New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes Entertain u. S.
Delegates in First of List
of armament Dinners
Many Events to Follow
President and Mrs. Harding
Enjoy an Old.Fashioned
Halloween i'm Maryland
s,ecia, Dispatch to The Tribune

American delegates to the conference
for the discussion OF the limitation
Of armament opened up the calendar.
very full one, for the important men
who will take part in the conference.
Unlike previous entertainments given
for foreign visitors at the White House
when Mrs. Harding was the only lady
present at table, Mrs Hughes pre-
sided with her husband at the dinner
Wednesday night, with the wives of the
delegates also AS guests. Each of the
succeeding dinners for the delegates.
four in number. also will include the
wives of delegates.
The Secretary and Mrs. Hughes will
give their first dinner for the foreign
delegates the evening of Thursday,
November IT, and will follow it with
81 and %. The first dinner with the
President and Mrs. Harding as hosts
Will be given at the White House
about the time of the first one of the
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes.
The first Gridiron dinner of the
season. December 10, will claim as
guests not OILY the President and Vice
President and the Secretarr of State,
but some of the most distinguished
men attending the conference.
President and Mrs. Harding
Have Old-Fashioned Halloween
The President accepted the invita-
ton Of Senator Frederick Hale, of
Maine. and his mother, Mrs. Eugene
Laie, and. accompanied by Mrs. Har-
ding, attended an oldfashioned Hal
ioween dinner at Dover House, a
famous Colonial estate in Maryland
The mansion, with it's broad galleries
was decorated without and within with
the conceits of the season, huge pump
kins carved into. grewsome faces
banked the entrance and harvest pro-
auctions in plenty decorated the in
terror Of the rooms. There were great
baskets of red apples and, to complete
the picture, logs burning in the wide
open hreplaces. each equipped with
ancient brass andirons. Some of the
other guests of Senator Hale and his
mother were Senator and Mrs. Frank
3. Kellogg and Senator and Mrs. Fre-
lnghuysen, and one or two others.
The dinner was Of the old-fashioned
Maryland kind. with chicken, corn
bread and TIE accompaniment of pies
and cakes. nuts and coffee. Every one
sang and told stories, and it was just
such an evening as would seldom fall
in the life of busy man like the
Pres dent.
Washington's calling code is GER
but it is said it will last only for this
season, occasioned by the crush of
events brought on by the conference.
Well for Mrs. Harding Mrs. Monroe
issued an edict on calling quite as val
liable to officialdom as was her hus.
bands famous Monroe Doctrine to ma.
tions in general. She established the
precedent that the First Lady of the
Lend need make or return no calls.
Her dashing daughter, Mrs. Hay, was
with her, and also extended the custom
to herself, thereby saving herself the
necessity of calling upon some women
of the diplomatic corps whom she did
not like. Part of this decision which
much upset the social world was
that it was not proper for a President
to call at foreign embassy. That this
in the fact that President Roosevelt
called when and where he pleased and
visited the French Embassy, the Brit
ish Embassy - Mr.. Taft also called
there-and was a frequent visitor at
the German Embassy during the time
Baron Speck Won Sternburg was am
bassador.
The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand gave a reception In honor of
Marshal Foch last Saturday night.
There were several hundred who might
bassy. However, the Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand were but recently re-
turned from France and not fully re-
settled in the Embassy. Nine. Jusserand
wore for the evening, both for the re-
ceptlon and the dinner which preceded
", handsome gown of pearl-gray
satin embroidered in silver, but scarce
Jewel. In fact, she realized an hour
or two before the dinner that her
Jewels were locked up in downtown
bank and that she must appear without
them. Mrs. Marshall Field, who was
playing hostess to her stepSon-in-law
and daughter, Admiral Earl Beatty and
Countess Beatty, was splendid picture
IN her fortune of jewels of almost
priceless worth and her splendid robes
OF velvet. Other women. too, wore
their full complement of Jewels, and
perhaps even yet many of them are
wondering why Nine. Jusserand was 80
simply arrayed.
Brilliant Reception Is
Given for General Dias
The costumng at the reception given
at the Italian Embassy for the Italian
nero, General Diaz. was unusually rich,
aiso Mme. lie Breton, wife Of the Am
oassador Of Argentina. appeared In
gown Of great elegance. though simple,
OF black velvet. 1t was her niece, Mile.
hioveris. who attracted the most atten-
tion, with Paris stamped all over the
simple but exquisite gown. It was
fashioned Of unusually heavy white
ihdia crepe, the skirt not too short-all
SKIRTS worn by women at these
iashionable functions show q lengthen-
ing Of several inches over the skirts Of
last season-with pointed draperies Of
ene crepe falling below the hem of the
SKIRT. The draped bodice had points
'front.' and back meeting over the shoul-
GERS, and the most distinguishing fea-
ture Of the simple toilet was q hand
some jet and chalk bead ornamen on
the right side just below the waist line,
me cordlike ends almost reaching the
bottom of the skirt. There were no
s'-eves In her gown. and Mile. Lloveris
wore her splendid pearls.
:, MRS. Harding has become fond Of the
sneater as relaxation, and appeared in
public several times since returning
from Georgia, where she accompanied
the President. At the John Mccormack
concert she had with her in the White
mouse box Mrs. James j. Davis, wife Of
the Secretary of Labor; Mrs. Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen. wife Of Senator Ere
iinghuysen; Mrs. Harry S. New, wife
Of Senator New; Mrs. Eugene Hale,
mother of Senator Hale, and the White
House social secretary, Miss Laura
Harlan.
When she and the Presidena at
tended performance at the New Ma