The Washington times., 1924-02-04
Society Calls Halt
In Respect To
Leader
By JEAN ELIOT.

The Administration is taking
its cue from President Coolidge,
who has ordered the flags on all
public buildings to be hAlf-staffed,
has stated that all Government
departments will be closed on the
day when the late President is
laid to rest and has decreed thir-
ty days of national mourning,
and Government officials are can.
ceiling their engagements of a
social nature. The diplomats are
also joining in this last honor 70
a world figure and postponing all
entertaining of an official char
acter. The men and women who
were connected with the Demo
cratic Administration are, Of,
course, following suit, and many
private parties scheduled for this
week are being postponed.
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TUE President and Mrs. Cool.
Il idge have cancelled the Con.
gressional reception. which was
to have been held at the White
House on Thursday evening.
There is a possibility that it will
be given in the spring after the
close of the Lenten season, but
this win be decided later and an
nouncement is also being reserved
as to whether or not the dinner
in honor of the Speaker of the
House, which is set for later in
the month, will be given.
The ladies Of the Cabinet, head.
ed by Mrs. HugEls. wife of the
Secretary of State, will not be at
home on Wednesday afternoon,
as they had planned: and many Of
the Cabinet contingent are with
drawing from dinners in which
they were included this week.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Weeks have recalled invitations
for the dinner they were to have
given tomorrow evening. Other
Administration officials who have
cancelled proposed hospitalities
are the Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. William Phillips, who
have postponed their musicale ar.
ranged for Wednesday evening at
Beauvoir. and Mr.. and Mrs. Eu--
gene Meyer, jr., who were to
have given a dinner tonight, with
musicale afterward, in honor
Of the Chief Justice and Mrs.
Taft.
Out . respect for the memory
of former President Wilson, the
Minister of the Netherlands and
Nine. de Graeff have Cancelled
the dinner they had arranged for
tonight in honor of the French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand;
and the Chinese Minister, DIR.
SEE, gave up the luncheon he was
to have had today. Nine PeIenyi,
wife of the Charge d'Affaires Of
Hungary, has also announced that
she will not be at home tomorrow
afternoon, as she had intended.
THE Congressional Club has put
Il off all the varied activities of
a busy week, including a dance
arranged for tomorrow evening, a
luncheon for Thursday and the
regular Friday afternoon tea, at
which DIR. Leo S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan American
Union, was to have been the
guest of honor and speaker. A
business meeting will, however,
be held on Wednesday morning at
1890 o'clock.
Senator and Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson are cancelling all social
engagements this week, including
the dinners they were to have
given on Friday and Saturday
evenings. Mrs. Swanson will not
be at home on Thursday after
noon; and other Senatorial nost-
esses who have cancelled their
Thursday afternoon receptions are
Mrs. Walter George, wife of SEN
ator George of Georgia, and Mrs.
Woodbridge N. Ferris, wife of Sen
ator Ferris, of Michigan. Senator
and Mrs. William ]. Harris. Of
Georgia, have also withdrawn from
all engagements of a social ma
ture. sMrs. James A. Reed, wife
of Senator Reed Of Missouri, has
postponed indefinitely the luncheon
she was to have given today at
the Hamilton Hotel.
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WTFiE Congressional ladies resi-
dent at Congress Hall, who
were to have been at home tomor-
row afternoon, cancelled their. re-
ception as soon as the serious i'll.
ness of former President Wilson
became known. Many other re-
ceptions are being postponed,
among them the tea with Miss
Grace Burton, sister of Congress.
man Burton, and Mrs. Joseph
Hines as joint hostesses, which
was to have been given tomorrow
afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Hines.
Mrs. Hamlin and Miss Anna
Hamlin, wife and daughter OF
Charles s. Hamlin, Of the Federal
Reserve Board-a loyal supporter
of the Wilson Administration, who
is carrying on under a Republican
dispensation-will not be at home
this afternoon. And Mrs. J. Bor'
den Hartman, one of the leaders
of the Democratic women in
Washington, cancelled the dance
she had arranged for Saturday
night as soon as Mr.. Wilson's seri-
GUS condition became known.
1T WAS, of course, a foregone
conclusion that the Southern
relief ball, for which Mrs. Wilson
was a patroness and which was
scheduled for tonight, would be
given up and announcement of the
postponement Of the entertain
ment was made Immediately after
Mr.. Wilson's passing. 1t has been
postponed until Monday evening
February 13, and with IL several
of the dinners which were sched
uled to precede 1t. Mrs. e. w,
Cole, who was to have entertained
at dinner for DR.. and Nine. Won
Lewinski, of the German embassy
and planned to take her Ruestf