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The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Diplomatic 'Bud' Makes
Formal Debut at Tea

T'HE only diplomatic bud" to
make . formal debut this
winter has besn Miss Flaminia
sarmiento, daughter of Mme. de
Cespedes, wife Of the minister Of
Cuba
Miss sarmiento was presented to
society at . tea dance at the lega-
ton yesterday afternoon by the
Minister and Nine. de Cespedes.
She wore for her coming out party
. dainty pink vatican frock par
ticulariy becoming to her dark
beauty. Her mother. Nine. dc
Cespedes, wore cream satin bro.
oaded In steel beads.
Though the only bud to make
q formal entrance into society from
the ranks Of the diplomats. Miss
sarmiento 10 not the only diplo-
pnatio debutante. Miss Ingegerd
wallanbers, daughter Of the Min.
fvtsr cf Sweden and Nine. wallen.
bsrr y considered q member Of
ne debutante crowd though she
has bsen permitted just to slip
suf- into society. Miss Adela Bali.
Wan, daughter Of the Bolivian
minister. II also considered bud"
though she made her formal debut
at the Court Of st. James last
winter when her parents, Senior
and Sonora Adolfo Ballivian were
stationed at the Bolivian legation
there.
The Bryn girls, Laura md Ipger,
are included quite Frequently IN
the debutante parties, but are =,
reality only "sub-debs." They " -
probably make formal deiu' T. y.
winter.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15

one weakened and totterins victor
left a victim for the first strong
barbarian following. ....:
TT is. now for us to act with
more than normal wisdom and mod.
Grafton" he says, in order that
peace win remain in the world. II
is better. for that same world, he
concludes, that neither America nor
Britain be the first nation" but
rather that each be willing to be
"tile second nation" However, thu
; Hope OF the future rests with the
English'speaking people.
THE COUNCIL OF SEVEN"
a-.a J. C. Snaiths' latest work %.
Appleton & co., is self described on
its Jacket as IAN amazing story Of
the titantic struggle between a vast
newspaper syndicate. preaching war,
and a mysterious group Of men who
work for peace. but who resort to
any poisonous. means TO attain
It," So much for the Jacket tsome
day. some one is going to write Q
very interesting dissertation on the
vagaries of book jackets in general
by the way. which in this case Is
fairly truthful.
The newspaper syndicate IL de-
scribed as the powerful "U. p" (the
action takes place in England, tho
destinies Of which are dominated by
Saul Hartz, whose powers are MAIDS
to appear almost limitless. and who
will stop at nothing to crush an ad.
versary. A young member Of Par.
lament, John Endor. acquires the
enmity Of Hartz and the girl, Helen
Sholto, Hartz' chief lieutenant, re-
signs and joins forces with Endor.
when she realizes the true situation.
The council Of seven, from which
the book derives it's name, is a pow.
erful secret organization. formed for
the purpose Of relieving mankind
from the oppression even at the ex.
pense Of murder. and, Endor becomes
one Of their number before he real.
ICES its consequences.
From this setting. remarkable a.
1t is even for fiction. might have
been evolved a fairly. interesting
story. but it appears that the author
has failed lamentably in his purpose.
Much Of the action drags and even
the character Of Endor fails to at.
tract the sympathy that it should.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15

This list seems to be a. remark
able for the names among the
missing a. for the order In which
those represented appear. No one
will quarrel over the high stand
ing OF Wells. burlington. and
Galsworthy; In fact, considering
the merit Of the men. 1t II surpris-
ing they are not down among such
literati as Irwin Cobb, Harold Bell
Wright and Gene Porter. But
why, In the name of letters. IL
Joseph Conrad no more esteemed
than Dorothy Garfield, or Hugh
walpole paired with Wright. or
Arnold Bennett but little removed
from Ibanez. or Masefield barely
nose out Irwin Cobbf We give
II up. Meanwhile. there seems to
have been no voice raised In the
land for Thomas Hardy, or Theo-
dore Dresser. or Sherwood Ander-
son. or James Branch Cabeli. or
Roman ROLAND. Well. give EN-
time.
BOOTH TARKINGToN's 'TIarls-
~ ouin and Columbine" Double
day. Page & Coz, is the story Of \
temperament, set down in the capti-
waiting style which marks the writ
ings of Mr.. Harrington. Much there
IL of satire in this small book, ana
also somewhat Of romance, and the
tudicious blending Of these widely
divergent elements IL done In most
workmanlike manner. .
The hero Of the story. IL Talbot
Potter, actor. Potter is not only =
hero Of Mr.. Tarlington's. creation.
bpt ia a hero to himself. His every
action 10 the result Of careful
posing. II he walk the street. or
din. in public. ne II no less the
.ctor than when he makes appear.
ance on tho stage. His tempers-
want IN most In evidences at re-
hsarsals. A crealins board, an In
oavertent move on the part Of .
r,enber of the cast, were alike the
.,gnal for an outburst Of Homerio
wrath.
When his leading lady coughed
,w,ce during . rehearsal. she was
neremptorily fired" and % gave
opportunity for her understudy'
Wanda Malone, to make her appear
ance in the story. Upon actor and
wainwright Wanda e1srts irresisti-
Bile appeal. Each falls In love with
the dsmurs little actrssa. ana sacA
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
The Severances Take
Apartment at Hotel

