The New York herald., 1920-01-06
JELL|COE DANIELS
GUEST At DINNER
AND RECEPTION
British Naval Hero Warmly
Entertained by Official So
ciety at Washington.
Herald Bureau.
No. 1.502 I'll street. ". W.,
Washington, ID. c., Monday.


Admiral Viscount Jelicoe OF Seapa. who
is in Washington as the guest Of the
American navy. was entertained at din
iler followed by brilliant reception to.
night by the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels. Mrs. Daniels was the only
lady at the dinner.
The guests We're Admiral Jellicoe. Com
modore f. C. Dreyer, the admiral's chief
of staff, his secretary, and Paymaster
Captain II. 1T. Share 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 Secretary of Agriculture.
the Secretary OF Commerce, the Secretary
of Labor, Mr.. Ronald Lindsay, Charge
d'Affaires of the British Embassy, and
Che British Naval Attache, Captain Geof-
frey Blake; Senatr Page, chairman of the
Naval Affairs Committee; Senator Claude
Swanson, Mr. Franklin d. Roosevelt, AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy; Representa-
tive Butler. Representative Lemuel p
Padgett. Rear Admiral Aobert r. Coontz.
chief OF naval operations: Rear Admiral
William S. Benson. Rear Admiral Thomas
Washington and Commander Percy Foote.
aid to the secretary.
4 At the reception Mrs. Daniels was as
sisted by Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin. Mrs. J. c.
- Hoogewerf, Mrs. Denis, Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley and the Misses Bagley.
-fcta Of he ba~
aunt, Mrs. Minnie Bagley. and the wives
of the bureau chiefs of the Navy Depart
ment The guests included the members
of the Cabinet and the members of the
Naval Affairs committees of the Senate
and the House, with their wives as we'll
as all naval officers of the rank of lieu
tenant commander and above stationed in
Washington, the military attaches of the
foreign legations and few ranking army
officers, with the ladies' of their families.
~ The house was gay with flowers and
hung with flags and the Marine Band
played during the evening.
Following a visit to the Navy Yard this
morning the commandant, Rear Admiral
A. W. Grant, entertained at luncheon at
. his quesrters for Admiral Jellcoe and his
party The Secretary of the Navy and
other officials and high ranking naval Of
ficers w,sre among the guests The Ad-
miral was received at the gate with a
salute of nineteen guns, three ruffles and
three flouvishes" In the afternoon he
had tea informally with the Assistant Sec
retary of tive Navy and Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. who had about dozen guests
to meet him.
.. AS climax TO a busy day, Admiral Jel-
licoe and his staff attended the ball given
at the New Willard for the benefit of the
Episcopal Home for Children. Coming on
from the reception at the home of Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels, they
were late of course. but all the guests re-
NAMED for q glsnpse of the naval hero.
He and his party were guests of Major
William Eric Fowler. who placed his box
at their disposal. The ball was one of the
prettiest and most successful of the sea-
son, dipiomatists, officials and resident
society folk being present in happy pro-
portions.