The New York herald., 1921-07-03

diplomatic representatives here enter
tanned for them. There were formal
dinners at --rc Japanese Embassy and
Chh,c>s Legation whenever the dis
tlnguished visitors were not otherwise
occupied. And everywhere they met the
same people. One wonders If they went
away with the impression that there was
not very mucn to official Washington
but the White House. the State Depart
ment, a group of about a dozen members
of Congress and the japanese Embassy
or Chinese Legation, as the case
might be.
Chinese Still in Capital.
The Japanese arrived Sunday after
noon and went on their way to Phila-
delphia and PittsburS:. The Chinese
were the better stayers. They came on
F'riday-two days before the Japanese
and they are still here. They had
planned not to be here Officially" after
Thursday. when Secretary Hughes gave
dinner for them out at Chevy Chase
Club, and had to meet then Secretary
Weeks and Secretary DENLY, Secretary
Hoover and, I believe, Secretary Wal
lace and an imposing array Of assistant
secretaries and bureau chiefs, as well as
the important members of their own
Mission. But DR.. Paul Reinsch. but re-
Gently United States Minister to China.
wanted to give them a party Friday
night and there were other plans made
for them, so they stayed on. They gave
up their rooms at the Willard and took
a furnished house out at Chevy Chase
for week.
You see the Japanese were really
utter strangers here. Every possible
a. IA
official impersonal sort of courtesy. The
Chinese, on the other hand. had some
close ties here. DR.. Chu's eldest daugh-
ter Is the wife of DIR. u. Y. Yen. the
head Of the permanent Chinese Educa-
tional Mission here, and his two younger
daughters, Miss Clara Chu and Miss
Irene Chu, are living here with the Yens
and getting an American education The
Yens live right next door to the Chinese
legation. Irene, the elder Chu girl, is a
student at the Cathedral School. but an
attack of appendicitis has forced her to
give up her studies temporarily. Clara,
the younger. who is only IL years of
age, attends one of the public schools
here, even as Dr. SEE. the present Min
lister. did in his day. 1t is an estab-
lished fact that Chinese boys and girls
studying in American schools are nearly
always popular with both their teachers
and their fellow students.
Another interesting Oriental visitor at
the White House during the week-one
of absolutely no official standing, al
though his name is a household word In
thousands of American homes where the
distinguished official guests were never
heard of-was Sessue Hayakawa, jap
anese film star. He was received there
on Monday, and he was among the
tnn pyh
sentatives In Congress gave for the Jap
anese "Dieticians' at the Chevy Chase
Club Monday night.
That IS so far as l know the first
instance of a movie star being received
at the White House by President Har-
ding The Hardings don't seem to be
movie fans. They don't afnuse them
selves and their guests night after night
by a private movie exhibition in the
East Room as the Wilson's did during
their last year In the White House.
So far as know the only first show
ing' In the White House so far In this
Administration was one of THE Birth
place Of Christianity" motion picture
production in seven reels, which was
shown a couple of weeks ago In the
East Room to the President and Mrs.
Harding and some invited guests. Those
seven reels took one on a complete tour
Of the Holy Land and presented dra-
matte biblical incidents at the scenes OF
| their occurrence, and was shown by
Thomas Mcveigh, Jr.
| SO far as one can judge. the Hardings
are not "fans'-which is presumably a
corruption of "fanatics"-on any sub
ject. Certainly they are not movie"
fans, nor yet baseball fans, nor theatre
fans They have not been to the thea
tire more than half dozen times since
they came to the White House; and
while the President threw out the ball
at the first game of the year here.
and thus formally opened the baseball
season, I doubt II he has been out to
the baseball park three times since.
The President and Mrs. Harding, ac-
cording to their plan announced ten
/ days ago. have gone up to Raritan. N.
j., to spend the week end with Senator
and Mrs. Joseph S. F'relinghuysen. who
| have assembled a congenial party of
golfers and bridge players to help the
holiday pass pleasantly. and restfully-
the Speaker and Mrs. Gillett, Senator
Hale of Maine and his mother. Mrs.
Eugene Hale and Brig.-Gen. G. r.
Sawyer, the Presidents physician. At
least these, with the Frelinghuysens
themselves and the Hardngs, are the
Washington members of the party.
The most remarkable thing about the
trip Is Its reiteration of the Hardings
insistence on being allowed to be "Just
folks" when off duty. They did not
take a private car; they simply reserved
chairs in the regular Pullman attached
to the regular train and asked no spe-
cial favors, nor did they require any
special arrangements.
The Vice. President and Mrs. Coolidge
are staying In Washington. Their two
boys. John and Calvin Coolidge, Jr
having finished school for the year, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns
at Swampscott, Mass, over the Fourth
The Stearnses are old and close friends
but still It Is rather hard on the boys
being away from their parents on that
day OF days. For not only Is it the
glorious Fourth-their country's birth
day, which every American boy ex-
| poets TO celebrate--but II is to them