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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1919.
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JEAN ELIOT'S WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
WoundedHeroes
Are WhiteHouse
Guests at Party
Fancies, Fads,
And Foibles of
Capital Society
DEAR SUSAN:
Mrs. "Wilson has given her
first party since her return
' from France. As was expected, it
was a garden party such a party as
the lovely White House gardens have
never seen in all their century, or
more, of existence. She save it last
Friday, and her guests eight hun
dred or so were soldiers all yea,
J more, they were wounded soldiers all
J the "boys" from Walter Reed, and
the Naval Hospital. Wasn't it kindly
. and gracious in fact, wasn't it "dear"
" of her?
It was the most wonderful party
ever, that blew up all of a sudden.
The idea came one day, and the party
the next. And never. I fancy, has a
White House party been so keenly
enjoyed never will one be so long
remembered. Nobody was invited
but the men from the hospitals, an
no one else was admitted except theJ
attendants wno came to look alter
thoso who needed their attention.
Tever have I "known a party so full
of pathos, and of inspiration, and of
keenest enjoyment withal.
, The boys came scarcely believing
i their good fortunethose who were
1 able to walk entering timidly, depre
' catingly, a bit uncertain and ill at
ease, not sure they'd enjoy It, but by
i no means willing to forego the ex
, perlence. Those whose condition re
: quired transportation came in army
i trucks, in Red Cross ambulances, in
limousines and the ever ready mo
; ior corps doing duty as usual.
Some, alas, came in wheeled chairs.
A 2Xost Informal
, flLad TJaiqae Party.
y Ijt was the most informal and the
most unusual party ever gathered un-
2 Ser those historic trees on the south
lawn. Probably 50 per cent of them
had crutches or canes, many were
1 fitted with "peg sticks." They were
scarred and maimed, but cheerful
withal, and expectant and dubious,
when the strains of "The Star-Spangled
Banner" brought them to their
feet or crutches all scrambling up
somehow, to salute their Commander-
' in-Chief and the First Lady as they
came out of the house to greet their
' guests.
With them were Mrs. Marshall, Mrs.
Lansing, and Mrs. Lane, the only
Women of the Cabinet circle in town,
and Mrs. Rolfe Boiling and Miss Ben
ham. Mrs. Wilson looked lovely
t simply lovely in a gown of white
chiffon, gracefully draped and
primmed with lace and tiny bow
knots of pale pink, and French blue
ribbon, and a big black satin bat,
faced with black velvet, and for Its
only trimming, knots of pale pink and
yrench blue ribbon.
Obc of the Most Heroic
Asd Pathetic of Line.
She and the President took their
stand -under the great trees skirting
the west drive, with only Mrs. Mar-
1 shall Besides, looking very young,
and very handsome. And the pathetc
and heroic line formed. I've seen a
great many White House lines but,
Susan. I never saw one like that nor
. ver will again! Irving H. Hoover,
head usher at the White House, who
accompanied the President and Mrs.
WUson to France, both trips who
gflt their marriage license for them
and for each of the other White House
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Wife- of the former Peruvian Minister here, who may return as
Peruvian Ambassador.
tion in turn made the introductions.
The most severely wounded men were
at the end of the line some who -were
out of th hospital for the. first time
in eighteen months, some in wheeled
chairs, propelled by ..nurses. And
these last received just a little more
attention from their distinguished
hosts than those who were able to
march bravely down the line, unaided.
With the formal reception over and
the men gathered in picturesque
groups on the lawn, eating White
House ice cream and cake, and par
taking of ' White House punch, for
most of them the real fun began
when the President and Mrs. Wilson
threaded their way among them,
carefully stepping over crutches and
avoiding canes, but managed to stop
at each little group, and give it a
few kindly words of welcome and
when the President himself, seeing
that .some of-his guests were waiting
overlong for service, began foraging
for them and waiting on them him
self. Ob. it was TOO much.
Private Takes Picture
of President as "K. P.'"
