The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-23
THOUSAND GUESTS
ATTEND BRILLIANT
GEDDES FUNCTION
Stars of Social and Diplo-
matte World Entertain
ed by Ambassador.

lean and British delegates to the
conference on Limitation OF arma-
nent last evening at the embassy.
The dinner was followed by a re-
ception of about 1000 distinguished
guests. Included in the brilliant
company of dinner guests were the
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge.
the Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Hughes, Prince Tokugawa, Premier
Aristide BRAND. Senator Carlo
Schanzer. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Senator Oscar w. Under
wood and Mrs. Underwood, Elihu
Root, Arthur ]. Balfour. Lord and
Lady Lee, Sir Robert and Lady Bor-
den, Senator G. F. Pearce, Sir John
Salmond. S. .Srinivasa Sastri, Ad-
miral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, the
Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew
W. Mellon: the Attorney General,
Harry w. Daugherty; the Postmas-
ter General. VIII H. Hays; the
Secretary of Interior and Mrs. Fall,
the Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Davis, the Undersrretary of State
and Mrs. Fletcher, Sir John Jordan,
Sir H. Llewelyn Smith. Admiral and
Mrs Coontz. Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Brewster, Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Garrett, Lieut. Col Sir Maurice
Hankey, Lady Donegal. Lord Rid
dell. Lady Annesley, Sir Vice Mar
shall Higgins. Sir Arthur Willert
and R. A. c. Sperling.
Decorations Are Elaborate.
The great entrance hall of the
embassy was deliberately decorated
with tall palms and ferns, but the
picturesque tall sergeant major in
full dress uniform of scarlet and
gold and a tall black fur hat of
the dragons. Numerous low bowls
Of white chrysanthemums on the
tables and mantels were lovely in
the drawing-rooms, and yellow
chrysanthemums with a suggestion
of pink were banked on the mantel
in the dining-room and in several
huge PLAQUES between tall silver
candle sticks on the long table
from which the buffet supper was
served The attaches of the lega-
tion, Henry Getty Chiffon, Maj.
Gen H. K. Bethel, Air Commodore
l.. E. o. Charleton, Capt. S. r.
Bailey, John Joyce Broderick, r.
Leslie Craigie. NJ. d. Peterson. Maj.
C. E. d. Bridge, L. Mccormick
Goodhart Arthur Yencken, Capt. c.
]. Henry, H H. Sims, H. V. Tenant
and a number of others, assisted
in looking after the comfort Of the
guests at the reception. An or
chestra played throughout the even
ing from the balcony above the
grand stairway.
Is Brilliant Scene.
The scarlet and gold OF the many
British uniforms and the blue and
grays OF the other foreign officers,
togther with the uniforms Of the
army and navy officers of this coun-
try. the many ribbons and decora-
tions worn by the men. and the
handsome gowns and lovely jewels
worn by the women made a scene
the brilliancy of which has never
been excelled in Washington. The
guests were received by the Ambas-
sadOr and Lady Geddes, assisted by
Arthur Balfour and Lord and Lady
Lee. Lady Geddes looked lovely in
a gown of soft pale lavendar chif-
fon velvet. and Lady Lee wore a
costume of cloth of gold brocade
and a tiara and necklace of dia-
monds and rubies.
Gen. Pershing a Guest.
Among guests at the reception
were Gen. Pershing. the Spanish
Ambassador and Nine. Riano, the
Peruvian Ambassador and Nine.
Pezet, the Minister of Norway and
Nine. Bryn, the Minister of Dem
mark. Constantin Brun; the Minister
of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes
and Nine. Grouitch, the Minister OF
Sweden and Nine. Wallenberg and
Mile. WallenberE, the Minister of
Poland and Princess Lubomirska,
the Speaker OF the House and Mrs.
Frederick Gillett. the Third Assist
ant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, DR.. and Nine.
V. X. Wellington Koo. ]. E Lefevre.
Cf the Panama Legation staff, and
Miss Ramona Lefeyre; J. de Lager
berg, OF the staff of the Swedish
Legation: the Counselor of the Chi
nese Legation and Nine. Yung
Kwai. Capt. Uyeda, formerly of the
Japanese Embassy staff; the for
mer United Minister to Switzerland
and Mrs. Hampson Gary, Michael
Kwapiszewski and Mime. Kwapis-
zewska. of the Polish Legation staff.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Present.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of
New York; the former United
States Ambassador to Russia and
Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Judge lives. of the
Finnish Legation: Hugo de Pena.
of the Legation of Uruguay. and
Nine. de Pena. capt Piero CivaI-
leri. of the Italian Embassy: W. H
de Beaufort, of the Netherlands
Legation: DR.. and Nine. Hubrecht,
of the Netherlands Legation; John
Barrett, former Secretary of State
and Mrs Robert Lansing: Princess
Bibesco. wife of the Roumanian
Minister: Mrs. Chiffon, Mrs Bro
derrick, Mrs. Craigie. Mrs. Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Lawrence. Miss
Betty Poe. Representative and Mrs.
Frank W. Mondell, Senator and
Mrs. John B. Kendricz. Senator
and Mrs. Porter ]. McCumber,
Judge and Mrs. C c. McChord.
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. Mrs. Hams
ilton Bayly. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Boyce Thompson. former Third As
sistant Secretary Of State and Mrs.
breckenridge Long, Mrs James
Carroll Frazer. Mrs. C. w. Wet