The Washington herald., 1922-04-06
Luite Guests
For UnUeiing
President and Mrs. Hard
ing to Attend Peary Me-
mortal Exercises.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

The President and Mrs. Harding
will attend the unwilling Of the
National Geographic Society MEM
orial to Rear Admiral Robert f.
Peary at Arlington Cemetery this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock The ex-
ercises are to be held at the grave
of the great explorer. about 100
yards south of the amphitheater.
Secretary of the Navy Edwin
DENLY and Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Theodore Roosevelt will
speak, and Gilbert Grosvenor. pres
ident of the National Geographic
Society will preside. The memorial
will be unveiled by Admiral Peary's
daughter. Mrs. Edward Stafford.
Mrs Peary. the admirals widow
and Matt Henson. only member OF
Peary's party to accompany him on
the last leg of the dash for the
North Pole. will be among the
honor guests.
Following the ceremonies, Mrs.
Stafford, known as, the "snow
baby" since she was born on the
edge of the Arctic, will hold an
informal reception at the Wash
ington Club, which will be at
tended by about 200 guests. includ-
inc WV
ceremony. all of the out-of-town
guests coming on for the occa-
sion and relatives OF the admiral.
Receiving with Mrs. Stafford will
be her mother. Mrs. Peary. her
husband and Mr.. and Mrs Grosve-
nor. Presiding at the tea table
will be Mrs Wade Ellis and Mr..
Stafford's mother. Mrs William p.
Stafford. In the center of the table
will be a silver replica of the ship
which Baffin. the earliest Arctic
explorer known of. used on his
Arctic expeditions. This replica
was given to Admiral Peary after
his discovery of the Pole by the
Royal Geographic Society which had
previously presented him with all
of its medals and other honors in
recognition Of his various Arctic
explorations Also on the table
filled with spring flowers will be
two silver loving cups presented
to the admiral because Of his dis
covery of the Pole.
LIST OF GUESTS
INCLUDES NOTABLES.
Among those at the ceremony
will be the President of the United
States and Mrs. Harding. the Vice
President of the United States and
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. the Speaker
of the House and Mrs. Frederick
Gillett. the Secretary of War and
Mrs. John W. Weeks. the Sec
rotary of the Navy and Mrs. DENLY.
the Rev. DR.. Charles Wood. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Rear Ad-
miral George w. Baird. u. s. N.
(retired): the board of trustees of
the National Geographic Society.
the Chief Justice of the United
States William Howard Taft and
Mrs Taft. Alexander Graham Bell,
John Joy Edison and Mrs. Edison.
Charles J.. Bell. David Fairchild, c.
r. Putnam. George Shiras. 3d.. Col.
f. Lester Jones, Grant Squires.
Rear Admiral G.. VI. Chester. u. s.
N; Frederick F. Covillc. Rudolph
Kaufman. T L. Macdonald. s. N. d.
North. John Oliver LaGorce. ].
Howard Gore. a. W. Greedy.
George Otis Smith. o. II. Tittmann.
Henry White. Stephen T Mather,
Mrs. Robert f. Peary, r. f. Peary,
Judge William 7. Stafford and Mrs
Stafford. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Stafford. Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Die
bitsch. Herman Diebitsch, Miss NJ.
Diebitsch, Miss Madge Diebitsch,
all relatives.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, the French
and Nine. Jusserand,
the Third Assistant Secretary Of
state. Robert Woods Bliss, and Mrs.
Bliss. Ralph 6. Packard, Ralph H.
Packard. jr., Charles Moore. Ken
meth c. NJ. Stills. president of Bow
dom College: Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Ellis. c. c. Glover. Mai. Winthrop
S. Greene. Col. and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt. Matt Henson, Charles ].
Senator Bert VI. Fernald.
Capt Robert Bartlett. Col. and Mrs.
Russell Langdon; of the Aerial
Amundsen. Henry
Woodhouse. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
and Mrs. William A. Part
lett; Of the Explorers CIub-Vilh-
jalmur Stefansson. Brig Cen nayid