Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1924, Page 46

THE <2 MRS. ALVIN E.DODD, of Boston and Washington, with little Joar Dodd White House Springtime Signs Give Feeling of Permanency for Tenants Observer Notes Mrs. Coolidge Has Made Few | Cl‘nangcs in Co]on;al Flower Becls on Sout}l Front of Executive Mansion. ALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HERE springtime in the air about the White House t now, with crocus blooming on the sloping banks of the undreds of tulips, hyacinths and other early spring flowers venturing up, while the fact of workmen in process of repaint- m gives a feeling of permanency for the | Mrs. Coolidge made few or no changes in the »uial flower beds on the south front of the residence, | oi garden favorites grow, and the long, narrow flower bed Mrs. Roosevelt ordered made down by the north iront fence shows niyriads of forthcoming spring blossoms. Through the tall, ornate fence about the grounds thousands of pedestrians daily stop and watch the development of cach little plant and sign of the season. As wdministrations go—Mrs. Harding had thousands of crocus bulbs set out replace those devoured by the late President Wilson's flock of sheep, and Mrs. Coolidge is enjoying the result of the replanting. I B\ SIDES the ca en Coolidge will be guests and the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis , there will be e delightiul aiternoons like that of Friday, when ) ¢ dge "will receive the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, to be in session here Friday and Saturday. Thére will be tea, and the Christy portrait Mrs. Coolidge ordered by her fraternity members will he officially dedicated to the White House, to be hung with portraits of other “first ladies of the land.” Friday night the Pi Beta Phis will give a reception at the Congressional Club, with Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, as honor guest. A‘.{fl.\'h the sprightly dancing events set for this month is the debu- tantes' ball to be given the night of April 28 at the New Willard or the benefit of the Monticello fund. The debutantes having the affair 1 hand announce as box holders thus far Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. James G. Penn, Mrs. Gecrge D. Hope, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. Pembroke Thom, Mrs. R. R Govin, Mrs. John T. Adams and Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, Not only are the younger girls of society lending themselves to the work of this ball, but each day of this week a small group of them will appear at the National Theater to act as ushers for the cancer control meetings to be held there. API\'OPOS of the early spring is the entertainment, tea and illustrated lecture to be given at the Pierce Mill Teahouse Thursday afternoon 4 o'clock, when Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, wife of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will give a talk on the wild flowers of the Canadian Rockies, illustrated with colored clides. After the talk there will be tea, served both in and out of doors if the weather permits, and the revenue from the affair will go to the Girl Scout’s nature study class. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, director of the National Girl Scouts, and Mrs Charles 5. Hamlin, director of the Girl Scouts in the District, and other important women will attend and assist. The entertainment is so entirely suggestive of spring that it is hoped to make it quite a society event. | i is a bit of colonial sion [ has reds old iron this week, w the President and Mrs of RS. COOLIDGE was able to break the unwritten law in reference to the wife of a President Zccepting hospitality in_a private home when Tuesday she and the women forming the Senate Lunch Club were guests of Mrs. Willard Saulsbury. Mrs. Saulsbury made the affair a charming one, and later in the afternoon Mrs. Coolidge attended the Pavlowa periormance at the New National,'when Miss Harlan and Miss Randolph, White House sacial secretaries, accompanied her. Rockville have announced the an- gagement of their daughter, Kath- erine Marbois, to Lieut. