The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25

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planning all sorts Of Qualifications.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace are expecting
q visit from their eldest daughter.
Mrs. Angus Maclay. early In the
New Year.
THIS has been q whirling week,
with the sub-debs crowding the
debutantes for the center Of the
stage. the delegates coming in for
their share of entertaining and one
dinner party pressing hard upon the
heels Of another equally important.
The most interesting dinner Of
the week. Of course. was the one
given by the Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge in honor Of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding have dined
out q good deal since they came to
the White Housewife one or anoth.
err OF Mr.. Harding's former col
leagues in the Senate. with old
friends like Mr.. Daugherty, the At
torney General. or the Edward Beaie
McLeans. and 30 on. They were
even entertained at dinner by the
Speaker Of the House and Mrs. GIL
lett. necessarily q more or less of
ficiaI' party. But this was the first
of the regular state" dinners in
their honor. with members of their
official family as hosts; and it will
b followed in turn by the Cabinet
dinners. each member OF that body
entertaining in the order Of depart.
mental precedence.
BY curious coincidence. the Coo
lidges' dinner was gwen in the very
same suite at the. Willard In which
Mr.. and Mrs. Harding were quar-
tered for the few days which immedi-
ately preceded the Inauguration. 1t
was all abloom with flowers and the
table. about which the company Of
thirty-four was seated. was quite
lovely.
THE majority Of the guests were
from out-of.town as they have
been at most Of the Cabinet dinners
since the Roosevelt Administration.
Before that these dinners were in
truth family parties" the Cabinet
members entertaining each other
and q few other guests in honor of
their chief. But President Roose-
welt announced, with characteristic
forthrightness, that, although he
esteemed his Cabinet highly. he was
tired Of looking at 'em around the
dinner table. and he would greatly
appreciate meeting men and women
from other cities with whom he had
scant opportunity to become &C.
quainted.
This innovation was enthusiast
tically received-the Cabinet being =
perhaps tired of looking at itself
around a dinner table. And from
that time on each Cabinet officer
has made a practice Of gathering
about him q group Of friends from
other cities. his own State being nat
urally well represented-all tremen.
dously thrilled with the privilege Of
meeting the President and his wife
at dinner.
WASHINGTON was represented
at the Coolidges' dinner by the
Speaker and Mrs. Gillett, Senator
Lodge. Senator Curtis and Senator
Hitchcock, Mrs. Eugene Hale and
the Rev. and Mrs. j. Noble Pierce.
The Governor Of Pennsylvania and
Mrs. Sproul were present and Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight w. Morrow and
Miss Skinner. Of New York. and DR..
and Mrs. William M. Irvine-Dr.
Irvine being the principal Of Mere
ersburg Academy, which the Cool
idge boys are attending. For the rest
the company was made up Of Mass
achusetts folk, the list being headed
by Mrs Charles Summer Bird. one
Of the four women on the advisory
comittee Of the American confer
ence delegation, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w. stearns, who are perhaps
the Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge's closest friends.
CHRISTMAS falling on Sunday,
many of the merriest parties
will take place on Monday, and to-
morrow's calendar is crowded. In
the afternoon Miss Atala Kimmell,
daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. Harry
Kimmell. win make their debut at
the Washington Club, and the most
thrilling event OF the evening is
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh's ball for
Miss Princess Bertha Cantacuzene.