Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
WHITE HOUSE FETE
.DRAWS2,1OOGUESTS
President and First Lady Re-
ceive Officers of Army, Navy
and Marine Corps.

/ ana Navy SJaClOneQ III CIlc WdSHllBOolA
area and their wives. Civilians were
| conspicuous by their scarcity Gnong
the many uniforms, the Navy and Ma
| rine Corps officers Respondent in gold
braid of the dress uniform, while the
Army officers were in service khaki
| color.
The customary stately procession of
| the hosts followed by the members Of
their official family took place some Is
minutes after the appointed hour Tor
| the reception, and the Chief Executive
and Mrs Hoover took their places in
| the blue room They first received the
| Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley, who
were followed Immediately by the Sec
rotary of the Navy and Mrs. Adams,
the heads Of those branches OF the Fed
eral Government in whose honor the
| reception was given. This was de-
1 parture from custom OF many years,
| the members of the cabinet and their
wives always being received on the up
per floor before the stately march to
| the blue room. President and Mrs.
| Coolidge made as extreme change
when they were assisted in receiving at
the reception to the Army and Navy by
| the Secretaries of those departments
and their wives and other cabinet Off
GERS when the reception was in honor
of their branches of the Government.
Mrs Gam Absent.
President and Mrs. Hoover led the
way to the blue room, followed by Vice
President Curtis, who escorted Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture. Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam, sister of the Vice President,
sprained her ankle, and after her re-
! ception in the afternoon was unable to
attend the reception last evening. Sec
rotary Hyde is out of town. Secretary
of State and Mrs. Stimson were behind
Vice President Curtis and Mrs. HYDE,
and the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Mellon, walked with the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Hurley. Others in the
cabinet circle followed in their regular
order.
Mrs Hoover looked particularly well
in a gown of lame, in a pale-violet
shade, made with long and fiaring
skirt which had a train in the back
| The bodice had square neck line in
front, with v in the back, and lace
in the same shade of violet formed
sleeves to the elbow. Mrs. Stimson
wore a smart gown of white trans
parent velvet with a circular flounce
which formed train in the back, and
the bodice was severely plain.
Mrs Hurley also was in transparent
velvet of eggshell color made with a
circular f1ounce which fell into long
square train in the back. The bodice
was held by shoulder straps of rhine
stones.
Mrs. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney
General. had a gown of figured trans
parent velvet in shades of deep blue
and rose, fashioned with long fiaring
skirt and square neck'ire.
Mrs. Brown, wife of the Postmaster
General was in green taffeta which
had full f1ounces at the hipline and at
the knees, the skirt falling long and
round just escaping the floor. Her
slippers and gloves matched her gown.
Mrs. Adams, wife of the Secretary
OF the Navy, wore peacock blue chiffon,
long and full, very small rhinestones
embroidered to form a deep yoke on
the skirt and a similar embroidery on
the bodice and on the long square
train Of blue velvet.
Other Cabinet Ladies.
Mrs. Wilbur, wife Of the Secretary of
the Interior was in a becoming gown
of pale old rose silk fashioned long
and the bodice simply made.
Mrs. Hyde wore white chiffon en-
crusted with crystals and rhinestones.
Mrs. Lamont, wife of the Secretary
Of Commerce wore gown of gold lace,
fashioned with a circular flounce,
falling into deep train and a similar
fiounce forming a cape effect across
the back of the low-cut bodice.
Mrs. Doak, wife of the Secretary of
Labor, had a dainty gown of white
satin, cut low in the back and trim
med with satin gardenias, the skirt
having circular f1ounce which just
escaped the floor
The Secretary of War and Mrs Hur-
ley and Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Adams, after being received, went into
the green room, where they stopped to
greet the chief of staff, u. S. A., Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, and his aide, Capt.
T. j. Davis; the commandment of the
Marine Corps, Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller,
and Mrs. Fuller, and the acting chief
of naval operations, Rear Admiral Hal
ligan. and Mrs. Halligan, who were next
IN line. Admiral Pratt is on the Pa
cif1c Coast. Immediately after the
ranking officers of the three branches
of the service were the Assistant Sec
rotary of War and Mrs. Frederick H.
Payne, the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, Mr.. Jahncke, and Assistant Sec
rotary OF War for Aviation and Mrs. F.
Trubee Dawson. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, Mr.. ingalls,, is with the feet
in Panama, and Mrs. ingalls, is in New
York. The several innovations were al
together delightful, showing compliment
to officials as well as officers and Civ
ing them all a better opportunity tc
meet.