The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18

p4socution rom the last admin
lntration) and Ars. sulover, and
Ar. and Mr.. Oscar, straus. ,-of
New York. UHs was Secretary Of
the Interior under Roosevelt. ana
one found oneself wondering
whether he had bsen seiected a
the next ambassador to Turkey
Or what.l fg
And one noted that Ohio was ct
least fairly well represented with
the Presidents secretary and Mrs.
Christian. Bishop Hamilton and
his sister, Mrs. J. e. Battelle. Mr..
and Mrs. William Mcclellan Rit.
ter, Of Columbus and washinatsn.
and the Lonsworths. Dipnsr usts
can be right interesting!.
MRS: HARDING looked particu.
larry handsome in a gown Of
soft lustrous black satin. with
slender ropes Of brilliants following
the lines Of the drapery and caught
up At one side into Q giitterinS orna-
ment. The sleeves were particular
~ interesting. loose flowing sleeyes
of. georgette. apparently made in
two sections and held together
about the line Of the elbow with
lengths Of rhinestones.
Mrs. Harding 10 not addicted to
sleeveless gowns. don't recall that
have ever seen her with her arms
absolutely bare. though sometimes
tina sleeve has taken the form OF
light &rapery OF tulle. And, by the
way. was sorry to see that nearly
AL Of the women at this dinner
wore long white gloves. The bodice
Of the First Lady's costume was
sut in q not very large square In
Don't and narrowed almost into q
point In the hack
OF course there were many in
teresting costumes. but space lacks
to tell Of them. I was particularly
interested In little Miss Melons,
which was a lovely sirlish affair in
white-chiffon velvet 1t was-with
touches Of ermins and, rhtnsstones
or crystal embroidery. The full
rather short skirt was cut. In. dsap.
points heavily edged with the
beads. and there were rows of
glittering points all the way up tho
skirt with q little end Of black
srmine tail in each point. 1t was
Miss Melons first appearance with
her father at q. big official func-
tion,, although she had presided at
his table on the previous Tuesday
when he entertained a. big dinner
company In honor Of Mr.. Balfour.
Mrs. .Longworth.s blue gray satin
gown. with its garland Of black
vslvet flowers at the waist line. WAS
almost covered by the yellow Span
ish shawl that she wore, a lovely
thing Of embroidered crepe, with
fringe half yard long. Mes. New
berry. acknowledged to be. one of
the, best dressed women in official
life. had on a shimpery silver; gown
A FTER dinner there was an In
teresting program Of music and
monologue. for the entertainment
of the company. The artists were
Miss Mary Jordan and Miss kath-
crime Dayton-the former the
possessor Of sweet. flexible con-
tralto voice Of rather unusual
~. ko hno ,,tf
fully, the latter. contributing some
thing that seems to have been a
cross between recitation and. sing
ing c'They weren't exactly rScita-
lions, you know. for she sang EN-
at least a good part of them.
Terribly cleverw il the way they
were described to me) Assisting at
the piano were Lee Cromican and
Miss Anne Tindale. -'.
There were some absentees among
the "cabineteers." Will Hays, the
dynamic young Postmaster General.
having dropped everything to avoid
a breakdown and gone home to be
with Mrs. Hays for a few weeks and
to devote himself to resting. The
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Fall are also away and Mrs. Daush.
erty. wife of the Attorney General.
Il too much of an invalid to take
any part in social activities. q.
EOR all her busy days, Mrs. Hard
ing usually finds time to receive
callers by appointment two or three
; times q week. And every once in a.
|. while she has q visit from some
one she knew wen in the days before
she became Mistress of the White
= House. Then Mrs. Harding delights
!. to take her. guest all over the Elk
. ecutive Mansion. personally acting
: - cicerone and pointing out every
, thing of interest. She usually de-
, tains her for a long talk over the
. tea cups and finally sends her home.
. her arms laden with flowers and q
, warm SPOT in her heart for a