The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
Boudoir Mirrors of Washington
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dress coat. Ia0y Ge0QeS, WnO u0e4 not submerge her English complexion under powder, smiled from beneath bandeau. of diamonds which matched the white and silver of her gown. The host and hostess were very gracious.
 Next in line came the Hon. Stanley Baldwin, then chancellor of the gex- chequer and head of the debt commits, sion, but he was less impressive than black and silver. Norman sMontagu; head of. the Bank of England, looked more like. an admiral than banker. His financial shrewdness was not ob- vious and he wore an old-world aspect in a modern setting. Whiskers are 50 disarming. H,s sg S.i,ss
 The little group of British bachelors --eight of them-who are attached to the embassy, find social Washington most responsive and when they enter ally, there are few prior engagements. were busy stirring the social pot to keep the mixture from getting lumpy. Scraps of conversation mingled with the music which Hoated down over the banisters: .,. i st. "Sir Auckland's cousin has been com. missioned to paint the Canadian Rock. ise during the four fseasons-spriny, summer, autumn and winfer;. a de lightful experience" said Lady Geddes, but the reminder was drowned in, q Pardon, madame" and tall sleek Latin curved courteousiy at the mid dle and disentangled himself from . wing of chiffon.
 Nearby came a. hearty laugh. "Ha !; ha! hal How do I keep thin ?" and Chief Justice Taft patted bis waist coast. Oranges and discipline, that is the recipe.n esssS'se
 "Why don't you write book about Latvia ?" a little woman in pink was saying. But write it, in English $ don't know a thing about your coun- try" e.a.. .-ss9, ,.3,.5.
 Diamonds, Generals. Authors '
 .The book is already being written, madame" replied the diminutiye M. Louis Seya, charge ,d'affaires,
 .sWho is that old lady over there the one in black velvet who looks as if she were wearing a chandelier?' as woman with huge clusters of dia. monds disappeared before identifi.
 "ouick! There goes General Persh. ing-no, to the right. Isn't he hand some? I think. he's adorable! " (Sht was very young and very pretty.) ss (Which is Mary Roberts Rinehart That one in black ?'' Two women bobbed their heads from side to side to catch glimpse of the famous novelist
 Here comes Baron Shidehara !'' an. nounced an elderly woman, as a group of tiny Japanese tried to leak through the crowd into the dining room. was afraid they'd be trampled to death
 That's not Shidehara, that is Sa. buri," came a mans drawling voice.
 The crowd thickened to ,. a jam Trains were gathered in and hung over tho arm. 'Frocks were obscured from the waist down and at times lit. tie more than heads were visible in this sea of fashion. Diadems clung about the curly locks of several women. Some of the gowns were beautiful, many were expensive, a few were ill+adyised.. 2. .. l The English wife of one of the com. mission remarked with surprise: "How many ladies with gray hair wear white gowns!' as though it were not usual in her country.
 A tall young woman with pretty l face afforded an uninterrupted view Oi at least the IA top notches of her lean spine. revelation justified neither on the grounds of art or education. E
 A Tragedy In a Cup ~ ! l Supper! It was Q afbeautiful supper The long table was Jcentered with roses and coffee was poured by a butler al each end. A few amateurs did some unsolicited pouring of coffee as well as the butler. saw one rudderless dame, the soyt who doesn't look where 1 she IS going or go where she is looking charge into woman who was holding cup of coffee in her hand.
 Splash l! Crash "Oh, I'm so sorry l do hope haven't spoiled your gown, T said the bejewelled one whose steering gear was out of order.
 "Oh, not at all I prefer it spotted P came the sarcastic reply. It was,a new frock, ruined. /
 Meanwhile the butler, wiped up the brown rivers that ran down the long, wrinkled white gloves and rushed up coffee reinforcements.
 'NO, thank you--no more coffee,' 7 and she of the damaged gown moved away--away toward that corner where the ice clinked merrily in the glass. In this neighborhood think she recovered from the shock of the catastrophe. '
 Punch, wine and highballs, served with much discretion, brought momena tary reprieve to conscientious congress men. It was, as have said, foreign soil, and of course, when in Rome you do as the Romans do." In fact the flow of liquor at these embassy receptions is one big reason why we of Washington have such an affection for the dipio- matic set.
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