The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
Coolidges to Dine
With WaILaceS
at Willard.
BY JEAN ELIOT.


OOLIDGE will dine tonight
Il with the Secretary of Ag.
riculture and Mrs. Wallace, who
are entertaining in the Presiden-
tial suite at the Willard. This Is
one of the series of Cabinet din.
ners in honor Of the Chief Execu-
tive which are so pleasant a fea-
ture of the season in Washington,
and it will be an "all Iowa" party,
the only outsider" beside the
Coolidges being Howard M. Gore,
Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture.
The company, which will num-
Der twenty-one, will include a
number of Iowans resident in
Washington and the out of town
guests will be Mr.. and Mrs. Addi.
son Parker, of Des Moines, Mr..
and Mrs. James M. Goode and
Mrs. Hollis Rawson, all of Des
Moines. Mrs. Rawson is visiting
her father. Senator Albert B.
Cummins.
This afternoon the Amherst
Musical Clubs will give special
program at the White House for
the President and Mrs. Coolidge,
who have asked a small company
Of guests to hear the music. It
will be most informal occasion
and by no means a party" In
the evening the musical clubs Of
the Singing College of New Eng
land" arc having a concert at
Rauscher's. with a dance after
ward.
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NNHE reception at the Congress
i sional Club tonight in honor
of the Speaker of the House and
Mrs. Gillett will be one of the most
important events on the calendar
and will have added interest from
the fact that Lucy Gates, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company, is to
give a recital.
The ambassador Of Great Bri-
tain. Sir Esme Howard: the Min
lister of Norway and Nine. Bryn,
the Minister Of Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi, the minister
Of Finland, Mr.. Axel Astrom: the
Minister of the Netherlands and
Nine. de Graeff, and the minister
Of Siam. Phya Burr Navarasath,
will be the guests of honor at the
reception at the club tomorrow
afternoon. Presiding at the tea
table will be Mrs. Robert L.
Owen, Mrs. George Moses and
Mrs. Charles Linthicum.
The hostesses will include Mrs.
George Wharton Pepper, Mrs. Ar.
thur Capper, Mrs. Tom Connally,
Mrs. James T. Begg, Mrs. John
Jacob Rogers, Mrs. Edward w.
Pou, Mrs. Fred S. PurnGll, Mrs.
Percy +. Quin, Mrs. William c.
'Ramseyer. Miss Rebecca Dial,
Miss Dorothy bennett, Miss Mar.
garet Mansfield and Mrs. Lucille
Sloniker.
Secretary of State
Honor Guest at Dinner
The Secretary of State and Mrs
Hughes will be the guests Of honor
at the dinner that the Minister OF
Uruguay and Nine. Varela will give
this evening. The. Hungarian
Minister and Countess Szecheny
and the Columbian Minister and
Nine. Olaya will be among the
guests, who will number twenty
two.
Secretary Hughes will go to New
York on April Is to act as
temporary chairman of the New
York State Republican committee.
The ambassador Of Chile Senior
Matthew. Is in New York where he
went to meet Senior Valdes, presi.
dent Of the Chilean supreme court,
and Sonora Valdes. The ambassa-
dor and his distinguished guests
Will come to Washington tomorrow
and the visitors will remain at the
embassy until the latter part of
next week.
Prince Caetoni to Be
Guest at Rousseau Dinner
The italian Ambassador, Prince
Gelasio Caetani, will be the honor
guest at the dinner of twelve that
Mrs. H. H. Rousseau will give this
evening at her residence in
Georgetown.
Mrs. Rosseau will also entertain
q company of twelve at dinner on
Saturday evening. Admiral Ros-
codu rs III OdllIOrHld serving as re-
ceiver for the Doheny properties.
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Sir Esme Howard, the British
Ambassador, will be the guest of
honor at dinner to be given by
the Lotos Club in New York on the
night Of April 8.
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Senator Albert B. Cummins has
as his guests, his daughter, Mrs.
Hollis A. Rawson and his niece,
Mrs. Frank Cummins, both of Des
Moines. Mrs. Cummins' daughter,
Miss Margaret Cummins, will ar.
rive on Saturday to be the guest
of Senator Cummins for her spring
vacation. She is a student at Con.
necticut College at New London.
Mrs j. Walter Drake, wife of
the Assistant Secretary of Com.
merce. was hostess to company
of twenty-five at luncheon today
at her residence in S street.
Miss Resale Drake will return
on Saturday from college for the
Easter vacation and John Drake
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