Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-16
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tober 7, by the president and Mrs.
Harding with dinner in the White
House, with Mrs. Coolidge and tho
former vice president and Mrs. Mar
shall as the guests OF honor Vice
President, Coolidge was out OF town
keeping speaking engagement In
New York, else he would have been
there, too. II was a pleasant sort OF
senatorial reunion, with Senator and
Mrs. Francis L. Warren. Senator
A,lee Pomerenc, the two Indiana
senators, Watson and New. aud
their wives. Senator and Mrs. Frank
d. Kellogg and a couple Of other
senator's and M.. Justice MeRey-
nolds, with whom the Marshalls
were staying, among the guests The
president was closely associated with
the greater number OF the guests. in
cluding Mr.. Marshall, during the
years in the senate. These cosy lit
tic parties, rather intimate affairs. arc
a feature OF the Harding adminis,ra-
ton.
Woman's Foundation Ball.
Early ball dates have been fixed,
the Woman's National Foundation
leading off OH November 10 with a
spectacular ball in the Willard ball
room, to be accompanied by bril-
liant pageant. Thanksgiving eve
will as usual be given over to the
Episcopal eye. ear and throat hos.
pital benefit ball in the same ball
room. Thanksgiving nights ball will
be for the benefit OF the Woman's
Navy Relief. also an annual affair
for that particular night. These
regulars" however, will be as moth
ing in brilliance compared to what
will be given for the foreign visitors
during the conference.
A beautiful party will be given in
the Pan-American building, and sew
eral different ones are being ar
ranged with the president and Mrs.
Harding as hosts in the White
House. Each one of the embassies
and legations whose countries will
be represented at the conference will
have both dinner parties and recep-
tions, with the more strictly femi-
nine affairs of teas and luncheons in
between, making an almost continual
round of entertainment between the
sessions. The large French delega-
ton, including M. BRAND, Marshal
Foch and the others, will be housed
at the Willard, where they have
taken the whole seventh floor, CONF
prising 40 rooms. The Belgians will
be in the same house, with 20 rooms
on the floor below. The British
delegates will be housed on Sixteenth
street, the house at the corner OF
Sixteenth and S having been leased
for them.
Gift to Woman's Party.
1t was wonderful gift which Mrs.
o. II. P. Belmont recently made to
the National Woman's Party, of the
historic buildings comprising the old
capitol, on First street facing the
east front Of the capitol building. 1t
was in this temporary capitol that
James Monroe took the oath of Office
and was sworn in as the fifth presi-
dent Of this country, before the capi-
tol was rebuilt after it was burned
by the British. The Woman's
Party leased the building about a
year ago and hoped it might be their
permanent quarters, though they
scarcely dreamed OF such fairy gift
as Mrs. Belmont has made.
Mrs. Harding, true to her demo-
cracy, took the senate ladies" by
surprise at their Tuesday meeting,
which was we'll started as a love
feast when she arrived. She is
member of the organization. hav-
ing joined it as a senator's wife,
and there is rule. made at the start
of the club. that once member all
ways member, so Mrs. Harding in
her elevated position. is still mem-
Der. So she went off on Tuesday
accompanied by her secretary, Miss
Harlan and entered their assembly
room unannounced. The surprise and
delight is better imagined than de-
scribed and no one enjoyed the oc-
casion more than did Mrs. Harding.
She was charmingly gowned in
soft dark gown and small black hat
with long black satin coat lined
with white satin.
New Society Shop.
The newest society shop, that re-
Gently opened by Mrs. Joseph Letter.
in the house which was once pre-
sented to the late Admiral Dewey by
the people of the United States. is
one Of the most fourishing little
places of business in town. 1t is
managed and financed by Mrs. Letter
and is in actual charge Of Mrs.
Ormsby McCannon, formerly Miss
Estelle Murray Of PHILADELPHIA. All
the sales ladies are from the ranks
of local smart society and the goods
offered are children's and misses
clothes and special infant Depart
ment is a special feature.
There is no immediate prospect
Of Senator and Mrs. Norris return
ing to Washington. although the re-
ports from the senator are that he
is improving very decidedly. They
are still in Wisconsin, where they
have recently been visited by their
son-in-law and younger daughter,
Hazel. Their home in Cleveland
park remains closed.
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs.
E. D. Stanley and family have re-
turned from Cape May, where they
spent the summer. They gave up
their former quarters here and are
established now in a new home at
1918 Massachusetts, avenue, in the
neighborhood of Thomas circle.
much more central location.
Mrs. John N. Baldwin of Omaha
s visiting the Director General Of
Railroads and Mrs. James c. Davis
n their new home at 27l5 Connecti-
ut avenue On Monday Mrs. Davis
at tea in honor of her
little house party, which includes her
liece. Mrs. Victor Lamar OF Atlanta
md Miss Zenna Sweet of Evansville,
III. The house was most attractive
n its decorations of roses and dahlias