New Britain herald., 1928-02-25

social functions to mark the open ing of Lent. such as the musicale and dinner party given by Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips. Jr.. wife of former Representative Phillips of Pennsylvania, who had sixty guests to dine and hundred in for the mu- sic. Tonight the secretary of state and Mrs. Kellogg are to be guests of the minister of Egypt and Mime. Samy. while the Ambassador of France and Mime. Claudel will be honor guests at a reception held by the president and faculty of George town University. Major General and Mrs. w. B. Connor will be hosts at dinner and q dance at Wardman Park hotel for Col. and Mrs. Fitz- hugh Lee. At homes, luncheon and dinner parties and teas fill almost every hour of Sunday.
 Next week will be rich in social events. with the President and Mrs. Coolidge. if she is able. dining with the secretary of commerce and Mrs. Hoover on Tuesday night and the vice. president and Mrs. Dawes start ing their week by dining with Rep. and Mrs. James M. Beck of Penn sylvania, while one of the most in- teresting dinner parties in store for them is that arranged for March 8. with the Ambassador of Spain and Sonora De Padilla as hosts. Secre- tary and Mrs. Kellogg are giving a large dinner at the Pan-American Union building March 3. an event requiring great courage, for a dinner party. even at the White House, dur ing the closing days of congress is apt to be disappointing since all the congressional guests may be remov- ed by a night session.
 Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry who as Mrs. George Vanderbilt, came from the fashionable world of New York to live in Washington has since she married Senator Gerry. fallen quite into the line of official life and there is not a more popular woman in the senatorial ranks. She observes her Thursdays at home. gives official dinner parties and Is more proud of belonging to the senate Ladies Lunch club than to the very many fashionable clubs of the country, oi which she and Senator Gerry belong Besides the officers and board of di- rectors of the congressional club. Mrs. Gerry had assisting her at the reception Thursday night for the vice-president and Mrs. Dawes, Rep Katharine Langley of Kentucky Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper of Wiscon- sin, Mrs. F. J. Garrett of Tennessee, Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum of Mary land, Mrs. Homer L. Lyon of North Carolina, Mrs. Samuel C. Major ol Missouri. Mrs. Joe J. Manlove of Missouri. Mrs. Joseph J. Mansfield of Texas. all wives of representatives from many sections of the country Women of diplomatic corps are planning to spend much time in sewing, needle work, music and art , are most skilied-during Lent. Frau Kiep, wife of the counselor of the German embassy. makes her own dresses and the clothes for her baby. but they are not the usual home , made looking affairs. She wore to recent fancy dress ball an exquisite rose color taffeta silk gown. the skirt very long and full and trimmed with roses and frills. The old fashioned pointed bodice which fell of the shoulders was confined with band of gold lace. little puffed sleeves and other features, making it one of the handsomest gowns at the ball.
 | And she made every stitch of il herself. The gowns of Frau kiep and the hats of Frau Won Prittzwitz- Gaffron, wife of the German ambas- sador. which she herself manu- factures, are watched with decided interest. Mrs. Coolidge can cut, fl and make her own house dresses and at one of the meetings of the Friendship House some time ago she wore one to illustrate to the Girls club how they might make their own dresses, but she attempts noth- ing of formal nature.
 One watches style in table decor ation in Washington quite as much as the style in clothes and the din- ner service of one hostess is likely to give her women guests sugges- tions for their own Inequalities, 90 this season the palm for the most 1 profusely decorated table must 50 to the secretary of agriculture and Mra Jardine.
 When they entertained President Coolidge at dinner Tuesday. Mrs. Coolidge was too ill to go-thou- sands of yellow and blue blossoms were combined in the table decora- ton and those about the entertain ment suite. The blue hyacinths ana yellow jonquils were the combina- tion of color artistically worked out by the florists at the department of agriculture and they had for weeks been forcing along or holding back these blossoms for use at the presi- dents dinner.
 The huge floral pieces for the dinner table comprised round
 plaque at either side. The damask cloth was strewn with pansies, freesia and ferns until scarcely any of 1t showed all about the rooms were great baskets and vases of flowers. The air was so sweet and heavy with
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