The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
FRENCH DIPLOMATIC OFFICER
ENJOYS SUNDAY DANCING.

evening.
FRENCH DIPLOMATIC OFFICER
ENJOYS SUNDAY DANCING.
They even dance on Sunday. Last
Sunday there were several dances
and tea dance is scheduled for
today-tea dance and eggnogg
party. the invitations read. The
host will be Prince de Bearn ct de
Chalais, conseiller de rAmhassade
de France aux Etats-Unis. Being a
diplomat. of course. he can not only
have eggnogg at his party. but he
can admit having it. AS such lux
uries are few and far between these
arid days, it is a safe bet that he
will receive absolutely no regrets.
Prince de Bearn entertained at a
small Christmas dance last Sunday,
too. The Argentine Ambassador and
Mime. LeBreton were hosts at a tea
dance last Sunday afternoon, also.
But they give those small, infor-
NAL tea dances practically every
Sunday during the season. their
pretty niece. Mile. Manuela Llov-
eras receiving with them, and
proving to be a great drawing card
for all OF the young men in town.
She is good looking and dresses so
we'll; the same is true of Nine. Le-
Breton.
Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman
will have a reception this after
noon, also. Their party will be a
sort of cooperative affair. for their
next-door neighbors. Arthur Venck-
en-, Comdr. A. c. w. Stanton. A.
IT. Hamilton Gordon and Capt. ]. F.
Harker. a group of unattached and
attractive British embassy attaches.
are going to join in on the recep-
tion. You see there Is a connect
ing door between the two houses
the Pittman's live at 3145 Sixteenth
and the youths keep bachelor hall
at 3147, and that door will be
opened up for the afternoon, ana
guests will be received by both
households, and it gives indication
of being a jolly party. too.
Mrs Edison Bradley. also Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. T. Mann are at home today.
too. and a number of others can't
recall right this minute.
CHRISTMAS DAY WAS QUIET
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Christmas Day. however. taking
il on the whole. was very quiet.
even for a Sunday. The majority
spent the day quietly with their
families. and the few who had
guests had only close friends. The
embassies and legations all enter
tanned tho members of their re-
spectivr staffs and their families
some time during the holidays
some on Christmas eve. some sun
day and some Monday But the day
after Christmas was surely CAV;
they all made up for lost time.
There were many large dinner par
tics on that evening. notably the
dinner which Prince Tokugawa, OF
the japanese delegation. gave in
compliment to the Secretary of
state and Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes.
+. dc Sclys dc Fanson. counselor
Of the Belgium Embassy, and Nine.
dc Selys gave a large dinner in
honor of the Belgian Ambassador
and Baroness dc Marchienne. Ear
oness Shidehara. wife of the Japa-
nese Ambassador. was at Prince To-
kugawa's party. but the Baron,
who was taken i'll in the early days
of the arms conference. is not yet
able to attend parties.
But the event was the ball which
Mrs. Thomas F. walsh gave at her
Massachusetts, avenue mansion
Monday night in compliment to
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene. ths
debutante great-granddaugh of
former President Grant. and her
young brother and his wife. Prince
Michael and Princess Clarissa Canta-
cuzene. who are spending the holi-
days in Washington with their
grandmother, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant. who gave them a large din
ner party before the ball. The MANY
dinner parties of the evening all
ended up at that ball.
MANY FUNCTIONS ON TUESDAY.
EACH ONE A BIG EVENT.
Tuesday there were many func-
tions that could be called the event
of the day socially, the dinner party
which Arthur James Balfour. of the
British delegation gave with the
Secretary and Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes as honor guests: the lunch
con which Mrs. Smoot. wife of Sena-
tor Reed Smoot, gave for Mrs. CAL
vim Coolidge. wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, and the dance which Mr.. and
Mrs. i. T. Mann gave for their de-
butante daughter. Miss Alice Mann.
which was attended by the mass of
society of all ages and. like the
Walsh ball. of the evening before,
all of the evenings dinner parties
went later to the dance, among the
dinner hosts being Senator and Mrs.
Arthur Capper. who entertained for
their debutante niece. Miss Isabelle
Crawford, and Mrs. Warwick Emile
Montgomery. who is a niece of the
late CHIEF Justice Edward Douglas
White.
Alice Mann went to the Montrom-
cry dinner, though she herself had n
little dinner party az home for her
house guests, Miss Torey McRey-
nolds. of Dallas. Tex. who will
spenS ten days with them, and Miss
Elea1br williams. who came over