Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1924, Page 32

MRS JOHN RAYMOND 00D 5 st e HENDERSON, I‘ormefly Miss MurielRose Schaefer her marviage White House Garden Party taking place Monday evening Acme of Unusual Interest In Capital Social Activities French Embassy, the Mayflower, Congressional Country Club and Many Homes Scenes of Entertainment. SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. VERY angle of Washington society took on a new and interesting phase last week, with the indoor garden party at the White House, the very acme of success. There was a large but informal party at the French embassy Thursday evening, there were little dinner parties at the clubs, in embassies a tor the Secretary of the Navy and General and Mrs. Ston nd legations—a lot of entertainment Mrs. Wilbur, and the new Attorney : little dinners on the Mayflower and the really brilliant opening of the Congressional Country Club Friday night. There was the same delightful semi-formal air everywhere and after days of rain the sunshine put every one in fine spirits. * BE&-IDI\ her own White House reception. given indoors, but with a beautiful, picture of the outer and window, Mrs. Coolidge was in world showing from every doorway evidence at several different affai Friday she took lunch with Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, who had as her other guests the members of the W omen's National Press Club. At the hostess’ table with Mrs. Coolidge was Mrs. Maloney, editor of a woman's magazine, who was a guest at the White House for several days. * % * X RS. COOLIDGE will give a third garden party of this season Thursday aiternoon, and if the skies are have the entire south front lawn for fair the hostgss and her guests will their drawing room. The President will join Mrs. Coolidge in giving a garden party for the veterans of the world war from the Evergreen School for the Blind, near Baltimore, the | Soldiers from the Rest at Culpeper, Va.; those from | Mount Alto, Naval Hospital, Walter Reed and_ St. Elizabeth’s will also | The custom was instituted by the late President and Mrs. Hard- afternoon of June attend. ing, when he and Mrs. Harding rece d fully 3,000 men who were brought in chairs, on cots, stretchers, hobbling on crutches, and even “basket pa- tients.” White House lawn, 'making it pos personally and get his serving of ce cream and cake. The big 'Army ambulances and trucks drive right in on the ible for every man to be received The scene is a strange and weird one as the train of guests winds past the hosts, men heing carried on cots, pushed in rolling chairs or hobbling past as best they may. A * % * ok SIMILAR reception will take place at the White House about the same time, when the convention for the deaf will be held here. There will be a banquet at the City Club and a reception at the White House as the two big social events of the convention. * % AS * % New York’s great street fair is to society in that city, so will be the Rajah’s garden fete to Washington societ The garden party is arranged to take place at Twin Oaks, the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell, on Cathedral avenue, the afternoon of May 28, and the Rajah himself will be there in the person of Mr. Hugh Tennant, at- tache of the British embassy. A great array of society folk, official and otherwise, are lending their services for the Rajah’s garden fete, to help along the upkeep and work of Neighborhood House, a fashionable pet charity. * % THF. Twentieth Century Club will * ok bring a world of fun into the lives of those attending the performance tomorrow niqht at the Belasco Theater, when a splendidly selected cast will 1924” or “The Tempest in the Teapot Dome, present “A Winter Tale of with good setting, peppy acting, laughable songs and what not, and ail quite in keeping wi 5 ble 1 . a g with the old-time superiority of things produced in the Belasco. Mrs, Frederick E. Farrington, the author is also mana; rector. * % HE Archeological Society wili be guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Crayke Simpson at Airlie, and two events for charity will hold the boards The first is given under the direct patronage of Senor at Carroll Hall. by the S \HeiGatholit. Actors’ Gailtd, Soniths beaep e St _in_ which Senor Quesada rmonany in charge of tickets, at the embassy, or at his residence 2400 Kauffmann and Dr, hoon, consul in Washington Camaguay, 6th street. * % RS. Phipps, Mrs ton Wood, Mrs. the Kermess for the benefit of the given in the National Theater at 8 Englg‘ements to Wed; Annmmcements Made Mre. Albert Morgan Gilbert an- nounces the engagement of her daughter Alberta to Lieut. Russell Snow Hitchcock, U. S. Construc- tion Corps. The wedding will take place in the autumn after the retdrn of Miss Gilbert and her mother from Europe. Lieut. Hitchcock is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hitchcock of Springfieid, Mass, and a graduate of United States Naval Academy at An- napolls, 1916. He also holds a master of sclences degree from the Boston School of Technology. