New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Lawyers Hold
Social Stage
In W ashington
Bar Association Session Is
Signal for Entertaining:
Officials Are the Honor
Guests at Many Events
Dinner Given Hardings
Secretary of Interior and
Mrs. Fall Are the Hosts;
Daugherty Gives Affair
Spsool Dispatch to The T~so~~e

n-or-sm BY dining on Tuesday night
x;ts the Secretary of the Interior and
yr. Albert B. Fall, whose other
guests included the Vice-President
sad Mrs Coolidge, the Governor Of
postmaster General and Mrs. Hubert
wax Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Schumacher
md Colonel and Mrs. Edward L.
1oheny and George B. Chamberlain,
+ New York: MIR. and Mrs. Price Nc
kinney. Of Cleveland; Mrs Stephen
R Flkins. Mrs. Velie, Mrs. Brand
Elliott, the latter the daughter of the
ros,s. and James G. McNary, of Ell
paso, Tex. Mrs. Fall wore gown
gracefully fashioned Of black mara
ron crepe. lined with white Kittens
ear crepe where the facings showed,
md border Of brilliants cut square
an the drapery. The square, narrow
..sin was lined with white, and the
erowning beauty of the gown was not
me drapery, material or the rare old
Spanish lace which formed the
bodice but the four large roselike
ornaments Of square cut brilliants
which formed the girdle at the low
wais: line Mrs. Harding wore her
lonc seal cape wrap. and gracefully
draped gown Of black charmeuse with
IN elaborate ornament at one side of
crystal and jet.
The table an obiong shape with the
corners rounded off. was decorated
with d tall vase Of pink roses. snap
iragons and forsythia in the center, d
,ircular-shaped bed at its base, where
ferns ard pink roses mingled. There
we're three baskets Of silver on either
end Of the table filled with the same
lowers, and ferns and pink roses
rallied gracefully over the cloth.
Table Decoration Style
Varies at State Functions
it is interesting to note the style Of
able decoration at each state or semi
..afe function, and when the Attorney
ls-eral. Nh Daugherty. entertained on
Monday night in honor OF Chief Justice
l the Supreme Court and Mrs. Taft
srd the associate justices and their
wives, the long table had the entire
center transformed into a charming
Colonial garden, slightly sunken.
Ilsre was border or hedge of ferns
and the center Of the garden was a
nlsture pergola covered with dainty
mes, while d border of ferns and gay
Pring flowers surrounded the base.
Miniature steps in white enamel were
realistically placed at either end of the
'arden and almost as nature would
sve rooted them were gay little beds
J: flowers at intervals all around and
lst within the garden hedge.
The company was an unusually inter
sting one aside from the Official i'm
ortancc of the guests. as besides the
MEMBERS OF the Supreme Court Mr..
Oaughcrtv invited Mir. Taft's Secretary
oi War, Judge Jacob McGavock Dick
nson and his Attorney General,
George w Wickersham, to join the
larty Mrs. Wickersham also was q
guest Mr.. and Mrs. Cordenio Sever
american Bar Association. we're
present
The British Embassy was thronged
Wednesday night, with the Senator'S
and Representatives and members Of
heir families present. American and
British flags mingled in the British
American celebration OF George Wash
seton's Birthday anniversary. One
'sry falls over men in livery within
ne embassy. and all of the military
and naval attaches, as we'll as the
nerest secretary, have court uniforms.
TINS feature was appealing and impos
Ng Two dragoons IN scarlet stood at
attention all evening.
The ambassado and Lady Geddes
! fscelyed in the central drawing room,
Me guests assembling in the great
,'oa' drawing room at the Connecticut
A'snue and y Street corner Of the en-
oassy, and the ballroom was open for
zig assembly. while refreshments were
sf'ed in the dining room. The Vice
resident and Mrs. Coolidge and the
speaker of the House and Mrs. Gillett
we're early 10 arrive, though the for
.aeT mad spent the day n Baltimore,
gy'h the Vice President and Mrs. Coo
,~lge being quests at Johns Hopkins
onverSlty at the George Washington
celebration.
oaf Association Heads
hold Place on Social Stage
VI lar more than usual interest were
tious entertainments given during
~s week by Cordenio A. Severance,
GvS'aent Of the American Bar Asso-
ILsuoh' and Mrs Severance, and by
frsese Clarence Norton Goodwin, of
s.tsso. Chairman Of delegates to the
n"'eleNce of the Bar Assoc iation, din
S ., ssis and receptions both for them and
y'ein succee ding one another rapidly.
.ae 'ice-Prosident and Mrs. Coolidge
WY, .s guests O.. honor at banquet
sl Ssn thursday night by Mr.. and Mrs.
s,,,efahce ~, while on the same night,
jInd Ind also in the New Willard Hotel.
ss ana Mrs. Goodwin entertained
II. sa'Aor OF the Chief Justice and AkS-
H.. s. quests came from New York,
jss.On' Chicago and elsewhere for
,,.s, ,se Goodwin's dinner when he en-
o,aed sn:nied to meet the Chief Justice
isssts: 'ts: ait, the Minister of Switzer-
ba.,. ana Nine Peter. the former Am
JosT or to Great Britain and Mrs.
Paw. W. DAYS, Judge John Barton
ia ~ VINO was Secretary of Interior
1,es,See wilson administration; the
A,sreeht of the New York State Bar
,is ,iy.s'on and Mrs. William D. Guth-
Asso.Aa.ees zines byrne, president of the Bar
md T:auon Of the City of New York,
se 'vrss uS Sneila Byrnc; Professor Sam
&boo'. A,iston, Of the Harvard Law
Boyoa' Mr. and Mrs. John Lowell, of
sO", and many others.
Ter n.r.s '"e interesting smaller din
ainss yes =, Of the week was that enter ,
ainott moAday night by Mrs Grafton
stcr snd T"o ., mad dining with her Sen
Sena.@ru .@ru Mrs. Truman II. Newberry,
Sspsto Ssss.or and Mrs Henry Wilder Keyes,
ti,s tiss.or Bert NJ. Fcrnald. KcpreseYca-
sss ano Mrs. Samuel E. Winslow. of /
an cc.nusetts; Admiral Oscar f. Stan
4 asdj sap,ain and Mrs. Walter r. Cher
eosto,r' a. y. Lasker, Mrs. John Hurd. of !
Mr. Hnq Miss Mabel Boardman.
Easb; ouuah Howe Scars, who is in !
At dinnesss0 TOR the winter, entertained /
I ess af,e monday evening. On Tues
{ 1sS aAernola she was a. bor,o .nd