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

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Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
~I,ests were limited to the dlplo-
mats. State Department officials
their official family, as it were
with a few such outsiders as the
Cabinet, the Supreme Court. the
sneaker of the House, the president
roro tenn of the Senate, the chair
man OF the Senate Foreign Rela.
lions Committee and the chairman
OF the House Foreign Affairs Com
rnfttee, the Solicitor General and a
little group of former officieS2 OF
the department and OF men who
have previously represented the
United States abroad-a1 with the
ladies of their families.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes Received
At Door Of Hail Of the Americas.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes re-
ceived their guests at the door Of
the beautiful Hall Of the Americas,
cay in IT'S dress of Christmas greens ;;
and down one side Of the room a
long table was laid from which q
delicious buffet breakfast was
served. !. The eorchestra from the
Marine Band; stationed on the broad
landing overlooking the patio, played
InO 9G1k1SG04 "a NAAO 6oCSSS
and their music made rich back
ground for~fhe hum Of voices
French and Spanish being spoken
as freely as English-while the
breakfast was in progress. +
Although the guests were not re-
ceived by embassies and legations
as at the White House, and no
order OF precedence was followed,
many of the diplomats arrived in.
small ereHPs--~ =
As at the White House, the
French Ambassador ard Mime. JUS
seran1 were continuously sur
rounded; and Secretary and Mrs.
Hughes found it difficult, when
the formal reception was over, to
draw them away to the little table
I'm the corner at which luncheon
was served for them-as dean and
dofenne of the corps-and their
hosts, with two or three of the
ranking State Department officials.
The buffet table from which the
rest of the guests were served wis
decled out with great plaques Of
scarlet poinsettias. =
Mrs. Hughes wore becoming
gown of soft reseda green satin.
made on straight lines and banded
about the decoltage end the hem
Of the skirt with brown marabOu-
Her black and gold hat was trimmed
with plumes. -. :
Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, jr.. who are visiting Score
tary and Mrs. Hughes, and will be
their guests until Sunday, were
among those at the breakfast, Miss
- Elizabeth Hughes having them under
her wing Miss Hughes was most
fre IN q STRAIGHT
black satin frock embroidered in
d peacock design in rich shades of
blue ana green. She wore a hat
Of silver cloth and fur.
~
ViscOunt Cecil in Wake Of British
Ambassador and Lady Howard.
The Spanish Ambassador, Don
Juan Riano, who will succeed NJ.
Jusserand as dean of the diplomatic
corps, was present with Nine. de
Riano. The Ambassador Of Belgium
and Baroness de Cartier were among
the guestsZBaroness de Cartier as
usual one of the best dressed
women in the room-and others in
the Ambassadorial group were Sire
Esme and Lady Isabella Howard,
with Viscount Cecil in their wake;
the Ambassador Of Peru, Doctor
Herman Velarde and Doctor Otto
wfedfeldt, Ambassador OF Ger
many. Every nation maintaining an
embassy or legation at Washington
was, indeed, represented by its chief
of mission, with the members Of his
staff standing by.
Robert Lansing, Secretary of
State under President Wilson, and
Mrs. Lansing were the center Of
an interesting-and interested
group. hobnobbing with such for
Iner State Department officials as
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge
Long. The group Of former repre-
Dentatives of the American foreign
service included Henry White,
sometime Ambassador to France
and member of the Versailles peace
commission; Colonel George Harvey,
late Ambassador to Great Britain,
with Mrs. Harvey; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hapmond, Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hampton Gary and numerous
others.
Among the State Department folk
aiding Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
in dispensing hospitality were the
Undersecretary of State and Mrs
Grew. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Butler
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur J.
Carr. Mr.. and Mrs. John Van A.
MacMurray and Leland Harrison,
y
TO ENTERTAIN FOR
BRITISH VISITOR.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard will be hosts to a
distinguished company at dinner to-
night in honor of Lord Cecil, who