Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
MCDONALD DINNER
IN SIMPLE SETTING.
Premier's Entertainment at
White House 0utshines Visit
of Belgian Royalty.
BY SALLIE v. III. PICKETT.


daughter in the White House last night.
with the President and Mrs. Hoover as
hosts, created far greater excitement in
the political and social world than did
the visit just after the close of the
World War of the King and Queen Of
the Belgians or the Prince of Wales. 1t
was the first time prime minister of
Great Britain had been entertained in
the White House, and his friendly mis-
sion to this country gave added interest.
The White House, in readiness for
its great event, showed a marked SIM
plicity with less floral display than in
former administrations and elsewhere
was the suggestion Of the taste OF the
new Mistress of the mansion.
Reads Portrait Inscription.
The prime minister read in the in
scription placed under the full length
of the portrait of George Washington,
which Mrs. Hoover has had hung in
the east room. This is the portrait cut
from its frame by Dolly Madison dur
ing the invasion of the British" with
out the CULVER of an eyelid.
The Marine Band Orchestra was
stationed in the marble foyer. and after
the guests had assembled in the
blue room, the President and Mrs.
Hoover followed their usual custom of
greeting, after which the President and
Lady Isabella Howard, Mrs. Hoover and
the Vice President, Sir ESme Howard
and Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, the
prime minister and Mrs. Stimson, the
Secretary of State and Miss Ishbel Mac
donald entered the state dining room.
State Dining Room
Showed California Influence.
The narrow table was built in horse
shoe shape, the host and hostess sitting
opposite the center Of the bend and be-
tween them the handsome gold plaque
ons adding color. At intervals about the
table were vases of flowers and very
much in evidence was the gold consoles
with the giant punches of large and
glossy grapes from California, the ma
tive State of the President and Mrs.
Hoover. These decorations Of the din
ing table are characteristic of the
present hosts at the Executive Mansion
and in keeping with the expression OF
the admiration for their State is the
picture of the mountains of California,
which is hung over the mantel In the
state dining room. a loan from the Ma
tional Gallery. The gold service OF the
Presidents house was used with the
service plates of the Woodrow Wilson
administration and conspicuous at each
place were large golden soup spoons,
showing the return of the soup plate
replacing the more recent boullion cup.
The handsome side tables, held by
large handsomely carved spread-eagles
of mahogany, bore the cut glass nnger
bowls, the coat-of-arms OF the United
States cut in the bottom and rose
geranium leaf in each bowl. In the
west window to the south end OF the
room stood radio, although the Ma
rine Band orchestra played from Its
usual place in the corridor. The ar
rangement of the flowers in the other
rooms was somewhat different from
more recent administrations, there
being a predominance of foliage rather
than flowers. In the red room clusters
of pink roses and white cosmos were
on the mantel and in the windows tall
palms and dainty ferns. The blue
room had its customary white roses
mingled with white cosmos blossoms,
which were in blue vases on the man
tel, and the round space before the
south windows was filled with palms
and ferns. In the green room there
were similar clusters of white roses and
cosmos to the flowers in the red room.
The east room shows many changes,
the portraits of the first President,
George Washington, and Mrs. Washing
ton having been moved there from the
red room. The mantels in this room had
no added decorations, but in the tall
vases before the east window were deep
red roses and ferns.
Mr.. Louis Richards of California gave
a harpschord recital in the east room
following the dinner.
Guests Seated at
State Dining Table.
The list of guests were the Vice Presi-
dent. Mr.. Charles Curtis. and his sister,
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam; the Ambas-
sador of Great Britain and Lady 1sa-
bella Howard, the Secretary OF State
and Mrs. Stimson, the Minister OF Can.
ada and Mrs. Massey, the Minister OF
the Irish Free State, Mr.. Michael Mac
White; Mr.. Justice James B. Mickey
nolds, Lord Arnold, Sir Robert Van
Sittart, Mr.. Robert L. Craigie, Mr.: ION
Jones, the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Mellon; the Secretary of War and
Mrs, Good, the Attorney General and
Mrs. Mitchell, the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Brown, the Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, the
Secretary Of Agriculture and Mrs, HYDE,
the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs:
Lamont, the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis. Senator and Mrs. william
e. Borah, Senator Joseph T. Robinson,
Senator and Mrs. James E. Watson,
senator Frederick Hale. Senator George
II. Moses, Representative Stephen q.
Porter, Representative John @. T1lson,
the chief of naval operations, Aomlral
Charles F. Hughes. and Mrs. Hughes;
the chief of staff, United States Army,
D C,,rN
Summerall: former Secretary OF State
and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, former
Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank b.
kellogg, former Postmaster General and
Mrs. Harry s. New, former Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. William M:
Jardine, the Undersecretary OF State ana
Mrs. Joseph P. Cotton. the Undersecre-
Mills. the solicitor general, Mr.. Charles
Evans Hughes, jr.; the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. Walter H. Newton,
former Attorney General, MIR. George
w. Wickersham, now chairman OF the
Presidents commission for the study OF
crime the Assistant Secretary OF State
and Mrs. William r. Castle, jr.; the
Assistant Secretary OF War and mrs.
Patrick j. Hurley, the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, M-Y Jahncke; the
Assistant Secretary !. Commerce and
Mrs. Julius Klein; the chief Of the In
dian division of the Interior Depart
ment and Mrs. Charles j. Rhoads, for
mer United States Ambassador to the
Court of st. James and Mrs. Alanson B.
Houghton, former United States Am
bassador to the Court OF ST. James and
Mrs. John w. Davis, the chief of the
European division of the State Depart
ment, Mr.. j. Theodore Mariner; Mr..
and Mrs. Julius Barnes, Mr.. Edward F.
McGrady and Capt. Allan Buchanan
and Col. Campbell B. Hodges, naval and
military aides to the President.