The Washington herald., 1922-01-29
British Embassy Bachelors
Give an Interesting Dance
Ordnance Officers and Cavalry Officers Also
Hosts During Past Week Collective
Receiving Grows in Favor.

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the way OF interviews, and the re-
suits, as might have been expected
were sketchy in the extreme. e
But times have changed. and the
atmosphere has changed. Secretary
Hughes portrait is not only a por-
trait, but an Interpretation. A
more favoring light has been shed
upon him in Mr.. de Laszlo's can
vas than any mere photographer
has hitherto managed. 1t Is not too
much to say that had this portrait
been painted previously to his can
didacy for President. and had been
available for campaign purposes.
history might have been changed
The photographs that were used
including even the moving ones,
did not do him SO much kindness as
Mr.. de Laszlo has done He ap-
peared grim and forbfdding in them.
and the average voter was puzzled
This Mr.. Hughes in the portrait is
as sympathetic as any Latin. II
would have grieved him terribly to
have differed with NJ. BRAND. He
could even weep upon great occa-
sions. This Mr.. Hughes Of the
photographs ncvcr could have done.
Technically. tits excellent In the
best Sargent tradition - the brush
strokes arc cool. suavc and direct.
The portrait of Ny. E:lthu Root L.
also one of the successes, but the
artist scarcely succeeded in putting
Gen. Pershing so much at case as
he did Mr.. Hughes. Gen. Pershing.
Just the opposite to ! Secretary
Hughes, looks wonderful in the
movies. He never fails to got a
hand. Once ! saw him at a foot
ball match or other such fete recog-
MIXING President and Mrs. Harding
and bounding forward to greet
them. which he did with consum-
mate grace and the gusto of a
schpolboy. In the De Laszlo por-
trait he is quite grown up and sorry
for itl
The ladies' who wore pearls and
other gorgeous ornaments are Mrs.
Marshall Field. Mrs. J. Kearsley
Mitchell. the Countess Szeehenyi,
Mrs. John n. Fell. Mrs q. r. Clyde.
the Princess Miguel Braganza and
Mrs. Francis p. Garvan and chill
dren. There is also a cleanlyJ cut
portrait of Lord Lee, Of Fareham.
The portrait of President Harding,
which had been promised, was not
available at the time of the private
view"
Referring to McBride's descrip-
tion of the portrait of Hughes re-
calls to my mind how so many peo-
pie speak nowadays of the fact
that the Secretary seems to be SO
much more genial and full Of fun
than he ever did before and how
charming his smile is now and
that IL he had had that smile when
he was running for President. he
would have won the election. Ger
tainly his smile now is charming.
Talking of Hughes, of course, the
first thing that appears. in your
mental pictsre is his beard. I see
that Lord Lascelles. who will marry
Princess Mary next month, has a
real, old-fashioned mustache. SO
the heroes of romantic novels and
newspaper serials probably will be
equipped with mustaches. for some
time. Moreover, the tirefess
photographers have discovered that
one Of the Kings sons is cultivat-
ing mustache, and that neither he
nor Lord Lascefies supports the.
toothbrush variety OF lip decora-
ton.
Further. there are such eminent
wearers Of the mustache as Prime
Minister Lloyd George and ex-