MIR. AND MRS. RDENIo
Avn SEVERANCE, Of st. Paul,
will arrive in Washington tomor-
row and have taken an apartment
at the Shoreham. Mrs. Severance
viii be here for several weeks, but
rather imagine that Mr.. Sever
ance's visit will be shorter. They
will both be among the guests at
the dinner which Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Marshall Bullitt are giving
tomorrow night in honor OF the
Chief Justice and Mrs. william
Howard Taft.
The severances are close friends
of Senator and Mrs. Frank b. Kel.
ioee, whose home Is also In st.
Paul. and have frequently visited
them hare
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Books i'm Demand

G~~~0A~ $500 - ~%A<A3AeS1oN
THE following books were most
in demand at Brentano's the
past week: De ''.'~
FICTION. a..
Cytheria. Joseph Hergesheimer
To the Last Man. -, Zane Grey
The Briary Bush. -. Floyd Dell
Nightfall. ..... Anthony Pryde
The Sheik. 80. .E. M. Hull
The Young Enchanted
.- Hugh Walpole
NON-FTCTION.
The American Language
II. L. Mencken
Cruise. Of the Kawa ...
w. e. Traprock
Fairy Lands OF the South Seas
Hall and Nordhoff
The Friendly Arctic ..
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Queen Victoria. Lytton Strachey
Rowing East and Rowing West
~ Z. v. Lucas
A
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Stars i'm Daylight

IT has been recently found that
photographs Of stars down to the
sixth magnitude degree Of bright
ness) can be taken In broad daylight,
so that astronomical photography
need no longer be confined to. the
night. The discovery follows Lord
Rayleigh's finding that the color of
the sky is caused by the diffusion
Of sunlight by the atmosphere. and
that the quantity Of light dispersed
is different in the case of different
coiors.
II the stellar photographs are TAX
en- through a very deep red screen
the stars appear with distinctness.
Experiments on these novel lines
are being carried out at several OBJ
servatories In England. and impor-
tart results are anticipated
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Pen Women To Have
Interesting Program

THE City Of Washington League
OF American Pen Women has an.
nounced two speakers for the regu-
lar Sunday afternoon tea, from s to
o'clock today. at the national head
quarters. 1922 H street. Miss Dor
othy Dent, designer Of the Jeweied
Arch erected In honor of the visiting
delegates to the conference and
lighted for the first time on Armi-
stice night. will display her work In
Batik and fabric dyeing and will talk
on the appreciation Of art. Mrs.
Marion Leland. a member OF the
board of education in New York
city and a member Of the New York
City League Of American Pen wom-
en-, will also speak. She 10 q dra-
matte reader Of national reputation.
The program has been arranged by
Mrs. William Wolff Smith, chairman
Of the program committee for the
District League.
Mrs. Theodore Tiller, president Of
the City of Washington League, will
be assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Florence Willard Day and Mrs. Vir-
ginia King Frye. Mrs. Robinson
Downey and Nine. Susanna Oldberg
will be at the tea table, assisted by
Mrs. Hamlin e. Cogswell, Miss Alice
Hutchins Drake, Mrs. SalIie Grant
Gates and Miss Elizabeth Hyde.
At the Monday evening meeting,
to be held as usual at 8 o'clock at
the clubhouse, an attractive feature
has been arranged, the evening hav-
Ing been set aside as poets night.
when the guests will assemble about
the tables in the "Hoot o. the OWL"
the club dining room, In the base
ment of the clubhouse, and In can
delight and before an open fire read
and discuss their own or others
poems-a poets open forum. The
Monday evening meeting Is under
the supervision Of Mrs. Gertrude
Buckingham Thomas. first vice presl-
dent Of the District League and
poet critic for the Penwonnan, and
Mrs. J. ]. Locher. second vice presi-
dent of the local organization.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
General Lord Cavan
Receives Promotion

