The Washington times., 1922-12-31
YOUNG FOLK DANCE
WAY THROUGH THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON
Lovely Fr0cks Worn
At Various Holiday
Balls.

gold with tunic Of net elaborateIv
embroidered in gold beads. very
handsome.
Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman looked
unusually handsome on Tuesday
evening. too. She and Captain
Waggaman went to both balls
that evening. She wore black vel.
vet and had on q lovely new
string Of real pearls her hushan nd
had given her for Christmas.
They are leaving on February 8
to take the Mediterranean tour to
Egypt. the Holy Land and south.
ern Europe. and Will be gone
three or four months. leaving the
children behind. They spent all
last winter in Florida. Chester
Flather was with them at the
ball. Mrs. Father. who was
Katie DuBose. 10 in mourning for
her sister. you know.
COL. EDWARD CLIFFORD was
at the Edwards party with
his son. Lambert, who 10 visit.
ing him for the holidays and of
whom he Is Justly proud. He is
a fine looking young chap. Col.
onel Clifford left town the next
day for q visit to his home in
Chicago. He is Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. has been in
Washington for about q year.
believe, and has had a house on
Lamont street which he has
given up. The Cliffords spent the
holidays at tho home Of Senator
William B. McKiney-I think
they are relatives. but am not
sure-and when his son leaves
early this week the colonel will
return to tho Army and Navy
Club.
Mrs. Clifford and two Of their
three children are in Europe,
travelling. studying languages and
having a good time. I think they
expect to be there all winter
long. Meanwhile the colonel is
a widower and is in great demand
for parties. He is lots Of fun, an
addition to any party and dances
extremely well.
HERBERT QUICK is back in
town for the winter and stay.
ing at tho Cosmos Club. He is
a writer of note. as you know,
and used to be a member Of the
Farm Loan Board. He came
originally from Iowa but has a
charming farm near Berkeley
Springs. w. Va, his home for
some years now. His wife is
there for the winter. He is
about to bring out a new novel.
his last. "Vandermark's Folly"
having been a bowling success, I'm
told.
The Cosmos Club is. perhaps, one
of, II not tn most. interesting places
in town. To belong to the club, YOU
know. a man must have distin-
guished himself in som scientific
or literary line or have done some
thing worth while. It Is a place
for men who have given something
to the world, and there much can
be learned. They" say that il
one strolls into the dining room at
the Cosmos Club at LUNCHEON time
and starts a discussion on almost
any subject under the sun. one
can get right then and there an
expert opinion from some author.
ity Of worldwide recognition. OF
course. that is slightly exaeger.
ated. but II comes pretty near to
being true.
I'VE been interested in noticing
how much Of Nathan c. Wy
eth's work is coming to the front
Of late. He seems to have illus.
trated almost every handsome
book ] picked UP during the holi.
days and his work Is always love.
ly. I suppose you remember the
wyeths when they used to play
around in the smartest circles
in society here at the Capital.
They have been abroad for some
years now and when last I heard
Of them were in Switzerland.
Mr.. wysth has been described
as Americas greatest painter Of
Costumed Romance and by other
complimentary terms. SO many
handsome children's books have
his illustrations and he has done
the pictures for q new and beau.
tiful edition Of Conan Doyle's
white Company" a marvelously
beautiful collection Of full.page
illustrations, marked by such dar.