Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1925, Page 32

SOCIETY. o oMiss Téaikgim}‘oster, Witle fer parentls Lieul.Col.ancl Mys Charles L fu the ofd of %ihfii’. Mr Shummlkev,/ & Mr.William Woodville, and Miss Elizabeth, Woodville, o qard {heir qyiuti M/,. /s 11 4 aww / 13 Ceorge- / towrs HARRIS &~ BEWING— Tostev, at the Duponb, this cityo Washington Social World| Centers Interest in Events! Scheduk?d for Present Week Caming of Noted Polish Statesman a Leading Feature—Count to Receive Appropriate Welcome to the Capital. SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HILE one reads with pleasure qf the comfortable life of the President and Mrs. Coolidge at White Court, the more excit- | ing days at Newport and Bar Harbor and the half-sporting, half- | conventional life at inland resorts, where riding, driving, golf and tennis fill the hours of the day, it is not all unbearable nor uninter- esting right here in the Capital. of State to his Washington home, HE Postmaster General and Mrs. New are apparently preparing for an | This week will bring back the Secretary | and there will arrive the notable Polish | statesman, Count Skrzynski, who will be grected by an interesting social | program, as formal as is compatible with the temper of the weather man ‘prominent Society all-Summer residence here, and have just taken possession of a com- fortable place at Edgemoor, where th tion the wind has a mind to blow. ey will get a breeze from any direc- Even with most of her friends awa Mrs. New fails to find the hours irksome, for, like her husband, she has a taste for literature and spends some part of each day in reading and writing. ‘on which to work. She is clever with her pen and has much interesting material HILE the White House is undergoing another of its various restora- tions. this time more in the matter of inside furnishing, the good, patient old public is set to wondering what becomes of the historic things which are removed from the White House with each change years ago if one was so unfortunate Not so many as to dine in a plain restaurant the sting and ignominy of it was relieved by finding the smaller table imple- ments plainly marked with “White House,” and was quite satisfied to feel that the hands of the great and near-great had rubbed away the once silvered surface Then, again. there crops up a story of Mrs. Hayes' temperance side- board that went the way of much one finds in a Washington drawing- once graced the rooms of the handsomer pieces, and occasionally room some piece of furniture that Executive Mansion, or there is a rumor that the magnificent Tiffany glass screen that stood between the grand entrance hall and the red corridor as late as the first part of the Rnosc-; as velt administration has been seen somewhere. And one wondérs, resorations go on and on forever, if it is not the mere fact that the Presi- dents and first ladies of the past used these articles and stamped them with their presence that makes them of personal interest to the publi rather than the mere fact of to what country and to what period they belonged ture of George Washington asking that All of the first Presidents imported their best things—furni- clothing and what not, and there are yet to be found the orders some friend send him by an early ship more silken hose or pieces of elegant apparel for his family. 1 T is interesting to note that the assignment of Maj. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, to the staff of Col. Sherrill just at this particular time will give ar other interesting feature to the White House work. Grandson of Presi dent Grant and son of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, the major, naturally, has a sentimental attachment for the place aide there during the Roosevelt Then, too, he served as an administration, and it was there that some of his courtship days with the lovely Miss Root. daughter of the then Secretary of State, were spent. It was in Gen. Grant's administra- tion that a cardroom was added over the west wing of the White House, and there the war hero passed many hours at cards with his friends AND CONCERTS line the streets in their vicinity with automobiles, and traffic is heavy in whatever section of the city the music is to be heard A typically American sight awaits those who visit the Monument Grounds the evenings the Marine Band plays in the Sylvan Theater, and groups of men, women and children, in Summer attire, listen | to the music and watch the stars come out, while they catch a brisk breeze from the river. It would be hard to picture a more delightful combination for a Summer night, and though hundreds of children are with the thousands of listeners, lounging on the grass, sitting or standing, | they are not a disturbing clement, and reaily add charm