Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1926, Page 25

THE SUNDAY & STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 30, 1926—PART 2. ' SHARRIS & EWING~ IINDEQWOOb' MRS KERR. Wife of Representatives Johun IL. Kerr, soon returning to theithome o r:LL W&rfon{o?t?fl.o . v Mgs ROBERTJ. WOODS. of New York., Gucst of hey mother, Mrs William AflenPhillips. | HARRIS K FWING- . . : . Washington SQC}ety Bows | G ', ‘ e Secretary of State and To Royal Visitors s (o ire, B i (s /1 Mrs. Kellogg Make Plans Compllment the Caplta]’ ‘ iSecretary Going to philac‘e]ph}a. While Mrs. Who will accompany her i hus b:.’:\dq fi szdy‘id,wmre ot Cabinet Wedding Yesterday and Red Cross Con- gress Fill Week's Roster to Overflowing—Many Events of Interest for This and Next Week. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. S whole and leit a_rccord-bre Cooidge assumed their role as th at the White House Friday ngiht was an exceedin every standpoint. UCH brilliancy and general social interest has_seldom been crowded into a single week in the Capital as that of the past seven days when royalty, Dan Cupid, Angels of Mercy in the form of Req Cross workers and many other interests ‘min king week. ¢ head of the Nation and the dinner gled into a dazzling The President and Mrs. gly interesting one from HE cabinet wedding brought its share of pleasure, and a more beauti- ful scene than that witnessed at the Pan-American Union Building, where the wedding bride, who plann as well as an accomplished official hostess, and friend and an angel of mercy and Instructive Visiting Nurse Society the very many things she has done ed every detail of her wedding, breakfast took place, could not be pictured. The proved herself an artist a wonderfully devoted daughter goodness. . Her work in the in Washington is only one of here, and there is grief felt every- where that she must leave her home here for foreign parts. HE Bri cmb unusual interes an event was waived. tonight will close hosp: vis Park and other points of interest. TH];' reception at the Mexican em delcgates to the Pan American ent type of entertainment ways of that country. ] many features introduced f F quite the run-away marriages of that of M Miss Gr: was marri opposed, it seem to change from t} in theirfown hands. 1 to Mr.. George Pulyver but a spirit of ad ir_usual conv ss Lilic Roosevelt, who mar: Clarke Waggaman, daughter of Mrs. of Chicago. Neither engagement was enture and romance induced the girls onal environment and take measures The young matrons will not be lost to society here, v was several times the scene of entertainment, the luncheon for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess being of t and much of the ceremony generally accompanying such dinner and reception at the Swedish legation ity there for the ri s to various cities of the East they will go West, vi oyal guests, and after their ing Yellowstone ibassy tomorrow night for the Mexican Red Cross will be araltogether differ- but full of warm hospitality according 4o the There will be an elaborate program of music and ound in no other foreign home in the Capital. another nature from the Bruce-Mellon wedding yesterday were wo of Washington’s favorite.debutantes, ried Mr. James Lee of Boston, and Alexander Legare, who but will return to make this city their home. Washingtcn Scientist to Make Notable Tour cctor of the srvice, left Friday tour of the variows the West. He will on, Calif.. to address of the Camp Fire then through nal Parks, Calif., to ad- Mr. Stephen Mather, dir Nationul ? for an ins national 1 ¢ go first to § the Girls convention on June and on to S 3 dress the ood: roads convention on June 9. June 14 he will attcnd the national conference on State parks at Mot Springs, Ark., going from there to Yellowstone for the opening of the park on June 20. On the first of July Mr. Mather will be one of the degela- tion to greet the Crown Prine and Princess of Sweden at Yellowstene, accompanying them on thelr tour -of the various parks and visiting the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Zion and Yosemite, stopping off at Jackson Hole to spend several days on one of the famous ranches. Mrs. Ersrtab;o(;lglgr;anging Benefit in St. Mark's Hall Mrs. Hull T. ook is chairman of the committ »f arrangement for g strawberry and ice tream festival’ to be held Thursday evening, at $ o'clock, in St. Mark's Parish Hall, Third and A streets southeast, under the auspices of St. Mark's Aid So- Holy Cross Aca&:my; to Celebrate Golden Jubilee This year is