The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
WHITE HOUSE
FETES THE
CABINET
President and Mrs. Cool
idge Hosts to Distin-
guished Company
BY JEAN ELIOT

" been the keynote of the Cabi-
net dinner given last evening at
the White House, with the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge as hosts, for
the company asked to meet the
Presidents official family, though
comparatively small for a State din
ner, was selected with great care
and discrimination.
Instead of the horseshoe table.
at which larger dinner companies
are usually seated, a great oblong
table was used-always. 1t seems
to me, the most becoming arrange
ment possible in the beautifully
proportioned State dining room.
The flowers We're fluffy pink chry-
santhemums and the historic service
Of silver gilt, which dates from
Dolly Madison's day, was used as
always upon State occasions at
the White House. With its tall
golden vases for flowers, its grace
full fruit filled compotes, its can
deIabra bearing scores of slim tap
ers and its cleaning mirror. RIM
med with dancing nymphs and re-
flecting the blossoms massed in its
center, it contributes always to
charming effect.
The service plates used at the
White House, with the coat OF
arms of the United States in the
center, are banded in deep blue
and edged with gold. Gold trimmed,
also, are the glasses. two of them
one for plain water and one for
White Rock. And there has been
since Mrs. Harding's regime a COM
plete array OF golden forks, spoons,
{ eth, to go with the gold plate for
the last Mistress of the White
House did not like the use of gold
and silver together and arranged
for the gliding of the massive sill
yer used at State dinners.
Cabinet Circle Almost Complete
$, The Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes, who had only reached
washington yesterday morning,
were guests at the dinner. And
the Cabinet circle-was almost COM
plete, those present being the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Kel-
logg, Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon, with Miss Ailsa Mellon:
the Secretary of War and Mrs:
Davis, the Attorney General and
Mrs. Sargent, the Postmaster Gen
aral and Mrs. New, the Secretary
OF the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur, the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Jariine. the Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Hoover and the Secretary
of Labor and Mrs. Davis. The only
absentee among the honor guests
was Doctor Hubert Work, Secre-
tarv of the Interior, who was out
of town, and his place was filled
bv the Assistant Secretary of the
Interior. Edward G. Flnney.
Brigadier General Herbert M. Lord,
Director of the Budget, and Mrs.
Lord and the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. Everett Sanders
were also in Nofficial group.
Out Of Town Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III. Sabin
and Frank Munsey, OF New YORK.
had come to Washington for the
dinner and included other guests
from out OF town, were: Doctor
James K. Angel, president of Yale
University, and Mrs. Angel ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns,
OF Boston, who are staying at the
white House as is their frequent
custom.
The company included also Mr..
and Mrs. Henry White, Mr.. ana
Mrs. john nays I1dIAlIiouu' W.
Richard Washburn Child, sometime
American Ambassador to Italy; Gen
eral and Mrs. Charles II. Sheriff.,
Doctor and Mrs. Charles w. Rich
ardson. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mrs. Edward Bea1e Mclean, Miss
Mary Patten and Miss Mary Ran
doiph. with Jay Pierrepont Moffatt,
Colonel. Sherwood A. Cheney ana
Captain Adolphus Andrews to round
out the party.
The dinner was followed, as IS
customary, by a musical program
in the East Room. for which some
fifty or seventy-five guests were
invited. The artists were Nine.
Schumann- Heinck, whose rich con
traIto continues to charm her hear
ers and Mischa Elman, violinist,
with Josef Bonime at the piano.
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