The Washington herald., 1921-03-03
Hobby Party.
ForHardings
Press Club to Entertain
Nel1 President and
Cabinet Officers.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

Dy EN Ell i ~ ". uONls
The President elect and Mrs.
Harding will be the guests of honor
at a hobby party which the board
of governors of the National Press
Club will give at Keith's Theater
on Monday. March 2, from $50 to
s:30 o'clock; probably the first en-
tertainment In their honor after
Mr. Harding assumes ONCE as Pres
ident.
The entertainment will be inter-
esting from many angles. In che
days before the war the Press Clubs
hobby parties, at which big men
discussed little issues. were na-
tionally known, and their resump-
tion Is a matter for congratulation.
The president of the club, Avery
C. Marks, jr.. will preside. and the
program now being arranged gives
promise of being unusually brilliant.
An invitation has been extended to
the Diplomatic Corps, the Supreme
Court. the new Cabinet. the men,
bers of President Wilson's Cabinet.
visiting dignitaries and others
prominent in official life.
Vice President-elect and Mrs. Coo
lidge will be guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean at their din
ner dance tomorrow evening. They
may go to the Child Welfare ball
for little while during the even
ing. but will not know positively
until the last minute. Mrs Coolidge
will attend the meeting of Mrs. Sell
den Spencer's Bible class this morn
ing at the New willard at IL o clock.
Mrs Marshall. wife of the retiring
Vice President had planned to go
but cannot do so as the time con-
fiicts with her duties in promoting
the Child Welfare ball tomorrow
evening. President-elect Harding's
father, DR.. George Tyron Harding,
and nine other close relatives of Mr.
Harding, have announced their in
tention of attending the Bible class
this morning. The class has a
membership of about 500 Congress
sional women.
Mrs. Coolidge was the honor guest
at a tea which Mrs. Marshall gave
yesterday afternoon, the guests in
vited being only the ladies of the
Senate who took the occasion to
present Mrs. Marshall with several
handsome additions to the silver
service they gave her on Tuesday
afternoon at their weekly luncheon.
Only wives of Senators were al
lowed to contribute though many
admirers of Mrs. Marshall asked to
be permitted to do so. As contri-
buttons are still pouring in. Mrs.
row with several more silver pieces.
70 he a
wich tray. Yesterdays gifts includ-
ed a lovely large filigree silver bas-
ket. a tea caddy and sugar tongs.
The basket was used on the tea
table and was filled with pink roses.
The silver service was also used
for the first time. In the drawing
room the handsome and huge silver
loving cup presented to Mr.. Mar
shall by the Senate, was filled with
American beauty roses.
The vice president of the club Of
Senate ladies assisted her in receiv-
ing. Mrs. Joseph l. France, wife
OF the Senator from Maryland and
newly elected vice president of the
Senate woman's Club. and the other
vice presidents: Mrs. A. Owsley
Stanley. of kentucky: Mrs. Henry
+. Ashurst, of Arizona. and Mrs.
Sefden p. Spencer, of Missouri
Mrs. c. c. McChord also assisted,
and her daughter. Mrs. George Le-
Roy Boyle. presided at the tea ia
ble- Mrs. Marshall wore a black
satin gown made with a shawl col
lar of sapphire blut satin, and the
wide, crushed girdle was lined with
the same. Mrs Coolidge's gown
was of pale gray chiffon, the skirt
accordion pleated. Around the top
of the hem was a two-inch band
of silver lace. The blouse was a
Russian effect, reaching to the hips.
and was of Alice blue Georgette
crepe embroidered with blue and
gray beads and held in at the waist
line with a soft belt of the blue
chiffon Her hat was of black tulle,
a round stiff sailor shape embroid-
cred with black bugles. A band of
black satin ribbon encircled the
crown. At her waist line she wore
q small cluster of yellow orchids.
Notable in the company were Mrs.
John W. Weeks and Mrs. Albert B.
Fall, whose husbands are to be
members of the new Cabinet: also
Mrs, Irvine L. Lenroot, the recently
elected president OF the congress
sional Club, who made a most in
teresting and clever inaugural ad-
dress at the club yesterday morn
ing. Many of the guests were ac-
companied by their inaugural Wis
itors.
NEW CABINET MEMBERS
WILL ARRIVE TODAY.
The majority of the men assigned
to President-elect Harding's Cabinet
will be in Washington today.
Charles Evans Hughes, who Is to
be Secretary of State. and Mrs.
Hughes are expected today, and will
be at the Shoreham until they take
possession of their new home, 1921
New Hampshire avenue, which is
being remodeled. The house is next
that occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Warren, and the Speaker of
the House and Mrs. Frederick Gil
lett will be among the Hughes near
neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes,
jr.. and two children. will join them
at the Shoreham today.