Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1924, Page 36

GRANT, Wiafe of the Direclor of the . M ntb an;l wfith mmc vaking her home af af:r.ir.%&n Park Hotel. Dinner at White House For the Supreme Court Marked Society Event Congressional Club Reception Also Among Im- portant Functions of the Week—Three State Entertainments Still Scheduled. SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HE Supreme Court dinner at the White House Thursday night and the reception at the Co two espe al intere and legations and tho series of state entertainm hosts ruary 7; the Spe ception the night of Mrs. Cooli wiil be enterta ladies of the cabi day, February 6. remain, the essional re: February 28, who contributed much to the entertai; veek were the ambassador y important headlines for society writers unofiical households. eption the cvening of Thursda ker's dinner February 21 and the Army ngressional Club Monday night gav t week, st were entertainments in cmbassies But threc more of the and Mrs. Coolidge as Feb- 2d Navy re- In the meantime the President and the Presid ned by members of the cabinet and the ret will have their next formal day at home Wednes- cnt of of Belgium and Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne, who have the old-world way of giving their guests a feast of soul fol Gerardy, the Belg day follow the previous might. He of Wa on society w c i raing 1 W n cal tomorrow. ng the material feature of the evening, and Jean | 1 violoncelkist, who played at the White House Thurs- | Supreme C be heard by the several hundred members ! , will meet at the Hamilton for Mrs ourt dinner, entertained their guests Lawrence Alternating with him on the John Barclay, whose beautiful voice gnetic presence can but delight all hearers, and who is novel lovers in th IPLOMATIC d be until A and less formal. Friday there was another, the variol cordiality in each home day night, when all party and Mrs. yon Caolidge and th tea tables unknown to at home, MONG the interesting things pl be the thirty. makes a strong appeal he has not before been heard here. at home are being generally observed now, and will sh Wednesday, March §, when they will become smaller | a general scurry from one. home to ! hostesses, like Mme. Panaretoff, Mme. Peter and, Mme. von Lewinski, each receiving a number of important visitors, who , took advantage of a calm and pleasant afternoon. There was a special | such as obtained at the Congressional Club Mon- | lines were. lost in being host to the President There is much simplicity at these diplomatic after- | appetite of guests is whetted by tidbits on the | American hostesses. anned for the lovers of terpsichore t ainnual Southern Relief ball, February 4, which jdead line is drawn. t only to the hundreds of southerners in Wash- imove and stands for better balanced THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 27, 1924—PART 2. MRS LOUISE CHESTERTIELD ARTHUR. Jr. oA Januar bride who was formerl Miss Henrietta Hift Matrons of Society Resent the Delays in Noting Invitations | Slow Responses Held to Cause Mucl’l Annoyance to Hostesses, and Detracts From Dignity. n's teapot again, and this time it | not all froth that comes to the top b firm it mild determination to put a 8top to, or at any rate correct, some of the remissness of would-be polite ty. The most profound question when you are invited to a. dinner, ance, musical or luncheon, how long can you wait beforo acknowledging the jin ation either by accepting or re- \gretting it Some folk accept promptly and regret later. Others et at once and all time. However that may be, there is a general impression with the smartest hostesses of the Capital that thoss who wait beyond the limit of courtesy in accepting or declining an invitation are waiting for a better one, or one they might like better, while others, perhaps, unkindly attribute it to the careless training of eoclal secre- taries. After all, so few boast the service of a secretary that pressure in that quarter should be removed and the real blame placed upon the men {and women to whom invitations are ad- dressed. For a dinner the delay is deadly and works both ways, as a well established hostess will not permit herself to be in- need more than ence. The mat- it & an extreme that social society, aid to be compiling a black list, giving perhaps a second or even third chance before the It s a concerted ington, but to society folk of Richmond, Baltimore and other nearby dinner parties. cities. Nothing will be spared th 1ost brilliant of the thirt of Washington's social histos vear to make the ball the largest and 4, dances which stand to its credit on the pages is Another evil {s the uninvited guest. fter having accepted an invitation, it perfectly proper for one to address a Annually there are present belles of hostess and regret their inability to at- ante-bellum days, wearing their long-treasured laces and jewels, and