The Washington times., 1923-02-25
NIGHT SESSIONS MAKE DINNER GIVING SPORTING PRO

iator Reed of Missouri. with Here
come the Herefords, look at their
white fronts!" And then they
sfOund that the leaders of the
1ilfbuster against the ship subsidy
z6fil were resorting to circus
tactics" and hiding out in the
eGloak rooms to avoid the posi-
.hility Of vote!
sniSomething was accomplished by
the sacrifice of supper, however,
FOR it is of record that Senator
gBrookhart of Iowa, who early
announced his platform of mo
aaress clothes and top hat only
when Judge William S. Kenyon
Il inaugurated President" was
tcompletely overcome by the sight
>Qf. so many stiff-bosomed shirts
-and swallow-tail coats and had
TO be revived with smelling salts.
That same evening Congress-
man Fred Gernerd of Pennsyl.
vania was having a dinner for
spengressman Frank w. Mondell,
the retiring Republican floor lead
er., at which sixty members of
ithe House were guests. The
fEdeuse was in session until 10
aoGiock, but I haven't heard
whether or not any of the Con-
.gressmen were called away from
their dinners. Other parties
which faced disruption by the
night sessions were Congressman
and Mrs. Hamilton Fish's dinner
Tor Senator and Mrs. William NJ.
Glider, at which the Speaker and
Mrs. Giliett and many House
members were guests, and the
dinner which Congressman and
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers gave for
Lord and Lady Middleton.
nd
KNOWING that night sessions
M were in the offing, the Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge ac-
cepted few dinner engagements
q. last week nor have they many
eEening parties on from now un-
tin March A. They. did, however.
dine last night with the Secre-
tary of the Interior and Mrs. Fall,
Who had a company of forty
guests, and on Tuesday evening
they were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Warren.
The Coolidges have not yet
sde any very definite plans for
Aer the Fourth of March. How
I er, they will certainly not stay.
slKfe very long after Congress
journs and they are certainly
sat going on any Of the various
E6ngressional junkets to Panama
Alaska or any of the far
srners of the earth. So rather
Inspect that within a. few weeks
LEY will be settled at their home
northampton; Mass. for their
ABngest sojourn since Mr.. Coolidge
Us inaugurated Vice President.
rs for the flu, the French Am
bassador, M. Jusserand, has
zen ill-not seriously. l believe,
&t so miserable that Nine. JUS
fand has postponed sailing for
ance as she had intended, pre-
whnably to settle up the estate of
40 sister, who died recently in
Paris. And the Brazilian Ambas-
sador, DIR. de Alencar, has been laid
up sufficiently to cancel dinner
or two he had planned. Ant the
British Ambassador, Sir Auckland
Seddes, has had a bs.o attack OF
grippe. He is about alain. I under
S4and, but an infectious ailment
has broken out in the AmbaSsa-
Hpr's household, and consequently
the meeting of the Archaeological
Society, which was to have been
field at the embassy on Friday,
HAS transferred to Whitby Hall, at
the Cathedral School.
1.-THE illness Of the Secretary CT
State and Mrs. Hughes, moreover,
fad a considerable effect upon the
festivities of the week. They can
Eeled one dinner of their own, and
Two last week, If remember cor
fectly, and the party which the
Minister Of Panama and Nine.
Alfaro were to have given in their
bonor on Wednesday evening was
either Cancelled or put off indefi-
/ oitely. The Hugheses were also
Nliged to withdraw from the din
! 6 which Judge and Mrs. Good
W. gave on Thursday evening for
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft, from
the dinner given by the Minister
Of Bolivia and Nine. Ballivean on
Friday, and from Prince Caetani's
dinner last evening.
III Both Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
had rather mild cases of grippe or
Hlu, and the Secretary has been
going to the State Department
every day since the early part of
fho week Rf1f fbau didn't dara