Evening star., 1925-01-01

cabinet. so the first guests to greet
the Chief Executive with a degree of
formality were members of the corps.
The reception moved off with al
most clocklike regularity, keeping
closely to the official schedule, the
Ambassadors and Ministers and their
respective staffs, with the ladies of
their families, lending a particularly
brilliant atmosphere to the reception.
OF all the Ambassadors present, NJ.
Jusserand had most frequently at
tended such a formality, having pre-
sented his credentials February Z,
1903. The Minister of Portugal, WIS.,
count d'Alte, stately and imposing
figure, led the diplomats with the
rank of Minister, having a longer
service in the corps in Washington
than even NJ. Jusserand, having ar
rived here year earlier.
The Minister of Denmark, Mr.. Con-
stantine Brun. always recognized as
one of the most distinguished diplo-
mats and figures in the corps, and
who arrived here earlier than Wis
count d Alte, but returned to his coun-
try for a year or two of rest, out
ranks all other ministers in time of
service here.
The French, italian, japanese and
staffs. and today it was particularly
noticeable that the entire corps has
almost doubled in size since the
World War, there being nearly 400
members of the body, including the
ladies of embassies and legations.
Costumes of Women.
Miss Ailsa Melon, daughter of the
Secretary of the Treasury, wore a long
black velvet tunic made over cloth of
silver, with close-f1tting black velvet
hat trimmed with silver. Mrs. New,
wife of the Postmaster General, was
in a costume of cinnamon brown vel
vet, trimmed with black fox fur. and a
small black velvet hat. Mrs. Wilbur.
wife of the Secretary of the Navy.
wore embroidered green roshana crepe,
trimmed with black fur, and a small
black fur hat. Mrs. Hoover, wife of
the Secretary of Commerce, was in soft
black satin brocade, bound with coral
color silk, caught near the hem with
coral and gold. and wore a small black
hat trimmed with coral color feathers.
Mrs. Davis, wife of the Secretary of
Labor, wore sapphire blue cut velvet,
trimmed with squirrel fur, and hat
to match. Mrs. Frank W. Stearns was
in a gown of black velvet, the side
panels having deep bands of black fur
and the neck finished in the back with
deep band of the fur.
Nine. Jusserand, wife of the Am
bassador of France, was in a hand
some costume of black velvet trim
med with black fur; Nine. Bryn, wife
of the Minister of Norway, was in a
gown of taupe, with a small hat to
match; Nine. Wallenberg, wife of the
Minister Of Sweden, wore red crepe
embroidered in fine gold threads. with
a deep band of black at the bottom Of
the straight skirt and small black
hat; Countess Szechenyi, wife of the
Minister of Hungary. was also in
black, and Frau Won Lewinski, wife of
the counselor of the German embassy,
had a gown of heliotrope velvet, with
a hat to match. trimmed with ostrich
feathers of deeper shade.
Following the diplomats came Chief
Justice Taft, and the associate JUS
tices of the United States Supreme
Court and members of their families !;
the Chief Justice and Associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court OF the
District; the presiding justice and as
sociate justices of the Court of Gus
toms Appeals; the chief justice and
associate justices of the Court of APP
peals of the District of Columbia; the
cBief justice and associate justices of
tie Court of Claims, and high court
officers.
Following them were Senators, Rep
resentatives and delegates to the Ma
tional Congress, the librarian of Con-
gress and high officers of the Senate
and House. Then came the ranking
officers of the Army and Navy and
Marine Corps, staff of the command
ing general of the District of Co
lumbia Militia, Coast Guard. Public
Health Service and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey. In this colorful
group were only officers above rank
of lieutenant colonel and commander
Next to be received by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge were the
chief executive assistants of the men,
bers of the cabinets, the regents and
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, civil service commissioners, in
terstate commerce commissioners,
members of the Federal Reserve
Board, the Federal trade commits
sioners, the United States tariff COM
missioners of the United States Ship
ping Board. tho trustees of the
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