The Washington times., 1927-01-29
BUDGET GROUP
TO PLAY TO
BIG HOUSE
Hostesses Have Diff
Guilty in Balancing
the Budget"
BY JEAN ELIOT

society IN Washington can under.
lguratiyely as well as literally.
For when the President calls
meeting Of the business organization
9l the government, More Familiarity
SHOWN as the Bureau Of the Budget,
OlLaclals regard it as a command"
no matter what other engagements
tneys may have made. And the
nostess who has inadvertently chosen
tnat evening for a dinner party is
out OF luck.
This time, either through lack of
good management, there seem to
nave been few dinners planned in
which officials were involved. But
the famous ''Carabao Wallow,"
originally set for tonight. has been
postponed until next week In order
tnat some of the high ranking
Army and Navy officers, expected
20 appear at the budget meeting,
may not be obliged to miss the
dinner. Some Of the women of the
OFFICIAL world-wives Of Cabinet Of
Ilcers, for exampIe-are missing out
on the Cabaret Grill' Of the Wo-
mans National Press Club-de-
signed to be an annual event and
presented this year with the not
roo humble intention Of establish
ing q feminist rival for the Gridiron
Cabinetees Mrs. Coolidge Guests
All the ladies of the Cabinet group
had to send regrets for the Press
Club party to be held at the head
quarters OF the American Associa.
ton of University Women because
they are to be guests of Mrs. Cool
idge in her box at the budget meet
ing. Admiral and Mrs. Edward w.
Eberie h@d planned to go down to
Annapolis this week to spend the
weekend with Rear Admiral Mutton,
superintendent of the Naval Acad.
envy, and Mrs. Mutton and to view
the gymkhana this afternoon.
1t may be remembered that the
budget meeting last year broke up
dinner which the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Kellogg were Civ.
ing and another which the Score.
tary of War and Mrs. Davis had
planned in honor OF the Vice Presi.
dent and Mrs. Dawes.
Concerning the ''Wallow"
The ''wallow'' Of the Military
Order of the Carabao- officers who
served in the "war between Spain
and Admiral George Dewey" is an
annual event and one to which the
subscribers and their guests look
forward with great interest.
Songs OF the Philippine campaigns
are sung, and one-the famous song
about the little brown brother
who may be brother of william
n. Taft, but amt no brother Of
mine" which contains the lines, 4
Damn, damn. damn the PHILIPPINE
caused such stir back in the VIII
son Administration that Josephus
Daniels, then Secretary of the Navy.
forbade Navy officers to attend the
"wallow," and the dinner was called
off for several years.
NEWS TO BE
FETED BY GLOVERS
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
New will be the guests in whose
honor Assistant Postmaster General
and Mrs. Glover will entertain at
dinner in the Florentine room at
the Wardman Park Hotel on Satur.
day, February 10.
Mrs. A., w. Bissell, Of Evanston,
daughter of the Secretary Of the
Interior, DR.. Hubert Work, will be
the guest in whose honor Mr.. and
Mrs. Glover will entertain at re-
ception and tea dance in the west
lobby at the Wafdman Park Hotel
on Saturday, February IL.
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Mrs. Taft was the guest in whose
honor Mrs. Lee S. Overman, wife of
Senator Overman of North Carolina,
entertained a company Of forty at
luncheon today at the Mayf1ower.
MISS FLORA WILSON
DINNER HOSTESS
The Minister of Guatemala and
Nine. Latour will be the honor
guests this evening of Miss Flora
Wilson. who will entertain com
pany Of % at the dinner dance at
Wardman Park Hotel ] Z
Senator and Mrs. Wesley L. Jones
viii entertain at dinner this evening
ct the Roosevelt,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brett Noyes
will leave Washington on Wednes.
day to spend month at Nassau, in
the Bahamas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont are
returning to Washington today after
passing few days at the st. Regis,
in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell,
formerly Of Washington, gave a din.
ner last evening at their home in
New York for Sir Hugh Denison
Australian high commissioner, and
Lady Denison.
Mrs. william Wheatley will be at
home informally on Saturday, Feb.
ruary 5, after o'clock, and will
have Mrs. Walter Taylor Wheatley
with her.
Col. and Mrs. Cecil A. Shaw, of
London and Paris. are spending the
week at the Carlton Hotel. Colonel
and Mrs. Shaw have been making
their home for the past two years
1 In Paris. and have been in this
country on q four-months' visit,
Mrs. Shaw's first trip to this coun.,
try in 16 years. They have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Flagg
Of Philadelphia. Mrs. Shaw's old,
home. and will sail for France on
February 26th on the Paris.
Mrs. Charles Woodruff will be
Ehe hostess at the tea to be given
by the English Speaking Union in
the banquet room at the Carlton
Hotel on Wednesday afternoon,
when DR.. George Mclean will give
q talk. The English Speaking
Union will give a luncheon for 200
in honor OF Sir Hugh Denison,
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