Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01

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tons, while the Secretary OF State
and Mrs. Kellogg led the official
family with what proved the most
interesting event outside the White
House reception-the diplomatic
breakfast at the Pan American
Union Building at noon.
Thus the new year officially was
ushered in by a number of functions.
providing opportunity in the Ma
tons Capital for the happy exchange
of fluctuations among the entire
diplomatic and official sets from %
nations.
All the cabinet receptions were
held "at home" with the exception
Of those by the Secretary Of State,
at the Pan American Union, and tn.
Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Curtis Dwight Wilbur, who received
at Memorial Continental Hall.
The function at the Pan American
Union proved a magnet to sight
seers. as did the White House re-
ception, many persons going from
the White House to the Seventeenth
| street building to see the representa-
tives of kings and other foreign
potentates alight from their auto
mobiles and enter the hall.
Lay Aside Court Dress.
| Some of the diplomats hurried home
| from the White House and laid aside
their court dress for formal afternoon
| attire, such a change being dictated
bv court etiquette and stipulationS Of
their own countries, while others
added to the beauty of the scene in
| their gold lace and dangling swords.
All of the naval and military attaches
We're in uniform, as We're the Amerl-
can officers present.
| The Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg had
| ordered everything in keeping with
the formality of the event, and as the
| Ambassadors and Ministers arrived
| they were taken to the second floor
| by elevator, where they were received
| by State Department officials and es-
corted in routine order to meet their
hosts.
The two great marble stairways
were utilized, that at the left for the
| diplomats and that at the right Tor
American officials. The Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Kellogg stood just
| within the doorway Of the Hall OF the
Americans to receive. j. Butler
Wright. Assistant Secretary of State.
and other State Department officials
assisted in escorting the guests to the
| hosts, where the presentations were
made.
The Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg re-
ceived alone, the wife Of the Secretary
wearing an exceedingly handsome
gown of black chiffon velvet, plainly
fashioned except for the elaborate
sleeves of kings blue chiffon, heavily
beaded and embroidered and flowing
from the wrist. Her hat was of black
velvet, it's medium brim being quite
becoming.
Change From Old Days.
The great hall lost much Of its
formality sby the arrangement Of the
buffet tables for the breakfast and
the smaller tables on the opposite
side of the room, where coffee and
punch were served. Tall vases OF
along the board and few huge clus-
tiers showed here and there with the
palms and ferns which formed
further decoration for the room.
Quite a change from the days be-
fore the Pan-American Building was
built and the Secretary of State re-
ceived in his own home, thereby hav-
ing to curtail the company simply
| to the heads of missions and their
wives. were the vivacious younger
members of the corps who went to
make up the SUITE IA CcCIl 1AlA6ss1O1is
Old and young men of 80 different
nations talked and smiled and joy
ously exchanged greetings, more than
dozen tongues being heard. The
size of the building admitted Of the
presence of the cabinet members and
their wives and families and other
officials, including the members of
the foreign relations committee of the
Senate, with Senator William E.
Borah as chairman. and the foreign
affairs committee of the House, with
Representative Stephen G. Porter as
chairman.
At the breakfast, as at the White
House reception, the first foreign
guests received were the Ambassador
of Belgium and Baroness de Cartier
de Marchiene and his suite, with each
Amba Ssador and Minister with their
respective suites following.
To many Of the diplomats the scene
at the White House and breakfast
| were novel. The Ambassador OF Chile.
| Senior Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal,
| arrived in March of last year, while
| the Ambassador of Spain. the Minister
of Nicaragua, the Minister Of Sweden.
! the Ministers Of Venezuela, Dominican
| Republic, Albania, Siam, Rumanla
| and Persia each faced a new scene
| in a, new land. -Four Of the countries,
| Salvador, Ecuador, Paraguay and the
| Netherlands, were represented Dy
charge daffaires.
/, The menu for the breakfast was an
! elaborate plate affair, including sal
| ads. croquettes, jellied meats. hot bull
| lion. coffee, teal punch and ices, ana,
after. the fatigue Of early rising, the
| wait at the White House, and so on,
| it was a much appreciated meal.
| Because of the hours spent at the
| White House and in acting as nostS
| at the breakfast, the Secretary ana
| Mrs. Kellogg are not keeping open
| house during the later hours OF the
/ afternoon. as are other cabinet mem
ber-s and their families.
| Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
will be at home this afternoon from
TO 6 o'clock in his apartment az
| 17s5 Massachusetts avenue and Win
| have with him his son, Paul Mellon.
Presiding at the tea table will be mrs:
Bruce, wife of Senator William CaDeil
Bruce of Baltimore, and Mrs Cnarles
S. Dewey. wife of the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
THE Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dwight r. Davis will receive from
to o'clock in their home at 1870
| twentieth street Mrs. Davis Will
wear a gown of light red chiffon made
| simply and on straight lines. Pre-
siding at the tea table will be Repre-
sentative Edith Nourse Rogers. Mrs.
Charles P. Summerall, Mrs. Fox Con-
nor and Mrs Henry G. Corbin.
! Attorney General Sargent Will not
observe the day at home, as Mrs.
| Sargent is in their Ludlow, VT, home.
~ The Postmaster General and MRS.
New have selected the hours from 3
to 5 o'clock, owing to the distance
from the city to their suburban
home, Hemlock Hedge. OH Edgemoor
| lane, in Bethesda. Mrs. New Will
wear a stunning French model gown
| of soft but heavy black satin devoid