The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Hardings to
Receive Today
Similar Functions Viii
BE Held Through
out City.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

AOudy Will DC perhaps the gdyeSt
day in the New Year. Certainly
there will be none gayer. Society
will divide its attention between a
large number of social functions of
great Importance, the most inter-
esting being. without doubt, the
New Year reception at the White
House when President and Mrs.
harding will welcome the public
at their home. Though President
and Mrs. Harding will receive alone,
they viii be assisted to some ex-
tent by the Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge, the members of the Cabi-
net and their wives. the Speaker of
the House and Mrs. Gillett, the
chief Justice of the Supreme Court
and Mrs. Taft and a few other no.
tables. who after greeting the Chief
Executive and First Lady, will
stand back of them and hold an
informal reception of their own.
After the reception, the Secretary
OF State and Mrs. Hughes will en-
tertain the Diplomatic Corps at
breakfast They will entertain in
the Pan American Union Building,
receiving alone, and in addition to
the forty-four heads of missions
ana their STATS, the guests will
include the delegates to the arms
conference and the chief technical
advisers to the delegates, as well
as the chief officials of the De-
partment of State-the guests num-
bering about 500.
With the exception of Secretary
and Mrs. Hughes. the wives of all
of the Cabinet officers who are in
the city will receive this afternoon.
Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Gillett will
also receive today.
The Secretary of War and Mrs
weeks will be at home after 3:3O to
the officers of the army and their
wives. other guests, including per-
sonal friends of the Secretary and
and Mrs. Weeks, will be received
at the same time. Mrs. ]. Mayhem
Wainwright, wife of the Assistant
Secretary of War, and Mrs. Har-
bord. wife Of Gen. James Hartford,
VIII receive with the Secretary and
Mrs. Weeks.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs Hoover will receive from 3 to
in their home on 5 street, when
they will be assisted by the chiefs
of the bureaus of his department
and their wives and the special as
sistants to the Secretary and their
wives.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. DENLY returned yesterday from
Quantico, Va, where they went be-
fore Christmas. They have spent
most Of their time hunting in the
country near. Quantico.
The Secretary and Mrs DENLY
will be at home from 4 to 6 o'clock
in the afternoon at their residence,
222t L street northwest.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry c. Wallace will be at
home in their apartment in Ward
man Park Hotel from 3 to o'clock,
and will have assisting them in re-
ceivinG. besides their three dauGh-
ters-Mrs. Angus MacLay. of De-
troit: Miss Wallace and Miss Ruth
WallaCe-Mrs. f. \. Helmick, Mrs.
Paul ReinsCh. Mrs. Mark sullivan
and Miss Anne Cummins. sister OF
Senator Cummins. Of Iowa.
The Congressional Club will hold
its annual New Year reception from
: to o'clock. and members are
privileged to invite their friends 20
call upon them between these hours.
Mrs. John Il. Henderson, Mrs. Tru-
man II. Newberry, Mrs Coleman du
Pont and Mrs. Miles Poindexter will
preside at the tea table, and among
IhOSe VINO Will ASSIST are AIs. NOO
erts, Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs Town
err. past presidents of the club.
There will also be a dance this
evening. beginning at 3 o'clock.
The three large formal receptions
given at the Congressional Club to
the President, Vice President, and
Speaker of the House. will take
Mace on January 16 and 80. and on
February Is. on the afternoon OF
January 6 Admiral Tsai will be the
sneaker of the afternoon at the
regular Friday afternoon tea. while
on January Is Miss Claire Games
a niece of Emma Games, and one
of the most promising young &C
tresses of the National Players, in
New York. will give a reading.