The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-09


= capital. The sedate Lenten jog
trot of last week has been slowing
down during The last seven days to the
dcmure walk of the final week of Lent.
People who normally keep things NOV
ing have for the moment forsaken
their accustomed haunts. There has
t-en a sort of social evaporation in
~ direction CT White Sulphur or vir-
cfcla Hot Springs, or, in lesser de-
crsse, to places like Atlantic City or
Spring Lake, or perhaps TO New York.
People who have country homes in
the neighborhood are retiring to them
for the final week OF the penitential
season, to mediate on their Shortcom-
Tags, or that of their wardrobes, or to
pake up arrears of sleep in prepara-
ION for the spring season, with it's
srmper crop of brides and balls and
conferences and conventions, which
will bring all the world and his wife to
Washington.
or course it is really the call of the
out of doors that is taking people to
the springs or to the shore, or to their
own country homes, IL they arc fortu-
aate enough to have them. And along
with brides and balls and benefits of
the Easter season there is a swinging
of golf clubs and tennis racquets, a
grooming of polo ponies and general
interest in the Horse Show, which in
Washington is always an out of doors
show, along about the middle of May.
Over in the Potomac Park field the
polo ponies are flashing back and forth
IN practice games and the army polo
enthusiasts are arranging informal
matches which their friends watch
from their motors. parked in a wide
ring, or from the side lines, strolling
and chatting, and glad of an excuse to
be out of doors.
"Polo BalI'' to BE Given.
One OF the numerous balls planned
for "the little season. is going to be
the second edition Of last springs POLO
Ball." and it's hackers are wondering
Just how they are going to put it over,
without Major Quekemeyer. For he
was the head and front OF the army
nolo enthusiasm. always starting some
thing. to arouse interest in his favorite
sport and generally. be it said. fully
BILE to finish it. But Major Queke-
meyer is somewhere out in the wiids of
"the great Southwest" and Major Mil
liken. Major-Gcn. Peyton C. March's
son-in-Iaw, is stationed at Honolulu,
where his polo enthusiasm. only de-
gree behind Quekemeyer's, is not likely
TO have much chance to express itself.
Gen. March who was nearly always
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service, and is, so far as Washington
Knows. travelling in Europe. collecting
data for the book he proposes to write.
FINALLY the former Mrs. Cromwell
Brooks was almost az regularly one of
the gallery at the Polo grounds as the
players were in the field. And now
she's Mrs. Douglas Macarthur, mar
ried and gone. Really one doesn't quite
see how there can be any polo. and no
one thing has SO brought home the
changes the year has wrought, as the
opening of the polo season. Ono doesn't
quite sec how there can be polo under
the circumstances. but there undoubt-
cdly will he. and just as good polo with
Just as many thrills as there was last
year
Meanwhile, to look back bit. Last
week wound up very suitably for
April Fools Day with a hilarious bit of
foolery presented by the Penguins.
under the alluringo collection OF titles
and subtitles. "HS Never Done Right
by Our Nell,' or THE Dukes Secret"
or 1.-THE Stepchild of the Storm It
was. according to the producers, who
certainly ought to know. psyche
dynamic drama in nine Gets. by WILL
lam Shakespeare and others" Club
members were promised in advance
mat II would be quite up to Mr. Shake
speare's usual standards. and perhaps
oven bit beyond. Thrilling" .'be-
Widening" educational" were some of
me adjectivcs applied to II by Mr..
Shakespeare's co-authors who mod
estly remained unidentified. 1t was all
or that. The Penguin Club Is tho cath
ering place of Washington's little group
or inteiligentia and literati."-how they
love them words!-mostly writing folk
OF undoubted cleverness, and radical
tendencies.
Society has been quescent. Begin
nlng with the Waite House, where every
thing begins socially in Washington
mere has been very little doing. Last
saturday night, not long before the Pen
Gums Stepchild began Stormng. the
PRESIDENT strolled up to Senator MedilI
McCormiclS's for the surprise dinner
party which was given there for ..IJncIe
joe Cannon. Mrs. Harding didn't 20
for II was a stag party. and she doesn't
seem to share the desire to sit in at stag
parties. which was rather general with
the ladies' of the last administration. But
Tor all that it was some party.
Mr. Daugherty--the Attorney General
was there, and. Secretary Weeks and
secretary DENLY, and Speaker Gillett
and later on the Chief Justice. and Sec
rotary Davis, both of whom had been
guests at other dinners early In the cve-
ming. Tho entire Illinois Congressional
delegation was there in force. and such
other leaders as Mondell and Lonpworts,
Fordney. Representative Walsh OF Mas.
sachusetts. half dozen Senators
liasker OF the Shipping Board. Gen
Dawes, three or four representatives or
Chicago newspapers, and White Busbey
the veterans veteran secretary. The
latter entered into n conspiracy with
Miss Helen cannon and engineered things
80 that tfrs old hoy would drop IN quite
casually and unsuspiciously on Med
de- And II actually was-so they tell
mc--a complete surprise--and some
party!
Wr. Cannon Almost Moved to Tears
There wasn't soul there whom Uncle
Joe does not call by his first name. They
say no was moved almost to tears. I
understand that this was the first or a
series of farewells that are being
planned for the former Speaker hero Of
hundred fights on the floor OF the
House and leader Of many a forlorn
hope, which under his leadership ceased