The Washington times., 1926-02-19

Mr., and Mrs. Child know theiI
Washington from many angles
From his diplomatic connec sioT
they have had experience with its
official aspects. Both being widely
known as writer's. they have beer
sought after by the literary ant
artistic folk who congregate here
but according to Mrs. Child
Insist upon hiding their lights under
& busllel. And because they are
both charming and clever aT1e
original they have been much
sought after by that selecttve
society which is so hard to define
but which includes the Invest wires
from many overlapping groups.
There is charm in Mrs. Child 5
atvle and she sums up aptly certain
aspects of things. washington,
abe writes. sis explained more and
understood less than any city IN
the United States. The newcomer
finds everyone eager to tell him
about its peculiarities.
Everybody's Business
washington is unique among
The cities of America because It IS
our capital" she quotes the spokes-
man Of an official group. And IN
renIy the experienced foreign dlpio-
mat saws And it is certainly
unique among the capitals OF the
world because it is American.
The explanations other peopie
give of this quality of uniqueness
are retailed amusingly by MIS-.
Child. For example: In Wasning-
ton no one is occupied. with DUST
ness. s'Oh yes, they are, my dear.
F.vervone down here is tremen-
dousiy occupied with everybody
eIse,s business.
Bachelors Paradise
washingtonl is described as q
bachelors paradise, description
f. which every hostess will agree.
and as the city of 1.-THE tired and
fho retired I'm Washington,
fhe comment is. society Is planned
Nv idle women and men who have
retired from active life. There are
retired army and navy officers. the
retired business men and the re
fired liplomats-eve seems to
Be a retired something. OF course,
they have plenty Of time and IN
clinatfon for entertainment, but the
man who works-either at business,
politics or dipIomacyfinds It diff
ficuIt to keep up the pace.
One thing upon which Mrs.
Child dweIls is the personal slant
to the Capitals reactions. In
other cities, of instance. ones din
ner partner may say: Did you so
Co the opera last night? What did
you think of Galli-Curci's voice?'
In washington they say, Did you
70 to the concert yesterday? Then
you can perhaps tell me who was
sitting next to Alice Longworth.
The politically minded visitor from
out OF town will ask, How is Sena-
tor So-and-So doing?' And the
true Washingtonian will probably
answer, I hear his wife seated her
first dinner party all wrong
Attention is called, however, to
the fact that in spite of personali-
ties little is said that is really
harmful or in the vernacular,
poisonous I'm other capitals.
while there is less talk about peo-
pie. the stories which are told
over and over again and are ac-
cepted as facts in permanent social
history are not such as could be
repeated before the jeune fille-if,
indeed. this species is not ex-
dnct."
Mrs. Child In Paris
Mr.. and Mrs. Child have had a
house in Washington for the winter.
but Mrs. Child is at present in
Paris after a visit on the Riviera.
She went abroad several weeks
ago, accompanied by her children.
because one of the little girls was
not well and it was thought the
change would benefit her. They
will probably rejoin Mr.. Child in
Washington in the early spring
and meanwhile he has as his guests
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
Child, of Boston. Mr.. Child is him
self a prolific. contributor to cur
rent periodicals and just at present
he and Mrs. Child seem to be the
rnainstays of 1.-THE Saturday Eve
ming Post
TO ENTERTAIN FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE
The Minister of L4atvia and Nine
Sega will entertain at dinner to-
night at the legation in honor of
the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Kellogg. The Ambassador of Ger
many and Baroness Nathan will
be in the company.
y
Mrs. Henry +. Dimock will enter
tain at dinner this evening in com.
pliment to Lady Isabella Howard,
wife of the British ambassador. and
the Duchess of Norfolk, VINO is
guest at the embassy. The am
bassador will be unable to be
present as he went to New Tcrk
this morning TO remain until TO-
morrow. There will be 81 in the
company.
SAILING SOON FOR
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Mrs. Joseph F. Davies. who has
been living in Asheyille, n. c., for
the last year, will sail from New
York tomorrow for Mediterranean
cruise and will be accompanied by
her three daughters, Miss Eleanor
Davies, Miss Rachel Davies and
Miss Emlen knight Davies. They
will pass the summer in Switzer-
land, where Mr.. Davies will Join
them.
In the early autumn they will
return to Washington for a month
or two and the marriage of Miss
EieAnor Davies and Thomas Patton
chesborough. of Asheville. viii take