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, U. S. Army air service. Lieyt. Gaines is & son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines of Colum- bia, 8. C, and is stationed at Camp Bragg, N. C. The marrlage will take place this spring. Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Wilkinson an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor ret, to Mr. Alvin Joseph Gulli. o wedding will take place in June. Miss Virginia Douglas To Wed Lieut. Coontz Mr. and Mrs. J. Cloyd Byars of Arlington, Va; abnounce the en- gagement of their daughter, Virginia Douglas to Lieut. Kenneth Lee oontz, U. . son of Admiral and Mrs. Robert Coontz. The wed- ding will take place at the Church of the Covenant, this city, May 6. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan'Hazen an- nounce the engagement - of their! daughter, Mary Cathreine. to Mr. Ralph B. Nagle, the wedding to take place in May. engagemént has been an- nounced of Mrs. Alleen S McCabe, ughter of Mr. Harry Strather-Dunn London_and the late Mrs. Strathet- Dunn, to Mr. Arthur T. Brice, jr, of this oity. Mrs. McCabs mads her debut in Bombay, India, and during the worid war servud in the English hospitals, and for the past four years has been living in this country. Mr. Brice, who is a graduate of Yals Uni- versity, served as_a captafu of in- The Mr. and Mrs, 1. Greenberg announce the engagement of their daughter Alma to Mr. Philip Lustine of this city. ' | PANARETOIT wife of'the Minister of bulgaria,a quent hostess dur- ing the Spring season Dinner Party Planned In Honor of President And Mrs. Coolidge | Secretary of Labor and Mrs. | DflV‘iB Will ACt as HD!‘! Thursday. President the gues ecretary of Labor and will entertain evening. and ip Mre Coolidge whose honor Mrs. Da- Thurs- will he at dinner is v a. The Secretary of “War and Mrs Weeks, and the assistant secretary of war, Mr. Dwight F. Davis, will at- tend the dinner which will be given Tuesday evenfng at the Willard by the members of the committee ar- ranging the Army dance that eve- ning. The dinner and the dance are both in honor of Gen. John J. Persh- ing, who returned early last week from several months' stay in France. Mrs. Curtis D. W Secretary of the Navy, will be the guest in whose honor Mrs. Fredericks, wife of Representative John D. Fred- ericks, will entertain at tea Thurs- day at Wardman Park Hotel. Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West will entertain at lugcheon April 22 in honor of the ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Torriente. Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant will be hostess at dinner May 3 in honor of the Chief Justice, Mr. Taft. Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor will entertain a dinner party Wednesday evening for Miss Josephine Hutchison and her JMance, Mr. Robert Bell se marr v wiiose age will take place Sat- Dr. and Mrs. Grosvenor have interesting house party, 'hi‘ch i‘nl: cludes Mr. and Mrs. Melville Bell (rosvenor of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Miss jertrude Grosvenor of New ' York, Miss Jullet Grosvenor of Boston and 'h‘del:uph.lrnehneille'(}ro;vanor, who is with s for v trom Mount Holyoke. © 'toation Mr. and 3rs. Arthur Powell Davis had as thelr guests at dinner at the Villard last evening Mr. C. E. Krun- *ky of San Francisco, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Prof. Elwood Mead, the new com- missioner of reclamation. Mr. Davis Will be guest of honor at dinner to- night at the Racquet Club of the en- gineering socleties of the District. Thursday evening he was presented With a beautiful solid silver tea and coflee service and a chest of silver. Tho presentation was made by & com- mittee composed ‘of officlals of the reclamation service on behalf of members of the service throughout the country. Mr. Davis was formerly director of the reclamation service. