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PEN WOMEN'S TEA
TO BE HELD TODAY

Mrs Theodore Tiller, president of
the City Of Washington League OF
American Pen Women. has announced
the following speakers for the reg
ular weekly tea to be held this aft
ernoons at the national headquarters
Of the league. 1922 H street north
west, from 5 to o'clock: Avery e.
Marks president of the National
Press Club; Mrs. Walter L. Benson.
national president Of the Mu Phi Ep-
silon National Honorary Musical Or
eanization, and Mrs. Lucia Ames
Mead author and lecturer, author of
Millions England"
Mrs. William wolf Smith, chair
man Of the program committee for
the local league. viii introduce the
speakers Mrs. Sidney Drew is among
the guests expected. Edwin Callow
will sing, accompanied by Mrs. Cal
low. ~
Mrs. Amos A. Fries, chairman OF
the social committee. will be assisted
by Judge Kathryn Sellers. who win
pour tea; Mrs. Gilmer Bronizer. Mrs.
r. z. Carlson. Mrs. Albert Bush
Manly and Mrs. r. Woodland Gates
Mrs. Virginia King Frye will re.
ceive with Mrs. Tiller.
At the Monday night meeting Mrs
Grace Geldert will speak on "The
Literature Of Children" Mrs. Bhen-
nv. a kinswoman of Lord Nacaulay.
will read two original poems.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. Jr.,
HERE FOR FEW MONTHS.


The young Cornelius Vanderbilts
she was Miss Rachael Littleton-
are the members of the Vanderbilt
Washington. They will be here for
several months and are at Ward
man Park Hotel Mr.. Vanderbilt is
the son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, He has taken
up journalism as a profession and
is covering" the conference. The
senior Mrs. Vanderbilt-this young
mans grandmother-has also taken
an apartment in Washington to be
near her younger daughter. the
Countess Laszlo Szechenyi, whose
husband it is rumored, will be Hun
gary's first Minister to this coun-
try since the Swar. The Countess
was Gladys Vanderbilt and spent
several seasons here as child.
She is a sister OF the late Alfred
Vanderbilt and also of Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. All of them, nat
urally. will be identified with WASH
ington il the Count is made Minis
ter. Mrs. George Vanderbilt and
her young daughter. Miss Corneifa
Vanderbilt. will spend part of the
winter at their T street house. Still
other members of the family, more
or less identified with Washington.
are the sons of Mrs. Raymond r
Baker by her former marriage with
Alfred Vanderbilt. Alfred ana
George.
The Robbins gave a dinner for
the Count and Countess Szechenyi
on Wednesday evening. The Ital-
ian Ambassador, Rolandi Ricci, was
host at two dinners last week, one
for the American delegates to the
conference and the other for the
newspaper men with the confer
ence. Admiral Robert Coontz, chief
of Naval Operatjons-the same po-
sition that Earl Beatty holds in
England, you know-was host at a
dinner last week for the naval ad-
visers of the various delegations
The Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Fletcher had guests for din
ner asked to meet Arthur Balfour-
but why go on; there were scores
of such entertainments all last
week. Then there were other sorts
of parties, too, besides those for
the debutantes and delegations. the
officers stationed at the Washing
ton Barracks had a dinner dance
and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestoek gave a
dinner. an entirely unoncial one:
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Mrs. Herbert l. Pratt. 7 hear that
the combined wealth of the guests
at that luncheon would total more
than a billion dollars. Think Of
that! There wer present the most
imposing representatives of wealth
and social position, such as Mrs.
William G. Rockefeller, Mrs. Her
bert L. Satterlee. Mrs. Thomas La
mont. Mrs. George Blumenthsl. who
seems to be attaining a social posi-
tion in the metropolis. via France:
Mrs. James Byrne. Mrs. George
Brewster. Mrs. Stephen Birch. Mrs.
]. Leonard Repogle. Mrs Edwin
Jameson. Mrs. Edward Hutton. Mrs.
Edith Parsons Morgan. Mrs. Ed
ward Rickard. Mrs. Robert Bacon.
Mrs. Charles stone, Mrs. Walter
Teagle. Mrs. George c. Bourne and
Mrs. Reginald Fincke.
SENATOR READS BIBLE
WHILE DISPUTE RACES.
over in Cherokee strip-s row of
Republican seats on the far end of
the Democratic side of the Senate
sits a tall. Ngaunt man, eyeglasses
rerched high on the bridge of his
nose. The bitter partisan debate
on the Newberry case ragged around
him. But he sat quietly reading
the Bible. 1t is Senator ShortridGe,
of California.
Strange as IL may seem to you,
said Shortridge a few days ago
during a hearing before the Judi
ciary Committee, lin my desk !
have a Bible. I asked for one the
other day when I was trying to
md a text and they had to send
half a dozen pages around the
Capitol to find one, so coming up
TO the Capitol the next morning !
brought one"
Bible reading is Shortridge's pas
time. He claims to have discov-
cred in the Bible the origin of Mr.
Nolstead's ten days limitation for
medicinal liquor prescriptions. This
passage says:
And every ten days they piled
me with all kinds of wine"
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Continued from Page Five,
dent Of the club, in the absence OF
the president, Gen. Richards, re-
ceived the guests looking very
grand indeed in all the gold braid
of his full dress uniform. He was
really the most imposing figure in
that long line of distinguished
looking army and naval officers of
many lands. Mrs. Murray looked
very we'll. too, in gown of pale
lavender brocade with a sweeping
train. She was not in the receiv-
ing line, however.
Two young attaches of the Brit
ish Embassy staff, Capt. Harker
and II. V. Tennant, gave a small
dance favored with amateur the
atricals Tuesday evening and a
number of dinner parties preceded
it, among those entertaining being
Warren Delano Robbins, of the
State Department, and his fascinat-
ing young wife, who had among
their guests number of New
Workers, notably the Vincent AS
tors and young Cornelius Wander
bilt, jr., and his wife.
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Cabinet Ladies to Give,
Seasons First Reception
Entertainments to Be Given Only Once a
Month Owing to Social Duties In
creased by Conference.

