The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-26
CAPITAL SOCIETY NOT 50 STRENUOUS. DURING PAST WEEK
Scarcely a Day That the Hardings Do Not Pose for Pictures With Some
 Group or Gathering
By BETTY BAXTER
Special Correspondent to The Age Herald
 eC~pyright, 1921, by The Age -HeraId)

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 eC~pyriRht, 1891, by The Age -Herald)
 Washington, June 24.-(Special.)--
 Washington is never really dull! Society here isn't quite so strenuous
 AS it was and yet nobody seems to
 have any time and everyone is on
 the go every minute Just now Wash fngton is enjoying an informal mix
 ture of politics. sporting life and things social, don't you know. And most events as usual of late seem to fevolve around the President and hls wife. who have the social instinct un- usually developed. Washington soci- ety can go merrly on it's busy way without the White House. Never was there a fall so gay as last season when there was no entertaining or
 social activity of any sort at the executive mansion because of Mir. Wilson's health-but 1t does certainly help whole lot when the President and his wife are as sociable as the Hardings are. No other presidential couple ever dispensed half so much Hospitality in such a short space of time nor been nearly so much in the public eye or the eye of the camera. There just dosn't seem to be day when they do not pose for their pie ture for one reason or another.
 Center of Interest
 But they are not only the center of interest, they are the center of everything worth while-almost-- that goes on in the capital now. Be- fore they went off last week on their weekend cruise on the Potomac river on the presidential yacht, the Maylower, they slipped down to the Potomac polo field to witness the opening game of the international army polo matches played by crack Cuban team and an engineer officers team from Camp Humphreys, Va The capital showed it's best sporting blood in following the practice and in turn ing out en masse for the champion ship games. The Hardings actually delayed the cruise to see the game. They were presented to the men. as was also General Pershing, who toss cd In the ball.
 The Hardings. according to all re- ports, had grand time on thelr cruise and are planning to spend many week-ends just that way There was nothing official about the trip 1 They went just for the pleasure of it; 1 did not stop at any place nor were any speeches made, and they took with them for company just people they were found of, though they were all more or less official.
 No Change Thfs Week
 The week has been very much like | any other week with the Hardings. They received people the greater part of the day and had guests informally for luncheon alhmost every day ana occasionally a dinner guest or two' but always informally.
 Such guests are usually people who happen to be around about meal time and are urged to stay. President and Mrs. Harding stood in all the heat of Wednesday and received about 8 900 delegates to the convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy and the Womens National Homeop- athic league convention, both Of which were in session here.
 Another interesting caller receiveo by the Hardings was Shu Shung Francis Loo, young Chinese student, who is a member of the junior class at the Central High school, who pre- sented Mrs Harding with a postal portrait of President Harding The Hardings are both nice about things like that. For instance. last Mon day they received little Miss Matilee Talbutt Lake. who presented them with an autographed copy of her novelette,, "As Strong As the H1lls. Miss Lake Is 15-year -old student at lending the Western High school.
 The Hardings are such good sports, too! If they are at party, they enter into every phase of it with such genuine enjoyment. For instance IL there is any dancing, they ususiiy dance. They both seem to be fond or the waltz, which is growing more popular every day. Dancing, in fact, is drifting back to normalcy with the new admin stration. At some parties lately every other number had been . waltz