GENERAL THE EARL OF
~ CAVAN. who was Great Brit
aims chief military adviser at
the conference and sailed away
recently, will find himself when he
reaches England elevated to the
highest rank in the British army.
He has been appointed chief Of the
imperial general staff. to take ef.
feet February 10.
General Cavan had Q distin-
guished career in the world war an
commander.in-chief of the British
armies on the italian front. He II
fifty-six years OLD, q professional
soldier and tho sixteenth holder Of
an earldom created In 1647.
The London Tires In a tribute to
iuneral Cavan concludes: I'VE rec.
Gsnize In hin, inF inctively a jolly
good soldier. human being and .
gentleman"
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
New Zealand Woman
Talks to College Club

MISS NELLIE scANLAN. pub
licity agent tor the New Zealand
government during the arms confer.
ence. will b the guest Of honor at
the luncheon at the College women's
Club on Saturday at 1890 o'clock.
Che will speak on Life In New Zea-
land" Mrs. Ernest r. Burchard IL
in charge.
Congressman Simeon d. Fess, Of
Ohio will be the special guest ut the
weekly tea tomorrow afternoon from
4 to . o'clock. and win speak at 5
o'clock.
Mrs. r. r. johnson 70 chairman for
the afternoon, and will be assisted
by Section 8. Miss Mary Pierce will
preside at the tea table, assisted by
Mrs. Roberts D. Harper. I'd. Mrs.
swipwith p. Coale. Mrs. Frederic b.
Pyle. DR.. Ada Thomas. Mrs.. r.
sJanney Brown. Miss Louise Car
man. Miss Alberta Wilson, Mrs. r.
l. Rausline. Miss Annera Perry. Mrs
Dean Colderell. the Misses Coons.
Mrs. W. s. culbertson. Mi1 Alice
Paul. Mrs. Howard 10 Ray, ~ Blu
chanan. Miss Belle Wor Basley.
and Mrs. J. Irving Steel. III Bryn
Mawr. Swarthmore, and Wilson Col
lege women are cordially invited.
The annual reception and banquet
will be held February IS at Rausch-
er's. Mrs. Martin A. Morrison 10
chairman OF committee on arrange.
ments.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
BOOKS I'm BRIEF REVIEW

I now appears that Herman Mol
Vile q about 70 coms into the
fame which hiss been fot %
long his due. ''lGoby Dick. !" 'Oroe."
and Types" have. or course. bssn
known for . long time 70 that -
lect circle Of readers which somehow
seems to get acQusintsd with the
worthwhile In books ana keeps
them alive BY fsroS OF enthusiasm
but they have lacked that widr-
spread and general recognition
which 10 essential In this Day Of vast
and multiple editions.
A good many of thoss VINO osn
speak authoritativeiy Of books have
recently expressed themselves IN
praise Of the sea stories Of Melville,
among them John Massfisld. VINO
says that 'Bsby Dick spsaits the
whole secret Of the SEA-" II. n.
Tomlinson. author OF The Sea and
the Jungle" which 10 itself quito q
book. prefers Melville to aii other
writer's Of the So and az ssaansn.
English readers and critics are
manifestins ~ much interest - our
own. the. London Athanasum lately
wondering sreatly why some Amsrt
can author had not written the bi.
ography Of their astonishing coun.
trynan." and going on to say that
the London literary world would
greet such q book with more than
enthusiasm" ..
In the meantime Raymond N.
Weaver, Of the faculty Of Columbia
University, was at work upon q
biography Of Melville. whirh has
just been published. Mr.. wsaver
says that Melville ID important b.
cause he created 'Moby Dick char
acter that must rate with Faistaff
and Don Quixote a. one OF our most
precious race possessions. Melville
offers an exceptionally interesting
subject Of study" thinks Mr..
Weaver. from two points Of view:
as man Of letters and a. q battling
and perverse human soul. His I'm.
portance as a man Of letters, while
never completely lost sight Of, In
only beginning to be adequately ap.
preciated. His writings. aside from
their intrinsic importance, are sig
nificant as the expression OF q 70.
markedly rich and unusual person.
atty"
NOT long ago The Outlook under
took on q moderate scale q
referendum As to the literary taste
Of its readers. It was not expected
that the result would agree with
either the lists Of best sellers or
with such . choice as professional
critics might furnish. and the follow.
Ing table. compiled BY r. D.
Townsend for The Outlook from the
returns. seems to Justify these ex-
pectations.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Garfield Hospital
Ladies' Aid ReviveS
Historic Charity Ball
Ball, Once High Spot
In Social Calendar,
To Be Resumed

