New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-03
ROUND OF DINNERS
FOR THE WILSON'S
President and Bride Will Enter
tain Diplomats and Be the
Guests of Cabinet Members.
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Washington. Jan. Greece Is
ranged with the Entente powers in the
State Departments disposition Of the
neutral guests at the two diplomatic
dinners TO be given r. me President
and Mrs Wilson this month. This is
all that would be disclosed by oi1iclals
of the department to-day concerning
this delicate question
i'm peace times the President enter
taius all the diplomats at one dinner,
bat the European war has made It nee
esSary this year 10 separate them into
two groups The classification of the
be,ligerents was easy, but the neutrals
presented q problem. Where 10 place
Alexau5re Nouros. the Greek Minister
whether beside VI. Jusserand. dean
of the Diplomatic Corps and ranking
guest H. the first dinner of January
~ or with Count Won Bernstorf, the
ranking guest at the dinner on January
- was the hardest nut Of all.
The social secretaries at the state
Department believe they have solved
the problem, and have sent the lnvi-
tatiou lists TO the White House for
final approval by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
when .rey return Tuesday.
Small Dinner for President.
Scarcely more than q dozen will sit
at table when the Nice-President and
Mrs. Marshall and the Cabinet mem
bers entertain i'm honor of the Pres
ident end the new mistress Of the
White House. President Wilson's aver
sion 20 large dinner companies has
brought this about. Tie table decora-
tions on these occasions will be simple,
for the President also dislikes floral
forests which keep ore-half Of the
guests from seeing the other half.
There will be music a. almost all OF
the dinners.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall will entertain q. the New WI
lard SIN honor Of the President and
Mrs. Wilson on the evening OF Janu-
arv Il. thu. introducing the series Of
ten dinner parties.
Most Of the hosts have departed from
the once hard and fast rule OF every
Cabinet member appearing At every
other Cabinet members dinner party
when entertaining for the President
thus compelling the Chlej Executive
to entertain the entire Cabinet at the
White House and then dine with all
of them i'm q body ten consecutive
times afterward.
MANY Entertainments for Wilson.
This was too monotonous for Presi-
don't Roosevelt and he frankly said so.
Since then there has been more
variety. The Secretary Of state ana
Mrs. Lansing have asked some dis
tnguished guests 20 meet the Presl-
dent and Mrs. Wilson at dinner on the
evening Of January rs. and on January
4ho Presidents
son-in-law and daughter, the Secre-
torv Of the Treasury and Mrs. Nc
Adoo In succession they Will be en-
+artained or February I by the Score
+arv of War and Mrs. Garrison; on
February 3 BY the Attorney General
and Mrs Gregory; by the Postmaster
General and Mrs Burleson on Febru-
srv II: by the Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Daniels on February l5i by
Tho Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs.
Iano ON February 81; by the Secre-
tarv Of Agriculture and Mrs. Houston
ON February %; by the Secretary o.
Commerce and Mrs. Redheld on febru-
arv %. and by the Secretary of Labor
and Mrs. Wilson i'm the first week OF
March. r,..
viii occupy a box tomorrow night at
the annual Navy Relief ball in the sail
loft at the navy yard. The Presidents
three daughters made their hrst ap-
nearanc-, i'm Washington society at
this annual ball two winters ago, their
mother being their chaperon. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Brownson, Colonel
and Mrs. Robert VI. Thompson, Mrs.
Julian James and others will occupy
boxcs near the Presidents family.
Mr. Charles Page Bryan, exam
bassador 10 Japan, and his brother-in-
law and sister, Judge and Mrs. Payne,
entertained at p musical this after
noon I'M honor Of the Latin-American
diplonats who are here for the
Scientific Congress.