They wouldn't really believe It hap
pend that way, except that they have
proof. Private Joseph Rychard, of
New Tork, having brought his camera
along, when he saw the President
crossing the lawn with a couple of
plates of ice cream and a platter of
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"One minute, please!" and the Presi
dent smilingly submitted. At which
his photographer raised a laugh by
telling his mates that Tie guessed that
was the first time the President of the
United States had ever been snapped
doing K. P. "kitchen police."
And he wouldn't let them .stand to
salute him. They tried. Each group
as he approached would try to scram
ble to its feet and receive the Commander-in-Chief
soldierwise. He would
have none of it, but with kindly ges
ture motioned them to keep their
places. For nearly an hour he moved
among them, being a "regular guy"
and then he had to go in and take up
the business of being President again.
But Mrs. Wilson stayed with them
a while longer, asking each one about
his home, admiring his trinkets, ask
ing about his experiences being alto
gether the most perfect hostess and
the most gracious lady one would
want to meet. She won all their
hearts, and quite thawed any reserve,
or shyness, that may have hold them
at first, so that before she, too, with
drew she was surrounded by an ap
preciative group wherever she moved
Finally, those who were equal to it
were taken into the White House and
were shown all through the state
apartments by Mr. Hoover and his
aids, and many of them when they
went away carried flowers from the
White House gardens or conserva-
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Wasn't ita wonderful party?
visit.
Busy Days For
Washington Society.
Washington society what there is
left of It in Washington is
distinctly distrait these days. It
Is trying to keep an eye on White Sul
phur Springs and an eye on Atlantic
City, an eye on Newport and an eye
on Narragansett; an eye on South
ampton and one on Bar Harbor; one
on the White mountains and one on
the Thousand Islands, not overlook.
Ing the Adirondacks, Old Point Com
fort, the Eastern Shore and the Berk
shires and above and beyond all it Is
keeping both eyes steadfastly fixed on
Canada and the Prince of Wales.
A giddy young person trilled gaily
as she crossed the porcli of one of the
country clubs the other day, where a
group of old women of both sexes and
divers ages, was animatedly discuss-'
ing tea and other things:
My heart's in the Highlands, my
heart has gone hence.
My heart's in the Highlands a-huntin
the prince.
And the discussion, after a self
conscious pause, ended in a shout of
laughter. For everybody's doin' It!
Even accepting the fact that the
Prince of Wales will only be in Wash-i
ington for four or five days, and that
he will accept no private invitations,
no hospitalities of any sort except
those offered by the President -and
Mrs. Wilson and that offered by the
Britisli ambassador there arc some
burning questions that remain to be
answered.
One is. "Will they run up the royal
standard of Great Britain alongside
of the Stars and Stripes over the
White House while the prince is the
President's guest?"
It is recalled that when the scries
of high commissions was in Washing
ton during the summer jf 1917 the
White House was about the only of
ficial building which did not carry a
succession of the flags of the visiting
missions so long as they were in
town. The State, War and Navy
building and the Treasury had a whole
string of flags of the allies, when, as
frequently happened, there were sev
eral of the missions here at once. And
each residence that housed one of
thoie missions displayed the flag of
the country represented while the
mission occupied it the Breckenridije
Longs' house the British flag (and, by
the same token, it was the British
commercial flag that was at first run
out there, greatly to everybody's
amusement except tho State Depart
ment's); the Henry White house the
French flag; the Joseph Loiters' the
t.ilian; the Perry Belmonts' the Japa
nese, and bo on.
V hen Champ Clnrk
"Hit the Ceiling."
In fact tho White House and the
Capitol were about the only places
that lUii not fly a long succession of
foreign flags and. according to a
Miry generally accepted here the
Capitol had a narrow escape.
It is told that when the British
High Commission, whlrh, like Abou
Ben Adhem, "led all the rest." was
going up to the Capitol to make a
friendly call, and say a few words, it
ivas suggested that it would be a
gracious and graceful thing to run up
the Britibh flag alongside of the
Stars and Stripes. The matter was
brought to the Vice President for his
sanction, and probably without" .stoo
ping to think about It, he agreed
reauuy milieu.
But before giving the order he
naturally consulted the Speaker
and tliTe's where Champ "hit the
ceiling."
