The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-06

4 Admiral viscount Jellicoe, who is
the guest of the American navy, and
the members of his staff were en-
tertained at dinner last evening by
the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels. The guests numbercS TWEEN
ty-two. The table was adorned with
red roses and white lilaes tied with
blue ribbon. Mrs. Daniels wore n
handsome gown of white satin heav-
lily brocaded In gold. made with a
tram and trimmings OF pearls. She
carried a flame-colored fan.
? The guests were all men, and in
cluded Commodore, F. c. Dreyer,
chief of stan; Paymaster Capt H..
III. Share. r. N. secretary OF Ad-
miral Jellicoe; Capt. Blake. p. N.
naval attache of the British En-
assy: Mr.. Lindsay, Charge d'Affaires
Of Great Britain; the Secretary of
state, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary OF War, the Attorney
General. the Postmaster General. the
Secretary of the Interior. the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture. the Secretary
Of Commerce. the Secretary of La
Dor. Senator Page. chairman OF Ma
vel Affairs Committee of the Sem
ate: Senator Swanson. ranking minor
ity leader of the Naval Affairs Com
mlttee of the Senate: Franklin Roose-
welt. Assistant Secretary of the Navy;
Representative Butler. chairman OF
Naval Affairs Committee of the
House: Representative Padgett. rank
ing minority leader OF the Naval A.
fairs Committee of the House; Nd
miral Coontz, chief OF Naval Opera
tons; Rear Admiral Badger. L. s.
y. tretiredD. president of the General
Board: Rear Admiral Benson. l.. S.
N. retired. former chief of Naval
Operations and member Of the Inter-
CALLED Naval Council at Paris; Rear
Admiral Washington. chief of the Blu
feau Of Navigation: and Comdr
E'oots. aide to the Secretary of the
Navy.
The dinner was followed by a re-
eepeon to which were invited men,
oers of the Cabinet and their wives
members Of the Senate and House Ma
val Affairs Committee with their
wives; all naval officers of the rank
OF lieutenant commander and above.
with their wives; naval attaches of
the foreign legations and their wives
high ranking officers of the army and
state Department officials and their
wives.
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels were as
sisted in receiving by Miss Margaret
Wilson. Mrs Adelaide Worth Bagley
and the Misses Bagley. mother and
sisters OF Mrs. Daniels, and her aunt,
Mrs Minnie Bagley; by Mrs. Cary
Grayson, Mrs. Franklin ID. Roosevelt,
Mrs. J. A. Hoogewerff, Mrs. Charles
HamBn. Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Coontz
and the wives OF the other chiefs of
the bureaus of the Navy Department.
Later in the evening Admiral JelIi-
coe and his stan attended the ball for
the Episcopal Home for Children at
the Willard.
Earlier yesterday Admiral Jellicoe
and the members of his stan were
entertained at luncheon by Rear
Admiral A w. Grant. cornrdandant
OF the Washington Navy Yard. fol-
lowing their inspection of the yard.
The luncheon was given at the
commandments quarters. the guests.
all men, including the Secretary Of
|, the Nsvv. Mr.. Daniels, Franklin D..
70" "-elt. Assistant Secretary of
-" Navy; the chief of naval opera
+Ius, the chiefs of bureaus of the
IVY Department and other ranking
avail officers. On arriving at the
ward and on leaving the disting-
Uished British sailor was greeted
by salute of nineteen guns and all
naval hOnors.
Yesterday afternoon Admiral Jelli-
coe took tea with the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Roosevelt, when only about a
dozen guests were asked to meet
him most Informally.