The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-24

| receiving line next Mrs Minor and
then came Mrs. George Thacher
Guernsey. honorary president gen
eral, and Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, one
of the founders of the ID. A. II. Mrs
Howard S. Hodgkins. chairman Of
the entertainment committee, made
the introductions. Mrs. John w.
Foster and Mrs. Matthew II. Scott,
former presidents general had been
asked to receive, but were not able
to be present.
Indeed. Mrs. Scott is still away, out
at her home in Bloomington, III. She
Is in rather frail health now and
loath to attempt the journey East,
but will join her daughter, Mrs.
Charles s. Bromwell, in Washington
as soon as she is able.
The State officers assisting were
Mrs. William Il. Hardy, Mrs. James
NJ. Wiley. Mrs. John NJ. Beavers. Mrs.
Harry +. Gauss, Mrs. Louis A. Abbot.
and Mrs. James p. Hart. Presiding
at the supper table were the active
national officers. Mrs. John Francis
Yawger, Mrs. c. Wallace Hanger,
Mrs. Livingston l.. Hunter, Mrs. a.
Marshall Elliott. Miss Jenn Winslow
Coltrane. Mrs. Frank d. Ellison, and
Mrs. George w. White Others as
sisting were the members of the en-
tertainment committee and the sixty
one District of Columbia chapter re-
gents.
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Although distinctly informal In
character most of the entertaining
of last week had an unusual measure
of interest from the pleasant per-
sonages about whom IL centercd-the
American Ambassador to Great Brit
ain and Mrs, John w. Davis, for in
stance. They were guests of the for
mer Secretary of State and Mrs. Ian
sing, for an all too brief visit and
lunched and dined informally each
day with groups of old friends. Then
Mrs Lansing had a tea one day at
which foregathered most of those
whom the Davises had known best
during their residence in Washing
ton.
Probably when the guests began
to arrive in greater numbers. the
hostess received in the drawing ROOM
but during the early afternoon the
little company was assembled in the
great living room or library at the
back OF the house-a room which is
filled with mementos of many years
of association with diplomatic and
official life. 1t was there that King
Albert and Queen Elizabeth of the
Belgians, were entertained at dinner
by the Lansings. Mr.. Lansing was
then Secretary of State, and a stun
ming picture of the King, inscribed
with a few cordial words OF apprecia-
ton, occupies a prominent place on
the piano. Just over the way is
charming photograph of the Prince
of Wales, presented to Mrs. Lansing
at the time of his visit here.
This is placed on a small table with
photographs of His Royal HiEhness'
father and mother, his grandfather
and grandmother and the gracious
Queen Victoria, to all of whom Mrs.
Lsnsing's mother, Mrs. John w Fos-
ter, was presented. To look at this
bright, active little lady. who seems
to have drunk of the fountain of
perpetual youth, one would never
think that her memories go back so
far. It's difficult to realize, more
over, that her husband, the late Cen
eral Foster, once Secretary of state,
in his long and distinguished diplo-
matte career was presented to four
sovereigns of England four Spanish
sovereigns, as many in Russia and
three or four in Germany.
The Davises have now gone up TO