The Washington herald., 1922-04-30

their guests to meet DR.. and Mrs.
Harry billiard. of Philadelphia;
Nine. Christian Hauge and a dozen
others.
Mrs. Charles A. Culberson. wife
Of the Senator, had a luncheon yes
terday in compliment TO Mrs. Earl
Lord and Mrs. Dimock gave a re-
cital for the bensft of the George
Memorial. Then the
National Committee
Women convened yesterday and
also had a reception when Mrs.
woodrow Wilson received. It was
all to discuss means of carrying
out the nationwide organization
of women into Democratic clubs.
Mrs. Wilson has been the guest of
honor at several luncheons lately
and even gave a luncheon party
herself, and she attended the Heif-
itz concert Tuesday, too. It seemed
natural to see her sitting in a box.
I think you will agree with me
now that last week was as gay as
any at the heighth of the season.
And I've scarcely told you half, at
that.
Already society leaders are select
ing summer homes and making
summer plans. The Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hughes. 1 hear. have
decided to again lease "Greystone."
the Armat place in Rock Creek
Park, for the summer. which they
had last summer. They had just
about decided to take the willard
Straight place on the Rockville road
but suddenly changed their minds.
evidently. The Henry P. Fletchers
had the Willard Straight place last
summer, which was the old Baker
farm and is one Of the picturesque
estates along the Rockville pike. l
have heard that Randall Wagner Is
contemplating renting the Britton
place across the road from the
Straight home, just opposite the
George Hamilton place. i called 1t
owned for so long by Alexander
Britton, but is now the property OF
Murray Cobb or Mrs. Murray Cobb.
The Cobbs lived there several sum-
mers before the war and then the
Charles B. Warrens, of Detroit. had
it for some time during the war
when they lived here. He is now
our Ambassador to Japan.
IHc marry hlISSp L near, are
thinking of taking the William
Dorsey place. in Rockville for the
summer. They are just back from
White Sulphur Springs. They have
an apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel. The John Joy Edsons are
not going to open their country
place, 10y Farm" on the Rockville
road, so I'm told. but are going to
California to visit their daughter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Edison, who has been
living there for several years now.
They have such a pretty place. The
George Hamiltons have opened
their place already.
J. o. DONALDSON
A HERO AGAIN.
Capt. John o. Donaldson, son of
Col. and. Mrs. T. @. Donaldson, who
so distinguished himself in the air
service during the war. for which
he received numerous decorations,
who brought down numerous Ger
man planes and was German
prisoner and escaped into Holland.
and lots of other thrilling things,
particularly for one so young, has
again distinguished himself. He is
working now in Charleston at a
PAoSC NaCy
and there was a big explosion there
the other day when one man was
killed John O.'s picture was all
over the Charleston papers after
wards. He quickly got together two
other youngsters. and at the great
risk of their lives, fought the fire
under his directions until they had
ii cornered in one partition. But
quantities of T. n. T. were all about
and they were in the gravest danger
of being blown to smithereens any
second.
Did you know that Comdr. Theo-
dore Jewell is winning a reputa-
tion as a speaker? He has talked
at a number of places lately on
'Historica Spots in New England"
The new German Ambassador is
due here this week DR.. Otto Ludwig
wiedfeldt. I'm not thrilled at all
about it, either: the war is still
to fresh in my mind.
l had a note from a very brill
liant literary friend of mine. in
New York the other day saying. II
have just seen Ellen van Volken-
burg's and Maurice Brownies pro-
of Bernard Shaw's comedy,
Candida at the Greenwich VIII
lage Theater here. You must go
there when you cope to town.
a worthwhile repertory
theater for New York" That ap-
expresses it. The roper
tory includes the following:
Leonid Andreyev, He Who Gets
Slapped" trans. by Gregory Zil-
boorg; THE Pretty Sabine wom-
en-" translated by Gregory Zil-
boorg."
Rudolf Besier. Don"
Gordon Bottomley, King Lear's
Wife,
Rupert Brooke. "Lithuanla."
Maurice Browne. The King of
the Jews" "a Christmas Panto-
mime" in collaboration with Ellen
van Volkenburg.
Paul Claudel, The Tidings
Brought to Mary" translated by
Louise Morgan Sill.
Euripides, The Trojan Women"
translated by Gilbert Murray"
"Medea" translated hy Gilbert