The New York herald., 1922-02-19
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS.

5ueSS Va WSch VI tWO ago. WHICH Ol
them one was going to, be asked to
and decide which of these one wanted
most--or objected least-to go to.
There was foremost. if not first, of
ALL the President and Mrs. Harding's
dinner on Thursday night for the
Speaker of the House and Mrs. Gillett
really dinner in honor of the
Congress, personified by the Speaker
and his wife, representing all the
membership of Congress and their
wives-a company quite beyond the
capacity of even the big state" dining
room Of the White House.
Next in Importance was the Denbys'
dinner for the President and Mrs
Harding, on Wednesday night-not a
very large dinner. but very select, the
selection being quite naturally largely
from Detroit, where the Denbys them
selves hail from
On Tuesday night Secretary Mellon
gave a big dinner, not especially in
Eonor of any one, but with the French
and Belgian Ambassadors and their
wives as ranking guests and all sorts
Of interesting people-the Nicholas
Longworths, the. Frederick Hickses.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes. Miss
Boardman, Raymond T.. Baker, Mrs.
Clifford Pinchot, the Eugene Meyers.
the Charles S. Hamlins, for instance
among those present.
The British Ambassador and I.adv
Seddes were also hosts Tuesday eye-
hing-likewise not Sin honor of" anv
particular person. but with the Norwe-
sian Minister and the Cuban Minister
and their respective wives as ranking
guests. and goodly company, fifty or
so including Mrs Asquith. among those
present. 1t was, the only tilneSthat the
embassy could entertain Mrs. south
during her deferred visit Of only two
days. They mad, as I told you last
week, planned a dinner in her honor last
friday, but she was detained in New
York by the illness Of her daughter
Princess, Bibesco ;tt
When the Geddeses had to call that
Off, and Mrs. AsouitIl instead of arriy-
Ing Thursday and staying through the
week, arrived Monday and departed
Wednesday. they had no time open when
they could entertain for her. and could
only include. her in a dinner already
planned for Tuesday evening.
That same evening Gen. and Mrs
Logan Ireland had large dinner, fol-
lowed by, musicale, celebrating the
iitteenth anniversary of their wedding
The British Ambassador and Lady
Geddes were themselves the guests at
DINNER of their colleagues in the diplo-
matte corps. the Minister of Switzerland
and Elme. Marc Peter. on Wednesday
night; while Dr. and Mrs. Charles ID.
Walcott Ohe secretary of the Smith
sonian, and his wife, formerly Miss
Mary Vauy, farmer" from somewhere
near Philadelphia) entertained for them
on Monday, and the chief of the con-
sular service and Mrs. Wilbur Carr are
entertaining for them tonight That
leaves Thursday and Friday unaccount-
ed for, and / know they were dining
somewhere, though 1 can't for the mo-
ment think where.
Then there were two or three dinners
for the Coolidges, who were away in
the beginning of the week and missed
a couple of possible dinner nights.
fThe Vice-President you remember,
went to Springfield to help Lincolns s
home town celebrate his birthday, and
-'iSs ooViiuSS Ntill up W
to spend the week end with the boys,
who are at school there, and they didn't
either of them get back until Tuesday,.
Spanish mbassadOr's Guest.
Last night the Spanish Ambassador
and Sonora de RiaoO enrcrtained for
them and tonight the. French Ambas-
sador and Nine Jusserand are giving a
dinner for them. Wednesday night they
were the honor guests at a big Sons
of the Revolution reception.
Also there were several dinners for
the Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft, and
Mrs. Taf. herself entertained large
luncheon, and there was the Walter
Wilcoxes' dinner with the Belgian AM
bassador and Baroness de Cartier as the
ranking guests on Monday. and Dean
and Mrs. George G. f.. BratenahFs din
ner for the Serbian Minister and Nine.
Grouitch the. same evening; Gen. Beth
ellis dinner for the Spanish Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Riano, Judge and
Mrs Guy Goff's for the Denbys, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Frank Mondells
for the Speaker and Mrs. Gillett the
Jusserands dinner of last night and
but the list could go on almost indefi-
nitcly. ''
Surely that's enough to show how
hard Washington works at its "favorite
sition that your, really successful Amer
lean statesman needs more than any
thing else the digestion of an ostrich!
Everyone seems to be interested In the
sort of impression Mrs. Asquith made
on Washington as in anything else.
Washington itself was interested, not
merely in her lecture and in her per-
sonality, but in seeing just what official
cognizance would be given her entirely
unofficial visit
IL would have been bit "difhcult
under any circumstances. but the fact
that although she was guest at the
Rumanian Legation. neither of her hosts
were here during her visit complicated
the matter still further Prince Bibesco
went up TO New York to join his wife,
who was i'll at the Ambassador. before
his mother-in-law arrived at the legation
here--and OF the family there remained
only her infant granddaughter, little
Gloria Bibesco, to do the honors.
Apparently, however. Mrs. Asquith
was very thoroughly entertained by that
young person. Visitors at the legation
tell OF having found the redoubtable
"Margot" having some wonderful romps
with Baby Gloria. who found her grand
mother the finest playfellow imaginable.
Most Of the entertaining that had been
originally planned for her visit was of
necessity called off when she did not
appear last week and could not be
hurriedly rearranged for the first days