New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

will meet the president of the asso-
cclatlon, MIR. Severance, and Mrs.
Severance.
Another large event in which the
wives of delegates are interested is
The reception and tea to .be given at
the New Willard Hotel the afternoon
OF February %. when Mrs. Severance.
Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. julius r: Cehcn.
Mrs. William Draper Lewis. of Ph5la-
deIphIa. and Mrs. John B Sanborn. of
st. Paul, wives Of members of the. com
mittee. will give IN honor of Mrs.
William Howard Taft
a number OF the MORE important
members of tho Bar Association viii
ne guests at the dinner which the At
torncy General, Mr.. Daughcrty, wiz
give at the New Willard Monday night
TOR the Chief Justice and associate
justices of the Supreme Court and
their wives. Mr.. and Mrs. Severance
Will be Of the number and they will
also be guests at the dinner which
Senator Frank b. Kellogg and Mrs
Kellogg will give. Wednesday nigh4'
Mrs. fitzhugh Lee is to give a luncheon
in honor of Mrs. Severance. whilo
uncheons, teas and dinners for the
lawyers and their wives fairly overlap
one another on tho social calendar.
Co2kldge, went to illinois to attend the
M ng and speak at the Lincoln
BNShday celebration in Springfield
Mrs. Coolidge went to Merccrsburr
Pa, to visit their sons, John and Cal,
YIN Coolidge. returning to WASHINGTON
tuesday. Friday evening the Spanish
Ambassador and Sonora de Riano en-
tcrtaincd large and DISTINGUISHED
company at dinner to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge and Saturday night ehey
were guests of the dean Of the corps.
the Ambassado of France, and Nine.
Jusserand. Sunday lunchcons arc few
clatc Justice and Mrs. Willis Van De-
vanter are entertaining in that manner
for the Vice Pre- sidcnt and Mrs
Coolidge, and Mrs. Joseph L. Thropp.
daughter Of the late Tom Scott. once
called the father of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad,' will have guests at luncheon
to meet Mrs. Coolidge on Monday
There is' no hostess in Washington
who cntertains moro beautifully than
Mrs. Thropp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred P. Thom, who
have = beautiful home on Pierce Mill
Road, Woodlands, will entertain at
reception In honor OF MIR. and Mrs.
Severance the evening of February "a,
will give tea in honor of Mrs. Sever
ancc. Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Potter, of
New York, who arc spending every
waking hour when in Washington en-
tertainng and being entertained, will
give dinner in honor of the
Severanccs.
Mr.. Mellon Entertains
For NStablc Company
Washington Thursday from a short
that night. TIE Secretary of the
Treasury, Andrew Mellon, entertained
an important dinner company Tuesday
night, having as his ranking guests the
Ambassador. Of France and Nine. Jussc-
rand, and the Ambassador of Belgium
Baron de Cartier. Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sumner Hamln were
among tho other guests.
The Ambassador Of Great Britain
and Lady Geddes also entertained an
important dinner company Tuesday,
nikht, having among the guests the
Minister of Norway and Nine. bry,n'
the Minister of Cuba and Nine. de
Cespedes and-Senator and Mrs. Frank b.
Kellogg, and because the younger mem
bers Of tho embassy staff were
present at the dinner Miss Anna Ham
lin also was a guest.
The younger girls of society, among
them Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, daugh
ter of Mrs. George Vanderbilt, and
Princess Bertha Gantacuzene, are hay
ing a thrilling time Attending lunch
cons and dinners at the Sign Of The
White Peacock, a curious and quaint
art cafe transformed into such habi-
tatioIi from the huge brick stable back
Of the old General Shallabarger house
in Seventeenth Street just where Con-
necticut Avenue begins. The residence
has been turned into place of bust
ness, facing Farragut Square, and the
side yard gives passage to the stable,
4 huge green and white peacock, con-
painted, being the sign.
The woman who transformed box stalls
into a fashionable eating place is the |
daughter of late army officer and |
was tho successful proprietor Of the
Purple Iris Tea House, where the ultra
fashionable were went to dine when
wishing something different. The en-
tire interior has been transformed |
into a dining room and kitchen by par.
.itions, while the quaint windows and
every other festue remain the same.
The whole interior. is clean, cool
yeen color, against which are green
.ables laid with dainty doilrcs and
s.,oinh &ob Vase u1CEQI0 A