The Washington times., 1922-08-13
WASHINGTON FEELS
KEEN INTEREST i'm
STATE PRIMARIES
Society Has to Live
With the Victors
i'm Elections.


ly interested in the primar,
ies-auite aside from politics
because It has to live with them
--men and women who are sent
to the Senate and the House. In
Delaware. for example. there is a
contest on upon which win de-
pend the continuance as part of
the Senatorial set OF the T. Cole
man du Ponts.--who care exceeds
ingly well placed. although they
have only been here one season.
The Senator came to fill out the
term of Senator Wolcott. who
resigned to accept a life job as
chancellor OF the State. And in
New Jersey the question of Sen
ator Frelinghuysen's return.
which is primarily political-no
pun intended--is one in which
society is decidedly interested,
for there is no more gracious and
graceful hostess in Washington
than Mrs. Joseph s. Freling.
huysen.
In Massachusetts, the question
--if there is a question--of Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodges return
Ss of a whole lot of interest to
official society. Although the
Senator himself lives almost as a
recluse in his Massachusetts
avenue home. entertaining Soc
tally very little and going out
to social functions even less
ministered to by old family
servants who know his every
taste and keep him done up in
cotton wool--his daughter, Mrs.
Augustus Gardner, and his grand
daughter. Mrs. Grafton Minot,
are leaders in society, each in
her own orbit. ~
Sometimes their orbits coin
eide, frequently they do not, but
happily they never conflict, Mrs.
Minot is one of the smartest,
cleverest and most generally
attractive young matrons in the
Capital and even her grandfather
has yielded, somewhat grudingly
II may be, to her charm. uis
name figures on her dinner lists
more often than any other host
ess and presumably she even has
his telephone number
! Senator Lodge, like former
President Wilson, has one of
those unlisted phones, with a
number that is kept deep, dark,
unfathomable secret. And there
is story told to the effect that
one day when he was at his
office he wished to call his own
house, forgot his own phone
number and couldn't persuade
Central to give it up although he
tOiu HeT lhdl uc was ociiuIoi
Lodge and wanted to get his
own house. So presumably she
thought that there was some.
thing queer about a man who
couldn't remember his own
phone. At any rate the Senator
finally had to call up his ~ecre-
tary and ask for the number.
THERE's a most interesting
contest on in Maryland, Wash
ingtons, closet neighbor, and In
deed the District of Columbia's
mother State. It's for Senator
Frances seat--and Senator France
thinks he fits IL pretty well him
self. Mrs. France has made a
warm place for herself socially and
is certainly a good deal of figure
among the Senatorial women
quite regardless of politics. Gov
ernor .Ritchie has announced him
self a candidate and refuses to con.
slider himself as candidate for
reelection to the governorship-
and Washington knows and likes
Governor Ritchie and would be
glad to welcome him here. John
w. Garrett Is also officially listed
as q candidate and he has all sorts
of social pull. -.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett are very
well known and very popular. His
family is one of the best known In
Maryland and he himself has been
long in the diplomatic service and
has lived a good deal in Washing.
ton He was recently secretary.
general of the arms conference
here and discharged those Highly
diplomatic duties with wonderful
tact--so much so that there was
some idea he would be named
Undersecretary OF State, succeed
ing Henry p. Fletcher when the
latter went 10 Brussels as Ameri,
can ambassador to Beigium--but
that place was given to William
Phillips. who had had similar ex-
perience here before and had sue
eeedsd Garrett is minister to Hol.
land when the latter resigned