He said the men shouldn't
discuss politics on one side of the
the sexes should get together.
Gen. Leieune hit the nail on the |
head. as 1t were:
There's too much talk about the |
woman voter. the new woman. the |
old-fashioned woman" he expostu-
lated. Were all human beings,
all men and all women. United fe |
stand. divided we FAM"
Nine. Grouitch aroused a great |
interest when she stated that of all |
the capitals she has been in never |
has she known less scandal than in |
the American Capital. Also she |