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ASHINGTON society in its official and residential sets 
gathered at the Willard Hotel last week for the 
Southern ball, which was one of the most beautiful charity 
balls in the history of the city. Among the box-holders 
were Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, who had with her Judge and 
Mrs. Wm. Bailey Lamar, Mrs. T. de Witt Talmage, Dr. 
Rupert Blue, Miss Helen Peck Blodgett and Delos Blod- 
gett, Jr. Mrs. Blodgett was in mauve tulle over cloth of 
silver and pearls. Miss Blodgett wore green-shaded tulle 
tuade with a pointed flounced skirt over cloth of gold and 
gold lace bodice. Representative and Mrs. Ernest W. 
Roberts were present, Mrs. Roberts wearing brocaded blue 
satin. An unique feature of the Southern ball is the 
choosing of the capital’s most beautiful belles. This 
year C.. W. de Lyon Nicholls, a noted social arbiter of 
New York, chose the fortunate girls from the large num- 
ber of really beautiful girls present. It happened that 
the two selected were from Tennessee, Miss Marie Sims, 
daughter of Representative and Mrs. T. W. Sims, and 
Miss Jeannette Cowan, daughter of Mrs. John K. Shields, 
wife of Senator Shields. They were chosen from the 
crowd for their charm and grace, their naturalness of 
manner and utter lack of artificiality according to Mr. 
N:cholls, who, after the choice was settled in his mind, 
asked for introductions to the girls, but not telling them 
tnat they were the ones he had selected. Mr. Nicholls 
complimented Washington men as well as the women. He 
said they are manly and that Washington girls do not need 
to go out of town to find husbands, for the best type of 
thie manhood of the nation is right in the city. He said 
he had been very much impressed at the ball and that it 
was a marked 
New York city. 
contrast to the 5 o’clock tea gentry in 
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Mrs. Preston Gibson was of the large dinner com- 
pany entertained by Senator and Mrs. James W. Wads- 
worth, Jr., before the Southern Relief Society ball at the 
Willard. 
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William H. Coolidge of Manchester was registered at 
the Willard last week. 
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The American Red Cross exhibit in Washington last 
week attracted thousands of visitors and gained many 
contributors. It was the most complete exhibit to illus- 
trate the operations of the Red Cross during war and 
serious disasters that has ever been held in the U. S. Miss 
Mabel T. Boardman, chairman of the executive committee 
of the national organization, and Mrs. T. N. McLaughlin, 
secretary of the Washington branch, were in charge. 
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Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., entertained with an 
anti-suffrage bridge party this Wednesday. Among the 
patronesses were Mrs. James McMillan and Mrs. Cleve- 
land H. Perkins. 
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Mrs. Delos Blodgett was one of the riders in the 
musical drill last Thursday at the Riding and Hunt club 
of Washington. 
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_ Mrs. William J. Boardman and her daughter, Mrs. 
Frederick A. Keep, have returned to Washington from 
a short visit at White Sulphur Springs, Va. 
The famous “Colonna” Madonna, by Raphael, and 
the gothic and renaissance art of the Hoentschel collec- 
tion consisting of 332 pieces, were given to the Metropoli- 
ten Museum of Art last week by J. Pierpont Morgan. 
Yhey were part of the great collection gathered by the 
late Pierpont Morgan. 
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pAlM BEACH has golf links especially for women. 
The Women’s Palm Beach Golf club fulfils the idea 
that women should have a course of nine holes for them- 
selves attached to the main courses. Here one can learn 
the game quietly. It is thought to be an advantage to the 
men as well as the women. 
to go on a crowded course. The men have no patience 
and look as if we ought to play in a back garden. I should 
nuss my shots from sheer nervousness if I had to play 
with a continual ‘hurry up’ feeling in back of me.” 
That dress plays an important part in women’s golf 
is shown in a little sketch of match play on the special a 
links for women at Palm Beach. The fittingly garbed 
woman, and, needless to say, the winner in the match 
wore correct golfing shoes—had nails in them. . Her 
skirt was short and not more than two yards wide. Her 
linen shirt waist was finished with a soft stock. 
Shetland jersey and a small close fitting hat completed 
her costume. Her partner wore a pleated skirt which 
got twisted round the shaft of her putter and lost a hole 
thereby. Her shoes looked too small for the occasion. 
Her blouse had a frill down the front and she wore a 
large hat—very pretty and becoming, but not suitable on 
a golf course. The wind and a caddy played havoc with 
the hat. So Mrs. Gourlay Dunn-Webb says that although 
some people resent any inference in their dress, they find 
cut the fault sooner or later after they have had their 
first lesson. Invent what you like to wear, but do not 
wear anything that will put you off your game, is her © 
advice. - For those who are not at Palm Beach playing 
golf she urges the practice of the golf swing at home 
without a club. This will keep the golfing muscles in 
trim and is fine physical exercise. 
eolf swing should be taught in schools as an exercise. 
The first and principal thing you will notice after 
taking up the game is the improvement in your health. 
Your body will become supple. 
der. 
used in golf. It is a physical exercise taken under ideal 
conditions and beautiful surroundings; a fascinating, com- — 
panionable game, gentle and not overexhausting. 
Mrs. Dunn-Webb, who has written her articles for — 
the New York Herald, thinks that women who are © 
troubled with nervousness and sleeplessness should take 
up golf. 
“There is so much fascination in the game that it 
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holds your thoughts and helps to crowd out worries. 
the end of the day you find yourself drowsily thinking of 
the putts you holed and missed, of the long drives you — 
You promise yourself to drive round the bunker — 
next time and not try to carry it, and with all these — 
thoughts you ‘doze off’ into dreamland. You are still in ~ 
the glorious, peaceful country, driving over hill and dale, — 
going through beautiful woods, the soft, restful green of — 
inade. 
the turf all around. 
“There are many of us who would not think of walk-_ 
ing three miles and yet if you play eighteen holes that is — 
You do not notice it~ 
the distance you will have walked. 
because the fascination of the game is upon you. 
“T make special appeal to parents to encourage their : 
It is not only the game, but the environ- — 
There is a great deal more golf played among chil- — 
children in golf. 
ment. 
dren in Scotland than anywhere. Clubs can be made for 
children, or discarded clubs of parents or friends can be — 
easily shortened. I especially appeal for the girls. I 
like to see good girl golfers. 
are young. ‘They are shown how to ride and swim in~ 
their youth, but very seldom are they encouraged in golf. — 
This is such a mistake,” 
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Some one has said that “it — 
is perfectly horrid when one has just learned the game ~ 
She believes that the 
The, outdoor exercise — 
which you would not otherwise take will make you slen- — 
Remember, that nearly every muscle in the body is — 
Let them learn while they — 
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