The Washington herald., 1922-04-23
dYNAvY RECEPTION ONE OF MOST BRILLIANT


to show you that the rumor that
has been floating around. but fire.
quently denied, that Mrs. Preston
Gibson Is abroad to get a divorce
is generally known and accepted as
fact In Erance. had another in
teresting letter last week. this one
from the sther end Of the earth,
the tip end of Africa-Cape Town.
Cape Town Is all that II promised
to be and more. I am living half
an hour out by train on the oppo-
site side of the cape. 1t is much
cooler here and most attractive.
The mountains rise just back OF the
hotel and the sea Is just across the
road. Swimming, tennis and dane
ing seem to be the favored sports
and ! indulge in each on occasion.
- Conditions are bad just now
all over the Union and especially
at johannesburg. where the miners
are striking.
Newspapers here are absolutely
worthless; they tell one nothing.
There is, I am sure, something
rather big behind the strike, some
thing of national Importance, but
neither the Nationalists nor the
Unionists will say anything that
would give a reason for things.
Several members of parliament
(Unionistsl live here and when one
talks with them. the only thing
Beers. - Mr.. Reitz (NationalisO
who was president Of the Orange
Free State before the Boer war, has
about the best mind of any of the
people I've met. One gets an en-
tirely different opinion of SHUTS,
the prime minister, after being
here. He is not nearly the hero that
continental and American newspa-
pers make him. I've collected some
interesting data about him.
Most of the people by the sea here
are from up country and transient"
ACTIVE WOMAN
DIPLOMAT HERE.
Did you know that Washington
now possesses the worlds first ac-
tive woman diplomat, Mile. Anna
Stepankova, sister Of DR.. Bedrich
Stepanek, the Czecho-Slovakian
Minister? Although not officially
accredited to the State Department
as a member of the legation staff,
she is her brothers constant
''right-hand man." sitting daily at
the opposite side of his desk and
participating as a valued coadjuta-
tor in virtually every important
transaction the minister conducts.
Mile. Stepankova is recognized In
the Washington Diplomatic Corps
as a full-fiedged authority on Euro
pean politics, particularly those af-
fecting the Slav races of the con-
tinent. She speaks with equal
fuency in her native Czech tongue.
German. Russian, French and Ital-
ian, and now is mastering "Ameri-
can English" The other evening
Mile. Stepankova sat at dinner next
to DR.. SEE, the Chinese Minister.
They found Russian the easiest
language common to both and
talked it gayly. And Russian is
reputed to be so very difficult, too.
Washington is simply delighted
that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has de-
cided to come out Of her shell"
and enter into social life at the
Capital once more, for she is So
popular; has just hosts of friends
and admirers. She has been to
several luncheons lately and gave
one herself. Then she has accepted
the invitation to receive on Fri
day. April %, the delegates to the
Democratic national committee
women's conference and visiting
Democratic women to be held at
the New Willard Hotel that day.
Mrs. Wilson is to head the re-
ceiving line at the reception to the
committeewomen and other Demo-
cratic women in the city at 4:3o
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The conference has been called
oy MIS- Emily Newell Blair, resi-
dent committeewoman. to discuss
means OF carrying out the nation
WIDE organization Of women into
democratic clubs. Acceptances have
been received from PRACTICABLE
every State committeewoman in tbe
country or their representatives.
me program for the day of the
conference will include morning
ana afternoon sessions, a reception
at the willard Hotel and a dinner
'he CITY Club. The dinner is
70 De given in compliment to Chair
man Cordell Hull. Of the National
democratic Committee.
Inc state Department CIub.s
iahcy dress dance last TUESDAY was
complete success from eyor,.
STANDPOINT. There were a vari.,y
OF interesting and MANY nrett..
costumes, many appearing to me ~
oe the real thing" nrobshS,,
Drought from foreign lands Will
some OF the wearers were ahrnnS
herbert HenEstler, chief of 81.
consular bureau, had on a snI.,dis
genuine Russian costume. daro.
ana ALL complete to every dsteIr
sumo one warned him he had bst,.-
not go down the street
euined or they would take him %.
zen: Semenoff. and well -
might. One man was adorned ui,S
~hiskers In such a manner a..
ne looked exactly like ssnr.tns
him for HurSs. heard several mistake
LELAND HARRISON
IS LIVE WIRE.
MRS. Grafton Minot wi,.
Miles and Leland Hsrrt. Bssil
that sne had a dinner narty
the et,e She had on one q,
ssssd pre'tiest shawls I've seen tbis
embonis " was black, elaborateIy
oro eTed In one shade OF bnrn,
tba Leland Harrison, who h.
ePutation for being "unn,shs .
ny e1y did not live up to n th.,
senlng; he proved to be a sni.nass
Aer, tI, and not only had . ini,.,
put added~much to the nsrty
a,anI Enters danced Tue.acn