tq the evening. Col. Sherrill touches the American heart much more deeply with his vast area of flowers, parks and music tha anew Reed Hospital Nurses Enjoy Outing at Skyland An interesting group of young| women of the reconstruction service | of the Walter Reed Hospital who| spent the last week end at Skyland, Va., included Miss Jean Henry, Miss Isabelle Grove, Miss Marion White. house and Miss Blanche Boardman, who was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. E. Henry Boardman of Engle. wood, N. J. All not only participated prominently in the festivities of the Fourth, but also enjoyed extensively the delightful horseback riding and other ranch features for which the | place is especially noted. n by furnishing of the White House Envoy and Mme. Prochnik Head Dinner Guest List The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik were the ranking guests at a charmingly arranged Midsummer dinner which Dr. and Mrs. Davenport White gave at the Chevy Chase Club last night. Their other guests were the Brazillan- charge d'affaires and Mme. de Sousa Leao Gracie, Capt. and Mrs. Pltt Scott, the secretary of the Netherlands legation and Mme. Lou- don; Mrs. T. DeWitt Talmage, Mrs. George D. Hope, Mr. Roberto Mendes Gonealves, second secretary of the Brazillan embassy, and Mr. Thomas Jenkins, / Miss Dorotiy» bordet, of ANBw York) aud knowsu socially keso whose wavriade to M Harold X Taylot, of New ‘bj ork,.,y_{} lakee place dugust B Fo“( Quitting City For Summer Sesson Vark W?ik With Diplomats Washington Residents Plan- ning to Enjoy Mountain and Sea!ide_personal Notefl 0{ Interest. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John A Lejeune and - their = daughters, the Misses Lejeune, have gone to Skvland, . Where they have a cottage for the remainder of the seaspn at Stonyman Camp. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines w: joined by Mrs. Hines at the end of the week after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fehr, at Mabla, Long Island. Gen Hines accompanied Mrs. Hines there tor the Fourth and remained over the week end. Maj. Gen. Theodore Schwan has gone to Hot Springs, Va., to remain for some time at the Homestead. Col. and Mrs. Charles B. Drake and Miss Barrine Drake have gone to Canada to remain until early Septem- ber. They will visit in Montreal, Quebac and other eastern Canadian cities. Comdr. and Mrs. Henry Dunn will arrive in Washington the 1st of August to remain indefinitely, as the former is to be stationed in the Capi- tal. Mrs. Dunn, before her'marriage, was Miss Phoebe Walker, daughter of Mrs. Allan E. Walker and the late Allan E. Walker Col. and Mrs. Daniel J. Carr had as their guests last week end Mrs. Free. man, wife of Lieut. Col. Paul L. Free- man, and Mrs. Newell, wife of Col. Isaac Newell, who motored back to their homes, on Governors Island, the middle of the week. Miss Catherine Carr, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Carr, has gone to West Point with Mrs. R. W. Horton and her daughter, Miss Mary Horton. Miss Carr will go on to New Haven for visits in Rye before returning here the middle of August. Princess Cantacuzene, acompanied by her two daughters, Princess Bertha and Princess Ida, sailed vesterday for Europe. They will return in Sep- tember, and the marriage of Princess Bertha to Mr. Bruce Smith will take place in the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, on New Hampshire avenue, Saturday, October 10. Princess Cantacuzene and her daughters spent several weeks with Mrs. Grant before starting abroad. Mrs. Thomas Lippitt Wattles and her tiny daughter Annette will return this week from visits in the South and Join her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Snow- den Ashford. Former Senator and Mrs. Hoke Smith have gone to Atlanta, Ga., for the remainder of the Summer. They started last week and are making the trip by motor. Later in the sea: (Continued on Fifth Page.) —_ JULY- 12, 1925—-PART 2 v Pelatives of the late President, ter marriage to Lieut. Lionel Lew Brief Visits Here and There |[Members of Corps Secking Pleasure at Summer Until the | Senora de Riano, wife of the Am- | bassador of Spain, will start Wednes. | day for York Harbor, where she will be with her brother-inlaw and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson, for several weeks. The Ambaseador of Argentina, Senor Pueyrredon. has returned from a short visit in Boston, where he went to greet the Argentine man-of-war, Rivadio. The Ambassador of France, M. Daeschner, was joined last evening by Mme. Daeschner and their two daugh- ters, who have been at Hot Springs, Va., for several weeks. Mme. Daeschner and the Miles. Daeschner will sail Saturday aboard the Paris for their home in France to spend the remainder of the Summer. The Ambassador of Italy, Signor di Martino, is at Beverly Farms, Mass., with Signora di Martino for ‘a’ few days. