Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1926, Page 49

A ¢’ MME {(LE]N WACHTER, Whose husband is the Counsclor L. oMiss ISABEILE PATTERSON, daughier of Representative and Mre Francis T Patterson Jr., of New Jerseye Society Circles in Capital, Official and Non-Official, In Whirl of Festivities Round of Dinners, Luncheons, Teas and Bridge Parties of Record, Though Lenten Observ- ance Is Not Overlooked. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. T cven by a stretch of the imagination could Washington society be called dull just now, for not a day goes by without its numerous luncheon parties, bridge parties and teas, while the evenings are filled with quite as important dinner parties, from a genesal stand- point, as obtained in the Midwinter season. The Secretary of State and | Mrs, Kellogg, the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Matsudaira, the Bel- | gian Ambassador and Baroness de Cartier, the German Ambassador and Baroness Maltzan, the various undersecretaries of the State Department, Senators, Representatives and others, official and unofficial, have all en- tertained within the week. \ 'HE President and Mrs. Coolidge are observing the mourning period for the late Col. John C. Coolidge in the most personal way, with no half- staffed flags, no disarrangemént of other people’s social plans and no inter- ruption to the President’s official tasks. That both feel the loss of the colonel and are profoundly sad cannot be doubted, but they are taking their ittle walks, receiving their more intimate friends and carrying on in a simple manner. They will be joined within a few days by their son, Mr. John Coolidge, who will have a bricf respite from his work at Amherst College. 'OT all of life at the Capital is devoted to meeting for social pleasure, however, and especially during Lent has one come upon_the deeper, nore profound phases of character in socicty women. This has been shown in the interesting meetings held each Friday morning since Ash Wednesday in the home of Senator and Mrs. Porter H. Dale, on Capitol Hill, when almost every woman of the Senate circle heard Mrs. Selden P. Spencer, widow of Senator Spencer of Missouri, the daughter of a minis- ter of the Gospel, talk about the Bible and Bible characters and heard her bring sacred history to her interested audience in a very'close and friendly way. ONE of the most interested listeners there each Friday morning was Mrs .Coolidge, the President’s wife, who shows her deep devotional nature, never arriving late, listening intently to Mrs. Spencer, who possesses great magnetism and personality, and not leaving until the meeting was entirely over. Mrs. Dale’s lovely drawing rooms, flooded with sunlight, POSS particularly suitable atmosphere for such meetings as these, and she invited the ladies of both the upper and lower house and many other friends to attend. Good Friday, Mrs. Spencer will likely go to the Con- essional Club for the service which will take the place of the usual iday Club entertainment. ASHINGTON receptions are pretty much all alike, in that the inevi- table receiving line is in evidence, but Tuesday, when Mrs. William M. jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, received several hundred guests in the most informal manner to cpen the annual amaryllis show, it s different. Visitors seemed to stroll in at will under the glass roof rom 10 to 12 o'clock. First Mrs. Dawes and a few friends, then Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the Secretary of State, and her niece, Miss Louise Ottis of St. Paul; then wives of ambassadors and ministers, some ladies of the Senate, and so on, until a constant stream of notables poured along the narrow aisles, admiring the gorgeous amaryllis flowers in their varied hues. Mrs, Jardine was natty and suitable in a street dress of English tweed, showing a dainty blouse and a gay scarf, and her simple blue felt hat wasl ‘hoth becoming and stylish. EEP interest attaches to the coming to Washington next week of the Bach Choir of Bethelchem, when “The Passion,” according to St. Matthew, will be given. The Washington Auditorium has shown the citi- zens that there can no longer be a cry for more room and jt is expected and hoped that every seat will be filled. The Tuesday. evening after Easter has been chosen for the choir and thanks are due to a small group of men and women who truly may be called lovers and friends of music who have had the civic and spiritual vision to arrange for the visit of this wonderful choir at this time. chasers of Nantucket