The Washington herald., 1922-01-29
British Embassy Bachelors
Give an Interesting Dance
Ordnance Officers and Cavalry Officers Also
Hosts During Past Week Collective
Receiving Grows in Favor.

for ages and filed slowly upstairs
and in and out several rooms to
their hosts, then into the East
Room for chat or two with
friends and then home.
This administration, unlike the
Wilson's, do not have any supper at
these entertainments and they are
all more or less alike, the main
body of the guests being different.
\ few nOtables are asked to them
all. but why a person would want
to so to more than one | don't see.
for they are not particularly jolly
parties and once you've seen one
you've seen them all. The Marine
Band always plays in the big cor
ridOr and the Tresidents aides, in
their full dress uniforms of bl
and gold. fit about looking very
picturesque as they see that every
thing runs smoothly and that the
guests OF honor are sufficiently
hUnOred. and such things. The
Presidents aides. who are selected
from the army. navy and Marine
Corps, all threr, are the only men
in the army to whom the rcgula-
lions at present allow the use OF
tho. fun dress uniform of prewar
. days-thc blue with the different
cOlorrd faCinGs and stripes of the
various branches Of the service and
elaborate gold trimmings. The
Presidents two chief aides are Col.
Clarence Q. Sheriff.. u. :. A. and
Capt RaIston Holmes, L. :. N, who
are invited to almost all OF the din
ners given by or for him. However.
| noticed Secretary and Mrs. Weeks
overlooked them.
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tend the other State receptions in
body. as they do the diplomatic re-
ception5. they. are invited to all four,
and many of sthem we're present
Thursday evening. A large group of
army and navy officers were also in
cluded. with many man and women
whose forebears had been in the serv-
ice, since the military establishment
has quite outgrown the army and
navy reception and the overflow Is
being divided between the other three
OF the series of State functions.
The reception was rather less
colOrful than the diplomatic recep-
tion, nor was there such a display
of jewels and gorgeous gowns. How
ever, 1t was a distinguished, we'll
dressed assemblage; and a touch Of
military pomp was added by the
olive drab and blue OF the army
and navy officers present and the full
dress uniforms of the large body of
aides in attendance. The State
drawing rooms were effectively deco
rated with roses, carnations, roman
hyacinths and other spring blossoms.
Under the direction OF Mrs. Hard
ing. who always personally super
intends the decorations, the great
mirrors in the Green and Red rooms
had been trellised with roses.
Mrs. Harding. altogether, makes a
charming hostess and she has a most
able assistant in her secretary. Miss
Laura Harlan. who belongs to the
/ judiciary group, her father having
been u Supreme Court justice.
Thursdays party was decidedly
more comfortable than the diplomatic
reception. as there seemed to be
about 1000 fewer people and the
| White House at no time became un-
comfortably crowded. Most of the
guests saw the Attorney General for
the first time to know him;~h re-
ceived as you know, with President
and Mrs. Harding, and by a happy
coincidence he was celebrating his
SD birthday anniversary. Alto
gether it was very nice party.
COOLIDGES DINE
/ OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
The Vice President and Mrs. Cool
/ idge dined out several times last
week. among those entertaining for
| them being the Secretary of the
! Treasury \. w. Mellon and the
| Secretary of the Senate and Mrs
! G. a. Sanderson. The latter party
was in celebration Of Senator
/ Charles Curtis ed birthday ami
! vcrsary. As there are not enough
dinner dates to go around, many
hostesses have to he satisfied with
| entertaining Mrs. Coolidge at
luncheon, so that little lady scarcely
knows what it is to eat at homo
unless II Is for breakfast Mrs.
| Rufus Day. daughter-in-law and
hostess for Justice William r. Day,
gave a luncheon last Wednesday
She also was hostess at a luncheon
for Mrs. Taft last Friday. The
Tafts were the guests of honor at
an interesting dinner given by Mr..