The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-16

hOstesses from official society.
dress or uniform, with the bright
ribbons of their decorations
across their breasts.
1t is customary at each Of the
state dinners to have a recital
afterward, with q small group
of guests invited especially for
the music. The recital last night
had especially interest, since a
program of rare seventeenth and
eighteenth century airs was
played by a capella composed Of
members of three famous string
quartets using rare instruments
the handiwork Of Stradivarius,
Montagna, and Amati, and other
famous luthiers from the IA
nous Rodman Wanamaker coll
lection. They were loaned for
the first time for q private con-
cert. The soloist was Mime.
Olga Samaroff, celebrated con-
cert pianist, and the capella was
under the direction of DR.. Thad-
deus Rich, former concert mas
ter of the Philadelphia Orches-
ira, now curator Of the Rodman
Wanamaker collection. Charles
Courbain, famous Belgian organ
list. played with the capella on
a Mustel organ brought to the
White House for the occasion.
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THE program was principally of
l. Seventeenth and Eighteenth
century music and included three
compositions not played before in
over 200 years. The compositions
by Thomas Tompkins and William
Byrd date from this Sixteenth
century and were unearthed last
summer In manuscript form in the
Bodleian Library at Oxford. They
were arranged specially for this
concert by Canon e. II. Fellowes,
director of music at Windsor Castle
and famous authority on Elizabet.
han music. The third was q charm.
ing thing Of Scarlatti, arranged by
the Italian composer, Malipiero.
The table decorations were OF red
carnations, stevia and gloriosum
fern.
DEsIDES the diplomatic group,
- the only guests were the Sec.
rotary Of State and Mrs. Kellogg,
Senator and Mrs. william e.
Borah, Representative Stephen q.
Porter and the inevitable aides
Col. Blanton Winship and Capt.
Wilson Brown. Senator Borah IL
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee Of the Senate and Mr..
Porter. chairman Of the Foreign
Affairs Committee Of the House.
NlHE Dean Of the Diplomatic
! Corps, the Ambassador Of
Great Britain. and Lady Isabella
Howard headed the diplomatic
contingent. Who else was pre-
sent? Say. rather, who was not
on an occasion such as this.
Russia, Estonia, Haiti, Ecuador,
Latvia and Luxembourg were
not represented at the dinner
although they appear in the dip.
lomatic list. The countries either
have no representative in Wash.
ington at the moment or the
chief Of mission was unable to
Acknowledgements Of illness or some
equally valid reason-in which
case the invitation does not de.
scend to the next ranking mem.
Der of the official group.
Among the ladies of the Diplo-
matte Corps who were absentees
were Nine. Pueyrredon, wife of
the Argentine Ambassador, now
in Argentina: Mrs. Smiddy. wife
Of the Irish Minister, also abroad;
Nine. Bostrom, wife of the Swed.
ish minister, and Nine. Bogran,
wife Of the minister Of Honduras.
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MRS. COOLIDGE viii receive a
4sA small group by appointment
today. her guests remaining for
tea.
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The Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Dwight Davis will be joined on
Tuesday by their youngest daugh-
ter. Miss Cynthia Davis, who will
return for the holidays from st.
Timothy's School. Mr.. Dwight
Davis, jr., will come from Harvard,
December 20 or %.
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