The Washington herald., 1922-01-15

| Riano were guests of honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Denegre at dinner
Thursday evening. Friday Rear Ad-
| mIral and Mrs. W. V. Pratt had a
number Of young people to dine with
them in compliment to Miss Corinne
Stephens. one of this winters buds.
Nine. Christian Hauge, had guests
for dinner yesterday as did also the
Frederick Bughers and Van Biloxi
Land. of the Netherlands delegation.
A bud was presented yesterday.
too. though rather late in the sea-
son for presenting debutantes. This
one was a diplomatic bud. Flaminia
Sarmiento, daughter OF Nine. de
Caspedes, wife of the Cuban Min
lister. The charming young lady. the
exact image OF her mother, is very
little known in Washington, as she
has been. abroad most Of, the years
her mother has been in Washing
| ton.
DANCES NUMEROUS
DURING THE WEEK.
Society danced a great deal. as
well as diSed, last week. In sddi-
ton to the Charity ball and Mrs.
Dlmock's dance. there was another
| of the Junior League series of
dances, which are always very
smart and always preceded by many
large dinners. Then the very select
One Hundred Club had the second
Of their dances OF the season last
evening. this time Senator and Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry acting as hosts
Dinners OF all sizes were given be-
fore this entertainment, too. as is
usual. The Gerrys had guests for
dinner.
The Congressional ladies OF Con-
gress Hall Hotel have announced
that they will be at home on the
second and fourth Mondays of each
| month from now on. The hotel
which Is close to the Capitol Is a
popular place with members OF both
Houses OF Congress and their wives
from many states. The first of the
series OF these informal affairs. was
given Monday and will be followed
later In the season by their large
formal reception. You see the Con-
gressional women staying there al
ways receive together-co-operati
receiving. as IL were. Cooperation
with the society hostesses at the
Capital Is getting to be a very pop
ular idea, solves a number OF social
son, IL would seem, and which has
been sponsored by Mrs. Harding.
One OF the most interesting festivi-
ties Of the present week almost slipped
by entirely unnoted - the luncheon
which Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird
gave on Monday for the four Ameri-
can conf .rence delegates, Secretary
Hughes, Senator Lodge. Senator
Underwood and Elihu Root. Mrs.
Bird Is one of the four women MEM
bers of the conference and the only
guests asked to meet the big four"
were Mrs. Catherine Phillips Edison
and Mrs. Thomac G. Winter. COL
leagues Of the hostess. The fourth
feminine member OF the advisory
committee. Mrs. Eleanor Franklin
Egan, Is out Of town.
The luncheon was given in the
charming apartment which Mrs. Bird
has rented for the period of the con-
ference, was intended only for a meet
ing between the American delegates
and the four women advisers. 1t
was intended to give the women an
opportunity to discuss the conference
and ask questions OF the men at the
helm.
That Secretary Hughes, not only
the chief American delegate, but
chairman Of the conference. and his
colleagues should accept is ample
proof OF the important place which
ths women occupy in their estlma-
ton.
When William Howard Taft was
President Of the United States a din
ner was given in his honor by Will
lam Marshall Bullitt. OF Kentucky.
who was Solicitor General during the
last year of the Taft Admin strat ton.
Mr.. Bullitt remarked to Mr.. Taft in
the course of the dinner: mfr. Presi-
dent, when you become Chief Justice
of the United States I'll give you an
other dinner" The President rejoined !:
You're on" The dinner will take
place on Monday evening and Senator
George Wharton Pepper. the new
Sens tor from Pennsylvania, will be
among the guests.
When I read that Theodore
Brentano was slated for the American
Ambassadorship to Austria. thought
perhaps he belonged to the book store
family but H. Is a veteran Illinois
jurist. He is from Chicago. He has
Just completed a record-breaking
career Of 81 years Of uninterrupted
service as judge OF the Superior Court
of Cook County. A Michigan man by
birth and in his sixty-eighth year, he
has been a lifelong Republican.
Judge Brentano is of German origin
and received his higher education in
Switzerland and Germany. His wife
was Miss Claussenius, of Chicago,
whose family for two generations
has been identified with the North
German Lloyd interests in America.
An especially, attractive addition
to Washington society this season
is Miss Dorothy Read, daughter of
a late ambassador to France, and
niece of Mrs. Robert Lansing. Miss
Read has spent the greater part Of
her time abroad and is versed in
European customs and languages,
several Of which she speaks as a
native. In fact, when Miss Read
returned to this country in 1918.
after a childhood and young girl
hood spent in various European
capitals, she could receive only n
temporary appointment in the gov
eminent because her residence was
A4fa blfshed in France