the /tend an entertainment, or request the fast dwindling line of Confederate soldiers put on their gray uniforms and dance to the stra rooms will be the scene of the festi: TH s not c other p. the ily be ew Wi ause i on, ns of old-fashioned music. Lenten ball will be that of Monday evening, March 3 rd, and which will undoubtedly have recogni . s.the annual ball for the Episcopal Home for hildren, a much-loved charity here, wcing event beiore Ash Wednesday The New Willard ball- ty mext month. , but because it will be the last big NLISTING np_ccia! attention from society folk beiore Lent is the card party, with a tea and special program following, which has had to change the day of entertainment from Febr uary 20 to the following afternoon because of a Russian artists concert on the first afternoon chosen. 2 One of the particularly attractive features of the card and mah-jong tahles will be the presence during the afternoon of Mi isa delinquents of g {iss Louisa Irving, who knows the ancient game of mah-jon; 3 - anc .ma g probably better than any other woman in Washington, and will instruct at the table witho:n money and without price during the hours of playing. List of Engagements To Wed Made Public Dr. and Mrs. Loren B. T. Johnson announce the engagement' of the former's daughter, Nevelle, to Capt. David S. Barry, jr., United States Marine Corpse The wedding will Drobably take place in June. Miss Johnson made her debut in Washington and Pittsburgh last ceason, and is one of the most inter- osting and accomplished of the younger girls of resident soclety. Capt. Barry is the son of Mr. and Mrs, David §. Barry of Washington. Lieut. and Mrs. Arthur R, Nicker: som, U. S. N., announce the engag ment of their daughter, Rose Mar- zaret, to Mr. Robert Thornton Strange, ton of Mre. Strange and the late Mr. Thomas E. Strange of An- napolls, Md. The wedding will take place February 11. s Charles Clark Bryan has en- -l nounced the engagement of her | Gaughter, Agnes Bartlett, to Mr. John Craig Miller, jr., of Huntington, W. {Va. The announcement was made | yesterday at a bridge luncheon gi: |in honor of Mrs. Harry L. Bence. at {he Calro. Mre. Pence was formérly Miss Ru ontgomery of Mount Claire, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hubley Potter of 2119 LeRoy. place. who are spend- ing the winter at Bermuda, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. Richard S. Evans of Llan Llowell, Wales. ‘Addreu: on Tax Plan Before University Women Tomorrow evening the American | Association of University Women will have as guest of honor at the forum dinner Mr. Eliot Wadsworth, assist- ant secretary of the Treasufy, who will speak on “Taxation and the | Mellon Plan.” privilege of taking a guest or two. This is frequently dome and without criti- cism, However, the great problem is how to evade the worry inflicted upon a hostess who must sit on the anxious seat until a day or two or even a few hours before a dinner, to know how many guests to arrange for. It is not alone in official runks that the dis- {courtesy is practiced, but among dip- lomats and society folk in general. Having" accepted a dinner invitation, nothing less than a calamity should pre- vent one fulfiiling it, and to decline for a trivial cause at ‘the fatal eieventh hour will undoubtedly prove a future bar to invitations from hostesses thus treated. ‘With absolutely no reference to_the ‘Washington soclety, Miss Anne Squire, whose “Washington So- Glety” is now on every woman's writing. desk, says that Invitations to dinners and luncheons should be answered with- in_twenty-four hours, and many punc- tilous_hoetesses telephone a regret at once dnd later send the more formal note. If the invitation is accepted, the reply should be-delivered within |hirty-six hours. !Reception Listed Friday By. Congressional Club The Congressional Club has issued invitations for a reception Friday afternoon, February 1, from 4 to 6 o'clock, to meet Senora Dona Estela Broch de Torriente, wife of the am- bassador of Cuba, and the wives of diplomats of the pan-American re- publice. This event will be the second of a series of receptions held in honor of the wives of diplomats, the first re- ception . being in hogor of Mme. Jusserand, wife of the ¥mbassador of France, dean of the corps. The Congressional Club will be at home In the clubhouse Tuesday even- ing, February 5, from 9 to 12 o'cl dancing being & special feature o the evening, srmime e | Lenten Dinner parties, prefaced earlier in the day by luncheons, teas and “at homes,” engage the every waking hour of soclety folk, and only t advent of Ash Wednesday, March will slacken the pace. The Secretary of the Tre Mr. Mellon, will be host to a company at dinner Tuesday evening in his apart- ment at 1785 Massachusetts avenue. Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Rob son will be the guests in whose hc Mrs. Lella_H. B. Smith will entertain at dinner Wednesday evening. 