Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

IN restraint. The stern coVenanleF
tradition that is behind me sends mary
an echo down the years. 1t is not only
diligently to pursue business. but also
to seek this sort of comradeship, that
/ feel it is a privilege to have come
across the seas and. in the welcome
that you have accorded Mrs. Wilson
and me. you have made us feel that
the most delightful and enjoyable
form.
Happy to Join Love Feast.
Il thank you sincerely for this wei
come. sir, and am very happy to join
in a love feast which is all the more
enjoyable because there is b. hind it
background of tragical .suffering.
Our spirits are released from the
darkness of the clou DIS that at one
time seemed to have settled upon the
world in a way that could not be
dispers the sufferings of your own
people. the suffering of the people of
France and the Infinite stuff ring o
the peoo.e of Belgium. The whisper
of grief that has been blown all
through the world is now silent and
the sun of hope seems to spr, ad it's
rays and to change the earth 18th a
new prospect of happiness. So. GU"
joy is all the more elevated because
We know that our spirits are now lift
ed out of that valley ..
City's Gold Plate Displayed.
The lord mayor wore his robes of
office, with gold chain and diamond
badge. The gold plate of the city
was banked on dark red plaques,
making an effective background for
the central group. at the head of the
table.
Field Marshal and Lady Haig and
Admiral and Lady Beatty sat across
the table from President Wilson
Premier Lloyd George. the Maharajah
of Bikaner, American Ambassador
Davis and Mrs. Davis and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury were beyond
Mrs. Wilson. Members of the cabinet
and officials of the royal household
were arranged on either side of the
head of the table. which stretched
the length of the hall.
President Wilson divided his con-
versation with the premier. Field
Marshal Haig and the wife of the lord
mayor. Mr.. Lloyd George absorbing
the larger share.
Election returns passed from ear to
ear along the tables and kept Premier
Lloyd George in an expansive smile
as they reached him.
Guests at the Luncheon.
Guests at the luncheon follow:
Duke of Connaught. Princess Patricia
of Connaught, Premier and Mrs. David,
Lloyd George. the Earl and Countess OF
Reading, Admiral and Mrs. David
Beatty, Lord and Lady Curzon, former
Premier and Mrs. II. ii. lAsquith, David
r. Francis. Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Davis,
Lord Herschell, Field Marshal and Mrs
Douglas Fais, Sir Charles Gust. Sir
Robert Borden, premier of Canada;
Hughes of Australia, Louis Botha
premier of the Union Of South Africa
Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop of
London, Viscount Miner, Lord Chancel-
lor Finlay, Andrew Bonar Law. J.
Austen Chamberlain, George Nicoll
Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS, Viscount Far
quhar, Sir Frederick E. Smith. Winston
Spencer Churchill Viscount Sandhurst
and Admiral Sir John Jellcoe, Vice Ad
miral Sir RosslMn Wemiss. Niscount
James Bryce. Sir Albert Fl. Stanley, Wis
count Cave. Viscount Aston. Sir George
and Lady Riddell. Lord Burnham, Cen
Sir Henry Wilson. Gen. Sir William r.
Robertson. Gen. John Cowan, Sir Charles
Fielding. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin b. Laugh
lin. Vice Admiral w. S. Sims, Maj.
Lionel Rothschild.
Sir Thomas Upton. Marquis of Sails
bury. Marquis of Crewe, DIR. Norman
Moore. Sir George Perley, Andrew
Fisher. former premier of Australia;
w. p. Schreiner, representative of the
u
mere. w. Adrian Pollock, city cham
berlain; Sir ]. Bell, city clerk; Roland
Prothero Earl of Crawford, Sir Joseph
Patton Maclay. Herbert A. l.. Fisher,
Earl of Chesterfield. Sir J. White Todd
The chief rabbi of London, Sir w. A.
NJ. Goode, Sir Jeremiah Coleman, Sir
Eric Drummond. Lord Mersey. the
Maharajah of Bikaner, Lord Des-
borough, James William Lowther, the
dean of st. Paurs, Consul General and
Mrs. Robert p. Skinner. Ian MacPher-
son, Sir Campbell Stewart, Richard
Westacott, Charles c. Bray and Hollis
Stanley, American vice conSuls; Mr.
and Mrs. J. Butler Wright. Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Bell, Col S. l.. f. Slo-
cum. Maj. Gen. Biddle. Brig. Gen
Harris. Col. Henry W. Thornton, Rear
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, twenty
eight city aldermen, editors of leading
London newspapers, sheriffs and UNI
der sheriffs. Y