The Washington herald., 1921-05-15

ing and after they were inside.
NO REGRETS RECEIVED TO
MANY INVITATIONS.
DON'T Believe there was q single
declination received out Of the
lssveral thousand Invitations is
sued Think Of thati People came
for the occasion. and even many
who had steamer reservations az.
ranged cancelled them 30 as to be
present. The entire Senate wa
IL vited. and the chairmen OF tho
committees Of the House. Up1a dis
covering that all of the chairmer
are Republicans. the committee in
charge-Ambasssdof Pezet, Minis.
ter Cespedes and Charge d'Ansires
Lefevre then asked the ranking
Democrat on each committee.
There are sixty-four committees In
the House. 1 believe. OF course the
committees in charge OF the party
would have liked to have invited
all Of Congress. but, you know. even
the big Hall Of the Americas has
it's limitations. II the evening had
been pleasant 20 that the gardens
could have been used, q few more
requests for cards might have beer
granted at the last moment Or II
there had been many regrets sent In
some more cards might have been
issued later-but there were no re-
grets.
! do think that patio in the cen
ter Of the entrance hall Of the Pan
American Building is lovely. with
its growing palm trees and shrub
berry and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney's fountain. q real work Of art,
and the artistically inlaid tiled
floor. A number Of new plants have
recently been planted there, chosen
because of their profuse and color
full flowers, to add more of a touch
Of color to the patio. There are
only two macaws inhsbiting the
patio now. / thought they were
parakeets, but they aren't There
used to be four. One was very
noisy, seemed to be the ring leader,
and annoyed many of the people
working in the building. He was
discovered the other day, dead, with
his neck broken. Murder is sus-
pected. but the case has not been
probed. The survivors have been
subdued ever since, and peace reigns
in the patio. They are lovely
though. on their high perches among
the palms, with their bright plum
age. Several squirrel cages were
recently placed outside Of the build
Ing to entice the squirrels to play
about the place. All were soon oc-
cupied but one. Squirrel familie.
would move in, and then move out
again. Finally il was discovered
that the exposure did not suit their
highnesses: they insisted upoI
southern exposure. SO the little
home was turned around and ha.
not wanted for an occupant ever
since. A squirrel family resides
there very happily now.
MRS. HARDING ANNOUNCES
THREE GARDEN PARTIES.
I'D you see pretty Nine. Godoy
at the reception? She looked
- as though she had stepped
out of an old-fashioned picture, with
her pretty black hair in little curls
on her neck. and her black moirt
taffeta with q long. full, stiff skirt
suggestive Of hoops. and the round
neck and short pulled sleeves. Mrs
Madeleine Giddings had on a hand.
some Premet model of rose. ex.
quisitely embroidered in gold beads
Mrs. Lee Lamar Robinson looked
very handsome, too. in a blacl
sequin gown adorned with rhine
stones. But IL once started on the
subject of the good looking cos
tunes / saw there, / will never stop
The much-expressed hopes o
Washington society that ther,
would be garden parties at th'
white House this spring have no
been in vain. Mrs. Harding an
nounced last week that she will en-
tertain at three such functions
next Wednesday afternoon and ol
the afternoons Of May 26 and Jun,
l. from until Z. Several hundred
: guests will be entertained on eacl
=, occasion and the company will b.
made up Of diplomatic, official ant
resident society in happy proper
{ tion. An orchestra from the Marin,
4 Band will play on the south lawi
and refreshments will be servet
n from under a marquee. ] don't be
! lieve there is any sort OF a socia
E function Washington enjoys NOR
than a garden party at the Whit
House.
: President and Mrs. Harding d,
y live such a strenuous existence! j
:. is really awfully hard work to be ;
President or his wife. They dom
seem to have a minute they can cal
their own. They are constantly re
ceiving somebody or some gather
ing of people. attending an unveil
a ing of a statue or something Of ths
, sort. They do manage to slip in {
q motor ride once in a while, and last
= week motored up to the EdwarC
I Beale Mclean place. near Leesburg
] Va. for the night, but were back for
I church Sunday morning. Amont
the notables received by Mrs. Hard.
! ing last week were Mrs. Thomas G
' Winter. national president of th'
: General Federation OF Women'i
Clubs, and the officers and delegate.
to the District conference OF the
. federation held here last week. Az
usual there were several conven.
tions, convening here last week
, notably the sixteenth annual con.
vention Of the National League OF
!, Masonic Clubs. which attracted
many thousands Of people to wash
ington, trains crowded with Masons
,, arriving from all parts Of the coun-
try for several days The American
Federation of Arts IL gathering for
it's convention which opens this
week. That organization consists OF
about 400 chapters In forty States
Mrs. Harding plans to receive the
members at the white House next
Thursday. There will be other re.
: ceptions and garden parties for the
delegates at private homes and, OF
course. they will go TO Mount ver-
, non. probably Saturday. ID.
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