The Washington times., 1922-03-05
By JEAN ELIOT

boarders eat! Nobody has the
least suspicion" And that's the
case with Mrs. Henderson's din
ner guests. She and her chef
take particular delight in camou-
flaging vegetables, fruits, nuts,
cereals, ETC., into imitation meats.
/ don't know that she has ever
offered prizes to the diners who
came nearest to guessing what
she was feeding them. But she
could very well do so. Nobdy
would ever come close enough TO
be awarded a prize.
IN the Senatorial set there are
a good many women who take
their Lenten observances seriously.
and to them Mrs. Selden p. Spen-
GERS Thursday morning Bible
classes are a source of inspiration.
1t is remarkable how they have
grown, and since the attendance is
drawn largely from the Congress
sional contingent. how their influ-
ence is penetrating all over the
country.
In the beginning. several years
ago, Mrs, Spencer. who is, il / mis-.
take not. a clergyman's daughter,
started giving talks on Biblical sub
jects to a few friends assembled in
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins' ballroom.
BY next season the attendance bad
grown so large that the meetings
were transferred to the Washing
ton Club. Last winter It became
necessary to secure the big ball
room at the Willard. and, through
the good offices of Mrs. Joseph /.
France, they will be held there
again this season. The first lee
ture was on Thursday, and several
hundred women assembled for 1t.
IRON the President and Mrs.
Harding down, we found the
last few days before Ash Wednes-
day almost too crowded for COM
fort. The only Mardi Gras ball
was the one given at the Burling-
ton for the benefit of the Trav-
elers' Aid Society; and that wasn't,
strictly speaking, a ball, but the
first of a series of rather smart
little dances being arranged to
raise funds for the work Of this
appealing organization. On the
other hand, there were dinners
galore that night, including the
one given for the President and
Mrs. Harding by the Secretary Of
Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace,
another with the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand
as hosts, another given by the
Minister of Sweden and Nine.
Wallenberg, still another by the
Counselor of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon
and on down through a grist OF
parties of only slightly less i'm
portance.
The Wallaces might with some
truth have spoken of their dinner
for the Chief Executive as a
family party" as the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Weeks did with
rather less justification. For
pretty red.haired Miss Mary Wal.
lace was among those present"
of course, and Miss Ruth Wallace
was home from Goucher College
for the occasion. Then. there
were Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Wal.
lace, son and daughter-in.law of
the hosts and Mr.. and Mrs. John
p. Wallace, the former a brother OF
the Secretary, as well as a group
of "home folks" from Des Moines,
which included Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold p. Howell ana Mr. and Mrs.
Grant McPherrin.
The two Iowa Senators were
thcre--the new man, Charles Raw
son, accompanied by Mrs. Rawson,
and Senator Cummins by hia
sisters, the Misses Anne and
Margaret Cummins-and such
other nutables as General Perish
ing, Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Work,
DR.. and Mrs. Charles ID. Walcott,
Of the Smithsonian Institution,
and some Of the officials of the
Agricultural Department.
For one other thing the Wallace
party was notable-the presence
OF DR., Bedrich Stepanek. minister