Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1926, Page 41

Harrzs 60 & W.//uj 1SS CRAIGIE S ING /fitfisbw% {requem’b qze/sb of Miss 1lsa Mello Marked Lull in Activities Of Capital Society Folk% WhileWinterSeisgnWanesl Pace Is Moderated; Whether Due to Lent or Influenza, or Both, Is a Matter Of Speculation. i | BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HETHER it is Lent or influenza which has moderated the pace of society is hard to say, but certainly there is greeable | lull with little besides entertammment for and by otncials in | progress. Many dinner parties have suffered loss of guests | tirough illuess and there is scarce a home where la grippe or something of that nature has not caused the recall of invitations. E\'EN the President and Mrs. Coolidge are not exempt irom the | ravages of colds, and unless the Chief Executive greatly improves, the dinner arranged in his honor and that of Coolidge by the Attorney General and Mrs. Sargent will be without its chief figur. However, (he President recovers sufficient’y the dinner party Tuesday night will | be the largest of the cabinet series so far. | | Coolidge are expected to | the Congress HURSDAY night the President and Mrs attend the annual reception in their honor given by : when the whole Congress will pay Mrs. Lindley . president of the club. will stand with the President and Mr; ige 1n receiving and Mrs. John B. Henderson, District oi Columbia | vice president, with th Generally assisting in the | ality will be the officers of the club. lub tlad 0 onor "ATE societies, énce the forlorn hope oi homesick individuals are now | to Washington a splendid factor, not alone in bringing together the | Washington residents of the various States of the Union, but because one | cs in them political bulwarks for Senators and Representatives in | ongress, and a stronghold for the betterment of the District of Columbia. No official in Washington can afford to ignore their State society, not cyen if they wished to do so, and State pride led the Vice President and \rs. Dawes to attend the lliinois State meetings; Secretary and Mrs. inellogg to leave off part of an cvenings program for the Minnesota State ~ocicty reception, while the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine are terested, first in Missouri State Society and then in several others where 1ey have deep-laying a State Societ HERE is a touch of Vernon” to be given in the gy nis mance in rsity Monday right, when a specially planned comcert will be given Secretary Mellon treats the Pennsyl- irs, and always attends, and the * mna. Zvening of Music at Mount um of the Gegrge Washington v the bewchit of George Washington Hospital and as a celebration of 1o birthday anniversary of the first President. The music room at Mount tpon where Nellie Custi tather as he played the flut ie:National Museum there ausic on ¢! that time {rom New York to sing. +/ woman kind. <porsor Wl’l H the cessation of g world turns it though s it will bring. ¢ Willard Hotel, terest as it brings be Almost tl the eye Aot List of Engagements of -Interest Locally and Mrs. Jesse Erwin Lapham the engagement of their Flora MacDonald Lapham, Mr =nnounce iughter, omas Daniels Robertson of | and Mrs. Daniel F. O'Ne! junce the enzagement of their iughter, Dorothy Rebekah, to Mr. Rxlph Currier Davis of _Columbus. ‘hio, san of and Mrs. Frank Colin Davis of New York, ihe wedding to take place in April. Veil Mr. an- graduate of Ohio and_a member of Mr. Davis is ate Universit Phi Sorority. “igma Phi Epsilon. Dr. and Mrs., Willard Dell Bigelow runounce the engagement of their izughter, Jessie Nesbit, to Prof. Sey- rnour Guy Martin of the department philosophy of Northwestern Univer- <ity at Evanston, 1. The marriage will take place in August. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hersog of Lin- ebr., announce the engagement | daughter, Carita, to Mr. David of Washington. No date 1ilum civen for the wedd} Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Buckingham punounce the engagemeul of on her harpsichord, accompanied by her step- s been faithfully reproduced, and from he program will be that arranged from the old numbers played There will be a flutist, too, and Rosa Ponselle will come is lent a harpsichord, and much of the | 1 whole of the social world, that is ning and entertain guests. = i yeties during the Lenten season the social | the Eastertide and the many func- | be the annual polo ball to be | cvent is looked forward to with | ant gathering of social Wash- yMin;ster and Mme. Seya ] Head Honor Guest List | Mr. ana ars. Frea Dennett are en- tertaining at dinner this evening at {the Mayflower Hotel, in compliment o the Minister from Latvia and Mme. {Seva and_ Representative Florence | Kahn, a homecoming welcome for