the golden jubilee year of the alumnae of Holy Cross Acad- emy, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of the first class to receive diplomas. A special celebra- tion of the event will take place at Holy Cross on the evening of June 7 at 6:30 o'clock, in conjunction with the annual meeting and banquet of the assoclation. An interesting program of music, toasts and souvenirs is under prep- aration at the direction of George T. Thomaides, president, and Jdrs, John H. Zabel, chairman, National Park Seminary, Class ‘21, Honored Monday Mrs, Robert II. Kline, jr., enter- talned at a bridge tea Monday after- noon in honor of the members of the class of 1921, tional Park Seminary, who have returned for the commence- ment festivities and are celebrating their fifth anniversary. The table had a charming arrangement of pink and white cut flowers, carrying out the class colors. Mrs. H. L. Kratz, presi- dent of the class, and Miss Katharine \\'h‘k?, alumnae secretary, of the school. Mathisialub Entertained At Luncheon by Mrs. Roddy Mrs. John W. Roddy entertained the Mathis Club at luncheon Thurs- day in her home on Webster street in honor of Mrs. John Norris, who will sail in June for Europe. The other guests were Dr. Michael J. Mathis, the Rev. John Minor, Mrs. Joseph Cullen, Mrs. William Morris, Mrs. Hilary Offutt, Mrs. Edwin P. Hinkel, Mrs. Thomas E. Petty, Mrs. Margaret Doran, Mrs. Elizabeth Barry, Mrs. James Ryan, Mrs. William Ryan, Mrs. Wiiliam Donnelly, Mrs. Ernest Lee snitzer, Mrs. Thomas Finnin, Mrs, George Mullin, Mrs. Thomas Cant: Joseph Stanley Qeota Club Members Enjoy Evening Party The Quota Club gave a charmingly arranged benefit dinner Thursday eve- ning at the home of Mrs. Robert L. Pyle, 1633 Sixteenth street, when ad- d- | dresses were made by Representative Henry Rathbone, Mrs. Minna Van Winkle, president of the Zonjta Club: Mrs. John Capers, president of the Quota Club; Mis Jane Bartlett, pres- ident of the Soroptimist Club; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Judge Kath- Mrs. ryn Sellers and Judge Mary O'Toole The guests were seated at small table: decorated with roses and Summer blpssoms. ven by Mrs. Julla- Cuthbert Gray and ,Miss Blanche Bolling and Miss 1da Belt danced, well, Mrs. E. J. Cassidy and Mrs. A group of songs was | e has been 1881 fl@Amcuc:.\yu Embassy~ || N:w D;plomat‘s Family From Venezuela Stirs Interest With Arrival Senora de. Grisanti and Daughters Add Share of Talent to the Corps. The Minister from Venezuela, Dr. Carlos Francesco Grisanti, who came to Washington about a month ago, is, like his predecessor, Dr. Pedro Manuel Arcaya, one of the outstand ing public men and scholars of his country, and he had filled a number of important posts previous to his assignment to Washington. Dr. Ar- caya, it will be remembered, served here with distinction for three years and was recalled to Caracas to be- come minister of foreign affairs. Dr. Grisanti had been a Senator from his native state, Sucre, and had also previously filled such important posi- tions as minister of the interior and of public instruction and had been for some years chief professor of law at the University of Caracas, which is his alma mater. Because of his pro- found legal attainments, the Minister had been for years president of the Mixed Commission, which had in view the settlement of the Venezue. lan-American claims. He had, how- ever, laid down the burden of public affairs and was a leading lawyer of when he consented to act as_envoy to Washington. Dr. Grisantl- was accompanied to ‘Washington by his youngest daugh- ter, Senorita Margarita Grisanti, when he came in April, but in the past few days Senora Grisanti and the other members of the family have joined him and all are in residenoe in the Venezuglan legation, on Six- teenth street—a residence well estab- llshed in the social annals as the home of the late Mr. Paul Pearsall and Mrs. Pearsall, who was Miss Martha Hichbor Not in recent years has the pan-American circle received such a notable addition as Senor Grisanti and his family group. enora Grisanti was before her mar- age—which occurred in 1896, in the venerable /Cathedral of Caracas— Senorita Ana Teresa Machado, and she was a native of the old Venezue- lan city. The Minister is from Rio Caribe, in Sucre, but has lived nearly aH his adult life at the capital, first as a student in the university, then (Continued on Sixth Page.) | Married May 13 | MISS VIRGINIA DILKESoE P 1 iade to Mr.George Haxrison whose mayria drandson of .t takes. place thelale