Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President and Mrs. Coolidge Emulate Capitals of
Old World in Holding New Year Day
Reception to Diplomats

piCiOuS opening az another year, IN
Guiding thosp of the So representatives
Of alien lands With which this Nation
holds friendly intercourse. he will he
one Of the group Of heads of nations
in every part Of the world performing
a similar gracious act. For all the
universe except as insignificant seq
mont the calendar has been reCtfied
and the New Year opens for all alike
on January !. Time was when all
through the year there were cere-
monies pertaining TO the New Year
held at different times those at the
japanese embassy being elaborate and
an important event in social life. The
Chinese legation in happier days held
impressive New Year rites. usually in
March, when the Spring began, That
nation also departed from the oi6
ways some 10 years ago. One OF the
most brilliant celebrations OF hoth
Christmas and New Year was in the
Russian embassy in the days or thS
Car. These feas.s came l. days later
than the accepted dates of the Gre
scrlan calendar. The RusSianS clnGinS
TO the Julian fashion "r*SckoniHs
time But they. too, had given up the
isolated WAY before the Norld War.
and though NJ George Bakhmetiett
celebrated the feasts in the religious
sense when the Orthodox Greek
Church appointed. he kept the ceie'
hrations in the local fashion and on
pecemhar - and January /. Now all
the .Amba SSa doris and Ministers are
unit in this regard and in their home
capitals scenes like those IN the hlte
House will be enacted.
Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. James John
Davis are the senior hoStesSeS III the
cabinet circle in point of local resi-
dence and they are the only members
of the group of 10 who began their
hosnitable duties when President
Harding was inaugurated in March,
1921. Both ladies have been accom-
plished chatelsineS, and now. entering
into their fifth year of cabinet ameni'
ties. they count an appreciate mum.
her OF personal as we'll as offlc!ai
friends. They have the housekeeping
instinct in the superlat!ve sense, ana
10 visi, their residences, whether in the
crush of a reception such as VIII ne
staged tomorrow afternoon or to nap
rem in for a genuine visit, Is TO teei
the true spirit of the Iuieiide. MIS-.
Hoover. a most enthusiastic Cainof-
risn. has that knack of informaiity,
even on state occasion, which mus
all her functions out OF the conNeh-
tional For one thing. she never per-
mits professional hand To touch any
for such august guests as the Presi'
dent and Mrs Coolidge. When flow
ers from her well stocked conserva-
tory fail. she can build a glorious
centarpiece on. of highly polished
fruit and vegetables with few spriSs
of holly or asparagus greens. MIS-
Davis is spending her first Christmas
in the handsome home purchased on
Massachusetts avenue last summer
and with five active children. all WIN
original ideas, even the casual VISITOR
has a most interesting time Jane
and Jean Davis always take part IN
the nrod,ctinns of the children's the
a.er in the hall of All Souls Churcn-
All of the Davis children love music
End dancing. and even Baby JeWeI
who will soon celebrate her second
birthday, beats time and essays 10
dance.
Mrs. Kellogg. wife Of the Secretary
n. STATE ranks next TO Mrs. Coolidge
in the number of amenities which, ac'
cording TO the tradition. become 90
uratorv. The diplomatic corps as
whole In entertained but once year.
q, the breakfast following the New
Year reception at the White House
hut IL is customary for the secretary
~ State TO invite every head OF Tor
e:gn mission in Washington 70 dine
a.; his home at least once annuaiiy.
Unlike the President. 1t is not posi-
bic 10 ask a vast company at the same
time and thus to discharge all ms Cd
LEGATIONS at once. All through the
YEAR there are dinner parties in the
kellogg home or in the patio OF the
pan.American Hall for the resident
corps. and often for their distin-
cuished visitors. Mrs. Kellogg has
charming group Of aides Tor tnese
heavy obligations. the wives oil the
Assistant Secreta ries OF State, and ire
Ouen,iv she calls i'm ladies' from the
foreign relations and foreign AFFAIRS
committees Of the Senate and House
All the hostesses In this group are
we'll known in Washington. where
.new have been associated with The
foreign corps for several years. with
the exception OF Mrs. Francis White
Che was Miss Nancy Brewster 81 Bal
tiurore, a member OF the well known
family If New Jersey we'll represented
in public for ny generations Mr
White, now an Assistant Secretary 81
State, was counselor al the embassy
in Madrid when he was sent to WASH
ington 10 I'll the place Of Mr.. j. Bct.
Ter Wright. AZ Mrs. White lived
abroad for some time and parsed
n
DE- lighter. she is among those who
can converse with the foreigners in
ioeir common yefnacU4ar, French,
The new governor Of Bermuda. Sir
LOUIS Jean Eole has arrived In liam
ijton and was enthusiastically received
by the slanders and the numerous
colony from the United States. This
Yoya4 governor is q bachelor ana II
6s.s. sol
fcrnpliKhfHents and q keen apprecia-
lion % sports Bermuda has ~ many
Winter residents from This country.
~ ming their own villas ana with
h@a*y interests in eiDps. hotels and
Yachting enterprises. that the governor
- a parsonage If such lmpot 10
them. The fD3 fner Assistant Secretary
<f var I>obeft shaw Oliver. and his
family nsy he sald to hsse been Pic.
reeFs Of the yDgue 81 Hamilton ana
Tie dune country therearput. There
are row several hTaunbar Of the Oliver
family Yhn spend ~ leaEt Eve months
in Bermuda. The former Secretary
~ state, Charles Evans Hughes, plIr
chased q villa IN Bermuda during the
iinls has d lighter. Elizabeth Hughes.
had been sent there tor her health.
She has now grown robust and can
isYf IN Sny climate. but SIR and Mrs
Hughes stiiI retain their property end
maize so many and aE prolonged visits
~ they can plan, NHHy ~ The "s"iH
e19e golf anc hunt clubs ~ Long jslh iid
End the northern parts III New Yoft
have Winter quarters near Hamilton
snd other patts Of the B"fmudas, and
4. IL az cotnn.pu for golfers 10 spend
the caid Season pfsciicinR On ihesf
felds ss i, is for The professional base
ball players ~ go 10 Florida
Mrs, Noble Brandon Judah, wife 81
the recently named Ambassador from
This Republic ~ fubs, seems jdsails
s,ruD@ient for tie role which sle has;
assuTps6. Mrs Judah though no
ba wing drop - Spanish blood In heI