The Washington times., 1921-03-05
Festivities Mark
Close of-Day
of Gaiety
INAUGURATION DAY

such simple ceIenoniess enoco
with sumptuous dinners and bril-
liant balls-unoffcial, TO be sure. but
nevertheless of great historical ,siguifi-
canoe, since they marked the passing Of
one Administr alton and the beginning Of
another and were the meeting place
Of the distinguished men and women
who are identified with the past and
the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Mel can en-
tertained a party OF 200 st dinner
with the Vice President ano Mrs.
Coolidge as guests OF honor. This
large company WAS seated n two
tables, beautifully decorated with
flowers. and presented q brilliant PC
ture In the house on Mcpherson
square.
A ball followed the dinner. 400 I'd.
ditional guests having been invited to
this memorable event which brought to-
gether the most distinguished as
sembiage Washington has seen since the
historic visit OF the Prince Of Wsies-
To this ball came the guests from 9TH
or dinners, including those at which
some OF the members Of the younger
set were entertained. Here on the
dancing floor the costumes. probably
the most gorgeous and most hpauti-
ful that have been worn In Washing
ton for many day. were displayed
to good advantage
The guests at the dinner included
the Secretary of the Treasury, An
drew T. Mellon. and Miss Ailsa Mel
lon; the Postmaster General and Mrs.
VIII IL. Hays: the Attorney General
Harry Daugherty; the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. Albert b. Fall;
the Spanish Ambassador and Nine. de
Risno: the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier; the British Am
bassador and Lady Geddes: the Portu-
guese Minister, Vicount d'Alte: the
Danish Minister, Mr.. Brun: the Ru-
manian Minister and Princess Bibesco:
the Governor of Vermont and Mrs.
Harkness; the Governor Of Pennsyl-
vania and Mrs. Sproul: the Governor
OF Kentucky and Mrs Morrow: tho
Governor Of Nebraska and Mrs. Nc
kelvie: the Governor OF Oklahoma
and Mrs. Robinson; the Governor of
Massachusetts, and Mrs. Cox; Governor
Baxter. of Maine: Governor Preus of
Minnesota: Senator and Mrs. Jamet
w. Wadsworth, jr.. Senator and MrA.
Frank Willis: Senator and Mrs Phil
ander &. Knox: Senator and Mrs. Rob
ert l. Owen; Senator and Mrs. Francis
L. Warren: Senators Walter Edge.
Stts'bVH E<IhiuS, &c
and Charles Curtis; Mrs. Marshall
Field, Mrs Robert Mccormick. Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh. Mrs. John Allen
Dougherty: Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Moore; Countess Gizycka. Judge John
Barton Payne; and the members of
Mr.. and Mrs. McLean's house party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Craeger OF Brownsville,
Tex; Mr.. and Mrs. Scobey, of San
Antonia:. Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings OF
Columbus, Ohio. and Mr.. and Mre. n.
l. Daugherty Of Ohio.
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CABINET OFFICERS PRESENT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Van Rens-
selaer and Mrs. James Carroll Frazer.
their daughter. gave one of the
largest OF the Inauguration Day din
ners, having as the bright particular
stars the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes. the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Weeks. and the Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. DENLY. The eighty
guests were seated at small tables
lovely with roses and other flowers.
The guests included the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand, the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes.
the Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks.
the Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
DENLY, Gov. and Mrs. Albert II.
Brown. of New Hampshire, Senator
and Mrs. Miles Poindexter. Senator
and Mrs. Frank b. Kellogg. Senator
and Mrs. Howard Sutherland. Senator
and Mrs. Henry w. Keyes, Senator
and Mrs. Williem NJ. Calder, Senator
and Mrs. Joseph i. France, Senator
Moses, Congressman and Mrs. Frank
Mondell. Congressman and Mrs. James
r. Mann. Congressman and Mrs. John
nj. Peters. Congressman and Mrs.
Fred Britten, Congressman and Mrs.
Frederick c. Hicks. Congressman and
Mrs. Luther w. Mott, CONGRESSMAN
and Mrs Burton French, Congress-
man George Bowera Congressman
Bascom Slemp.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John A. LeJeune,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John l.. Chambe
lain, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. George Rich
ards, DR.. and Mrs. David Jayne Hill.
Rear Admiral Hoogewerfr. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas T. Gan. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins, DIR. and Mrs.
James E. Freeman. Or. and Mrs. Will
lam Miller Collier. Mrs. Sarah Lee
Phillips. Mrs. Henry r. Dimock. Mrs.
John N. Speel, Mrs. Charles BouEh-
ton Wood. Mrs. Frederick l. Chapin.
Mrs. John B. Henderson. Mrs. william
Littauer, Mrs. Stephen II. p. .Pell.
Mrs. Theodore Boynton, Mrs. Herbert
Longendyke, OF Troy. N. r.; Mrs.
Moncure Robinson. of Philadclphia:
Mrs. Charles Henry Scott, of Philadel-
phia: Franklin MacVeagh, Canon de
Vries General Howard. aide to the
governor OF New Hampshire: Col
Robert NJ. Thompson, Lieut.. Col.
Henry Breckinridge, John Kirby, Rob-
ert Kelly. OF New York: Lieut.. Col.
William Eric Fowler. and Mr.. and
Mrs Van Rensselaer's son. the Rev.
stephen Van Rensselaer,. who is visit
ing them
Robert Grain, OF Washington ana
Baltimore, gave a dinner last even
ing to a number of the retiring off
cials of the Wilson tration
and others who will remain in public
life. Among his guests were former
Secretary of state Bainbridge Colby.
former Attorney General Gregory,
former Secretary OF the Interior John
Barton Payne. former Postmaster
General Albert s. Burleson, former
Senator Mark Smith. OF Arizona.
Senator Underwood. OF Alamaba: Sem
ator Heflin, of Alabama; Senator Wal
colt. of Delaware. and Governor
Richie, of Maryland 'fFT