The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-10
JEAN ELIOTS GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY

thing about it with the result that
a most delightful and impromptu
luncheon was served very soon ia
the Chief Executive and Mrs
Coolidge and other officials and
prominent persons awaiting the
arrival of the round-the-world
filters.
Mrs. Clagett, wife Of Major Harry
G. Claggett, commandment at Boiling
Field. directed the luncheon
activities.
Others among the company at.
tending the luncheon were the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hughes
and Miss Elizabeth Hughes. the
Secretary Of the Treasury, A. w.
Mellon: the Secretary of War, John
! w. Weeks: the Attorney General,
Harlan Stone, ana MS sons; the
Secretary Of Agriculture and Mrs.
Henry c.. Wallace and Miss Ruth
Wallace; Mrs. Curtis Wilbur and
her son; Secretary of Commerce,
Herbert Hoover; Secretary of Labor,
James Davis; Secretary to the Pres
ident, Bascom Slemp, and / his
cousin, Wise Slemp; Edward Clark,
the Presidents personaI secretary;
District Commissioner, Cuno Ru-
dolph; Colonel Theodore Roosevelt;
General John A. Lejeune; General
and Mrs. Amos Fries; Mrs. Mason
Patrick, wife of the chief of the
Air Service Of the army; Admiral
| William Moffett, chief of the Naval
Air Service: Mrs. William Mitchell,
Miss Dorothy bennett, the Charge
d'Affaires Of Austria and Nine.
Prochnik, Baron Plessen of the
German embassy. the Marquis di
Bernezzo Of the Italian embassy
and the military and naval aides
or many Of the embassies and
legations.
PRINCE OF WALES
HOST AT LUNCHEON.
The Prince of Wales acted as
host yesterday at a luncheon at
the James A. Burden estate, at
Syosset. L. L, when his guests
included J. Butler Wright, third
assistant secretary of state. and
Mrs. Wright; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
/. Pratt, Captain and Mrs. Emory
S. Land, Clarence Mackay, and
Miss Ellin Machay, Captain Fred.
erick e. Guest and Mrs. Guest; Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Phipps, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Grace, Colonel and
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, the Duke
and Duchess of Alba and Berwick;
Mrs. e. w. Lawrence, Colonel and
Mrs. George Harvey and James A.
Burden jr.
The Postmaster General, Harry
8. New, will return from Indiana
Friday or Saturday.
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]. Butler Wright, Assistant Sec.
rotary of State, and Mrs. Wright
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Pratt at Glen Cove, L. l., to remain
until the international polo matches
are over. Later they viii go to
Nahant to visit Mrs. Wright's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Bacon, and they will
return to Washington early In
October, motoring through the
White Mountains.
During their absence, Mrs.
Wrights parents, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. William Switzerland, are stay.
ing at the Wright cottage at Blue
Ridge Summit with their grand.
children.
Doctor James r. Mitchell will
leave for Bar Harbor, Me-, on Mon
day to rejoin Mrs. Mitchell, who
has been spending the summer
there. They expect to return to
Washington the last of this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank i. Polk and
their children, who have been at
mer, will return to Locust Valley,
L. l., on September II.
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Mrs. George Howard is at the
Ritz-Carlton, in New York, for a
brief stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Swee-
ney will return next week from
Bar Harbor, Me-, where they spent
the summer.
John Sweeney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sweeney, left for New York
yesterday by motor with James d.
Sloane, who has been visiting the
Sweeneys at Bar Harbor.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edouard Albion
have returned from a vacation
spent at Port Stanley on Lake
Erie, Canada, a picturesque little
village on the shores of the lake
where Mr.. Albion has a summer
place. Mr.. Albion gave a concert
while there at which were present
over 1000 people. AS a result Of
this concert Mr.. Albion will go