1or Senator and Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot entertained a small company infor- mally at dinner last evening. Mrs. James A. Reed and Mrs. James Morris will entertain jointly at luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel Thursday. Mrs. Reed also has cards out for a luncheon February 4 at the Hamilton Hotel. Representative and Mrs. Arthur B. Williams will entertain at dinner this evening at Wardman Park Hotel. The chief of the far eastern affair of the State Department and Mrs John Van A. MacMurray will be hosts at dinner Saturday evening Mrs." Charles Whitman Wetmore will be hostess to & company of thirty at a midday breakfast at the Shore ham today In compliment to the re- tiring counselor of the Japanese em- basey and Mme. Saburi. T Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond entertained a company of twenty-two at dinner last evening for their debu. Mrs. Hughes Gives Aid To Bryn Mawr Benefit Mrs, Hughes, wife of the Seeretary of State, heads the list of patronesses for the lecture recital which will be given for the benefit of the scholarship fund of the Bryn Mawr Club of Washington by Prof. Horace Alwyne Friday afternoon, February 8, at 4:30 o'clock, at Rauschers. Prof. Alwyne will {llustrate his talk, his subject being the music which will form the program of the Phila- delphia Orchestra at its concert the following Tuesday. Other patrons and patronesses in- clude the ambassador of Spain and Senora de Riano, Mrs. John W. Weeks, Mrs. Edwin Denby, Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, Mrs. Willlam Howard Taft, the min- ister of Persia, Mirza Hussien Kahn Alal; the minister of the Netherlands and Mme. de Graeff, the charge d'af- faires of Great Britaln and Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton, Mrs. Louls D. Brandels, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. Willlam_ Philllps, _Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, ir.; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs. Willlam J. Boardman, Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. William Crozier, Mrs. Whitman Cross, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. Gordon Cum- ming, Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Willlam Cor- coran Eustis, Mrs. Franklin H. Ellis, Mme. Ekengron, Mrs. John Hay Hammond, Mrs. Iennen M Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, Mrs. John Stéwart McLennan, Mrs. james Parmelee, Mrs. John E. Reyburn, Mrs. Willard Saulsbury, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mrs, Benjamin F. Warder, 5. them Wife of Gen. Piccio, of the Hafian Asr Service HARRIS & EWiRG ‘Hospitality of the Capital In Most Attractive Phase Dinner Parties Numerous, Preceded by Lunch- eons, Teas and "At Homes"—Gay Pre- Program. tante daughter, Miss Natalie Ham- Tolt dining infc aj. and Mrs. sling 1 y with [ art neut | of Virgini Among the out-of- Midshipman Robert i, « n of polis, who is the gucst for a few < of his aunt, Mrs. Blair Bannister, n Pa i was owngend wi tomorrow Mrs. Lawrence tertain at lu or Monday mo; wusical at th Hamilton Hotel. Others who will e tertain at luncheon at the Hamilto; after the musical will be Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. H. P. Wilson, Mrs. Ly | man B. Kendall, Mrs. Paul | Mrs. H. B. Alexander, Mrs. | kerman and Mrs. R. R Gy | Dr. Thomas E. Green was host at a dinner in the honor of Gen. George A. L. Dumont, military attache of the | French embagsy, in the presidential | suite at the New Willard last eve- {ning. Other guests were Senator lden P. Spencer, Judge John Barton | Payne, Maj. Gen. Lejeune, | Rear Admival E | Richards, U, Higley, Joel Rowe, can Union; Dr. president Geo |1} n. Mr. ohn H. Mr. and Mrs. Louls Cameron will en- | tertain a company at dinner Tues- | day evening. Migs Virginia Bdwards is to give |a bridge party at the Chevy Chase lub Tuesday afternoon. Mzrs. Taft a Patroness For Glee Club Concert Mrs. William Howard Taft heads the the Unlversity of Virginia Glee Club to be given at Rauscher's Saturday evening at $:30 o'clock, a dance fol- lowing. Other patronesses are Mrs. Carter Glass, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Oscar W. Underwood, Mrs. Theo- dore Roosevelt, jr. