New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
Officials DEFY
Heat, Remain at
Capitol Desks
September Finds President,
Cabinet Members and 9th
ers With No Thought of
Real Summer Vacation
Executive at Ball Game
Throws First Ball at Benefit
Match for Wounded Men;
Appears at Band Concert.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, Officials
ard private citizens who once fed from
the capital as from pestilence during
its spells of midsummer heat now re-
main on, with very little thought of
discomfort in even the most extreme
weather. and September finds the Pres
ident and Mrs. Harding, number of
Cabinet members and Senators forming
the Finance Committee of their branch
Of Congress and many others without
thought of real vacation.
After the President threw out the
ball at the baseball game for the benefit
Of wounded soldiers on Saturday after
noon he returned to the White House,
and without changing his golf clothes
his linen knickerbockers and pleated
jacket-for more formal attire, joined
Mrs. Harding, MISS Abigail Harding
and few other relatives and friends
on the south front balcony at the White
House. where they listened to the Ma
rine Band concert, held there every
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Harding wore
charming sport suit of white baronet
satin and small sport hat of light
blue turned up in front, style very
becoming to her.
When the President appeared Laddie
Boy, his faithful companion, accom-
panied him, and when the band played
the "Star Spangled Banner" and the
President stood at attention Laddie
Boy. crept up close and, putting his
head against the Presidents knee,
looked sedately up in his face.
Swimming Pools Added
To Many Washington Homes
Realizing the possibility of living in
Washington whenever duty calls, re-
Tardless of heat or cold many persons
with fine homes have added a swim
ming pool as one of the attractions.
Mrs. John B. Henderson, whose pictu-
rescue dark brownstone house stands
above the city on it's Sixteenth Street
site, has had a fine swimming pool
added as one of its charms, and Mrs.
Henderson's guests besides her son,
John B. Henderson jr. and his young
daughter, Miss Beatrice Van Rensselaer,
Henderson, have parties of young diplo-
mats and society folk to enjoy the
bathing. Among the frequent guests of
Mrs. Henderson is Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry, who confesses to loving to swim
in the beautiful pool which later is to
iurm the center of the splendid land
scape garden on the estate of several
acres.
There are number of other swim
ming pools connected with private resi-
NS4(CS oDIQt w 'VdSHihGtcts OHS DClAS az
Highover, the estate of Mrs. Henry G..
Corbin, and occupied by General Perish
ing on his return from France. An
other home having larger and much
more picturesque pool is that of Mr..
and Mrs. David G.. Fairchild, In the
Woods, place occupied by the former
Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker for
several seasons.
The Oaks, a beautiful old George
ta rpcapf11r houoh< Nv, a
Third Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and being
reconstructed, will have large swim
ming pool on the grounds, and Mrs.
George Barnett, wife of General George
Barnett, u. S. Marine Corps, has had q
big winning pool constructed on her
estate, Wakefield Manor, near Front
Royal, Va, where many society folk of
Washington pass the week end.
The Pan-American Building, with its
beautiful lines of Spanish architecture,
cannot be disassociated from the social
life of Washington, since receptions
for Presidents and all the visiting
dignitaries to this country have been
held there, and before the disarmament
conference opens there, November II,
another brilliant chapter is to be added
American republics represented in
Washington, and the Latin-American
diplomats will hold a reception with
dancing there the night of September
Is TO celebrate the centennial of their
independence. Fully thousand in
vitations will be issued to diplomats,
high officials and the society folk Of
Washington and other cities. The ma
tional airs of each country will be
played and the decorations will carry
out the colors Of the national emblem
Of each.
British Ambassador Will
Remain at Dark Harbor, Me.
The British Ambass sador, who planned
to return on the first of the month
from Dark Harbor, Me-, will remain on
there until after the middle of the
month. But little outside the regular
business routine of an embassy could
be transacted here now with Congress
In recess, all of the higher officials
leaving for frequent visits to their
homes or for business purposes, and
even the President planning for an out
Ing Of some duration.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has sent q
wonderful doll to Washington to find
place in the National Museum in the
department where are displayed the
costumes showing the styles In wom-
ems dress in various eras of American
history. The collection lncludes gowns
worn by Martha Washington and most
of the Presidents wives down to the
present Administration, including tho
inaugural gown of Mrs. Roosevelt. The
costumes Of the doll, depicting the
various changes in style, are beauti-
fully and carefully carried out. There
is the simple full skirt, the hoop skirt
era, the Grecian bend, the basque and
surplice period, and in most Of the CO.'S
tunes some note suggesting the Co.'S
tunes worn by women of to-day. Mrs.
Roosevelt has already contributed
many interesting things to the mu-
scum. Her late husband began to con-
tribute to the museum when a mere
boy, his collection Of birds, such as
were found at Oyster Bay in those
years, furnishing the nucleus for
more important collection and includ-
ing trophies of his hunt for big game
altar he loft hta al cant