Island, and the Betrothals Announced, Rhodes femily of Rhode Island, on Weddings in Near Future Mrs. I, Gerald Pryor announces the engagement of her daughter Jacquelin Fipes to Mr. Sam Cleage Feild of Knoxvilie, Tenn., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dandridge Feild. The wedding will take place in St. Margaret's Church May 19. \ wood .and Sizer families of Virginia on the maternal. . Mrs. Agnes Thrift Fisher of Rock- ville, Md., announces the engagement of her daughter, Lucile Anna.Fisher, to Mr. Thomas Edmund Bailey, also of Rockville. The wedding will take Mr. and Mrs. William' Alen Wall | PUC=ihelatter partynt-April announce the engagement of their| Mr. and Mrs. Willlam E. Viett of daughter Mary Sizer to Mr. Charles | Rockville, Md., ahnounce the engage- Wesley Dey, son of Mr. and Mrs. [ ment of their daughter Verna Mae to Bdward . Dey of Clarendon. Va. The | Mr. G. TaMar Kell Mr. Kelly is the marrlage will take place in June. Miss | son of Mr. and Mre. Géorge LaMar Wall is a direct descendant of | Kelly of Baltimore. ‘The wedding will Chrlstophier liussey, one of the pur-'take place in the pgar futulpy of the strianw £mb&ssy* ] 7 Vice President Dawes And MTS. Dawes HOI’lOl‘ | Guests of Mrs. Elkins Entertained at Dinner Tues- day With Company of 22. Other Notable. Social the paternal side, and of the Gate- | Functions of Record. The ~ Vice President and Mrs. Dawes - were the honor guests at dinner last evening of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins who entertained a com-’ | vany of 22. Representative and Mrs. S. Wal- lace Dempsey entertained at dinner last evening. Interstate -Commerce Commission- er_and. Mrs. Richard V. Taylor en- tertained at dinner at the Raleigh Saturday_evening in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bagby and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Kay. Migs Doanda Putnam, daughter of the American consul to Cheefoo, | China, Mr. John R. Putnam, will be the guest in whose honor Mrs. C. D. McVay, sr.. will entertain a party of 20 young persons at tea to- morrow In the garden of the May- flower. Miss Putnam is spending the Spring holidays in Washington, being & student.at Penn Hall, Cham: bersburg, Pa. Mrs. David Ireland will entertain at dinner April 13, when she has asked a distinguished company to meet Mr. nd Mrs. Irving Miller of New York. v ests X ns HENRIK SHIPSTEAD of M rnncsotas One of the most rop Gong ors. PINGHAM. , wife of . Senator Hiram Bingham, of Conteelicub amol remaining here with himv until Congdress closes. o Qo N by Dipl ! The Ambassador of Italy, Nobile Gianomo de Martino, will entertain a { small company at tea tomorrow after- noon at the embassy, following the opening of the exhibit of modern Italian art at the National Gallery. The Ambassador of Brazil, Mr. S. Gurgel do Amaral, \will entertain o large company at dinner at the Montgbmery Country Club, April 17, in honor of the Secretary of State and: Mrs. Kellogg. The dinner will be followed by dancins; The AmbdSsador of Germany and Baroness Maltzan entertained at din- ner last evening at the embassy in honor of the retiring secretary of the embassy, Baron Plessen. The Minister of Portugal, Viscount d’Alte, will return to Washington after Easter from Hot Springs, where he has been for about a week. The Minister of Denmark, Mr. Constantin Brun, will go to New. York today to' attend the funeral services for ‘the Dowager Queen of Denmark. He will return to Wash- ington after the ceremony. he Minister of Hungary, Counf Lasdle Szechenyl,'is eapected to re-| wlar womer, | of the/ yegsio Set. nel Italy’s Ambassador to Have Guests at Embassy for Tea Will Entertain Tomorrow Following the Opening of Art Exhibit—Honor Dinners Listed omats. turn to Washington at the end of this week after an absence of several weeks, during which time he went to Cuba, where he also represents his government. The Minister of Colombia and Senora de Olaya have gone to Atlantic City to pass a short vacation. The Min- ister is convalescing from an illness. Senor Pedro Londono, brother of Senora, de Olaya, who is en route to Parls, is spending a short time in ‘Washington and is a guest at the le- gation. Senora_de Alfaro, wifo of the Min- ister of Panama, and Mnte. Prochnik, wife of the Minister of Austria, will share honors at .a luncheon to be glven by Mrs. Davenport White April 6. P The newly appointed Minister of Venezuela, Senor Don Carlos Grisanti, accompanied by Senora de Grisanti and their two_young daughters, will land in New York Tuesday on the Durabobo,, and, will