The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
Coolidges attend
Performance by
Barrymore
By JEAN ELIOT.


/" HE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
COOLIDGE were at Polls
- Theater last night for the
Washington premier of John Bar
:. rymore's Hamlet" perhaps the
most thrilling phase of the
Shakespearean revival which is
sweeping the country and in
which Washington is sharing gen.
Orously this week. with Barry
more at Polls and Jane CoWl
making her debut in Antony
and Cleopatra" at the BelaSco.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge were
their sons, John and Calvin Cool
idge, jr., and Mr.. an - trs. Frank
w. Stearns, of Boston, who are
staying at the White House.
Chief Justice and Mrs. william
Howard Taft were present, with
their daughter. Mrs. Frederick
johnson Manning; and just across
from the Presidential box was an
interesting little party including
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. J.
Borden Hartman, Senator Thomas
J. Walsh and Sir Maurice Low.
It seemed a curious development
to have the First Lady Of the
Land and two Of her predecessors
present at the same performance,
and one upon which many in the
audience commented with interest.
The presence Of Miss Natalie
Hammond and a group OF her
young friends contributed pic
turesque note, as they were going
later to the Arts Club costume
ball, and were wearing medieval
costume, colorful and striking.
Mrs. Joseph NJ Stoddard enter
tanned box party for her young
daughter. Miss Ruth Stoddard.
and had as guests Miss Helen
Strauss, Octovius Mendez, Morris
Gaddes and Jack Darnelle. Others
in the brilliant audience were Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Warren, who
were accompanied by Judge Sam
uel Jordan Graham; Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Raymond T.
Baker, Miss Margaret Harding,
Mrs. David DuBose Gaillard, Mr..
and Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard.
Mrs James Hurley and Miss
Hildegarde Hurley. Congressman
and Mrs. Fred S. Purnell, the So
hcitor General and Mrs. James M.
Beck, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. VIII
liam Crozier, Senator and Mrs.
Claude Swanson, the Charge DAT
fairies of Peru and Nine. Prada,
William s. BroughtOn and Will
mott Lewis.
The Secretary Of Labor and
Mrs. Davis and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Wardman were among the
guests of Thomas R. Shipp in q
box to see Jane Cowl in Antony
and Cleopatra" at the Belasco.
Other in the audience were the
Minister of Sweden and Nine.
Wallenberg, Mrs George Ehle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, Miss Ellen Mackay, Leland
Harrison, Mrs. Clark Waggman,
DR.. and Mrs. Earl Clark, Mr.. and
Mrs. Enoch Chase, Mrs. Mason
Gray, Mrs. John r. Waggman,
Mrs. Robert Dove, Representative
and Mrs. Philip Campbell, Miss
Dorothy Campbell, Representative
and Mrs. Sol Bloom and Miss
Bloom, Mrs. Willard H. Barse,
Col. and Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest G. Walker,
Mrs. McClelland Barclay, Mrs.
Dial 4MLs 1AAO
John Cunningham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Bennett. Archibald Wells,
,Tavier d'Alvarez de Buenavista,
Mrs. Walter Wells, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
Berkeley Simmons and Norman
der and Mrs. Harvey Delano.
s.
WITH Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as
w the honor guest a delightful
luncheon was given today by Mrs.
Minnigerode Andrews, who had
Communicated LIE Paradis for the
occasion. The luncheon, like all
Inequalities for which Mrs. An
drews is hostess, was marked by
considerable originality and a fea-
ture of the entertainment was an
Interpretation in the dance of
several poems by the gifted
hostess.
The guests were seated around
Q horse shoe table, leaving the