Lelands Thursday ™ hiladelphia. arrisow, Swedish Royal Guests Give Activity to Corps Dinners and Reception Other Events for Ro s at Swedish Legation. yal Visitors—Mexican Embassy Also Scene of Social Life. The Crown Prince Gustav Adolph and the Crown Princess Louise of Sweden will leave Washington to- morrow evening for Long Island, N, Y., where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Northrop Brown, who will entertain at luncheon Wednesday, June 9, in their hono After their stay on Long Island, theé: will go to Newport, where they will be guests of Commodore and Mrs. Arthur Curtis James at Beacon House, where they will devote as much time as possible to rest. Com- modore and Mrs. James will enter- tain at a garden party and dinner Wednesday, June 16, in honor of the distinguished visitors. One of the most brilliant fetes hon- i oring the future King and Queen of Sweden was given last evening by the Minister of Sweden and -Mme. Bostrum, at the legatior. It was a | dinner for 24 guests, followed by a it % H i { i i i before her Wumm reception to which additional guests were asked. The guests at the din- ner were Mrs. Dawes, wife of the Vice President, theySecretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, ‘the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Riano, the United States Minister of Sweden and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mr. De Rudebeck, Mlle. de Reuters- ward, Maj. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d; Mr. and Mrs. Leach, Judge John Barton Payne and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warren. The legation was gay with roses, cut flowers and ferne nd a charming program of music vas played during the evening. The Minister and Mme. Bostrom 1ll be hosts at dinner this evening onoring the royal visitors, and addl- ional guests have been asked for a Jess. > The Ambassador of Mexico. and Senora de Tgllez will give a reception tomorrow evening at 10 o'clock in the embassy at 2820 Sixteenth n compljment to the delegates to the second Pan-American Red Cross com- ference. The Ambassador and Senora de Tellez have *made elaborate pre- parations for this party and Senor Felipe Llera and. his family, who for: the best known group of typical Mexi- can folk lore singers, will comefrom Mexico City especially for this"occa- sion. In addition to the program of Senor Liera and his family there will be 4 program given by Senorita Trini ‘Varela, soprano; Senorita Dora Loyo, contraito, and Senor Rodolfo Hoyos, baritone, noted Mexican artists who are now in New York. Two jazz or- chestras wil play for the dancing, one at the ballroom and one in the greef- house. The guests will number more than 900 and will include officials, dip- lomats and prominent members of the residential circle of Washington. The Ambassador of Italy, Nobilé Giacomo de Martino, will go to Phila- delphia tomorrow to attend the open- ing of the exposition celebrating the 150th anniversary of American inde. pendence. ‘The Ambassador will en- | tertain at Juncheon Wegdnesday dt the embassy. He spent three days in New York last week. b Much interest is centered about the | Bruce-Mellon Wedding ? Brings Activity A]ong Many Social Lines .Visitors From Other Cities Are Both Hosts and Guests While Here. Elaborate social functions which brought together distinguished guests from iany countries have crowded the week, and the visiting delegates to the second Pan-American Red Cross conference and the ladies who ac- companied them to this country will be honor guests at several other large parties for them. Mrs. Stanley Rine- hart entertained at a delightful lunch- eon yesterday for a small group of the distinguished visitors, when the company. included Senorita Celia Garino, Senora de Velasco Blanco, Miss Mary E. Waagen, Mrs. H. P. Plumptre, Mrs. Laura L. Tilley, Miss Jean Browne, Senorita Enriquett R. Morales, Miss Jean Gunn, Mrs. T. B. Kittregge and Dr. A. Anbreen Sved- berg Mrs., Hayne Ellis will entertain a group of the visiting ladies Tuesday, and Thursday Mrs. Hayne Ellis will entertain at tea. Mr. and Mrs. Léwis Carlton Jesseph were hosts at dinner last evening in the presidential dining room of the Mayflower, their guests being Repre- sentative and Mrs. Samuel B. Hill of Washington, Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines, Dr. and Mrs. B. W.’ Black and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Anderson. o Mr. and Mrs. Richurd B. Mellon of Pittsburgh, guests at the May- flower, were hosts to a company of 24 at dinner Friday evening in the presidential dining room, their guests bLeing members of the Mellon family who were in Washington for the Bruce-Mellon wedding yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fairfax entertained_at the dinner dance at Wardman Park Hotel last evening when their guests were invited to meet Mrs. Willlam Hollingsworth and her daughter, Miss Flora, and Mrs. Lacey and her daughter. Miss Lacey, all of Los Angeles, Calif. Miss Hol- lingsworth and Miss Lacey' attend school in Washington. Miss Gertrude Woodcock entertain- ed a party of 16 at a bridge-tea at the Gracé™ Dodge Hotel yesterday after- noon. Mrs, James' Hagermah, fr, enter- tained at her country place, Ashton Continued on Sixth Page.) visit of the President of the Republic | of Haiti, his excellency Luis Borno, who will arrive next week in New York. 'The Minister of Haliti, Mr. Price, will go to New York to ac: company the distinguishéd visitor to this city. The military attache m Chileani embassy, Maj. Carlos G: , has re- turped to Washington after spending i some time in New York.' The attache Uot the legation, Senor . Besa, has also returned after a short stay in New York. | The newly appointed military attache of the Argentine embassy, MaJ. Angel Maria Zuloaga, arrived in Washing- ton Thursday evening and is at the Wardman Park Hotel, Accompany- ing Maj. Zuloaga to Washington from (Continued on Sixth Page. Kellogg Will Visit ‘The Secretury of State, Mr. Kellogg, will go to Philadelphia today to speak at the formal opening tomorrow of the Sesquicentennial Exposition and will return to Washington “Tuesday morning. The Secretary will be ac- companied by Mr. Willlam H. Beck. Mrs. Kellogg will leave ‘Washington Tuesday for her home in St. Paul, to spend the month of June. She will be joined by the Secretary for the week- end of June 13, when he will go to Carlton College at Northfield, near St. Paul, to receive an honorary degree which will be conferred Monday, June 14. The Secretary again about June 22 in time for the visit of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, Jupe 28 and 29. The Postmaster General, Mr. Harry §. New, left yesterday for Marion, Ohio, to attend the dedication of the Harding Memorial. Mrs. New will jeave Washington tomorrow by train for Detroit where she will be joined by the Postmaster General and they will motor from there to their Sum- mer home on Turtle Lake, Michigan. The Postmaster General and Mrs. New have leased their charming home, Hemlock Hedge, to Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Joel T. Boone during their absence. Secretary Work has gone to New York and New kngland on personal business and will spend a few days in the home of his friend, Dr. Brown of Danbury, Conn. Representative and Mrs. Louis T. McFadden and their daughter, Miss Barbara McFadden, are spending the week end with their son, Mr. Leslie McFadden, a senior at Dartmouth Col- jege. After the graduation exercises "Mr. Leslie McFadden will sail from Montreal for a three-month tour of Europe. Representative and Mrs. McFadden and Miss McFadden will leave Washington, when Congress ad- journs, for Los Angeles, where they will spend thres months with Mr. Theodore McFadden, elder son of Rep- resentative and Mrs.. McFadden, who is nationul bank examiner on the Pacific Coast. Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey, wife of Representative Dempeey, has gone to her Summer home at Lockport, N. Y., where Representatite Dempsey will join her later. Miss Julia Mattis has returned from a visit to Philadelpgia and Baltimore. The Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue and Mrs. David H. Blair are leav- Ing today for Sweetbriar, Va., to at- ténd the commencement exercises of Mrs. Blair's daughter, Miss Adelaide Douglas, who is completing her four years’ course. Mr. and Mrs. Blair will then go on to Winston-Salem C., for the remaindeér of the week, re- turning to their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel next Sunday, and bringing back with them their little son, David H. Blair, jr. Miss Douglas will spend several weeks in the South, attending the final dances at David- son College, Georgia Tech, Washing- ton and Lee University, the Uni- versity of North Carolina and the University of Virginia, before joining her parents in Washington. June 23 she will sail from Montreal for a trip through Europe with a party of young girls chaperoned by Miss Mary Larl Hoxton of Holton Arms School. Chiet Justice and Mrs. Campbell are entertaining their daughter, Mrs. IA?:VM