The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-20
COUNTRY CLUB
FETE GALA
EVENT
President and Mrs. Cool
idge to Attend House
Warming
By JEAN ELIOT.

Congressional Country Club
on Friday evening, at which
the President and Mrs. Coolidge,
a heads Of diplomatic missions, the
Cabinet and the supreme Court
are to be guests or honor, with
the ladies Of their families, is rous-
ing extraordinary interest.
Over 1000 acceptances have been
received and the ever growing
guest list includes most of the
men and women who are leaders in
Washington civic and social life.
The festivities will take the form
Of reception at $3.50 o'clock. with
dancing, a buffet supper will be
served and many dinner parties
have been arranged to precede the
party.
The entertainment will be an
event Of Importance intrinsically
and because, moreover, ii marks
the formal opening Of perhaps the
finest clubhouse in the United
States, a play ground for the ma
tons legislators and executives.
It was Robert Evans who first
conceived the idea that Washington
was the logical place for a country
club Of national proportions and set
+
The response was immediate and al
most overwhelming, so now the
Capital can boast the handsomest
country-perhaps in the world-a
building which is enthusiastically
beautiful, which is furnished and
decorated in exquisite taste and
which represents the last word in
al
It stands In the middle Of q
gracious domain, the property in.
Guiding 492 acres, and fishing and
hunting are to be provided for the
members in addition to the usual
country club sports-golf, tennis,
etc. There is a beautiful little
artificial lake and preparations are
being made to maintain a pack OF
hounds.
Indoors are a fine swimming pool
the only one on country club
property in Washington - well
equipped gymnasium, bowling alleys
and facilities for many other indoor
activities. The club kitchens are
especially fine and every facility as
to cuisine and service has been pro-
vided.
The club house as it stands rep.
resents the expenditure Of 81 100000
nearly 100000 went for furnish
ings alone-made possible only by
a system of life memberships includ-
ing many of the most distinguished
men in public life and representa-
tives Of pretty nearly every State
in the Union. Many OF the life
members from other cities will come
on for the formal opening and will
occupy rooms at the club.
President of Club Will Receive
with Board Of Governors.
In the receiving line at the fete
on Friday will be former Congress-
man Joseph Hines, president OF the
club, and Mrs. Hines, the vice presl-
dents Of the organization and their
wives, the members Of the govern
ing board and the chairmen Of COM
mittees, with C. Bascom Slemp,
Secretary to the President, and. J.
c. O'Laughlin.
The officers Of the club are: Mr..
Hines, president; Senator Oscar I'm
derwood, first vice president; Senator
George II. Moses, second vice presi-
dent; G. Logan Payne, publisher OF
The Washington Times and The
Washington Herald, chairman of
the house committee; Lennard IL.
Mitchell, secretary; Colonel ClarenCC
o. Sheriff., third vice president and
chairman of the golf and grounds
committee; Colonel E. Lester Jones,
chairman Of the finance committee;
Sidney F. Taliaferro, treasurer, and
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayso1,
chairman Of the membership COM.
mittee.
The board Of governors includes:
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover; Senator Davis Elkins; SEN
ator F. M. Simmons, Senator James
e. Watson, Congressman Guy E.
Campbell, Congressman r. Clint
Cole, Congressman Harry B. Halves,
Judge Oscar E. Bland, Edward F.
Colladay, Oscar r. Luhring, Cen
eral John Pershing, Robert v.
Fleming, Robert N. Harper, George
o. Watson, Franklin r. Kenney,
Wilton J. Lambert, Major e.
Brooke Lee, George Livingston,
Thomas P. Littlepage. David H.
Blair, George T. Bishop, Congress
man Wallace H. White, jr.
In addition to the governors, the
committee on invitations and re-
ception includes:
J. Ogden Armour, Edward w.
Backus, Pierre S. du Pont, A. r.
Erskine, Paul M. Warburg, Edward
F. Albee, A. Lincoln Filene, Her.
bert Fleishhacker, James L. Flood,
s. r. Guggenheim, John Hays Ham.
mond, Mrs. E. H. Hartman, Nine.
Ernestine Schumann Heink, Marco
H. Holman, A. j. Horlick, Vincent
Aston, Mrs. Rockefeller Mccormick,
Alexander H. Revell, John d.
Rockefeller, jr., Frank B. Williams,
Charles c. Glover and c. Bascom
Slemp.
Three orchestras will play during
the evening, the Marine Band
giving a concert program the La
Paradis Orchestra, conducted by
Meyer Davis, himself, in person."
playing in the ballroom and the
orchestra from the Navy Band in
the ladies solarium.
The reception on Friday evening
will be followed by "open house" |
on Saturday, with golf, tea and
dancing in the afternoon. And in
the evening Mr.. Hines, president |
of the club, will entertain the mem. |