The Washington times., 1921-11-16

ar RS. HARDING, assisted by
W the ladies' Of the Cabinet.
49, will be at home this after
noon to the wives of members OF
Congress. In inviting the ladies of
the Cabinet and of the House OF Rep
resentatives to have tea with her,
Mrs. Harding's purpose is to bring
the women of two important
branches of the official world to-
gether early in the season 50 that
they may have opportunity to know
each other before weeks pass.
The Cabinet ladies that will be
with Mrs. Harding are Mrs.
Hughes, Mrs. Weeks. Mrs. DENLY.
Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Fall, Mrs.
Hoover, and Mrs. Davis. Both Mrs.
Daugherty and Mrs. Hays are away
and Miss Ailsa Mellon. daughter Of
the Secretary of the Treasury. is not
assuming the duties and RESPONSE
bilities of official hostess for her
father.
Mrs. Harding will receive in the
Blue Room, the ladies Of the House
having first assembled In the East
Room, and tea will be served In the
state dining room. The state draw
ing rooms are in gala array for this
pleasant little festivity, and quanti-
ties of the great chrysanthemums
for which the White House con-
servatories are noted have been
used by way of decorations.
Mrs. Frederick Gillett, wife OF
the Speaker of the House, will pre-
side at the tea table, assisted by Mrs.
Frank w. Mondell. wife of the ma
jority leader, and Mrs. FINS j. Gar
rett, wife Of the minority leader.
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MRS. HARDING attended the con-
AVA cert of the New York Sym
phony Orchestra at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon and
had with her in her box Nine. lie
Breton, wife of the Argentine am
bassadOr: Mrs. Albert B. Fall, Mrs.
James r. Mann, Mrs. c. c. Glover.
and Miss Laura Harlan.
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IN honor Of the various delega-
L lions to the ornaments confer
ence, a round of brilliant dinner
parties and receptions are being
given at the embassies and lega-
tons of the powers represented at
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand
the parley. Tonight the French
will entertain at dinner In compli-
ment to Aristide BRAND. Premier
of France, NJ. and Nine. Viviani
and other important members OF
the French mission being present
as well as important American of.
ficials. The dinner will be followed
by a brilliant reception at which
the official world and resident So
ciety will be mingled i'm happy pro-
portion.
THE patron saint day Of gallant
King Albert of Belgium was
observed at the Belgian embassy
last evening at a brilliant dinner
and reception given by the Am
bassador and Baroness de Cartier.
Statesmen and diplomats from the
four corners Of the earth gathered
at the embassy to honor the heroic
king of the brave little nation
that stopped the German armies on
their victorious march on Paris.
The dinner guests included Secre-
tary of State. Charles Evans
Hughes. the Secretary of the
Treasury, Andrew w. Mellon; the
Secretary of Commerce, Herbert
Hoover; Premier BRAND of France;
the French Ambassador, j. j.
Jusserand; Sir Arthur j. Balfour;
Prince Tukugawa; the japanese
Ambassador, Baron kijuro Shide-
hara; the Italian Ambassador. Sen
ator Rolandi Ricci; the Portuguese
Minister, Viscount d'Alte; the Chin
csc Minister, DR.. Alfred SEE; Bee
laertes van Blokland. head of the
delegation from The Netherlands;
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Felt
Glen Gather and Chevalier de
Wouters d'Oplinter, technical ad.
visor to the Belgian delegation;
the Undersecretary of State. Henry
p. Fletcher: the secretary general
Of the conference. John w. Gar.
rett; Thomas f. Ryan. and Sam