The Washington times., 1923-02-23
Senate. HoSteSSeS
Receive for
Last Time

"HE making of Senatorial calls
engaged the attention of So
u ciety yesterday afternoon,
for Thursday is always "Sena-
-torial day." and the announce
ment that the hostess would be
at home "for the last time" had
gone out generally. In many In
stances, of course, this meant for
the last time this. season, but so
ma Senators are going out on
March 4 that in many cases it
had a final sound.
Mrs. Henry w. Keyes, wife Of
Senator keyes of New Hampshire,
and Mrs. William j. Harris, wife
of Senator Harris Of Georgia, held
one of the largest receptions of
the afternoon in Mrs. Keyes'
apartment. For several years it
has been their custom to re-
ceive together once each season,
with number of Senatorial
ladies assisting them. This time,
however, Mrs. Keyes was OBJ
liged to greet her guests alone,
for Mrs. Harris was suffering
from a sudden indisposition which
kept her confined to her room.
! There was long list Of ladies
assisting and when we dropped
in along toward $50 o'clock Mrs.
Joseph Irwin France was pre-
siding at one end Of the flower
decked tea table and Mrs. Will
liam NJ. Calder at the other,
while Mrs. Mary Schleuter served
ices. Others helping the hostess
Pomerene, Miss Alice Page and
Mrs. James Byrnes, the new presi-
dent of the Congressional Club.
Mrs. Arthur Capper had many
callers during the afternoon and
SO did Mrs. James Gouzens, wife
of the new Senator from Mich
igan, who has been receiving on
Thursday afternoons since her ar
rival in Washington.
The Senatorial BRIDE" Mrs.
Walter e. Edge, must have had
scores of callers. although she
was not receiving. for every
where I went / heard someone
speak of having left cards for
her. Senator and Mrs. Edge are
busy getting settled in their home
in Rhode Island avenue and so
far they have made no plans for
entertaining or being entertained.
They spent their honeymoon in
Europe.
nULCINEA is my middle name,
81 don't know anything about
art. but I know what like
and I like Eben f. Comins' por-
traits. This distinguished artist.
Boston man, who is spending
the winter in Washington, has a
funny little studio in st. Matthew's
alley and yesterday afternoon he
held a private view there for a
number of invited guests. The.
group of portraits. which he is.
exhibiting is small, as his studio
in East Gloucester, Mass. was
burned last summer and most of
his work went up in smoke, but
it is exceedingly interesting and
marked by a great variety of
technique.
The little group has interest for
Washingtonians. too, because the
artist is showing "a delightful per-
trait sketch of Mrs. William Bar
Tett Ridgely and another of Col.
Thomas Casey, both well and
fayorably known" here. Mr..
Conins has also done a portrait
of Miss Louise Golf this winter
and while that is hung in the
home of her parents, Col. and
Mrs. Guy Despard Golf, some
excellent Photographic copies of
it were on view.
Mrs. Ridgely was among Mr..
Comins' guests and SO were
Colonel and Mrs. Casey. Others
who drifted in during the after
noon were Mrs. George Ehle,
Mrs George Deering, jr., Mrs.
Beale r. Howard. Mr.. and Mrs.
cambridge CriSt, Miss Ella Lor-
raine Dorsey. Miss Laura Mohun.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs. Clar-
ence Richmond Day, Mrs. Mitchell
Carroll, Mrs. Joseph Strauss and
Miss Helen Strauss and Mr.. and
Mrs. Powell Minnigerode.
Henry P. Fletcher, American am
1assador to Belgium, and Mre
Thatcher who arrived In Uo chit, o1fr,