New Britain herald., 1928-03-31
EASTER PARADE AT
 CAPITAL WANING
No Longer Attracts Washington
 Crowds of Old

Washington, Mar, s1. R-The ! glory of the Easter parade in Wash
 ington has departed and, instead of
 hundreds of persons sallying forth
 to and from church along the fash
 ionable streets and others looking
 on, but compa ratively few wait
 around church doors nowadays to
 see the diplomats and officials
 emerge with their handsomely at 1 tired women. The automobile $ re- sponslhle. and folks alisht so quick l ly from their lmousnes that it is ! scarcely worth while waiting to see them.
 The British Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard attend St. Mat 1 1heWs on Rhode Island avenue,
 while the French Ambassador and l Mime. Claudel go to a Catholic church on V street. the diplomats generally being divided among the churches throughout the capital. Connecticut avenue. once the fash lonable highway on Easter Sunday
 with the sidewalks and driveways filled with the ilustrious on foot and
 in carrlaG Ges, is now only a business { thoroug hfare. and Sixteenth street,
 which essayed to replace it. has ney- ! er been SO popular.
 saints on the stage and sinners in the audience. as one debutante put
 lt. filled the National theater Fri ! day afternoon when. under the pa | tronase of Lady Howard, Mime,
 Claudel, Princess de kigne and other women of the diplomatic corps. Countess Seheer-Thoss, daughter of
 the late Henry White Ambassa dor 10 France. directed the tableauS de-
 plcnng scenes from the lives of the saints Young Countess Margaret Se-
 heer-Thoss. her daughter. was in the leading role as Saint Cecilia.
 or another nature was the artistic
 party at the Mexican Embassy this afternoon, which Mime. Tellez, wife ot the ambassador. had arranged for little Emilita TellcZ. the elder of her thlidr II, The one hundred children invited to tho fancy dress juvenile affair were from to 2 years of age The invitation cards were pre- pared ln color. those for little bows having dWarfs on them, and those for the girls, dainty colored pictures of snow white, in which costumes the little guests were asked to ap- pear.
 ne feminine contingent of so- c1etN m the capital is ouitc as much concerned in the selection of presi- dental nominees as are the oldest party politicians Fortunately. the wives of the men most talked of are well known to Washington society. Mrs. Alfred F.. Smith has many friends here and even though the vice president is protesting that he IS not in the running, Mrs. Dawes IS being talked of a prospective first lady. and certainly Washington should know her. for she was resi- dent here as far back al the McKin- ley administration when Mir. Dawes was comptroller Of currency.
 Mrs. Dawes is a particularly mo- d"st and self-effacing woman, small and slender and very dainty. She has no love for society, but is a graceful hostess. The most lasting impression she left on Washington during her first residence here was the wonder ful patch of finely set .ward before 1 la, l. le street.
 Mrs. Herbert Hoover appears frc- 1nently as the subject of discussion and she. too, is well known here so- cially though in no wise a society woman. The Hoover home on S| street, few doors from that of Mrs | Woodrow Wilson is delightful place to visit and from feminine standpoint Mrs. Hoover as very pop ular. Not since the days when Rose Elizabeth Cleveland presided as mis- tress of the White House for her brother, Grover Cleveland. has there | been an author in the White House and Mrs. Hoover could add this dis tinction.
 She IS co-author of book with l her hushand--a translation from the l Italian of the famous work, "Aeri- | cola De Re Metallica, ,"-uow used | Tn all English speaking schools of | She is leader in the | girl scout movement. wears becom- ing clothes and is the most trav- clled woman in official life
 Mrs. James l.. Watson. wife of Senator Watson of Indiana. is Hoosier of much beauty and grace md before her marriage was Miss Flora Miller Of Winchester, Indiana. Washington was not the social ccn- ter it is today when Mrs. Watson ,ame here with her husband after he was elected to the 54th Congress. She has watched the city grow, as Ter husband has been elected to