The Washington times., 1925-02-05

Of interest yesterday USCduSC II was
the last opportunity we VIII nave c
pay our respects to the CapiheI as i
Is now constituted.
The words ''for the last time" loon
over us like the handwriting on the
wall nowadays and the prospect Of
ssveeping changes gives a certain
POIGNANT interest to events in Wh1cf
the official world and the diplomats
are involved.
The wife of the Speaker of the
House, like the wife OF the Vice
President-when there is a Vice
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on Wednesday
otherwise sacred to the Cabineteers
So Mrs. Gillett was at home yester,
day "for the last time" ana scores
Of the Congressional ladies were
sr,one her callers. If Mrs. Gillett
~as accused of a tendency to high
,.af', her associates of the Congress
.ional set when her husband was
60. -,,ade sneaker. she has since de-
,,Aloned >. most friendly spirit. Her
-racio,1sness and charm are always
,.anoarlxed upon and she has enueareo
1,a-self to new members wives Dy
.nnnfIess little kindnesses. Inc
.,,onoan Of the Congressional SET,
tharseoAe. swear by Mrs. Glliett
rather than at her.
no callers who commented saoly
nn yesterday being her last Weones'
S.v af home. she laughingly replied
S6, well. I began on TUESDAY
rF4oi,se day), then it was Wednes-
Ssv. Next year it will be Thurs1ay
senate day). And maybe some Gay
vou1u find me receiving on Frloav
niplomatic day.. Whlcn may
mean that the Speaker mas :,
job-or may not.
n,DIomats Repeating" At Home
NJ Secretary and Mrs. Hughes.
At the home Of the Secretary OF
state almost next-door diplomatic
callers. who had dropped in on that
wednesday in January because 1t
was Mrs. Hughes first afternoon
at home were dropping in again TINS
fIrne-because it was her last. Ana
although lamentations that 1t was
fIna last were subdued in tone, they
were general and genuine.
Secretary Hughes was not re-
s.aivine- with Mrs. Hughes, as some
If ne had hoped, but she was
asaisted by the wives Of several OK
the stats Department OFFICIALS.
Among them were Mrs. John van a.
NacMurray and Mrs. Charles Cheney
Hvda who presided at the tea
table. and Mrs William r. Castle,
fr.. Mrs. Francis White and Mrs.
Frank p. sLockhart. Miss EllzaDsth
Hughes, too. was helping her
It was at Mrs. Hughes, that I
ran into Mrs. Pierce Butler and her
daughter, Miss Margaret Butler
or was it at Mrs. Hoover's! Al
any rate they were making the
rounds. Judge and Mrs. Samuel
Jordan Graham were also callers
there and one of the first persons
encountered was Mrs. "Billy" Mitch
Ell very much Gin the news" these
days-who had left her big airO-
dale pup in care Of a policeman
while she called upon Mrs. Hughes
and dropped in next door at Mrs.
0illett's.
Il had rather hoped to run into
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Daeschner, but discovered that
they were out Of town, having
zone up to New York for the
hall for the French hospital. How
aver Nine. Daeschner had earlier
IN the week spent an hour with
Mrs. Hughes a deux over her
datntily appointed tea table; and
two days before M. and Nine.
Daeschner had had tea with Mrs.
Coolidge-one OF those afternoons
when she regularly receives a few
guests by appointment.
They are pleasant to meet, the
.Daeschners, alert, intelligent, SYM
pathetic and apparently as naively
anterested-Mme. Daeschner and
the girls at any rate-in the things
they are doing and the people
they are meeting as though Wash
fngton were NJ. Daeschner's first
foreign post instead Of a station
browning a long and varied diplo-
matte career. But this, after all,
Is q DEPRESSION.
Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. New
mot at Home Yesterday.
Neither Mrs. Weeks nor Mrs.
New were receiving yesterday-the
former being out Of town and the
latter incapacitated by q period OF
1nvalidism.
There were characteristic re.
eeptions, however, at the homes OF
the other Cabinet hostesses, each
having certain individual flavor
in spite Of its likeness to the others
There was musfc-the Navy Band
Orchestra-at the home of the Sec.
rotary Of the Navy and Mrs. Viii
bur, where Miss Edna Wilbur was
helping her mother and Mrs. Guy
Burrage, wife of Admiral Burrage
presiding at the tea table. Mrs
Davis, wife of the Secretary Of La
Dor, had Mr.. Davis mother, Mrs
David J. Davis, Of Sharon, Pa, re
ceiving with her and several friends
assisting in the dining room. Al
the home of Secretary Mellon Miss
Ailsa Mellon was receiving and
Mrs. Reed, wife Of Senator Reed OF
Pennsylvania, presided over the tea
table. assisted by Mrs. Charles Car
roll Glover, jr.
For the Stones this was also a
''last time"-the wonder being thai
the Attorney General was still the
Attorney General. 1t was taken fol
granted two or three weeks age
when his nomination to the Su
preme Court Bench was faVorablS
reported out of committee in the
Senate that it would be confirmet
without further question. i 1t wa,
merely matter Of "going through
the usual motions" But the Sen
0te has been going through mos
unusual motions and Attorney Gen
eral Stone remains Attorney Gen
eral fully two weeks after most o.
I1s had expected to be addressinf
him as "Mr. Justice" Mrs. Ston.
had a large group Of assistants.