The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-21
W ASHIN ON
WOMEN AT
COURT
Presented Under Wing of
Ambassadors Wife, Mrs.
Kellogg Received First

Mrs. John Kendrick and Miss
Rosa Maye Kendrick, wife and
daughter of Senator Kendrick OF
Wyoming, and Mrs. Armstead Davis
are the WaShingtonians among the
AmericanN women who will be pres.
ented tonight at the second court
of the King and Queen Of England.
Mrs. Davis was accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. George Amy Percy,
of Boston.
Among those presented last night
were Miss Natalie Hammond, daugh-
ter of John Hays Hammond: Mrs.
Joseph Letter, and Miss Dorothy
Sewall, daughter Of Mrs. Evans
Sewall and granddaughter Of
Fighting Bob" Evans.
They were presented under the
wing OF Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg,
wife of the American Ambassador
to, the Court Of st. James, who
had first been introduced by Sonora
Merry del Val, wife Of the Spanish
Ambassador. who is dean Of the
diplomatic corps in London. Another
debutante was Miss Elizabeth Otis,
Of st. Paul, Mimi, niece Of Mrs.
Kellogg, who is visiting at the
American embassy. I.
More than 500 guests were re-
ceived at the brilliant court last
night at Buckingham Palace. The
queue Of automobiles outside the
palace gates bearing the magnifi-
Gently gowned debutantes was more
than a mile long.
The King wore a uniform of the
Coldstream Guards, and the Queens
dress was Of gold tissue embroider-
cd xrysk - =
Macdonald and Lord Chelmsford at.
tended.
A feature was the number of
Labor women who were modestly
attired in gowns made by small
dressmakers.
Among the other American WON.
en- who will be presented at to.
nights court are Miss Mimi Bro.
kaw, Of New York; Miss Helen
Croker. of California; Miss Geor.
cite Madill, of st. Louis; Mrs. Ar.
thur Woods, of New York, and Mrs.
James Mitchell, of New York.
Prince Of Wales to Attend
Ball at Grove House for Visitor.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke and
Duchess of York, the American de-
butantes presented at this years
court, and other members of the
Anglo American society will be the
guests of Ambassador and Mrs. KeI.
logg at Crewe House on May 80
when they will entertain for Miss
Otis, who was their guest in WASH
ington several times when the Am
bassador was serving in the Senate.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke
and Duchess of York and about
forty other guests will be prSAent at
a dinner that night, after which Am
bassador and Mrs. Kellogg will re.
ceive about one hundred and fifty
more guests who are coming to at
tend ball.
This will be the first time the Kel-
loggs will have privately entertained
the Prince and the Duke since the
American Ambassadors arrival in
London. 1t will be the first func-
| ton of it's kind given by an Amer1-
can Ambassador since the retire.
ment of former Ambassador John
w. Davis.
Brigadier General Samuel D..
Rockenbach will entertain twenty
eight at dinner this evening at the
Chevy Chase Club, with Major Gen.
eral and Mrs. Hanson q. Ely among
his guests.
FETE AT MT. ALTO
HELD DESPITE RAIN.
The fourth annual fete, under the
auspices Of the George Baldwin Nc
Coy Unit Of the American Women's
Legion, is being held out at Mt.
Alto Hospital this afternoon, the
| only concession to the weather be-
ing that the work Of the disabled
veterans is being displayed on the
broad veranda instead Of In the
garden.
Mrs. Coolidge, who has shown
keen interest in the welfare OF the
disabled men and who was the
honor guest at the recent hospital
day" at Mt. Alto, had made plans
| to attend the fete today, but was
obliged to withdraw because Of the
rain. However. society women are
turning out in force, and a large at
tendance is expected between the
hours Of 3 and 6 o'clock. The Ma
rine Band will play during the
afternoon.
The George Baldwin Mccoy Unit
of the American Women's Legion.
is named in honor of the son Of
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy, who
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