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews, Mrs. Louise E. Bruce, Mrs. Henriette Bates Brooke, Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Mrs. Whitman Cross, ' Mrs. Mitchell Carroll, Mrs. Milton C. Elliott, Mrs. Louis . Greene, Mrs. Horace Mac- farland, Mrs. Katharine C. Mrs. A. E. Shands, Mrs. Henry St George Tucker and Mrs. Willlam H. Wilmer. Princess Donna Borghese To Talk of Italy's Lost Art! Princess Donna Borghese, a member of one of the oldest houses of Italy, will visit Washington shortly to speak at the Cosmos Club under the auspices of the George Washington University. Donna Santa_Borghese 1s the eldest daughter of Prince Scipione Borghese. She was educated in Italy, spent two years at Oxford and received a degree at the University of Rome and a doctor of philosophy degree from the Univer- sity of Bologna. On February 8 at 4.30 p.m. at the Cosmos Club, Princess Borghese will speak on “Italy’s Lost Art” The le ture will be illustrated. The Princess Borghese has traveled extensively in Europe. She has been prominently identifled with social movements in Italy and has taken an active part in the work of the Girl Scouts and the League for Women's Political Educa~ tlon. She speaks five languages and 1s & sculptor of distinction. a, list of patronesses for the concert of | COUNTESS VON ROSEN, o Wife of the sew Attache of the Swedish Legatios- i | | | | | | | | | i assisted ‘At Home" Courtesies Extended Formally By Social Hostesses Reception Dates and Other Information Listed for Those Interested—Exten- sive Midwinter Program. Mrs. tive Thoma: turned from ¥ wife of Representa- has re- ler, Pa., fternoon Meridian Mansion Mrs, Parker W. West will be he this afterncon her quarte; at Soldiers’ Home. The ladies of the congressional cir- at Congress Hall Hotel will Monday afterncon, Febru- living cefve ary 4. re Mrs. Holland, wife of Assistant At- torney General Rush L. Holland, and |Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of the third assistant postmaster general, will be at home In Mrs. Glover's apartment at the Wardman Park Ho- tel, Wednesday, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Wililard Saulsbury will be at home Thursday afternoon after 4 o'clock. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins will be at nome Saturday afternoomps in Febru- ary. at her home, 1826 Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Frank Hight will be at home tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, at her home, 1644 21st street, for the 'last time this season. She will have assisting her Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Harold Walker, Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews and Mrg Davenport White. * Mrs. BEdward Taylor Pollock will be at home Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the naval observatory. Mrs. Matthew De Laney will be at home tomorrow and on the second and fourth Monda Mrs. Eugene Le: Merle will have as &uests at her regular Sunday after- noon tea today, at her residence, 2011 Q street, the Hollins College women. Mrs. William H. Sholes will be at home Wednesday from 4 to § o'clock, Josiah A. Van Or: del, Mrs, C 3. Robb, Mrs. Wen- dall P. Stafford, Mrs. Merrit W, Ire- !land, Mrs. H. D. McLallen, Mrs. Sam- Randolph, | { | l 14 to uel E. Lewis, Mrs. William R. Myers, Mrs, Conrad Syme, Mrs. Appleton P. Clark, jr.; Mrs. Lewis S. Colbert, Mrs, Clifford K. Berryman and Miss Berry- man. Mrs. George Richard Smith and Miss Lucille Claire Smith will be at home this afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock, for the last time this season. Presiding at the tea table will be Mme. Calderon, Mrs. Percy Quin and Miss Pauline Wilcox, and assisting wlil be Miss Elena Calderon, Seno- rita Hortensia Coronado, Miss Laura Hill, Mrs. Marle Smith Winston and Mrs. John Howard Hoover. Capt. and Mrs. William McFarland will be at home this afternoon from 0 o'clock at 22 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, in compliment to Capt. | and Mrs. William E. Sankey, who will leave In March for Hawall for sta- tion. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, vice chairmaif national republican execu- tive committee, will be at home in- formally to rcpublican women at Stoneleigh Court Tuesday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Freund will receive at the Hotel Hamilton Thurs- day evening, February 7, from 9 to 11 o'elock in honor of their daughter, Miss Beulah Freund, whose engage- ment to Dr. Samson Dewey Gottlieb Ibassy and Mme, ‘was recently announced. { | 1 | HARRIS & Ewli G- Series of Annual Dinners Features Diplomatic World - |§ Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand and Secretary and Mrs. Hughes Among Honor Guests. Many Extending CDU!IGSI‘ES. dst of the annu rties given in the : of the corps which wa the Fre and Mme. nual bene The_ambassado Frau Wiedfeldt w dinner last evenin of the emba ski. The the com: Mrs. Den Thursday reat B ritain, » Howar: expected to arrive in this co: at the end of next month and pr ably will be accompanied by Lady Howard The former ambassador of Great Britaln, Sir Auckland Gedd yesters on the Aguitani; Lady Geddes and their their home in England. of The newly appointed ambassador of | rredon country Honorio P for thi . week Argentina, Dr. expected to safl about the end of ¢ The minister of Switzerland and| Peter will cntertain at dinner | Mme. Wedne Secret f the Hu day evening in ¢ State and M minister of B) this Wednesday, February 6, after several ~months ~abroad. Princess Bibesco has remained with her parents, former Premier