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Magruder announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Cummins. to Mr. Ralph Simpson Bubb. The wedding }o take place in St. Stephen's Episco- pal Church June 1 JAMES J. DAVIS, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Tasker L. Oddie, Mrs. Hayne Ellis, rancois Berger Moran and others ger, and Mrs. H. Foster Bain is di- The Juvenile Protective Association will profit from the proceeds. * X Rudolph Tuesday after- Tuesday night. Quesada, Cuban Patrick Players and efit of a new Cuban orphanage at is exceedingly interested. He is * * Lawrence C. Mrs. Charles Bough- s are interested in Humane Educational Society to be 0 o'clock Tuesday evening. Maryland State Society Arrangea Social program The Maryland State Society will hold its last meeting, of the season at the Washington Club, 1010 17th street, Tuesday evening . at 8:30 o'clock: B After a reception to the members and guests the newly elected presi- dent, Representative Millard‘E. Tyd- ings, will preside, the program in- cluding “Historical Sketches,” by Mr. William Tyler Page and Mr. Jo. V. Morgan; vocal solos. by Represen- tative Clifton A. Woodrum and Miss Hazel Wood; piano and violin solos by Harry Wheaton Howard-and Isa- dore Alpher; and Hawalian music will be provided by Mra. Douglas Tgghiffely Miss Cora Johnson and Mr. Tas Birch. THE SUNDAY MrdsMary MONTGOMERY, Miss CAROLINE- THOM , M1ss ELAINE SULLIVAN and, Miss CARLOTTA | HAVEMEYER, i&j&' e;tdgut\s atipe fwedding S Dinner-Dances, Teas And Luncheons Seen On Social Calendar| Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin A.| Poore Will Share Honor| With Col. and Mrs. Wil- liam Elliott. Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Poore will share honors with Mr and Mrs. E. R. Frederick this evening at su per, when Col. and Mrs. William E! liott will entertain in their apartment at the St. Nicholas. The company will later attend the illustrated lec- ture which Mr. Frederick will give at the Army and Navy Club on the “First Crossing of the Great Sahara Desert By Moto: Mrs. Josiah Pierce of New York, who is passing the week end in this city, entertained at a charmingly ar- ranged dinner dance last evening in the Metropoiitan Club Annex In com- pliment to her son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Plerce, jr. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce were married March 26 in the Dahlgren (Md) Chapel, and the party was given to introduce Mrs. Pierce's daughter-in- law to her Washington friends. Mrs. Plerce, jr., who was before her mar- riage Miss Leona Hurd, s the daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. Hurd of New York. and was one of New York’s most popular debutantes of last year. Mrs. Plerce wore a gown of soft black satin fashioned along straight lines and beaded in white beads, and Mrs. Pierce, jr., was in a becoming frock of white brocade, embroidered in crystals and made on simple lines, the slight drapery at the left side of the skirt being held with a large white rose. The guests at the dinner numbered 100 and were seated at two long ta- bles, Mrs. Pierce presiding at one and Mr.and Mrs. Plerce, Jr.. at the other. The annex was a profusion of spring flowers and greens, and the center- pleces on the tables formed miniature flower gardens. Among the guests at the dinner were the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs. Gillett, Sen- ator Thomas Walsh, Gen. and Mrs. Townley, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Sharpe, Brig. Gen. Charles McCawley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Flem- ing Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Gist Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Westcott, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick L. Huidekoper, Gen. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. and ' Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilmer, Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. Henry C. Corbin, Mrs. Francis 'G. Newlands, Mrs. Katherine Wylle, the Misses Patten, Miss Anne Squire, Miss Mar- jorie Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ellls, Miss Laura Harlan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fitzhough, Capt. and STAR, Many members of the diplomatic corps are arranging to spend the summer abroad, with those remain- ing on this side seeking seaside and mountaln resorts for the season. The ambassador of Belgium, Baron de Cartier, returned last evening from New York, fhere he went to see Baroness de Cartier sail vester- day aboard the Lapland for Europe, where she will spend the summer. The ambassador will join her next month for a vacation. The ambassador of Cuba, Senor de la Torriente, will be joined the end of next month by Senora de la Tor- riente and their daughter, who are now in Havana. Later in the season the ambassador and Senora de la Torriente and their daughter will go abroad. The: ambassador of Argentina, Dr. Honorio Pueyrredon, returned yes- terday from New York in time to make an address by radio on the Argentine national holiday, which date is today, but was_celebrated yesterday, rather than on Sunday. The minister of China and Mme. Sze entertained at dinner last eve- ning in honor of the Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs. Gillett. Among the other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Brighton and Miss Mary Patten. 