The Washington times., 1924-01-17
Coolidges To Be
Guests at
Dinner
By JEAN ELIOT.

HWy HE President and Mrs. Cool
idge will be guests tonight
- of the Secretary of War and
I Mrs. Weeks; who are entertain
I ing at dinner in their honor at
their. pleasant home in Sixteenth
street. This is the third of the
annual series of dinners in honor
Of the Chief Executive, with mem
berS of his Cabinet as hosts.
s.
HONORS never bestowed upon
HI any other person than mem
bet of the Japanese imperial FAM
lily were accorded Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, now visiting in Tokyo,
yesterday at the Mejii Shrine, when
she was admitted to the sacred
inner chamber previously entered
I only by Japanese rulers.
In a chair never before occupied
by other than an emperor, emprtlfS
or regent, she drank tea following
the imperial custom with a cere-
mony conducted by the shrine
priest.
The American-Japanese society
in welcoming Mrs. Roosevelt last
night made the occasion one OF
fervent tributes by Japanese Of
1icials and notableS to President
Roosevelt's service to Japan at
the time of the -Russo-Japanese
peace negotiations at Portsmouth.
!, To the Japanese mind Theodore
Roosevelt typified the buoyant,
healthy spirit of America, and
the elaborate program Of official
entertainment marking Mrs.
Roosevelt's visit is to be inter
preted as the expression of the
best Japanese sentiment toward
the American people.
Viscount Kaneko, president OF
the society, and Roosevelt's per-
sonal friend for twenty years,
was almost prevented by yester-
days earthquake from presiding
at the banquet. He was marooned
all day in his villa near Hayama,
but, catching the first train to
Tokyo after the railway was re-
paired, he arrived at o'clock,
and burst into the Industrial
Club banquet hall just as Prince
Tokukawa, acting as toastmaster,
was expressing his regrets at
the Viscount,s inability to attend
the dinner.
He said he would have walked
II necessary to be present to well
come the widow of the. United
States great President and
Japan's great friend.
Viscount Shibusawa and Baron
Matsui, Foreign Minister, also
spoke.
MYTH the arrival of Col. Robert
w M. Thompson and his guests,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Willard
Brownson, at Miami tomorrow,
the little colony at Royal Palm
Hotel will include no less than
four retired rear admirals, all
swell and favorably known" in
Washington. Others already estab-
ished there with their families are
Rear Admiral Albert Ross. Rear
Admiral Clifford j. Boush, and
Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle.
Admiral and Mrs. Brownson are
cruising with Colonel Thompson
on his houseboat Everglades,
Clarence c. Garrison, of New
York, being also a guest. They
udNS AcCSAIly D0Cu at RAIN Beach
and are bound for distant
point among the Florida keys for
the deep sea. fishing. Mrs.
Thompson, who is in rather frail
health, did not accompany the in
domitable colonel on his annual
Southern tour this year, but Is
remaining at their home in
eighteenth street with Miss Hilda
Sykes, the charming little Eng.
lish woman who is her companion
and friend, to bear her company.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will be hosts tonight at their
first official dinner for this season,
entertaining in honor Of the French
Ambassador and Nine. .Jusserand.
There will be twenty-five in the com.
pany.