The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-18

Last State Dinner of Coolidge Administration
Gipen at White House With Speaker Special Guest

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Speaker and Mrs. Long
worth Honor Guests (;
Vice President : Elect
Present
The last Of the annual
series of state dinners at the
White House was given last
eyening-the Speakers din
ner, with the President and
Mrs. Coolidge as hosts and
the Speaker and Mrs. Long
worth as the guests OF
honor.
Precedence
Senator Charles Curtis, Vice
President-elect, was a guest. So
were his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p.
Gam. Washingtonians are al
ready trained to asking Senator
Curtis sister and official host
ess" whenever he is invited to a
party, and are enthusiastic
about the custom, for Mrs. Gam
is q dear. But hostesses are a
bit put to it to know what to
do with her when they get her.
Should she take her brothers
rank--or her husbands? In this
connection it may be interesting
to note that in the White House
list, in which the order of prece-
dence is strictly observed, "Mr.
and Mrs. Edward E. Gam"
came after the names of all the
official group.
This, however, may not mean
anything, In the first place,
Senator Curtis is not yet Vice
President and ranks only in his
senatorial capacity. And in the
second place the Hoover Admin
istration may work out the de-
tails of precedence in quite a
different fashion.
Then, too, there is the posi-
bility of distinction being made
between Mrs. Gam accompany
ing Senator Curtis and Mrs.
Gam accompanied by her hus-
band, who, of course, has no
official position.
Official Guests
Beside Senator Curtis, the Off
cials present last evening were
Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Rob-
inson; the Governor of Virginia,
Harry Flood Byrd; Representative
and Mrs. FINS j. Garrett, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John Q. Til
son, Admiral and Mrs. Charles F.
Hughes, Mai. Gen. and Mrs.
Charles P. Summerall, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. John A. Lejeune, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, 1r.
DR.. Hubert Work, chairman of
the Republican national commit
tee, was a guest, as were Mr.. G.
Bascom Slemp, foremost of Vir-
ginia Republicans, and Mrs. John
T. Pratt, leader among Republic
can women in New York, who
will be Representative Ruth
Pratt when the next Congress
Former Senator and Mrs. VIII.
liam M. Butler. Of Massachusetts,
and Frank w. Stearns, White
House guests, were included in
the company. And another guest
was William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor.
The others present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Adams, Gen. Will
liam w. Atterbury. president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, and Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
S. Brady, Matthew C. Brush, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace A. Carter, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Chrysler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wendell Edwards, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin r. Felt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis A. Hertle, Mr.. and Mrs.
William McGonagle, Mrs. James
r. Morris, Miss Mary Patten, Mr..
and Mrs. Myron C. Taylor, Mr..
and Mrs. George whitney, Col. and
Mrs. James F. Coupal-a recent
promotion for the Presidents ply
and Mrs. osmun La
trobe and Capt. and Mrs. Wilson
Brown. The table had spring
like decoration Of Ophelia roses,
freesia and naidenhair fern.
Other guests were invited for
the musicale which followed the
dinner. The program was pre-
scented by Ruth Townsend, mezzo-
and Rudolph CAM, plan
list. The young singer, who in pri-
vate life Is Nine. Milan Petrovic,
Is niece of Mrs. Lawrence Town
send and sang at her morning n1u-
sicale on Wednesday. Her accom-
PIANIST then and last evening was
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, a smart
young Washington rnatron who
has found time to make a career
III music in addition to running a
home andsa husband and bringing
up 4 family and who, as Mary
Howe, is nationally known as
concert pianist.
Dinner Parties
The Mexican Ambassador and
Mime. Teller, who entertained at
dinner last evening. had as guests