The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-09
Calm of the Holy Week
Descends on Washington
Call of the Outdoors Also Taking Fashionable Set
Away From Captal-Polo' Ball Arranged for
the Late Spring Season.

Sutherland. Mrs. Tasker Oddie, Mrs.
Joseph |. France and Mrs. William l..
Calder. and Miss Harlan. who Is not
merely the White House social secretary.
but Mrs. Harding'S chosen companion
on many occasions. Mrs. Harding seems
to lean good deal on Miss Harlan, and
has her pretty constantly with her AS
a matter of fact, Miss Harlan has been
an integral part of Washington society
and of unassailable position as one of
Justice Harlans daughters.
1t was wonderful program, beginning
with the magnificent overture of 1.-THE
Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hol.
lender). and ending with the Tone
Poem c'Tod und Verklarung'D of Rich
ard STRAUSS, Wagner's most modern
apostle. The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Taft were there. CYou know Mrs. Taft
helped to organize the symphony or
chestra TN her home town, Cincinnati,
years ago, before her marriage and
served as its secretary. seeing it safe
through It's early struggles.) And Mrs.
Marshall Field, Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, the Nicholas Longworths and the
Larz Andersons, Princess Cantacuzene-
Speransky and her daughter. Princess
Bertha Cantacuzene-Speran Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane and her daughter, Mrs.
Philip Kauffmann; Mr.. Thomas j.
sOBren and his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Getty Chiffon: Mrs. Sinclair Bowen,
Mrs. Reeve Lewis. Mr.. Lawrence Towns
end, the Frank Resides and Mr.. How
ard Reside and. Of course, hundreds OF
others.
The only other place / have known
of Mrs. Hard,ng's being through the
week was at the unwilling of the
Peary monument at Arlington on
Thursday, when the President and Mrs.
Harding, Secretary and Mrs. DENLY and
a good many others prominent In Off
cial life as well as leaders III scientific
circles and officials of the Geographical
Society, under whose auspices the cere-
monies took place, were present. 1t has
been very fully reported-so / won't
bother you with the details of that, but
did you notice that Admiral Peary dur
ing his last illness had planned the
memorial and dictated to his wife the
main details as shown in the unwilling
1t really is a beautiful and appropriate
memorial to the man and his work
and while the Latin motto. .Inveniam
Viam, aut Faciam'' q will find way
or make one) may seem rather a
proud boast Peary certainly proved his
right to make it.
Daughter Unveiled the Monument.
His daughter, Marie Ahnighito. the
Snow Baby" who was born within
the Arctic Circle. and who was the
apple of the explorers eye. the very
light of his life. unveiled the memorial.
She Is now Mrs Edward Stafford,
having married some five or six years
ago the son of Judge Wendell Philips
Stafford Of the District Supreme Court.
She was an attractive, blooming girl,
prominent in the Junior League, and
popular with every one. Her father 8
pride and delight in her were touching,
and those who thought Admiral Peary
a hard, stern, severe, unapproachable
sort OF man, would have revised their
opinion had they seen him with his
daughter. 1t seemed rather pathetic
that she should be unwilling a monu-
ment to this beloved father.
When the ceremonies at Arlington
were over she had reception at the
Washington Club for those who had
come to honor her fathers memory.
There were so many of her fathers
old friends, some of whom had come a
considerable distance to do him this
last honor. that she felt that they
should have an opportunity to meet
one another and talk over old times.
Her mother. Mrs. Robert Peary, re-
ceived with her, as did Mr.. Stafford
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor,
Mr.. Grosvenor being president of the
National Geographical Society. under
whose auspices the memorial at Arl-
ington was erected. Mrs. Wendell Phil
lips Stafford and Mrs. Wade Ellis pre-
sided at the tea table.
There was nothing melancholy about
il. The clubrooms we're gay with flowers.
There were two splendid silver loving
cups on the table. They were cups
which had been presented to Admiral
Peary in commemoration of his dis
covering the pole. And filled with
spring flowers they were poignan.ly
symbolic of the whole idea of immor-
tality. They form part of the collection
OF Peary trophies and medals. &C., in
tic National Museum and were loaned
to Mrs. Stafford for this occasion.
The centerpiece, also from the Peary
collection. was a silver model OF the
ship in which the explorer BafIin had
cruised into the Arctic and was pre-.
scented to Admiral Peary by the Royal
Scottish Geographical Society OF Edn-
burgh after IL had bestowed upon the
great American explorer all the medals
and honors within its gift. Many of the
nctables who had attended the ceremony
a, Arlington went afterward to the re-
ception. making it an affair OF rather
unusual interest
You may know that there was not
much doing when tell you that even
Mrs. Coolidge took week off. Partly
OF course II was due to the fact that the
Nice-President was away. He mad
promised TO speak out in Michigan, AMI
that meant three evenings when nc
would OF necessity be away and coz
scquently could not be entertained al
Dir ncr. For even IL he went right out
and turned around and came right back
again-whch is precisely what he did
it's more than twcnty-four hours ca Il,
way on the train, and he had to stop one
evening to make his speech
DIR. stcpnnek Busy Host.
The Minister Of. Czecho-sl ovakia. DR..
Bedrich Stepanek. was about the bus
lest host OF the week. He and his
sister, Miss Stepanck-( thcy tell me,
by the way. that I should call that
lady Miss Stepankova" that being the
feminine form OF the name-but II seems
TO me that that's too much to ask
one can't possibly follow the vagaries
OF all the names in the Diplomatic
Corps). Anyhow they entertained. at
dinner on Monday night In honor OF
he Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes,
ON Wednesday night for the French
Amhr ssador and Nine. Jusserand, on
Thursday for Mr.. ana Mrs. Frank Gil
broth and tonight they gave a dinner
for Mr.. Leo Rowe. director OF the Pan