The Washington herald., 1921-03-06
Inaugural Celebrations
Many and Varied asResult
Of Canceling Ceremonies
By EVELYN C. HUNT

visiting dignitaries and others prom
inent in official and residential cir
cles will all be there.
Today finds most of the official
set very tired, They have been
busy for days closing up their af-
fairs at home, coming on here to
get accommodations, and trying to
get the hang" of their new duties
and quite worn out with the effort
of assuming those duties-for all
of the Cabinet officially entered
upon their new Offices yesterday.
Most of them have been working
with their predecessors for several
days, trying to get a few pointers.
And Congress - they have been
working day and night for some
time now, trying to crowd into the
last hours much that just had to
be done. Mrs. Philander c. Knox,
the Senator's wife, says her hus-
band has been working so hard and
so steadily she has scarcely laid
eyes on him-and the same is true
of them all. But they will have a
months vacation now!
The personnel of Washington So
ciety this morning Is quite different
from what 1t was this time a week
ago; In its foremost ranks are men
and women either entire strangers
to society here, or else those who
have been missing from its ranks
for some years. Then many who
have contributed much to the gay
ETY. Of society for the past few years
have departed for good. Warren G.
Harding is President and. with Mrs.
Harding, Is established at the White
House, while Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson-he will always be referred
to, I suppose. as former President
Wilson, but in reality Is now a
plain Mister-are comfortably set
tied in their charming new home
in street, where IL is thought Mrs.
Wilson will entertain much in a
quiet but effective way. She bids
fair to be an important factor in
Washington society hereafter. On
Friday, after the inaugural cere-
monies, former President and Mrs.
Wilson received the Democratic
members of the Senate and House
at their home.
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge
are at their apartment at the Will
lard where they expect to remain
indefinitely. They were about the
first of the leaders of the Repub-
lican cohorts to reach the city last
week. coming Monday evening.
Their two sons, Calvin. jr., and John,
came on Thursday with Mr. Cool
idge's father. Those boys did look
50 bored at the Capitol Friday while
their father was being sworn in.
The boys will return home again
this week, for their school work
must not be interrupted. They have
relative-an aunt-to look after
them while their parents occupy
their suite at the willard. AS to
taking house and settling down
here next season. Mrs. Coolidge says
frankly she doesn't know and for
the moment she is not trying to
guess. Sufficient unto the day Is the
evil thereof. says she.
MRS. COOLIDGE BECOMES
HEAD OF THE SENATE SET.
Mrs. Coolidge went shopping the
first morning she was in town and
that afternoon was a guest of Mrs,
Thomas r. Marshall at the weekly
meeting of the ladies of the Senate.
MRS Coolidge has succeeded Mrs.
marshall as the head of that body
OF women who are continuing the
reilei work which they began dur
ing the war. 1t was Just lovely the
way Mrs. Marshall took Mrs. Cool
ldge under her wing and introduced
Der to her future associates ana
friends and helped to pave the way
for her. Mrs. Marshall was perhaps
the most popular and generally
loved woman in the Official circle
during the Wilson regime and Mrs.
coolidge gives promise of living up
TO her reputation; she is charming
TOO. with an easy, gracious manner.
reai persbnality-and lovely big
brown eyes.
wednesday Mrs Marshall eaye a
Yea In compliment to Mrs. Coolidge.
"nen sne used for the first time the
eAquIslte silver tea service which
ehe senate ladies presented to her
the day before at the luncheon. Al
most every Cabinet member and
many Of their wives-the outgoing
Cabinet-were presented with hand.
some presents by their co-workers:
the men by the personnel of their
departments, usually, and the
women by groups that they were
closely associated with, generally
for relief work of some sort. Only
the ladies of the Senate were al
lowed to contribute to the fund for
the present, but many of Mrs. Mar
shalPs admirers asked to be per-
mitted to add their check but were
all refused. Even after the service
was presented money continued to
come in so at the tea Mrs. Marshall
was presented with additions to the
set; a handsome big fligree silver
basket, a silver lea caddy, and
sugar tongs, The next day a silver
sandwich tray and several other ar
ticles were again added. Mrs. Mar
shall asked when were these parties
birthday parties she called them
to cease, and she was told when
the money stopped coming in and
that would not be, apparently, until
she had left. the city. They are,go-
ing straight to, their home, it seems
now, and have postponed their Eu-
ropean trip which they had planned.
Only ladies of the Senate and
their Inauguration guests were
asked to the tea In the first place
v Mrs. Marshall hadn't limited the
number of her guests she would
have been swamped, for "the world
and his wife" would have wanted
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