New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Capital Given
Over to Fetes
For Yuletide
r.oaicial Merrymaking to
Occupy Time Until New
yssr's Day. When Formal
-. of Period Will Occur
urdings Select Gifts
c.hluei Officers Lay Plans
ior celebrations in Wash
;0r,On and at Homes
- q u Tl.ib4ns

ingtOh
n,.,,,eA % The Tytb1ns
Ir,.-cTON. Dec. 2S. - of1cial
nAsh,, d. n the throes Of epjoy-
Frals,, Fra,, o5i,. unoficially from now
ns ~. ,.'-',v /. when formalities will
+" ~. w y,,S,dsns sndMrs. Harding are
y" =, almost normal way for
IF'y''~s % cs-I,,n,s celebration, and ei'
la', s. =, President has made num-
's ,,ol,n trips In the downtown
.,,a. o.s !, = one occasion buying books
~ ~. friends and az another time
:. .,,r, srip 70 a jewelers. shop,
- /. /, supposed be bought some
s,,5.on. gift for @rs. Harding. On
y. 0,b,r hsnd, Mrs. Harding has COM
,.,lo,e8 various Of her women friends
!. srv Christmas gifts for her TO send
r.,,,lv.s and old friends ont Of
- So well Is Mrs. Harding reeov-
,Iss nom her illness that she often
-, friends Last week Mrs.. Wade
mi, ef Ohio. but who spends most Of
h, Tina in Washington, visited Mrs.
u,,sine ia her private apartment at
3. White House. as did many other
Ultimate women friends, and each had
SON, Interesting story 20 tell Of the
iSit
me Vlce-President end Mrs. Cool
drs are prepared for a ehsrmingly do
r,,.Ic Christmas, with their boys stay
i,g with them. There will be no Christ
mas tree In the Viee-President's suite
!, n. New Willard, but many Of the
,N customs Of the New England home
rll be carried out John Coolidge, the
,6sr son, and perhaps Calvin Coolidge
90, will accept a few invitations for
yovng folk parties like those in the
families Of Cabinet members and some
oder friends Of the family, but for the
noss they will visit with their parents,
.sklnr long walks with thoir mother
nd growing more intimate with the
soyemm.Ht departments.
s.adary and Mrs. Hughes
win Entertain Daughters
Tie Secretary Of state and Mrs.
Htshss will have their son-in-lsw and
dGggiier, Mr.. and Mrs. Chauneey Lock
h6r Waddell. Of New YORK, with them,
and Il Is supposed that their younger
laughter, Miss Elizabeth Hughes, who
s spending the winter in Canada,
Fhere she is making rapid recovery
md where the cold climate suits her.
IN como 70 Washington.
The Secretary Of the Treasury AND
llss Ailsa Mellon will spend Christ
nas in Pittsburgh, where Mr.. Pau
iellon. the Secretary's son, viii loir
hem. and the Secretary OF the interior
nd Mrs. Fall will 90 to Virginia e
pend the period with their son-in-laV
I'd daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Branc
iiiott. and where will also visit Other
iembers Of the family, making large
hristmas house party.
Tho Postmaster General and MIS-
fork will have none of their family
18th them and will take Christmas
inner with the Secretary Of ARricul-
ure and Mrs. Henry Z. Wallace, who
rill have their two younger daughters
giss Mary Wallace and Miss Ruth
Wallace. with them. The Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Weeks probably will
hsve q livelier time than most Cabinet
members, as their grandchildren, the
children Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wash
irgton Davidge. who live in Washing
ish, will be with them.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Dorby, who have several children,
night be expected 20 have the gayest
household In the Cabinet. but there
e t.Vhisper abroad they will leave
Warrington for the holiday season,
-. even returning for New Years
Day vhgn for almost a century, or
since the establishment Of the navy,
ths Secretary has held q New Years
Day reception.
The Attorney General is expected
% spend the time with Mrs. Daugh-
sriy who may be in their home in
Vh.o or at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
where she often goes for treatment.
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Sanes ]. Davis arc having about the
,Hsiisst household in the Cabinet, and,
Ssloes q Christmas tree and all the
yiael time-honored traditions of Christ
lsasade, will have a house party. The
oseIetsfy's brother, Mr.. Davis J. Davis,
ssfived Friday from Sharon, Pa, and
ers Davis's mother and sister, Mrs.
-odenberg and Miss Lydia Rodenberg,
ane from Pittsburgh.
ne Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
50over have their two sons with them.
l''oert Hoover jr. and Alan Hoover,
former remaining until after
testmas, when he will return 10 Le-
"a Stamford University, while the
.spnger son is a student at Western
agn School, Washington.
esbinet Officials Lay
r''ns for New Years FeteS
While enjoying the Christmas holi-
~ the Vice-President and Mrs. Cool
sge and the Cabinet members and
seif wives are planning for New
.esrs Day, when the former will hold
reception IA the New willard. The
,,Sssption Of the Vice-President and
-. Coolidge last year was second in
ss IS well as in Importance only 70
In1t al the White House. i is prob
'e'e their reception Of this season viii
= much larger.
Vuite the most brilliant thing which
..ppent IN a twelvemonth in Wash
.sgton is the reception which the
'teretary Of State and Mrs. Hughes
yves at ~ o'clock high nooh on New
;,,ars Day 10 the diplomatic corps.
,.aee the corps has increased threefold
|. me last few years IL has become
.''sssessary to have a large place for the
4 .sstftalnment. and this year as last
- Secretary and Mrs. Hughes viii
,ne The diplomatic breakfast in the
sa-Americsn Union Building.
/, through the stately portals viii pass
E greatest wealth Of gold braid, but