The New York herald., 1921-05-15

ziesv who looked as If they had laid
awake nights trying to think of some
way to build their hair out which would
produce new and strange distortion of
their heads. One cannot but wonder
why women do it. No use trying to tell
you about the cloth or the jewels-it
would take column. For society was
out in its war paint for this first big
party in honor of President and Mrs.
Harding
The Hardings are to be hosts them
selves at their first big party next week.
Cards are out for the first of their ex-
pected garden parties next Wednesday
from to z. and there are to be two
more, one on Thursday of the following
week, May rs, and one on Wednesday,
June /. Evidently there is some engage
ment for May 25. since for that one
week they are switching from Wednes-
day to Thursday In fact, come to think
of il, I know they regretted for a big
Southern Society function that night,
pleading a previous engagement.
Naturally there is keen interest in the
series of garden parties The President
or Mrs. Harding-in many instances the
President and Mrs. Harding--have re-
oeived practically everybody entitled to
White House hospitality. singly or In
small groups. and now they are going
to receive them "all In a bunch" And
as it is the first time society has had
a chance at the gardens since May, 1916,
II is naturally looking forward to the
event.
The Hardings certainly do seem to be
enjoying the Presidency. You will note
that the plural Is used. Mrs. Harding is
working just as hard at running the
White House and getting just as much
fun out of it as her husband does.
Somebody told me that last Saturday
afternoon the President and Mrs Har-
ding. motoring on the Speedway,
watched the end of one Of the army
|, polo games and heard part of the Ma
rine Bands concert, when Mrs Harding
sent word over to Santelmann. its leader.
asking him to play 1.-The End of Per-
feet Day !''-her favorite air. That
rather hit my funny bone. For the
| President and Mrs. Harding had had a
most strenuous day.
| Washington has had indefatigable
Presidents before-at least it had one
but Mrs. Harding is it's first experience
with an apparently tireless First Lady.
And 1t has had Mr.. Presidents who
obviously and admittedly enjoyed the
Presidency, but their Mrs. Presidents
didn't seem to be having such a per-
fectly wonderful time Mrs. Taft ap-
any of the others-and she broke down
completely trying to put through the
brilliant social campaign She had
mapped out for herself. Mrs Harding
approaches the job from cuite a differ
ent angle. She seems to have no special
desire to make social history, but the
liveliest interest in the great human
panorama which her position spreads
out before her. She is meeting more
people--of more different sorts-and do
ing more things of greater variety than
any one who has ever been mistress OF
the White House.
In a Presidents Day.
| Just consider some of the things Pres
| ident and Mrs. Harding have been doing
lately. Friday of last week they had
the Davis Cup team playing exhibition
tennis on the White House courts. be-
| fore a distinguished little gallery of
their friends. Saturday they received
the Federation Of Women's Clubs OF the
district together and separately the Of
ficers of the High School cadets (the
President) and rallied with the Girl
Scouts (Mrs. Harding), and then went
over to see the polo and listen to the
band concert in Potomac Park.
Sunday they went to church in the
morning and to the unveiling of an
Elks' memorial to their war dead in the
afternoon, at least the President did. AT
Calvary Baptist Church they ''sat under
the new pastor, DIR. William s. Aber-
nethy, just recently from Kansas City,
for the first time. Some months ago
the Baptists did a little quiet jubilating
over ''the first Baptist President they
ever had Not only is the President
Baptist, but the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hughes are Baptists. and were reg
ular and active members of Calvary
| Church under the late DR.. Greene, who
| had been pastor there for forty-one
| years when they lived in Washington
before. and the vice-President is a Bap-
tist At least I'm sure Mrs. Coolidge
told me that his family were Baptists,
| and he really belonged to that church,
| although he generally attended a Con-
gregational or Presbyterian church with
her and the boys.
On Monday both the President and
Mrs. Harding gave special audiences to
| Commander Evangeline Booth, and
/ promised their support In the Salvation
! Armys campaign for funds. And the
same day they reviewed the circus par
/ ade-at least IL passed the White House
and the occupants thereof watched IT..
| And they do say that the elephants stood
at attention and presented trunks like
the proper @. o. +. elephants that they
| are-gTedtly 10 tne amusement OIL the
| Chief Executive.
/ Later the White House really did re-
view parade of 1000 Shriners, in
! full regalia--a parade almost as color
ful as the circus parade Of a few hours
| earlier. Neither of them, of course.
entered the White House grounds. but
the Shriners passed down Executive
avenue, which runs to the west of the
White House, separating 1t from the
State. War and Navy Building. and the
President did his reviewing from the
White House Executive offices. Mrs.
Harding was With him and she had
with her Mrs. Harry s. New. whose
husband, Senator New OF Indiana. is
one of Mr.. Hardng's old time croaies
Postmaster General VIII j. Hays and
the Secretary to the President, George
c. Christian, Jr., completed the party.
Tuesday. by way Of variety, Mrs. Har-
ding received 732 schoolgirls--girls from
the various finishing schools and semi
nares around Washington--and We'd
nesday. presumably with an idea OF
saving her strength bit for the Pam
American party In the evening. she
spent comparatively restful day. re-
ceiving only score or two or what the
White House ushers like to call mis-
cellaneous guests" by appointment
Thursday they were TO have gone
out TO the Horse Show, but the storm
OF Wednesday night lasted over. 1t
simply poured - most dlscouragng
weather for an out OF door horse show.
In fact, its been most discouragng
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