come to Washing- ton shortly affer their arrival. The Minister of the Serbs, Croats , Dr. Ante Tresich Pav week in N @ Mrs. MORRIS | { SHEPPARD | iOne of the most sociadl active of the Senate/fadies i spending ths S pn’xt() ere. Congressional Unit 41 Making Strong Drive For Child Welfare éNeigl'\bm'hcood House Cam- paign Reflects Interest of Society Folk in Worthy Philanthropies. Perhaps never before, and certainly not in years, have women in official life or those of our transient popula- tion taken a keener interest in local philanthroples than they are doing Jjust now, and especially during Lent is there a revelation of what the wives of Senators and Representa- tives, especially, are dolng along cer- tain lines. ‘The Congressional Unit of Neighbor- hood House will this year be hos- tesses for the annual Spring festival, or Spring carnival, of the settlement on May day. The festival will begin April 29 and wnl continue through April 30 and May 1. There will be street scenes like the Maypole dance, parades and other features, and in the Sylvan Theater the members of the girls’s clubs and the boys’ clubs will stage some specially attractive features. The Congressional Unit gave its first luncheon at Neighborhood House Wednesday with 58 congressional women and a few other guests preserit. Tables ‘were set in three rooms and among the guests were several members of the board, includ- ing Mrs. Joseph Stoddard, Mrs. Keith errill, Miss Vinton. Mrs. Carl Voegt- Mrs CLARENCE T TTA. with Representative) Lea a fre quent host 1o California visitovs Officia The President and Mrs. Coolidge will leave Washington today for a short cruise on the Mayflower, re- turning here tomorrow morning. | | The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. | Mellon, and his son and daughter, Mr. | Paul Mellon and Miss Ailsa Mellon, | sailed yesterday from New York for a | 10-day trip to Bermud: ! The Secretary of War, Mr. Dav | will be joined the middle of the week by Mrs. Davis, who 18 at Hot Springs with their son, Mr. Dwight F. Davis, jr. | The Postmaster General, Mr. New, will go to Springfield, Ill., the first |of the week and from there will go to Indianapolis, where he will be joined Friday by Mrs. New, and where they will attend the marriage of their godchild, Miss Natalie Lombard Brush, to Mr. A. Bennett Gates, which | will take place Tuesday, April 13. |They will return to \Washington | Thursday, April 15. ! The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, will return to Washington | this evening from Parris, S. C., where {he has been for a brief time. | Senator and Mrs. Ellison D. Smith of Florence, S. C., have with them | for the holidays their two daughters, Miss Anna Smith, who attends the | Chircora College, Columbia, S. ( d Miss Tsabell Smith, who is a student at Converse College, Spartansburg, s. ©. They also have with them two classmates of Miss Isabell Smith, Mise Betty Clyce of Texas, and Miss Mar- garet Wright of Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Smith will entertain at t Monday for her daughters and their guests. Representative and Mrs. Willlam E. Hull have with them at Wardman |Park Hotel the latter's niece, Miss Virginia Harris, who is a student at Mount Vernon Semina Mrs. Frank Harris, mother of Miss Harris, came from her home in Bloomington, IlI., yesterday, as a_ guest of Representa- tive and Mrs. Hull. Col. David L. Stone, recently ap- pointed executive assistant to_the As- sistant Secretary of War, Hanford MacNider, has arrived in Washington from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where he has been stationed, and has taken an apartment at Wardman Park Ho- tel. Mrs. Stone and their daughter, Miss Helen Stone, accompanied Col. Stone to Washington. Mrs. David H. Blair is leaving today for an over-Easter visit to her home in Winston-Salem, N. C., where she will be joined by her daughter, Miss Adelaide Douglass, who is a student at Sweet Briar College, Virginia. Mrs. Blair will rejoln her husband, the commissioner of internal revenue, in their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel shortly after Easter. Judge and Mrs. John R. Price have with them their son, Ensign John R. Price, jr., who is here on leave from his post at the submarine base at New Britain, Conn. Judge and Mrs. Price, who are occupying their apart- ment at Wardman Park, will open their country home, Grand-View-on- the-Potomac, the first of April. Mrs. Henry Rea of Pittsburgh, a member of the central committee of the American Red Cross, will arrive in Washington today, and while in the city will stay at the Mayflower. