Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
PRESIDENT IS HOST
TO WAR VETERANS
800 Disabled Are Feted at
Garden Party on White
House Lawns.

President and Mrs. Coolidge were
hosts at garden party at the White
House yesterday afternoon to dis
abled veterans who are patients at the
service hospitals in and about Wash
ington.
This was the only fete given on the
White House lawns this Spring be
cause of the torn-up condition of the
mansion and the only reason yester
days reception was held was because
the President and Mrs. Coolidge, who
have received the disabled veterans
each Spring since they have occupid
the White House, did not want to dis
appoint them.
More than 500 veterans were re.
ceived. In the number were many
who were seriously manned for life,
some had TO be pushed along the re
ceiving line in wheel chairs. Some
We're blind and were escorted past the
President and the First Lady and the
members of the cabinet, and other
high officials of the Government mad
their wives, who were in the receiv-
ing line.
Received Under Elm.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge. at
the head of the receiving line, stood
directly beneath a large spreading
elm tree. AS each guest was presentd
he was given a handshake and word
of cheerdful greeting. AS some of
the more seriously wounded veterans
We're presented the President would de-
tain them for an extra word. There
were several old veterans of the Civil
War and they aroused more than ordi-
merry interest on the part of the Pres
a friu he
affair by Mrs. Coolidge. who carried a
handbag which had been woven by
one of the disabled men.
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts, affectionately
known among the veterans as 1.-The
angel of Walter Reed" because of
her activities in behalf of the Wound
ed and sick. escorted several disabled
men down the line and personally in
troduced them to the President and
the first lady. Other veterans were
escorted and assisted by nurses from
the service hospitals and by women
of the District Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross. Besides this, there
were on hand a group of attractive
young woman clerks in the Veterans
Bureau to assist. In selecting these
young women, each State in the
Union was represented. The girls
wore Sashes upon which were printed
the name of their State.
NotabIes Are Present.
Aside from a certain touch of grim
ness, the occasion was a picturesque
one. Several brightly-colored tents
had been placed at convenient spots
about the lawn from which refresh
ments were served. Another touch of
color was presented by the United
States Marine Band, attired in full
dress uniform. They We're stationed
upon stand in the middle of the
rear grounds, and with a large foun-
tain with its water playing high into
the air, just beyond, the picture pre-
scented was an attractive and inspiring
one.
When the last veteran in the long
line had passed the President and
Mrs. Coolidge they walked about the
grounds mingling with their guests
Few persons other than the Vet
Grams and their attendants and women
of the Red Cross and the .Vetera ms
Bureau, were invited to this affair.
The cabinet was we'll represented.
there being present Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon, Attorney General
Sargent. Secretary of War Davis.
Postmaster General New. Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur, Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine and Secretary of
Labor Davis and their wives. Mrs.
Frank Kellogg. wife of the Secretary
OF State, who was out of the city. was
present. Others among the notables
were Speaker and Mrs. Longworth
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Fra nix
L. Hines, director of the Veterans
bureau, and Mrs. Hines, and ranking
oincers OF the Army. Navy and Marine
Corps and their wives.