The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
BRILLIANT FETES
FEATURE ANNUAL
D. CONGRESS
Social Calendar Crowded
In Compliment to
Delegates.

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group of the delegates.
The reception of the president
general, Mrs. George Maynard Mi
nor. to delegates to the thirtieth
Continental Congress of the d. A. r.
took place last evening. Mrs. Minor
was assisted in receiving the guests
by the honorary president general,
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey and
the national officers. Many of the
State delegations attended the re-
ception in a body each State regent
introducing her own delegates.
The reception this year was un-
usually large, for there was an un-
precedented demand for invitations,
at-least 1000 guests attending. The
lofty rooms of the beautiful home
of the ID. A. r. were decorated with
flowers as we'll as flags, and there
was fine music. The reception be-
gan at $50 and the line occupied
several hours in passing the presi-
dent general.
The annual dance for the pages
also took place last evening. 1t
was given by the Abigail Hartman
Rice Chapter, which every year en-
tertains the group of younger
Daughters who render such splen-
did service during the sessions OF
the congress. The pages, by the
way, have looked unusually pretty
this year, for the return to white
after the use of uniforms is most
attractive and adds much to the ap-
pearance of the girls.
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the Secretary of Agriculture. was
hostess at an informal tea yester-
day afternoon. entertaining at the
Cosmos Club in compliment to the
Iowa delegation to the d. A. R.
conference. Mrs. Frederick Frisbee,
State regent. and the vice regent,
Miss Amy Gilbert, received with
Mrs. Wallace; and Mrs. William 8.
Kenyon, wife of Senator Kenyon,
and Miss Margaret Cummins, sister
of Senator Cummins, of Iowa, pre-
sided at the tea table. Mrs. Horace
Mann Towner, Mrs. Lyle Hubbard
and Miss Mary Wallace. daughter of
the hostess, also assisted.
Mrs. Frederick II. Gillett, wife OF
the Speaker of the House, gave a
reception yesterday afternoon be-
tween 4 and s o'clock for the Mas
sachusetts delegates to the D. A. r.
Mrs. Coolidge. wife of the Vice Pres
ident, received with the hostess and
Mrs. Allen Treadway and Mrs. CAL
win D. Paige poured tea Mrs. John
W. Weeks, wife of the Secretary of
War. whose home is in Massacnu-
setts, and Mrs. Frank w. Mondeli,
wife of the Republican floor leader
in the House, were present during
the afternoon.
Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes entertained at a buffet supper
last evening in their apartment at
240O Sixteenth street, in compliment
to delegates to the congress of the
National Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution from New
Hampshire.
The guests invited to meet them
included Mime. Grouitch, Mrs. Selden
=. Spencer. Mrs. Morris Sheppard.
and the wives of the other Senators
who are members of the D. A r.,
Mrs. Sherman f. Burroughs. Mrs.
Robert Lansing, Mrs. Larz Anderson
Mrs. George Barnett, Miss Elizabeth
Pierce, former chaplain general of
the d. A. r.: Mrs. Clyde Z. B. Con-
nelly and Mrs. Frank S. Hight.
The State regent of the New
Hampshire d. 4. F., Mrs. Charles W.
Barrett. entertained at a luncheon
yesterday at the Powhatan Hotel,
when her guests included Mrs.
Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Sherman
Burroughs. DR.. Kate Waller Bar
the District d. A. R.: Mrs. Howard
l.. Hodgkins, and Mrs Graeme T.
Smallwood.
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George + Mitchell entertained at a
large tea yesterday afternoon at
their residence, 1928 Twentieth
street. in honor of the delegates
from Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia
and South Carolina to the congress
of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. who were the honor guests.
A decoration of spring flowers
adorned the various rooms, and
those in the receiving party in
cluded Mrs. Francis n. Rose. OF San
Francisco; Mrs. Hughes Oliphant.
Miss Virginia Griffith. Miss Helen
Griffith, Mrs. Bernard Rawl, and Mrs.
e. e. CottIe. of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Frank C. Odenheimer enter
tained at tea yesterday afternoon
from to in her apartment at the
Congressional in honor of DR.. Kate
Waller Barrett. regent of the Vir-
ginia division of the ID. A. r. Mrs.
Odenheimer asked the general off,
GERS of the n. S. D. A. X. to receive
with her, and also was assisted by
Mrs ManchIia Nivin, regent of the
Mount Vernon Chapter. d. A. r,
of which Mrs. Odenheimer is a mem
Der. and Mrs. Cornelia Branch
Stone. Of Galveston. Tex, past pres
ident Of the U. d. c.
Assisting in the dining-room were
Mrs. William S. Powell, Mrs. Clar-
ence Cottman, and Miss Sara Powell
Harrison. all of Baltimore; Mrs.
Claiming Johnson and Miss Eloise
Howell. Of this city. The tea table
had a centerpiece of yellow daffodils
and blue flags.
The Kentucky delegation to the
Continental congress were guests at
a reception which Mrs. Ben john
son, wife of Representative John
son. of Kentucky. gave yesterday at
her apartment in the Calverton.
Mrs. W. N Reynolds and Mrs. e. C.
McChord presided over the prettily
appointed tea table. Mrs. James
NJ. Arnold is State regent for Kon-
lucky. and Mrs. George Baker vice
regent
Mrs. George T. Smallwood, $500
Sixteenth street. was at home YES
terday afternoon at o'clock 10
members of the Order of the Crown
of America.
One of the more formal of the
many teas yesterday was given at
the Washington Club, 1901 K street