Evening star., 1922-02-06
Society
Mrs. Harding and Party Occupy Box at
Close of Conference Today, While
Many Notables Fill Hall.

TQUALING in brilliancy and
- with much added interest. In
that much had been accom-
plished, was the last session
of the arms conference in Conti-
mental Hall today. Mrs. Harding oc-
cupied the presidential box and had
with her Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Weeks,
Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Gillett, Mrs. Frank B.
Kellogg. Mrs. c. c. Glover and Miss
Harlan.
At no former session was the house
more interesting and, adding to the
brilliancy of the scene. were the
splendid furs. hats and-where coats
were removed-the gowns Of the
women.
Mrs. Harding wore a long broadtai!
wrap with a wide shawl collar OF
chinchilla over q black satin gown
made on severely simple lines. with
embroidery on the bodice, which hao
a round neck. Her hat. small rouno
model, was of henna color ostricn
feathers with long crystal hat pin
across the front.
MRS. Coolidge wore a black crepe
meteor gown entirely covered with gar
net floss embroidery. Her RUSSIAN
turban of black satin was bordered
about the upturned brim with black
chenille embroidery, and she wore long
jet earrings.
Mrs. Huhges, wife of the Secretary
Of State, was in black Canton crepe,
with coral color embroidery on the
bodice, and her small hat was entirely
of coral color ostrich feathers.
Mrs. William Howard Taft was in a
brown duvetyn tailored suit, with a
80 hnn
close turban Of brown velvet OF the
Same shade had q trimming Of shaded
feather breasts at the sides.
Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, wife Of the
Speaker, wore q modish black toilette.
with a black hat with a full crown and
a short brim dented a little in the CEN
ter front. A feather fancy appeared
at the right side of the crown and
dropped low over the brim.
Mrs. Hughes had with her Mrs. Root,
Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, Princess Can
tacuzene and Mrs. George Maynard
Minor. Mrs. Root was in black with
a small black hat; Mrs. Underwood
also wore black with black hat Of
graceful brim; Mrs. Gardner wore
black Canton crepe made with pearl
gray sleeves, and large hat of black,
the brim faced with gray; Mrs. Grant
was in black with a small black hat
trimmed with feathers: Princess Can
tacuzene wore a smoke gray suit of
twill, with a velvet hat in a deeper
shade with a brush" of feathers at
one side. and Mrs. Miner wore black,
with a small black hat.
Nine. JuSserand sat in a box opposite
and wore a cloak Of black and small
black hat covered with black feathers.
With her were Baroness de Cartier,
who wore cape Of black satin. with
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Baroness Shidehara, who was in taupe
velour trimmed with gray fox fur
and a hat to match the suit made
with up-turned brim. and Lady Geddes.
who wore a black gown and a large
black velvet hat trimmed with ribbon.
Among those in the diplomatic gal
lery were the ambassador of Spain
and Sonora de Riano, the ambassador
of Russia. Mr.. Bakhmeteff. and his
sister, Nine. Bazozoff; the ambassa-
dor Of Chile and Sonora de Matthew.
the amba ssador of Argentina, Mr..
LeBreton, and Miss Loveras; the
OF Peru and Sonora de
Pezet. the ambassador Of Brazil, MIR.
de Alencar; the minister Of Ven
ezuela and Senorita Dominica. the
minister Of Ecuador, DR.. Elizalde; the
minister of the Serbs, Croats and
Siovenes and Nine. Grouitch, Princess
wife of the minister of
Poland: the minister Of Switzerland.
Mr.. Peter; Nine. Wallenberg, wife of
the minister of Sweden; the minister
of Hungary and Countess Szechenyi,
the charge d'affaires of Germany, Mr..
Lang; the, charge d'affaires of Pan
ANA. Mr.. Lefeyre.
Others at the conference were Mrs.
Rufus Day, Mrs. Willis Vandevanter.
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney. Mrs. Truman II.
Newberry, Mrs. John X. Shields. Mrs.
w n@1o DoI, Mrc
Wilder keyes, Mrs. Whitney Howe of
Pittsburgh, Mrs. L. w. Cole of Ten
nessee. Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn, Mrs.
Homer p. Snyder, Miss Mabel T.
Boardman, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs.
Carl Vrooman, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Warren, Mrs. Reginald Foster, Miss
Leonard, Representative and Mrs.
Frederick c. Hicks, Mrs. Willard
Salisbury, Mrs. Joseph Thropp, Mrs.
William c. Gorgas, Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vid Barry, Mrs. Tracy Lay. Mrs. Will
liam Belden Noble, Mrs. H. B. F.
Mcfarland. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
Mrs. Borden Hartman. Mrs. Elmer
Murphy. Mrs. c. C. Calhoun. Mrs. Rob-
inson Downey, Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin.
Reception to Congress
At British Embassy.
The ambassador of Great Britain
and Lady Geddes will hold a recep-
tion at the embassy Wednesday, Feb
ruary 20, in honor of the members of
Congress-both upper and lower
houses. The ambassador and Lady
Geddes will entertain guests at
luncheon tomorrow and they will en-
tertain dinner companies both We'd
nesday and Thursday night.
Lady Geddes will observe her Fri
day afternoon at home this week.
The ambassador Of Great Britain
and Lady Geddes will dine this even
ing with the minister Of Norway and
Nine: Bryn, who have invited a dis
company to meet them.
Tho Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
DENLY will be the honor guests at a
dinner to be given this evening by
Surgeon Gen. and Mrs. E. r. Stitt.
. Mr.. Justice Mahlon Pitney and
Mrs. Pitney entertained a number
of guests at dinner last night to cell
ebrate the birthday anniversary Of
the justice. :,5
The Secretary of War, Mr.. Weeks,
was the guest Of honor at luncheon
today Of the assistant military at
tacho of the French embassy. Mai