Evening star., 1925-12-04
SOCIETY
First State Dinner at White House
Followed by Brilliant Musical
With Additional Guests.

49, HE President and Mrs. Cool
idge gave the first of their
.sries of State dinners for
4 this season at the Nhlte
House last night. entertain
Ing at the annual cabinet dinner. The
event also marked the first state
function OF this administration, ana
the Vice President and Mrs. HenrN
Gates Ia.vcs who arrived in the cap
ital Yesterday morning from Evan
sion. Ill. wee present. The state
dining table WAS artistiCally decorated
with a not too rrofuse ARRANGEMENT
OF pink ChrySa rthemumS and maiden
hair fern. and there were chrYsanthe'
,numS and other flowers used In the
suite Of State drawing rooms ana IN
the east room, where the musical was
given.
Seated at the state dining table
with the President and Mrs. Coolidge.
besides the Vice President and Mrs
Dawes. we're: The Secretary Of
state and Mrs. Kellogg. the Secretary
Of the Treasur and Miss Mellon. the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Davis, the
Attorney General and Mrs. Sargent,
the Postmaster General and Mrs
New. tho Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur. the Secretary of AErl-
culture and Mrs. Jardine. the Score
aud the Secretary of Labor of Mrs
Davis. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert
NJ Lord. the secretary to the Pres
ident and Mrs. Sanders the Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry White, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hammond. Mr.. Richard
Nashhurn Child. Gen. and Mrs
Charles II. Sheriff. President and
Mrs. James r. Angel of New York,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns,
Boston: DR.. and Mrs Charles w
Richardson. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H Sabin Of New York Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh. Mrs. Edward 3. Mclean.
Miss Mary Patten. Miss Mary Ran
dolph. Nr. jay Pierrepont Moffat and
col. Sherwood \. Cheney and Capt
-Adolphus Andrews. military and
naval aides. respectively, TO the
President.
There were additional guests asked
for the musical which followed the
dinner, when a program was presented
by Nine. SChumann- Heink. contralto,
and Mischa Elman. violinist. Two Of
Nine. Schumann-Heink' s songs must
have been suggested by the hosts. Men
delssohn- Bartholdy But the Lord Is
Mindful of His Own" from the aria
from -. Paul" and O'Hara's There
IL 80 l'ealn. JOSEF EOnlTle, dCCOIuDd-
MED by MisCha Elman.
The program was given by Nine. Err
ncstine Schumann-Heink. Contralto,
and NIr. Mischa Elman, violinist. The
program included Bach's Air for the
G String" Reethoven's "Contredanse, "
arranged for violin by Mr.. Elman:
Korolenke's Lullaby" and Victor Her
bert's 'Nalse," played by Mr.. Elman
But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own,
from Nendelssohn's oratorio. st.
Paul; o'fara's There Is No Death,
Rashach's Trees" and W. G.. Chad
wick's "Danza." sung by Nine. Schu-
nlann-Heink: a Chopin "Nocturne." ar
ranged for violin. and Paganini's II
Palpiti." played by Mr.. Elman. and
Schubert's "Erlkoenig," Brahms VIE
eeniied." Weatherby's Danny Boy"
and Arditi's "Bolero." sung by Nine.
SChuma nm Heink.
Mrs. Coolidge received a large num-
ber Of delegates to the meeting of the
Middle Atlantic division of the Ameri-
can Nurses Association at IL o'clock
today in the White House.
The Secretary of State and Mrs
Kellogg will entertain at dinner this
evening, when the ranking guests will
be Sonora de Riano. wife of the Am
hassador Of Spain. and the Ambas-
rf JSro I'll do