The Washington herald., 1922-10-22
Smart Society andLatest
Fashions atLaurel Races
By Evelyn c. Hunt.

to be had, too. so many different
kinds of scenery. Frequently I
look ahead and can imagine I'm In
the mountains even.
Already Sunday has become an
important day for entertaining.
That was true of Sunday all last
winter and is already true this sea-
son. though the season is scarcely
started. The most important social
function of last Sunday was the re-
ception which the Charge d'Affaires
Of Rumania and Mime. Nano gave
at the legation from 4 to o'clock
to celebrate the coronation of their
majesties, the King and Queen Of
Rumania. 1t was decidedly a diplo-
matte affair with a few official and
resident people scattered about. but
very few.
M ME-. NANO received her guests
lfl in the upper reception hall at
the head of the great marble stair
way. where her husband Joined her
occasionally. 1t was the first off,
cial party of the late fall season
and brought together a distinguish
ed company. but could have count
ed the official people on the fingers
of one hand and the residential on
the other hand-while 1 was there
at least. 1 saw the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hughes, DR.. and
Nine. Grouitch. the Charge d'Affaires
Of Poland and Nine. Kwapiszewska,
DR.. Douchan Marinovitch, of Serbia;
]. de Lagerberg. of the swedish Le-
cation; DR.. Charles Bruggmann, of
the Swiss legation: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Getty Chiffon, N. D. Peter
son, Hugh V. Tenant, L. McCor-
mick-Goodhart, Harold Sims, A. H.
Hamilton Gordon. and several others
of the British Embassy stan; DR..
Lessinoff, OF the Bulgarian Lega-
tion; Prince Eugene Lubomirski, of
Poland, and several others: also Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Walker, Mr.. and
Mitchell Carroll, all of the residen-
tial set; DR.. L. S. Rowe. director
general Of the Pan American Union.
and Frederick Neilsson, of the State
Department; tho good looking Maj.
John G. Quekemeyer in "civies."
and one or two others 1 can't think
of this minute.
The young attaches of several
embassy and legation staffs acted
more or less as assistants to the
hosts in a charming manner, seeing
that the guests had tea and so
forth. The tea table was laid in
the dining room on the ground floor
of the mansion, which is a lovely
room; rich French blues and gold.
The panels are entirely of dull gold
banded with French blue and the
ceiling is framed of small panels of
blue with a gold design all over
them. The table was adorned with
a bowl of huge yellow crysanthe-
NUNS, while smaller clusters of
smaller yellow crysanthemums were
placed at intervals down the length
of the table.
Nine. Nano is the prettiest crea-
ture I ever saw, without any exag-
geration; she is perfect. She is tall,
slender, aristocratic. young: has
dark hair and'a perfectly exquisite
skin and coloring and a sweet, un-
derstanding expression. And she
was gowned in a lovely creation Of
soft white chiffon and softer panne
velvet.
The gown was on long, straight.
narrow lines and appeared to be all
Of chiffon with wide panels Of the
velvet extending from the shoulder
limo to the ground-the skirt brush
ed the ground all around. The neck
line was high and bateau-shaped
and the sleeves long. bell-shaped
and Of the chiffon, of course. A
train Of the chiffon came in some
mysterious way from under tho
drapery on the left side and was
quito full and trailed the ground
for some little distance.
F all Rumaniaus are As good look
ing as those I've seen, I'm going
to Rumania! Nine. Nano Is such a
raving beauty. and her husband Is
lovely, too; SO good looking. He is
tall, slender, blonde, with such an
aristocratic bearing. And Prince
Bibesco is a beautiful thing, too. as
you know; none better looking. I
hear from London that 1t Is reported
that Prince Bibesco will not return
to his post here. The prince Is at
present-when l last heard. at any
rate-in Rumania inspecting his es-
tates there, and 1t Is understood
that he has found things in such a
ondition there as to necessitate his
attention. The fact that he has
placed his London house on the
market, too, sounds as though he
plans to spend the future in his ma
tive land.
1t was nice to see Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hughes again; I
hadn't had a chat with them since