The Washington times., 1921-11-09

TN HE PRESIDENT AND MRS
HARDING will be present on
Friday evening when the
court OF honor In front OF the Pan
American Union is first Illuminated.
A good deal OF pomp and ceremony
will mark the lighting up OF the
jeweled archway which Is TO flash
the city's welcome TO the foreign
delegates TO the armaments confer
ence, and IL is expected that many
notables will be present. A band
will play and a salute or twenty-one
guns will be fired.
II remains to be seen how the
court of honor, now In Its chrysalis
stage, will impress the visitors. But
one feature OF Washington's decora'
tive scheme, already complete, ex-
cites unstinted admiration. IL IL the
illumination at night OF the dome OF
the Capitol, the Washington Monu'
ment and the Lincoln Memorial. In
the "circles" Dupont, Scott, Thomas,
and Sheridan-the statues OF the
national heroes from which the
circles derive their names, also are
silhoutted against the sky by deli
cate lighting effects.
The illuminated Capitol dome Is
entrancingly lovely, and, as many
OF our distinguished visitors have
come In at night. IL has been ac-
claimed as an inspiring glimpse OF
the traditional symbol OF American
power.
DRESIDENT AND MRS. HARD
ING will be the first TO. honor
the unknown soldier who is to lie
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interment in Arlington. They will
70 to the Capitol this afternoon
and will place a wreath upon the
bier.
Last evening President and Mrs.
the Speaker of the House and
Mrs. Gillette and the Secretary OF
Commerce and Mrs. Hoover, the
little company going afterward to
the play They saw Elsie Janis
and Her Gang" at the National
Theater.
In the afternoon Mrs. Harding
attended the first of the Philadel-
phia Orchetsra's concerts for this
season, entertaining a distinguish
ed little company in her box at the
National No less than three
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represented in that box party, the
First Lady's guests including Nine.
de Matthew, wife of the Chilean
ambassador; Mrs. William Howard
Taft, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
Mrs. Richard Townsend, and Miss
Laura Harlan.
CONGRESSMAN Nicholas Long
worth, by the way, sat across the
house from his wife, being a guest
of Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Cool
idge occupied Mrs. Edward Beale
McLean's box and had Mrs. 7.
Coleman dupont with her. Mrs.
DENLY was among Mrs. James r.
Mann's guests. Mrs. Robert
Lansing and her guest. Mrs. John
w. Davis, were also among those
in the boxes and the audience
was large, brilliant and enthusias-
tic.
A DMIRAL LORD BEATTY and
"A Lady Beatty, who were honor
guests at the dinner given last even
ing by the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. DENLY, will be entertained
at dinner tonight by Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Charles McCawley.
Besides Admiral and Lady Beatty,
Secretary and Mrs. Denby's guests
included the British Ambassador
and Lady Geddes, the Undersecre>
tary Of State and Mrs. Henry p.
Fletcher, the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. Col. Theodore Roosevelt;
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, L. S.
N, and Mrs. Coontz, the command
ant of the marine corps, Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, and Mrs. Lejeune;
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman. L. S.
N, and Mrs. Rodman, Capt. Bailey,
r. N; Captain Spickernell, r. N;
Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Henry G.
Corbin and Mrs. George Cranfield,
who is the guest of Secretary and
Mrs. DENLY.
Yesterday Admiral Lord Beatty
visited Annapolis. inspected the
Naval Academy, and was entertained
at luncheon by Rear Admiral Henry
b. Wilson, superintendent of the
Academy. Admiral Beatty, who re-