The Washington herald., 1922-03-19


Joined the President and his party
at st. Augustine and played
around" with them and Secretary of
War and Mrs. John W. Weeks who
were in Florida for several weeks
got in on" that party. Then the
Secretary of State and Mrs Hughes
have only just returned from fort
nights stay in Bermuda. The Sec
retary of Commerce and Mrs. Her
bert Hoover left last week for the
West, where they will be for about
three weeks. combining pleasure
with business. The Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. DENLY planned to
spend a little Of the Lenten quiet"
in. their Detroit home but circum-
stances prevented their departure
for the present.
DIPLOMATIC CORPS ALSO
TAKES, VACATION EARLY.
The same Is true of the members
of the Diplomatic Corps. The Peru
Wan Ambassador and Nine. PeZet
have gone to Peru to spend several
months and the Argentine Ambas-
sador and Nine. lie Breton have only
just returned from an extended stay
in Florida. The Polish Minister and
Princess Lubomirska have gone to
Poland on three months leave of
absence and the British Ambassa-
dor and Lady Geddes are touring
the West and many OF the attaches
of the various embassies and lega-
tions have gone home on leave or
are travelling or else loafing at some
of the winter resorts. The same is
true in residential circles in society,
many of the leaders are out of town,
in Florida. the Hot Springs or White
Sulphur or Atlantic City or some
similar place. The list is too long
to enumerate.
This is the first vacation Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding have had
since summer, when they spent a
few days at the New Hampshire
home of Secretary and Mrs. Weeks:
According to all reports President
Harding is planning to go to Alaska
this summer. stopping at many
places in the West and Middle West
en- route and coming, doing some
speaking and campaigning and the
like. Mrs. Harding is planning to
Join him on the West Coast, making
the trip on the Mayflower. But all
of that is more or less in the air yet
though il seems to be settled that
the President is going to Alaska.
PRESIDENT MAY BUILD
HOME IN CHEVY CHASE.
II is said that President Harding
will emulate the example of Presi-
dent Cleveland and build a summer
home in one of the nearby suburbs
Of the District, probably in the
neighborhood of Chevy Chase where
many of his intimate friends own
handsome homes. 1 imagine il he
does that, he will build near the
suburban home of his particular
chum. Edward Beale Mclean. on the
edge of Cleveland Park and not far
from the former home of Cleveland.
Living in some such place as that,
the President could work at his
office in the morning, have his golf
in the afternoon and work at home
in the evenings. The government
provides a summer residence for its
Presidents at the National Soldiers
Home on the edge of Washington,
but Cleveland discovered that the
cost Of its upkeep when occupied by
the President was taken from the
soldiers funds. so he refused to use
the home at the expense of the SOL
diers and built RED Top" in what
is now known as Cleveland Park
and il is one of the most exclusive
residential sections of the District.
The absence Of the President and
Mrs. Harding from the White House
had no effect on the social activities
cf the city; they went on their
way just as though the Chief Execu-
tive and First Lady were here and
almost as though it were not Lent.
The spotlight was upon the Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge much of
last week just as it was the week
before. Senator and Mrs. Key Pitt
man invited a large and distinguished
company to meet them at dinner
Wednesday night. Friday afternoon
Mrs. Coolidge was the guest of honor
at a luncheon which Mrs. Parker
West gave at her homo at Soldiers
Home. Thursday the Assistant Sec
retary Of War and Mrs. ]. Mayhem
Wainwright were hosts at dinner
for Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge, who were
entertained yesterday at dinner by
Mrs Henry c. Corbin. widow Of Gen.
Corhjn- The Coolidge boys came
home Monday for their spring vaca-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge are
. trying to save some time to devote
TO them
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes were
more or less on the go, too. last
week. They opened the week By
giving a dinner last Sunday in COM
pliment to the Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. Fred Morris Dear
ing. who are leaving the Capital
~nnn for Portugal. where Mr.. Dear
mg is to be our Minister. Sunday
was marked by quite a number Of en-
tertainments; Mrs. John Henderson
had a luncheon at her Sixteenth
street mansion Boundary Castle
called that as 1t was on the edge
Of the city when 1t was built some
years ago. Florida avenue used to be
and IL wasn't so very long ago
either. Now that neighborhood is
almost down town: the city goes far
beyond. The former United States
Ambassador to Russia and Mrs
George T, Marye gave a dinner Sun
day. as did Admiral and Mrs. c. +.
Reunkett at Wardman Park Hotel.
.Irs. Archibald Oracle had a recep-
tfon and Judge and Sidney Ballou a
musicale and several more functions
of the same sort. Sunday in Lent
too,
MRS. HUGHES GUEST
At PAN AMERICAN TEA.
Mrs. Hughes vas the guest of
honor at a Pan-American tea which
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot gave on Tuesday
afternoon. The tea was a prelimf-
nary to the Psn-American conference
OF women which has been called by
the National League of Women
Voters in connection with the con-
Nention OF the league in Baltimore
next month. Mrs. Hughes is chair
man of tho auxiliary cop,n,fttao ~