The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-21
Social Activity At
White House
Resumed.
BY JEAN ELIOT.

- been one OF the happiest fea-
lures of the spring in Washington
and has contributed materially to
the gayety Of a season which,
with Congress out of town and
society scattering early, might
have been expected to be rather
dull. The President and Mrs.
Harding are returning to their
pleasant custom of having guests
informally at luncheon or dinner
pretty nearly every day; and last
week there was dinner slightly
more formal in character for
Ambassador and Mrs. George
Harvey, who are still guests at
the White House, with q recital
afterward by that brilliant boy
pianist, Chura SherasSky.
Even this was a more or less
impromptu party and the Presi-
dent is quite likely to bring a
friend home from the office" for
dinner or luncheon just as he
used to do when he was Warren
G. Harding, of Marion, Ohio.
Mrs. Harding, who Is the soul
OF hospitality, encourages this ana
takes great pleasure in the varied
contacts with people Of which this
custom assures her.
president AND MRS. HARD
ING. moreover. have been
going about quite a little of late
to public or semi-public func-
tons. Last evening, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Heber III. Votaw and Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis p. Pope, they at
tended the commencement exer-
cises at the Washington Mission
airy College, Takoma Park, Nd,
at which the Presidents nephew.
George T. Harding, 3D., received
a degree OF bachelor of arts.
The lad, by the way, will be a
visitor at the White House be-
fore returning to his home. He
is the son of the Presidents
brother, DIR. George Tryon Hard
ing, jr., of Worthington, Ohio.
His brother, Warren G. Harding,
End, is also a student at the col
lege, being member of the
junior class.
Looking back over the last
week one finds that the President
and his wife attended the Horse
Show and took in both the dedica-
ton of the Hamilton memorial
and the ceremonies at the Lin
coin Memorial on Friday night,
at which the architect thereof
was presented with the gold
medal of the American Institute
of Architects. Moreover, on Sat
urday afternoon the Presidential
box at Keith'S was occupied for
10 A@Saeak t. E,se.
Harding and Mrs. Harvey at.
tending the performance with a
group Of friends.
-
IN that gracious fashion which
- is so endearing Mrs. Harding
today sent flowers from the
White House conservatories to
the National Women's Press Club,
which was holding its weekly
luncheon at the Willard Coffee
Shop with Miss Laura Har-
Ian, White House social secre-
tary, as the guest Of honor. The
posies were. accompanied by
message of greeting from the
First Lady.
Mrs. Harding is sponsoring the
Mount Alto Hospital garden party
on Thursday afternoon and many
women in diplomatic and official
circles are interested in it. Pa
tronesses for the garden party
and sale are Mrs. Calvin Coolidge,
Mrs. Charles e. Hughes. Mrs. HUI
bert Work, Mrs. Charles Edwin
DENLY, Mrs. Henry C. Wallace,
Mrs. Harry New ana Mrs. Herbert
Hoover.
A AMBASSADOR AND MRS. HAIR
VEY will probably bring their
visit to the White House 10 a
close during the next few days,
and will then go to the Hamilton
Hotel, where they have taken an
apartment. Their daughte\ Mrs.
Marcellus Thompson, who remain
ed in England, has been visiting
Mrs. Arthur Graham Glasgow in
London, but is now at Warwick
Castle with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
w. Marsh.
The Secretary Of the Interior anG
Mrs. Hubert Work have as Their
guests at Wardman Park Hotel, DR.
and Mrs. Clement Clark, of the
Springfield Hospital at Sykesville
Md.
Mrs. Henry c. Wallace, wife o,
the Secretary of Agriculture, vii
sail for Europe on June S, and will
be accompanied by her younger
Miss Ruth Wallace, a stu
dent at Goucher College. and three
of Miss Wallace's classmates, Miss
Doris Gherky, Miss Melinda Lynr
Moore and Miss Elizabeth Tillnnan
They will return to Washington j,
the nnidautumn.