The Winslow mail., 1924-01-04


ton to remedy matters out of hand as
soon as they arrive at the seat of leg
islation.
These critics Of wurKlng and social
procedure in the capital usually have
a change of heart after their arrival
in Washington. They find that all
work and no play makes dull boys of
them here, just as it does anywhere
else in the world. Scoffing at the So
cial doings in Washington is part of
the stock in trade of some men who
aspire to seats in either house of con-
gresS.
There are more so-called social do
ings in Washington than in any other
city of its size in the United States,
and the reason is simple There is
& sort of official social life in Wash
ingtOn. Men engaged in public york
cannot get acquainted in the right way
unless they learn somewhat intimate
ly what the other fellows and their
wives are thinking about. No ma
tional legislator can get anything like
a right view of international relations
unless he meets an ambassador or
minister occasionally at the luncheon
table, or even, horrors be, at a pink
tea.
How Society Dongs Help.
The men, who, prior to their coming
to Washington, protest against any
playing by the national legislators for
Nf hat ic cnPiQl
NAL. The complainanls in the case,
perhaps without knowing it, are So
cial themselves, and the few Of them
who have come to Washington and
have tried to cut out society entirely
have become, as a rule, entirely unap-
proachable grouches. Their fellows in
congress do not like to work with men
who refuse to play with them. Ii
it were not for the social dOings in
Washington, Democrats and Repub-
licans could not get along together IN
either house Of congress.
At teas, receptions, balls anu the
like, men of the party find out that
the men of the other party are luuch
like themselves. The human element
enters into things and finally it enters
into legislation.
The women of congress some years
ago founded a club which is one of
the most thriving organizations in the
city. When one says the women OF
congress he means, of course, the
wives and mothers and sisters Of SEN
ators and representatives. The COM
ing together of women of two pOliti-
cal parties in a social way has helped
the amenities of the Capital City.
Washington is rather a human place,
after all, but nobody believes that it
would be so If stump speakers who
want to get to Washington, and who
say that any kind of a social function
is a crime, were to have their way.
They do not have their way, and they
do not want to have it, at least not
after they have been here for few
weeks The lure Of the teapot, which
has taken the place of the old-time
punch bowl, and the lure of the WELL
tuned-up orchestra are too strong to
withstand
They All Fall Into Line.
Time after time advance pronounce
ments have been made by this man
or that man that never would he
wear anything in Washington more
formal than a three-buttOn sack coat.
The dinner jacket and the evening coat
were and always would be anathema
to him. Many a senator and repre-
sentative who has sworn to his con-
stituents that never, never, never
would he wear the claW-hammer, has
been seen making his way within a
month after his arrival in Washington
to the tailor shop where the harness
of Satan Society is cut to fit.
Washington will be exceedingly gay
this coming winter. There always is
a rebound after periods of quiet and
of mourning. Social affairs in the
White House largely are fixed by rule.
There will be the usual number of re-
ceptions, the semi-official ones to con-
gress, the Supreme court, the diplO-
matte corps and to the army and
navy. In addition there will be the
usual dinners to members of the cab
met and probably a series of after
noon teas and musicales. In places
other than the White House there will
be more entertaining than usual.
President Coolidge does not care
much for what loosely and even flip
PANTY are called social doings but
Mrs Coolidge is quite the reverse.
She likes to meet people. and while
Rer husband was vice president she
did a good deal of quiet entertaining,
semi-official in it's nature.
The wives of senators of the United
States have not been content with
membership in the Congressional Club
of Women, which does much winter
entertaining. They attend all the func-
tions of the club, but in addition they
have formed an organization Of their
own known as the Senate Women's