The Washington times., 1929-10-08
Mrs. L0ngwOrth Returns to Capital
In Time TO Miss Dinner at White House
princess Alice" Will Meet
Prime Minister MacDon-
aid at Reception at Brit
ish Embassy

aid at Reception at Brit.
ish Embassy
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
returned to Washington last
evening just in time to be
too late for the dinner at
the White House given by
the President and Mrs.
Hoover in honor Of the
Prime Minister Of Great
Britain, the Right Honorable
James Ramsay Macdonald.
The Speaker of the House,
Representative Longworth,
is remaining in Concinnati
for two weeks longer.
"Princess Alice" however,
delights enormously to meet
interesting people and those
who promise to be a little
different and mentally stimu-
lating.
Shining Star
So it is small wonder that she
should not find 1t sensible or
agreeable to pass up entirely
this opportunity Of conversation
with the British premier. For,
undoubtedly, if she 10 running
true to form, she will be the
shining star at the reception
this evening at the British En-
bassy.
Mrs. Longworth will not be
present at the dinner at the
Embassy preceding the recep-
ton. For this invitation was
declined by the Speaker and his
wife when they expected to be
out of town during the eventful
visit.
No Struggle
Mrs. Longworth would be able
to 60 to the Embassy dinner with
no struggle for precedence, for
the Vice-President an d his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
ana Mrs. Gam, will not be pre-
sent. However, all three will be
guests at the reception later in
the evening where it doesn't mat
ter where you stand. Naturally
the dinner at the White House
last evening stands out as the
high spot of entertaining for the
British visitors. And yet. the
reception at the British Embassy
this evening will undoubtedly be
more brilliant.
The Diplomatic corps will be In
its most official dress with much
glitter of gold braid, orders and
decorations. And the elite Of Of
fetal and residential society will
be among those present.
Canadian
The Canadian Minister and Mrs.
Massey entertained at luncheon
today at the legation in honor
OF the Prime Minister and his
daughter.
The guests included the Secre-
tary Of State and Mrs. Stimson;
the British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard; the Secretary
of the Treasury, Mr.. Mellon; Mrs.
William e. Borah, the Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Ly-
man Wilbur; Lord Arnold. Sena.
tor and Mrs. Hiram Bingham,
Senator Frederick Hale, the I'm.
dersecretary Of State, Joseph P.
Cotton: Senator and Mrs. David
A. Reed. Sir Robert Vansittart.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Senator
George H. Moses.
Congressional
Representative Ruth Bryan
Owen. the Undersecretary Of State
and Mrs. William r. Castle; Rep
resentative Stephen G. Porter,
Representative and Mrs. Charles
A. Eaton. Representative Ruth
Baker Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden
Reid, Senator Hiram Johnson, A.
J. Glazehrook, Of Toronto; Thomas
Jones, r. l.. Craigie, the first Sec
rotary Of the Canadian legation
and Mrs. Hume Wrong: the Com.
mercial Secretary and Mrs. Mer-
chant Mahoney, the third secre-
tary, Thomas A. Stone; Mr.. and
Mrs. Keith Crowther. Mrs Donald
Matthews, and Miss Rosenberg.
Three former United States am
James and their wives were
evening by the President and Mrs.
Hoover.
Past Performance
These were Mr.. and Mrs. John
W. DAVIS. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
kellogg and Mr.. and Mrs. Alonson
3. Houghton. There were also
two former Secretaries of State
Mr.. Kellogg and Charles Evans
Hughes, the latter accompanied
by Mrs. Hughes.
"Past performance was recog-
rized again in the presence on the
eventful occasion Of former Post
ma ster General and Mrs. Harry
S. New and former Secretary Of
Agriculture and Mrs. William M.
Jardine.
First Place
In sending out the list from
the White House Vice President
Curtis and Mrs. Gam were given
first place, although the former
had waived any consideration of
Mrs. Cams rank in favor of Lady
Isabella Howard. Next came the
names Of the prime minister and
his daughter.
And then the British Ambas.
sador and Lady Isabella and next
to them the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Stimson, the Canadian
Minister and Mrs. Massey and
the minister Of the Irish Free
State, Michael MacWhite, CON.
pleted the British trio.
other guests were Justice James
MCReynolds, Lord Arnold, Sir