The New York herald., 1921-06-26
WASHINGTON, D. c., juno 25.
"a SuJNCTON sociofv "a r, fiIuc.

wv tiOu tight uiSTIily Wltuout
the White House-when ii
has TO. Witness the closing days-or,
rather, years-of the Wilson Admin
istration. when the war, the Presi-
dents absence. and finally the Presi-
dents illness put pail over the White
House and there was little or no en-
tortaining done there. But certainly
a President and a First Lady with a
well developed social instinct certainly
add whole lot to the gayety of ma
tons in Washington. And given oc-
cupants of that engaging disposition
society here at once gravitates to the
White House and revolves around it.
The Hardings seem to take the
spotlight complacently enough. They
neither seek it nor attempt to dodge
it. They seem to realize that it's all
in days work. and that publicity
either as to their work or their play
Is not necessarily pitiless. Probably
1t Is Mr.. Harding's newspaper expert
ence that is standing him In good
stead. The White House hasn't ap-
parently the least objection to telling
what it is going to do as soon as 1t has
made up its mind. And that goes
double! Mrs. Harding finds 1t a BIT
hard to realize that the public is in
Suitably curious as to her goings out
and her comings in--but she is en-
tirely amiable about gratifying that
curiosity. Just at present from one
point of view she isn't doing much
Of anything-from another she Is the
busiest woman in these United States
1t is perfectly true that she IS not
giving any parties-not entertaining
on large scale, or formally. But she
is getting acquainted with as much of
the population of the United States as
she can-or allowing it to get ac-
Quainted with her.
Every day she receives by appoint
ment individuals or groups who desire
to call upon her. There Is no great diff
flculty about getting the appointment
IL one knows any one In official life
who is willing to vouch for one. AL
most every day there are guests at the
White House to luncheon or to dinner
On Cabinet days several Of the Cabinet
are likely to "stay to luncheon" AL
most any dav the President is likely to
to consider that they belong to the pub
lie and cannot deny the claim.
Cruise Aboard the Mayflower.
Several days beforehand last week s
little week END cruise on the Mayflower
was announced, and there was no mys-
terry at all about the personnel of the
party that went with them. There were
Mr.. Myron T. Herrick. newly named
United States Ambassador to France
Under Secretary of State and Mrs
Henry p. Fletcher, Senator and Mrs
Harry S. New. Senator Philander Knox
and Senator Albert S. Cummins, Repre-
| sentative and Mrs. Longworth, Brgadier
Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer and few others
The same way with their Fourth OF
July plan. TO enjoy the holiday as a
holiday with a few close personal and
political friends as guests of Senator
and Mrs. Joseph Frelinghuysen at their
| country home at Raritan, N. J. II was
| announced ter days In advance they
would leave Washington on July 1. and
! reach Raritan that same evening. The
party was &c include, aside from the
President and Mrs. Harding, the Speaker
and Mrs. Gillett, Senator Frederick Hale
and his mother. Mrs. Eugene Hale, and
Brigadier Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer. From
the makeup of the party one assumes
that it will bo golf by day and bridge
by night-pleasure not politics.
Early in the week the President well
coined his father. DR.. George Tryon Har-
ding. to the White House. He had come
for little visit to his son and daughter
After a few days with the President and
Mrs. Harding he expected to visit the
Rev. and Mrs. Hober Votaw, his son-in-
law, and daughter, at the Takoma Park
home before returning to Marion. Also
one day last week they helped a vener-
able man, feeble and almost blind, from
u motor at the door Of the executive
offices and ushered him at once into the
Presidents private office. where the two
chatted and reminisced while statesmen
and politicians, officials and those who
hoped to be waited. The man was Mr..
Robert T. Parkinson, the President s
uncle. whom he greeted cordially as
Uncle Bob" But his successor as
Junior Senator from Ohio-Senator
Frank Willis-had the President left at
the post in the matter of uncles. He has
been entertaining four all at once. They
descended upon him from divers direc-
tions-every one of them past seventy.
and he met them all smiling. They we're
in Washington for several days as the
guests of their nephew and Mrs. Willis.
and they saw all there was to see. and
seemed to be having the time of their
not so young lives.
While the Mayfiower was painting to
be on her way last Saturday the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding stopped on their
way down to the wharf to see the OPEN
ing of the interna tional military tourna-
ment. They couldn't stay through the
game, but they were there to see Gen.
Pershing open 1t and the pretty little
ceremony of running up the American
and Cuban colors on either side of the
score board.
header. starting at 3 o'clock. when the
War Department Greens" played Fort
Myer team. II was about 4:15 when
the Cuban team, of which Capt. Eugenio
Silva was the head. played the Camp
Humphreys team. II was between the
two games that the President and hrs
Harding arrived on the scene ana the
flags were run up the Cuban ~ sional
mir being played while the Cubs. colors
were mounting. and Immediately after
ward the Star Spanglcd Banner while
Old Glory was run up Then the two
teams lined up and saluted one another
the President and the gallery pre-
senting arms or something like that
with their mallets.
Gen. Pershing started Game.
Then Gen. Pershing. who had Senator
and Mrs. Francis Warren and his son
Warner, perahfpr with him threvy ont