The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Ball Given by Ambassador and
Lady Geddes Among Notable
Events for Visitors.
WASHINGTON. d. c., June 8.

ington! OF course 1t isn't the
first time; for they captured
the city in the days of Its youth-more
than century ago. The house where
their officers made their headquarters
during the war of 1912 still stands
down near the navy yard and is to-
day the official residence of the Major
General commanding the Marine Corps
at present, Gen. John A. LIE Jeune.
1t was just a "happenso" that yet
other British officers of this day and
generation were not feted there dur
ing the last week. For Admiral
Pakenham-even the name is a far off
echo of that other far off day, for
wasn't it Gen. Pakenham who COM
manded the British forces at the bat
tie of New Orleans, early in 1916, and
was killed in action?-and his staff
and the officers Of his flagship. the
Raleigh, came, saw and conquered the
town without firing a gun. Since their
arrival last Monday morning they
have simply owned the city. Never
before was surrender so complete and
joyous-unless, possibly, in the fall Of
1919, when the Prince Of Wales spent
a few days here and won all hearts
by sheer force of his gay and gallant
personality.
Every festivity, aside from the
rather solemn celebration Of Memorial
Day, has been in their honor, and
there have been as many as could be
crowded into the f1eeting hours. In
fact several-notably two planned by
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon. wife OF the
counselor Of the embassy-have been
completely crowded out.
Arrived ON Monday.
The Britishers arrived last Monday
aboard the Raleigh, the biggest bat
tleship that ever has come to anchor
at the navy yard in Washington. She
is the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir
William Christopher Pakenham, COM
mander of the North Atlantic and West
Indies stations of the British navy.
Her arrival here with score or more
of attractive officers of all ages and
degrees, from Sir William Pakenham,
a bachelor Admiral, and Capt. Bromely.
to the youngest midshipman, certainly
started something like a social-and
sartorial cyclone in Washington. There
have been breakfasts. luncheons, teas
and dinners. receptions and dances, and
even stray picnic or two arranged Tor
the officers individually and in groups
and there have been dinners and
luncheons on board the Raleigh by way
of return hospitality, and there Is to
be a reception there on Monday AFTER
noon, which will be the most general
Of Admiral Pakenham's parties.
The first little preliminary breeze
was a relatively small, luncheon which
Miss Mildred Bromwell gave for some
OF the younger officers at the Shore
ham on Monday, within a few hours
of the time that the Raleigh was
warped into the dock of U. s. s. May
flower at the washington navy yard
Miss Bromwell had visited in Bermuda
during the last winter IS the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Flint and their
daughter, Miss Margaret o. Flint, who
had a cottage down. there. She natur-
ally saw quite little of the Raleigh
and her officers, while the vessel was
in its home waters. Miss Flint has
been visiting down here this week, and
of course, she has been in on most Of
the parties where the younger officers
were the chief interest. She has been
staying with Col. and Mrs. Stephen
LII. Slocum, whose niece she Island
while she was to have been at the
Bromwells for part of her visit
haven't heard of her being there as
yet. Miss Bromwell has had other girls
as her house guests. notably Miss Tracy
Lyon.
However, Mildred Bromswelrs lunch
con was comparatively modest little
party. That same evening Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Reynolds Hit had the most
important dinner party of the evening,
in honor of Admiral Pakenham and
his staff. a company Of about forty;
and there were two other dinners ar
ranged for groups Of the Raleigh's Of
fcers, one by the commercial counselor
of the Embassy and Mrs. John Joyce
Broderick, and one at which Col. and
Mrs. Charles b. Drake entertained. Oh,
yes; Miss Howe-Elizabeth Howe-also
had a dinner for some of them.
Memorial Day Exercises.
Tuesday was. a Memorial Day. rem
dered doubly significant by the official
dedication Of the Lincoln Memorial
the graceful little Greek Temple In
Potomac Park. With Daniel Chester
French's inspired seated figure of
Lincoln. by way of a monument-the
Gettysburg address as a fitting epitaph.
and Jules Guerins's lovely symbolical
JnuTdl utCoidtioiiS. ITO kACoiuche ohu
Mrs. Harding took their part In the
Memorial Day exercises. rather humbly
and unobtrusvely.' They went over to
Arlington and participated quietly in
the exercises over here. They were as
fnconspicuous as they possibly could be.
merely spectators. for the President
made no address here.
Even over at dedication of the
Lincoln Memorial few hours later one
felt that he was playing his part
humbly. re made an address in ac-
cepting 70 the nation the beautiful
and fitting emorial which q former
President the present Chief Justice.
William Howard Taft. turned over to
him. as head of the Lincoln Memorial
Association. The mere fact that this
memorial to the great martyr President
was given by another who had held
his own high office. acting as spokes-
man and accepted by yet another Presi-
dent of these United States. was In
itself self-impressive. 1t had been
hoped up to the very last that another.
the only other living former President,
would also be present, but Woodrow
Wilson was not we'll enough to be
there to participate in that memorial
TO his great predecessor. Robert Todd
Lincoln. only surviving son of his father.
was probably the most observed of all
observers. The vice-President and Mrs.
Coolidge, the former at the head of tho
United States Senate, which attended
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