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor do Amoral, will go to Newport the first of the week to remain until the Autumn. The Minister of Sweden, Capt. Wal- lenberg, is spending the week end in Washington and will start for Chicago and other Middle Western citles to- morrow or Tuesday. He will be ac- companied on his Western trip by his ) secretary, Baron Trolle. The Minister spent last week in New York, where with Mme. Wallen- berg he went, following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Aspegren at New- port. Mme. Wallenberg salled Thurs-- day aboard the Drottingham for her home In Sweden, where the Minister Wil join her later in the Summer. The Minister of Hungary, Count Szechenyi, spent several days in Wash- ington last week and again joined | Countess Szechenyi and their children at Newport and will_remain- there through the week. The Minister and Countess Szechenyi plan a short trip abroad before coming back to Wash- ington for the Winter season. The Minister ‘of Siam, Phya Buri Navarasth, is expected to return, to Washington this week from Atlantic City, where he has béen for a fort- night recuperating from an {liness. The Minister of Esthonia and Mme. Piip. who are in Montreal, Canada, have postponed their return and will remain in the North through this! week. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Timothy Smiddy, will go to Williamstown, Mass., the first of | next week to attend the sessions of the Institute of Politics at Willlams I Resorts—Many Plan for Absence Autumn. College, where he will be one of the speakers. The charge daffaires of Belgium |M. Raoul Tilmont, will be joined to |day by Mme. Tilmont, who has been visiting the former assistant military attache of the Russian embassy and Mme. Wissotzky in their home, Wissahickon, near Philadelphia in The charge d'affaires of Poland, Mr Hipolit Gliwic, went to New York ves- terday, and will be there to meet the Polish minister of foreign affairs, Count Alexander Skrynski, when he arrives Tuesday. Mu. Gliwic will ac- company Count Skrynskl to Swamp- scott to call on President Coolidge, and they will come to Washington Fri- day. The count will go back to New York Tuesday, July 21, where he will be ‘guest of honor at luncheon that day of Mr. Henry Goddard Leach, who will_entertain in the Centur Club in New York. Count Skrynski will later go to Williamstown, Mass., to attend the Institute of Politics at ‘Willlams College. The naval attache of the Italian embassy and Contessa Sommati di Mombello will giye up their apartment at the Argonne and move Wednesday to the house at 6 Lenox street, Chevy Chase, Md., where they will ba for the remainder of the Summer. The second secretary of the Belgian embassy, Baron Joseph van der Elst, is in New York for a few days. He will return the first of this week. Contessa Marfa Gamba Ghiselli, who has been with her son-inlaw and daughter, the air attache of the Ital- ian embassy and Signora Calderara, will sail from New York aboard the Conte Rosso Saturday, and will be ac- companied by = her grandchildren. They will return to this country and join Wing Commander and Signora Calderara in the Autumn. The retiring second secretary of the Belgian embassy, Count Antoine de Laubespin, sailed yesterday for Bel- glum, where he ‘will .be - temporarily attached to the foreign office. Minister and Mme. Bryn | Have Guests at Sky]and The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bryn have as a ‘guest at Stoneyman Camp, Skvland. their spn, John S. Bryn, Miss Danielson also was a guest of the Minister and Mme. Bryn for several days. is Rowe, taking place o St Thowma 4s C INGERW v = Daughier of Mr 2nd Mes. Fred Me Kee, and now witlt her parvents at Hot Springs Va. oMiss Kalherine Deach, daudtiler of My kwal Mrs Morgaw M Bedch. {0 wed Lieuwd.Thomas C. Latimore, U.S.N .t AQUmB0 sss 'Society of Capital Attracted to North In Pleasure Quest} Rlae LN e Hans shire and New York Re- sorts Popular — Nearby Points Get Quota. Admiral Bradley A. Fiske has gone to Jamestown, R. L. where he is at | the Bay View. Gen. W. P. Sanger has gone to Lake | Sunapee, N. H.. and is the guest of his son, Mr. W. Prentice Sanger. and Mrs. with them Whitehall, the latt Adoo, formerly mack. Capt. Isaac E. Emerson in their Summer at Narragansett daughter, Mrs. Mc- Miss FEthel McCor- nd Mrs. Emerson went to New York aboard their yacht Adroit to meet Mrs. McAdoo on her return from Europe aboard the Olympic re cently. Capt have home. Pier, Former Senator and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry have closed their home at Grosse Pointe and gone to Watch Hill, where they have opened their Summer place, Red Top, for the re- mainder of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Burnside are spending the Summer at Lake George, and will return here in the early Autumn. