New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Second ''At Home Held bv
Mrs. Harding Breaks Spell
of Unreasonable Weather
Which Cripped Capital
Dinner for Coolidges
Secretary of War aud Mrs.
Weeks Entertained; PLAY
GAen by Service Center
Sp,eial ptspatch 20 rh. rrihune

The second at home" of Mrs. Har-
ding took place, with quite as large and
distinguished company as was in
vited to the first garden party.
\ dinner was held Thursday for
the Nice-President and Mrs. Cool
idge, with Senator and Mrs. Fran
els f. Warren as hosts, and another
dinner for them Saturday night, with
Mrs. Marshall Field as hostess. Mrs.
Field always follows her dinners with
music OF some brilliant form of enter
tsinment. Dinners were given for the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes,
that on Thursday night having Briga-
dier General and Mrs. Charles l.. Nc
Cawley as hosts and that of Friday
night having the Minister of Rumania
and Princess Bibesco TO entertain. A
dinner and dance in the home of Mrs.
Richard H. Townsend Tonight and
many small dinner parties, teas and
luncheens all combined TO make a week
OF pleasure and interest.
Chilly, damp weather spoiled many
affairs of the week, and the dinner
dance given for the Secretary of War
and Mrs. John W. Weeks by DR.. and
Mrs. Lorin Johnson, which was planned
as a garden event and for which
dancing pavilion had been especially
built, was an indoor affair and not at
all different from a dinner dance in
the winter season.
In the company to meet the Secretary
Of War and Mrs. Weeks were the Sec
retary of the Treasury and Miss Ailsa
Mellon, his daughter, who. being hos
tess of his house, ranks as q Cabinet
lady; the Ambassador of Great Brit
ain and Lady Geddes, number of Sen
ators, the Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter, the Minister of Rumania
and Princess Bibesco, the Minister of
Poland and Princess Lubomirska and
many other diplomats and folk from
official and resident society.
Audience Endures Chill Winds
Raw winds swept down upon the au-
dience which met at Dean Place, which
recently was acquired as Community
Service center. The play midsummer
Nights Dream" was the first enter
tainment resented at what will in fu-
ture be a splendid sylvan theater on
Boughton Wood, Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer, Mrs. Frederic Delano and many
others braved the inclement weather
during the performance.
The University Club dedicated Tues
day night as Massachusetts, night, with
guests of honor from that state. Mrs.
Coolidge and Mrs. Giilett shared in the
evenings entertainment, as did the
wives of the Massachusetts delegation
in Congress.
The Minister of Poland and Princess
Lubomirska entertained at luncheon,
followed by music, Tuesday Jan Wo-
lanek giving program of Polish and
other classics, accompanied on the
piano by Mr.. Liszniewski. Some of the
guests came from New York, Professor
and Mrs. Dyneley Prince and Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Duncan being of the num-
Der, while other guests included Count !,
ess Gizycka, Eliot Wadsworth, AS |
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, and |
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller
Miss Anna Hamlin entertained forty
guests at dinner in honor of Miss AIlsa |
Mellon, daughter of the Secretary o. |
the Treasury, during the week, and mas
a number of other hospitalities sched-
uled before June 10, when, in company |
with her mother. Mrs. Charles Sumner
Hamlin, she will go to their home at
Mattapoisett, Mass.
Welles Engages Summer Place
Sumner Wel1es, division chief, State .
Department, and Mrs. Welles, who are
two of the most popular young per-
sons mingling in diplomatic circles, |
have taken Halcyon Lodge, the country.
place of Mrs. A. Scott Cameron, in
southampton, for the season.
1t is not surprising that Mrs. Warren
u. Harding lent her name as patron
ess for Washington's music week. for
she and the President are exceedingly
fond of music. The Secretary Of State,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec
retary of War, the Attorney General
the Postmaster General. the Secretary
OF the Navy, the Secretary of Com
yNP kA -. JaA
and the Secretary Of Labor have, in
gentle Difference to their chief, lent
their names to the list Of patrons. The
Nice-President and Mrs. Coolidge al
have given their names as patrons for
Music Week, while General Pershing,
Brlgadier General Charles E. Sawyer,
General John A. Lejeune and many
army and navy heads, with the Com
nissioncrs of the District, round out
list scarcely ever surpassed in the
capital
A charming little tea ho,ee has been
established on the eastern point of the
Potomac Park speedway by the Girl
Scouts of the district and it is there
Friday afternoon that they gave a
tea for Mrs. Benedict Croweli. commits
sioner of the Girl Scouts of Washing
ton.
Weather Fayors President
FROM hafCn Rood weather has at
tended events given by President and
Mrs. Harding, and chilly days made
way for fair weather for Mrs. Har-
dIng's first garden party, Thursday
afternoon. Fifteen hundred guests
were greeted under a spreading oak
by the President and Mrs. Harding.
For the afternoon Mrs. Harding wore
a gown of gray georgette braided and
embroidered in self color and mounted
over silk of pale orchid color. On
a hat Of gray she had a dropping
plume falling over the brim at one
side. cluster of yiolets and lilies
of-the-valley was placed at the belt.
Two marques of red and white
striped canvas stood one on either side
of the lawn and from them the guests
were served with refreshments. The
entire reception floor of the White
House, including the state dining
room, was thrown open.
The Vice-President and Mrs. Coolidge.
who were absent when tbe first garden
party was held, were in attendance
Mrs. Coolidge wore a gown of gray
canton crepe, embroidered in self &.
color, and q large black hat. She and
the Vice President mingled freely with
the guests, as did the Speaker and Mrs.
Glliett and the latter's elder daughter,
Miss Frances Hoar. Mrs. Gillett wore
dense black for her father, and Miss
Hoar was attired in turquoise blue