The Washington times., 1928-11-15
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY FOLK
Vhy Is Mrs. Coolidge House Hunting?
Diplomatic Reception On Tonight
President and First Lady
Face q Busy Period !;
Party Tomorrow in In
terest of Clark School

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Party Tomorrow in IN
terest of Clark School
Just why is Mrs. Coolidge
house hunting in Washing
ton? It cant very well be
that the President and Mrs.
Coolidge expect to settle
down here after they leave
the White House on the
4th of March. Their friends
have no hesitation in stating
that, although they can t
say what the President will
do after he ceases to be
President, they can say def
1aitely that he will not re-
main in Washington. And
Mrs. Coolidge is known to
feel that the Capital is no
place for an ex-President
unless he has some definite
official position as has Chief
Justice Taft.
Shopping for Houses
Nevertheless, the First Lady
has been looking at houses. She
went through one out in the pic
tnresaue Kenwood section the
other day, examining it from
qarret to cellar IN d critical yet
enthusiastic mood.
It may be that she is shop
ping for houses in behalf of one
Of her friends. She is always
interested in their interests, and
she is said to have helped Miss
Stella Stewart in the selection Of
her little bungalow near Silver
Spring, Nd, which Mrs. Cool
id9e says is to be her pied
terre when she comes back to
Washington a'visiting. The two
women have been friends since
they trained together years ago
as teachers of the deaf, and one
of the two pleasant chambers in
the bungalow Is to be reserved
for Mrs. Coolidge's use.
Personal Survey
On the other hand, the Mistress
Of the White House, knowing
that she must soon find home
elsewhere, may simply be inter-
ested IN the latest developments
In house building ami rlasy be.
conducting q casual survey Of
new residences with q view to
studying the various modern
improvements" and engaging gad-
gets which are built into the new
houses.
with the diplomatic reception
scheduled for tonight and another
reception for tomorrow afternoon,
fhs President and Mrs. Coolidge
are facing O. busy period. The
patty tomorrow is arranged in
connection with the launching of
a drive to raise a S2,000,000 fund
for the Clark School for the Deaf
at Northampton, Mass. to Be
known as ''tl1e Coolidge Fund"
and to be used to further develop
the work of the organization.
President Coolidge is a trustee OF
the Clark School and Mrs. Cool.
idge taught there before her mar
riase.
Diplomatic Reception
The diplomatic reception is al.
ways the most spectacular of all
the hardy aunuals of the White
House season. With the excep-
tion of the Presidents New Year
reception it is the one event for
which the diplomatic contingent
dons court resalia, and 1t is. of
course. more spectacular than any
daytime function can be because
the bright gowns of the women
and their rich jewels far outshine
the quieter modes for morning
wear.
The Misses Prescott. grand.
daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
w. Stearns have arrived from
Boston to attend the reception
and. with Mr.. and Mrs. Stearns,
are guests at the White House.
Many guests from various parts
of the country have arrived in
Washington to attend the ball
which Mrs. E1onzo Tyner is CIV
ing this evening at the May.
flower to present her daughter,
Miss Peggy Tyner, to society.
Miss Tyner has as her guests
for the ball Miss Mary Hunter
Marston, Miss Mary Lillian Up
percu and Miss Natalie Wales, of
New York; Miss Margaret McCor.
mick and Miss Mary Mccormick.
OF San Francisco, and Mrs.
Etienne de Pelissier de Bujac Cd,
and Miss Edwina Litsinger, of
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George MccleI-
land Reynolds and Mrs. Peck Mat.
thiesson have arrived from Chi.
lcago for the event.
Among those entertaining din.
ner parties preceding the ball are
Miss Adelaide Henry, who will be
hostess at the Chevy Chase Club
in compliment to Miss Carroll
Henderson and Miss Anne Car
ter Greene, and DR.. and Mrs. 10.
seph Wall, who are entertaining
EhCdp o" young peOple IOF Lnelr
daughter, Miss Frances Wall.
y
Theodore Tiller I'd. will pre-
sent on Saturday morning the
first OF a series of four puppet
plays for the children Of Wash.
ington. The remaining plays will
be given on successive Saturday
mornings. The shows viii be
given at the clubhouse Of the
League Of American Pen Women
at 110s Sixteenth St., beginning al
IL o'clock.
Patronesses for the series In
clude: Madame Alfaro, Madame