Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1927, Page 18

SOCIETY. . OCIETY ifh'e Chief Executive and First Lady Of the Land, Hosts at Dinner to Diplomats HE President and Mrs. Coolidge entertained a distinguished company at dinner last «ve- ning, the second of the State 2 dinner parties of the season. The guests were the Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella How ard, thé Ambassador of Argentina enor Honorio Pueyrredon; the Am- assador of Peru, Dr. Hernan Velarde: the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez, the Ambassador of Italy @nd Nobil Donna Antoinette de Mar- , the Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Matsudaira, the Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla, the Ambassdor of Cuba 4nd Senora de Ferrarg, the Amba gador of France and Mme. Claud the Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Vaila, the Ambassador of Belgium and Princess de Ligne, the Ambas Ahmed Moukhtar Bey; the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, the Minister of Portugal and Viscountess d'Alte, the Minister of Denmark, Mr. Constantin Brun; the Minister of U and Mme. Varela, the Minister and and Mme. eter, the | Mime. Sze, Axel Leonard ster of Colomb and Senora de Olaya, the Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfar the Minister of Cost Rica, Senor Don J. Rafael Oreamuno; the Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Timothy A. Smiddy; the Minister of Greece apd Mme. Simopoulos, the Minister of Honduras, Senor Don Luis Bogran; the Minister of Austria and Mme. Frochnik, the Minister o Egypt and Mme. Samy, the Minister of Czecho- slovakia, Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger; the Minister of Poland and Mme. Cie- cpanowska, the Minister of Rulguria and Mme. Radewa, the Minister of Sjveden, Mr. W. Bostrom; the Min- ister of Venezuela and Senora de Girisanti, the Minister of the Domin- ican Republic and Senora de Morales, the Minister of Albania, Mr. Faik Konitza; the Minister of Siam, Lieut. Gen. Phya Vijitavongs; the Minister of Rumania, Mr. George Cretziano; the Minister of Persia, Mirza Davoud n Meftah; the Minister of Nica- jgua and Senora de Cesar, the Min- er of Canada and Mrs. Massey, the Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen, the Minister of the S¢rbs, Croats and Slovenes, Mr. Vpislav Antonievitch; the Minister of Salvador and Senora de Lima, Sen- afor Willlam E. Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Seénate, and Mrs. Borah; Representa- tive Stephen G. Porter, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Hpuse; the charge d'affaires of Ger- many and Frau Kiep, the charge d'affaires of Paraguay and Senora de mirez, the charge d’affaires of Nprway and Mme. Lundh, the charge dnffaires of Bolivia and Senora de 14 Barra, the charge d'affaires of Lithuania, Dr. Mikas Bagdonas; the L d'affaires of Guatemala, Senor Juali ontano Novello, and Col. Blan- ton Winship and Capt. Wilson Brown, :in!llhry and naval aides to the Presi- ient. . JAdditional guests were asked for a togram of music after the dinner, when the Cappella, a small string or- cHlestra, conducted by Dr. Thaddeus Rich, Mme. Olga Samaroff, pianist, apd Mr. Charles M. Courboin, or- ganist, was heard. The Capella last - MILLINERY In Superb Advance Styles A Sale of Splendid Valses Tomorrow! - Smart styles for sportswear ® Soft draped lacey effects * Exquisite modes i for evening wear ® Bengaline, faille, cades and laces in the binations. with this offering of chic—and priced decidedly below value. Lovely Boutonnieres in Individual Boxes, Specially Priced at 50c to $1.95 al offering of chic hats for the the youthful Miss—stylish hats for matron. Sharply reduced for selling. All styles and colors. "| eighteenth Tomorrow we meet the demand Last Night. String Quartet, the New York String | Quartet, the Vertchamp Quartet and | the two double basses, played by Mr. and Mr. Max | Paville Ouglitchky feiffer. [P eiaent and Mrs. Coolldge and | their guests heard sixteenth and sev- enteenth century music played for the first time by artists on rare old Italian | violins, violas, cellos and double basses from the Rodman Wanamaker | collection, this being the first