The Washington times., 1929-01-25

as a small child she caught scar
let fever while visiting her dis
tinguished grandfather.
Velvet seemed to be the favorite
material in the ranks OF the
Cabinet women. Mrs. Dawes had
chosen a gown OF rose trans
parent velvet embroidered in gold
and made with a sash of gold
net draped to form the train.
Mrs. kellogg, Mrs. New and Mrs.
Whiting ali wore black velvet, each
gown, however, being individual In
line and treatment. And Mrs. San.
ders-Cabinet by courtesy at White
House functions, since President
Coolidge always includes the Sec
retary to the President with his
official family-had on, graceful
costume of Chinese red trans
parent velvet.
Mrs. Jardine's costume struck
a contrasting note, being fash
ioned of banana colored taffeta,
brocaded in a small wide spaced
design, and made with full
skirt and tight fitting bodice.
Mrs. Wilbur's wine colored chiffon
was beaded in bronze tones about
the cape drapery. Mrs. Jardine
wore a charming two toned
chiffon gown. the bodice white,
the flaring skirt flame color and
the two joined in irregular line
by strass embroidery. Mrs. Davis
costume was also in chiffon,
orchid in tone and made with a
deep bertha of the material.
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Vice President Dawes and Sec
retary Mellon, who retreated to
the smoking hoom for confab
with S. Parker GiIber, jr., at
the Congressional reception a
fortnight ago, also slipped off
early tonight: and one could see
the Vice President reaching for
his underslung pipe and he dis
appeared into the smoking room.
The Secretary of War spent
some time hobnobbing with Army
dgnitaries in the East Room.
The Secretary of Labor also
drifted away from the sacred pre-
cincts of the Blue Room and a
bit later Mrs. Davis made the
grand tour of the drawing rooms
with Mrs. Morris Sheppard and
her pretty sub-deb daughter
winsome figure in black taffeta,
with white lace outlining Its
round neck, her smooth hair
parted in the middle and drawn
down over her ears.
Mrs. Davis commented upon
the fact that last night she had
descended the White House stairs
with the Cabinet group for the
thirty.second time-never having
missed a reception in the eight
years Mr.. Davis has been in the
Cabinet.
Rank and File
One spied most of the rank"
in the Blue Room as the file"
were making their way in seried
ranks to greet the President.
Admiral Charles +. Hughes,
Chief of Operations, United States
Navy, and Mrs. Hughes. led the
line, with Mai. Gen. Charles p.
Summerall, Chief of Staff United
States Army, and Mrs. sum-
neral close on their heels. Mrs.
Summerall's costume was all
of glittering gold sequins, with
gold tulle for trimming and she
wore q scarf of gold tulle.
Senator and Mrs. David Aiken
Reed were among those present"
Mrs. Reed a good deal of
stranger to society as she has
been i'll most of the winter--so
were Senator and Mrs. Hiram
Bingham, and Representative
Florence p. Kahn. And in the
service group were Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Lejeune, with
Miss Eugenia Lejeune the lat
ter wearing an enchanting frock
of scarlet point d'egprit, with
lace of a slightly darker tone
outlining the low waist line and
the gracefully dipping skirt Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Mason Patrick,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Bar.
nett, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rob
ert e, Coontz, MAJ. Gen. and Mrs.
William D. Connor, and Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. John A. Hull.
Maj. Gen. William e. Horton
was squirting Mrs. Karl Klemm,
who had on one Of the most strik-
ing gowns noted last evening"
draped bannana-tinted satin, with
a string of emeraIds to give color
to the ensemble.
Major Julia Stimson, head Of the
Army nurses corps, was a con-
spicuous and handsome figure in
her uniform. Mrs. Coolidge's Sec
retary, Miss Mary Randolph, who
has been i'll for 10 days, was in
the Blue Room group, wearing
green taffeta picture gown with
a scarf of lovely lace: and there,
too, were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T.
Clark, Condr. and Mrs. Joel T.
Boone. Mrs. Clark's costume was
of gold lace over flame color.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will G. Barnes
were among the guests, Mr.. Barnes
wearing his Congressional Medal
OF Honor on blue ribbon round
his neck. Mrs. John M. Shafroth,
widow Of Senator Shafroth, was
accompanied by two young guests.
Miss Jean Probert and Miss Ruth
Morrison, of California. Comdr
and Mrs. John NJ Shafroth were
in the group.
Youth
Youth had gensrous representa-.
ton at the party. Miss Alice
Davis, daughter of the Secretary
of War, in gay tangerine gown,
and Miss Marion Jariine dalInhtAr