The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-24
n HE PRESIDENT AND. MRS.


HARDING will today re-
ceive the delegates to the
conference OF Bar Associations.
now being held here, and the ladies'
who are with theme All enter
tanning at the White House has
been given up for the present on
account of the Roma disaster. 80
the reception this afternoon will
not be In the nature of party,
being arranged simply to give
the President and Mrs. Harding
an opportunity to extend their
greetings to the distinguished men
and women from all over the
country now assembled here.
Mrs. Harding was at home yes
terday at o'clock to the Society
Of Navy Sponsors, now holding it's
annual meeting in Washington.
This informal reception was
hastily arranged in consequence
Of the canceling of the invitations
for the State reception Of the
evening, to which the members Of
the society had been invited.
The annual luncheon of the
sponsors society took place yes
terday. with forty members pres
ent and q small company Of ad-
ditional guests including the Sec
rotary Of the Navy and Mrs.
DENLY.
The luncheon was served In the
Cabinet room of the New Willard.
In addition to the Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs. DENLY, Ad-'
miral and Mrs. Coontz and Rear
Admiral Wainwright, the lunch
con company included Mrs. Arthur
I. Sutcliffe, Mrs. Ralph Coroni Lee,
Mrs. Ralph Polk Manney and Mrs.
Louise A. Cooke, all of New York;
Mrs. Edison Gallaudet and Miss
Mildred w. Walker, of Providence,
r. l.; Mrs. George s. Keyes,
Quincy, Mass; Miss Sarah Babbett.
Boston; Mrs. M. II. Wolfe, Park
ersburg, w. Va, and Mrs. Rey-
nolds I. Hall. Mrs. Henry Beates,
Miss Beates, Miss Florence b.
Kane and Mrs. Henry c. Dinger,
all of Philadelphia.
Washington guests at the lunch
con, all Of whom went on to the
reception at the home Of Congress
man and Mrs. Frederick Hicks in
. the afternoon, were Mrs. Hicks,
Mrs. James Helen, Mr. Philip
Lansdaie, Mrs. Edward Stafford,
Mrs. E. s. Land. Mrs. George 1.
Parker, Mrs. George s. Reyes,
Mrs. Washington Caps, Mrs. Larz
Anderson, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Kitchen,
Mrs. Russell Langdon, Mrs. Hewitt
Wells, Mrs. Edward Lloyd, Miss
Helen Carusi, Miss Anna Hamlin
and Mrs. Ferguson.
DELEGATES to the Bar Asso-
~ Citations conference and their
wives will be guests at the recep-
ton which Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Pembroke Thorn are giving this
afternoon in honor Of Cordenio A.
Severance, president Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, and Mrs.
Severance. Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn are
entertaining at Pembroke Park,
their charming place on Pierce Mill
road, and their guests will assem-
BILE after the reception at the
White House. The tea will be fol-
lowed by a buffet supper, after
which the ladies will adjourn to the
Willard to hear the speeches at the
banquet with which the bar con-
ference will close.
Chief Justice and Mrs. William
Howard Taft will receive with Mr..
and Mrs. Thorn and Mr.. and Mrs.
Severance, and others who will as
sist in welcoming the guests are
Mrs. Willis Van Devanter, Mrs.
Albert b. Fall, Mrs. Frank B. KEEL
logg, Mrs. Guy Despart Golf. Mrs.
George Sutherland, Mrs. Sidney
Neale, and Mrs. Thomas Dewitt
Cuyler. Of Philadelphia.
A group of ladies will preside
by twos at the charmingly ap-
pointed tea table, among them
being Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs.
Henry p. Fletcher, Mrs. Stanley
Rinehart, Mrs. John c. Boyd, Mrs.
Driver, of Norfolk, Va, and Mrs.
Davil Jayne Hill. Others assist
ing in the dining room will be Mrs.
Mark Potter, Mrs. William +. Den
mis-, and a group Of this seasons
buds who will wear the dainty
frocks in which they were pre-
scented to society. The debutantes
include Miss Patricia Alnsa, Miss
Mary Emily Hamilton, Miss Mary
Palmer, Miss Laura Lejeune, Miss
Margaret Treadwell, Miss Annette
Ashford Miss Alfalfa Kimmell Miss