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Belt will give a tea this afternoon from ¢ to 7 o'clock in honor of the counselor of the United States embassy in London and Mrs, Post Wheeler. Assisting Mrs, Belt will be Mrs. George Oakley Totton, jr.; Mrs. Mary Reid Yates, Mrs. George M. Morris and Mrs. James Pi Beta Phi to Entertain Secretary and Mrs. Wallace The S-crfla—r{ of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace will be the honor guests at a reception ¥riday eveming of members of Pi Beta Phi who are members of the Congressional Club. Mrs. Wallace is a member of the sorority and _the reception will be Bbeld altbe Congressional Cluby fantry in the 3d Division and was 1wice decorated. The wedding will take placé-in Washington -in M Mr. ind Mrs Andrew J. Waite of Worchester, Mass,, announce the en- gagement ~ of = thelr dAughter, Emily Burling, to' Mz. Arthur Williaths Man- chester of Newport, Rl The wed- ding will take place in September. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Jones ofl Pryor Tarvin, mother of the host. Dr. and Mrs. Davenport White will entertain at dinner May 8. Mjss Margaret Dodge will. give a bridge party Saturday afterngon for Miss Anne Bryan, daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs, Benjamin: Chambers Bryan, whose marriage to Lieut. Ray mond ‘Eecleston Serviera Wilifumson, United States Army, will take place Xaster Monday afternoon in tigg home bur, wife of the | fre- EWING SWDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. HARRIS = C.. APRIL 6, Mrs A.D. 1924— PART 2. e he ASSISTAN'T SECRETARY of the TREASURY WADSWORTH, HARRIS S EWING LAUGHLIN, whose husband has just been appointed A merican Minister to Greece Society Anticipating Post-Easter Weddings Weddings of will be and several of importunce both here |and in other parts of this country and widespread interest nu The marriage yesterday of Miss Mar- garetta Wood to Mr. John Howard Nott Potter was the most important of the Lenten season, and each wed- ding has a touch of springtime in the decorations and the gowns of the bride’s attendants. The marriage of Miss Margaretta Wood, daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Spencer Shepard Waod, to Mr. John Howard Nott Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nott Potter of New York, took place yesterday afternoon and was charming in_color scheme and arrangements. The ceremony | was performed at 3 o'clock in Christ Church, Georgetown, the Rev. Dr. of the bride's parents on Biltmore | street. and Baroness Schroder of London entertained a company of nine at dinner last eveming at the Willard Hotel. Baron Q. Donaldson and Col. and Mrs. Charles Mortimer are arranging a large dinner “Dutch treal” preceeding the Army dance ‘Tuesday evenin: Mrs. Alfred Gillett was hostess at dinner last evening in honor of Mi: Jessie D. Gillett of Illinois, who spending the month in Washington. Miss Bessic P. Brueggeman will give a dinner in the presidential suite of the New Willard Hotel Wednesday jevening for her sister, Mrs. Harrison Williams of St. Louis, who will be with her for a few days en route to France. Among the guests to meet her wiil be Mrs. Harriet aylor U ton, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, Mr: Mald Wood Park, Mrs. Mabel Will brandt, Miss Grace Abbott and Mrs. Helen Gardner. Col. and Mrs. O. Eskridge enter- tained at dinner Friday evening at Camp Meade, preceeding the hop which the Tank Corps officers gave that evening. Among Col. and Mrs. Eskridge's guests were Gen. Muir, Gen. Upton, Gen. Rockenbach, Ma. and Mrs. Chandler, Maj. and Mrs. Cron and Mrs. Joseph Meade White. Mrs. H. M. Rittenhouse of New York entertained informally at dinner last evening at the Willard. Mrs, John W. Kerr, wife of Dr. Kerr of the public health service, was hostess at tea Thursday after- noon in their apartment, at 2900 Con- necticut avenue, in honor of Mrs. Paul Morton Stewart ang her aunt, Miss Angelina Gardella, who will sali on ‘April 28 for Italy. Dr. Stewart has been detailed for duty in Ttaly by the public health service. Dr. and Mrs. Stewart expect to be in Ttaly about three years. Mrs. Stewart is a native of Genoa. and Mrs. Harry Bowlby, Mr. | wioya Willlams and members of Mrs. Flske's company were dinner guests of Mrs. Eva Dell Myers of the Port- land Wednesday, Col. and_Mrs. i Col. abroad will take place after