The Washington herald., 1921-03-08
HARDINCS CENTER
OF SMART THRONC
AT HOBBY PARTY
National Press Club En-
tertainment Attracts Dis
tinguished Audience.

President and Mrs. Harding were
the honor guests. yesterday after
noon. at a hobby party Of the Ma
tional Press Club, at Keith's The
ater. A distinguished audience wit
messed the entertainment.
The theater was decorated with
American nags. Upon the arrival
of President and Mrs. Harding. they
were greeted with applause, both
outside the theater. where a crowd
awaited them. and within, the aud
ience standing while the Star
spangled Banner" was played as
greeting. They were accompanied
BY Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge, Gen Leonard Wood, and the
Secretary Of War. John w. Weeks.
The President made a short I'M
promptu address toward the END OF
the program. which included an ad-
dress by Justice Day. the Britisn
Ambassador, the Secretary OF Com
merce, Herbert Hoover. and MAJ.
Gen. John A. Lejeune. commandant
Of the Marines.
GaIli-Curci sang several numbers.
Wore Black Satin Gown.
Mrs. Harding wore a black satin
gown trimmed with bands Of steel
beads. The neck was cut square
and inished of with a nat nne lace
COLLAR The elbow sleeves were
tight and trimmed with steel bead
embroidery. A soft satin girdle nm
ished the waist line. Her hat was
IN. same she wore on Inauguration
Day. was Of black horse hair IN a
stIr sailor shape trimmed with stin
outstanding clipped feathers. sne
wore a black satin cape.
Mrs. Coolidge wore a dark blue
suit and a sailored shape nat OF
henna velvet and chiffon brocaoe
over black silk and was faced Win
henna satin and. trimmed with .
cascade OF henna silk. initiating
feather ornament resting fiat on the
brim on the right side.
DistIngui.hed Guests Present.
The guests included the Vice
President of the United States and
Mrs. Coolidge. the Ambassador OF
France and Nine. Jusserand. the
Ambassador of Spain and Sonora de
Riano. the Ambassador OF Argentina
and Nine. lie Breton, Miss LloVeras'
Mime. de Pereyra, and Miss Maria
c. Kinnenez: the Belgian Ambassa-
dor and Baroness de Cartier de
Marchienne: the Ambassador OF
Peru and Sonora de Pezet. Augusta
Cochrane de Alencar, the Amoassa-
dor of Brazil: the Ambassador OF
Great Britain and Lady Geddes,
Constantin Brun, the Minister OF
Denmark; Phya Prabha karavong-
Sc. the Siamese Minister; Miss
Schwee Bunnag. Senor DIR. Don san
tos A. Dominica. the Minister or
Venezuela, and Senorita DominIct;
the Minister of Ecuador and Sonora
de Elizalde. the Minister of Colombia
and Nine. Urueta. Miss Uribe and
Miss Inez Uribe; the Minister OF the
Serbs. Croats and Slovenes and Nine
Grouitch: DR.. Jacobo Varola, Minis
ter of Uruguay and Nine. Varola; the
Minister Of Switzerland and Nine.
Peter, the Minister of Czecho-Slo-
vakia and Miss Stepanek. the Min
lister of Nicaragua and Sonora de
Cesar, ]. de Lagerberg, the Charge
d'Anaires ad interim OF Sweden;
DR.. p Lessinoff, the Charge dAf-
faires ad interim of Bulgaria; the
Hon. Charles E. Hughes and Mrs.
HuEneS. Ine SECRETARY VI lilC III
terror and Mrs. Fall. the Secretary
of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover. the
Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis,
Chief Justice and Mrs. White. Jus
tice Day and Miss Day. Justice Van
Devanter and Mrs. Van Devanter,
Justice McReynolds, Speaker Fred
erick H. Gillett and Mrs. Gillett,
Representative Stephen C. Porter
and Mrs. Porter. Representative
Frank w. Mondell and Mrs. Mondell,
Representative James r. Mann and
Mrs. Mann, Representative Alice
Robertson, Senator William p. Dill
lingham, Senator Harry S. New and
Mrs. New, Senator Lee S. Overman
and Mrs. Overman, Senator Atlee
Pomerene and Mrs. Pomerene,
Senator Miles B. Poindexter; the
Undersecretary of State and Mrs.
Davis; the Third Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Merle-Smith:
William H. Beck, assistant. Office of
the Secretary of State. and Mrs.
Beck; Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Gordon Woodbury.; Rear Ad-
miraI David W. Taylor and Mrs.
Taylor; Rear Admiral Robert s.
Grimm and Mrs. Grimm; Rear Ad-
miral George r. Clark. Judge Ad-
vocate General, and Mrs. Clark;
Rear Admiral Andrew T Long;
Rear Admiral c. ]. Peoples and Mrs
Peoples: Rear Admiral Charles W.
Parke and Mrs. Parks, Miss Frear;
Admiral Robert Z. Coontz and Mrs.
Coontz; Rear Admiral Thomas
Washington and Mrs. Washington;
Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, jr.,
and Mrs. McVay; Rear Admiral Ed
ward R. Stitt and Mrs. Stitt; Sem
ator Henry F. Ashurst and Mrs.
Ashurst; Cen John j. Pershing;
Maj Gen. Merritte W. Ireland and
Mrs. Ireland; Admiral Cary T. Gray
son and Mrs. Grayson; Maj. Gen
w. A. Holbrook and Mrs. Holbrook;
Mai. Gen. c. S. Farnsworth and Mrs.
Farnsworth; Maj. Gen. W. ]. Snow
and Mrs. Snow: Mai. Gen. Wendell
c. Neville and Mrs. Neville;I Brig.
Gen George Richards and Mrs,
Richards; Brig. Gen. Charles L. Nc
Cawley and Mrs. McCawley; Brig,
Gen. Logan Feland and Mrs. Feland.
Brig. Gen. Henry c. Haines and
Mrs Haines: Col. Rufus H. Lane
and Mrs. Lane; Col. George c.
Thorpe and Mrs. Thorpe; Col. Will
lam B. Lemly and Mrs. Lemly: Carl
L. Alsberg and Mrs. Alsberg: w,
A Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, and the
president of George Washington
University and Mrs. william Miller
Collier.