Evening star., 1923-01-25
Society
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge Honor
Guests at Many Midwinter
Official Dinner Parties.

Reed, Senator and Mrs. Andrieus A.
| Jones. Senator Joseph E. Ransdell
admiral and Mrs. w. w. KimbaIl
Nine. Zaldivar, Judge and Mrs J.
Larry Larry Covington and Col. and Mrs
CHARLES Carroll Walcott
| Mrs. salisbury went to her VII
mington home today and will remain
over the week end.
| The third assistant secretary of
Stale ana MIS- Robert Woods Bliss
were hosts to small company at din
| her last evening. which was followed
| py musical. to which a number OF
auultIonai guests were asked. Mr..
ernest ernest schelling: pianist, a close
pe[sonal friend of Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss.
and the Flonzaley String Quartet
| gave the program.
| Kepresentative-elect and Mrs. Rich
ara 5. Aldrich were the guests of
| vice governor OF the Federal Reserve
Board and Mrs. Edmund Platt, the
latter an aunt of Mrs. Aldrich. Mr..
ana Mrs. Platt entertained a COM
pany or forty-six at the Chevy Chase
Club.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene wife of Sena-
Tor Pomerene OF Ohio. was hostess at
tea Tuesday afternoon in the Con-
Eressional Club, In honor of Mrs.
j,
| one of the largest and most charming
afternoon events in official circles
this season. Mrs. .Pomerene used the
congressional Club for her tea, and,
as II by magic. IT lost It's official at
mosphere and took on the appearance
OF a beautiful drawing room. The
aIcove, which is always used for the
tea table at the regular Friday after
Moons at the club and for other Of
ficial affairs, had a charmingly ar
"a n .I,,,r. Il s.,~I
ored lights and flowers. and there the
orchestra was stationed and played
throughout the hours of the recep-
I tion.
The tea table was placed at one
side of the great chamber, the artis-
tic arrangement of pink carnations
and fresias and the glow of pink
shaded candles giving homelike
touch. The corner OF the room usu-
ally set apart for. the receiving line
with comfortable chairs and with an
artistically shaded lamp The entire
atmosphere given was that Of home
drawing room.
Mrs. Pomerene and Mrs. Marshall
stood at the left of the entrance to
the audience room In receiving. and
assisting were Mrs. James A. Reed,
Mrs. Tasker L. Oddie. Mrs. A.ndrieus
A. Jones, Mrs. Joseph II. HiTIs. Mrs.
Francis J. Newlands. Mrs. Rufus Day,
D. .. L
erick Young. Mrs. p. L. McLain. Mrs
Thomas Armat and Mrs. Wade H.
Ellis.
The two new senatorial hostesses
from Pennsylvania. Mrs. George
Reed. met several hundred women
prominent in official and unofficial
society at tea given in their
honor Tuesday afternoon at Ward
Do IL al -h.,, Nf~u q
crago. wife of Representative
Crago. and Mrs. Adam Wyant. wife
of Representative Wyant. both of
Pennsylvania. were hostesses
home with Mrs. Hubert Work, wife
of the Postmaster General: Mrs.
Henry c. Wallace. wife OF the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and Mrs. James
J. Davis. wife OF the Secretary OF
Labor. at the tea table. They were
table by Mrs. Joseph 8. Frelinghuy-
sen. Mrs. Howard Sutherland. Mrs.
Robert E. koontz, Mrs. Stanley Rine-
hart and Mrs. James Morris. Further
assisting during the afternoon were:
Mrs T. Dewitt Talmage. Mrs. Thomas
Hammond, Mrs. Wallace H. White, jr.;
Mrs. Z. Hart Fem. Mrs. T. Frank Ap-
plyby, Mrs. Charles g. Farnsworth
Mrs. Louis T. McFadden and Mrs
Clifford Ireland.
Inc east VI w ~ n
Hotel was used for the entertainment
a group OF palms being arranged as
background for the receiving line
while the dainty table with its artis-
tic arrangement OF lights and flowers
stood q little further on in the cor
ridor The hundreds OF guests in.
cluded groups from the Senate ant
House and other branches of omcia
society. as well as many from the
resident set
Mr.. and Mrs william Eric Fowler
entertained company of twenty at
dinner last evening In honor of Mr..
and Mrs William NJ. Burton OF ChA-
cago.
It is seldom that Washington ofh-
cials respond in more spontaneous
manner to the call of Washington
charity than they are doing for the
Child Welfare ball, TO be given in the
New Willard Hotel the night Of Wed
n nesday, January 81. A profound COM
pliment 70 Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall,
vice chairman of the ball, Is the fact
that so many senator's and their wives
have taken tickets for the affair. On