Easter. | rous through the spring | i Ceremonies of Widespread IntereS[ Aflflounced-; Marriage of Miss Margaretta Wood to Mr. John ‘ Howard Nott Potter Performed Yesterday. Blake. rector of Dr. h, oftic ence of a large company guished guests About the chancel o pres- of distin- the and altar were spring blossoms mingling with | fern and palms, and the bride. es- corted to the altar by her father, wore a graceful, airy gown of white mouse- laine de soir with a dainty embroidery of dull gold traced all over it, while the court train of chiffon and geor- gette crepe was finished with point lace. The sleeves of the gown were of lace, and she wore s becomingly arranged veil of rare old rose point | used by the brides of the Potter fam- | ily for many years. Her bouquet was mainly of white lilacs. The maid of honor was Miss Anne Elizabeth Wood and the other at- tendants were Mrs. Bernard F. Rogers jr., of Chicago, formerly Miss Corin- ne Higginson of Boston; Miss Natalie Hammond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Hayes Hammond; Miss Hthel Potter of New York, sister of the bridegroom; Miss Elizabeth Robinson of Hartford, Conn, and Miss Catrina Forbes Beale of Washington. The cos- tumes of the attendants were exceed- ingly dainty and springlike, being of pale cream white organdy over cclo The maid of honor wore a sHp nf vel low under her full skirted, tight bo iced dress, while the other girls wore pink, blue and green slips. The long- walisted. tight-fitting bodices had short sieeves and the skirts had a deep band of sheer lace above the hem, the neckline being finished in soft'folds of blonde net. Their hats were of cream lace and tulle, the streamers carrying the color note of the costumes while tulips, snapdrag- ons and jonquills in greceful clusters formed their bouquets. Miss Wood maid of honor, carried an arm bou- quet of vellow and pink snapdragons, Mrs. Wood wore a modish gown of black crepe de chine, a striking fea- ture of the fashioning being in :he long fringe falling from the should- ers and down the back. Her hat wus of black tulle and lace. Mrs. Potter, mother of the bridegroom, also wore a stylish costume of black crepe with a lace hat. Mr. Potter had as best man_Mr James Cary Warren of New York and as ushers, Mr. J. Ormond Butler, Mr. Cyril Butler, Mr. Ronald Pearce. Mr. Benjamin T. Hoagland, Mr. John DeWitt Felz, Mr. R. Sanford Saltus, r., Mr. Ludwig K. Morehead, and r. Earl E. Balch, all of New York Prof. Howard Opdyke of Union Co lege and Mr. Meade C. Burnet of Chi cago. Following the ceremony there was a reception in the home of Admiral and Mrs. Wood at 2808 N street, the Buests bidden to the church also at- tending the reception. Mr. Potter and his bride left Jate in the day for a wedding trip, Mrs. Potter wearing & smart littie suit of sand color, with & kat in much the same shade. Their wedding trip just now will be a brief one before they return to New York, but they expect to spend the summer in Eng- land. Mr. and Mrs. Potter, parents of the bridegroom, arrived Friday and were guests over the week end of Mrs J. Borden Harriman, while Mr. and Mrs, Robert Choate of Boston, now living in Washington, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Among the out-of-town guests for the wedding besides the parents.of LContinued on Sixth Pageq Cabinet Members Plan Return to Cit_\' After Brief Vacation Trips Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Is Spending Week End at Hot Springs, Va. The Secretary of the I Mell < spendis h on 2nd ury, Mr. g the week end with Jart Lodge turn morning The Sec was joined vesterday who spent a few d tary War, Mr. Weeks, in New York. The assistant secretary of war, Mr. Dwight F. Davis, will return to Washington tomorrow from Hot Springs, where he went to join Mrs: Davis, who is convalescing there from a recent illness. Mrs. Davis will | probably return to Washington the middle of the month Mrs. John Allan Daugherty has re- turned to Washington after passing a few davs in New York. Mrs, Daugherty and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh will go to New York Wednesday and will sail on the