The Washington times., 1923-01-28
'SYOUNG VISITERS"
COME INTO THEIR
OWN i'm CAPITAL
Festivities of Week
Revo1ve About New
York Girls


columns have been filled with
parties given for conference dele
gates or visiting debt commission
ers or foreign n6tables Of rank
and station, but during the last
week they have given way to fes-
tivities in honor Of a very charm.
ing group of visiting girls.
Both the Whitney girls, for ex.
ample, have been here, Joan
Whitney staying with her uncle
and aunt, Senator and Mrs. James
W. Wadsworth, jr., and Barbara
Whitney. with Margaret Eustis,
daughter Of Mrs. William Cor
coran Eustis. Then, Anna HAM
lin has had Sally Sage. of New
York and Albany-the old home
OF Miss Hamlin's n1other-with
her, and also Margaret Harding,
who was until recently the guest
OF Ailsa Mellon.
I suppose Miss Harding must
be classed as a visitor now. too.
since her father. w. p. q. Hard
Ing. sometime governor OF the
Fed eral Reserve Board. has
moved to Boston. And Isabel
Xlnsseil, OF Staten Island, who
visited Gladys Chapman Smith
last winter. has been playing a
return engagement" and renewing
acquaintances and having love-
" time.
AS q matter OF fact this little
group of girls has had a
remarkably gay week and a num-
Der Of especially delightful parties
were given for them. Mrs. Henry
+. Dimock had a dinner dance for
Miss Eustis and the Whitney
girls, who are. as you doubtless
know, her great nieces. They are
the granddaughter of Mrs. Dim
ock's brother, the late William C.
Whitney, who was once Secretary
OF the Navy and whose home,
"Grasslands," is now Washing.
toms most exclusive country club.
Joan Whitney. moreover, is a
granddaughter OF John Hay, sec.
rotary to President Lincoln, Sec
rotary Of State under Roosevelt,
and one OF the grand old men of
an earlier generation. Her mother,
Mrs. Payne Whitney, was Helen
Hay. and is the sister of Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth, jr., who :
was Alice Hay. Barbara Whitney
Is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney. and her
mother, who was a Vanderbilt,
has made the Whitney name as
well known to the artistic world
rs to society.
A SCULPTRESS Of great talent
and ability, her Aztec fountain
ID the heart Of the beautiful
patio of the Pan-American
building. She also has done
many other things which are
widely known and admired, nota-
bly, the magnificent Fountain of
FL Dorado, which was one Of the
features Of the San Francisco ex-
position. This shows the search
for the tabled City of Geld, a
procession Of old men and women,
young men and maidens, yes,
little children even, streaming up
TO a half opened doorway with
the gigantic guardian Of the
portal firmly barring the way
It's Q beautiful conception and
beautifully carried out; and those
who were fortunate enough to
visit the exposition declare that
their first glimpse Of Mrs. Whit
ney's fountain is one Of the
memories which they will always
cherish.
THE members OF MISS HamItn'S
house party were among the
guests at Mrs. Dimock's dinner,
and Evelyn Wadsworth, of course.
was present, with such other
bellies as Miss Mellon, Miss Gladys
Chapman Smith. Miss Beatrice
Pitney, and Miss Caroline Thorn.
There were twenty-four for dinner,
some sixty or seventy-five guests
coming In later to dance; and the
men were recruited largely from
the diplomatic circle and the
younger officials Of the State De-
partment, the army and the navy.
The same little crowd and some
others were guests Of Miss Hamlin
the night before at the buffet sup
per for sixty which she gave for
Kiss Harding and Miss Sage, the
entire company afterward adjourn
Ing to the dance which Mrs.
Charles M. Ffoullse gave for her
granddaughter, Miss Chapman
Smith, and Miss Russell.
MISS EUsTIs. the daughter of
the late William Corcoran
Eustis, was to have made her
debut last winter. but the un-
timely death of her father put an
abrupt stop to the plans. After
her husbands death, Mrs. Eustls
and her children spent last winter