WITH the Garfield Hospital bali
on. January Is. at the New vii.
lard. an old custom, for many years
In absyance. win b. revived.
The Garfield Hospital Ladies' Aid
ball was. . generation ago. an In.
stitution In the social life Of wash.
igton. 1t was given each year on
DecembV 10. and was always the
signal for the social elect to turn
out In a body. The annual balls.
however, were discontinued some
years ago. and other means, were
employed by the Ladies' Aid to raise
money for their pet charity.
This year they have decided to
revive the old custom ana to make
through the ball on the zSth their
appeal for funds. The special pur.
pose Is to erect on the grounds
Of the hospital a modern home for
the student nurses. ""
1t will be remembered that the
first training school for nurses In
Washington was opened at Garfield
Hospital. and that the first buildings
on the hospital grounds were erect
ed through funds raised by the
Ladies' Aid. The grounds them.
selves were purchased with money,
raised as . tribute to President
Garfield by the United States con.
suls all over the world. A ball
was given in the interest Of the fund
in the rotunda Of the Capitol spon-
sored by the Senate and House.
THE ladies' in charge of arrange.
nents for the BAH. including
Mrs. Howard Hume and Miss Dor
othy bennett, who are committee
heads. plan to make the party one
Of the most brilliant Of this season.
A box will be reserved for the Prssi-
dent and Mrs.. Harding. Other boxes
have been taken by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter, Mrs. Alexander
Stewart. Mrs. Dewitt Talmadge,
Mrs. George Hope. Mrs. Joseph
Thropp. Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood. William Phelps Emo, Mrs.
e. B. Grandin. and Mrs. Frank
Hume. The guests will be re-
ceived by Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker,
president Of the Ladies' Aid, and
Gen. Merritt Ireland. president of
the board Of directors. assisted by
members Of the Ladies' Aid.
The patronesses include Mrs. Cal
win Coolidge. Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes. Nine. Jusserand, Nine.
Riano, Baroness de Cartier. Lady
Geddes, Mime. Grouitch. Mrs. Will
liam Howard Tar. Mrs. John w.
Weeks, MrG N1WtA ssNsHpy; Mrs.
Albert Fall Mrs. Jafdss J. ?RDavis.
Princess Cantacusens. Mrs.. John
A. Logan. Mrs. Augustus Gardner.
Mrs. e. B. Grandin. Mrs. q. b. FL
kins. Mrs. e. J. Hennins, Mrs.
Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Henry Brown.
Mrs. Samuel Kimberly, Mrs. James
A. Reed. Mrs. Rufus Day, Mrs.
James W. wadsworth. Mrs. Henry
c. Corbin. Mrs. Julian James. Mrs.
James Carroll Fraser. Mrs. George
Barnett. Mrs. Simon Wolf. Mrs. p.
M. Rixey, Mrs. George d. Hope, and
Mrs. Clarence Wilson.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15

