The Washington times., 1927-09-30
JEAN ELIOTS NEWS AND GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
SOQETYHEARS
HELLO FROM
MEXICO
Smart Official Group Lis
tens to Telephone Talk
Between Coolidge
+; and Gales
IN ALL the discussion about

TN ALL the discussion about
i precedence in washington no
mention il made Of group which
eesrnA to be "hors concours"-not
in the competition-thA newspaper
photographers.
hold up presidents, potentates ana
nriness. And Yesterday both the
President Of the United States ana
fhA prasidAnt OF Mexico were kept
waiting for their long planned
emerson to person" call across
1000 miles until the movie cameras
haa ground out their news reel
footake and scores OF "stills" had
been snapped.
entirely OF the IIatin.AmeficAn dip.
lornats and official folk, precedence
was. OF course, strictly observed in
4hA seating. And TO avoid any pos.
Sibllitv az confusion each OF the
chairs reserved for the official
guests was marked with 4 place
card similar to those used on a
dinner table. An idea quite new
to me, but eminently practical.
SC0t9 "a bAAC HAABAOS
with President Coolidge on the
platforn. Mrs. Coolidge had the
first ''pew'' on the side reserved
for officials OF our own Govern.
ment, and on the other side OF
the aisle were grouped the diplo'
mats, with the Anbasador OF Ar.
gentina in the place o. honor.
Grouped around Mrs. Coolidge were
the members Of the Cabinet ana
their ladies, with Secretary Mellon
of the Treasury seated beside the
First Lady. Others in this coterie
were: Dwight +. Davis, Secretary
of War; Attorney General Sargent,
Postmaster General ana MIS- mrs.
New, the Secretary Of the Navy
Ana Mrs. Wilbur, the Secretary Of
Agriculture ana Mrs. Jardine, Dr..
work. Secretary Of the Interior;
Mr.. Hoover, Secretary Of Com.
Ynerce, ana Mrs. James J. Davis,
wife Of the Secretary OF Labor.
Mrs. Coolidge was sInartly gowned
for a warm autumn afternoon.
She had on a three.Quarter length
coat of cocoa brown chiffon with
coin spots OF beige, worn over q
gown OF plain material matching
the coat IN color. Her hat was q
wide brfmmsd, untrinmed sports
model OF veloura OF 4 rich beige
tone which was exactly repeated
in the fluffy beige OK scarf about
her shoulders.
There was q genuine thrill In
listening in over this new inter
national line to hear the voice OF
President Gales, OF Mexico, az
plainly as though he were in the
room. DR.. L. S. Rowe, director
general OF the Pan.Arnerican Union,
was by way of being master Of
ceremonies &C this end and was
seated on the platform with Presi.
dent Coolidge, the ambassador OF
Mexico, Wilbur J. Carr, acting Sec.
rotary Of State; walter S. Clifford,
president of the American Tele-
graph ana Telephone Company,
ana other telephone officials. There
were exchanges between President
Coolidge and President Gales, be.
tween the acting heads OF the De-
partments OF State Of the United
States ana Mexico and then Am.
bassador Teller Of Mexico en-.
changed greetings with our charge
d'aftaires at Mexico City, Mr..
Echoenteld.
A Dramatic Event
There was a dramatic flavor to
the address OF Ambassador Teller,
seated beside & Republican Presi.
dent, IN that much Of his speech
was devoted to praise Of woodrow
Wilson ana to expressing the hope
that the new development in inter
national communications would help
to bring about the realization of
the ideals OF the wartime Presi-
dent. Many OF those present, not
speaking Spanish, missed this point,
and 1t 50 happened that this was
the first of the addresses of the
day not translated into English
Which may or may not have meant
anything.
The entire Mexican Embassy staff
was present, naturally enough, with
Nine. Teller among them. I also
epied the Ambassador Of Chile and
Nine. Davila, the Minister of Uruguay
and Nine. Varela, the Minister Of
Panama and Nine. Alfaro, the Minis.
ter Of Haiti and many others in the
Iatin-American group. Others
among the 300 guests were Mrs.
Wilbur j. Carr, Commissioner and
Mrs. sidney Taliaterro, Admiral and
Mrs. Edward w. Eberle, Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. Fred.
erick Dent Grant, and Col. and Mrs.
u. s. Grant Sd, with their pretty
daughter, Miss Edith Grant; Everett
Sanders. Secretary to the President,
and Comdr. and Mrs. Joel T. Boone.
Col. Blauton Winship and Capt.
Wilson Brown, the Presidents mill.
tary and naval aides, were on duty,
seated behind the presidential chair,
with the great stand of the flags
of the American Republics as a
decorative background.