New Britain herald., 1929-03-02
WASHINGTON GAY l FOR INAUGURATION
Event Of Next Week Being Pre-.
 pard for Extensively

Washington. March R)-Inaugu-
 ration day always upsets all the tra-
 ditions of Lent. and instead of its us-
 ual grave composure at this season
 there is a genuine carnival at-
 mospheIe about the capital. The
 streets are filled with strangers, gay
 bunting and flags Haunt the air from
 the fronts of buildings, tiers of
 seats from which the visitors will
 witness the inaugural procession on
 March {, are given over to footsore
 sightseers who rest in the seats of
 the mighty while a series of teas,
 receptions, luncheon and dinner par
 ties fell almost every hour of the
 day and night.
 Voteless Washington with its sev- eral hundred thousand residents claiming citizenship in some one of
 the various states of the union, is
 going fairly mad with a desire to en-
 certain the governors and notables of their home states during their brief visit here and while the presi- dent-elect and his consort refuse to attend any ball at all on the night
 of March {, at least half a dozen
 balls are being given in various places in the capital.
 Many of the larger state organiza- lions have secured large ball rooms where a reception followed by danc- ing will be given with the governors and residents of their home states attending. All of the governors and their ladies are expected to attend the big charity inaugural ball, and they undoubtedly will present them- selves there even if for only brief time. That is the way it is sched- uled to be.
 Senator Charles s. Deneen has outlined program for Illinois suf- ficiently brilliant to send any ordi- nary city ofr in a flare of glory for an entire season. In midweek the state society held reception in and Mrs. Otis F. Glenn, and Sunday afternoon this state and about 30 others will celebrate in honor of their governors. Senator and Mrs. Deneen-he is president of the Illi- nois State society-assisted by their lovely daughter. Miss Bina May Deneen. will give a reception at the Mayflower hotel from ( to o'clock for Governor and Mrs Louis L. Emmerson and other Illinois state officers. The Hamilton Glee club of Chicago will give the musical pro- gram and the congressional delega- ton from the state will assist in re- ceiying.
 Secretary of the Treasury, Mellon takes a box for the whole yearly series of entertainments given by the Pennsylvania society. and he was in evidence there when the members entertained for the auditor general and state treasurer-elect. Edward Martin. Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed and all of the mem bers of the lower house attended. The Missourians are waiting for real inauguration spirit to help along their great jubilee and Monday night they will fairly take possess sion of the Washington hotel. where Senator and Mrs. James A. Reed make their home this season. Sena- tor and Mrs. Roscoe C. Patterson will sit in the box of Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose of Kansas City who on the same night holds one of the largest boxes in the Washington auditorium for the inaugural charity ball. Other states are equally active. Senator and Mrs. Frederic NJ. Sack | ett of Kentucky bidding for really fashionable following at the recep- tion they will give for Governor Elem D. Sampson and with the con- gressional delegation assisting, while ! most of these parties are open to all the people of the states then in | Washington. Senator and Mrs. Sack cit have issued cards.
 Many more private parties are | being arranged. and some like the | tea that MT. and Mrs. Wade Hamp- ton Ellis will give for the governor of Ohio and Mrs. Myers Y. Cooper will have a real fashionable tinge. The Ohio State society. however. which Is quite powerful in the Dis trict of Columbia. is also entertain ing for Governor and Mrs. Cooper.
 Representative-e Ruth Bryan Owen who is already making her self heard In the capital is strangely enough the honor guest of the Texas State society. But then Mrs. Owen. tall. slender. handsome and with magnetic voice fits almost any oc- casion. She dresses stylishly and has the silvery tongue of her fath- CT. Mrs. Owen was the guest of the National Press club at luncheon when she told many amusing and in- teresting features Of her political campaign in Florida. She and Rep resentative Katherine Langley Of are the only grandmothers in the house, Mrs. Owens daugh- ter being Mrs. Meeker of saltimore.
 Mrs. Hoover. the incoming mis- tress of the White House and Mrs. Owen are close friends, Mrs. Owen having assisted in anizing the American Women's hospital in Lon don and serving there on Mrs. Hoover's committee until 1915. when with her late husband. Major Owen of the British army. she went 10 Egypt and spent three years while
 
 Nunzio E. Agnello M rnAc AcuE I'D or ulOI m llI