The New York herald., 1922-06-18

Relief OF Belgium. of which Mr.. Hoover
was the organizer and chairman.
When does he get 1t? l don't know.
but presumably some time next fall af-
ter the Ambassadors return. there will
be an interesting little ceremony at the
embassy--and Mr.. Hoover will have an
other medal pinned on his manly chest.
The Hughes Wedding.
One rarely knows whether the Hoovers
are in town or not. Mrs Hoover was
here last Saturday-she was at the
Hughes wedding-but l didn't see Mr..
Hoover. The wedding was pretty gen.
eral roundup of official and diplomatic
society. Everybody who was in town
was at the Pan-American, and the
cream of them were at the church.
Really. however. the party at the church
was almost entirely official. One could
have counted on ones fingers the few
Washingtonians present who were not
highly Official and the scattering of
strangers whom one recognized as out
of town relatives of friends of one or
the other of the high contracting parties
was comparatively small.
The President and Mrs. Harding ar
riaed. as always. in good time And as
they were preceded up the aisles by a
little procession of aids, all glorious in
their uniforms-the white and gold of
the navy in summer is really glorious
not unlike a group of ushers the as
sembled guests standing of course to re-
ceive them, 1t needed only wedding
march to give the impression that they
were the stars of the occasion. Mrs.
Harding's gown of delicate gray geor
gette. embroidered in gray and silver
and orchid. and mounted on a slip of
la L.
appropriate for a bride of her years.
And her hat of gray erin with uncurled
plumes shading from gray to orchid, was
rather bridey. too-while the Presidents
conventional afternoon clothes and his
white boutonniere were exactly what he
would properly have worn had he been
the bridegroom. The President and
Mrs. Coolidge were already in their
places, as were most of the Cabinet and
those of the Supreme Court who were
in town. OF the Cabinet families only
the Denbys were unrepresented. Assist
ant Secretary Roosevelt was in the back
of the church. standing and smillingly
refusing to be lured to the front pews
Mrs. Roosevelt must have been out of
town as l did not see her either at the
church or at the Pan-American after
ward.
American officialdom generally-in-
cluding Gen. Pershing, Admiral and Mrs.
CoontZ and Gen. and Mrs LIE Jeune-
was seated on the left hand side of the
church, while the diplomats were on the
right hand side, with Mrs. Hughes
alone until the Secretary joined her after
having done his part in the ceremony
and Mr.. and Mrs. Waddell occupying
the front pews. The most noticeable
gaps. one each side. were those occa-
rt- ,1 4. rp.T
among our homegrown officials, and
by the absence of any representation
from the British Embassy among the
diplomatic contingent.
British Ambassador Out of Town.
The Tafts, of course, were on their
way to England, and the British AM
bassador and Lady Geddes were out of
Lady Geddes getting settled at Dark
Harbor, Me-, for the summer, she and
her family having left town several
days before. OF course had the Ambas-
sador been definitely out of the country
and a Charge in command at the en-
bassy the latter would have been asked
to the church, but at the time The cards
were sent out the Ambassador was here
and the Counselor of the Embassy.
Henry Getty Chilton, was away. Ine
latter, who will be Charge when the
Ambassador sails for England on June
2S, arrived in Washington just that
morning, and he and Mrs. Chiffon and
the Commercial Counselor and Mrs. John
Joyce Broderick, and, indeed, most OF
the members of the embassy staff. were
very much on deck down at the Pan
American. But never a Brtisher in the
church
The Belgian Ambassador, Baron de
Cartier, arrived alone. the Baroness hav-
ing sailed week previously. The Ital-
ian Ambassador, just back from his
swing through the country, was also
alone. of course. since he has never had
any of his family over here. One noticed
the Celesias of the Italian Embassy con-
tingent also in the church. The French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand ar
rived and had seats almost directly
behind Mrs. Hughes, and one noticed
again what strong similarity of type
there Is between Nine. Jusserand and
Mrs. Hughes. The Spanish Ambassador
and Sonora de Riano, the Chilean Am
bassador and Sonora de Matthew, the