The New York herald., 1922-05-28

Park, at ChilIum. Md, and the day
will close with Mrs. Henry Getty Chill
| toms dinner. Then the next day Col.
and Mrs. Stephen L'Hommedieu Siocum
will entertain them at luncheon; there
will be a reception on board the Raleigh
in the afternoon, and in the evening
they will BE- guests OF the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Mis-. Theo-
| dore. Roosevelt, Jr.
That is the program mapped out for
these benighted Britishers so far At
lsast it's most OF it-and people are
still trying to wedge IN parties-and II
is not improbable they will succeed.
There is no discussion of a summer
White House. Probably the Mayflower
will serve the purpose this summer as
| 1t did last-with occasional visits WITH
some of the Presidents old time Sena-
torial buddies. The Alaska trip is in
abcyance-very much so. There is no
| question that the President and Mrs.
! Harding both want very much TO make
it, but. There Is the bogey of
public business" Meanwhile Mrs. Har-
ding has had the Mayflower out for the
first time this season-takng group
of ladies of the Senate down the river
| for few hours run. The ladies OF the
Senate. the nams under which a little
organization OF Senator'S wives--o
| daughters, sisters or mothers-the
ranking lady i'm each Senatorial house.
hoid-work and play and eat weekly
! luncheons.
Mrs. Harding was Senatorial chate-
laine at the time that II was organized
by Mrs. Marshall, originally for war
work, and 1t worked hard so long as
war work was needed: and when she
went to the White House she retained
her membership-the organization con-
tinuing to promote acquaintance and
! good fellowship among the wives of
Senator'S and make things bit easier
for the newcomers Not regularly but
several times since she has been in the
| White House. Mrs. Harding has joined
| her old playmates at their Tuesday
luncheon down at the Senate office
building, and so she invited them-in-
cluding. of course. Mrs. Coolidge, who
is ex-officio the head of the organiza-
tion-for the Mayfiower's first trip.
The invitation was tentative-depend-
| ing on the weather. But Harding
luck" in the matter of weather is pass
| ing into a proverb. No matter how
persistently it rains, it always clears
when Mrs. Harding wants to give a
partye She has the weather man SUBJ
sidized, or cowed. or something. 1t had
| been pouring for a couple of days be-
fore Mrs. Harding planned her river
party. The Horse Show had closed in
| a deluge. 1t even rained that morning.
But by noon the clouds had fled, and
by 2 o'clock. the hour set for the May
flowers start, II was a radiant after
1 noon-quite perfect for such trip with
part of the Marine Band to make
music and afternoon tea served on the
deck during the homeward run. Ger
tainy Mrs. Hardings yachtingSseasor
opened well.
1t seems to be the present plan tc
cut out the usual series of garden par
ties at the White House this season
there is but one-not scheduled. but
planned. Official society can get alons
very well without these parties they
are pleasant, but, after all, there Is
quite enough doing for them not to bt
seriously missed. But the party for the
war wounded-weil that's different
It's a red letter event in the biggest
possible type to the hundreds of mer
who are still in the various military
and naval hospitals around Washing
ton. and it's about the only sort OF q
party that the President and Mrs
Harding could give for 1.-The boys'-th'
only sort that is practical. The vii
sons gave the first one. as | remembe
ii. during the little while they were II
Washington after their return fro1
France. and no one that was there VIII
ever forget it. The Hardings gave on
last year which was scarcely less NOV
ing. and even bigger success i'm tina
not merely the grounds bK the lowe
floors of the White House were wild
open to the guests of the afternoon
and they certainly did enjoy wander