Underwood of Birmingham, . Mrs. McKenzie Moss, wife of Judge McKenzic Mopes, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, left vesterday for Philadelphia, where she will spend the week end with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howe. Mrs. Howe and Mrs. Moss will motor back to Washington Tuesday, where Mrs. Howe will be the guest of her parents at Wardman Park Hotel for an extended stay. The former Becretary of War and Mrs. John W. Weeks haye with them at Wardman Park Hotel for the week end their son. Mr. Sinclair Weeks of Boston. The former ‘United States Ambas- sador to Spain, Mr. Alexander P. Moore, who came to attend the Bruce- Meclion wedding, is at ;the Willard ¢ - will join Mrs. Kellogg | the West—Others = in Official Life Make Plans. - Ilotel, where he will renuin for a few days. Mrs. Col. and Henry May have closed their house on K street and are guests of their sonnlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S Black, in their apartment on the roof of the Hotel Plaza in New York. Col and Mrs. May will later go to their Summer place at Southampton, L. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Denegre. who closed their Washington home last week, spent a few days at the Hotel Ambassador in New York, and have left there for their Summer place at Manchester, Mass. . Capt. Carlos Sartorius of the Royal Spanich Army has finished his course at Langley Field, and has come to Washington, where he is at the Ward man Park Hotel for an indefinite stay. '"Mrs. E. H. G. Slater has closed her house on'Eighteenth street and will go to Newport for the season, stop §‘-’“'i to spend several weeks in New ork. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jeansen returned to Washington from a short trip iu | tlmP_lu ullton\l the reception given last | evening by the Minister S ey ster of Sweden (Continued on S g Many Engagements Are Forecasts of June Events Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thorpe Nesbit announce the engagement of the lat- ter's sister, Miss Olive Gough Fox- well, to Lieut. George Cooper Rein- hardt, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A. The wedding will take place in June. Miss Foxwell came from her home in ;«en'gllln? ‘Il; thehlx‘lfi' Summer and has n visiting r. and Mrs. Ne through the Winter. T Mrs. Mary Perkins Snyder of Clar endon, announces the engagement of her aliighter, Miss Allcs Sue Ker. selring, to Mr. Robert Bleakley James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. James of Clifton Forge, Va. The wed- ding will take place in the Autumn. Miss Kesselring is a uate of Central High School and of the mor mal school of the University .of Vir- ginla. She was recently maid of honor at the national reunion of Con- federate Veterans at Richmond, when her mother, who is the only woman to organize a camp of Sons of Con- federate Veterans, was a matron of honor. Miss Kesselring is connected" with the Nutional Geographic Soclety Mr. James {s & graduate of Washing ton and Leec University Law School, is & member of the Phi Alpha Delta. past commander of the Arlington Post of the Amérftan Legion and‘a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows and of the Chamber of Commerce of Arlington County. Mre. Young Cordell of Chevy Chase. Md., announces the engagement of her daughter, Margaret Elinor Denty, to Mr. Craig Starbuck Atkins, son eof Mr. and Mrs. Ben Atkins of 1832 Bilt- more street and Greensbord, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Heider an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Minnie Catherine, to Mr. John Parke Custis Peter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Custis Peter of Radford, Va. No_definite date has been get for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs” T. 8. TincHer an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Mildred Elizabeth, to Dr. W. Nelson Hunter of Philadeiphia, the wedding to take place early im June. Many Notables From Afar For Ericsson Unveiling Mr. Carl W. Johansson, #onsul from Sweden to the United States, ar- rived in Washington yesterday from his post in Boston for the unveiling of the memorial to John Ericsson, jand is & guest at the Mayflower. { Other prominent visitors in town for this ceremony who are at the May flower are Mr. and Mrs. Axel Phurt- win and Adolf Nygren of Stockholm, Mr. Axel Carlander of Gothenberg. Mr. B. Carlander of Montreal, Mr. T. Van Stapling, Lieut. Thor Thornblad and .Mr. Stephan rom _of Sweden and Mr. and AlMn Gustalson of New York Mrs. Clty,