The ladies Of the Cabinet win re-
ceive next Wednesday afternoon for
the first time this season; it will
be in fact the first "at home"
that the Cabinet ladies of this ad-
ministration have held. This group
of distinguished women are, ac-
cording to my way OF thinking,
very much imposed upon; their Of
ficialv social duties are exceedingly
heavy and seem to increase each
season. Then this year, Of course,
the conference for the Limitation OF
armament has added even more to
their social obligations
So, very wisely. the wives Of the
Cabinet officers have decided to re-
ceive this year only once a month
instead OF once a week, a very wise
decision indeed. but one which they
reached only after being forced by
the pressure of other duties. Sure
iy all those wishing to call can do
so on one of the many Wednesdays
during the season that the new plan
includes They will receive on the
first Wednesday in every month
with the exception of January.
when they will . receive on the
second ! Wednesday,. That is be-
cause Of the fact that the hEt
Wednesday comes SO soon af(e (er
New Years Day, which Is Nalwd ys
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Several Buds Launched
At Brilliant Functions
Parties for Distinguished Foreign ENJOYS,
However, Attract Most of Society's At
tention During Week.

and Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes
had a supper party when the cream
of residential society, were guests.
CABINET HosTEssEs
VIII RECEIVE SOON.
1t did seem to me that there were
more entirely unofficial parties last
week than has been the case lately
though of course there are few en-
tertainments OF any size that don't
include some Of the delegates to
the conference. In a way society
is getting a bit more normal-not
normal yet though-as some of the
foreign notables depart and as the
official entertaining ror them is
about completed. For instance the
ladies of the Cabinet VINO have
been so very busy with functions
for the delegates are now getting
down to their regular social dutie.
like their days at home. The Cabi-
net hostesses Will receive next
Wednesday for the first time this
season. a custom they usually In
susurate In November but have put
OF until December this year DE
cause of the conference" several
diplomatic hoseses began last
week to receive for the first time
this season. Several members of
the Cabinet have entertained, Just
because they wish to give a party
and not because they should The
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Albert Fall had guests dining with
them last week. the first party !
can recall they have given since
becoming "Cabineteers." The Sec
retary left the middle of the week
for the West and will be Joined for
Christmas in their New Mexico
home by his family.
Then the clubs are getting down
TO their usual programs of enter
tSning. The Congressional Club
will have its first large party on
Friday next, when 1t will give an
afternoon reception in compliment,
to the wives of the visiting dele
gates. The club officers, of course
Will preside and will be assisted by
the wives of the members of the
Foreign Relations committees OF
both houses of Congress. Mrs. Cal.
vim Coolidge and Mrs. Frederick
Gillett will pour. The clubhouse
has been all renovated and looks
very fine indeed already for its
first party. AS a rule the Congress
sional Club doesn't inaugurate its
program of entertainment until af-
ter Congress convenes in regular
session in December. but because
or the conference they are going to
have this party this week
President and Mrs. Harding have
appointed January is as the date
on which they will accept the hos
pitality of the club. Then the Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge, the
Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Frederick Gillett. the Diplomatic
Corps and others are especially
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at
PhiMpsHome
Maryland Girl Becomes
Bride of r. J. Woods.
OF Memphis, Tenn.