time ! the famous collection was ever loaned 'for a private concert. The instru- ments used were fine specimens of the | handicraft of Stradivarius, Montag- | nana, Guadagnini, Amati and other | noted Iuthiers of the seventeenth and centuries. The program was modeled after those given by the | private orchestras of the courts and | nobles of those centuries and contained rare old MSS., which were performed last night for the first time in 200 ars. One was a work by Domenicio | rlatti (arringed by Malipiero, the | Itallan composer), and the others were compositions by Thomas Tompkins and V centur covered last Summer in MSS,, form in | the Bodleian Li ¢ at Oxford Uni ve and espt arranged for the concert last night by Canon E. H. Fellowes, the noted English authorit on Elizabethian music, who is director of music at Windsor Castle. It was | one of the most remarkable and inter- esting programs ever given in the mansion and received constant ap- plause, Mrs. Coolidge will receive a small group this afternoon at the tea hour. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will give a_tea this after- noon from 4 to 7 o'clock in the em- | bassy, when Miss Mary B. Pierce of Boston, house guest of the hosts, will sist them. Others assisting will be | the wives of members of the embassy staff. The Ambassador and Senora de Fer- rara will leave the middle of next week for their home in Havana in prepara- tion for the Pan-American Congress, which will open there January 16 and to which the Ambassador is a dele- gate. The tea this afternoon is the last of a series which the Ambassador and Senora de Ferrara will give until their return after the congress. Postmaster General and Mrs. New In Indianapolis for Holiday. > The Postmaster General and Mrs. New will leave Washington Friday to spend Christmas in their home in Indianapolis. Mrs. Hoover, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, entertained at tea yes- terday in compliment to Mrs. Waiter F. Brown, wife of the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Mrs. E. F. Morgan, wife of the new solicitor of the department. The other guests were the wives of executive heads and the heads of divisions and bureaus of the Commerce Department. The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. Mr. and Mrs, Davies have as their guests for the week end Mr, and Mrs. Edward R. Tinker of Syossett, Long Island, for whom they will entertain jat dinner tomorrow evening. Senora de Tellez, wife of the Am- | bassador of Mexico, and Mrs. Wilbur, of the Secretary of the Navy, Soft clinging orepes ® Lastrous benga- lines and failles satin, felt, metal bro- cleverest of fabric com- models—all brimful of Saturday's $.45 Byrd of the sixteenth |} As a_member of the boa the Christmas ball to be held at the Mayflower the night of December the benefit of the home. shared honors at the luncheon today given by Mrs. Willlam F. Dennig in her home on R street. Smith, Mrs. Mrs, Conrad H., 8yme, Mrs. Ch Q. Mal Mrs. Forrest, -nlmt Mfil l:'nu Charles Cal s, okey, Thoodx:.n"{hnm lller, Mrs. Florence Mrs, Beverley Willlamson, 8. W. Fralley, Mrs. L. D. and Mrs. Abasolm Walle: the luncheon Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker, soloist, accompanied Mrs, Hornback, gave a charming pro- gram of music. The table had an ef- fective arrangement of Christmas greens and berrles. Mre, Willlam Howard Taft, wife of the Chief Justice, was the guest of honor at luncheon today of Mme. Roso, who entertained In the Chinese room of the Mayflower, Others In the company were Senora do Alfaro, wife of the Minister of Panama; Mrs. Sanford, wife of Mr. Justice Kdward Terry Banford; Mrs. Goff, wife of Senator Guy Despard Goff; Mra, Kd- ward W. Eberle, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Henderson, Mra, Honr)hllfl Covington, Baroneas Korff, M Lee, Mrs, Mary Stewart, Devore, Mrs, Wiiton J ohn_Allan Dougherty. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Ftone have given up their apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street and have moved into their new house at 2340 Wyoming avenue, which was recently completed. The Minister of Greece and Mme. 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