their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.and Mrs. Patton Wise Slemp, the latter, formerly Dorothy Dennett, who ar- rived in Washington _this morning i from a motor trjp in Florida. Covers { will be laid for 21. | Mr. and Mrs. Dennett's guests will ! be the Minister and Mme. C. L. Seva, | Representative Florence Kahn: Ger- {man Agent, Mixed Claims Commission, and Mme. von Lewinski: Representa- { tive and Mrs. John A. Tilson, Repre- | sentative and Mrs. E. Hart Fenn, | Representative and Mrs. Charles B. Timberlake and daughter, Mrs. Fred W. Stover of Denver, Colo.; Repre-{ sentative and Mrs. Louis T. McFad- den. Representative and Mrs. Fred Purnell. Mrs. Frank Appleby of Asbury Park, N, J.; Mr. and Mrs. rd A. Harriman and Mr. and Patton Wise Slemp. iwhter, Freda Marfe, to Frank S. and Mrs. John B. | WASHINGTON, 41‘/-/ "Z\ 07 VL FEBRUARY 21, 1926—PART 2. Sexdrita MARGARITA GRISTANTI ant Serorita CMNNA TERESA C{G RISTAN awghiers o | Litc, M?Miiisfe//; \of Venezuela and Serora cic, Gristanti 4 ¥ UWoo [ Unaerwood ARRI¥E/ ®$ HENRY LANE WILSON., Wife {o Capital Hostesses Announce “"At Homes" With Dates Annexed Receptions, Formal and In- formal, Noted in Local Calendar—Wedding Anni- versary Listed. Mrs. Smithwick and Miss Mary Smithwick, wife and daughter of Representative John H. Smithwick of Florida, will be at home informally Tuesday afternoon from 4 to & o'clock in their home at 5206 Colo- rado avenue. Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper will be at home Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. at the Rochambeau. Baroness von Below has sent out cards for an at home Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7 o'clock, when she will be assisted by Mme. Varela, wife of the Minister of Urugua: Senora de Alfara, wife of the Minis- ter of Panama; Frau Dieckhoff, wife of the counselor of the German em- bassy; Mrs. W. H. King, Mrs. Wilbur Turner, Mrs. Frank Mondell, Mvs. Marvin Butler, Mrs. Charles Doyglas, Mrs. Jal van den Bosch, Mrs. fiarry Norment, Mrs. Charles Lummis of New York, Mrs. Price Whitaker, Mrs. Winslow van Devanter, Miss Betty Byrne, Miss Dorothy Mondell and Miss Gladys Penn of St. Louls. Baron and ness von Below are now in their new home, 2024 Six- teenth street. Mrs. Theodore Hance Tiller will be at home informally tomorrow from 3 to 6 o'clock and has issued no cards for the party. She will be sted i elving by Mrs. Ruth- i | of the former Ambassaclor ico, wow 4 quest 1nWashington G EBWAN é’:. oL £ KATHERINE WATSON,, debulante daughter of Senator ard MrsJames E. Vi:‘fa/t so g-‘iwi{ hex Sree . o P Tralzrwood & Undeyrwood Presidentand Mrs. Coolidge - Listed for Cabinet Dinner | Attorney General and Mrs. Sargent to Entertain in Tl’leir HOflOl‘ Tuesday — Other Votable Functions. | The President ana Mrs. | will be the guests of honor at dinner | Tuesday, of the Attorney General ard | Mrs. John G. Sargent | The Vice President and Mr: ves | will be the guests of honor at din- | ner Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. | . who have | for a { dinner. additional gues: after the program music The Secretary of Agricul Mrs. Jardine are the gue honor Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Eakin of Manhattan, Kans., will entertain a company of twenty at dinner Wed: | nesday in the Presidential suite at The Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Eakin are spending the Winter at the hotel. re and in whose Senator and M of Rhode Island w dinner party Thursda room for Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf 1l be hosts at a iam M. Butler, Mrs. 1 sts at dinne |ing when their meet the Vi Dawes. Senator will entertain evening. Senator and Arthur Capper Thursday even- were asked to and at dinner Tuesday Representative and Mrs. Martin B. Madden entertained at dinner last evening in honor of the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes. The other guests were Senator B. McKinle Miss Julie Mattis, Senator and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Representative and Mrs. Morton D. Hull, Representative Elliott W. Sproul, Miss Sproul, Rep- tesentative and Mrs. Adolph J. Sa- bath, Representative and Mrs. John J Gorman, Representative and Mrs. M. Alfred Michaelson, Representative Coolidge | MRS SAMUEL 8. ARENTZ. wife of Rep of Nevada, i por resentutive Arentz tawt Congressional hostess. and Mrs. Stanley H. Kunz, Represen- tative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Rep- blom, Representative Frank R. Reid, Representative and Mrs. John Willlam E Hull, Representative and Mrs. Frank Funk, Representative and Mrs. Wil- resentative and Mrs. Carl R. Chind-| ' Notable Social Functions Keep Diplomats on Go Dinners Given and to Be Given, Honoring Asso- ciates — Ambassador de Riano Sails fOl‘ Home