The New York herald., 1921-04-24
GeddeS Is First
British ENJOY to
Address d. A. r.
Would Draw Closer the Ties
the War Has Knit-SOcial
Notes of Capital.


Washington limelight during the week
The Pan American Building and Con-
tinental Memorial Hall have been the
scenes of great activity. and it would
appear that the S, S. A. R.-Sons Of
South American Revolutions, an or
ganization which so far as l know has
never been organized--have little the
edge on the ID. A. r. They enticed
the President and Mrs. Harding to
New York to help them unveil a statue
Of Gen. Simon Bolivar just at the time
that the Daughters wanted them badly
to help them open their Continental
Congress, and the Daughters had to
content themselves with a Vice Presi
dent and some ENTHUSIASTICALLY. Jus
serand. who has addressed nearly every
continental Congress since he first
came to this country, almost twenty
years ago. and Sir Auckland Geddes.
who is the first British envoy to ad-
dress the Daughters.
Sir Auckland was distinctly the
sand handsomely dressed women who
crowded the auditorium-foor and gal
ierles and aisles-and wedged them
selves in the open doorways greeted
him with round after round of ap-
plause, a veritable ovation. while thew
apparently felt that NJ. Jusserand was
an old familiar friend, tried and
trusted-in fact, almost one of the
family-who needed no vociferous as
surance that he was welcome. It was.
when one stopped to think of just what
the organization stands for and COM
ine1norates, bit amusing that their
nonor guest should be the official rep
resentative of Great Britain and the
personal representative of the British
sovereign.
Calls Them .sD.A.R.Iings.v
Sir Auckland quite brought down the
mousse when he addressed his audience
as "DAR.lings! Even if he had not
made the brilliant talk which followed.
ne had them all in frame of mind to
thlnk that 1t was a marvel Of eloquence
and appealing sentiment AS a matter
OF fact he did speak stirringly and with
real feeling on his own and his country's
desire 70 draw close the ties which the
war had knit. He deplored the wedge
which hostile influences seemed to be
trying to drive between former comrades
of the battlefield and which seemed to
be Wrestling the fruits of peace from the
Allies OF the late war. And there was
no doubt at all that he carried his
hearers with him to manor rather
to a woman
Ambassador Jusserand, who has been
in at the opening of so many d. A. r.
congresses that they would scarcely be-
lieve they were really opened if he had
not given them his blessing. spoke along
the same general lines, saying that he
would like to put new prayer at the
beginning of the Li.any, which should
read: From any kind of propaganda
good Lord deliver us" He told OF his
Governments gratitude for the society's
! care of the French war orphans. ex-
claiming, I'VE need children more than
gold or reparations, and you saved
young France!T And presenting as a
gift from his Government two Sevres
vases and a copy of Houdon's Washing
ton he told them how France loved and
thanked them-"And when you look on
this bust of Washington remember her
remember grateful F'rance!"
Vice President Coolidge said he had
come at the direction of the President
to bring his greeting and assurances Of
his interest in the fine work of the So
ciety. And reminding his hearers that
this was the anniversary of the Battle
of Lexington-it Is during the week in
which April 10 falls that the d. A. r.
congress always is held. and 10 hap
pened that he was speaking on that
date-he told the story of that first
| IYAf nh r.
| ally. and drove home the fact that the
thing that differentiated that revolution
from other revolutions was the character
Of the Government which Il then set up
"a Government founded on the abiding
principle OF deriving its just powers from
the consent of the governed.
The Massachusetts, delegation stood
TO receive their former Governor, the
Vice-President, and applauded him Wig
orously, cheering him to the echo when
he resumed his seat at the close OF his
address. He had come direct from
dinner which Representative Allen
Treadway of Massachusetts had given
in his honor, inviting to meet him
company which included the members OF
the congressional committees on which
Mr.. Treadway serves.
Tho Coolidges had their usual siren
uous week. Tonight Mrs. Coolidge was
the honor guest at a dinner OF the Fl
Beta Phi, her college sorority. On Mon
day night Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Stabler
entertained at dinner for the Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. On Tuesday
there was the Treadway dinner for Mr.
Coolidge on Wednesday they dined with
the British Ambassador and Lady
Geddes Mt the British Embassy, and
Thursday night the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Weeks had brilliant COM
pany assembled to meet them while last
night they were the guests OF Mr. and
Mrs Charles Hamlin. They go to Pitts
burgh next week, where Mr.. Coolidge Is
to speak, and about May 10 Mrs. Cool
idee is going to their Massachusetts
home to be with her boys for while
and to get them ready for tho summer
vacation. She will probably be away
| for the remainder OF May.
Tuesday. when they went to New York
for the Bolivar unveiling, was the first
time that the President and Mrs Har~
ding have been out of Washington since
March AND then they went and re-
turned the same day--for the President
had promised 10 attend an entertain
ment that night with the knights OF
Pythias Tuesday, by the same token, is
about the only day since the inaugura-
ton that the White House drawing
rooms have not been In use, with Mrs.
Harding receiving groups OF callers or
| individuals On Wednesday she was
rack on the Job again, and by rather a
singular coincidence the sons OF three
one time Presidents called on Mr. Har-