The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-24


game.
Today Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge.
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w. Hight at midday dinner.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Hoover are entertaining at
dinner tonight in honor of DR..
and Nine. Koo, DIR, and Nine. SEE,
and DIR. Wang, Of the Chinese del
egation, and the Secretary OF La
Dor and Mrs. Davis will have
guests dining with them Informally.
But for the rest the Cabinet mem
bers are doing no entertaining to-
day.
THE city Of Washington, 80 desig-
mated by President Harding ana
hence official. turned out en- masse
last evening to do honor to the dis
tinguished visitors within our gates.
The District Commissioners re-
ception at the National Museum last
evening was the first formal oppor-
tunity many Washingtonians had
been given to meet. or even see. the
arms delegates, and more than 1000
awaited themselves Of the promised
privilege. Diplomats and our own
national dignitaries. accompanied by
their stats, dressed in their most
brilliant uniforms. mingled with the
guests and passed before the receiv-
ing line waiting in the center picture
gallery to receive them.
The receiving line was headed by
l-h .A.s nf he
committee on arrangements. and FOL
lowing them In order came Commits
sioner and Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Com
missioner and Mrs. James F. Oyster.
and Col. and Mrs. Charles Keller.
The guests were introduced by Capt.
Hayne Ellis. u. 8. N.
Mrs. Rudolph wore a stunning
gown Of black Jet draped with coral
velvet and tulle. An exquisite ban
deau of corals and pearls, with a
spray of white Paradise in her hair
completed her costume. Mrs. Oyster
wore black crepe heavily embroid-
cred with black beads, and Mrs. kcl-
Ter was charming in jade green. Her
gown was one of the sequin encrust-
ed frocks 30 popular this season and
was made with a train that hung
from her shoulders.
The Museum was attractively
decorated for the reception with
palms and Towering plants. Flags
Of the nations attending the con-
ference were draped artistically in
the rotunda and the path past
the receiving line was lined with
sturdy marines holding the flags
of America, Great Britain, France
and half a dozen Of the allied
nations.
THE guests passed on their way
l. past the receiving line over a
serpentine course that led them
through the Museum halls, past
cases Of rare exhibits from foreign
lands. Strange, brilliantly colored
birds from the tropics gazed sol
emnly from their glass enclosures
upon the gaily-clad throng, their
plumage rivaling in brilliancy the
bright colors of the gowns Of the
women and the jewels that flashed
from shoulders and hair.
The Marine Band, stationed In the
hall above the rotunda, woke the
musty silence to echoes that must
have stirred to life the long dead
hearts of mummied Egyptian bellies
and beaux and the waxen souls of
men and maids in the Alaskan and
Indian exhibits.
In the large east wing supper
was served from the moment the
guests begin to arrive until the
last one had departed. Cakes and
creams, salad and coffee were
consumed with the diners leaned
chummily against the fozzilized
shoulder of extinct species OF weird
beasts-dinosaur and mammoth, do
do and icthysaurus.
The reception brought to the
museum a representative crowd of
Washingtonians. 1t was compared
by many of the guests to inaugural
balls Of former days, made unique
by the presence of history makers
from a dozen different lands.
In one group could be seen
William Jennings Bryan and Will
Ambassador Pezet of Brazil and
handful of South American dig
nitaries. In still another a group
of Italian and Belgian army of.
ficers, chatting together In their
own tongue.
Among the distinguished company
were the Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet, DIR. and Nine. Koo and
and DR.. and Nine. SEE. of the,
Chinese delegation; Jonkheer de
With and Nine. de With, OF the
Netherlands legation; Admiral de
Bon, Vice Admiral Kato, Lieut..
Col. F. S. c. Piggott. Jonkheer II.
A. Van Karnebeek, Viscount d'Alte,
Senator Carlo Schanzer, Chevalier
de Wouters, Sir Robert Borden. M.
Sarraut, Mr.. and Mrs. George r.
Christian, jr.: the Swiss minister,
Marc Peter; the Netherlands minis
ter, DR.. Everwijn: DIR. j. B. Hub
recht: the Minister OF the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes and Nine.
Grouitch; the Minister Of Nicaragua
and Nine. Chamorro: Air Commo.
dore l.. F. o. Charlton, Of the
British embassy. DIR. Hector Ayerza,
of the Argentine embassy. and Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock.
Others present were the Minister
of Venezuela and Nine. Dominica,
the Commercial Attache of the
Cuban Legation and Nine. Bonet,
the commercial counselor of the
Brazilian embassy, Mr.. Sampaio; the
commercial counselor of the Polish
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