The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-24
D. c. SOCIETY IS
THR0NG|NG
NEW YORK
Jean Eliot Finds Friends in
Every Corner Of Temporary
Democrat Metropolis

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modore, where the Iowa delegation
Of which Mr.. Meredith is chairman,
has its headquarters.
Mrs. Meredith, who was known
as one of the best dressed women
In washington while her husband
was Secretary of Agriculture, was
looking exceptionally smart in a
thrce.piece. costume of thin black
crepe, worked on the blouse and
the long coat with Bulgarian EN-.
broidery In bright colors. She had
on small black cloche hat. Mrs.
James was in black georgette, trim.
med with lace and wore a georgette
cape matching her costume and a
lace trimmed hat. Most of the New
YORK women wore dark colors for
the street, but Mrs. Thompson in.
troduced a suggestion of her south.
ern home in her pale gray gown,
with a big floppy gray hat. She
IS covering the convention for her
Item. $500
Mrs. Copeland. wife Of Senator
Royal Copeland who ever and anon
looms as a Presidential possibility.
is established at her house in
Central Park to remain through
the convention. But on Thursday
she Is giving luncheon at her
country place at Sufferp, N. j., for
the Members of the Senate Won.
ems Luncheon Club, who are at
present in New York. A goodly
group It is, including to date, Mrs.
Oscar Underwood. Hrs. Thadeus
Caraway, Mrs. Joseph Robinson.
Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard, Mrs. James
Reed, Mrs. Edward /. Edwards.
Mrs. Robert L. Owen, Mrs. Morris
sheppard. Mrs. Earl Mayfield. Mrs,
Claude Swanson, Mrs. Carter Glass,
Mrs. Ollie James and Mrs. John
B. kendrick. A general invitation.
TOO, Is being broadcast to any
senate women whom the hostess
has not been able to reach.
Mrs. Kendrick, wife OF Senator
kendrick, has ajust returned from
Europe, having timed her sailing in
order to be here for the convention.
and is at the Waldorf with her
daughter, Miss Ros-a-Maye Ken.
drick.
Senator and Mrs. Glass are also
at the Waldorf and so are Senator
and Mrs. Key Pittman. Mrs. Henry
Wilder Keyes, who is covering the
convention for Good Housekeeping.
Is at the Commodore after having
spent the weekend with former
Senator and Mrs. Joseph S. FreIing.
huysen at their country home in
New Jersey.
Former Senator and Mrs. 'Jim
Ham" Lewis are here taking an i'm
portant part in convention activities,
and another former Senatorial on
deck is Mrs. Thomas p. Gore, who
is introducing her son, Thomas P.
Gore, jr., to a Democratic conven-
ton while his father is running for
reelection to the Senate out in
Oklahoma. The Gore boy Is an
honorary page at the convention.
Senator and Mrs. Lewis are at the
Btltmore and Mr.. and Mrs. James
M. Thompson at the Ritz.
McAdOO Luncheon Festive.
Among the most festive of the
preconvention parties was the
luncheon given yesterday at the
Colony Club for Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo with McAdoo
women from all over the country as
hostesses. Mrs. j. Borden Hartman
was one of the leading spirits.
Mrs. Richard T. Wilson's musicale
for the Democratic women brought
out a large attendance and was
brilliant socially as well as mu-
sically. Among the guests were
Nine. Anna Case and Mile. Eva
Cautuer, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair,
Vice Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, Mrs. Ollie
James, Mrs. L. L. McCandless, Mrs.
Linthicum, wife of Congressman
Linthicum of Maryland; Governor
Fields of Kentucky, and members
Of the Kentucky delegation. Mrs.
Wilson is q, Kentucky woman.
Washingtonians in the company
were delighted with this opportunity
OF meeting Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson
Gibson, formerly Of Washington,
who have been absentees for some
time and who are now living In
New York. Mrs. Gibson is to be
a page for the Kentucky delegation
at the convention and Mr.. Gibson
is on the New York committee of
hospitality charged with looking
after his fellow Kentuckians.