2 The minister of Sweden and Mme. Wallenberg, who have been travel- ing in_ the west, were in San Fran- oisco for some time and left there Friday. _They will attend the na- tional Republican _convention in Cleveland, and Mme. Wallenberg will from there to New York and sail E:r her home in Sweden for the sum- mer. The minister will return to Washington from Cleveland and will join " Mme. Wallenberg in Sweden later in the season. The minister of Persia, Mr. Hussein Alai, and the minister of Slam, Phya Buri Navarasth, will return to Wash- ington tomorrow from Philadelphig; where they are visiting friends over the week end. The newly appointed Greek min- ister to Moscow and Mre. Tsamados left yesterday for New York, where they will pass a few days prior to salling. Saturday for Europe. The charge d'affaires of Portugal and Senhora Mendes Leal sailed ves- Mrs. Bonnafon, Mrs. John B. Hender- son, Miss Beatrice Henderson, Miss Gertrude Meyer, Mr. Alex Legare, Mr. Andrew Wylle, Mr. Robert Hinckley, jr. Mr. Arthur Pickering, Mr. Hen- (Continued on Fifth Page.) terday aboard the Leviathan for thelr home in Portugal. The counselor_of the British em- bassy and Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton will sail for England the middle of WASHINGTON Diplomatic Corps Plans Summer Period Program D. ¢, MAY 25, Many Members Arranging to Spend Season Abroad—Others to Remain in U. S., Seeking Mountain and Seashore ReSOl‘tS. next month to remain through' the summer. The military attache of the French embassy, Gen. George A. L. Dumont, will enteftain at luncheon today at the Hamilton {n_compliment to Mr. and Mrs, E. R. Frederick of Paris, who are visiting Col. and Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson. Gen. Dumont wiil enter- taln again at luncheon tomorrow. The military attache of the Italian embas: Col. di Bernezzo, will return to Washington the first of the week from Pittsburgh. The military attache of the British embassy -and Mrs. Charlton will close their house on Sunderland place Fri- day and go to Manchester-by-the-Sea Mass., where they have leased a cot- tage for the summer. Summer Plans Made for Thosc at Home flfld Abroad Mrs. Stanfleld, wife of Senator Rob- ert Nelson Stanfield, sailed yesterday aboard the Lapland for Europe and will join her daughter, who is study- ing in Faly. Former TUnlted States Ambassador to Japan and Mrs. Thomas J. O'Brien, who have spent the winter with their son-in-law and daughter, the coun- selor of the British embassy and Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton, will leave Washington _this week for their home. in Michigan, to spend the sum- mer. The counselor of the United States embassy in London. and Mrs. Post Wheeler sailed yesterday aboard the Olympic for England, after spending several weekd fw)-Whghingtno on va- cation. = Miss Muriel- Kleanor- Gray, who was presented to society last winter by her mother, Mrs. Pearl Moore Gray, will go to Philadelphia this week to visit Miss Hanna and attend the an- nual regatta of several colloges in that vieinity. She will later go to Montrose, Pa., to visit' Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGee, the latter formesrls Miss Margaret Mupcaster of Washington. vy, STTTTeTT—— Gives Surprise’ Shower rise In Honor of Friend Miss Mary Kreamer entertained at her home, 3110 N street, on May 3, with a surprise shower in éompliment to Miss Ruth Bruln of Alexandria, a., whose marriage to Mr. Ernest Weingart of Washington will take place June 28. The guests included Miss Ruth Bruin, Miss Dorothy Kreamer, Miss Anna May Bucklay, Miss Emma Welngart, Miss Mamie Keegan and others. 1924 PART 92 MRS SAMUEL SHELLABARGER,, { MISS VIRGINTIA. cANNEN, Miss CORA BARRY. MISS MAY GOVIN, MISS MARY HELLEN, and M1s3 PATIENCE WINCHESTER>. hiven 'ttg/ Sor at ker wedding Juesday Benefit Fete to Be ‘Ne;ghbcrhood House | | ! Held at Twin Oaks L Delightf.ul Suburban Home | Loaned for Occasion by | Mr. and Mrs. Chazles J. | Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. loaned their delightful home, Twin Oaks, for the fete which will be given Wednesday afternoon and evening for the benefit of Neighborhood House. Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman is chairman of the fete, and has a corps of prominent women as her able assistants. The booths for the showing and sale of refreshments, hats, parasols, scarfs, books and toys will be placed in the grounds to represent a street in India’ which they call “The Rajah's Garden.” “A Fantasy in India,” three playlets by Mrs. Alice Pike Barney, will be given at b o'clock «and again at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, for which Mrs. Elsie McKeon is in charge of the tickets for boxes and seats, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr is in charge of the tickets for the fete, which will open at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and continue untll 10 o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Calvin_Coolidge is the pat- roness. Mrs. Herbert Hoover is_ the head of the ice cream booth, which will be conducted for her by Mrs. Richard Emmet, Miss Henriques and Mrs. Hoover's troop of Girl Scouts. Mrs. Henry C. Wallace will be in charge of the flower booth and will be assisted by her daughter Miss Ruth Wallace, Mrs. Alvin Dodd and Miss Julia ' Hubrecht. Countess Szecheny!l and Mme. Peleny] will have the cake booth. Mme. Panaretoff, Mme. Yousry, Mme. Dieckhoff apd Mme. Bisseroff will have a booth for Turkish coffee and cigarettes. Mme. Prochnik and Mrs. Harry Norment will have the magic gift tree, which will be laden with charming and un- usual articles. Mme. Ekengren will sell candy. Mme. Steen, Mme. Weidel, Mme. Lundh and Mrs. Chester Snow will have charge of Aladdin’s lamp. The toy booth will be presided over by Contessa Sommati di Mombello, Signora__Calderara, Contessa Sella Porte, Mrs. Emory Sands and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, and Mme. Til- mont, Mme. Wissotsky, Mrs. John Greely and Mrs. Travis Walker will have fancy articles for sale. The cast for Mrs. Barney's play in- cludes: Shepherd, Paul Tchernikoff; seller of ribbons, Edna Bowman seller of maaks, Marguerite Weighell; snake dancer, Val Vincente; seller of sandals, Beatrice Coles; Greek model, Kathryn Hereford; flower girl, Mara- lyn Slents; sailors, Messrs, Sothorone and Hill; and old woman, Jean Dens- — Smith College Club B ;['o Meet Wednesday The annual meeting of the Smith College Clubiwof. Washington “will be helg Wednesdsy afternoon at_the country ho; Miss Katherine Rice, near Mount Vernon. Bell have suburbap Tor merl MRS DWIGHT DICK.INSON. Miss Elizabetht Hamlin You her marriage to Lieut Didkinson Jr ta Tng place Tues ch‘/n June weddings of this season prom- ise unusual number and importance, with weddings in the month Invitations have been issued for the e of N Anne Webster Wil- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. rank Wilson of Kensington, Md., to Lieut. William Houck Buracker. The several service lehem Chapel. Washington Cathedral, June 7 at 3:30 o'clack in the after- noon from Falkstone Courts, in Washington. Miss Wilson was graduated from Goucher College, Baltimore, in the class of 1921. She is a.member of the Goucher Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity. Lieut. Buracker, son of M L. Buracker of Luray, Va. and Bal- timore, is a graduate of the class of 1920 of the Naval Academy. Since July, 1922, he has served in the naval aviation. The marriage of Miss Edith Everett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wade Everett and Mr. Francis Alden Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Foster Murray, will take place Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock e in Calvary Bapt t Church. . The Rev. Willlam S |D. D. pastor of Church. will officiate, Rey.' Herbert Scott & . D. D, tor of St. Margaret's iscopal Church, Mi; erett's attendants will be M wight Kiggins Terry. sister of the bride elsct, as matron of honor. Miss Doris Virginia Monroe and ) ginia Wnigfield as her bridesmaids Mr._ Murray wiil have as his best- man _ Midshipman = Henry Peyton Howard, jr., U. 8. N. The ushers will be Mr. Willlam_R. Rhoades of Los Angeles. Calif.; Mr, D.- Randall Buckingham, cousin of the bride-elect, Mr. Dwight Kiggins Terry, and Mr. James T. Berryman, all of Washington. Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler will render several vocal selections and Mr. Louis A. Potter will preside at the organ. A reception will follow the cere- mony at the home of the bride's parents. The Church of the Immaculate Con- ception was the scene of a pretty wedding _Thursday evening, May 22, 1924, at 5 o'clock, when Miss Cecilia Bostic was united in marriage to Mr. James L. Desmond by Rev. J. E. Connell, pastor of the church. The bride was given in marriage by _her uncle, Mr. William B. Becker. Mrs. Norman J. Lane was matron of honor. Mr. William A. Breen was best man, and Mr. Leo Breen and Edward Becker acted as ushers. A reception followed at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Mary D. Becker, 1135 10th street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Desmond left later the evening for a short honey- They will 