They say his language was em
phatic and picturesque. Itoduced to
Bible English it was to the effect
that they had tried in bygone days
to get it thrre by force, and now they
were trying persuasion, but ho long
as he had any voice in tho matter
there would be no English flag nor
that of any other nation flying over
the Capitol of these United States of
America. Which may have been as
one man up at the State Department
called it, n "shirt-sieevy ' point of
view, but it is one that 0 per cent of
ihe population would liHe indorsed.
with absolutely no prejudire against
Oreat Britain or any other nation.
However, the question of raisins
the Royal British standard alongside
of that of our Uncle Samuel on the
White House, will, bf course, be en
tirely up to the President and I
DA GAMA,
.Brazil, wno nas been away since
come back this winter.
fancy he will do as he was done by.
If the Stars and Stripes floated over
Buckingham Palace when he was a
guest there, presumably he will re
turn the compliment.
Ipm told by a recently returned of
ficer that the American flag was
flown over the Houses of Parliament
on the Fourth of last July which
one would imagine might have struck
some loyal Britons as a bit incongru
ous but I have no information as to
whether it floated over Buckingham
Palace.
Tricolor Once Flevr
Over White House.
As for the White House I per
sonally have never seen the flag of
any other nation than these United
States flown over the White House.
But a man in the State Department
who is an authority on such matters,
assures me that he knows on one
occasion the French flag was raised
there. He could not remember wKat
the occasion was except that he was
perfectly sure that it was not on
Bastile Day, as the question of doing
it then had been raised and vetoed.
He promised to look it up for me.
There's a perfectly good second flag
pole there, which I have never seen
U3ed except for a few days some
years ago, when President Wilson
had the President's flag run up along
with the Stars and Stripes with the
idea of having "Old Glory" there
every day In the year, and ustng the
President's personal flag to indicate
that the Chief Executive was "in
residence." instead of, as has been
the custom, only raising the national
flag over the building when the Presi
dent was in the city. It seemed to
many a very good idea, but it raised
a storm of sarcastic criticism, on the
President of a republic aping royalty,
etc., and after a few days it was
taken down for repairs and has
never since been raised.
Then again how about the red vel
vet carpet? Is that going to be un
rolled down the steps and across the
pavement of every house, and every
building that the royal visitor en
ters? Or are his unwonted feet to
learn the feel of the hard, cold flag
ging under them?
Naturally you can't prove it by me
but it is generally understood that
royalty always travels "to and from"
over this red velvet carpet which is
rolled up while it is still warm under
their heels, lost some plebeian foot
steps should profane its royal pile.
The custom is centuries' old, and is
ohserved whenever a member of the
royal family enters or leaves a town4
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MME. PAULO DE GODOY,
Who left Washington a bride a year ago, and will- return shortly
a widow.
(house In London, or attends the the
ater or condescends to honor any
private entertainment. And from all
accpunts.it was rigorously adhered to
when this young man's grandfather.
Albert Edward visited Washington,
and was a guest at the White House
in Buchanan's time even though he
was traveling unofficially and was
technically "incog." which his name
sake, Edward Albert, will not be.
Lord Lyon Then
British Minister.
Lord Lyons was British minister In
Washington at the time of that other
vi3lt. and the British legation It was
many years before there was a Brit
ish embassy here was In the old
Admiral Porter house on H street
above Seventeenth, next to the pres
ent Metropolitan Club building, and
about opposite the house which was
occupied by Mrs. Borden. Harriman
while she was here.
This bos now been taken by Major
Gen. H. K. Bethell, the new military
attache of the British embassy, and
three or four of his staff. The Portor
property which is within three or
four blocks of the White House was
made over two or three years ago
Into a fashionable apartment, and
probably rents for double what it did
in the heyday of its youth when it
housed the British legation In Wash
ington and was the scene of a mag
nificent banquet to "Baron Renfrew,"
which was the title that Albert Ed
ward most frequently used when trav
eling unofficially.
In fact the whole question of just
how far the Government of the
United States will enter into the for
malities of "court" entertaining is a
fertile subject of discussion among
those who are In the least likely to
be invited to any of the State func
tions given in its honor and indeed
among those who are not. Will a
list of those to be invited to meet
him be submitted to the young Prince
of Wales, for his vise and if it is
how, under heaven is he to know
"who's who, and why" as Sam BIythe
use to say?
