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V I In r v v w w ht J U 2 In n I U U- US' US S S. and uld Canada Can Can- nOn ada by bT Women omen New e Service genie the exclusively by Inc ed Alli Alli- North orth American Newspaper Ne ance since TIle TUB SOCIAL LOBBY tOBBY There is nothing more of Washington society than the plan of nf Washington streets when Charles lEnfant l'Enfant laid out the city on paper WIth Its streets straight and diagonal with triangles and circles it is 15 clear he had in mind minda a R. prophetic vision of lot system system tem tern that was to Develop with Its rings and circles and angles short shortcuts shortcuts shortcuts cuts to greatness If It you know tho the way and divergences that leave you on the rim of oC outer darkness U if you miss the path When a train pushes l Its v nose 1 Into th the tho hJ Union I trl station at Washington and unloads a new representative i ii and his wife t the man may y stand t i i looking across s at t the nd dome o of the capitol tho the scene of at his future t tri fl- i- i Ills chest may h heave ave with mighty aspirations he lie may be al almost almost almost al- al most ashamed to admit even to himself himself him him- self the the height height of his political ambition ambition am- am But What of his wife r She Sho may maybe maybe maybe be a gentle soul from the sunny South a busy woman from the North r a n. rough gem from the West Westor or a R. sophisticated society dame from an Eastern metropolis Yet Yett t think nl of the social ordeal that faces her In the small email town there thero Is grea great excitement over the honor on the newly elected representative v His Ills family and friends think he je has ha achieved tho the highest position nex next to the presidency tIts His wife ha has visions of being a a. ranker front 1 In society et and there is much h preparation e rat et tg t tion for the invasion o of the capi- capi tal Being one of the four and more and a a. lesser one one one-as as precedence pe pre goeS goesby by length of ot service she doesn't make make- a a. big splurge lie Her I first Job Is to make her hun calls hun calls hun hundreds of ot them If she doesn't sh she sho will be left alone alono and lonely I In total obscurity She Is on th the outer rim and must learn leam the wa way in How to get from one ono social socia circle to another without once stepping step step- stepping ping outside the prescribed or If you prefer it It proscribed or orthe it If th the national game of hop TWO GUESTS TOO MANY 1 When you OU read about being 1 Inthe in inthe the social whirl with a congressman's congressman's congress congress- mans man's wife or society as seen b by senators It has an air all of intoxication tion thrill I To entertain the visitor from from- th the home state is one one- of the privileges privilege of a representatives representatives' or senator Yo You I v V I II V. V I In i i VJ L always try to do It well One satis- satis fled elector a little flattered can do a n. lot when he goes back home Early In the tho war the wife of ot a senator from the Middle West Vest planned a dinner for tor two to house guests electors from the tho home state Influential electors too and she wanted to show them a real part party Hoping to be Impressive she wished to Include as many high high- ranked guests as possible and reached up to the tho limit But she realized that It would be Impolite impolito to Invite the French and German ambassadors to the tho same meal So the Invitation in was sent to M. M Jus- Jus The Tho French reply expressed re Te- se gret STet and inability to come and so cleared the way for an Invitation to the German Gennan embassy from which came an acceptance A lot underlay Invitations and acceptances In those tense days TI The Great Middle preparations ep Western were friend mt made had decked herself herselt out like the Queen of Sheba and he her husband was the tho martyred of or correct Fifth avenue stylo style The door bell rang and the tho guests began to arrive Imagine their horn horw horror hor hor- w when n among the first to come coma ro were e M. M r a and Madame a e Some secretary had blundered This meant two guests too many The bewildered hostess not only had to secretly murder two guests of ot representatives but also to keep countries than at war from stabbing stab- stab bins bins- each other with a salad fork or damaging the tho cutlery cutler DID THEY TilEY TELL D BACIC CK HOME the surreptitiously At length butler hustled two trays upstairs and the house guests guests-a. a tearful Queen of at Sheba and he her he- spouse spouse- I for whom the party really was i given were the sacrificial victims It was Impossible to deny a seat scat to any of the high officials invited and there wasn't an Inch of ot room atthe atthe at the tho table So there was no alter- alter na native What h t the real honor guests got of that party came up on a R. tra tray was seen de decorations or beard heard over the tho But they didn't tell that when they got sot back home No r Indeed The average American woman has a inaccurate mental plc- plc picture picture pic pic- ture of The busy senators senator's wife She visualizes her as breakfasting in her boudoir She never thinks that she might be cooking breakfast breakfast break break- fast She sees the endless chain of or Invitations tying her to the social wheel fly-wheel which spins da day and night until pleasure Is her paramount duty and parties are ae her daily dally task By noon you seem to seo the pile of letters beseeching her presence hero her wit there ner ber Ti Incomparable social graces elsewhere cleared from her desk dese Then flinging aside asido her silk negligee she leaps into her luncheon frock She is the guest or bait to hook elusive celebrities She smiles and eats and listens herway herway her herway way through salads and ice lee cream her beauty banked by out of season season season sea sea- son roses You always use usa flowers out of season They are not more effective but more moro expensive If It to make it beauty Is too severe a astrain l. l strain her Intellectual face tace or the regal pose of her head are alternative tive tivo compliments She Is to to-rn from lunch to bo be whirled down the tree-bordered tree avenUe avenue ave aye nue flue home She sheds her luncheon gown and dives Into one more mora suited suited suit suit- ed for three teas an and 1 a reception reception- her afternoons afternoon's program program where where she must appear or the parties will wiil fall flat TIll TIlE END E OP OF A PERFECT DA DAY DUT By she Is home again and stepping out ut of at her afternoon frock she sho ho slips on two shoulder straps and some beaded net and faces a blizzard The dinner is in her honor honor hon hen or A little talk will be expected after that the theatre supper and perhaps a- a dance It Is quite a a. thrilling picture And away out West and up North and down South in inthe the mountains and across the prairies women in their simple homes read ead of it with witha a look of ot envy in eyes that perhaps have nev never r seen the national capital the season out-of-season roses the lightning lightning lightning light light- ning change from party frocks But you dont don't believe it There Isa Isa Is Isa a leaven of party In the political dough but often otten the party becomes the rough and a n. little peace the Few real women could long endure the Inanities of ot that pictured existence The Job of ot bEIng be being being bE be- ing a wife wIte a mother a h housekeeper and a human being generally ally Is fitted tf In between these multifarious duties You who live at home wash ot off the slate elate that picture of a bu busy y senators senator's wife or congressman's spouse Just remember that she Isa is isa isa a mighty busy woman It if she elie is doing her Job properly that some of the parties are a and that all roses dont don't grow on trees trees Tomorrow When Byan Bryan Ap Applauded I Ap- Ap Briand |