The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
Mrs. Coolidge at AmdryILis ShOU This Morning;
"PriUate Nelg,, Gala Euent; Hrs Jardine Hostess
Many Of Diplomats in
Group at Greenhouse
Fete; New Blossoms
Shown
BIZ JEAN ELIOT

n accordance with long-estab-
\ lished custom, Mrs. Coolidge at.
tended this morning the private
view Of the amarylIis show Of the
Department Of Agriculture for which
Mrs. Jardine. wife Of the Secretary
Of Agriculture. was hostess.
Invitations to this informal but
delightful fete had been very gem
orally issued to official and resident
society. And the long greenhouse,
Rglow with the crimson and scarlet
and Chinese red Of the giant lilies,
was well filled with visitors by the
time the First Lady arrived. So her
progress among the flowers, under
escort Of Mrs. Jardine, developed
into bit OF an ovation and she
paused every step or two to shake
hands with friends over the nodding
heads of the amaryllis.
Fashion Show
I This was by way Of being a fash
ion show as well as q flower show.
True, springtime tendencies were
displayed mostly in the matter of
hats, for the chill March winds
made winter wraps comfortable.
But Mrs. Coolidge was wearing a
! smart two-piece suit of navy blue
serge, severely cut and bound in
braid, which bespoke the fashion Of
the future rather than the past. Her
soft white blouse was softened with
q collar and jabot edged with Irish
lace, and she had topped off her
becoming trotteur costume with a
medium sized hat of cocoa brown
straw high crowned and banded
with grosgrain ribbon of a slightly
darker shade.
Baroness de Cartier, wife Of the
Belgian ambassador, always gowned
with taste and distinction, wore
shades Of brown, with befurred
, top coat and a small hat Of petunla
scolored Yelours. Nine. de MARITIME,
wife of the ambassador of Italy,
was in spring like grays, with a
severe little hat of grosgrain silk
in an extremely bright petunia
ahade. Mile Jeanne Cretziano,
daughter of the minister Of Ru.
mania, was with her.
Others in the diplomatic group
were Nine. Matsudaira, Nine. Var
Ella and Nine. Peter. OF the Cab
ineteers I spied Mrs. Dwight Davis,
Mrs. New, and Mrs. Wilbur, Mrs.
Jardine wore a dark three-piece
frock, the coat opening over
beige crepe blouse, and had on a
becoming black hat.
In the Minority
Men were distinctly In the minority
on this occasion, save for the Agri-
culture Department officials who
were helping in welcoming the
guests and pointing out the rare and
beautiful specimens among the bios
SONS. But Senator Henry Wilder
Keyes was present with Mrs. Keyes,
and also saw Senator Tasker Oddie,
while a distinguished looking white
haired gentleman who fingered long
over the lovely blossoms turned out
TO be the father of Mr.. Dunlap, As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Among Those Present
The rarest blossom on view is an
amaryllis drained of all it's glowing
color until it is snowy as an Easter
lily. But somehow the scarlet
blooms seem most effective.
In the groups of spectators chat
ting animatedly as they looked
over the flowers were Mrs. William
e. Borah, Mrs. Robert Nelson Stan.
field, Mrs. David A. Reed, Mrs.
William R. Castle, jr., Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Ollie James,
Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Mrs. C. C.
McChord, Mrs. Charles S. Dewey,
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely, Mrs.
Frank B. Freyer, Mrs. Royal Cope
land, Mrs. Frederick Irving Cox,
Mrs. Frederick Hicks, Mrs. Ira
Bennett, Miss Anne Squire, Mrs.
James Warwick, Mrs. Parker West
Mrs. Robert Love Taylor, Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. Edward
w. Eberle, Mrs. William r. Castle,
tr., Mrs. Jason Noble Pierce, and
Miss Marion Jardine, daughter Of
Secretary and Mrs. Jardine.