The marriage of Miss Mary Wen
dell Phillips, daughter Of Col. and
Mrs. William A Phillips. TO Robert
Joyce Woods, of Memphis. Tenn.
took place Thursday evening at the
home of the brides parents. Hem
lock Hedge" Edgemoor. Nd, the
Rev. J. W. Austin officiating.
The bride wore a gown of white
satin with court train of tulIe with
inch-wide satin bands on which
were clusters of orange blossoms.
Her tulle veil was arranged in a
coronet Of point lace, caught with
orange blossoms. and she carried
bride roses and lilies of the valley.
The maio of honor, Miss Jenny V.
Tolley, of Grenada. Miss. was
sowned in blue and pink chiffon
with feather, ornaments. and she
carried pink roses and larkspur.
Miss Cecilia Robb. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Robb Of
Edgemoor. and Miss Pheabe Sea-
grave, daughter of Col. and Mrs.
David Curtis Seagrave. were the
flower girls. They wore dresses of
white ruffled organdie and carried
baskets of sweetheart roses an6
forget
Walter Woods. of Memphis. Tenn
was best man, and the ushers were
Herbert Richardson. John o. Dom
aldson, Frederick Gribble and Mai
Sumner Waite.
A large reception followed iure-
diately after the wedding.
The out-of-town guests who at
tended the ceremony included Mr..
and Mrs. Roland l. Taylor and Miss
Elizabeth Taylor, of Philadelphia:
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen and Miss Vir-
sinis Allen, of Baltimore; Lieut. Col.
William +. Davis. of Maryland: Mss
Charlotte Skinner. of Pennsylvania.
ano Louis Woods. of Memphis, the
bridegroom's father
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

which Mrs. Harding gave for the
foreign newspapermen. in town
quite a large party, with ladies IN
the company, last Fri iav afternoon:
I suppose the next time the Presi-
dent goes riding he will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Harding. as she
has just been presented with-I am
told Ned Mclean was the generous
persona lovely sorrel mare; ali
of which hurts my feelings. as I
have been riding that horse almost
every week myself. and It was a
great favorite Of mine. Now, of
course, I can't ride her any more.
] heard that she Is q thoroughbred
and a trained jumper and hunter.
but those facts are not correct.
However. she is a dandy lady's sad J.
die horse. but not a jumper nor
yet a thoroughbred, I don't believe.
Her name is Lady. and she was
owned by Johnnie Gheen. who =, 4
great judge of good horses and has
some very hne ones in his stable .
! am just heartbroken that can,
ride Lady any more.> Every week
I looked forward to several hours
in Rock. Creek Park on her back
She is delightful. truly: and now
Mrs. Harding has her. l feel quite
envious,
One of the most interesting
foreigners hereby accident not
associated with the conference on
Limitation Of armament-is Hahn
Naoum, grand rabbi of Turkey
The distinguished Jewish prelste
has come to America on behalf of
the Alliance Israelite, primarily
to investigate coYnization possi-
milities in Mexico, Central America
and South America for Ottoma n
Jews. He is a brilliant and cultur-
ed man, still on the sunny side of
so.
Our conference friends from the
Far East-Japanese and Chinese
are not easily BILE
by the average WashinEtonian. In
consequence, queer breaks are oc-
curing. At a fashionable evening
party last night a well-known So
ciety woman chirped up merrily to
inquire of a high official of the
Chinese delegation whether he had
left Mrs. -" in Japan. Confus-
ion and CONSERVATION ensued
respectively, when the chronological
tangle was unraveled for the bene-
fit of madame.
CHINESE NoTABLES
GUEST OF E. II. BOUTON.
A group of Chinese notables were
the guests the end of last week of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Bouton at
her home in Roland Park near Bal
timore. at a lunch con. Included in
the party were DR.. S. Alfred Sze,
Chinese Minister to the United
States, and Mrs. Sze; DR.. Wang
Chung-hui, chief justice of the su'
preme court of China; c. o. Wu.
son of a former Minister to the
United States: Prince Lubomirski.
the Polish Minister to this country,
and Princess Lubomirska.
\ few Baltimoreans who at one
time or another have been con-
nected with Chinese affairs also
were present for luncheon. They
included DR.. Frank J. Goodnow
president of the Johns Hopkins
University. and DR.. w. W. Will
loughby, both of whom have been
advisers to the Chinese Republic.
When Secretary and Mrs. Hoover
went to New York for the Army
and Navy game they stayed on
there for a day or so and Mrs.
Hoover was entertained at a
luncheon at the Colony Club by
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

Fifteen Of Faculty Attend
Sessions Of Teachers
Association.

