The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

" while society tries to crowd
NV everything into one day?
Last Wednesday. for example. So
ctety rushed around madiy trying to
squeeze q dozen parties into the
tventy-four hours, and then did next
to nothing the other sin days in
the week. That evening President
and Mrs. Harding were entertained
at q reception by the Metropolitan
Club. the old and very smart mems
club Of Washington Only club
members and their families were in
yited. but that made the party a
rather large one as well as very
brilliant Wednesday was also the
day Of the wedding of Miss Frances
Hoar. daughter OF Mrs. Frederick
Gillett. wife of the Speaker of the
House OF Representatives, and Regi-
nald Foster, of Boston. at historic
old St Johns. The President and
Mrs Harding attended the wedding.
as did also the Vice President and
Mrs Coolidge, most Of the Cabinet
and other officials, as well as diplo-
matte and resident society. There
were several other weddings, too,
that day; Miss Leila Warren,
daughter of DIR. Benjamin 8. War
rem. assistant surgeon general. Pub
lie Health Service, and Mrs War
rem, became the bride of Lieut.
John Andrew Spanogle, of Lewis
town, Pa; Miss Mary La Toilette,
daughter Of Senator and Mrs Rob-
ert NJ La Toilette. and Ralph
Sucher, Of Peoria, Ill, were married,
and several more like that
Then Mr.. and Mrs Charles C
Glover gave q beautiful garden
party at their suburban estate.
."westover." in Massachusetts, avenue
. extended, to celebrate the golden
wedding anniversary of Rear Ad-
mirA and Mrs. Theodore F. Jewell
Mrs Glover and Mrs. Jewell are
sisters Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry
Butler entertained at q tea the
same afternoon in compliment to a
bride and groom, too. but brand
new ones; their son and daughter
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Frank
lin Butler. who were here for few
days on their way to Maine, where
they will spend the summer. The
young couple were married June
IL in Memphis, Tenn, the home of
the bride, who was Miss Estelle
Ksmper. They will reside in Yon-
kers in the fall
Then there was the Hoar-Foster
wedding reception. of course. Well,
society was just running around in
circles trying to go to all of those
functions at practically the same
time.
And then they had to rush off
again at night to the Metropolitan
Club party, which was some" party
j can tell you Though no invita-
lions were sent out, as have said,
there were fully 400 in the com
pany. which included many notables
such as the Vice President and Mrs
Coolidge, Secretary of War John
W. Weeks, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Edwin DENLY, the
French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
: serand, the Brazilian and Peruvian
Ambassadors and the latter's cum
ming little wife; the Polish Minister
and Princess Lubomirska. Speaker
and Mrs. Gillett and others Aside
from these dignitaries who are more
or less transient. the assembly was
a gathering OF real washingtonians
If there is such a thing. 1t was a
gathering of the smart resident set,
most of whom have been affiliated
with Washington for years and
many of them for several genera
tions.
President Harding was a member
OF the club before he became Presi-
dent, so the club was entertaining
its most distinguished member. It
Is the first time, so far as can
learn, that an entertainment was
ever given there In honor of a
President. but practically every
President-unless 1 except Wood
row Wilson-has been to the club
and was an honorary member of the
club, and, most of them attended
some sort of party at one time or
another there. Wednesday evening
was the second time. I'm told, that
women have ever been entertained
at the club, the first time being at
the clubs house warming a few
years ago when the present building
was FIRST occupied. bat heard they
are planning to give more parties
like that of last week
The club has an extremely hand
some building; in fact I've heard
widely Travelled men say 1t is the
hsndsomest and most complete they
have ever seen any place. 1t boasts
O very nne library. which occupies
. huge room, and was added at .
cost OF about $4,000 after the main
building was completed
LONG LINE FILES PAST
PRESIDENT AND WIFE.
A s the guests came in they
n formed a line which began in
4 the great lounge and wound
across the hallway through several
rooms to the book-lined library.
And once the President and Mrs.
Harding had taken their places in