The Washington herald., 1922-04-16

ARE SCHEDULED.
Ball|there will be big ones and
ttle ones, private and public ones.
some OF the balls will be benefits
while there will be benefits in many
'ther forms; card parties, teas, nusi-
ales, amateur theatricals, garden
- sarties galore and every other form
u entertainment one can imagine.
The country clubs are becoming
more popular every day. and, incl
dentally, the country clubs seem
20 be getting more and more nu-
nerous every day. The new Con-
gressional Country Club is getting
inder way. as is new Town and
Country Club. Both are in Mont
SUuIery county. Md. which borders
N the District. This makes six coun-
try clubs in the county now and
me nearby-Grasslands which ad-
joins the Edward Besle Mclean
suburban home, Friendship" where
they are entertaining at a break
'ast today. They give a series of
such parties every spring at
Friendship" always with a dis
tinGuished company, and IL would
not surprise me one bit II P:esidtN t
and Mrs. Harding were among their
suCstS today.
President and Mrs. Harding. you
know. dine with anyone they wish.
officially or unoffiCially. whenever
he spirits move them; something
other Presidents have rathe- hesi-
:atcd to do for fear they would be
swamped with invitations. and be-
ing unable to accept them all,
would thereby get in bad" with
'ome. Just last Tuesday night they
.oOk dinner with representative
md Mrs. Samuel winslow, who
gave their party in celebration OF
he birthday anniversary OF the Sec
'etary Of state. Charles L. Hughes:
he Secretary of War. John w.
Weeks. and Cen Enoch Crowder.
party. being so on Tuesday: Mr..
Weeks is Sc, Gen. Crowder Is So and
Mr.. Winslow 81. Some birthday
celebration. was II not?
HRs. HARDING TO RECEIVE
PEN LEAGUE WOMEN.
Mrs. Harding will -ereive the
members Of the League Of Ameri-
AN Zen Women on Tuesday after
loon. April 25. As A contributor to
President HardinE's newspaper in
Marion, Ohio. Mrs. Harding is an
ICtive memb,r of the league. The
o-mer Presidents wife, Mrs. Wood
'Ow Wilson. was the guest of honor
vt a luncheon which Mrs. r. C.
2inKEold gave at the Shoreham HO-
:cl Tuesday. Mrs. Wilson is going
,ut more and more now socially.
She herself gave a nice luncheon
Darty a week or so ago. Mrs. Will
sons good friend, Mrs. Thomas F.
5ayard, was there. know. and Mrs.
5OrdOn Cummings and one or two
Dthers | don't recall right this min
ute. Mr.. Wilson went into the
Irawing groom to greet the guests,
100, and several Of them told mo
hat he looked very well. indeed;
Ust fine, and did not even use a
zane to walk with.
President and Ms. Harding at
ended the opening baseball game
" the season played last Wednes-
lay. when literally speaking-al-
nOst-'the world and his wife" at
ended. The President opened the
game by throwing the ball and had
luite a large party with MN in
'luding George Christian. his secre-
ary. who had on that striking dead
Fhite fedora he wore last spring.
surely you have seen It: you could
Iot miss IL even in that crowd 1t Is
always Interesting to me to look
,ver a crowd like that. / remember
1t the opening game last year red
hats seemed to he all over the
place: " looked almost as though
Every woman there had on a red
rat. Red hats were few and far
between last Wednesday: blue
Ieemed to be the popular shade and
generally a blue near the Harding
or the periwinkle shades. The
weather Wednesday was as near
perfect as one could have wanted: :
glorious spring day: a wonderful
lay to be out Of doors. And people
ire seeking the out Of doors these
lays.
COUNTRY CLUBS PROVE
INCREASINGLY POPULAR.
The country clubs are not only
o getting more popular but more and
more parties are being given at
hem on the broad verandas in
;tead Of in private drawing rooms.
Then the tennis courts are crowded
low: also the golf courses. The
concrete tennis courts are being
deserted for the gravel courts.
One sees more people at all these
,laces and all in spite OF the fact
hat so many have gone away.
some went just for the quiet of
loly week, planning to return to-,
lay or tomorrow. while others will
.emain through Easter week and
till others are just going now to
pend the Easter holidays at At
antic City. the Hot Springs or for
motoring or the like. l understand
Congress is planning a few days of
Caster vacation, either fficially or
InoTlcially. The pressure Of busi-
Iess has been so great since the
;ixty-seventh Congress took office
hat its members have had little
cisure and don't seem to have en-
.pura aging prospects Of any to
,cak of. The wives OF the Con-
ressional set are mostly faithful
y standing by their liege lords
uring these enforced stays in
,sashington. even in the dead heal
Il midsummer. The wisdom of
,hamp Clark. who predicted
-car-round Congress. Is in fair
ay.
What is usually the quietest
week socially in the year has just
.iosed: universal sentiment has set
,side the six days between Palm
sunday and Easter as a holy week
md good form as well as religious
ceiling demand that no formal
functions be hold then, But one OF