Show FIRST LADY IS VERY BUSY AT ENTERTAINING Knowing wing Ones Decree Skirts to Be J I Much uch Longer BY DY JEA JEAN JARVIS JAn Special Correspondent of o The Standard Examiner Copyright 1928 1926 By The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association Association W WASHINGTON Oct 2 Once t again the first lady of ot the land has hILS taken on the duty oC ot shaking I hands hand with n this that und and th notables notables notables other delegation ot of o na- na native native na native tive and foreign who are arc just now arriving thick as hops at the at-the the cap cap- capitaL cap cap- capItal capital ital Between times for the more In- In Intimate Intimate In Intimate groups the groups the little com com- companies companies companies who arrive by special ap- ap ap appointment the thc the tea table Is once again set going All out In It Its spotless napery the tho tea napkins exquisitely embroidered affairs of very ery fine tine white linen the lovely White House china and the equally lovely ely old bits of sliver silver doing service the cozy little table which Is usually set In the red parlor Is about the most Inciting It- It ing sight Imaginable and also about the most unpretentious us one n G SPOONS 8 The White House spoons m my dears the very very timers old old with the oblong bowls ending ina In Ina Ina a very ery definite point carry such engaging engaging- legends as Presidents Hou House The lettering tn is In very old and rather florid script It surely does give gl me a real thrill to sip tea ta from a 0 little od sll sheer er spoon poon which maybe one orn lin time sc Ved the tho Identical purpose fol or one anyone of ot a dozen or more his his- historical historical his historical personages from Mistress Dolly Madison's gay and happy day to the present The program for tor tho formal functions of ot the winter state din din- dinners dinners din dinners ners receptions and the like which has been announced earlier than usual begins December l 2 and concludes l February 17 1927 The New I-ew Years Year's fete on Satur Satur- Saturday Saturday Saturday day January 1 I will wUl begin at 11 a a m when President and Mrs Coolidge receive the dIplomatic corps and others of ot high official station It concludes at p m the general public being admitted at the close of ot the formal formil reception recep recep- reception reception tion The first i or Of the series Of state dinners with I the cabinet members and their wives as chief guests Is slated for tor Thursday December 2 Thursdays Thursday December 31 21 Jan Jan- January January January uary 20 and I February 10 are set apart for dinners arranged d re- re respectively re respectively In honor of ot th the diplo dIplo- dIplomatic diplomatic diplomatic matic corps the chief justice ot of the United States supreme court and the associate Justices and their wives I and the 81 speaker taker ot of othe the house and Mrs orth LonA me lily RECEPTIONS S Thursdays December 9 January 13 February 3 2 and February 17 at 9 p m arc are respectively set down n as dates for the diplomatic judicial congressional cons and army army- navy army navy receptions The President and Mrs Coolidge both had a IL part In the reception given at th the White i louse douse this week In hon honor r of ot the delegates to the first Pan American congress of public health directors now In session here All sorts of ot parties tig and little marked the visit of this group The Secretary of ot Slate and Mrs Irs Kellogg gave a II very reception for them at the th Pan Pan- Pan American American building Mrs Kellogg who has been taking a holiday at ather ather ather her old home In fn St Paul returned the tho day before the bIg bl party looking very fit tit and rested All through the evening ther hero was a everybody great how doing ap apparently having just dust got back from somewhere and all glad enough to meet old friends It was a very smartly pressed assemblage too There were com com- comparatively comparatively ely few jewels hut but ut the th gowns ns were splinter new and vcr stunning And the skirts my they they ranged bewilderingly from the knee cap to the floor generally generally ally those with the knee cap adroitly presented to view bad had the th call Cut But skirts showed up In slick little wrap-around wrap ef eft t frets eta and In downright 1 billowy swirls tightly ga gathered aa a fairly normal waist line an reaching almost almot almo t way mid-way the tho knees knee and thA ankles WI WEARS NEARS AnS BLACK DL GOWN GOW One very distinguished young youngIsh Ish fah woman whom everybody Val wai bent on meeting arrived d InI In Inky black costume of ot dull chitton ton fon draped snugly to n a long effect and finished ot of with a skirt that touched touched- th floor all a the way around anI an trailed oft off Impudently Into tw t short side trains SKIRTS Skirts aro are going to bo be longer I say the tho very knowing ones ones for forthe forthe the tho smartly-daring smartly are arc appearing I In the ground sweepers sweeper Can tl It bo be that the tho petticoat days dayi day and the tho chignons aro am aI on the way back Sure Surely the bobbed head and the sweeping skirt wont won't assemble very assemble very ery successfully and what with Her Majesty of Rumania bearing down upon us with a bobbed head bead the sartorial situation 1 It by way ot of being most mOISt mo t complicated |