The Washington herald., 1921-03-20
LAY RECEPTIONS ARE GAINING FAvOR STRENUOUS SPRING SEASON AHEAD
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e11 runsieale. > card party, set
c< <1ol<zdx are only q few Of the
41@><<z,rrnents being planned for
[41< ~t<k all for the some pur-
'ro<e- On the 18th the League Of
A1mer5can Pen Women begin THEN
two days ceisbration-a book fair
and costume ball.
Plans for tho mammoth Chinese
costums ball are proceeding swim
mlngly, according to reports from
the ball committee.
Everybody in washington's social
World Is going to attend Mrs.
Harding and Mrs. Coolidge, not to
members. will be present-in cos
tune. too, 1t is said.
Yesterday the ball committee
made public the list of patronesses.
The list follows: Mrs. Warren @.
Harding. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes. Mrs. John
W. Weeks, Sonora de Riano. Sonora
MAthieu. Sonora de Pezet, Baroness
Cartier de Marchienne, Baroness
ShidehAra, Lady Geddes, Nine.
Bskhmetef. Princess Lubomirska,
Mime. Grouitch. Mime. Bryn. Nine.
Cespedes. Mime. Sze. Princess Bibes-
co. Mime. FYung Kwai. Mrs. Chandler
Anderson. Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs,
Gist Blair, Miss Mabel 7. Boardman.
Mrs. Frederick A. Delano. Mrs. H. F.
Dfmock, Mrs. Norman II. Davis. Mrs.
Joseph Frelinghuysen. Mrs. Mar
-
Mrs Augustus p. Gardner, Mrs.
Charles Hamlin, Mrs. Charles Hen
derson, Nine. Christian Hauge. Mrs.
John B. Henderson. Mrs. George D.
Hope. Mrs John Hays Hammond.
Mrs. Julian James. Mrs. Frederick
Keep. Mrs. Frank Kellogg, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. Mrs. Ridley
Mclean, Mrs. Henry May. Mrs.
Adolph Miller. Mrs. Frank b. Noyes,
Mrs John Newbold. Mrs. Richard
Oiney, Mrs. Winthrop Rutherford,
Mrs John Hervey Young, Mrs. Hus-
ton Thompson. Mrs. James Wads-
worth. IT,, Mrs. Edward C. Walker,
Mrs. Thomas Walshs> Mrs. Horace
Westcott. Mrs. Clarence Wilson.
Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood and Mrs. Charles
Warren
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Everybody is going to be in COS
tune Mrs. George Barnett. who
has spent a number Of years in the
Orient and whose collection OF
things Oriental is regarded as
among the best In the country, will
donate a number of her highly
prised Chinese costumes.
All ~ rhfAAaA .
viii be IN evidence. A real Chinese
jam orchestra will furnish the
music for the dancing and there
will be Chinese fruits. cakes, nuts
and candles for sale in an attrac-
lively decorated tea garden which
will be constructed adjacent to the
ballroom
And more balls will probably
develop later on. All this is "on'
for the spring season in addi-
ton to the oficial entertain
ing and the parties that are to be
given by the residential set for one
purpose -or another. IL is surely
going to be strenuous spring sea-
son. and q late one. with Congress
In session late; maybe all summer
who knows?
NEW OFFICIALS
HUNT FOR HOMES.
Practically ali of the new officials,
especially the Cabinet, are house
hunting and 1 hear that A. W. Mel
Ion. tha-ney Secretary of the Treas
ury, offered DR.. Charles W. Rich
ardson $4,000 year rent for his
Suburban home in Rock Creek Park
and was refused.
-
been living here for some time like
Undersecretary of State and the
Third Assistant Secretary of State,
Harry Fletcher and Robert Woods
Biiss-snd there are many more.
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And IL appears that Guy Gof,
who has been here for some months
now on the Shipping Board. may be
appointed an Assistant Attorney
General and stay with US for a
while ionger. Eugene Meyer, jr-, is
apother official under the Wilson ad
rninistfation who is receiving fayors
from the Hardings- He was man.
aging director OF the War Finance
Corporation and il appears now he
will continue to hold down the job
Ter four years more.
Mr.. Meyer. who is banker.
served during the war on numerous
government commissions, including
the war savings committee, Council
of. National Defense and the War
Finance Corporation. He first be-
came : director of the corporation
I'm Aprn, 1918. and was a managing
director in March. 1918, until the
corporation was dissolved a year
Elliot wadsworth is well known
here. zoo. He Is being nominated
for Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. 1t also appears tina:
some Of our friends will leave us
| 20 20 ito foreign posts like Gen
Psrshfpg perhaps or Gen. Crowder
/ or J. :. Mann. I wrote you shortly
after elections that Mr.. Mann was
slated for an smbassadorial post II
he waited it. He is being strongly
urged 40 take some such position
apd VII probably go to Spain. His
wife aad daughter are abroad now,
nrs Mann used to spend part of
svery teason in Europe before the
var and has been over several time.