The New York herald., 1922-04-02

little personal Renaissance. made the
chief talk. There were two later George
Gordon Meades present--son and grand
son OF Gen. George Gordon Meade OF
civil war days last commander In chief
Of the Union forces except for Grant,
who finished the fight.
Il was an impressive and interesting
inauguration OF the work Of erecting
what promises to be an impressive and
interesting addition 10 the capitals
patriotic memorials. And il was, of
course. the reason for Gov. and Mrs.
Sprou being here. But since they were
here the Belgian Ambassador seized the
opportunity for an interesting little cere-
mony a. the embassy in the morning
when he bestowed upon them decora-
tions awarded to them for war service
by Albert and Elizabeth, King and
Queen Of the Belgians-the Order Of the
Crown on the Governor and the medal
Of Queen Elizabeth on Mrs Sproul.
The following day Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander r. Moore of Pittsburgh--the latter
best known as Lillian Russell--were
luncheon guests ut the White House.
most informally. They had just re-
turned from n semi-official trip to
Europe, during which Mrs. Moore had
been commissioned TO inspect and OBJ
serve conditions among emigrants--
prospective American citizens--at the
ports from which they were sailing, and
she had come to Washington to make
her report TO Secretary Davis.
Dine with Secretary Weeks.
The night before--Sundav-t Presi-
dent and First Lady had slipped quietly
off to dine with the Secretary of War
and Mrs Weeks. 1t wasn't q function
any more than IN the old days when
Harding and Weeks were both in the
Senate and more or less pals A few
old friends of both were there, and they
had a delightful informal evening. re
joicing in having lodged the limelight
for few hours Friday evening the
Hardings dined with the Hales, Senator
Frederick Hale OF Main, another OF the
Presidents Senatorial buddies. and his
mother. wife of the late Senator
Eugene Hale. also OF Maine. but before
Harding's time i'll the Senate. That also
was as little OF a function as possible
although the fact that they We're to dine
there had been announced. Earlier in
the weelx-Thursday- Hale had en-
tertained at luncheon in honor of Mrs
Coolidge.
Mrs. Wallace White. Jr.. and Mrs.
Frank Briggs gave a tea at the Con-
gressdonal Club on Thursday afternoon
for Mrs. Wallace White, Mrs. Seth May
Carter of Lewiston. Me-. and Mrs Fran
els Stanley Of Newton. Mass Mrs. Wal
lace White. Jr., is one of the vice-presi-
dents of the Congressional Club, and
for a young woman and a comparative
newcomer to Washington-her husband
has been i'll Congress less than ten
years-has made a considerable dent in
II socially and officially. Mrs. Wallace
White. her husbands mother is daugh-
ter of the late Senator Frye of Maine,
who was Senator Eugene Hales col
league here for many years. Mrs. White
Is dividing her time here between her
son and daughter-in-law and her sister,
Mrs. Frank II. Briggs, and brother-in-
law.
Mrs. Coolidge was as usual pretty
steadily on the go. She presided over
the regular luncheon of the Ladies of
the Senate on Tuesday; on Wednesday
she was the guest at luncheon of Mrs.
Charles A. Culbertson and her sister.
Mrs. Schluter; on Thursday of Mrs.
Hale and so on. And In the evening
she and the Vica-president had dinner
engagements right along, among the
most interesting dinners given for them
being one on Wednesday, at which the
director of the Smithsonian and Mrs.
Charles d. Walcott were hosts. and
one on Thursday. at which the Belgian
Ambassador and Baroness de Cartier
were hosts. This last was a dinner
for about thirty guests and was fol-
lowed by small reception.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes were both hosts and guests
during the week. They started off
Monday night with most interesting.
though not very large. dinner IN honor