The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-14

ON BX UNOERW0o1 Il UNDERWOOD
preston Of white and silver.
Nick Longworth is never far
from his good looking wife.
A peep into the Green Room
discloses another intere ing
group. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,
widow of an American AM
baSsador to Great Britain, seated
on a sofa and chatting interested.
ly with George w. Wickersham.
Attorney General in the Taft AID.
ministration. Mrs. e. III. Harri-
man deep in converse with Mrs.
George Wharton Pepper. And
Miss Mabel Boardman, hostess to
Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. Reed,
lowering in the offing One more
black velvet gown--Mrs. Peppers
with rhinestone embroidery.
Mrs Reid is wearing sapphire
blue. with lovely pearls ana q
diamond coronet.
There comes Mrs. Taft. pausing
for chat with Mrs. Norman VIII
liams. How lovely Mrs. Williams
is, with her white hair piled high,
a white gown and a shawl of
wonderful old lace. Why, there's
Mrs Joseph s. Frelinghuysen.
Didn't know she was in town.
How pretty she looks in some
sort of a gold-colored frock. The
Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Gillett. She,. too. Is wearing
gold color. a.. metal cloth bro
caded in roses in soft pastel
tones.
Mrs. Wade Ellis is wearing the
gown in which she was presented
ago this very night. It's of tulle
j sewn all over with crystal beads
and pearls. A lovely thing. No
feathers, of course, but a becom-
ing tiara; and she has left the
court train at home. Mr.. Ellis, al
ways devoted, is at her elbow.
There's pretty little Mrs. George
Weitzell, with Mr.. Weitzell. She.
too, is in white, with little glitter
ings points forming a pattern.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
~ AND MRS. CUNO RUDOLPH.
Again. black velvet, this time a
stunning draped model elaborate
" trimmed with rhinestones. She
has on a necklGce and bandeau
Of diamonds and pearls. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry White. are coming in
and back of then Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, with pref
ty Miss Natalie Hammond. She
has on a picture frock of powder
blue velvet. Miss Evelyn Wads-
worth, lovely In white, is with
Senator and Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth. jr. ~
There are Don Claudio Urrutia,
secretary of the legation Of Vene-
Zuela, and his pretty bride, for
merly Miss Maria de Lourdes
Alemnar who hurried home from
their honeymoon to be present;
Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner and Mrs. McChord, with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Leroy
Boyle. What lovely gown Is
Mrs. Boyle's, yellow chiffon with
fine black lace.
More people and more and
more. The hand shaking con-
tinues. And yet there is no sign
of WEAKNESS or boredom on the
part of the President and Mrs.
Coolidge. Now the last straggler
and the Coolidges make their
way upstairs. A burst of ap-
plause, different from the rather
formal reception which they re-
ceived when they descended.
Still the guests linger. They
must be having good time. The
crowd has thinned out, of course.
But that makes It all the pleas
anter. Animated groups are
forming in the corridors. And
there's actually dancing in the blue
room. Not officially, but some OF
the young people can't resist the
music But in the blue room.
that's Dissertation" exclaimed one
surprised guest To which an aid
replied, "Oh, we'll. if that's so it
has been desecrated before"
COME guests? Well. the diplo-
~ matte corps, with scarcely
an absentee. And most of the
high ranking domestic officials
And the member of the Foreign
Affairs Committees of both
Houses. with their women folk.
Maj. Gen. Charles McCawley,
brave in full uniform, and SPUR
ing Mrs. George Barnett-General
Barnett is i'll. She's wearing II
silver gown sewn with brillian
and made with n royal purple vel
vet train. Mrs Borden Harri-
man. In black and silver. with a
double train OF pink georgette at
the side. Gen. and Mrs. Merrite
W. Ireland, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. M. and Mrs. Theo-
dore w. Noyes. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore r. Moves in their
wake. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Mrs. Harold Walker.
lovely in pale blue velvet and
pearls. with her sister, Baroness
Won Schoen. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Evans, and Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, with Miss Ellin Mackay,
md CongressmH-. and Mrs. John
T''r''i-' Hill