The Washington herald., 1922-03-26

in compliment to the new Postmas- |
ter General and Mrs. Hubert Work. |
That is about all 1 can recall that
happened Wednesday. Ash Wednes-
day was as gay as that. you may |
remember!
No, forgot-wednesda there |
was Mrs. Woods dance for TONY"
Graves and Caroline Story and Oh
we Graef. Col. and Mrs. John Bige- |
low and Maj and Mrs. Sherman
Miles were among those who gave
dinners before u. Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant gave a luncheon. too,
Wednesday and also a dinner for
her debutante granddaughter, Prin-
cess Bertha Chantacuzene. the
party going later to the Graves
dance. Thursday Surgeon General
and Mrs. Z. r. Stitt-navy people,
had a dinner for their debutante
daughter. pretty little Mary Stitt.
at the Arts Club. The Arts Club had
a big Mi-craeme celebration that
night. a group OF dinners followed
by an entertainment. Representa-.
tive and Mrs. John Philip Hill had
a dinner that evening for the
Works. / told you that there would
be furry of entertainment for the
new Cabinet member and his wife.
Thursday was the day of Nine.
Christian Hauge's dinner for her
niece. Miss Louise Ross Todd. of
st. Louis.
The Craigies gave another din
ner on Thursday. There was an
other of the series of army dances
Friday evening-given, you know,
by a group of army officers sta
toned in and about Washington,
and they are all preceded by Al
large number OF dinners. In fact
these entertainments could better
be called dinner dances.
GENERAL PERSHING GIVES
DINNER BEFORE DANCE.
Gen. Pershing gave a dinner be-
fore the dance. He doesn't enter
tain very often. Paul Reinsch who
China and his wife gave a dinner
Friday too. and SO did Gen. and
Mrs. w. G. Ham and Gen. and Mrs
w. j. Snow-those two parties
ended up at the dance-and Mrs
Wilfred DuPuy had dinner guests.
The State Department Club had
their monthly party Friday at
Wardman Park Hotel when Freida
ing. Those State Department
parties are always interesting func-
tons. Saturday-yesterday Of
the most interesting of the weeks
many functions took place, the
French Ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand had large and dis
tinguished company for dinner. The
Argentine Ambassador and Nine. |
lie Breton were the guests of honor
at a dinner which the Celesias
gave-the second dinner they had
last week. The secretary of the
Siamese legation, Phra Sankapitch. |
was host at a dinner, Miss Helen
Cannon was hostess at a dinner, |
asking only friends of her young
niece. Miss Helen LeSeure and Sem
ator and Mrs. Key Pittman had an
other dinner party. Comdr and |
Mrs. Hayne Ellis had planned al
dinner for Secretary and Mrs. Dem
by for yesterday, but gave II last
Thursday instead.
The Hayne Ellis entertain a !
great deal and charmingly. They
have been in Washington a great
deal. They own the lovely old
Newlands place, "woodley," on
Woodley Lane, which they leased |
one season to the Andrew Peters. |
Comdr. Ellis was recently assigned
as aide to Secretary DENLY.
You see plainly that dinners are
the favorite form OF entertaining at
the Capital. Mrs. Wilbur Carr,
wife of the director of the Consular |
Service. had a tea party yesterday |
for Freida Hempel, and there were |
even more patries of Importance |
during the week I haven't men,
toned; there were so many.
The Riding and Hunt Club re-
sumed with the inauguration of |
Lent its series of Tuesday evening |
musical rides which are an inter /
esting feature of every winter. A |
number of people of all ages, sizes
and both sexes turn out for the drill |
and gymkhana, while others come |
in later to attend the informal |
dance and supper which always fol-
lows. The weather so far has made |
outdoor riding almost impossible, |
but some very interesting hunts are |
to be held in the spring.
HUGH GIBsONs GUESTS
OF OFFICIAL SOCIETY.
Much of the entertaining of the |
|
to Poland and his bride, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Hugh Gibson, who spent the |
week with the Secretary of Com |
merce and Mrs. Herbert Hoover. |
NJ. Hoover and Mr.. Gibson are, you |
know, close friends. a friendship |
founded during the troublesome |
days in Brussels during the war
when Mr.. Hoover was directing the |
American relief work in Belgium |
and Mr.. Gibson was attached to |
our embassy there. M. Gibson was |
married a few weeks ago in Brus- |
sells, the bride being Mile. Ynes |
Reyntiens, daughter of a former |
court official of Belgium, a close |
friend of the late King Leopold II. |
During the war she was active In |
relief work and met her husband |
while rolling bandages and the like |
for Belgian soldiers.
Washington has given them a |
right royal welcome home. The |
Polish Legation are entertaining |
for them-the Minister and Prin- |
cess Lubomirska have gone home |
on leave of absence, but the coun-
selor. Michael Kwapisze wska, and |
his wife give them a large lunch |
dor and Baroness de Cartier gave |
them a dinner last evening. and the
Hungarian Minister and Countess
Szechenyi entertained at a luncheon
Thursday in their honor. and Fri
day they were dinner guests of the |
Counselor of the British Embassy /
British Ambassador and Lady /
To- IN To-.