Thé Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Riano have recalled their invitations for the dinner which they had planned for Wednesday evening because of the departure of the Am- bassador for Spain. The Ambassador sailed yesterday aboard the Aquitania and will spend several weeks in Madrid before join- ing Senora de Riano in Washington. The Ambassador of Belglum and Baroness de Cartier will be the guests of honor at dinner Thursday of the Minister of China and Mme. Sze. The Ambassador of Argentina and Senora de Pueyrredon and their daughters, the Senoritas Pueyrredon, will leave Wednesday for White Sul- phur Springs for a 10-day or fort- night's stay. The Ambassador and Senora de Pueyrredon have recalled invitations for several dinner parties which they had planned, because of the death ‘Wednesday in Argentina of the Am- bassador's brother. Among the par- ties for which they had issued invita- tions were a dinner Tuesday in honor of the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, a_ dinner Tuesday, March 2, in com- pliment to the Secretary of Agricul- ture and Mrs. Jardine, and a luncheon Sunday, March 7, to which their wuests were asked to meet the Chief | o fustica and Mrs. Taft. The Ambassador af ¥rauce and| Country. Mme. Berenger were the honor guests at dinner last evening of Mr. and Mrs Eugene Meyer, who entertained a company of 22. The dinner was fol- lowed by a musical, to which addi- tional guests were asked to hear the Letts Quartet. The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will be the guests in whose honor Col. Augusto Villa, mili- tary attache of the Italian embas: will entertain at dinner this even in the Florentine room at Wardman Park Hotel, preceding the program on | “Switzerland” given at the Wardman Park Theater in honor of the minister. The Minister of the Dominican Re- public, Senor. Arizd, has issued invi- tations for a reception Saturday after- noon, from 4:30 to 7 o'clock, in the presidential suite of the New Willard Hotel, in celebration of the eighty-sec- ond anniversary of the independence of the Dominican Republic. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Dr. Timothy J. Smiddy, has re- turned from a short stay ‘in New York. Mme. Samy, wife of the Minister of Egypt, will receive Tugsday after- noon for the last time thi§ season. The Minister of Sweden and Mme. om twere the honor guests at dinner last evening of the Commercial | 5 |Guests Entertained o & gglolinday, Representative E In Homes of Capital; ; Other Special Notes Items of General and Per- sonal Interest Relating to Official and Non-Official l Circles. Representative and Mrs. Maurice | Thatcher will have as'a guest at their | residence on Belmont road Mrs. Sam | | A. Mason of Frankfort, Ky. |arrive tomorrow. who will Representative Mary T. Norton of | New Jersey will have as her guests| |at Wardman Park Hotel next week Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lillis of Jersey City. Mr. Lillis is superintendent of | the Dickinson High Schdol of that | city, and is coming to attend the an- | {nual convention of the National Edu | cation Association. | _Representative and Mrs. Charles A. | | Eaton have as their guests in their | Wardman Park apartment for the | i week end their son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Demler | of Plainfield, N. J. | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Envml will give up their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel the last of this week and move to their new home, Agbre- | mont, at the corner of Upton street | and Linnean avenue, overlooking Rock | Creek r Arbremont is an estate of 24 acres of woodland, the house of the Georgian colonial type being so | planned that it will command a_view of the Washington Monument. There are commodious stables for the horses which Mr. and Mrs. Erwin have been keeping in Virginia since they gave p Graystone, the beautiful estate of homas Armat on Klingle road. Mr. (Continued on Seventh Paged and Mrs. Erwin and thei: smail daugh- (Continued on Sixth Page) . - Representative and Representative heeler, Repre- W. Arnold, Mrs. Hengy T. Rainey and Mrs, Loren sentative and M Representative as 8. Willlams, the Misses Williams, Mrs. W. S. Alexander, house guest of Rep- resentatve and Mrs. Hull; Mrs. Rose R. Anton ;vt Chicago and Mr. and y u, Representa- tive and Mrs. Doyle, Rep- resentative W ohnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert Nettleton, and Col. and M Paul Henderson. Representative and Mrs. Lindley H, Hadley and Representative and John F. Miller entertained the W = inton State delegation in Congress and Washington residents in addition at dinner Thursday evening at the Con- gress Hall Hotel. _Representative and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr., will entertain