New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Official Dinner Sets Mark
for Beauty; Statesmen of
World Gather With Their
/ Wives at Brilliant Affair
MadisonCo old ServiceJsed
Hughes Gathering Monday
Runs 1t Close Second;
Mrs. Harding Receives
sy.c.as pssposoA to 1.As rrss~..

conferences was the dinner and reCep-
ton st the White House last Satur-
day night, and truly q more important,
a mors stately or more beautiful affair
never took place there. There were
some pronounced changes from past
forms of entertainment In the White
House. each one bringing greater dig
nifty, convenience, and beauty in it's
wake. The guests at the dinner were
the delegates to the conference and
their wives. with members Of the Cab
met, the Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court and Mrs. Taft. the Speaker Of
the House and Mrs. Gillett, Senator
and Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. Repre-
sentative Stephen g. Porter, Of Penn
sylvania; General Pershing. the Under
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Henry D.
Fletcher. Mrs. Henry D. Flood, Mrs.
Marshall Field and the Presidents mil
itary and naval aids, Colonel Clarence
0. Sheriff. and Commander r. S.
Holmes.
The guests arrived for the dinner by
way Of the south front entrance to the
White House, thus using for a great
formal function an entrance closed for
many years except as ingress and
egress to the White House lawn and on
state reception and dinner nights,
when even then only few guests were
admitted that way. The guests passed
down the red corridor on the first
floor of the house through an aisle
formed of nine huge silk flags, upheld
by as many marines, each flag repre-
senting country sending delegates to
the conference. The flags were the
same used earlier in the day at the
opening Of the conference in Cont
mental Hall, and were again used at the
splendid reception for 5000 guests
given by the Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Hughes Monday night in the Pan
American Union Building in honor of
the delegates.
The table in the state dining room
was the shape of the letter U, with the
bottom of the letter much broadened,
and the guests were seated on both the
outside and inside of the board, the
President occupying the center Of the
outer edge and Mrs. Harding sitting
opposite. The gold service, the pur-
chase of which raised such q terrible
rumpus in Dolly Madison's time, was
used, making veritable flower bed
between the President and the "frst
LADY, Pink chrysanthemums, pink
roses and pink snapdragons, with ferns
were used and so disposed that they
enough to cut off the view of guests
Mrs. Harding wore gown of white
satin embroidered in crystals anc
rhinestones and combined with black
tulle, a fan of black ostrich feathers
carrying out the combination. Seldom
have so many beautiful flowers been
used at single entertainment in the
Presidents house.
Wife of Chinese Envoy
Wears Native Costume
As the distinguished guests entered
and fingered over the diagram of the
room suite, one lucky enough to be on
the ground found splendid opportunity
to study NJ. Viviani and Nine. Vivian,
Mr. Balfour, Nine. SEE, wife of the
present envoy, and Nine. Koo, wife OF
the former envoy from China to this
country. Nine. SEE wore a native cos
tune of the richest silver and white
brocade with splendid jewels, which
were, however, worn American fashion,
and Nine Koo wore a splendid London
gown of silver cloth, silver brocade
and tulie.
Nine Jusserand, wife Of the French
Ambassador, who, like Lady Geddes,
wife Of the British Ambassador, is
much in the public eye just now, wore
draped gown Of yellow velvet Of al
most buttercup shade, the tulle
sleeves being Of deep orange shade.
She wore a gown Of black with cut
jets and many diamonds at the recep-
ton Monday night. Lady, Geddes,
wore gown of amethyst color velvet
fer the White House dinner and re-
ception and black velvet and jet for
the reception in the Pan American
Union building.
Mrs Frederick h. Gillett, who with
her husband, the Speaker Of the House,
attended both affairs, wore each time
gown Of black velvet and Jet, quite
Eodishly designed, and Mrs. Coolidge,
wife of the Vice-President, who with
her husband attended the White House
dinner and reception, wore gown OF
peacock blue velvet entirely without
trimming, except a huge black velvet
rose fastened at the left side OF the
girdie where the surplice waist crossed.
Mrs. John W. Weeks wore for the
Hughes reception gown OF black vel
vet undoubtedly a Paris creation,
which had as color relief long scarf
ct emerald green attached to either
shoulder by diamond ornamerts, and
swinging free to a point several inches
below the hem Of the skirt. She car
ned az emerald green ostrich feather
fan.
Mrs. William Howard Taft, wife Of
the Chief Justice Of tho Supreme
Court, who as First Lady Of the Land
In past administration has been en-
tertained in the White House by each
succeeding administration, attended
tho dinner with the Chief Justice and
wore a splendid gown of cloth of geld
showing an embroidery Of gold and sill
yer and dSaped with silver tulle. It
seems odd to mention q mans costume
N this connection, aside Of course
from the uniforms of the world now
showing up here at all social functions,
nut no one has attracted more attention
rnan the member Of the British dele
Eaion from India, the Right Hon.
opnnivasa Sastri, who wears soft
wnite silk turbin wound gracefully
ABOUT his head and finally finished of
IN little top-knot at the back.
nrA Hardins's Reception
Wednesday Is Big Affair
Larger even than the arms reception
g the White House which followed
mo formal dinner Of Saturday was
ene reception Wednesday afternoon,
wnen Mrs. Harding had receiving with
ner the wives of Cabinet members, and
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