The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-09

OF the White House are all used,
the honor guests are escorted direct
to the dining room, tho little group
favored with the highly priced "blue
tickets" are shipped into the Rco
Room and thence Immediately into
the line. while the rest Of the guests.
assen1bling in the historic East
Room, form themselves into u long
passes through the dining room and
doubles back TO the Hue Room,
where President and Mrs. Coolidge
receive as. have their predecessors
tor q hundred years.
Because of this and the Presi-
dent and the science to which the
President has reduced the art OF
andshaking, the Coolidges may DO
said to have ret through their
big receptions with neatness and
dispatch. Beginning at o'clock,
President and Mrs. Coolidge had
shaken the hand OF their last guest
well before IL, although the num-
Der invited appeared TO be rather
larger than usual. A White House
employee, who has been helping to
run the state receptions for over
thirty years, commented upon this
as he snapped his watch shut and
remarked that he knew no other
been through much before mid.
night, to laugh approximately when
somebody overheariflg broke in
"Yes, but Calvin Coolidge doesn't
play with am. He. pushes them
right along.
On the other hand Mrs. Coolidge
always looks as though she would
like to ''play with" many OF her
guests and only pressure from be-
hind prevents half the people pres
ent from holding up the line to
Joke q bit and pass the time o.
day with { he most popular mis-.
tress the White House has had in
the memory Of the present scribe.
Real Emotion Shown In
Greetings to Jusserands.
There was real emotion In the
greeting which the president and
Mrs. Coolidge gave TO the French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand,
heading for the last time the diplo
matte group. And watching the
foreign legion" file by 1t was In
teresting to note how many Amer.
lean women there are holding high
place In the diplomatic contingent.
Nine. Jusserand, q gracious and
distinguished figure last night In
her gown Of silver lace and sap,
phire blue satin, ID of American
parentaRe, although born and
brought up on the banks or the
Seine. Nine. de Riano, wife Of the
Spanish ambassador, who will sue.
coed M. Jnsserand rs dean Of the
diplomatic corps, was q Washing.
ton gftl, q chum Of Alice Roosevelt
when the present Mrs. Nicholas
Loneworth Queened it over the
White House. Then, there's the
Belgian ambassador handsome
wifey Baroness de Cartier, who was
previously Mrs. Hamilton Wilkes
Cary and before that was Mrs.
Elihu Frost And Nine. Panaretoff.
wide OF the Bulgarian minister. And
Countess ssechenyt wife Of tho
minister. And Mrs.
Henry Getty Chiffon In the British
embassy group. But why 50 on?
Nine. Riano was gowned last
evening in silver lace yelled in tulle
shading pale pink to deep rose and
had her short hair bound with q
becoming coronet OF diamonds. Her
sister, Mrs. Chandler Anderson
made the grand tour Of the rooms
with her, the two pausing every.
where to greet friends and acHuaints
ances. Baroness de Cartier, always
one OF the best dressed women III
Washington. had on lovely gown
Of jade green lame shot with gold.
1t was banded with gold about the
narrow underskirt and made with .
wide sash looped up to form the
train. The decoltage was cut dag.
ona1ly, high on one shoulder and
low on the other. She wore lovely
jewels and her hair, arranged in q
low small knot to simulate aSbob,
was held in place by a lovely dia,
Tinond comb curved to follow the
line Of the head.
Countess Ssechenyi's orchid velvet
grown also showed the smart round
about banding. The former Gladys
Vanderbilt wore, too, a corsage
ornament Of diamonds which out.
lined the. entire front of. her gown
and quite made spectators gasp
with most becoming diamond cor.
onet.
The Vanderbilt clan, by the way,
was we'll represented last night.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and het