1924, at in moon trip in the south. be at home after June 1, 120 11th street northwest. The marriage of Miss Mary Cather- ine Hazen to Mr. Ralph 'S. Nagle took place last evening in the Wash- ington Heights Presbyterian Church, the pastor, Rev. Dr. John Palmer, officiating, assisted by Rev. Dr. Am- brose M. Schmidt of Bellefonte, Pa., uncle of the bridegroom. The cere- mony was performed at 7:30 o'clock and was followed by a reception in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hazen, at 2844 27th street. Both the church and the house had an attractive arrangement of pink snapdragons and gladioll, with palms and bridal wreath. The bride wore a gown of rose point lace over'white georgette crepe, made with a basque and bouffant skirt, finished at one side with a large white satin bow and itny caps of the lace serving as sleeves. Her tulle veil was arranged cap fashion and held by a coronet of orange blossoms and sprays of the blossoms fastened at intervals on tao veil. and she carried bride roses and sweet peas, with a shower of lilies of the valley. Miss M‘ir‘u-et Buckley was maid of honor and the bride's other attend- ants were Miss Marian Van Vranken and Mrs. Raymond Jackson of Ban- gor, Pa. They were in similar cos- tumes, their gowns of cream lace over slips in pastel shades fashioned like that of the bride, the bow at one side of Miss Buckley's skirt of pink, and on that of the other attendapts was in lavender. The maid of ho*r carried lavender sweet peas and the others pink sweet peas Mr. Russell 1. Whyte was best man and the. ushers were Mr. Clifford Whyte, Mr. Harry Weigandt, Mr. £ ¥ ceremony will take place in the Beth- | | mona District Society Awaits . June Wedding Ceremonies Invitations Issued for Marriage of Anne Webster Wilson and Lieut. William Houck Buracker, in Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral. Charles zen was d wore a cors, swect peas gown of beige and silver me bouquet of pink roses wore gray lac Later in the ev Nagle left for a wed Among the o were Mr. and Mrs. C] Mr. Clarence Steinme Jackson of W, S tt Hazen, nd his son and d: and Mrs. Nathan Bethel, I Schmidt. of Johnstown, Melsheimer. and Mrs. daughter, cousins of the bridegroom, over, Pa. Wednesday morni 3 5 wedding of interest took place in S Theresa’'s Church, when Mr. Nor! A. Smith of E i Helen B. Re married. performed Bart, a Buckley, was by a nuptial Joseph \ immediately followed mass. The music was beautifully endered Mr anson, Mrs. Clayton Miss Helen J. Bury The bride wore a dress of whit georgette crepe and a veil of tulle She was attended by her sister, Mi Agnes M. Reagan, who w u dres of flowered georgette crepe and leghorn hat. M Herma T Harlow of Washington acted man Following the mass a_breakfas was served at the home of the brids attended only by the immediate fan ilies of the bride and bridegroom, th« Rev. Charles M. Bart and the Re: Joseph V. Buckley. After the break fast Mr. ‘and Mrs. Smggh left for trip to_New York city and Niagara Falls. They will make their home in Emporium, Pa. Of much interest to their ma friends is the announcement of t marriage of Miss Mary Helen Jones of Chapel Hill, Tenn., to Mr. James Aubrey Powell of Washington. The wedding _was_quietly solemnized Tuesday, May 20, at 4 o'clock p.m..in the pastor's study of the McKendree Church at Nashville, Tenn.. the Rev J. R. Wright officiating, using the impressive ring ceremony. Only Im mediate relatives and a few friends were present. The bride wore a dress of rose-bro- caded crepe with steel gray trim- mings. Her gra flower trimmings, beautifully ha monized. Her flowers were a corsag: bouquet of American beauty rosebu and lilies of the valley. Mrs. 1, the daughter of M and Mr: F. Dozier of Chapel Hi Tenn., is a talented musician, having studled at Tennessee College, and i« one of the most admired and popular girls in her home city, as well throughout middle Tennessee. Mr Powell, whose home was formerly i1 Tennessee, is now in Washington. Immediately after the ceremony Mr and Mrs. Powell left for a trip to Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York. After June 1 they will be at home to their friends at North Cen- tral avenue. Chevy Chase, Md Children's Home Board To Give Tea on June 5 The board of managers of the Children's Country Home will give a tea at the home on Grant road near Connecticut avenue, Thursday after- noon, 5. For the convenience June 5. of those who Wish to attend the party automobiles and busses will meet the street car at Connecticut avenue and Grant road. The members of the board will receive and show visitors the progress being made by this in- stitution, and tea will be served. Women's City Club Plans Dance Fete for June 2 The entertainment committee of the Women's City Club announce dance to be given in the clubhouse, 22 Jackson. place, June 2. Dancing will begin at 9:30 o'clock p.m. and the refreshments will be served in the garden. ’