The Washington herald., 1921-12-18
HARDING DINNER LEADING
EVENT OF BUSY WEEK.

Christmas Day or on Christmas !
HARDING DINNER LEADING
EVENT OF BUSY WEEK.
The event Of the week. / suppose.
was the dinner which President and
Mrs. Harding gave Thursday even
inS in compliment to the members
Of the Cabinet and their wives. the
first OF the regular official White
House functions Of this season.
From now until Lent. President and
Mrs. Harding will be entertaining
at similar parties including the
New Years reception at the White
House which Is open to all regard
less Of rank. age or color. Then
comes the reception in honor of the
members OF the diplomatic corps
which is followed in about a week
by a dinner for the heads OF the
various diplomatic missions and
their wives. Next on the White
House program Of official enter
tainments will be the reception for
tie justices Of the Supreme Court
and their wives: then the Supreme
Court dinner: next comes the Com
|<ressionaI reception: the dinner to
me Speaker of the House and then
the army and navy reception which
closes the program.
Thursday evening was a very
busy one for society here for that
was the evening of the Washing
ron opera ball when the entire
cream Of society attended to help
raise funds for the Washington
ppera Company. 1t was preceded
nv many dinner parties. including
one which Maj and Mrs. George
FCakIey Totten. jr.. gave in cOmph-
mont IN the Swedish Minister and
Mime WaIlenberg. Mrs. Totten who
Is a bride of last summer. you Will
remember. was Mrs. Nicken Won
post Swedish sculptress who
,.sre over here TO exhibit some of
her work and fell in love and was
,,,,r-ied Many Of the guests at the
white House dinner wound up az
40 ball.
opF:RN MOVEMENT HERE
attracts WIDE ATTENTION.
Won see practically all Of the
rc.1Iv elite in society here are in
| ,crosted heart and soul in this opera
md many not only occasionally
.,t-ibute money towards its sue
,.-s but grasp every other oppor-
t-,rf+y- to help the opera movement
,-bicb is one of the finest things
- promoted in the Capital ana
.t.ractinE nation wide attention.
| C.Icr cities are going to try TO
| Jcvc1op a municipal opera also, you
Tho Vice President and Mrs
| coolidge who were at the Whlte
| tr,rsc dinner. Of course were given
ai,ner Monday evening by the
| T-,5sreecretary Of State and Mrs.
1I.rrv 2. Fletcher The Coolidges
-, entertained at dinner TUESDAY
ing nv Senator and Mrs. Joseph
E.re1inChuysen. The same DAY
- coolidge presided-as usual
the weekly luncheon OF the
Tsdies Of the Senate. but TINS
,-,,,beon was a particularly inter
Ting one for. instead of being JUST
-. ocular informal picnic affair
,,.r morning Of sewing for the
- and needy. they had guests Of
- md the wives Of the Cabinet
@..rs at that. There were no
- Guests. however, and they did
80 a Jolly time together. those
- sets Of women who are SO
| srosoIv associated in the social lie
Of the Capital
Mrs Coolidge. who Is ex ofhcio
| .sidant n the Ladies' Of the Senate.
,Iuavs was assisted in her role
:. hostess by a group OF ladies
.o,octed alphabetically from the
roster Of the club This time the
hostesses were Mrs. Thomas P. Gore
Cor wives Of ex-senators retain their
membership in the organization-Mrs.
Tohn w. Harreld. Mrs. William ].
Harris. Mrs. Pat Harrison. Mrs
Wesley Jones. Mrs. Frank B. kellogg
Mrs. John b. Kendrick. Mrs. william
Kenyon and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes.
over. were under the wing of a men,
her Of the Ladies of the Senate. who
cav that she met the other guests.
Mrs. Weeks. wife of the Secretary OF
War. and Mrs. Fall. wife Of the Secre-
tary of the Interior. are both members
Of the organ'zation. their husbands
having served formerly in the Senate.
Mrs Fall was an absentee. having
closed her apartment in Wardman
park Hotel and gone to New Mexico
"a remain until after Christmas ara
neither Ms. Daugherty nor Mrs. viii
HAYS are in town.
SOCIETY WELL REPREsENTED
AT FORT MYER DRILL
The Coolidges-also Mrs. Harding
the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Weeks.
the Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. J. Mayhem Wainwright and
other distinguished persons all motored
to Fort Myer yesterday afternoon to
attend the army exhibition drill given
there for ire benefit OF the Army
Relief. It was followed by a tea
dance given by the commandant of
the post. Col W. c. Rivers and his