The Washington herald., 1922-04-02

Gibson has some very Eood-looking
Jewels, by the way. While / was
dancing with a man the other night
at the dandy party the State De-
partment Club gave, when Frieda
Hempel sang, my partner enter
tanned me the entire time raving
about Mrs. Gibsor's earrings. They
were pretty; were pendants of dia-
monds and rubies. She wore an uu-
usual looking wrap that evening;
it was OF dark green and gold bro
cade with wide collar all of dark
green and white ostrich tips-took
me back a decade or two. (Some-
one whispered to me the other eve
ming that the State Department
Club Is planning a fancy dress ball
this spring.)
Again the I'll wind-the Rob-
binses departure is bringing back
here Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Macy Dulles.
who are due this week from Con-
stantinople. whic his pleasant news.
Mr.. Dulles is to take Mr.. Robbins place
as chief OF the Near Eastern Divi-
sion of the State Department He
is Mrs. Lansing's nephew, you know.
There has been quite an exodus Of
heads of diplomatic missions in
Washington lately. 1t is true none
of them are going for keeps" as
children say: at least not so far as
we now know. But the japanese
Ambassador and Baroness Shlde-
hara have just gone back to Japan.
the Ambassador on six months
leave. He has not been well for
months: was taken sick in the early
days of the arms conference and
has never been like himself since
and hopes to get thoroughly well
while at home. think he plans to
undergo an operation.
PEZETs BACK IN PERU
FOR FEW MONTHS VISIT.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet are back in Peru en-
joyinE a vacation. They had plan
ned this trip for several months
before they really got of and were
as happy as two children about the
visit home. The British Ambassa-
dor and Lady Geddes are due back
the middle of the month from tour
OF the West and a visit to Canada.
They have been gone fully a month.
now. I should say. The Polish Min
lister and Princess Lubomirska are
visiting their Polish home and Prin-
cess Bibesco. wife of the Ru-
manian Minister. sails tomorrow or
the next day with her mother. Mrs.
Herbert Asqre<h, to remain at her
English home until October. The
minister is remaining on here.
The Bulgarian Minister and Nine
Panaretofr only returned here
rather recently. as did also the
Netherlands Minister and Nine.
Everwijn. I understand the latter
a..
are very good fun when you know
them. The Minister was telling me
the other night of the results of a
paragraph I wrote after that dandy
party he gave early in the winter
during the arms conference in COM
pliment to all the newspaper men
and writers covering the confer
ence and a small group of news
paper women. I saw William Jen-
nings Bryan indulge innocentIy in
some punch served that evening,
one of those deceitful punches,
don't you know. You know the
kind I mean, which tastes so inno-
cent and sweet like-just like a
fruit punch-but which has a stick
and a decided kick in it.
wrote about Mr.. Bryan un-I
consciously straying from his IA
vorite path and many papers cop
led the story. 1t seems that a
number of papers in Holland copied
it too and there is an influential
prohibition party over there which
blamed the government for Mr..
Bryan's mistake and raised quite
a fuss about the incident. But 1t
wasn't really very serious. DR..
Everwijn assured me.
ALACK. ALAS. BANQUET PUNCH
ISN'T WHAT 1T USED TO BE.
Do you remember the old days
when there used to be a stick in
the punch served at the state re-
ceptions at the White House? It
really wasn't so long ago, you
know-the Woodrow wilson's al
ways served elaborate suppers and
punch. generally champagne punch,
on those occasions. Mrs. Harding
gave us such a nice party at the
Executive Mansion last Saturday
week ago yesterday. BY "us' I
Washington. 1t was quite the
most formal party she has given
in our honor yet. The floral dec
orations, for one thing, were just
exquisite and fully as elaborate
as they are for a state reception.
Not only were the various recep-
tion rooms, the Blue, Red and
Green rooms. and the state din
ing room. all just massed with
flowers but the stairway leading
upstairs to the living quarters of
the Hardings was adorned with
blossoms from top to bottom. Tea
was served in the state dining
room where Miss Laura Harlan
presided at the tea table.
As soon as Mrs. Harding had
greeted all of her guests, she Joined
them in the State dining room and
chatted away for fully an hour.
She told us lots of interesting
things about herself and her life as
wife of the Chief Executive She
said she is really going t. take up
horseback riding soon; that she
has two lovely horses to ride and
that she could have hal dozens Il
she had accepted all that had been
of cred to 1e- when the news
spread that she was fond of riding.
! knew she had one good one, the
sorrel mare, Lady. for l rode her
often before she was bought for
Mrs. Harding. I'm very envious of
her owing Lady; 1 want her my
self
WIFE OF PRESIDENT
WILL RIDE HORSE AsTRIDE.
Mrs. Harding said, too, she is go
ing to ride astride. though she has
never done it but once before in
her life-I think she said only once.
think 1t is the only safe and sane
way for a woman to ride. l gather