New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
Pres. Harding
Gives Dinner
For Cabinet
State Entertainments Are
Resumed at White House
With All the Elaborations
Of Previous Occasions
Plan Reception New Years
Families of Officials in
Washington Prepare to
Celebrate Christm a S

NCACOA dsC ~ n L 1 l 1Q q 5
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding opened the
series of state entertainments at the
White House Thursday night by giving
the dinner in honor of members of the
Cabinet, every detail being carried out
with the punctilious care which attends
sll state functions. On New Years Day
the President and Mrs. Harding will
revert to the time-worn custom of hold
ing reception.
One watches with keen interest to
see how much of the previous form
Of state President Harding will carry
out at these affairs and whether or not
the descent of the state stairway of
the President and Mrs. Harding. as in
other administrations, will be an
nounced by the march of full uni
formed officers, the fanfare of trumpets
and such other details as lend stateli-
ness. That the old form will be car
ried out to the fullest is reckoned on
by the appointment of the full quota
OF White House aides, as President
Roosevelt had them during his eight
years residence in the mansion. The
pick of each branch Of the service is
shown in President Harding's selection,
and it is indeed no small matter to be
White House aide. The military aide
to the President is Lieutenant Colonel
is Commander R. S. Holmes. The list
of aides from the army includes Major
O. NJ. Baldinger, Major Hubert Har-
mon, Major Harold NJ, Rayner, Major
Thomas Barnes jr, Captain Gustave
Villaret il, Captain r. E. S. William
son, Captain H. H. Pohl, Lieutenant
J. NJ. Works and Lieutenant E. NJ.
Taylor. From the navy the aides in
clude Lieutenant Commander Everett
D. Capehart, Lieutenant Commander R.
d. Griffin, Lieutenant J H. Lawson and
marine corps are Captain l.. c. Shepard
and Captain David Berry.
The President and Mrs. Harding ex-
pect to spend Christmas in the White
House, and as there are no children in
the family it will be made as cheerful
as possible for the grown-ups. They
gave their first Cabinet dinner Thurs
day. The arrangements for the event
we're much like those for the other
large dinner parties they have enter
tanned in the White House. They
found time to visit the theater, and
had to dine with them one night the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Elihu
White House box to see a Shakespear-
ian play. Mrs. Harding took to the
concert with her on one occasion Lady
Geddes, Nine Wellington Koo, Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, wife of the Secretary
of Commerce, and Mrs David Moore,
of Marion, Ohio, who has been in
Washington for visit of some length.
Mrs. Harding Thoughtful
OF Washington Charities
Mrs. Harding is very thoughtful of
the charities of Washington. She sent
her visiting card to the officials of the
Animal Rescue League, also q box of
White House flowers to, be used at the
doll bazaar given by the society.
The flowers were for decoration. of
course, but the card was to be attached
to doll selected by the committee, to
be named Florence, for the Presidents.
wife. Mrs. Harding is a member of
the Animal Rescue League, and while
she could not establish the precedent
OF sending a doll, she was proud to
have the very smart looking inanimate
lady doll called Florence.
All of the Christmas puddings and
cakes to be used in the White House
during Christmas week are being made
in the splendid white tiled kitchen on
the ground floor and Mrs. Harding is
fashioned sort made there to send to
friends A number of specially
planned boxes will go to Ohio friends
and cne containing many lovely toys
will be sent to Mrs. Harding's grand
children. One of the specialties in the
cake line is the white fruit cake baked
in the Turkshead pans that have been
the pride of the kitchen since Dolly
Madsons time.
Mr1 u III 40 of
Colorado millionaire, will give ball
Monday night, and the young guest of
honor will be Princess Bertha Canta-
euzene, the great granddaughter of
President General Ulysses S. Grant and
granddaughter of the late General Fred
erick Dent Grant, her mother, Prin-
cess Cantacuzene, having been born in
the White House. The Princess Ber-'
tina is dainty, pretty girl, far more
American than Russian, and the ball
will be one of the most costly and
brilliant given in Washington in many
years. There will be guests from New
fork, Boston, Philadelphia and other
cities and, while large, the list of guests
Will be quite exclusive.
AT the reception given at the Con-
Tessional Club for the women dele
gates to the arms conference every
state IN the Union was represented,
oas only New England was represented
az the tea table where Mrs. Coolidge,
wife Of the Vice President, and Mrs.
frederick H. Gillett, wife of the
speaker of the House, presided. The
center of the table was filled with a
small but many sprayed fountain
around which was low border of red
roses and white stephanotis. Mrs. Irv-
me L. Lenroot, wife of Senator Len
1901, 1901, OF Superior, Wis.,, president of the
siuo' received the guests and with her
.ss Nine. Jusserand. The wives of
aelegates also stood in line. The flags
u all the states in the Union formed
eze ,rieze about the room and were the
only decoration.
Children Of Official
Families in Washington
Embryo statesmen are pouring into
asnlngton for the Christmas holi-
os lays. Members of Congress and other
~ src,ais cl who generally take advantage
sa .ne season to visit their homes are
tss.aaainlng tsa on here and being joined by
- sss schoolgirl and schoolboy element
pr.ssneir sneir households instead. Vice
ts.s sss'oent and Mrs. Coolidge have their
WY, s#S sons, John and Calvin Coolidge,
saaa @sn them at the New Willard, and the
tSsn tsS VIII see the capital more closely
retas . On any previous visit. The Sec