The Washington times., 1922-03-05

Der Of the Diplomatic Corps being
asked to one Of the Cabinet din.
ners. They. have. 20 far - I
know, been very generally AL
American" parties. And this one
was. except for DR.. Stepanek.
There were forty guests in all
and the dinner was given at the
Willard. Odd how many Of tbs
series of official dinners for the
President and Mrs. Harding have
been given there-the Coolidges
and the Falls and the wallaces
and VIII Hays on Friday evening.
This last was largely . Hoosier
party. the entire Indiana delega-
ton In the Senate and House being
present with their wives and only
. few other guests.
1t was a hilarious little party, yet
had a touch Of sadness wtthal, for
Mr.. Hays last official act as Post
master General was to entertain
for the President, his resignation
taking effect next morning.
Secretary and Mrs. wallace's
Son, Jimmie" Wallace, and his
bride. who came on from Des
Noines for the dinner to the Pres
ident and have been staying with
the wallaces. are having their
experience of the spotlight in
which cabinet officers and their
families live. move and have their
being. They are rather enjoying
the novelty, but find that the
lodging Of camera men. although
good sport at first, pals after q
bit.
On Tuesday afternoon music
lovers had a treat, for. in addition
to the Rachmaninoff concert. there
was Mrs. Fred Dement'S recep-
ton at the Congressional Club.
which was the pleasant excuse for
q singularly delightful musicale.
Mrs. Dement'S handsome daugh-
ter, who was joint hostess with
her, is a musician who IL both
talented and cultivated and she
had gathered about her a little
group of artists who gave a truly
thrilling recital.
Moreover, at the piano Miss
bennett presented a lovely picture
and so did Miss Katherine Riggs
at the harp, her several solos
being particularly appealing. Mrs.
Campanole, wife OF Major Cam
panole, is also a pretty thing.
young and engaging and blessed
with a charming voice. Her &C
compartments were played by DIR.
Liszonewski. Of the Polish lega-
ton. The only other man on the
program was J. NJ. Curtin, whose
group of songs was given with
distinction.
MONDAY, however, stands out
as the red letter day Of this
week. starting off auspiciously
with the Congressional Club break
fast. at which Mrs. Harding, Mrs.
Coolidge and Mrs. Gillett were
the guests Of honor. It will wind
up equally auspiciously with the
gala performance OF Samson and
Delilah" and the ball for the bene-
tit of the Episcopal Home for
Children.
No. after all, It didn't even wind
up then for some of US. Drifting
into Childs in the wee small hours
Of the morning In search Of hot
cakes and coffee. we found the
place filled with pretty girls in
bright colored frocks and men in
evening dress. Princess Bertha
Cantacuzene, whom had seen
earlier in tho evening at the ball
and earlier still at the opera, was
the center Of one animated group,
q distinguished looking older
woman whom I could not place,
chaperoning the party. II rather
amused me to see this little lady.
who despite her American descent
from General Grant is very much
the child of the Czarist regime in
Russia, topping Off a full day by
a visit to that most democratic of
institutions-and american institu-
uoYs-the quick lunch.
THE ball7 Well. It was very
pretty and very successful
and didn't suffer from competi-
tioa with the opera, since one
could quite easily take in both
ana lots of people did.
Rineharts Making