of Eng- Jand and Mrs. Herbert Asquith, in their home, in London, while the min- fster visited on the continent, spend- ing some time in his home, in Ru- manfa. The minister of Panama and Se- nora de Alfaro will entertain a small company informally at luncheon at the legation today. The minister and Senora de Alfaro were hosts to a distingulshed com- pany at dinner last evening, their guests being asked to meet the Sec retary of State and Mrs. Hughes. Others in tho party of Beundor and Senora de Elizalde, the minister of Bulgaria and Mme. Panaretoff, the charge d'affaires Peru and Senora de Gonzalez Prada, the charge d'affaires of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, Representative and Mre. Fred A. Britten, the undersec- retary of state and Mrs, Willlam Phillips, the secretary of the Peru- vian embassy, Dr. Bedo; Mrs. Parker W. West, Mrs, Willlam Crawford Gorgas and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norment. Senora de Alfaro will be at home for the last time this season Friday afternoon. The minister of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Dr. Pavichich, will be hosts at dinner Thursday in honor of the ambassador of France and Mme Jusserand. The minister of the Netherlands and Mme. de Graeff will entertaina at din- ner tomorrow evening. The minister of Honduras and Se- nora de Cordova are giving a large dinner tomorrow evening at the New Willard Hotel. The charge d'affaires of Great Brit- ain, Mr. Henry Getty Chilton, re- turned last evening from New York, where he went to bid bon voyage to the former Ambassador, Sir Auck- land Geddes, who sailed yesterday from New York for his home in Eng- land. Sir Auckland also was accom- panied to New York by the naval at- tache of the embassy, Capt. Totte; ham, and the attache, Mr. Hugh Tennant, who also served as the An Lassador's private secretary. The charge d'affaires of Austria and Mme, Prochnik will be hosts at dinner Thursday night. Mme. Bizauskas, wife of the charge ffaires of Lithuania, has gone to Chicago, where she will remain for several months. The charge d'affaires of Greece and Mme. Teamados will entertain at tea this afternoon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock in compliment to Col. and Mrs. Henry M. Morrow, who will sail Tuesday for an cxtensive trip in Lurope. The lcharge daffaires and Mme. Tsamados will give an informal dance this evening at 9 o’'clock, at the legation, for the younger members of the diplo- matic corps and the debutantes of this season. The counselor of the French em- de Laboulaye are giving a dinner tomorrow cvening. Rumania and | ean embass; d Senora land when th preceding the and marine offic: District will The commerc Swedish legat! entertained u & ner last even wh the ba embassy sta Country Club. 1 Th bas the Briti the Columbin third secrcta ¢ M. A h guest over the we Maurice Keating of London & | York. wera the minister | Maj. and | Soren th fro on a vacatie: h government, M. 11 return next A. Baumbac |Seénora_de | their " non nths ago. The bachelor members of the Brith ish embassy staff gave a dance lishi evening when the hosts were tha attache, Capt. ¥. L. Totteug the air att. Group Capt. My ry, Mel second ecs mpson; the . Homiltonys srdon, and the at L Mr. : Mr. H. V. Tennant and M McCormick-G Thig dance was given ot tumig Country Club, and the numy bered about 200, includir anat bassador of It Don tani; the charge ‘d'a Britain and Mrs ton, the charg and Mme. Nano, the charge d'affaire of Austria and Mme, Prochnik, M Allsa Mellon, nd Mrs, Goelet Gerry. TViepresentative Mrs. John Phillip Hill of the Fi H. 1 elasio Cace res of Gresf ¢ Getty Ci il Peten 1 the counselofi ¥ and Mme Laboula or of the Br: zlllan embassy and Senhora Sousa Leao Gracle, the counselor of Danish legation and Mme. Heln Petersen, the assistant secr the Treasury and Mrs. E worth, the attache of the S gation and Mme. Weidel, Henry B. "Spencer. Hampson Gary, Mr. Beale, M and Mrs. Mr. Mrs, Arthur Bliss Lane, Mr. and Mrs C. C. Glover, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. bold' Noyes, Commander and M Claude Mayo, Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Jordan, Lieut, and Mrs. Edgar Allen Poe, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Painter, jr., of Pittsburgh, who are visiting the latter’s motheér, Mrs. W. Harry Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cheney, Hyde, Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. J. Bor-' den Harriman, Miss Dows, the Mis Wylie, Miss Victorine Dupont of W mington, Miss Laura Harlan, Diss Helen Moran of N York, Mixgy Lindsay Wood, Mlss Beatrice Beck, Miss Caroline ' Story, Miss Rosalind Wright. Miss Elizabeth Hanna, Miss Ruth Richards of California, Miss Beatrice Pitney, who came from her studies at Bryn Mawr: Miss Elain Sullivan of Philadeiphia, Miss Alic Onderdonk of Boston and many oth: ers prominent in officlal, diplomatie! B T Cat S, Randall Hagner,