The Washington times., 1923-10-13
Mrs. Coolidge Plans
to Greet Women
of Corps
BY JEAN RI.TOT.

W wives of chiefs of diplo-
AVA matte missions at the
White House on Monday after
noon. This will not be a tea, for
the Mistress of the White House
is observing very strictly the Pc
Rod OF official mourning for Pres
ident Harding, but. it will be the
first opportunity that the ladies
Of the diplomatic corps have had
to pay their respects to the. Presi-
dents wife. It will be remember
ed that President Coolidge re-
ceived the heads Of missions short
ly after he became President; and
he has been giving audience in
dividually to those who were out
Of the country at the time, AMI
have since returned to their posts.
Yesterday Mrs. Coolidge mo-
tored to Mercersburg Academy to
spend the day with her boys, re-
turning to the White House last
evening.
THE question What are your
= plans for the winter?". is sure
to elicit murmurs Of dismay from
Mrs. Palmer, wife Of Leigh C..
Palmer, sometime Rear Admiral,
U. s. N. For Mrs. Palmer has
made so many plans, only to
change them over night, that this
is becoming a sore subject.
Admiral Palmer, who resigned
from the Navy at the close of the
war period, has been until re-
Gently in South America on bust
ness for the Shipping Board; and
Mrs. Palmer and her daughters,
Miss Bessie McKeldin and little
Miss Laura Palmer, returned from
Europe where they spent the sum-
mer, with the intention of join
ing him there. They even had
their passage for South America
engaged, but they landed in New
York to find that the Admiral
was en- route to this country, and
that presumably he would make
headquarters in Washington for
the next few months.
With this in view, Mrs. Palmer
decided that perhaps she would
better set about finding a house
or an apartment here-and then
out OF a clear sky Admiral Palmer
was ordered abroad and is due to
sail next Saturday for Europe.
OF course, IL his family had
known he was coming over they
would have remained abroad.
But they don't wont to emulate
the king Of France and his
10000 men, who marched up the
hill and Their marched down
again." so they are staying on
here for a while trying to make
UP their minds what tn do and
for the present are at the Lee
House.
IF Mrs. Palmer does decide to
remain in Washington through
the winter 1t is probable that she
will present her daughter, Miss
Bessie McKeldin, to society; and
in the event that Miss McKeldin
does make her debut she will be
a particularly interesting addition
to the debutante ranks. Although
she is only seventeen, she has
lived in the Orient and travelled
extensively in Europe-indeed
Russia, Poland, Portugal and
Wales are. the only European
countries she has not visited
and her education, wfhch was be
gun under an English governess,
was completed with a year in
school in Paris.
Just before she entered her
French school, she visited Rou-
mania with Mrs. Frank Mebane,
of Spray, N. c., who has been
one of the leading spirits in
organizing Roumanian relief work
in this country; and Miss Nc
Keldin was included in the invita-
ton extended to Mrs. Mebane to
visit Queen Marie of Roumania.
Every courtesy and consideration
was shown the two American
women and their brief visit at the
Roumanian court will always be
a treasured memory.
Mrs. Mebane and her young
companion were urged to stay
over for the coronation ceremonies
OF King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie: and when this proved to be
impossible, Queen Marie donned
her coronation robes a day or two
before the ceremony in order that
her visitors might have a fore
taste Of this picturesque event.
This little incident, which is sail
to be typical Of the thoughtful
ness and fiendly spirit of Rou-
mania's beautiful queen, was
written up" extensively at the
time and is something to be told
to future generations just as the
girls who danced with the Prince
of Wales will love to linger over
it when they are grandmothers.
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