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert will not be at home this afternoon. Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett and her sister, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, will 80 to New York Wednesday to see their brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Peck of Mobile, Ala., sail Saturday on the La France for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Delos A. Blod- gett, 2d., who have been with Mrs. Blodgett here, will return to thelr home in New York tomorrow or Tues- Mrs. Emerson Howe will leave Washington Tuesday for Atlantic (g‘t;'l. ‘where she will remain until after er. Mrs, John H. Iden and Mrs. Benja- min S. Iden, jr., have returned to Washington from a trip to the West | Indies. Mis, Robert’ F,. Mackenzie will President and First Lady Have Brief Cruise in View Will Leave City Today Aboard the Mayflower for Overnight Trip—Personal Notes of I Folk. |spend Easter in Auantic City, leayv ing Washington for the resort abou | the middie of the week. ! Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hance Till will have as their house guest M | Emma Long of Athens, arrive teds Tuy of th wiord W statue of her brother Long. ss Charlotte Childress has gone Princeton to attend the Jjunio: prom, snd will go from there to New York to remain until April 1 or 2 when she will return to Washington Miss Martha Chu daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. luverius, ar rived vesterday from Vassar College |to spend the Easter holidays with he: parents. verfus, S A Mary E. Dobson of Bostor will arrive in Washington next week for a stay of two rly months at the Willard Hotel. H. Block and Mrs. Harry ng today from a antie City | Mass | | Mrs. F, Shapiro are return 10-day. stay in A Mr attie Belle Kettering of St | Louis, Mo., arrived here a few days ago_to remain until after the Daugh ters of the American Revolution Con [ and the Daughters of 1812 con vention, after which she will leave for the North to spend the Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Clarke | will sail April 23 on the Majestio for a 7-week visit in_London, Paris Vienna, Berlin and Italy. Mrs. Robert Brooke Dawkins, jr moved from 1858 Mintwood place 521 Thirty-fifth street and will be at home after April 15. A Harlin, mother of Mrs recently returned from California, i spending a few days with Mrs. Daw kins, after which she will go to her home at Braddock Heights, Md. Marine Gunner and Mrs. Emory Ozabal, who are stationed at Aga Guam, will sail from there about April 1 for an extended trip through the Orient. They will visit China Japan and the Philippine Islands and will return to Guam early in June. Miss Frances E. Roberds, who is attending Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohlo, is spending the Easter holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Van W. Roberds, 170: Irving street northwest, and will re main untli after the Roberds-Bogley wedding, which will take place April 9. Mr. Francis M. Savage, who re turned last week to Wardman Park Hotel, will be joined April 6 by Mrs Savage, who Las been spending the Winter months in Bermuda. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bones, who have been occupying an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for a month, will move into thelr new home at 2507 Massachusetts avenue the first of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hersey Munroe have as house guests the latter’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Richardson of Portland, Mrs. Bruce Cartwright, who has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs | W. W. Chiswell in their, apartmenr at Wardman Park Hotel for the past several months, will leave Thursday for the West Coast, en route to her heme in Honolulu. She will stop to visit friends In Chicago and go to Los Angeles by way of the Grand Canyon. After visiting in Los An geles and San Francisco for several weeks, she will sail on the Moui April 28. ™ Mrs. Cartwright’s niece Miss Elizabeth Amol, will leave the 1st of June for a year's visit Honolulu. Travelars” Aid Ten - For President Bell An afternoon reception and tea will be given at the Burlington Hotel Mon- day from 5 to 6 o'clock in_honor of Mr. Marcus Bell of New York, na- | tional president of the Travelers’ Aid. | Mre. Robert Nelson Stanfield and Mre. Emerson Howe will preside at the tea table. Mr. Arthur Moses, v ent of the Travelers' Aid in shington, and offioers of the e ganization -here will reselve