The Washington herald., 1922-01-13
Revived Custom at White
House Complimentary
To Diplomatic Corps.
FOREIGN VISITORS
ENHANCE SPLENDOR
Vice President, Cabinet,
Members of Congress,
And Citizens Attend.

President and Mrs. Harding wer,
''at home" last evening to several
thousand of the leading citizens oi
the Capital, other large cities ant
of foreign nations. entertaining In
compliment to the members of the
Diplomatic Corps.
II was the FIRST OF the four Off.
cial receptions given each winter
by the Chief Executive and First
Lady. But this one was the first
given by President and Mrs. Hard
since they have been in the White
House and the first since before
the war.
Not only was thet whole corp,
there almost intact. but also all oi
the delegates to the arms confer.
ence, probably the last large func'
tion which they will attend in 8
body before tho conference ad
journs. These foreigners. IN thei,
court uniforms. their breasts GOV.
cred with ribbons and decoration.
of various sorts, added much to the
color of scene truly brilliant
Army and navy officers of this and
other countries. all in uniform
many In full dress-were there. and
beautiful women from all corner,
of the globe wore rich gowns and
Jewels.
Cut flowers Of many kinds, ant
palms and ferns. autumn leaves and
smilax were artistically arranged In
every nook and corner. while thu
mantels in the various rooms or
the main floor were massed with
roses. narcissi and carnations-red
flowers prevailing iE the Red Room
pink In the other rooms. The Ma
rinc Band, In scarlet = uniforms
played all during the evening In
the west side of the main corridor
while two Marines-one holding the
Star-SpanEled Banner and the other
the Presidents fiag-stood erec,
against the two middle pillars op.
posite the entrance to the Blue
Room. where President and Mrs
Harding., assisted by Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Hughes. received the
guests. -,s.s
CoeliaEes Are Received.
President and Mrs. Harding re.
ceiyed the Vice President and Mrs
Coolidge and the members of the
Cabinet and their wives who arc
in town before the reception In
their private quarters on the Sec
ond floor of the Executive Man.
sion, and sharply at $3.50, with a
fare OF trumpets and the band play
ing Hail to the Chief" they all
came down the stairs on the east
side of the building two aides lead
ing the way. followed by President
and Mrs, Harding. then Vice PresI.
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, the Secre.
tary of State and Mrs. Hughes, then
the Secretary of the Treasury. A.
w. Mellon, and Miss Ailsa Mellon;
then Secretary of War John w
Weeks with Mrs. Weeks on his
arm, the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Edwin DENLY. followed by tho
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
A. B. Fall. Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Henry c. allace. and the
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs
Herbert Hoover. several aides clos.
ing the small procession, which
proceeded across the corridor into
the Salon Bleu, where President and
Mrs. Harding and Secretary and
Mrs. Hughes stood with several
aides back of them, and the others
together with a group of specially
privileged guests. gathered back oi
the velvet rope in the Blue Room
and chatted together and watched
the guests file by their hosts, tc
whom they were presented by Col
c. o. Sheriff., u. S. A.
The last stairway down which
President and Mrs. Harding and
their official family came was q
bower of palms and ferns, while g
basket Of pink roses adorned either
end OF each step. The guests oi
honor. together with members Of
the Supreme Court, the Senate, tn,
advisory committee of the confer.
ence on the limitation of armament
and the foreign delegations of the
conference and a few others, en-.
tered the White House grounds by
the southeast gate and the Execu.
tive Mansion by the southern en-.
trance. going upon the elevator tc
the main floor and on into the
state dining-room, from where the,
hled into the Red Room and or
Int othe Blue Room, greeted theii
hosts, and then into the Greer
Room and the East Room, or bacl
again to gather in the Blue Room
behind the rope.
The dean of the Diplomatic Corps
- the French Ambassador -anc
Nine. Jusserand were received first
followed b ythe Spanish Ambassa.
dor and Nine. Riano. and on
through the lists and ambassador,
and ministers according to theiI
rank. and then the counselors anc
secretaries and other attaches, fol-
lowed by the specially honored
honored guests.
Among the honored guests were;
the Second Assistant Secretary OF
State. Alvey A. Adee, Mrs. Harrie,
Blaine Beale. Mr. and Mrs. Wood
bury Blair, Third Assistant Seere-
tary of State and Mrs. Robert N
Bliss, Miss Mabel Boardman. Prince
and Princess Cantacuzene, Admiral
and Mrs. Robert w. Coontz. the AS
sistant and Mrs. Fred n. Dearing
Mrs. George Dewey. Mrs. Henry r
Dimock, Col. Henry A. Du Pont
Mrs. Marshall Field. the Undersecre-
tary of State and Mrs. Henry p
Fletcher. Mrs. Jane Fuller Francis
the Speaker of the House and Mrs
Frederick H. Gillett, Mr.. and Mrs
John w. Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles c. Glover, Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant. Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Hammond. Mrs. John B. Henderson
Mr.. and Mrs. David Jayne Hill, Mrs
Frederic A. Keep. Maj. Gen and Mrs
John A. Lejeune, Mr.. and Mrs
George T. Marye, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. c. L. McCawley. Mrs. Francis