The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
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Geo. ]. May in honor OF Miss Olga
G. Rupert and Paul Joseph May
whose wedding took place on Tues
day. Tuesday Mrs, Euguene Cissell
Gott, sr., entertained at the supper
dance at Wardman Park Hotel for
the wedding party of Miss Mary Lu-
ellie Hardison, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Robert Il. Hardison, and
Eugene Cissell Gott, jr., whose we'd
ding was an important social event
of Wednesday. The marriage of
Miss Phillis Hughes. daughter OF
the late Senator Hughes. of New
Jersey, and Vincent A. Hughes, OF
Detroit. was a brilliant event OF
| Tuesday. Yesterday the attention
of society was enlisted by the mar
riage OF Miss Golden Ruggles.
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Golden
LII. Ruggles, and Eustace Lee
Florance. jr., in the home of the
relatives of the bride. Col. and Mrs.
Herbert ]. Slocum-but I'll tell you
more about that elsewhere on the
page.
| A GREAT many private parties
~ were given during the week
for the delegates OF the Red Cross
|
ually. Washington is getting to be
more and more a convention city.
There Is a procession of conventions
and conferences and congresses and
"sich" for months ahead and they've
been going on for some weeks al
ready. OF course, they are always
with us and there are many good
reasons why Washington should be
so popular as a convention city
There are so many things for visit
ors to see and do. The Phi Sigma
Kappa Fraternity and the Associa-
tion of Military Surgeons both meet
here this month, and the American
Child Hygiene Association got its
| conference under way the last or
the week. The National Restaurant
| Association convened last week
here. too.
Then there Is the American DE
| tetlc Association which holds con,
vention here beginning tomorrow.
and about this week the national
! board of the d. A. r. gets together
! for its first fall meeting. Scattered
/ through November and Decembe"
there are to be meetings Of the
| American Clan MacGregor society
! but why go on. the list is simply
huge. The city is simply a Mecca
| for a whole grist of important con-
| ferences. 1t is just overflowIng
with strangers right now. or course.
| only a few OF the organizations
| which meet here are really Of any
/ special interest to society OF the
capital S variety. but in these demo-
/ cratic days diplomats and officials
/ are expected 10 keep in touch with
many things besides the government
and to know the popular mind to
invitations to address and attend
meetings of unimportant organiza-
tions are not refused.
! However, the scientific organiza-
tions and such conferences as thfa
. Red Cross convention. and the
American Child Hygiene brings to-
gether a number of people of real
social Importance. Sir Claude Hill.
secretary general OF the Interna-
tional Red Cross League, who has
been in Washington with his wife
for ten days now and much enter
tanned. came over for the Red Cross
conference: and such notables as
John Barton Payne hurried home
from Europe to be present at the
conference last week. Sir Claude
is a very distinguished Britisher. a
veteran OF the Indian civil service
in which he spent forty of the best
years of his life.
IT WO years ago he was selected
1 from a large number OF candi-
dates as general secretary and
executive officer of the Interna =
tional Red Cross, and as such made
his permanent home in Geneva. The
Red Cross. by the way. has been
giving a series OF Sunday afternoon
at-homes in its handsome building
down on Seventeenth street with a
/ group OF official women serving
as hostesses. In general way the
idea is to populariZe the Red Cross
and in particular way to give
people who are employed during the
week and have little opportunity to
see the Red Cross Building during
its business hours. a chance to see
and get Interested in the building
and what 1t stands for.
/ Judge John Barton Payne. who
was Secretary of the Interior and
the immediate successor Of the Ia
mented Franklin Lane. passed the
autumn in Paris where he has the
duty of presiding over the associ-
ated leagues OF the Red Cross eS-
tablished anywhere in the world.
/ There was an unusually large at
tendance at the conference called in
Paris for early IN October. Judge
Payne may pass the greater part Of
the winter visiting the points where
aid Is most needed, but he will es-
tablish headquarters in Hotel Ritz.
/ Paris. prior to finding a permanent
/ residence with convenient offices.
/ Possessing a large fortune and en-
tirely without domestic ties, Judge
/ Payne seems an ideal successor to
the late Henry P. Davidson. and he
will. for the next year at least.
| concentrate all his energies toward
strengthening the Red Cross in this
! country and in those imme diately
I affected by war conditions. There
Is a growing belief. however, that
/ the Red Cross. founded originally
| by woman and established in this
country by Clara Barton. should
have a woman director. France is
said to he contemplating this inno-
walton, since nursing Is so entirely
feminine avocation and accom-
plishment. The numerous activities
| in this country in which women
dominate will soon take up this sub
| ject. Mrs. oliver II. p. Belmont has
already done so and has committed
! the Woman's National party to seek
/ to place the Red Cross dictatorship
In the hands OF a woman.
BY the way. the Near East crisis
seems To he affecting tourists The