The Washington herald., 1921-08-14
HNGTON FINDS TIME FOR OUTINGS TO MOUNTAIN AND COAST

will be back to put the house in
order until later In the summer.
WHITE HOUSE Is
BEING RENovATED.
The white House. by the way. 10
being repainted and generally reno
vatedz-getting ready. I suspect. for
the disarmament conference. IL
would be too bad for all those for
eign dignitaries to come to WASH
ington and hnd the Executive Man
sion shabby, needing paint, and
looking generally seedy. The frs,
afternoon the President and Mrs.
Harding were home they spent In
inspecting the improvements. The
interior, as well as the exterior, re-
ceived n new coat of shiny white
paint. but aside from very neces-
sary repairs. nothing was added to
the furnishings of the state drawing
rooms. However, as the Hardings
will carry out the usual program
Of Official state entertainment, there
will necessarily be extra linens ana
a replacement of china. These re-.
pairs were the first of any extent,
to be made since the restoration
of the mansion in the Roosevelt ad-i
ministration.
DISARMAMENT TOPIC
BECOMES ENGRossING.
w yASHINGToN thinks, talks and
M dreams little except the COM
w Ing disarmament conference,
which Is to meet here in November,
Whenever two or three get yto-
gether, be 1t at the dinner table.
at afternoon tea or on the golf
links, the subject is sure to come
up And the State Department
officials who have to look after
all of the details connected with
the Official visit OF any for
eigners are already tearing their
rair'' to find places to put the nota-
ties who will flock here by the
hundreds at that time. 1t is true
that the representatives Of the in
Nited nations are not to be guests
of the government, as the various
war missions were, or as the King
and Queen OF the Belgians or the
FRINGE Of Wales were; they will pay
their own expenses but II Is decid-
cdly ''up to US" to see that they are
comfortable while in our midst.
Where to house the influx Of for
eign visitors Is going to be as great
a problem as disarming the world
almost. The State Department had
its hands full when II had to find
suitable quarters for the various i'm
2ortant foreign visitors and this
fall there will be many missions:
and not just one at a time Also
diplomatic etiquette will have to be
shown, which will complicate af-
fair s tire nandously. Apparently no
private homes are to be taken over
for the entertainment of the visi-
tors, a custom which the State De-
partment found, by bitter expert
ence. offered many complications.
With the memories Of the royal hos
pitslity of the French goverrpent
at the time of the Paris conference
fresh in every ones mind, this gov
1rnment will feel called upon to ar
range a program of entertainment
which will be in keeping with the
United States important position in
world Affairs, SO poor Gen. Charles
:. Dawes, who Is striving so hard
to cut down the expenses of the
country. is being asked now for
funds with which to show our
guests a good time. The outcome Of
It all will be the most brilliant
winter in the history of the city
or any city in this country, for that
matter.
People are busy discussing who
will be the delegates to the con-
ference. not only from this coun-
try. but from the other nations.
They want to know whether Lloyd
George will come and the ladies
want to know. II he comes whether
Mrs. Lloyd George will come with
him. They are tremendously inter-
ested to see whether a woman will
be appointed a member 70 the dele
CATION from tho United States and
n so, who will be thus honoreo.
Mrs Lloyd George Invariably does
accompany her husband on such
missions and there Is a charming
young daughter. who was a bud
fand belle Of the last London sea-
lsan. The British statesman Is a
Idsvotee of golf and will more than
likely pit his skill against that Of
our President. probably on the
municipal links, where the Presi-
dent frequently plays anyway. and
Lloyd George, you know, eschews
clubs and class distinctions. Every
one is hoping that Marshal Focb
will come over: he probably would
arouse the greatest interest Of any
one foreigner: Lloyd George perhaps
world be second.
The conference will not only
mean the coming OF such blazing
stars in the world political as
lloyd George. Marshal Foch and so
forth. but there will be hundreds
NJ attaches. secretaries and just
folks who are interested in seeing
things happen.
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