Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-07
Washington
Society
huFsau OF The Bee.
Washington. May o,

Washington. May o,
The last one Of the April eonysn-
lious OF women's organizations has
closed. These meetings brought the
leading and most progressive women
IRON many countries 10 meet with
prominent and progressive women oi
the United States, and the out
spreading results can scarcely be
estimated, Lady As,or had the cen,
ter OF the stage from the momen, ol
her arrival. not so much because she
Is the first woman 20 occupy seat
~ the British parliament, but be
cause she was first an American
women born and bred in Virginia.
Lady Asior makes an attractive
and graceful picture upon a platform
She Is distinetiyely womanly. with
clothes quite up 10 date. but in
yafiably made along simple and yery
conservative lines Of fashion. lieI
figure y slight and willowy. aud sh,
USES her arms and hands in graceful
gestures. and 10 the point, She rare
~ misses a point, too, Her voice Is
not exactly pleasant one. not en-
tirely clear in tone quality, and en-,
,irely lacking in color. II shows hard
usage.
Lady Astor wore on her first day
in Washington a graceful costume oi
a soft crepey material OF beige color,
made with a skirt 10 her ankles, plain
and full and accordion pleaied. The
bodice WAS equally plain. with 2
, round neck. showing her string oil
superb pearls: in fact. double string
one OF which hung half way 10 her
wais, line. The sleeves were elbow
length and there was soft sash oi
the same material tied at ono side IN
front. She wore long white gloves
and a moderately large hat o! the
same tin, which flared out at the
sides, and had a tan.colored paradise
feather in front. branching out al
either side. She had smart black
pumps with handsome buckles, and
hose To match the costume.
She had a word OF greeting and a
ready answer for each person pre-
scented to her. She answers quickly
and positively. too quickly to be
iudicious, as. for instance. when a
newspaper woman who admired her
appearance and liked her speech at
the National Press club the day oi
her arrival, told her it was a pity her
native country lost her, her prompt
reply was: Il went to a progressive
country where they gave women the
vote" That OF course spoiled all the
good impression she had made, to all
who heard her. Had she thought
twice she would probably not have
said it--at least not just that way
She does not agree with nor ap-
prove OF Representative Alice Rob
ertson. She suggested to one OF the
newspaper women whom she met al
the press club (the members OF the
press club having invited the women
newspaper writer's on that occasion)
that the women get together and put
Representative Robertson on tho
right track or get some one who was
right sent in her place. ;.
The president and Mrs. Harding
gave a reception to these delegates
and OH Monday received the dele
gates to the Women's Overseas Serv-
ice league, which met here early this
week.
General Pershing saved the day for
,bc dehutantes' hall last week for the
benefit of the. George Washington
memorial. 1t was scheduled for the
Willard ball room, and when that
was destroyed by fire the girls were
really in great distress, for everything
else was taken which was possible to
utilize. General Pershing heard Of
their distress and promptly offered
the use of the Officers club at the
Washington barracks, which was a