The Washington times., 1923-02-04
GAY FESTIVITIES
PUNCTUATE WEEKS
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Coolidges Entertain for
Cabinet; British Eml-
bassy Holds Dinners.

THE tale that the last week has
told has been interesting in
the extreme, with such festivities
T. as the Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge's dinner for the Cabinet,
the Secretary OF the Navy and
Mrs. Denby's reception to Con-
gress, the Child Welfare Ball and
its accompanying pageant and q
grist Of parties at the British EN-
bassy standing out as high lights.
The Coolidges dinner, which
was given in the Presidential
suite at the willard, took the
place in q measure Of the annual
dinner to the Cabinet, which Is
q feature Of the White House
social program and which went
into the discard with all the other
festivities which had Seen so
carefully mapped out, when Mrs.
Harding suffered her breakdown.
just the Cabineteers with "Aunt
Alice" Robertson as the only
outsider. and rather a different
proposition from what the Cabi-
net dinner would have been with
the President and Mrs. Harding
as hosts.
THE reception which the Secre-
tary OF the Navy and Mrs.
DENLY had for Congressman its
womenfolk-was a repetition Of q
very successful party given last
year. It was a highly official"
party, Of course. but gained a
personal element from the fact
of the Secretary's service in the
House OF Representatives a good
many years ago. That was in
his bachelor days, however, and
his wife. who was Miss Marion
Thurber, daughter Of President
Cleveland's private secretary. did
not make her debut as an official
hostess until she came to Wash
ington as the wife Of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy.
It was crush, Of course, this
reception, for the Congress in
cludes some 400 members and
most of them have wives and
daughters, not to mention their
sisters and their cousins and
their aunts." But the DenSys
house is spacious and the hostess
managed somehow to keep things
from getting too thick. 4
Mre Coolidge and Mrs. GiIlett
received with Secretary and Mrs.
DENLY, the wives of the two
Michigan Senators-Mrs. Town
send and Mrs. Couzens-presid-
ing at the tea table. An orches.
ira from the Navy Band played
Cabinet perquisites again"-and
altogether 1t was. a very gay and
festive party.
THERE were two dinners at the
British embassy, as well as
a luncheon. and there are an
other dinner and q dance on the
immediate horizon. For Lady
Geddes actually keeps Lent" and
wants to get her social obliga-
tons cleared up before Ash
Wednesday.
One Of the dinners Of last week
was chiefly notable for the num-
Der Of guests from out Of town
who were present-H. G. Arm
strong. British consul general at
New York. and Mrs. Armstroi z.
for example. and Mrs. Geos.'e
Drexel. OF Philadelphia; the
Charles Dana Gibsons. who were
in town for several days. stay
ing with Mr.. Gibson's brother-il-
law and sister; Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Knowlton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Pratt; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Allen, Of New York.
and the Edison Bradleys, who
were playing a return engage
ment," after bringing a visit of
several weeks to a close. in order
to put the finishing touches on
the dismal task Of disrnaIl Ling
their big house in Dupont Circle.
The other. which was given
Ito meet tho italian Ambassador.
Prince Gelasia Caetani." was an
IAN diplomatic dinner" the minis
ters Of the various countries rep
resented at Washington and the:
ladies making up the company.
The men were in diplomatic uni
form, wearing many decorations,
and the effect was brilliant III
the extreme.
0N Wednesday evening every.
body" either gave a dinner or
went to a dinner; and afterward
everybody" came together at the
Child Welfare Ball. It was gay.
1t was brilliant, It was distinctly
smart" with the shining stars
of the social armament grouped
in the boxes or taking part in the
pageant or Joining the dancers on
the floor. But above all 1t was
poppy" the young people linger-
ing until the small hours Of the
morning and dancing continuously
to the strains Of intoxicating