The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-08
Mrs. Harding Joins
Daughters Of Found
.ers and Patriots Vis- |
its Walter Reed
and Mount Alto.

wreath Of bronze which was made in
France In accordance with special Dc.
signs. 1t was q similar bronze trib-
ute which DR.. Gil Borges placed en-
the crave, Of Henry Ciay--but appar-
entity II was not Its beauty. Its "stay-
ing power nor tho meaning behind
the gift which most Impressed The
newspapers. but the fact that the
wreath weighed 500 pounds! F
Since the Invitations went out for
the reception which the Ambassadors.
Ministers and Charges d'Affaires OF
the republics OF America are giving
on Wednesday, evening to meet "His
Exceliency, the President of the United
states Of America and Mrs. Harding."
there has been = good deal OF chat
teripg about them. You sec, in ad.li-
tion to the formal card invitation
two other cards were incioscd, one
for admission to the Pan American
Building. with the name OF the recip-
lent and tho other containing explicit
Instructions A. to the door one II TO
enter, the staircase to be used and
bearing the suggestion uniform or
evening dress" Both cards empha-
sized the absolute necessity Of The
card. Of admission being presented at
the door. that the Invitation 10 strictly
personal and will be hohored only II
presented by the person whose name
10 given. As an extra ;precautton
letter and number are stamped on
the upper rieht-hand corner. These
precautions are unusual and haze
attracted attention.
As the twenty hosts include men
familiar with the social usages Of
world capitals and the occasion Is
unique in the history Of Washington
receptions, invitations are much In de-
mand and the precautionary meas
ures are regarded as necessary.
The recent anpouncement In one of
the papers that the Italian Ambassa-
dor and SiEnora Rolandi Ricci had
entertained at dinner caused . little
hurry OF interest and set one won
derine If the Ambassadors wife had
slipped into town unexpectedly. IT
proved erroneous, however. and Sig
nora Rolandi Ricci Is not expected
here until the autumn. II Is possible
that the Ambassador will 20 home be-
i fore that time and brinnE here out.
However, the statement that Sena-
tor RoiAndi Ricci would 60 home
this month and on his return would
be accompanied by General Badgolio.
has been contradicted Mt the embassy.
General Badg oiio. who Is one of the
heroes of the great war, Is coming IN
| the early summer, believe, but the
, ambassador has no Immediate tnten.
ton of going home. There have been
| sundry stories of important Italian
visitors on the horizon, and the latest
Is that the Duke Of .Aosta, cousin to
the King Of Italy, will head = mis-
sion which will bring greetings from
the Italian government to President
Harding. The duke speaks English
fiucntly and has q most distinguished
| war record.
The Chinese Minister'S wife is an
other little lady to whose arrival
| Washington is looking forward with
considerable interest. She. too. how
cycr. is putting or coming TO this
| country until autumn. Nine. SEE 10
Sac, has taken q cottage at Glen Cove,
l. l., where he and his small daugh-
ter, Miss Yen Chen Betty, VIII spend
the summer. The elder children are
Ia England with their mother.
49,
The polo ball--to return to the
very besinning-was given to raise
| funds to promote polo In the District
| and to purchase equipment for the
! War Department teams. The War
| Department Polo Association. with
|
head. sponsored the beneht and So
ciety responded most generously to
| the appeal. In fact 1t was one Of
| the most successful halls OF . crowd
| ed season. financially as well rs So
| cially.
1t was a party for young people
| of all ages" and everybody had the
best OF good times. Ahd 1t was quite
| the prettiest thing that has been done
this year, with the possible excep
| ton OF the Russian ball. Seven polo
teams are entered in the tournament
now in progress here and the players
| were present in polo toys, whi'e
crossed mailets, polo halls. horse"
shoes and other sporting parapher
| MALTA carried the sporting suggestion
| into the decorations.
The Secretary of war and Mrs.
Weeks, who are seldom captured for
benefit ball, headed the reccivinS
line. which included the Assistant
Secretary OF War. General Pershing
and General March. General Pcrsf.
1 ing was easily "the belle OF the balr'
and visited in pretty nearly everr
box In thu room besides having a boz
party of his own and dancing with
one pretty girl after. another. Every
body at the party was smart and
pretty and nearly everybody smart
! vas at the party; all the women had
on new and pretty clothes. and al
together 1t was q beautiful ball.
! -
Dancing has been less general than
usual this week. but the Little
Season Club" had the frst OF lie
proposed series u parties a,
J Eauscher,s on Thu'sday evening and
everybody had good time. Com
parison with the Junior Leagues
small and carIies" OF the winter
season Is inevitably challenged, for
tie members OF the new club are
jrecruitcd largely from the sub
scribers to the Junior League
! dances. Indeed. II was the success
OF these parties which led to the
formation OF tho :Idttlc Season
| CiubTt In order that tho ssinn crm;a
g; ycuas people might hnvc oprc'
tIbiir Tor GETTING together oc1a-
s.onaIiy throash thc srriIg. :.s.
Charles J. BEL ard Mrs. SesrrA
L .c~.ssn~~a - Mart H~s>N