The Washington times., 1925-03-04

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| r. WAS At the close Of the first
| acf that President and Mrs. Cool
idre arrived at the Washington
Anditoriurn. the audience which
nearly filled the huge hall standi ne
| AZ attention while the Star Span
| pled Banner was played. They
remained until after the spectacu
lar scene of the triumph OF Rad
ames." in which the opera reached
its. height and which moved the
assenabiage to such a pitch OF en-
| fhusiasn1 that ''bravas" were
shouted from the galleries. And
THIS from a Washington audience
proverbially cold!
President Coolidge was a lior
.Among ladies last evening, the
White House party including be
sides Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs. Frank w
Stearns, Miss Laura Skinner and
Mrs. r. b. Hills, who are among
the guests at the house party nov
being entertained by the Coolldges
Governor Ross Divides Attention
With The Presidential Party.
Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross,
Of wyoming. q slim, shy little. fig
ure in a simple black gown. divided
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party. She was the guest Of honor
at a box party given for her by
| the members Of the hospitality com
mittee who have her entertainment
In charge including Mrs. Josiah
Van OrsdeI, chairman, Mrs. Harry
Wardman and Frederic McKenney.
Other guests were Mrs. McKenney,
Mrs. John b Kendrick, with whom
Mrs. Ross is staying, Mrs. George
TayIoe, sister-in-law of the Cover
nor, Mrs. II. M. Bennett, OF Vir-
ginia, and Mrs. Eggleston, sister
Of Mrs. Kendrick. Colonel Walter
Davis, adjutant general in attend
ance on Governor Ross, completed
the party and bore Mr.. McKenney
company. Senator and Mrs. Ken
drick had previously given a dance
for Governor Ross.
The presence of many strangers
gave an unfamiliar cast to the
audience, although many Washing
tonians well and favorably known"
were on hand. Mrs. John Charles
| Thomas. who had come to Wash-
ington. to witness her husbands
| operatfc debut-a brilliant success
had box and entertained several
guests. Mrs. Charles Trowbridge
| Tittman also had guests to hear
her husband, a singer Of whom
Washington is proud, in the role
Of "Ramphis''; and an interesting
and interested-little group included
! Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Kimball, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur KimbalI. and Mrs.
Fred Kimball, Of Elgin, Ohio, who
had come on for the debut OF
] Hunter Kimball, young tenor of
great promise. as ''Radames." He is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. KIM
ball.
Edouard Albion, director Of the
opera company, and Mrs. Albion,
who had box party, had as guests
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Major
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Boyd
Carpenter.
Notable. Guests in Box
Parties I'm "Grave Tier
Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry
Sanford were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grosvenor Backus. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. Davis. of Detroit. who
are visiting his brother and sister.
in-law, the Secretary Of Labor and
Mrs. Davis, occupied the latter's
box and had the Assistant Secre-
tary Of Labor and Mrs. e. ]. Hen.
| u1LS as LflS1E guests.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran en-.
tertained the Minister Of Guate.
mala and Nine. Latour, Mrs. Hor
ace MacFariand, Mrs. Jeffries Par.
sons, OF Boston and Washington,
and Mrs. Lillian Branch, Of Rich.
mond and White Sulpur Springs.
/ Senator Lawrence c. Phipps had
in his box Mr.. and Mrs. William
White, of Philadelphia, Pa, his
son-in-law and daughter; Mr.. and
Mrs. BENJAMIN Ridgely and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Lawrence Wetherill, OF
Mrs BENJAMIN Ridgely and Mr.. and
Mrs. Denise Barkalow.
Frederic Delano entertained in
his box Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. De-
windt and Mr.. and Mrs. Rush But
Ter, all Of Chicago, Ill.
| Colonel and Mrs. e. Lester Jones
had with them the Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs. j. Wal
ter Drake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates
were hosts to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hertle and Rear Admiral and Mrs.
W. W. Kimban.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Revell, of
Chicago, entertained a company of
friends in their box as did Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Wulsin, of New
York.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tucker.
man were her brother-in-law and
sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A.
de Peyster, Of New York; Madame
Ritter. Mr.. and Mrs. George Hunt
ington Williams, of Baltimore, and
Brigadier General and Mrs. William
Mitchell. with Madame Ekengren,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. Rob
ert HolIister Chapman and Colonel
and Mrs. Charles H. Patterson
grouped in the boxes nearby.
| Others in the brilliant audience
were Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno
Rudolph. Mrs. Ulysses s. Grant,
Mrs. John H. Gibbons. Mrs. Emory
Sands, the Misses Virginia and
Frederick McKenney. with the lat
| ter's fiance. Blaine MaIlan; Miss
laura Bryan. Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Belt. Mrs. Campbell FORESTER,
Mrs. James Ives. Mrs. Lindsay Rus.
sell, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Walker,
Miss Elizabeth Jobe, Mrs. Mason
Gray, Mrs. Emory Land, Mrs. De-
Brie Higgins. Mr.. and Mrs. Beale
r. Howard. Frank A. Richardson,
Mrs. Carl Chindbiom. Mrs. Roger
| Whitotord. Colonel and Mrs. WAL
liam Eric Fowler. Judge and Mrs.
Samuel Jordan Graham, Commander
and Mrs. John Harrison Knapp,
Mrs, Joseph Stoddard. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Alexander Bentley, Miss Nell Clark,
| Frederick Stevens ard Sidney