The Washington times., 1925-05-22

spirit: OF true hospitality which
rfiakes each guest feel welcome
and at liberty to enjoy himself In
his owa way combined to make
the garden party given yesterday
by President and Mrs. Coolidge for
the disabled veterans of the world
war a memorable occasion.
Over LOCO strong the men who
are patients IN the service hospitals
in and around Washington debarked
at the White House gates from
trucks, private motors loaned Tor
the occasion and other craft; and
when they embarked again all We're
ready to join with the Marine Band
dn THE End Of q Perfect Day.
There's strain on the emotions
OF anyone privileged to attend this
annual festival, at which men
broken In battle are the special
guests. But it has its happy as
pectss since nothing is lent undone
to make the day pleasant one fpr.
the guests OF honor and since It
m event to which the men look
forward for months.
on this occasion the President
and Mrs. Coolidge make more "
an effort to- achieve some measure
of personal contact with e4ch Of
their guests than when any other,
group is entertained at the White
House. And once they had shaken
hands with the long line of vet
erals. they strolled about among
their guests, chatting with this
group or that or standing patiently
by to Be phOtograp
Gradual Thinning Noted
In Pififul Ranks of Disabled.
10 one who has followed these
garden parties from their beginning
there is cheer in the gradual thin
ming OF. the ranks of the disabled
men. They were 90 pitifully numer-
Gus at that first fete six years ago
when Mrs. Woodrow Wilson re-
ceived Them all, President Wilson.
himself q war casualty, being
unable to assist her in dispensing
hospitality. The line is still a
panorama of the defenders Of the
nag, men in army khaki, the.
forest green Of the marines and
navy blue: men. in civilian clothes
but with medals Of honor proudly
displayed on their breasts; blind
men and halt, men with one arm or
with none. men with their limbs
contorted into strange casts, the
long line OF wheel chair cases. even
heart t-brea king stretcher case or
two. But since that first day hun
dreds have been cured and sent
home to their families, while still
other hundreds have been fitted to
do q mans work in the, world and
sent out to do It in spite of handi-
caps imposed by wounds and
A bit OF ceremony marked the
entrance of President and Mrs.
Coolidge to take their stand under
q great oak tree, with Colonel
Sherwood Cheney and Captain Adolf
phus Andrews to make the pre-
lsentation. They were preceded by
the entire group Of White House
aides, brave in their white duck
uniforms, who afterward formed a.,
little lane through which the
guests made their way.
President Coolidge looked very
Bummery in a suit of light gray,
made double bfeasted-a fashion
which he affects-and Mrs. Coolidge
wore a charming garden party frock
Of beige chiffon in two tones. the
darker shade being put on in deep
Irregular bands about the bottom
Of the skirt and the sleeves. The
low waist line was marked by a
narrow tie Of beige ribbon, with a
bow of the same ribbon at the
throat
She wore a long string of am
ber beads and her hat was a pic
ture model of sand colored mohair
with a cluster OF big yellow and
orange roses on the right side
The brim was faced with sand
colored tuIle.
II would be lard to imagine a
lovelier scene t.ian this garden party
1T the White H0nse-the only one
Mrs. Coolidge PROPOSES giving MS