Evening star., 1921-05-12

Latin-American republics last night
lat reception. with dancing. IN 'he
Pan American Union building.
! When the President and Mrs. Haro-
ling arrived at 1890 o'clock the build
ing was aglow with lights. the star ,
land Stripes of the United States an"
flags of the Latin American repup-
lies with a floral decoration aIls-
ttically carried out Transforming II l'l'o
a scene of beauty.
The ceremony attending the arriVa
land reception of the President anu
Mrs Harding was dignified and beau
tiful. When they entered the bulldihs
they were met by their eXceliehcie9
1.-The ambassador of Chile, the amhas-
sador of Argentina, the ambassador
of Peru and the ambassador OF BraZi /.
ssisted by the director general OF the
Pan American Union, DR.. L. 5. Rowe
The assistant director. DIR. lancs' eS
lcorted the President and Mrs. Hard
ling and the Presidents aid to the
second floor, where after removing
their wraps, they were met by the
Ambassador of Chile and Nine
Mathieu. the ambassador OF Argent II d a
land Nine lie Breton. the amoassado'
lof Peru and Nine. Pezet' the am :
sador of Brazil. the munster ol
lEcuador and Nine. Elizalde. and the
charge d'affaires of Panama and his
sister, Miss Lefevre.
Form Line of March.
With the President and MRS. iaIu i
ing leading. proceeded by lhe tai
dents aid. Col Clarence Sherlll, aiu
Dr. Rowe, the reception cIliinil
made a line of march entirely enclr
cling the hall of flags, Where an VI
the ambassadors, minister's charse
ldaffaires and their ladies' stoou IN
line, all of them falling INTO .ne
march with the special receptlohh nj ipi,1 Of
! y,rncaa5inT to the ndll ol
IAmericas, where at the south emu o.
the room. chairs were arranged iol
the President and Mrs. HARDING, VIZ
President Coolidge. who arrloed e +he
lier under special escort anu ''
hosts of the occasion.
| At the left of the President ana ms
party were justices of the SuPlsl,lt
Court, cabinet officers, the pres,ueiL, eai
pro tempore of the Senate. me SpeaH a
er of the House, Gen. Pershins' Ao
niraI Coontz. the Undersecretary OF
Stata the assistant secretaries o!
state the secretary to the freSloen'
and their ladies. ., ,..ir,rav
At the head of the south staipMas
the receiving line to greet wee fr?s
lident Coolidge, the ambassaoorss' nv INV,
ietars and charges d'affaires tof coun
tries other than the republlcs OF
America), the members OF the caoinvl ne
the chief justice and ASS assoe'nse md other
hieb h't ofticials and their ladies were;
nish hassador of chile and Nine
Ma,h;an M. the ambassador Of Arrgentlna
and Nine. lie Breton. the alnoasshhno.
Of Peru and Nine: ~ PenG1; ninister saI Of We.
saaoa ,. oi ,Dd Miss Dominici and the
nharee d'affaires of Panama ana MISE
Lefevre.
Second Receiving Line.
Standing at the head OF ,he .;sitors si4r re
| grand stairway to recei'E ny and
we're the minister or Ecuaoo. O.
Nine F;lizalde, the minister OF
inrnhia and Nine. Urueta, the minister
~ Uruguay and Nine. Varela, I,e IN
ninister of Guatemala and Nine. 81,
anchi the minister Of the Domln'ca
Republic and Nine. u JoTpeerc N1me Cesar
h,niSi1 1be Minister Of Haiti and Nine: Blan-
chet the charge d'affaires or hon
duras and Nine. Diaz. The two re- re.
csiying lines much facliltatea .te
progress Of the RECEPTION; 'nI Mrs
HARDING and the group OF diplomas
.sa-ahied near. The same stately
ssremony accompanied the departure
Of the guests Of honor as on 'he''
arrival .;., ne the nil
rcd interior Of the building were
the most elaborate ever essayeo, ailo
hundreds Of American beauty roset
hlled tall vases back OF the cnalrs "
the President and Mrs. aart.n6r 1e the
where the diplomats and hoSts Oh al,
evenine were grouped. Tall slendel
cedars we're placed where thy wouio
add most dignity and DECORATIVE eL'
feet in the hall of Americas, and' 100
there were veritable groves OF pains
veil disposed about the room. Ihe
stately arches, four in number. Whicr
.dd 80 much to the beauty and lottl'
ness Of the chamber, were completel1
Transformed into floral arches mower.
! ing laurel and smilax being the chie'
flowers.
Hundreds of Rare Flowers.
In the hall Of flags, were hundred:
of rare blossoms. Here too, the arche:
and doorways were outlined with trel
tIises covered with vines and bios
somine laurel, and rambler roses
with great clusters of pink blossoms
filled the spaces between the pillar:
surrounding the patio and trailet
over the marble balustrade. In th'
patio, with It's electrically lighted
fountain, were many blooming plants
gold fish playing around the hght'
under the water and the rarest par
rots Of the South and Central Amer
can countries were in their native
habitat
The Aztec garden, which should
Ihaye formed the most beautiful poln
of vantage for the promenade, wal
Ilighted with hundreds OF red. Whlt'
| ana Olue eleClIlC Uuibob q "SIA
light suffusing one entire end or tn
garden, rejecting on the laint build
} ing which suffices as thsl home of th'
director general Of the An-Americal
Two Orchestras Playing.
There were two orchestraS one fur
nishing the general program for tn
reception, playing the national an
Mrs. Harding reached their stations
of honor in the great room, whil'
another orchestra later played 70
dancing. Every other dance on th
Iprogram was waltz, thus setting I'M
mark of disapproval to great exten
on the sensational dances of the day
Supper for the President and Mrs
Harding, was served at 1870 in tn
! governing board room, the reception
committee acting as escort.
The menu was typical Of the lavisl
hospitality of Latin American coun
tries. Supper for the other guests
b numbering several hundred. was serv
, ed in the large maproom, on tn
\ ground floor and opening of tn
patio.
Scarcely ever has one seen NOR
beautiful gowns than those worn las
night, gowns and jewels adding grea
lluster to the scene, while the diplo
mats were resplendent in their deco
rations and uniforms.
Mrs. Harding in White.
Mrs. Harding wore gown of lustrou
white satin. slightly draped, with tn
top Of the bodice and short , close-iit Mt
design pailletted in crystals. TIL
drapery was caught at the waistlin
at the right side with a black velve
rose with dewdrops Of crystals. iron
which a double rope Of jet and crystal
train Of the satin was cut at the top i
a deep v with a point on either shoul