The Washington times., 1922-05-31
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THE British Ambassador and
Lady Geddes will be hosts to-
u night at a reception and ball
at the British embassy, entertain
ing In honor OF Admiral Sir VIII
liam Pakenham, commander-in.
chief Of the North Atlantic and
West Indies Station, and the Of
ficers Of his flagship, II. NJ. s.
Raleigh. now anchored off Wash.
ington.
This should be perhaps the
prettiest and certainly the most
colorful of the entire grist OF
parties for the visiting Britishers
since full dress uniforms will he in
order and there are to be practical.
ly no civilian guests-exceptinR
only the ladies. The company. mum.
herring nearly 400, will be made up
largely of American army and
navy officers, with the ladies OF
their families, the military and
naval attaches Of foreign EN-
bassies and legations. the officers
of the Raleigh. a large group OF
young girls and. Of course, MEM
bers OF the British embassy staff
with their womenfolk.
Before the ball Admiral Paken
ham Is giving the first of a series
of dinners aboard ship. and the
British Ambassador and Lad
Geddes will be among his guests.
There will be twenty-four In the
party, the Acting Secretary Of tn"
Navy and Mrs. Roosevelt among
them. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Letter are giving dinner to-
night before the dance apd Miss
Anna Hamlin- daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin, is
entertaining at dinner for ten Of
the 7 alcigh's officers and cor.
responding number of girls.
Admiral PAX anham WAS enter
tained at luncheon today by Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Brett Noyes, who
had invited a company nf twenty.
two to meet him. And This after.
noon the admiral AMI Captain
Bromwell, commander of the Ra.
leigh, are having tea with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff. II will be
a quite informal party for some
thirty or forty guests.
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RLUEJACKETS from the RAJ
- eigh, everywhere in evidence
'hTsr days in Washington. briag
back memories OF the war when
foreign sailormen were not 20
rare a sight on our city streets.
This particular set of Britishers
seem older, somehow. than the
youngsters we saw during the
war. They are older. too, than
the average American seaman.
They seem to use the vnrnacular
\ OF the sea more hard boiled" than
our men. Their uniforms seem less
trim and they lack that air of
jauntincss that makes Yankee
sailor lads so attractive.
One feature of their rig" II
common to ours-the black scarf.
ilor.knotted around the collar.
and adopted by the United States
Navy after II was introduced into
the British fleet a century ago
as a permanent badge Of mourn
ing for Nelson.
American visitors to Admiral
Pakenham's fine flagship unfail
ingly remark the pep Of the
bovish mfdshipdnen, irreverentiy
known in the British navy rs
"snotties." According to Frederic
w. VILE OF the Public Ledger, they
inherited the sobriquet from the
time three brass buttons wer"
officially affixed to the cuffs OF
midshipmen's coats-for the pur
pose, - ording to tradition, o.
preventing His Majesty's Youngest
gentlemen aboard shin from using
II. NJ. s. Raleigh, like all ships
IT, hA DIE tah V@na IN
ancient keR Of groF. from which
the crew receives regular rationo.
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C0olidges to Attend
Massachusetts Society Party.
The Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge will be honor guests at the Mas
sachusetts' Society's reception at tn,
City Club tonight. Among the othe,
notable members OF the organization
many of whom are expected to h,
present, are the Secretary Of War
Mr.. Weeks; Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Justice Louis Dembitz Bran
deis, William Phillips, Undersecre
tary Of State: Claiming II. Cox, Gov
ernor of Massachusetts: the Massa
chusetts congressional delegation
Eliot Wadsworth, Assistant Secre
tary Of the Treasury; Charles Sum
ner Hamlin, member Of the Fedora
Reserve Board; Joseph w. Powell
president of the Emergency Flee
Corporations: Herbert Putnam, Ii
brarian OF Congress: Thomas c. Mar
win, chairman of the tariff commits
sion: Col. c. r. Forbes. director o
the Veterans Bureau. and DR.. Franz
W. Ballou, superintendent of public
schools.
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Baroness de Cartier. wife of tn,
Belgian Ambassador, is in New Yorl
preparatory to sailing for Europe OF
Saturday and Is staying at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel.
Conference Delegates
Entertained at Luncheon.
DR.. Leo s. Rowe. director genera
of the Pan.American Union, was hos