The Washington herald., 1922-06-18
DELIGHTFUL BOATING PARTIES
GIVEN BY MRS. THOMAS WALSH
Prominent Guests Enthusiastic Over Trips
Down Potomac.

the two colors. Everyone is ask
ing when is Mrs. Walsh going TO
give another boat party. for they
all had such a good time they want
10 go again. So many people have
said II must be lovely to have
enough money to show people such
good time as they had On those
two boat parties OF Mr.. walsh's,
and it must be fine. But then lots
of people have enough money TO
do those things and don't do them.
but Mrs. walsh is always doing
something of the sort.
Nine. Ceiesia Misses Boat.
/ could not go on the FIRST party
she gave, but the second one was
great. Those who did go On the
first one were just as enthusiastic
about the second. The guests were
all so jolly and everybody had a
grand time. Those who arrived at
the boat, the Majestic. early stood
on the top deck watching the late
arrivals. all with lunch boxes-and
all with thermos bottles-and their
wraps: some with suit cases, even.
Nine. Celesia got left: she arrived
We
see her just as the boat left the
wharf. 1t did seem too bad, fol-
she was so near and yet so far.
Someone said that Maize GOWN just
missed the boat on the first party.
but that when the guests reached
ouantico there she was dancing:
she had flown down and beaten
them all alter all. She returned on
the Majestic.
There were two orchestras on
board-a negro orchestra On the
main deck and Boernstein on the
top deck. The dancing began be-
fore the boat started to move and
kept up all evening. Though Il
was very warm the motion OF the
boat made a dandy breeze which
cooled you off again before you got
really warm. An interested spec
tator of the dancing was the Portu-
guese Minister. Count d'Alte. He
doesn't often go to parties. and
when he does he almost always
spends so much time alone. apart
from the crowd. but always an In
terested spectator. He had his pic
ture taken by the very enthusias site
amateur photographer. DR.. Grou-
itch, Minister of the Serbs and so
forth. Nine. Grouitch and Mrs.
Walsh posed with him. They tell
a story on DR.. Grouitch: he and his
wife and. think, one or two
others recently were motoring TO
Guhston Hall to visit the Louis
Hertles, when suddenly the wheel
Of their motor car came off and
they were all uncomfortaly
pitched to the side of the road
Almost Immediately, before looking
at the car or doing anything at all.
the minister was out in the road
swapping a picture of the accident.
Picnic supper. Served.
The guests, most of them, danced
until supper time, when servants
placed card tables about and the
guests partook of their picnic sup
pers with the servants supplying
coffee and near-beer for those de-
string it. The company arranged
itself into jolly groups for eating
but soon returned to dancing. The
boat went down to Quantico, where
the pier was strung with many
lights for the occasion and canvas
was stretched for dancing. After
a period of fun there the boat re-
turned, the dancing lasting until
the boat was tied to the Washing
ton pier. Those who didn't dance
sat about in the moonlight-gen-
orally in twos. About IL o'clock
Mrs. Walsh served a delicious buf-
fet supper and a big bowl of tempt
ing and cooling punch was handy
all evening.
1t was certainly great fun and a
lovely party from start to finish;
the guests are all still talking
about II. II was that evening that
Hamilton Gordon, of the British
Embassy staff. was telling us about
the many wireless messages re-
ceived from II. NJ. S. the Raleigh
after she left Washington at the
close of a hectic ten days of par
ties. parties and then more parties.
"Cheerio. boys" thanks for the
good time you showed us"-or
words to that effect-read the first
radiogram sent by the ships off!-
GERS. Come back soon. all will be
forgiven" was the embassy reply;
and to this. in turn the Raleigh
men sent back, Too late. too late,
our hearts are broken"
Perhaps It doesn't do to inquire
too closely into the state of the
hearts of the girls of Washington.
since their departure. but IL is on
record that there has been a de-
cided increase in the size of the
mails.