Also there be those whose mem
ories run back to the visit of Prince
Henry of Prussia during the Roose
velt regime though, to bo sure, he
was not a guest of the White House,
but stayed at one of the hotels. But
there is still a tradition of the em
barrassment that arose because there
was nobody here sufficiently exalted
to introduce the "own brother to
the Kaiser," and he had to present
himself to his official hosts.
I wonder, by the way, what Mrs.
Longworth has done with the brace-
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Wolf Scarfs, $22 Up
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let I think it was a bracelet which
was sent her by the Kaiser as a
souvenir of her having christened his
imperial yacht, the Meteor. It was
built on this side the mill pond, and
its launching was one of the pic
turesque functions of Prince Henrys
visit. Poor old Meteor she Is not
exactly on the Junk pile now but
she Is decidedly on the bargain
counter for sale very cheap!
Other Royalties
Dae To Visit Here.
Naturally, all these questions
as
to "court" observances will apply
equally to the King and Queen of
Belgium, and to the little Prince of
Savoy, heir apparent to Italys throne
'f he comes; but not, in quite the
same degree, to the Duke of Aosta.
should he come over to represent the
Italian King and return the Presi
dent's visit. For thQ duke is in the
same position as Prince Henry of
Prussia, being merely the brother
of the ruler, and not directly In the
line of succession.
It seems quite generally accepted
that the Belgians will come, and that
Queen Marie of Roumania will come
though not, again, quite so officially
as the others but nobody quite knows
whether the little Prince of Savoy, I
believe he Is only about fifteen. Is
really coming or not. He's rather
young, and besides Thomas Nelson
Page, just recently home from his post
Las amnassaaor 10 naiy, scouts ine
idea of his coming says tne sugges
tion is pure nonsense, and insinuates
that Italy doesn't feel cordial enough
toward Uncle Sam just at present.
with the Fiume controversy fresh in!
her mind, to send the heir to the
throne to visit the President.
Foar, Probably Five,
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as the probable date of his salHag.
Anyhow he should be her.e before the
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British Legation Is
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His selection for the pest ef Am
bassador to the United-States leaves
the British embassy almost a stag
party. Neither he nor Ttenald Ll4
say. the" counselor. and oharge; hot
th military nor naval attache, nor
any of their staff seem to' have any
women in their families. Henry Get
ty Chilton's wife, thus becomes the
ranking lady of the Britisn emeasay.
She, by the way. Is an American, girl,
even very largely a Washington girl,
inasmuch as her parents Mr. ad
Mrs. Thomas J. O'Brien, the fermer
at one time United'States Ambassa
dor to Japan usually spend the wia
ter here.
The death of Lady Grey shortly after
her husband became the Secretary of
state for Foreijrn Affairs, left him
I one of the loneliest, most solitary 6f
men. Lady Grey was a truly -remarkable
woman, possessing charms
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and yet a brain of unusual aptitude
for politics and affairs, and was able
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in his campaigns.
They never had any children; bat
for years there had been perfeet coav
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he was summoned to his Northum
berland home- to- find that bis wife
was dying. She had been driving ia
their own park, when her horses took
fright at something and bolted.
throwing her out against some trees
with such force that although she
lingered for several days she never
recovered consciousness . ;
He rushed up from Londonoa a
special train, only fo 'find her In" (hat
condition. And when he returHeafo
London he gave if out' that he 'never
wished any reference to .his- wife
made in his hearing. Always an
ascetic, he has since the loss of his
wife been a social recluse. Fishing
has been about his only pastime; aad
he has been in the habit of spending
his weekends in a little iron cottage
which he had built beside a little
rushing stream, with no ether com
panionship than that of an elderly
man servant, and fishing to his
heart's content.
It is one of the curiosities of Wash
ington's social life that comparatively
very few American girls marry Into
the British embassy, while tne
chatelaines of the Freneh and
German and Spanish and various
: Latin American embassies and the le
gations of the smaller European
countries seem more frequently than
otherwise to be American girls who
have come back after years with their
husbands in other countries. Lady
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