The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-22

the Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
DENLY. 4t
TF the diplomatic dinner was in.
! ternationai in its, aspects. the
Congressional Club reception might
he described as "Ali American.
Almost every state In. this Union was
REPRESENTED IN the company which
came together toSdo honor to the
President and Mrs. Harding and
only q few "outiapders'. like tho
FRENCH Ambassador and Nine.
tusserand and the British Ambass.
ador and Lady Geddes and Lady
Zee were among the invited guests.
Hi was a very pretty party and q
merry one. Moreover. II meantsmuca
more to the President ana Mrs.
Harding than thej general run Of
receptions because they were being
entertained BY the very people with
whom they, were most clcssly asso-
ciated while the President was in
the Senate. y. Ter
MRS. COOLIDGE was the first
Az person to be presented to
the President and. Mrs. Harding by
Mrs. Irvine Lenroot. president OF
the club, who received with them.
Then carne the French Ambassador
and, Nine. Jusserand and-after
that the dsluse! Senators. and ex-
Senators and their wives and Con-
xressnnen and ex-Congressmen and
thar wives-or, rather the wives
and their husbands. for Its was
tina women's club and their party
and they kindly invited their men
folk! ,,ta.
The Hardinss seemed thoroughly
to enjoy the 'deluse" since It was
made up 80 largely Of their old
friends. Mrs. Harding. for six
years q Senatorial hostess. was q
member Of the club in good ana
regular standing. No. she didn't
have to be "ex-officio" or anything
like that. Wives Of Senators ana
Congressman are eligible for mem
bership, but they are not members
unless they choose to join. But
the First Lady may still retain her
membership for all I know. F..
BY half past ten practically
everybody had come who was to
come, with q few notable excep-
tions-and the line went off duty
and sought refreshments back IN
. corner of the dining room in the
shade of some -sheltering palms.
The table was set for. . nice little
partie carree-the President and
Mrs. Harding and the club presi-
dent and Senator Lenroot. But
others drifted up and fingered
chatting and eventually the Sec
rotary of Commerce and Mrs.
Hoover drew up chairs and settled
down. =, -.
When the President and Mrs.
Harding prepared to taks their leave
their progress across the. ballroom
was 80 much interrupted that 1t took
them more than half an hour to get
over the 100 feet or 90 Of floor ana
mike their way down stairs, and NJ
Ieast another fifteen minutes TO
make their exit. They seemed to be
enjoying every minute Of 1.-THE
president jollyins all the girls. snd
a assuring their mammas that he couio
bold their hands all night, and Mrs.
Harding exchanging brickbats ana
bSuouet impartially. and in the best
of humor, with all corners. Tnere 10
nd question of breaking the official
ice around the Hardings they
never rive 1t a chance to form.
&C. q.
DREsENTLY when 1t was pretty
= we'll all over, when everybody
had told Mrs. Howard Reside
saushter of q former Congressman
from Pennsylvania and, although
she is no longer supposed to be re-
sponsible for the clubs parties. the
one who really has most to do with
putting them overflow wonderful
ly we'll everything had gone; when
the musicians had been released
from their tasks and were upstairs
partaking Of refreshments, and the
policemen were slipping by twos and
threes around to the side door, Tor
r little snack Of something-the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hughes
arrived. :
IL seems that they had been down
.ut the Bullitt's dinner for the Chief
Justice and Mrs. Taft,-and they
couldn't get away until the Tafts
left, and the Tafts were having y
good time and stayed on and on
until finally Mr.. Hughes had u
make his apologies. explaining that
they were due at the Congressional
Clubs reception to the Hardtnys.
and they simply had to get there In
time to greet them before they, got
,u,oy And eyen> so. thew didn't