The Washington herald., 1919-11-13

s.ASs taoiunonQ. herbefL y. Iutnhm,
iorsrien OF Congress, Mr.. and Mrs.
lrwip Laughlin. Mrs. Thomas. F.
Bayard. Mrs. Hampson Gary. Miss
Corneiia Basel and Miss Crocker. :
After the dinner the Prince was en-
tertained at a brilliant reception at
the Library Of Congress where some
5000 persons gathered TO shake him
oy the hand A large American flag
and British royal standard hung
over the entrance.
The beautiful hall OF the library
with its wide marble stairways and
galleries made a ma agnificent and At
ting setting for such an historic oc-
casion. The guests entered the car
Rage entrance on the street level.
wound UP the stairway to the main
fioor. across II and up tho wider stair
way to the gallery above, Marines
standing ut attention At frequent In
tervals marking the way. Palms In
great abundance were everywhere.
The Marine Band, which played dur
ing the entire evening, was on the
main floor behind the big pillars,
where an elaborate supper was serv-
ed on long tables adorned with huge
clusters Of yellow chrysanthemums.
alternating with low baskets nlled
with deep pink chryssnthemums.
The receiving party stood on wide
red carpet on the gallery on the
north side Of the hall. The guests
dent by a naval officnr twho In turn
introduced them to the prince. he
made q very boyish looking figure in
his evening clothes. with several
decorations on the lapel. He grasped.
each guest by the hand and spoke q
few words with each. smiling all the
time Some OF the guests returned
his greeting with courtesy, others
with Just q bow. Mrs. Lansing stood
ON the princes left in the receiving
party line while the British Ambas-
sador. Viscount Grey. was on her left
and Secretary Lansing next to him.
The members OF the princes stan
stood Just behind the receiving line
Practically all of the pembers Of
the diplomatic corps. with their wives
and other members Of their families,
stood In q group just beyond the re-
ceiving line and nodded to their friends
as they passed. Just to the left Of
the receiving party. among others.
were the Spanish Ambassador and
Nine. Riano. the Minister OF the Serbs.
Croats and Slovenes and Nine
Grouitch. the Ambassador from Chile
and Nine. Mathieu and their guests.
Nine Domingo da Cana and the
Misses da Cana: the Minister from
Denmark. Constantin Brun; the Am
bassador from Argentina and Mime. Le
Breton and their niece, Miss Lloveras: :
the Charge d'Affaires from the Lega-
ton of Uruguay and Nine. Hugo de
Pena, the Charge d'Affaires' from the
Legation of Panama. J. E. Lefevre
and Miss Ramona Lefevre.
All OF the members OF both houses
Of Congress. with their families, were
there: also the Cabinet officers and
their wives, all OF the officials Of the
State Department and the cream OF
Washington resident society. Some Of
those in the distinguished company
were the Speaker Of the House and
Mrs. Frederick Gillett. Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. George Barnett. Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian Boiling. Mrs. Borden Hartman
and her daughter, Mrs. Russell. the
Misses Patten. Mrs. Henry c. Corbin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Wilson, Ralph
Snowden Hill. Mrs. Henry Wilson and
Miss Ruth Wilson. Mr.. and. Mrs.
Thomas r. Logan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Bennett. Mr.. and Mrs Claude Lang
lais. Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kaufman.
Mrs. Charles Bell, Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins. Judge and Mrs. c. C.
McChord. Mr.. and Mrs. George Le-
Roy = Boyle. Miss Caroline Nash.
Miss Ruth Hitchcock. Herbert
Hengsler. Miss Bessie Hickey. Harry
Hickey. Mrs. Alexander Chambers,
Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hight. Miss Mabel
Boardman. Senator and Mrs. Peter
G. Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Browne. Assistant Attorney General
and Mrs. Charles Warren, Mrs.
James Mcdonald. Arthur Bradley
Campbell, Mrs. William Miller Gra-
ham and Miss Geraldine Graham.
Miss Marie Sims. Commissioner and
Mrs. Louis Brownlow. Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood. Miss Edith Morgan.
the Misses Hoar, James Young, Mai.
Raymond Pullman. Mr.. and Mrs Gil
bert Grosvenor. Col. and Mrs. Charles
Kutz. Miss Eleanor Waters, Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer. Mrs. william
L. Marshall. Mrs. ]. H. Knapp, Mrs.
Alexander c. King. Miss Louise
Delano. Miss Lester, Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Eevius. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hamlin and Miss Anna Hamlin, Mrs
Poe Whlte/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ira c.
Copley. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs.
Julian James. Mrs. John Allan Dough-
erty. Jack Wiley, Miss Agnes Hart