New Britain herald., 1929-01-12

the guests. like MT. and Mrs. Ford.
 former governor of Vermont and
 Mrs- William w. Stickney who head
 ed the list of guests at the dinner
 from the Green Mountain state.
 greeting the President and Mrs.
 Coolidge and Mr. and Mrs. William
 l.. Bryant of Springfield. Mass. and
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Lud-
 low. Vt. and others staying over for
 the reception.
 The congressional reception was
 quite enough to hold any stranger
 in Washington. New members of
 both houses Of congress attended
 and most Of them had guests with
 them from their own districts. Old
 Washington residents were there too and it was one of them who con-
 trasted the reception of few nights ago with those of twenty years ago, when ladies just would wear hats or
 bonnets and to save their lives would not appear in collarless gowns. Red flannel petticoats un- der light silk or satin gowns with ample placket slits in> tho back to show them of were not at all un- usual. while men in tan shoes and business suits rambled through the drawing rooms, never dreaming that they were not we'll groomed for the occasion. Now no matter from what remote section of country these guests of honor come, they are dressed in quite as good fashion as are their eastern sisters and broth CTS and a four-in- hand tie has not been conspicuous at a White House reception in some years.
 The President-elect and Mrs. Hoover accepted no official invita- tions during the week, but they lid dine with the Pres1ent and Mrs. Coolidge unofficially. and with Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Rinehart, and Mrs. Hoover attended the Paul kechen- skiFelix Salmond concert with Mrs. Sydney Cloman who was a strong republican worker in the recent campaign. There were two former first ladies" at the concert as we'll as the prospective first lady" Mrs. Hoover. the others being Mrs. Will liam Howard Taft and Mrs. Wood row Wilson. They all joined lunch- con parties after the music.
 With the pail of mourning hang ing over the British embassy, lifted temporarily at least by the progress toward recovery of King George, the Italian embassy goes into mourn ing. The edict comes from the King of Italy that the ambassador and his suite observe thirty days of mourn ing, free from social engagements for the death of Prince Nicholas of Russia. This interrupts constant | stream of entertainment for the ann bassador and her highness. Nobil | Donna Antoinette De Martino, who ! not only had several brilliant par ties of their own planned, but had | accepted invitations for the inter- vening time.
 Reminders of the famous tennis ! foursome of President Roosevelt's day when the late French ambassa- dor NJ. Jusserand. Baron Speck Won Sternburg. the ambassador from Germany, former Governor Clifford Pinchot and President Roosevelt | played on the White House courts, came in the arrival here | few days 1 ago Of Mrs. Adolph Pavenstedt of New York, formerly Baroness Won |, and her sister. the Coun- tess De Faramond De Lafajole, for merly Ivy Langham. The court. now a rose garden. was within hands throw of President Roosevelt's of- flee, and it was there that the presi- dent sent a ball whizzing into the | ear of the French ambassador with | out raising the slightest information al complication.
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