The Washington times., 1929-02-19
Series of Cabinet Dinners for Chief
1 Executive and First Lady Ends Tonight

entertaining 1Of Tie nc
tir;ng Administration
Group Is Fast and
Furious
The President and Mrs.
Coolidge will dine tonight
with the Secretary of Labor
and Mrs. Davis. This will
be the last of the series OF
Cabinet dinners for the Chief
Executive and Mrs. Coolidge
in this Administration, al
though there is one more
formal party in their honor
the dinner which the Speaker
of the House and Mrs. Long
worth will give next Tues
day.
Busy Weeks
Secretary and Mrs. Davis,
who have been too busy being
entertained to do much entertain
ing through the early winter,
now have a series of important
yo,.+;os in nrosnect- They will
give another dinner tomorrow
night. On February 26 they
will entertain at dinner for the
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes,
with the Pennsylvania delega-
ton in Congress and their
womenfolk asked to meet them;
and February 27 they have in;
vited the Indiana congressional
delegation to a dinner, which
will be followed by a motion
picture showing.
Why Indiana?
The Secretary of Labor being a
loyal Pennsylvania, it is quite un-
derstandable why the Davises
should entertain the keystone del
egation. But the question comes
20 mind, "Why the Indiana group!
It is easily answered, for Mr..
Davis began his political career
in Indiana, held several small
time, elective offices there and
has been friends for years with
many of the members of the
delegation.
Fired by pleasant recollections
of having dined with the Davises
two years ago Ito meet the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge" and by
pleasant anticipation Of the din
ner ito meet the Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes" the Pennsyl-
vania delegation is planning to
entertain at dinner on February
% in honor of Secretary and Mrs.
Davis. The dinner will be given
at the Congressional Club and
there has been a 100 per cent
response to the invitation to sub
scribe, extended by a committee
including Mrs. Clyde Kelly. Mrs.
Guy Campbell, Mrs. Adam Wyant,
Mrs. Harry Ransley and Mrs. Ed.
ward NJ. Beers.
On the afternoon of February
"a Mrs. Davis will be hostess at
tea to Mrs. Coolidge and the
ladies of the Cabinet group-there
being not enough days left be.
tween now and the Fourth of
March for all of the Cabinet
ladies who are desirous of giving
Iuncheons for the First Lady.
Saturation Point
Members of the outgoing Ad-
n1inistration are being entertained
almost to the saturation point in
the last fortnight before the 4th
OF March. The Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes, who were guests
Of the Minister of Finland, Axel
Leonard Astrom, last night, will
be entertained tonight by the
Ambassador of Cuba and Nine.
Ferrara, who have invited a. dis
finguished company to meet them.
And on Thursday evening they
viii dine with the Minister of
Egypt and Nine. Samy Pasha, this
hospitality being the first in the
new Egyptian Legation in Sheridan
Circle, into which the Minister
and Nine. Samy are moving today.
At the Minister of Finland's
dinner for Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes the other guests were the
Ambassador of Cuba and Nine.
Ferrara, the Ambassador of Ger
many and Nine. Won Prittwitz,
Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry
Sanford, Senator and Mrs. Guy
Despard Goff, the Minister Of Aus.
tria and Nine. Prochnik, the Min
lister Of the Netherlands and Mrs. J.
H. van Royen; the Minister of Nor
way and Nine. Bachke. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer and Mrs. Robert
Hinckley.
This afternoon Mrs. Dawes will
entertain informally at tea for a
small group of newspaper women.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur are among those of
the Cabinet group who are to be
busiest this week. Representative
and Mrs. William e. Evans, of
California, will entertain at din
ner for them tonight. Tomor.
row Edward P. Warner, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Tor Avia-
ton. and his sister, Miss Eliza
beth Warner, will be their hosts;
on Thursday Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Charles f. Riggs, and on
Friday, Representative and Mrs.
Burton E. French, On Saturday
evening they will be entertained
by Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
D. Leahy.
Yesterday. by the way. when
Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur at
tended Col. Wade Cooper's lucheon
for the delegates attending the
Pan American Trade Mark Con-
ference. Mr.. Wilbur contributed a
witticism. Called upon for a few
words, he replied aptly: THE
Navy has but one trade mark,