The Washington times., 1929-01-08
President and Vice President Dine Quit
Everybody But the President-EIect

Mr.. Hoover Accepts No
Invitations; President
Coolidge Is Guest To-
night Of Attorney Cen
eral Sargent
After the holiday inter-
mission, with all its gay
advertisements, society has
resumed its normal routine
and everybody in the public
eye-the President, the
Vice President, the Vice
President-elect, the chiefs of
diplomatic missions, the
Cabinet, ct ais busy
dining out.
Sole Exception
The one exception seems to
be the President-elect-yes, he
really rates the title now, since
the Electoral College met and
cast 444 votes for Herbert Hoo
yer for President of the United
States. Presumably, Mr.. Hoo
yer has no lack of invitations,
but apparently he proposes to
accept none and do no enter
tanning worthy of the name be-
fore he fits to Florida.
Although the Hoover head
quarters are established at the
Mayflower, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoo
yer are living at their S Street
home, which has been kept open
all during their South Ameri-
can tour, and there they are
having a few old friends to
lunch or dine, when the spirit
moves them, or to drink tea
around their great log fire.
Otherwise they are making no
engagements of a social nature,
and will have time for none.
Mrs. Hoover and her handmade
ems are busy unpacking, with
the hundreds of gifts showered
upon Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover in
South America to complicate
matters, and they will soon be
packing again, preparatory to
vacating their pleasant home
for at least four years.
President Honored
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
returned from their Southern holi-
day to face considerable formal
entertaining. The first post Christ
mas party at the White House
looms on the horizon-the con-
gressional reception on Thursday
highland there remain beside of
the regular State functions the
Army and Navy reception and the
Speakers dinner. Tonight the
series Of Cabinet dinners for the
Chief Executive will be resumed,
with the Attorney General and
Mrs. Sargent as hosts.
They will entertain at the Will
4A4 u 4OI I L CS1OCllI anu 41I 81 SOOI-
idge and will have a good many
New Englanders in the company
asked to meet them. Mrs. Sar-
gent, who was detained at her
home in Ludlow. VT, by the ILL.,
ness of her little daughter, Anne
Pearson, arrived in Washington
only in time to oversee the final
arrangements for this important
dinner.
And the Vice President
The Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes returned from their holi-
day visit to Evanston, ILL.,, to
find themselves committed to dine
out three or four times a week
from now until the fourth of
March. Tonight they will be
guests of the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. Everett San
ders at the Willard and last
the British Embassy. with the
British Ambassador and Lady 1sa-
bella Howard as hosts.
Sir Esme and Lady Isabella
Howard had a number of diplo-
mats in the distinguished COM
pany asked to meet Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Dawes. This In.
cluded the Cuban Ambassador and
Nine. Ferrara, the Spanish Am
bassador and Nine. Padilla. the
japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Debuchi, the Rumanian minister,
Mr.. Cretziano; Mile. Jeanne CFet-
ziano. Senator and Mrs. William
Cabell Bruce, Nelson T.. Johnson.
Assistant Secretary of State; his
sister, Miss. Johnson; Assistant
Secretary OF War and Mrs. F.
Trubee Dawson, Maj Gen. and
Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, the
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes. Mr.. and Mrs. Leander
Mccormick. Goodhart, Mrs. Alvin
T. Hert, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock,
Mrs. Joseph Letter Lady Lister
Kaye, Miss Gytha Stourton, Theo-
dore Mariner, Comdr. and Mrs.
W. C. Horton, of the embassy
staff; Ronald Ian Campbell, coun.
selor Of the embassy, and Edmond
Howard and Henry Howard, sons
Of the Ambassador.
Several other important dinners
are on the calendar for, tonight.
The German Ambassador and
Nine. Won Prittwitz are enter.
tanning in honor of the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Kellogg.
The ambassador Of Brazil. s.