The Washington herald., 1922-01-13

Cornelius fdhQerDllts Jrs, hT. anu
Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry White. Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler
Anderson, Representative and Mrs.
Longworth. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Carr. Mrs. C. o. Sheriff., Mrs r. S.
Holmes.
Also Gen. and Mrs. c. E. Sawyer.
the Secretary to the President and
Mrs. George Christian, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean. Mrs. Crom-
well Brooks. Miss Mildred Brom-
well. Mr.. apd Mrs. Heber votaw.
Eiihu Root and Mrs. Root, the Third
Assistant Secretary OF state ana
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, the Direc-
tor of the Consular Service and
Mrs. Wilbur C. Carr. and a number
of others.
The other guests all entered by
the east entrance, stood in line the
full length of the long corridor on
the lower floor and up the stair and
across the upper corridor and
through the state dining-room on
into the red room and the blue
room to their hosts. That line, two
abreast, was continuous for several
hours, the line beginning to move
as soon as the specially honored
guests had been received.
Hearty Handshake for all.
Both President and Mrs. Hard
ing. as always. had a hearty, firm
handshake for every guest, and a
special word of welcome; sometimes
several words for some of their
close friends. Mrs. Harding wore
handsome gown of soft white
charmeuse. The bodice was cut
low back and front, and square,
being held in place by chains of jet
that continued down the back to
the waistline, where they formed
careless knot. The sleeves were
two elbow-length, skimpy ruffies
of fine cream net. The skirt was
ankle length. straight and not very
full. with a similar overskirt of
white metz embroidered In gold.
liver that again were four gathered
panels of the charmeuse edged
with two-inch bands of tailless err
mine, above which were elaborate
patterns embroidered with let beads
and sequins for about nine inches.
A panel train of the charmeuse
hung from the waistline. The cir
die was of black velvet, wide and
crushed She wore a black velvet
dog collar, fastened with a diamond
and platinum clasp and a large dia-
mond and platinum lavailere hung
on a fine platinum chain. She car
ried a black ostrich-feather fan and
wore elbow-length white gloves.
Mrs. Hughes gown was of rose
pink satin, the skirt gathered full.
made to just escape the ground and
cut in one with the long, sweeping
train. The bodice was adorned with
esquins of the same color as the
gown She wore long white gloves.
Mrs. Weeks gown was of white
chiffon, embroidered with crystal
beads, with a girdle of rhinestones
and a panel train hung from the
waist line. Mrs. Denbys gown was
OF turquoise blue satin, the bodice
trimmed with gold lace, while a
heavy gold cord encircled the waist.
1t had a panel train. Mrs. Falls
gown, which was trainless. was Of
white chiffon brocaded with velvet,
made on the popular chemise lines
and trimmed with much white trlle.
Mrs. Wallace I'm Black.
Mrs, Wallace wore black lace
over black satin, with a wide sash
of tulle. Urs. Hoover looked very
well in handsome costume of sill
ver and black brocade, made on
princess lines with the drapery of
the skirt caught with huge rhine
stone buckle. Mrs. Coolidge wore
trainless costume of black Sc
quins on black net in a complicated
design. Mrs. Gillett's gown was a
modish creation of soft grey crepe
elaborately draped and trimmed
with rhinestones. one rhinel tone
strap holding up the decolletage.
Nine. Jusserand looked unusually
wei in costume of cloth of silver
combined with orange colored chif-
fon, half of the bodice being of one
material and the other half of the
other. all draped on princess lines.
Nine. fano's gown was OF black
velvet and she wore a diamond
tiara. Mrs. Mclean looked very
handsome in gown of brilliant red
velvet. the skirt long and straight,
cut in one with sweeping train,
the bodice cut very long and W
shaped in back and surplice effect
in front. She wore handsome
tiara of diamonds and a long chain
of the same gems and carried a
huge fan made of one pink ostrich
pip fully two feet long on a long
tortoise shell handle.
Among those in the brilliant COM
pany were the Russian Ambassador,
Boris Bakhemeteff: the Chilean Am
bassador and Nine. Matthew. the
Ambassador of Argentina and Nine.
LeBreton and Miss Manuela Love-
ras. the latter's niece: the Ambas-
sador of Belgium, Baron Emil de
Cartier de Machienne: the Peruvian
Ambassador and Nine. Pezet, the
Brazilian Ambassador, Augusta
Cochrane de Alencar; the British
Ambassador and Lady Geddes, WIS.,
count d'Alte, the Portuguese Min
ister: the Norwegian Minister and
Nine. Bryn. the Minister of Dem
mark. Constantin Brun; the Cuban
Minister and Mime. de Cespedes and
Miss Flaminia Sarmiento, the Min
lister of Ecuador and Nine. Elizalde,
the Minister of the Serbs, Croats
and, Slovenes and Mime. Grouitch.
the Minister of Poland and Princess
Lubomirska. the Minister of Switz-
erland and Nine. Peter, the Min
lister of Guatemala and Nine.
Bianchi, the Minister of Roumania
and Princess Bibesco, the Minister
of China and Mime. SEE. the Min
lister Of Sweden and Nine. Wallen-
berg. the Minister of Bolivia and
Nine. Ballfvain. 'J. z. Lefevre,
charge d'afraires of the Legation OF
Panama: Robert sSilvercruys. Ar
thur ]. Balfour. Lord Lee of Fare
hame and Lady Lee. who held
small reception of their own in the
BLUE Room: Sir Robert and Lady
Borden, Sir John Salmond, Srinivasa
Sastri. Sir John Jordan, Rear Ad-