Evening star., 1930-12-05
CORPS is HONORED
AT WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
Court Uniforms and Beautiful Gowns Lend
Color to First State Function of Winter
Given by President.


ured rose and silver brocade satin,
fashioned on the new prevailing lines,
the skirt dropping to the floor. She
wore the diamond necklace presented to
her as a wedding gift from Congress.
Touch of Royal Atmosphere.
Mrs. Owen was in black crepe made
on moulded linss with the bodice trim
med with white.
Four American women wearing the
costumes in which they made their
courtesies to Queen Mary, at the Court
of st. James, added touch OF royal
atmosphere to the picture. Each car
ried a long fan of Prince of Wales
plumes which formed part of their COS
tunes when they were presented. Mrs.
Guy Despard Golf, wife of Senator Con.
was in her handsome gown which is
beaded all over in an exquisite design,
and others in their court costumes were
Miss Vera Bloom. daughter of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs.
Wade Hampton Ellis and Miss Natalie
Coe, god-daughter of Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. Mrs. Golf wore the only
complete court dress with the train OF
many yards, others dispensing with the
court train and veil.
After being received the members of
the diplomatic corps moved through the
green parlor and again entered the
blue room, where were assembled Vice
President Curtis and Mrs Gam and
the members of the cabinet and their
ladies to greet them.
The blue room was later thrown open
to any guests who wished to enter, thus
turning it into an animated meeting
place for the few officials present, the
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations
Committees and a few others of the
House and Senate holding court of their
own.
The debutantes Of the season were
there with but few exceptions, and their
mothers or chaperons showed them in
and out of the state drawing room just
as If they were being presented at court.
Taking her former place in the blue
room and holding court during her en-
tire stay in the White House was Mrs
Thomas r. Marshall, wife of the late
Vice President and the new Minister
OF Protocol and Mrs. F. Lammot Belin
were others to receive renewed welcome.
as did also the former Assistant Secre-
tary Of State and Mrs. ]. Butler Wright,
Mr.. Wright but recently coming from
his post us Minister at Budapest.
Gen. Macarthur Arrives.
The new chief of staff of the Army,
Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, was
ushered directly into the blue room
upon his arrival and held court be-
hind the lines. The Speaker and Mrs.
Longworth always hold a constant re-
ception wherever they go, and Mrs.
Gam and Mrs. Longworth held an
animated and friendly conversation.
Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
Senator and Mrs. George, Senator and
Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, Senator and
Mrs. Guy Despard Goff, and Senator
and Mrs. Davis and Senator Arthur
Capper were among those from the
Senate, and Representative Hamilton
Fish. jr: Representative and Mrs.
Henry Allen Cooper from the House.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel and Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Hartman. prominent
in the Republican organization of the
District, were in the long line, and
among the many others there were
Judge John Barton Payne, Miss Mabel
Boardman, former Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs John H. Bartlett. Mrs.
James r. Mann, former Secretary to
President Harding and Mrs. Everett
Sanders, Mrs. James Carroll Frazier,
former Secretary to President Coolidge
and Mrs. Edward C.. Clark, Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose,
Mrs. Austin KautZ, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Cans. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ".
Oulahan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ell
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic William Vile,
Mr.. and Mrs. Demerest Lloyd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Langlais, Mrs. Robert
Hinckley, Mr.. and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten, the Misses Randolph, Mrs.
Frank @. Let's and her daughter, Mrs.
John Borden. of Chicago: Mr.. Ralph
Snowden Hill. Stanley X. Hornbeck.
Herbert Hengstler, Mrs. Vaudeville Car
Isle, Miss Janet Richards and Maj. and
Mrs. Ernest Bicknell.
Vice Presidents Daughter Attends.
Maj. and Mrs. Charles P. George, the
latter formerly Miss Pamela Curtis,
daughter of the Vice President, were
among those at the party. Mrs. George
wore a becoming gown Of black velvet.
made with long gracefully draped skirt
and the bodice finished in v neckline
with cascade of gardenias from one
shoulder in the back.
Mrs. Joseph Letter was among those
who wore sparkling tiaras. She had a
gown Of gold lace in a fine pattern, the
bodice having a cape-line panel back
and front, and the skirt long and full
and gracefully falling on the floor in
the back, She wore about her neck a
string of diamonds with diamond pend
ant earrings and her tiara was of dia-
monds.
The Solicitor General Of the Depart
ment of State and Mrs. Green Hack
worth. the latter wearing a pink satin
gown, the skirt fashioned with ruffles
of tulle, and Miss Barbara Vandenburg,
daughter of Senator Arthur H. Vanden-
burg, and Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews
al kIn ~ Ako
eral and Mrs. John Lord O'Brian
were present. Mrs. Margaret Sher-
idan O'Connell. who was accompanied
by her sisters, Miss Julia Teresa Sheri-
dan and Miss Annette Sheridan, wore
a gown of silver lace fashioned on long,
fitted lines She had on pearl orna-
ments. Miss Julia Sheridan was in
white satin embroidered in gold and
her sister wore gown of crimson
satin with crystals and beaded slippers
to match.
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney and the Misses
Harlan were among those from the
Supreme Court circle OF a few years ago.
And among others of less intimate
official circle were former United States
Ambassador to Russia and Mrs. George
T. Marye and the latter's sisters, the
Misses Doyle.
Many former officials and members
Of other White House families" were
in the large company. Mrs. Edwin T.
Meredith widow of the former Secretary
of Agriculture, was escorted to the Blae
room by Edward Everett Gam and she,
too. held an imprornptu reception wher-
ever she stopped. Former Attorney
General and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer
were other representatives Of the ad-
ministration of the late President
Woodrow Wilson.
Reminiscent of a less recent admin
istration was Mrs. Russell B. Harrison,
daughter -in-law of President Benjamin
Harrison, acclaimed the beauty of those
four years. Mrs. Harrison was ac-
companied by her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lewis
Armstrong; the formers daughter, Miss