The Washington herald., 1922-08-13

AtoA hIAC bn6 ht6EnAltOu8l 9&i-
leries, Inc, an enterprise for the ex-
hibition and sale of art treasures
which will open here this fall. Maj.
Totten is president; Franklin Bar
ber Clark. the prominent artist,
managing director: Mr.. Yates. treas
urer. think.
Mr.. Yates. Il hear. has recently ac-
cumulated several lovely art treas
ures in the way OF, original pic
lures. one by Trumble and another
by some equally prominent artist.
They were picked up for q small
sum at some dealers. overlooked be-
cause of their frightfully damaged
condition, but were marvelously re-
stored by Frank Clark and are now
worth huge sums. Mr.. Yates will
be home before long and then the
work Of the International Galleries.
Inc, will get further underway.
Many big artists and rich art pa.
irons are interested In the effort.
I'm told.
HARDINGs GOING
TO ILLINOIS.
And II all plans carry, next week
1t will be quiet. for President
and Mrs. Harding are planning to
go to Mooseheart, ILL.,. to attend the
dinner to be given there by the
Secretary OF Labor and Mrs. James
Davis on August 25. The dinner
will take the place of the custom
airy official formal dinner which
should have been given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis at their town house but
which was postponed because of
Mrs. Davis health. The dinner on
the 25th will also mark the dedica-
tion of the statue of Mr.. Davis
erected there by the members OF
the Loyal order OF Moose in recog-
milton Of his services as director
general CT tho organization. Pres
the dedication exercises. / don't
know yet whether the Presidents
party will motor out there or not.
I doubt IL they know.
There are all sorts of rumors
about the President visiting this
person and that, most of which 1
have passed on to you. The newest
one Is that he will visit the Sec
retary of the Treasury, A. w. Mel
lon, at Avalon, the Frederick Aver
estate which he has just leased at
Prides Crossing on the North Shore
of Massachusetts,. Miss Ailsa Mel
Ion went up there almost immedi-
ately and her father Joined her
there a day or two ago for this
weekend. He will go back and
forth whenever his duties will per-
nit.
Secretary Of State Charles Evans
Hughes and his party will leave
next week, too. They are sailing
August % for Brazil on the United
States Shipping Board liner Pan
America, which will be escorted by
a battleship which the commission
will board before arriving at Rio
de Janiero. At first the party was
going to make the trip on the bat
tleship, but as the wives of most
Of the men of the party are going
along II was decided that q liner
would be more comfortable. Mr.
Hughes will head the American
commission to the Brazilian centen-
nial exposition, which will take
place at Rio de Janeiro next month.
The other members of the commits
sion will include Mai. Gen. Robert
Bullard, representing the army:
senting the navy; Representative
Stephen G. Porter. chairman of the
House Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs. and Cyrus H. K. Curtis. of
Philadelphia, publisher. Then there
will be various military and naval
aides and a number of secretaries,
advisers and SO forth; quite
party.
MRS. HARRELD
GIVES PARTY.
Last week was marked by the
usual number of parties, more or
less informal. of course. but that
much moro enjoyable. The country
clubs were always filled. especially
at the dinner hour. But the only
really large party I can think of
last week was given by Mrs. John
w. Harreld and Mrs. Tasker Oddie.
wives of Senators. They had as
their guests the ladies' of the SEN
ate organization. entertaining them
at luncheon at the Commonwealth
Farm on the Sandy Spring road.
about fifteen or twenty miles In
Maryland, where Mrs. Harreld Is
spending the summer. 1t is
charming place, popular with Wash
ingtonians for tea or dinner; also
met at the home of Mrs. Thomas
P. Gore, wife of the Senator, and
motored out there.
A fortnight ago the ladies de-
cided to adjourn for the summer
but Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall,
wife of the former vice president
and the former head and organizer
of the Senate ladies organization.
came to town with her distin-
guished husband and the ladies
got together again to entertain
just In her honor. Though the
party was most informal: Just like
1t Is every other week. just a
picnic luncheon being served. How
ever they had such a jolly time
together they decided they would
meet out in the country last week
and so they did.
BOLIVIAN MINISTER
But there were other parties.
The Bolivian Minister and Nine.
Ballivian had a dinner-or did they
call IL supper-out at the Spruce
Log Inn near Bethesda, Nd, last
Sunday evening. The next day
the Secretary of State Charles
Evans Hughes had luncheon for
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