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. Dec. ..
The members Of the state.Normal
School faculty attending the vfr-
ginia state Teachers Association In
Richmond last week were President
Alfred B. Chandler. jr.. Mr.. Tyner.
Miss Ethel SUNNY. Miss Ethel
Belden. Miss Gertrude White. Mr..
Hamlet, Mr.. Chiles. Miss Carrie
Belle Vaughn. Miss Pearl Hicks.
Miss Ella v. wilkes. DR.. Young,
Miss Frances Lowe. Miss Adelaide
Conkel, Miss FaAnie B. Wright, and
Miss Ashton Hatcher.
On the program were Miss Ethel
SUNNY, State course of study COM
mittee; President Chandler presid-
ing at commercial teachers section;
Miss Ethel Belden. hints and sug-
gestions for teaching shorthand at
commercial teachers section; Miss
Pearl Hicks, physical education.
and DR.. w. J. Young. use Of proiect
and problem methods in elementary
schools in Virginia Geographic So
ciety. Miss Vaughn was elected
49, Pieo'oNhN VI lne EnEilsn teach
ers' section: Miss Belden, president
of commercial teachers section, and
DR.. Young secretary Of Virginia
Geographic Society. J. II. Chnes
was elected vice president from dis
trict A, Of State Teachers Associa-
tion.
The alumnse luncheon wa. held
Thursday on the roof garden OF the
Westmoreland Club with fifty in
attendance. Miss White presided.
and President Chandler, Mr.. Tyner,
DR.. Young. and Miss Sunny were
among those who gave talks. The
alumnae decided to raise fund
In order to employ an alumnae sec
retary who will give her time to the
interests Of the graduates.
The Harps Vocal Ensemble rem
dered a program on Wednesday
night. the second attraction of the
lyceum course.
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a fuh day for the ofiicial people.
Theresis the reception at the White
House. followed by the customary
diplomatic breakfast given by the
Secretary of state and Mrs. Hughes.
Then usually all of the members OF
the Cabinet keep open house on
New Years Afternoon.
ImpossibIe t. Return Gala
Alsos forced by their many press
ing duties. She Cabinet ladies have
found that 1t will be physical. i'm
possibility for them to return calls.
very reluctantly. but In the nature
of things II is inevitable.
Mrs. Harding realized how over
whelming are the social duties of
the Cabinet ladies'. particularly in
thoughtful way helped to tighten
their burdens BY holding recently
two receptions at the White House.
You may recall that the ladies Of
the Cabinet met the ladies Of the
Senate and aRaip the ladies of the
House met the ladies Of the Cabinet,
and, in that way, in two pleasant
afternoons those women who are
IL
ficial life. were brought together in
a manner that made IT possible for
them to really get acquainted and
at the same time eliminated days
and days entirely taken up by
formal leaving OF cards at each
others doors, which. after all, is
very meaningless and unsatsfac-
tory and exhausting.
Mrs. Coolidge P1eased.
Mrs Coolidge. wife of the Vice
President, for the same reasons. is
quite in sympathy with the new
plans. as are the ladies of the
Diplomatic Corps who-because OF
their many social duties-hnd II i'm.
possible to indulge in general CALL
ing.
Mrs. A. B. Fall, wife Of the Secre-
tary of the Interior. Mrs. Henry c.
Wallace, wife OF the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. James J.
Davis, wife OF the Secretary OF
Labor. all of wkom live at Ward
man Park Hotel. have decided TO
receive together on Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Harry Daugherty.
| wife of the Attorney General. ow-
ing to illness, will not come TO
Washington this winter and Mrs.
Will Hays. wife of the Postmaster
| General. has not as yet taken up
| her residence here. Miss Ailsa
Mellon. the charming young daugh-
ter of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, is going TO receive this winter
though her father is anxious that
she shall not assume all the bur-
dens of a Cabinet hostess Mrs Gil
lett. wife Of the Speaker of the
House. will receive on Wednesday
for the first time after o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
honored some time during the win
ter in a similar way by the club.
NEW FOREIGN ENJOYS
ARRIVING UNNOTICED.

