The Washington times., 1922-03-26

their guests for the last few
days Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Scobey,
Of San Antonio, Tex.-and Ohio
whose faces will soon become
familiar to those who frequent
the White House. Mr.. Scobey,
who took the oath of office as
Director of the Mint on Monday,
succeeding the dashing Ray Bak-
er, is one of the Presidents bud
dies" their acquaintance dating
back to the days WIN Mr.. Hard
ing was in the Ohio State Senate
and Mr.. Scobey, clerk of the Sem
ate. Mrs. Harding and Mrs.
Scobey are also old and intimate
friends. When the Scobeys
moved to San Antonio the
Hardings frequently visited
them and the two families
toured Europe together.
IT will be remembered, more
over, that the President and Mrs.
Harding were guests Of the Scobeys
just before they became the Presi.
dent and Mrs. Harding-to be ex-
act. on that memorable trip to the
South which they took Immediately
preceding the Inauguration. At
that time it was repeatedly limited
that MIR. Scobey would be the
Colonel House of the Republican
Administration
That he was one of the first men
offered post under the Republican
regime is generally understood, but
he declined. Now. however, he has
arranged his business so as to make
it possible TO accept and-enter
the Scobeys. They were at the VII.
lard for a few days when they first
came to Washington. but the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding carried
them off to the White House in
Enthusiastically hospitable fash
ion and they did their house hunt
ing with the Executive Mansion as
a pied a terre. Now they are get
ting settled at Wardman Park Ho-
tel, where they have taken an
apartment for the spring months.
This hosiery. by the way, is a
veritable hot bed of officials in this
Administration. Not only are five
Cabineteers housed under its hos
pitable roof-the Postmaster Gen.
eral, the Attorney General, the Sec
rotary of the Interior, the Secre.
tsry of Agriculture and the Secre-
tary of Labor-but the former Post
master General. Mr.. Hays, lived
there while he was in Washington
and 1t is also the home of Assist
ant Postmaster General and Mrs
Irving Glover, the Rush Hollands
and several others of the Junior
Cabinet" group. The Works. 100.
lived there before DIR. Work was
made Postmaster General.
ONCE or twice last week Mrs.
Harding received few ladies
by appointment, but the President
has been too busy with the bonus
and the treaty and other matters
of administration interest to have
much time for guests. He has
kept some OF the gentlemen who
came to confer with him on such
public matters to luncheon or to
dinner, as the case might be. But
they were not exactly parties
nor quite picnics-those confer
ences.
Mrs. Harding's largest at
home" took place yesterday after
noon when she entertained
group Of women writers form the
newspapers and magazines. She
received them in the Red Room
in most friendly and informal
fashion and Miss Laura Harlan
presided at the tea table which was
drawn up in the great south
window.
The First Lady had planned 10
go with Mrs. Wallace, wife OF the
Secretary OF Agriculture. to see
the amaryllis show at the ArglcuI,
tural Department--and tho bios
som named for her--but ] have
not heard whether or not she wnr
able to manage Il. However, she