piication which gives q flip Of sur
prise to this charming novelette,.
ssTODAY humsnity's hope for the
future lies with the English
speaking peoples Of the world. 1t
IL for them to carry forward the
torch Of fellowship and good will,
lighted by their desire for inter
racial understanding and kept burn
Ing by their passion for justice.
This is The Hope Of the Future"
writes Edward e. Eagle in THE
Hope Of the Future" The Cornhtll
Publishing Company, Boston.
Forewords and messages Of com
mendation are included in this
volume from President Harding.
David Lloyd George. the British
premier: Arthur Meighan. prime
minister Of Canada; William Morris
Hughes. prime minister of Aus
tralia: william Massey, prime
minister Of New Zealand, and Sir
James Craig, prime. minister Of
Northern ireland.
This book is the voice of an
average American" says the au-
thor. 'I am one Of those who
vote. pay taxes. attend the worlds
baseball series and read the SUM-
day newspapers even to the ad-
vertising." He had no intention of
writing a book when he sailed on
The Empress Of Japan" at Van
couver, bound for Japan. in the
beginning Of 1917. He sailed away
with the average Americans en-
larged opinions of his own coun-
try's greatness. His bumptiousness
disappeared as he journeyed on
ward. Now he admits that, though
he IL Yankee" he is endeavoring
:. explain the "Britisher" to Uncle
Sam. This task" he says. els
necessary. since Uncle Sam never
balls to explain himself to others"
1t IL a misconception. says this
author. for Americans to picture
Britain as "a blood-sucker. drain
Ing rich revenues from the .toiling
natives Of the East. This idea Is
fantastic. The facts are rather the
other way. The money raised by
taxation in the dependencies Of the
empire goes without exception to
defray local expenditure. England
learned lesson In the American
War Of Independence that she has
never since forgotten" .,..
Mr.. Eagle, who has seen the
Englishman all over the world, Is
enamored Of their system of educa-
ton. especially looking toward an
understanding Of an Englishman's
duty toward others. His comparison
Of the Britisher and the American
In this particular is far from flatter-
ing to the latter.
However. the author does not
toady to the Britisher. He admires
all he saw in New Zealand, but he
has certain caustic criticism for the
Australian lack Of civility. His
summarized opinion. though, of
tho Land Of the Southern Cross Is
favorable.
Mr.. Eagle has much Of wisdom to
offer the American business man
who would enlarge the commercial
capacity Of his country. He COM
pares our methods with those of the
Britisher. endeavoring to point the
way for Improvement to the greater
success Of Uncle Sam.
The authors conclusions are that
the English-speaking nations are
closer to one another than either
IL to any other. He says that the
war has left them "In undisputed
mastery OF the globe" He points
out that, in such cases In the past,
this condition has always brought
about . new war to the death. with
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
Nina Cores Wedding
Takes Place During
Raging Snow Storm
Wedding of Hugh Glib
son and Belgian Girl
of Interest Here

IN the midst Of the blizzard on
Wednesday. pretty little brown
eyed Nina Gore was married to
Lieut.. Eugene L. Vidal. Really tho
poor child seemed out Of iuck-al-
though she may have acquired quite
the incest husband any girl ever
had. But wednesday would not
have appealed to anyone as = nice
sort OF q wedding day; and both her
father and her mother-she's the
only daughter Of former Senator
and Mrs. Thomas p. Gore-were ~.
After much pleading Mrs. Gore
was allowed to attend the ceremony
In st. Margaret's Church. but had
to slip away Immediately afterward.
And Mr.. Gore couldn't even do that.
So that Congressman william A.
Rodenberg had to serve as proxy
for the brides father. escorting her
up the aisle and giving her away:
and Mrs. Rodenberg acted for Mrs.
Gore as hostess at the reception
which followed at the Congressional
Club. r.. ~
And when It was all over. still
through the storm. the two young
people Jared forth on their wedding
Journey which was to end at Fort
Sill, where Lieut.. Vidal Ia stationed
and where he has prepared quarters
for his pretty young bride
THAT was one Of the projected
weddings I wanted to tell you
about last week-and didn't get
around to. Another Is Hugh Glib
son's-our minister to Poland. you
know. You probably remember him
---one of the Invest wires OF the
State Department, who has always
managed to be where trouble was
brewing-in several of the Contra
and Latin American countries wner
there were revolutions on-thcugh.
perhaps, there's nothing unusual In
that; in Mexico, and finally in Bel
GUM. where he expected to be able
to take a nice, long rest and wake
up refreshed. He certainly didn't
sleep long.
He was transferred to London
when the American legation at
Brussels was pretty thoroughly dis
organized, and looked after Belgian
American affairs there. And after
a little rumors were coming over
thick and fast Of his being about to
marry Miss Elizabeth Asquith.
daughter OF the British Premier and
Mrs. Asquith. That, however. blew
over. She is here as the young wife
OF Prince Antoine Bibesco. And as a
reward for having done his part
beautifully in a difficult situation. he
was named first United States min
lister to Poland-a real man-sized
job-which he seems to be handling
satisfactorily. ..
Now word has come over of his
engagement to Miss Ynes Reyntiens,
a young Belgian lady Of good family
daughter OF a former court official
Of King Leopold. whom he met
when they were both too much &C.
cupied with trying to help Belgium
sufferers to consider what sort Of an
impression they were making on each
other. The wedding IL TO De sol.
emnized in Brussels on February 16
and. while I have no definite in.
formation on the subject, 1t would
seem quite on the cards for Mr..
Gibson to bring his bride home on
her wedding trip and show her to
his own people. who are in Califor-
MIA. and then to some of his Wash.
ington friends. who certainly would
take considerable satisfaction In
showing a little attention to Hugh
Gibson's bride.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15

runs afoul of an unforeseen COM
plication which gives q flip Of sur
prise to this charming novelette,.