New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
Aftalrs in the Capta1-News of the Resorts


best White House cars was placed at
his disposal. OF course a chatfeur was
thrown in. and it was thus that Mrs
Coolidge went on her way. 1t was
blowing a perfect hurricane when at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning they left
the New willard, the boys delighted
with the experience.
Presidents Reception at
Congressional Club Tomorrow
The Congres ssional Club. made up of
the wives Of Senator's and Representa-
tives from every corner Of the United
States. will be the most brilliant meet
ing place for the official social world
tomorrow night when the President
and Mrs. Harding will be guests of
honor at the annual reception for the
Chief Executive. Az no other function
in Washington is the entire country so
completely "covercd.' as it were. Mrs
Irvine l.. Lenroot. Of Wisconsin. BEING
the president, and fourteen other
states. East. West, North and South. be-
ing represented by other officers of the
club.
Besides the president of the club and
the executive officers, who receive. the
President and Mrs. Harding will meet
virtually both houses Of Congress en-
massc. Wednesday night the President
and Mrs. Harding will dine with An
drew j. Mellon, Secretary of the Treas
WY. when his young daughter, Miss
Allsa Mellon, will preside. The night
following the diplomatic dinner Will
be given at the White House. the event
beng one of the several prescribed
state functions.
Thursday Mrs. breckenridge Long
will entertain at luncheon for Mrs.
Coolidge, and Saturday night one of
the chief events will be the dinner
which the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Riano will give in honor OF
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. who
entertaIned at large dinner Friday
night, will close their Washington
house next Wednesday and return To-
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Ander-
son, on the other hand who have spent
the early winter at Weld, arrived Fri
day from Boston and have opened their
home on massachusetts Avenue for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs William Marshall Bull
hit, of New York. who have house
at 1Ii7 I Street for the season, have
entered into the social life. and not only
took box for the Charity Ball but en-
tertaincd a dinner party earlier in the
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin E. Dodd. whose
marriage took place at West Hill Place,
weston, Mass, the country lodge of the
iatter's father. early in December,
have taken an apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel for the winter and are be-
ginning to enter into the social life of
the capital. Mrs. Dodd was formerly
Miss Catherine Filene. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. p. Damon, of Boston, who are in
Washington for a short visit and are
staying at the Powhatan.
A charming wedding, but one sur
rounded with pathos, was that of Miss
Nina Gore to Lieutenant, Eugene L.
Vidal Y. S. A., which took place in St.
Margaret's quaint little Episcopal
church, on Connecticut Avenue,
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock
The bride is the daughter of former
Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma
and it chanced that both Mr.. and Mrs
were too i'll to be present at the we'd
ding, and the bride was given away by
one not even related, Representative
William A. Rodenberg, of Illinois,
while Mrs. Rodenberg presided as hos
tess at the reception which was held
at the Congressional Club.
All the charming little details of
had as maid of honor Miss Mar
bridesmaids, including Miss Marjorie
Little, of Philadelphia; Miss Esther
McVann, of Washington; Miss Rosa
Maye Kendrick, daughter Of Senator
kendrick, of Wyoming, and Miss
Dorothy Mondell, daughter of Repre-
sentative Frank w. Mondell, Of Wyom-
ing, made the event quite gay. not
with standing the drawbacks. Lieuten-
ant Vidal, who is in the air service, is
stationed at Fort Bliss, and will take
his bride there to live. Quite a group
of Senatorial women came to Mrs.
Cores rescue and presided with Mrs.
Rodenberg at the Congressional Club.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, who has done
most of her entertaining so far this
season for the younger set, gave a
dinner dance Wednesday night for
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene, debu
tante daughter Of Prince and Princess
Cantacuzene Speranskey. There were
twenty-eight guests at the dinner and
more than sixty additional guests for
the dance. Miss Lee Dodge and Miss
Fordyce Dodge, OF New York, who were
guests of Mrs. Dimock for some days,
were at both the dinner and dance.
Wednesday was also the day on which
Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper entertained
luncheon party for her sister, Vic
torine du Pont, who is her house guest.
Other guests included Miss Evelyn
Wadsworth, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, who is go
ing to New York with her mother in a
few DAYS preparatory to sailing on Jan