Leviathan Saturday for Europe. Mrs. Daugherty is a delegate to the first general council meeting of the League of Red Cross Societies, which will be held in Paris. Miss Jessie Gillett, sister of Mrs. Gillett Hill of 1llinois, has taken an apartment al the Hamilton for a month, rgeon general of the public health service and Mrs. Hugh Cum- ming will sail Saturday for Italy, where they will be for two months. Their daughter, Miss Diana Cumming, will remain in’ this country and will divide her time between Washington and New York, where she will be the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Wise, and the University of Virginia. where her brother is in his senior vear in law The s Mrs. Adams Adame. & len Neliv yesterday and ife of Ma, “mory ompanied by Miss motored to Annapolis will return the first of the week. Miss Nelly is spending her spring vacation School with Maj. and Mrs. Adams. H Mrs. Francis Marion Wigmore has returned to her apartment at 2029 Connecticut avenue, after a short stay in New York. H | _Mrs. George Howard, formeriy of { Washington, has been at Palm Beach ifor the winter season, left there Thursday for her home in New York. Qh!lh'lfla accompanied by Miss Ethel “arhart, i Mrs. Fred Dennett will leave Wash- ‘:nllon for New York tomorrow to join her daughter, Miss Dorothy Den- nett. who is a member of & house {party there. Mrs. James Irving Steel has_re- jturned “from Penmsylvania Mrs. Steel and Mme. Witzotsky will be hostesses at the meeting of the French section of the Twentieth Cen- tury Club Wednesday. {{ Mr. ana Mrs. A. A Braddock of 1110 Columbia road "have visiting them their daughter, Mrs. D. L. Daniel of Oklahoma city. Mrs. Robert_Dudley Duncan, jr., of S V. . formerly of Chevy arrive in Washin to visit friends. Mrs ferve as © |on Tucsday Dincan “wriin by Mrs. Weeks, | from Ogontz ! WLt ewocD MissELIZADETH JOBE.,Chosen by Christy as the handsomest $irl.at the Monts- cello Benefit Fete. and Mgs EEIOT with their famih?o HARRIS < EWING Diplomats Plan Informal Entertainments in Lent Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de la Torriente, However. Sponsor Formal Ceremony When Guests Are Asked to Meet Chief Justice Mn William Howard Taft. Entertain for the m among the plomats part, “small and in- the Lenten casional large and nvited to meet vernment S rtained last ador of Cuba and ! te, who askeal e Chief Justice, | Hta® Taft “ K f the Belgians birth- day anhiversary will be celebrgted | Tuesday at the embasey, when the [ Vallenbers entertained a con {ambassador and Baroness de Cartier | Jegation in honor of the ambassad - LT;: {Will be hosts at a musical, when the | of G Sir Esme Howand ISttt Wil e et e i and her dsughter, Hidpd ne from Boston ! vili_remain over the i w the minister and Mme, and | *g. Mra. Flach is a native York | makes her home K the open- | on industrial | which will open Tues- nd Mrs. Vernon Kel- Jjohn Brooks Hendersor Diaz_ Albertini, Mrs. Fred ont Gant os de la ond the Cuba A. Y Cuban 5 esentative Rogers, - Dr. 108g, Mr and formal with a through season, po compa {officta | compa g b; Senora d | their gue Mr. W of this em ni Denm Mr. Con leave about a time at his home, wil month to yass 8¢ ard in Denmark The " of Sweden and Mme Wallenberg entertained a company of e Mme eari; ing |arts of |day, ambassador of France Juss 0 to New 1 the and wi of expos of France April 22 . na and Senora de Alfaro will be hosts at dinner to- mOrrow evening, when their guess have been usked.to meet the former Secretary of the Navy and Mrs { Denby The large dinner and reception in Lonor of tha T State and The - ambassador of Chile and Senora de Mathieu have as their | Buests over Sunday the former presi- dent of the Supreme Court of Chile and Senora de Valdes, who will go to | |New York tomorrow and sail later| ) 3 p |Io the week for their home in Chile. | 3% instead of April 22, at the Pan- | They ‘stopped in this country on| AMerican Union. The hosts will be their way home from a 1ong stay 1o | the minister and Senora do Alfary Burone Dr. und Sencra_de Morales and Dr {and Senora de Chiari or of Belgium and! 7 da Cartier Will enioriain s | - The minister of Poland and Mme. | Tuesday afternoon in celn. | WIoblewska will go to Philadelphia |bration of (he birthday anniversary | {OMOrrow to be the guests of the {of King Albert of Belgium he | (RICC Justice of Pennaylvania and greists for the occasion will be Mme. [ Mrs. Robeft von Moschzicker. The Delaunois of tho Metropolitan Opera | Minister and Mme. \\ roblawska wii] Company and Mr. Deru, violinist to | Teturn Tuesday her majesty the Queen of Belgium. Th S he minister of Czechoslovak Dr. Frantisek Chvalkovsky, and. the gecretary of the legation, Dr. Pavel Stransky, are passing the w d in New York BT e will be given ' evening, Aprii ador of Cuba and Sen- Torriente entertained at dinner last evening in honor of the Chiet Justice. Mr. Taft. The other guests were the ambassador of Hel. | Slum and Baroness. de Cartior. the ambassudor of Argagting and Mme Wil Pueyrredon, the minlster of Colom- |1 tne poaiard and bia ‘and Senora de Olava, the minis- | thes harl5e, 2t 15 ter of Panama and Senora de Alfaro, | '¢° Dave leused the charge d'affaires of Austria and | Mme. Senator and Mrs Bayard, Representa Henry Alien . Cooper The Yousry at minister of Igypt and Mme have given b thé apartment uré established Q street, which The charge d'affaires nora de Soi leao Gracie will en- tertain at dinner Tuesday evening, April 22, in the embassy on H street of Brasil and and Mrs, The military uttache of the French embassy, Gen. George A. L. Dumont, Wil entertain a company informally at dinner tomorrow evening. guide during the meeting of th BFLI_]'h! Fraternity, ll)‘hp hels ’;ll the New Willard April 11-12, Mrs. H. The military embassy and turn the first Canada, where atta Mrs e of the British arlton will re next week from are spending ten C. Truesdale of Minnepo- lis is at the Hamilton Hotel for rhe week. With her is Mrs. M. W. Peck of Minneapolis. b Mra J. G. Craighes returned tc o Washington ufter a visit of several n‘mmhs with her daughter, Mrs. C. G. Church in Los Angeles, Calif. the Italian em- Calderara enter- smail company infermally at dinner last evening in compliment to Mra. McNamee. wife of Capt. Luke McNamee, U. §. N Miss Hester Ann Lefevre has gon 1o Philadelphia (o visit her grand. mother, Mrs. Willlam M. Lank and will while -there serve as mald of honor o' Miss Dorothy Lank whose marriage to Dr. Mortimer Myers will ) take place April 25 The first secretary of the Egyptia legation, M. Hussanein Bey, will remain in his apartment at the Wil lard until the end of April, when ht will go to New York and expects ta sail Saturday. May 3, for Mngland. He will give several lactures in Eng- land on his last trip across the desert, having been awarded the Founders' gold medal of the Royal Geographicul Society of England. H¢ will also give these lectures in sey- eral of the European countries an{ will represent Egypt at the Olympi¢ games in Paris this summer and re- turn to this country in August, A number of the Pan-American diplomats will entertain at dinner to- mOrrow evening in honor of the chief of the Latin American division of the State Department, ‘Mr. Franeis White. The dinner will be given in :helpr(!idnnl(nl suite of the New Wil- ard Among those sailing from Buenos Alres for New York last week on the new steamship Voltaire are Mme. | Juan Sinclair Attwell and _ her | vounger son, Norman Vincent. Mme. Attwell who is the wife of the former charge d'affaires of Argentina, was Miss Marguerite Estelle Huyck, well koown in Washington, her native city, a daughter of the late J. Van Ness Huyck. - Mme. Attwell and her son will arrive here about Easter for a visit of several weeks with her brother, Mr. Thomas Bryao Huyck, going later to Brookline, Mass., and i Young Attwell, who re v graduated with high honors from college, will enter Harvard, ! Mr. Harold H. Si embassy and Mr. be hosts at pliment to M son of Montr Alken, 5. C. of the British Wilmott Lewis will ncheon today in com- and Mes-Walter Mol- 1. who are en route te Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duryea and Mr. William D. Duryea.of New York are in Washington for a lengthy visit and are at the Hotel al