at dinner to- MOrrowW evening in the Presidential dining room of The sflower for Miss Janet Fish of York, sister of Representative Fish, who is spend- ng a few days in Washington. Covers | will be laid for twen Mrs. John H. sentative Kerr of North Carolina, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Hadijah Meade entertained at lunch. eon and bridge Thursday. guests included Mrs. Howard F. Jones, Mrs, Julian T. Baber, Hugh' Allen, Mrs. H. L. Flint; J. M. Featherstone, Mrs. Robert B. Smith and Mrs. Henry Clay Powell. eight. Mrs. Bolivar Edwards Kemp, wife | of Representative Kemp, will enter- tain at a bridge luncheon in the Flor- entine room at Wardman Park Hotel Wednesday in honor of the wives of the members of the Louisiana dele- gation in Congress Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert M. Lord \v‘iu entertain at dinner Friday eve- ning. The Misses Dillon of Woodley place will entertain at dinner this eveningin 1, Representative and | err, wife of Repre- | Other | compliment to Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Winship of Boston, who are attending | the State superintendents’ meeting in |connection with the Natfonal Educa- | tion Association. ! Mrs. B. Armstead Davis was hostess at dinner last evening in honor of Senora de Riano. nd Mrs. Charles J. Willlamson {entertained at the dinner dance | Wardman Park Hotel last evening, | their guests being Representative and Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, Interstate Commerce Comm ner and Mrs. “rederick I. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. {Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. John R. |R. Leighty, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W | Nicholson and Maj. and Mrs. Willlam | Wolff-Smith. i . Miss Mary Olivia Sumner of Milford entertained at tea at the Wi sterday afternoon in honer of Margaret Boncompagni other guests were Miss | Fonrose Wainwright, Mrs. Montgon - le r, Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt, Mr-. | Gerritt S. Miller and Miss Butler. Mr. Arthur Campbell, who entertained at luncheon yesterday ii {the Chinese room of the Mayflower {had as his guests the Marquis and { Marchioness of Huntley, Mr. and Mrs. | Dorsey M | Franklin H. | cival McC Clifford_Corbin, Maj. etz, Mr. and Mrs. Har | Irs. Charles H. atte | man Dierks, Mrs. William Houghtelinz {of San Francisco, Col. Jennings Wise |and Comdr. Archibald Stirling. | Mrs. Theodore Hance Tiller will | entertain at luncheon Thursday n compliment to Mrs. Everett Sanders wife of the President’s secretary. , M nd Mrs. Werlich, M Dr. and Mrs. Macpherson Crichton entertained at the Chevy Chase Cl last night at dinner, having as guests Senor Don Francisco Sanchez Latou: the Minister of Guatemala, and Mme Latour; the Minister of Egypt and Mme. Samy, Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Representative and Mrs Frederick S. Purnell, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. Campbell, Mrs. Alonzo Tyner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bowes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porterfield | (Continued on Seventh Page.) Club Members Honor President and Lady The President and Mrs. Coolidge will be guests of the Congressional Club Thursday evening, and invita tions have also been issued for the reception in honor of the Vice Presi dent and Mrs. Dawes for the evening of March 5. Both are annual events and the most important on the inter. | esting program of the ciuv. | In the recerving line wita the Praa: dent and Mrs. Coolidge Thuredas | night will be Mrs. Lindley H. Had ley ‘of Washington, president of the | club, and Mrs. John B. Henderson of { the District of Columbia, honorary | vice president. Assisting will be the officers of the club: Mrs. E. T. Taylor of Colorado. first vice president; Mrs. S. Otis Bland of Virginia, second vice pres dent; Mrs. Albert H. Vestal of Indi- ana, thir e president; Mrs. Por- ter H. Dale of Vermont, fourth vice | president; Mrs. Louis C. Cramton ot | Michigan, fifth vice president; Mrs. T. H. Caraway of Arkansas, record- ing_secretary: Mrs. Olga B. Burtness of North Dakota, corresponding ses retary, and Miss Clara Sproul of Iili- nois, treasurer. Also the incorpora- tors of the club, who are still ac- tive members: Mrs, Anthony, jr., of Kansas; Mrs. Henry A. Cooper | of Wisconsin, Mrs. Edgar C. Ellis of | Missouri, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins of | st Vi Mrs. Burton L. French of Idaho, Mrs. Finis Garret of | Tennessee, Mrs. John N. Garner of | Texas, llis C. Hawley of | Oregon, Mrs. Willlam E. Humphrey of Washington, Mrs. Florence ¥. | Kahn of California, Mrs. Nicholas | Longworth of Ohio, Mrs. Frank W. . M | Mondell of Wyomi | Small of North Carolina and Mrs |Oscar W, Undeswoud of Alal