The Washington times., 1922-06-25

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Argentinians -Hspil. the counselor.
ana vt present charge d'affaires.
I beiieve-the Counselor Of the de-
funct Russian smbassy. and Nine
de Bach. and Q few more. bet
they'n have good time!
MEANWHILE the Hafdings are
taking things rather quietly.
The President has announced def
nitsly--as II has seemed for the
last month that he would have TO
--that the Alaska trip would have
to be abandoned for this summer
ss- he couldn't see any earthly
chance Of getting away from
Washington for very long. Several
shorter trips heI ID likely to make.
but no very long one. Nor 10
their likely to be any summer
White House other than the May.
flswer nor any outing. unless off,
cfaI business 10 the excuse for It.
mbre protracted than weekend
trips perhaps extended a few
days-on the Presidential yacht or
90 some friends country place
where the golfing IL good.
There 10 some talk Of visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Lean at Bar Harbor some time in
July. 30 far as ! know. no definite
plans have been made. but the Nc
Leans. who are opening their Bar
Harbor cottage soon. are coaxing
the Hardings to come and II il on
the cards that before the summer
is over the Mayflower may cast
anchor in the blue waters off
Mount Desert.
Presumably there's a Mayflower
party planned for this weekend.
but these cruises are ''of the, most
informal" and now that the WASH
tngton public accepts them as q
matter Of course. there Is merely
q routine announcement of them
made-after the party is off.
Last Saturday It was Z o'clock
before the Hardings were able
to get away. with d little party Of
official friends-Daugherty and
Lasker, the Speaker and Mrs.
Gillett, the Director Of the Budget
and Mrs. Charles Gates Dawes,
Senator and Mrs. Kellogg and one
ar two others, They had no parti-
cular objective. just cruised down
the river and the bay. arriving
home on Monday morning in time
sA~ the various members of the
party to attend to their various
affairs. 80.
AT the White House 1t was
rather q varied program. The
President received the British am
bassador. Sir Auckland Geddes,
who called to make his adieu be-
fore--nearly ten days before--sail.
ing for q short visit in England.
He doesn't san until Wednesday,
but was leaving Washington that
afternoon to keep a number Of en-.
gagements and might not find an
other opportunity to pay his re-
spects to President Harding.
; Mrs. Harding gave audience to
the ladies Of the Philippine mis-
sion. Then later in the afternoon
the President and Mrs. Harding
Joined forces to review the brigade
Of marines-in full war paint
passing through Washington en-
route to Gettysburg. !
The review as staged in the
White House grounds, the Pres
ident and Mrs. Harding and q COM
pany Of friends. taking their places
on the south portico Of the White
House. There were approximate
E5.ooo Of them. IN fighting array,
headed up to Gettysburg to repro
duce the great fight that took
place there in the first days Of
July. 1883. and by the same token
it-was the first time that troops
had been reviewed In the White
House grounds since the civil war.
And there was quite an official
party to do honor to the occasion
Mai. Gen. John A. LeJeune,
oosnmandant Of the marine corps.
and Mrs. LeJeune; Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, acting secretary Of the
Navy, and Mrs. Roosevelt; MAI.
Gen. w. c. Neville; Maj. Gen.
Logan Feiand. Brig. Gen. Charles
NcCawiey-and the wives of sev-
eral Of them. General smedley d.
Butler. In command at ouantico.
led the procession-untfl II reached
the white House, where he and
hts stsf Joined the reviewing
Dsrty On the south porch.
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