The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
RESUMPTION OFF CABINET RECEPTIONS
AWAITED WITH INTEREST; AT HOMIE
ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRST TIME
Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. 0illett and Cabinet
Hostesses to Receive. No General Calling

MRS. COOLIDGE. wife of the
Vice President. will be at home
on Wednesday afternoon for the
first time this season. So will Mrs.
Frederick II. Gillstt. wife Of the
Speaker of the House. the only
woman in official life beside the
Vice Presidents wife and the wives
Of Cabinet officers to observe
Cabinet Wednesdays"
The ladies' Of the Cabinet will also
receive ca Wednesday and on the
first wednesday of each month
through tho season. with the ex-
caption Of January. when they win
be At homo on tbs second Wsdnss-
day.
Interest IN the Cabinet Day" 70
ceptions, with which the official
season may be said TO open. u re-
doubled this year because mono Of
the Cabinet hostesses have been
formally at homo before. Mrs.
Hughes. wife Of the Secretary of
State. win bs assisted by her
daughter, Miss Catherine Hughes,
and win follow the traditional
custom Of having q tea table laid
in her dining room. with friends OF
the hostess at either end to give =
personal touch TO her hospitality.
Mrs. Weeks. wife Of the Secretary
Of War: Mrs. DENLY. wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy. and Mrs.
Hoover. wife Of the Secretary Of
Commerce, will receive at their re-
spective homes. each with . group
of ladies' to assist in dispensing hos
pitaIity. But Mrs. Fall. wife Of the
Secretary Of the Interior; MrA
Wallace, wife Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, and Mrs. Davis, wife
of the Secretary Of labor. all OF
whom live at wardman Park Hotsl.
win hold Q Joint ''at home" there.
The Attorney Generals wife,
Mrs. Daueherty. who II an invalid.
IN not able to come to Washington
nor TO take any part In society.
and Mra. VIII Hays. wife OF the
Postmaster General. II still at her
home I'm Sullivan. Ind, where she
probably VIII remain until after the
New Year.
M,ss Ailsa Mellon. daughter OF
the Secretary of the Treasury. VIII
mt be at home this week. but VIII
probably receive on wednesday,
during the season. Because OF her
xouth her father II rather avsrse
IN having her assume the heavy re-
sponsibilities Of . Cabinet hostess
WITH q Tremendously busy 80
w son before them and the soci'l
situation complicated by the pres
.nce Of 90 many foreign disnitaries'
tho ladies of the Cabinet have oe-
c,dsd that II will Be impossible Tor
them to make general calls this
winter. The spirit u willing. but
the flesh In weak.
To anyone familiar Win tne
b.,yv demands upon the time ana
strength of the women In Official
life. this step win be recognised a.
necessary. During the last ADMIN
,,,ra.,on n Cabinet officers wife
told mo that she frequently re-
ce,ved over 1000 calls in an after
noon, naturally the returning OF
them was almost An impossibiiity
and II really IL too much TO ask
of any intelligent and busy woman
that she devote every afternoon
during the season-excepting her
own afternoons at homs-to the
perfunctory business OF leaving
cards.
Through Mrs. HardinEs Kind
offers in bringing the women OF
the Cabinet, the Senate ana the
Mouse together At the White
House earlier in the season, nns
feeling of fellowship has been pro-
NOTED and q long step forward has
been taken in simplifying the mat
tiers Of calling. This change seems
to have been most favorably re-
ceived. and I feel sure that the
Cabinet women will have the SYM
pathy and support Of the official
world and Of general society.
MRS. COOLIDGE, who occupies
a little niche by herself In the
social scheme of things. il thorough
iy in sympathy with the cabinet
ladies' course Of action. Moreover.
! Nine. Jusserand. wife Of the dean Of