New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
DINNER PARTIES ORDER 0f WEEK
 Capital Society Having Gala Time With Guests

Washington, Jan. :s N-LarRe dinner parties have been the order of the week, the luminary around which they resolved being Presi- dent William T. Cosgravs of tho Irish Free State, and If ever an Irish gentleman was appreciated and entertained it was MT. Cosgrave.
 Beginning with the Presidents luncheon Tuesday, on down to the last minute entertainment for the visitor-the ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard giving a dinner party Thursday night for him,-the entertainments were unusually large. At each there were guests from all sections of the country and from all branches of official life. Cabinet ministers dined with MT. Cosgrave several times over, and following the dinner which the secretary of state and Mrs. Kellogg gave at the Pan American Union Building Wednesday night. Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Letter of Chi cago and Washington. held a re- ception for the visitor. In the Letter home the hosts were assisted in re- ceiving by MT. and Mrs. Frederick Sterling. Mir. Sterling Is American minister to the Irish Free State and Mrs. Sterling sister of Mrs. Lei ter.
 The vice president, MT. Dawes, at tended the dinner party given by MT. Timothy A. Smiddy. the Irish Free State minister. who never fails in telling joke whether it be at his own expense or that of another. One of the stories he told on E:m- self, when discussing the size and quality of newspapers in America was based on an incident in hts New York Hotel where he stopped just after landing. It was Sunday and he wanted Q newspaper. Final ly he espied genial looking gentle man walking about the lobby with what Mir. Smiddy though a veri- table news stand under his arm. Ap- preaching him he asked to buy . morning paper .The stranger as- $ured him he did not sell papers, and that the enormous roll con- tained but one New York Sunday edition, but he told MT. Smiddy where to find the news stand.
 President and Mrs. Coolidge have been wary of surprises ever since they entered official life. always following a routine we'll formulated and long followed. But Wednesday night they put one over on the ! American Legion organization when. following the dinner at the Willard hotel which the attorney general and Mrs. Sargent gave in their hon or. they took the elevator to the ninth floor of the hotel and at tended the American Legion ball. When invited to be guests at the ball several weeks ago. they de- clined as the president dislikes all such formalities.
 Since Washington society feels no computations in Sunday dancing, lnc OhiI tO Uc gwen dL tAC IldhhIl Embassy tonight and that to be giv- en by Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont next Saturday night will be brilliant affairs. lasting long after midnight.
 Mrs. Medill Mccormick introduced Sunday night supper parties here. the feasts of this nature in the Mccormick home during the life time of Senator Mccormick being regular political gatherings. where statesmen marched up to the side board and carved theirs own cold meats. and cut into huge cones Of homemade bread. Now Senator and Mrs. Walter F. George of Georgia have adopted Saturday nights in- stead of on Sunday. They will have the entire Georgia delegation in congress. and many other Georgians besides, as guests and they will spread T regular southern feast
 Southern women who come to spend the winter in Washington cn certain gcreronsly regardless of po- litical lines and one day during the week. a southern hostess. Miss Mary Temple of Nashville, who is pass