Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-16
W a ashington
Society
Bureau OF The Bee.
Washington. April Is.

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Washington has already burs,
forth Tor is Easter season. II seems
as though everything is abloom. The
famed cherry trees make a iea,hery
path about the Potomac park and
around the tidal basin. the like oi
which. Il is said. cannot be seen any
where else. even IN Japan. for the
lowering fruit trees in Japan are
not planted and do no, grow in
rows such as the borders In Potomac
park. The White House grounds are
a beautiful garden. with huge trees
laden with several shades OF pink.
white aud yellow blossoms and the
grass seems never 10 have been so
beautiful aud yelyety a green. Mrs.
Harding Is taking the keenes, de-
light IN the flowers and trees OF the
White House grounds.
The countrywide slogan appears
10 be ION 10 Washington for Easter" /"
Great parties OF school teachers and
senior classes have been doisg the
sights here for a week or more and
many others arc scheduled during the
next several weeks. They are from
schools all over the east and middle
west country and the sightseeing
husses arc doing the greatest busi-
ness they have yet had. The DauRh-
iers OF the American Revolution fill
the corridors and small parlors OF
the leading hotels. especially the Will
lard and Washington. all the days
and evenings and plans are well laid
tor all that will transpire in the Me-
niorial Continental hall next week.
beginning with the opening session
Of the congress OH Monday morning.
Easter festivities will begin tomor-
row afternoon with innumerable teas
and "ai homes" Some formal lunch
cons and dinner parties also will be
given tomorrow. Monday night the
annual Dixie ball will be given in
the ball rooms OF the Willard. and
Wednesday evening the much delayed
last state reception at the White
House this season will be held in
honor OF the army and navy. The
egg rolling festival will be the great
event OF Monday to the children and
the little party OF official society who
will witness the scene from the south
por,ico of the White House.
A ceremony which will interest the
people all over the country will be
the unveiling Of the monument to
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant April u, which
will take its place among the many
monstrositics of which Washington
is guilty, though it will not be one Of
them. II is great group COM
memorating the civil war and Gen.
Grants part in it. and he is repre-
sented on horseback, which figure his
two great-granddaughters. Princess
Ida Cantacuzene and Miss Edith
Grant, will personally unveil. The
statue stands close to the east en-
trance OF the Botanical Gardens and
faces the capitol. There will be some
festivities connected with the unveil-
ing OF this great war group, which
has been in the course OF construction
and setting for several years, and all
of the Grant family still living will
be here for the occasion. The Prin-
cess Ida is the schoolgirl daughter
of Prince and Princess Cantacuzene,
the latter the daughter Of Gen. Fred
crick d. Grant. Miss Edith Grant
is daughter of Capt. Ulysses S.
Grant, Sd. Her mother was Miss
Edith Root, only daughter OF former
Senator Elihu Root.
The Nebraska Association Of
Washington, of which Represents
tive NJ. o. Mclaughlin Of York,
Neb., is. president, will give large
reception next Tuesday evening in
the handsome ball room of the Had
leigh hotel on Sixteenth street, in
honor Of the distinguished Nebras-
kans who have received presidential
in this administration.
Among these guests Of honor are:
]. Raymond McCarl OF McCook, who
is now controller general OF the
United States; c. w. Pugsley Of Lin
coin, now assistant secretary OF ag-
riculture; Frederick K. Nelson Of
Wahoo, solicitor Of the State depart
ment; Edgar c. Snyder, formerly of
Omaha, sworn in this week ~
United States marshal, and the only
woman from the state to receive a /
presidential appointment, Miss Grace
Abbott OF Grand Island, who is head
of the children's bureau Of the De-
partment Of Labor. Mr.. Snyder's
wife and two daughters, Mrs. Wat
son and Mrs. David Snyder, are per-
haps the best known families of such
appointees, as thew have been iden-