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam L. Mitchell of Pittsburgh are staying at Wardman Park Hotel for several weeks. Mrs. George Faber Downey, who spent a few days in Washington last week, has returned to Southampton, where she is a guest of her brother, Mr. Thomas B. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Mitchell and their family have gone to their home at South River Park, Md., for the re- mainder of the Summer. Mrs. Edwin A. Newman and her daughter, Mrs. Arthur G. Drefs of St. Louis, Mo., will leave Washington Tuesday for a short visit in Atlantic Mrs. Drefs has spent two weeks with her mother, and will re- turn here before going to St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bell of New York are making an extended stay at ‘Wardman Park Hotel. They are ac- companied by Willlam Bohler of New York, and they made the trip by motor. Miss Kathryn M. Ellis will return to her apartment in the Hillside to- day after spending 10 days at Blue Ridge Summit. Mr. and Mre. Arthur Ramsay are again at Blowing Rock, N. C., for the early season. They expect to attend the Institute of Politics at Willlams College, Willlamstown, Mass., which will open the last week in July. Miss Adelaide Bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bride of Edge- moor, has gone to Cape May, N. J., to b | wedding visit Miss Virginia Russell, daughter Lot the United States Minister to Siam Brilliant Nuptial Events In Record fo r Midsummer Marriage of Miss Genevieve Rider Crist and Ensign Harry Bolles, U. S. N., is Scheduled {0 - 3 Tomorrow. The marriage of Miss Genevieve Rider Crist. daughter of the commis- sioner of naturalization and Mrs Raymond Fowler Crist, to Ensign Harry A. Bolles, U. 8. N, will take place tomorrow afterncon. The cere- mony will be performed in Bethle- hem’ Chapel of the Cathedral of St Peter and St. Paul and Miss Crist will be attended by her sister, Mrs Edward Gardner Lippitt, as matron of honor. Miss Thelma Reeve will be maid of honor and the bride's other attendants will be Miss Helen Page and Mrs. Robert Winn, who was before her marriage. May 29, | Miss Madalene MacGregor. Little Charles Folsom Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Folsom Jones, will be ring bearer | Ensign J. R. Perry, U. S. N., will | be best man for Ensign Bolles and | the ushers will be Ensign R. C. Bell, | Ensign E. W. Shanklin, Ensign Jack P. Deshazo and Ensign John M. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Page will be hosts at a supper party this evening for Miss Crist and Ensign Bolles Interesting to Washington, Virginia and the surrounding country was the of Miss Annie Thornhill daughter of Rev. Dr. L. R. Thornhill of Lynchburg, Va. and Mr. Lester L. Sargent, an attorney of this city. | which took place at 3033 Fifteenth | street, the home of the bride, Monday, | June 29. Dr. Thornhill. the bride’s | father, performed the marriage cere. mony. She wore a gown of soft white satin trimmed in old lace, the long, full veil of tulle forming the train. She carried a shower bouquet of white flowers. Attending her were Mrs. | Madeleine T. Long, matren of honor, | and Miss Elizabeth Childress and Miss | Lucy A. Thornhill, bridesmaids. The matron wore yellow georgette crepe combined with lace, and the maids wore a gown of lace and soft satin Miss Childress being in blue lace over peach color and, Miss Thornhill in| orchid lace over salmon pink. They | all carried pink roses | Mr. Marion M. Overman was best man for Mr. Sargent and the ushers were Mr. Thomas H. Quinlan and Mr J. A. Bowers Following the ceremony and Mrs. Sargent left for a wedding trip and will be at home, at 3033 Fifteenth street, about the middle of August. The wedding of Miss Marjorie Em- mons Brown and Mr. William Smith Crichton, which took place Saturdav evening, June 20, in Crewe, Va., is of much interest in Washington. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall Jackson Brown of Crewe, and_the bridegroom, who is a native of Norfolk, now lives in Baltimore. The ceremony was performed in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Crew the bride's father officiating. Palms. ferns and cathedral candles were the only decorations in the church. Mrs R. Dan Jones of Richmond played the wedding music and Mr. W. P. Maddux, violinist, of Blackstone, played several solos before and during the ceremony. The bride was escorted and glven in marriage by her brother, Mr. Charles Kenneth Brown. She wore a gown of ivory white satin and duchesse lace, embroidered in rhine- stones and pearls. Her veil, which was worn by her mother at her wed- ding, was held by clusters of orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Leland Parker of this city was maid of honor for her cousin and was in peach-color chiffon trim- med with gold and wore a picture hat of gold lace and carried Columbia roses. Mrs. C. M. Loftus, jr., of Petersburg was matron of honor and had a costume like that of Miss Parker in biue chiffon and a gold lace picture hat and carried American Legion roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Irene Gregory of Norfolk, Miss Mary Ford Finck of Wilson, N. C., and Miss Aline Beville and Miss Vir- ginla James of Crewe. They were dressed like the bride's other attend- ants, in chiffon dresses of rainbow: shades, trimmed with gold, and they wore gold lace hats. They carried Arm bouquets of pink roses and orchid snapdragons. Mr. Brooks Wilcox was best man 2nd the ushers included Mr. Linwood and Mrs. W. W. Russell. Miss Bride will make a series of visits before re- turning to Edgemoor. Wil Jacks Wal wn on Crichton of the bridegroom Norman I carried_the little George G bridegro: carri petals, which he scattered of the bride. They were in white After Crichton , and will later make e in Baltimore. hton is a graduate of the Crewe High School, where she has been head of the English department for a vear. She attended Randolph Macon Institute. at Danville and Ran dolph-Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg, also the University of Virginia, and later studied at Colum bia University Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. D. S, Crichton of Norfolk, Mrs. J. M. C lorf of Savannah, Ga.; Mr. C. L. Henry and Mr: L. on of Washington, Mrs. H. F. Mrs a k, Mrs. Minnie Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williar son, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Loftus, jr Mr. and Mrs. Albert Steere and Miss Elva Kean Moorman of Petersburg Miss Oddfe Flynn of Danville, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Flynn of Roanoke, Mr and Mrs. M. R. Flynn of Danville Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gregory and Miss Hazel Gregory of Norfolk and Mr. Matt Wiltshire of Richmond Mr. and Mrs. K. Keren announce the marriage of their dauzhter Doris Evelyn to Mr. Robert J. Yaffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Yaffey of Nor- folk. Va.. Sunday morning, July in Norfolk. The ceremony was pe formed at 11 o'clock in the home of Rabbi Gordon, who officlated. Mr and Mrs. Keren went to Norfolk for the wedding, and the former gave his daughter in marriage. She wore a gown of blond georgette crepe and a hat to match and a corsage bouquet of La France s. Mrs. Samuel Melni. cove was matron of honor and Mr Herman Yaffey was best man for his brother A wedding breakfast after the ceremony the bridegroom's Mr. and Mrs | ding trip | be at ho Norfolk, V. Boyn Munt Lane was gerved in the home of parents, and later Yaffey left for g, wed After July 15 they will e at 523 Westover street Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Trussell of 64 S street northwest announce the | marriage of their daughter Mildred |Nefll to Mr. Bernard Campbell Frve of 301 S street northeast June 30, at St. Agnes’ Rectory, Woodlawn, Md Rev. Ignatius Fealy officiating The bride wore a gown of ashes of roses georgette with hat to match After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Frye left for a trip through West Vir ginia. For the present they will re side at 64 S street northwest A pretty wedding ceremony took place at the Church of Our Savio Brookland, Tuesday, July 7, the con tracting parties being Miss Kathryn Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil llam R. Love. and Mr. Frank Mc Phaul, eldest son of F. McPhaul of Brookland, D. C. Rev. Edmund Stevens was the officiating clergyman. Miss Lena Miller was maid of honor and Mrs. James Silver matron of honor. Clare Eulalia Love, niece of the bride, was flower girl. Following the ceremony, an impromptu recep- tion was held at the home of the par- ents of the bride. On their return from the Pacific coast, Mr. and Mrs. McPhaul will re- side at 1920 Irving street northeast Miss Olga Melick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Melick of this cit land Mr. Edward McMahon of Virgini were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, 2213 First street northwest. Rev. Dr. Charles E. Fultz performed the cere- mony. Owing to the illness of the bride's mother, the wedding plans were very much simplified. Miss Esther Melick, bride, and Mr. brother, stood groom. The ceremony was witnessed by a few near relatives, and later Mr. and Mrs. McMahon left for a short trip. At 9:15 o'clock yesterday morning in the rectory of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the marriage of Miss Mary (Continued on Fifth Page) sister of the Harold Melick, her with the bride and