New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Gay Events Fill
Social Calendar
At W ashington
Congressional Club Affair
Honorinx Hardings Brings
Notable Guests Together;
White House Dinner Held
Many Luncheons Given
Coolidges Entertained by
DR.. and Mrs. p. C.. Potter;
PariyLaterCoes to Thcater
sn.oinl p.spntch 70 rh, rr:hune


WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-One gay
event slips into another with such
rapidity in Washington society that if
one were asked which twentyfour
hours yielded up The richer program,
i would be impossible to answer. ex-
ccpt that the affairs in which the Pres
ident and Mrs Hardin~ are concerned
are always paramount. The Importance
Of the Congressional Club-ma6c nm
Of the families of Senator'S and Ron
resentatiNcs ii Congress-as q social
sactor was illustrated on Monday
night. when the annual reccption to
'he President ard Mrs. Harding was
held in the clubhouse. One pictures .
reception where the President and the
first lady OF the land arc concerned as
4 stately afair, where the two chief
characters stand s:ifny in line. and
with guests formally extcndin,. tho
hand or even Just making a bow ard
passing swiftly on. That is not tho
way President and Mrs. Harding man
sge the affair. They are glad to he
ne hosts OF the nation and .hcre is
~ poItuoTn acOut IL. This was par
ijeularly true at the Congressional
CUB reception, when they stood in line
with Nrs Irvine l.. Lenroot. its r-esi-
dent. II was like great family ueot
'Ng. When Mrs. John r. Henderson.
one Of the founders of the club. passed
cy and guests we're crowdinC East alcNc
nc lne. Mrs. Harding asked one Of The
White House aids to call Mrs Hcnder-
son back that she might speak with
hor more cordially Then, when the
President cspied Mr. aud Mrs. Harry
Vssering. OF kenilworlh. near Chicago.
who were with their casts, Representa-
IKE and Mrs. Clifford ireland. of H.
'nois. Mr. Harding just beckoned them
over for fe~' words. 1t vas at the
hone of Mr. and Mrs. Nisserinr. at
Wentworth, that the President and
Mrs. Harding We're staying when he
received mis- notification of nomination
At Chicago. and since they came to
WASHINGTON they are being entertained
~ The White House They stayed with
Representative and Mrs. Ireland at
WarAman Park Hotel until the end of
.he week ard they arc now taking d
suite at The New Willard. Tho air of
sociability extended to the time
wner. after taking their supper at a
small table with the Secretary OF Agri-
f'Eifl4Np Y sNr'>'
Senator and Mrs. Lenroot, the Presl-
dent and Mrs. Harding took stroll
through the throng in the audience
foom. greeting friends on all sides and
eatering into general convers rsatlon'
sometimes the President listening TO
= briefly told JOKE.
Wears Cha arming Gown
Mrs. Harding wore gown of oyster
v.br- rot almost completely covered
with opalescent beads in rich design
.he ,ser skirt of dancing length be-
iro ais, beaded. while there was a
Ar9nerv Of the beaded net longer IN
.ror. ard caught un in the back almost
IN the old Grecian bend effect. "A
scarf,ike rieco Of Harding blue velvet
q foot wide embroidered in silver
crossed the front, forming dlagonaily
arranged eirdle and the bodice was cu'
square neck and elbow sleeves, ana a
long sash of oyster color tulle formed
.iight train. She wore the usual
Nroad collar of black velvet with d!a
mond ornament. two handsome dla
Mond combs and string of pearls.
Mrs. Coolidge. wife of the wee
President. who was one Of the tlrst
9uests TO arrive, wore gown or biue
chiffon heavily embroidered in beads
cf the same hue, and worn with tulle
dierery
The dinner at the White House
Thursday night for the diplomatic
corps was stately affair, and II pos
sible much more impressive than IVES
tie reception in the.r honor week
a.0. The state dining table bore KS
burden Of gold service, with the best
o. tve ything in the way of plate and
china in evidence. The guests, headed
BIZ the dean of the corps and Nine
Jus seland, were assembled in -hc Blue
Roc.sn TO meet their hosts, the beauty
Of she rooms being enhanced with
fewevs 1t is not that Mrs. Harding
uses 20 many flowers in decoration
only that they are so artistically
arranged
The state dining table was artistic
in its decoration of pink roses, Roman
hyacinths and ferns. Mrs. Harding
gown worn Thursday night was one Of
Ser handsomest and was fashioned OF
green tafFeta embroidered in crystals
shc design being sprays or stalks Of
wheat With this she wore q few dla
naond ornaments and, as usual, carried
large fan of ostrich plumes.
The dinner which the Secretary o.