honored some time during the WIN
ter in q similar way by the club.
NEW FOREIGN ENJOYS
ARRIVING UNNOTICED.
Ordinarily society would be TAX
ing a keen interest in several new
diplomats who are slipping in
town quite unnoticed because of
the conference" The arrival of a
new diplomat usually is a signal
for a round OF parties in his honor.
Johannes Gennadius, newly ap-
pointed Greek Minister. has just
come. He has been in the diplo-
matte service for forty-nine years.
but has been in retirement for some
time, taking up his present duties
at the urgent request of his gov
ernment. He was here last in
1884,
While the statesmen of the allied
nations are being lavishly enter
tanned and very much fused over,
Baron Edmund Won Thermann. OF
Germany, came almost unnoticed
into the city to re-establish diplo-
matte relations between his coun-
try and this. He comes as charge
d'affaires but will probably be made
ambassador later-if sick Germany
will rate an embassy: perhaps they
will rate only a Minister.
How great the contrast when one
RENE embers the Germany Embassy
as it used to be, and sees it as 1t
is: thinks back to the days when
servants and clerks and secretaries
swarmed, to say nothing of the
shining lights of Washington So
ciety, with whom the Won Bern
storffs were in high favor-and
sees this envoy settling about the
rehabilitation with two clerks. a
butler. a cook and handy man:
and looking hopefully for the ar
rival of more cheap furniture, and
more paper rugs.
An Austrian. Edgar A. G. Proch-
mix, is in Washington now and
is shortly to be made charge
daffairs from Austria. He has
been busy selling. or trying to sell.
the old Austrian Embassy which
was the joint property of Austria
and Hungary. Austria's share of
the proceeds are to go toward buy
ing an Austrian Legation. The
President will probably be seeing
these men before long. President
and Mrs. Harding spent a quite
week, that is comparatively quiet
one. They received people as al
ways, yet had only one entertainment
and seemed to indulge in little
amusement such as golf, riding or
the theater. Mrs. Harding attend
ed the sale of articles of all sorts
male by the disabled soldiers. /
understand the Hardings are plan
ming to spend a quiet Christmas
here at the White House
The one entertainment was a tea
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Miss .Sperry
Welded Here
Uncle Performs Marriage
OF District Girl and
English Oficer.

The marriage Of Miss Blanche. l.
Sperry. daughter of Mr.: and Mrs
Arthur Bassett Sperry, of Pitts
burgh and Washington, and Charles
H. Moore, of London. England,
took place on Monday in the
Church of the New Jerusalem, Six
teenth street. The Rev. Paul Sper-
ry, pastor of the church, and uncle
OF the bride, officiated. Miss Louise
Chalet De1p. OF Pittsburgh. was the
BRIDES only attendant. and A. j
Ward, of Muskogee, Okla. was best
man. The bride was given In mar
riage by her father. She wore q
gown Of white bridal satin, simply
fashioned, and having a court trair
which fell from the shoulder. Her
tulle veil was held with a corone'
Of orange blossoms and she car
ried Annunciation lilies. Miss Delr
was gowned in pink georgette en-
broidered in silver, over taffeta oi
the same shade. Her pink satin
picture hat was trimmed with
streamers of pink maline and pink
and blue forget-me-nots.
After the ceremony luncheon
for the immediate family and the
attendants was served at the
Franklin Square Hotel. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Moore left for wedding trip
which includes Boston. the Berk'
shires and later visit to Califor'
mia. The bride wore a blue duvetyr
going away suit, trimmed will
opossum fur, and a blue velvet ha'
embroidered in gray and silver
Upon their return, from their wed
ding trip, Mr.. and Mrs. Moore viii
reside in New York.
The bride is the granddaughter
Of the late Judge J. L. McCreery
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Sperry, both of whom are wei
known in journalistic circles, Mrs
Sperry having been dramatic critic
on a Washington newspaper TO
several years. Mr.. Moore. who wa
q captain in the Second YORKSHIRE
regiment served under the lat
Lord Kitchener in the South Afri
can campaign. He is pioneer II
the motion picture profession, ant
during the late war was in charg'
Of all motion picture production
for the ordnance department of TIL
War Department.