The Washington herald., 1921-11-06

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The little details are endless, too;
for example. think just of the many
special trains bringing delegations
to Washington in the shortest time
possible from both the Atlantic ana
Pacific coasts. And the poor local
service bands like the Marine Band
and the Fort Myer Band. which are
used in the ceremonies of welcome.
they have to learn the national an
thems of all these foreign countries,
even the Chinese. for the national
anthem of the nation whose dele
gates are arriving is always played
in the Presidents room at the Union
Station where the visitors are first
greeted. They are all then escorted
, by a troop of cavalry to their re-
spective headquarters. That is the
chief duty Of the soldiers stationed
at Fory Myer, acting as escorts for
distinguished guests of the nation,
for taking part in pardes. for
funerals at the National Gene
terry at Arlington and on similar
occasions. They will certainly be
busy now for a while.
1t must be difficult to think of
real nice things to say to each
group OF delegates, and Mr.. Bliss
and the other officials always give
some special word Of welcome TO
each; and the foreigners always
come back with some kind word.
too. Washington certainly Is do
ing its best to cement the friend
ship between this country and all
the other countries to be represent
ed at the conference. for the whole
city is giving each and every one
a rOusinG welcome; the station and
streets are lined with people to
watch the notables come and go.
Just think of the automobiles It
takes to handle all these people,
too. The Chinese delegation alone
and not all of the delegation at
that-hlled twenty-six automobiles
when going from the station to the
Chinese Legation.
AS THEY ASKED ABOUT THE
WAR, HOW LONG WILL 1T LAsTP
The Ambassadors and Ministers
will spend this week as they did
the past few days escorting the
delegates to pay all their official
calls on the President, Vice Pres
ident. members Of the Cabinet and
so on. The delegates will get
through with all those formalities
before the conference actually
opens, you see. The Fort Myer
cavalry escorts these various dele
cation when they are making these
official calls. as have said
And the heads Of the various din
lomatic missions are buster than
the prOverbial bee, looking after
the delegates and preparing for the
conference itself. In fact there
seems to be hardly any ono III
Washington who is not busy be-
cause Of the conference for one rea-
son or another; everything seems
to hinge on it. People are pouring
into the city. taking houses or
apartments or visiting FOR the du-
ration of the arms conference" Just
how long that will be no one seems
to know; every one makes a guess
Of course, and they seem to vary
anywhere from three months to
three years.
Apparently there won't be any
entertaining of an official nature
for the foreign delegates-that is,
none done by the officials of this
cOuntry-until the 18th, when the
opens. The President ana
Mrs. Harding will give a dinner on
the 18th at the White House for the
delegates to the conference. dinner
to be followed by a reception to
which other members of the various
groups and the American
officialh connected with the confer
ence will be invited. Secretary Of
State and Mrs Hughes have an
nounced that they will give a |
luncheon on the 18th, a large recen.
ton on the 14th and a series Of |
dinners for the delegations Novem-
Der II, 19, 21. %. The Commisson.
ers Of the District are planning ,
reception at the National Museur,
on November % for the delegates
at the arms conference. That marty
and the Hughes reception each give
promise Of being one of the great
est gatherings OF intellectuals ever
at one social function, for all the in
famous political hr-
1res will be there. Four thousand |
invitations are to be issued for the
party. and it will nm
go down in history as
in splendor and brilliancy
all the brilliant fetes of the past
which is saying a whole lot.
NIGHT BE WELL
rO KEEP EN- HAPPY.
There is a great deal Of discus