Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 18

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18- % SOC SO The Chief Executive and First Lady of the Land Hosts at First State ast Evening. Function L HE President and Mrs. Coolidge entertained at the first of the annual series of official parties of this season last evening when they gave their dinner to the cabinet, In the company at dinner were the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon; the Secretary of War, Mr. Dwight F. Davis; the Attorney General and Mrs, Sargent, the Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. New, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur, the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. West; Mrs. William M. Jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Whiting, the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis, the director of the budget and Mrs. Lord, the secretary to the President and Mrs Everett Sanders, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs Jason Noble Pierce, the Right Rev. Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of the Catholic University; Rabbi Dr. and Mrs. Abram Simon, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Buckland of New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Neil Chapin of Springfield, IlL; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Fisher, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan Kirby | of Brownville, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. John | C. Martin, Mrs. Edward Beale | McLean, Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, Mrs. Edwin A. Shuman and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E.| Weyerhaeuser of Rock Island, IIL; Miss Mary Randolph, Col. Osmun Latrobe and Capt. Wilson Brown. | Additional guests were asked for the | musicale which followed the dinner, the | program being given in the east room by Mr. Alexander Kisselburgh, bari- | ‘tone, and Mme. Yolanda Mero, pianist. Mr. Kisselburgh was accompanied on the piano by Mr. Harry R. Spier. The Jower floor of the White House was gay with a profusion of flowers, each of the rooms having different color flowers mingled with the greens. The state dining room, where the long table was laid, had quantities of small yellow chrysanthemums with many large blos- soms in the same color, the yellow blending with the gold service of the Executive Mansion. The china used last evening was that of more than one administration, but the heavy cut glass was that of the administration of Ben- jamin Harrison with the coat of arms of the Nation cut in the glass. The mantel, over which hangs a portrait of the President, was banked with fern studded with large yellow chrysanthe- mums and a similar arrangement of fern and yellow chrysanthemums was under the portrait of Mrs. Coolidge, which hangs on the north wall of the Toom. & President and Mrs. Coolidge will give the second of the series of State en- tertainments Thursday evening, No- vember 15, when they will be hosts at a reception to the diplomatic corps in Washington. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg will leave this afternoon for New York, where the Secretary will de- liver an Armistice day address in the Metropolitan Opera House, Sunday aft- ernoon, before the World Alliance for International Friendship. Mr. William H. Beck; secretary to Mr. Kellogg, will accompany them and return with them the first of next week. The Attorney General, Mr. Sargent, attended the luncheon today given by the director general of the Pan-Ameri- can Union, Dr. L. S. Rowe, in the an- | nex of the Pan-American Union, in honor of the Minister of Costa Rica, Senor Dr. Manuel Castro Quesada. The other guests were the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur; the Secre- tary of Commerce, Mr. William F. Whit- ing: the Secretary of Labor, Mr, James J. Davis; the Undersecretary of State, Mr. J. Reuben Clark; Brig. Gen. Her- bert M. Lord, director of the Bureau of the Budget; Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon general of the Bureau of the Public Health Service; Mr. Stokeley W. Morgan, chief of the Latin American division of the Department of State; Dr. Esteban Gil Borges, assistant direc- tor of the Pan-American Union; Senor Don Fernando E. Piza, secretary of the legation of Costa Rica; Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Judge W. W. Warwick and Dr. Dana C. Munro of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. ‘Wilbur will motor to Baltimore tomor- row accompanied by the Secretary’s aide, Capt. George F. Neal, to attend the Navy-Michigan foot ball game, British Envoy and Wife to Greet Noted Countryman. ‘The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard will leave Wash- ington today for Ottawa, Canada, to be present during the brief visit in the | Canadian m&m\l of Sir Austen Cham- berlain, minister of foreign affairs of Great Britain. who is en route to En; o -~V ~; ¥, = By S Just Arrived! NEW HATS For Every Occasion $ Chic hats of felt, so- leil, tin, velvet and metallics. Dozens of mod- els...all new, smart and of excellent workman- ship. Featuring the sea- san's newer colors. Hats for misses and youthful matrons. Vi N N ¥ V. N Nz NV N Y = 9 N, 1214 F St. | Panama. CIETY. A Y | land. The Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard will go to New York, to view the 106th Regiment, and are due back in ‘Washington Wednesday. Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the Sec- retary of Labor, will entertain infor- mally at tea this afternoon in her home, | at 3012 Massachusetts avenue, in honor | of ‘the members of the Woman's Na- | tional Press Club. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will come to Washington this afternoon from New York, where they arrived Thursday on the Leviathan after spending the Summer abroad. The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila and the Ambassador of Argentina, Senor Malbran, were the honor guests at dinner last evening of the Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro. The other guests were the Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Grisanti, the Minister of Persia, Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah; the Minister of Bolivia and Senora de Diez de Medina, the charge d'affairs of Paraguay and Mme. Ramirez, the Commissioner of the District and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, the commandant of the War Coliege and Mrs. William D. Connor, the chief | of the Latin American Division of th= State Department and Mrs. Stokeley Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Owsley, Mrs. Frank Hamilton and Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Minister | of Panama, attended the lunchcon to- | day given by Mrs. Conger, wife of Maj. Edward H. Conger, in honor of Mrs. George Peck, wife of the commercial attache at the United States legation in ‘The other guests included Senora Francisco Arias, wife of the Panama Minister to Germany: Senora de Lleiva, wife of the charge d'affaires of Salvador; Senora Maria Arias, Mrs. Kennedy, wife of Gen. George W. Ken- nedy; Mrs. Charles R. Brown, Mrs. Lee McKean and Mrs. Omar E. Malsbury of Panama, sister of the hostess. Senator and Mrs, David A. Reed will entertain at tea this afternoon in com- pliment to Mr. Theodore Rousscau and his daughter, Miss Marta Rousseau, of Paris, who are house guests of the Sec- retary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York arrived in Washington last night and is at the Mayflower, Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland will be at the Willard Hotel until Satur- day. when they will return to their home in New York. They will not return to Washington for the season until De- cember 3. Senator and Mrs, Walter E. Edge have closed their home at Ventnor, N. J., and are in their home on Eighteenth street for the Winter season. Mrs. Willlam B. Ladue, wife of the Engineer Commissioner of the District, has returned to Washington from Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Clyde Kelly was hostess at THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .('.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1928 | NEW DIPLOMATIC HOSTESS % MME. VERVERKA, Wife of the new Minister of Czechoslovakia, M. Ferdinand Ververka, who is an interesting addition to the Diplomatic Corps in the Capital. —Underwood Photo this season’s book reviews by Mrs. Theo- dore H. Tiller and Mrs. William Wolff Smith in the Willard Hotel yesterday morning. The president of Ontario Agricultural College, in Guelph, Canada, and Mrs. G. 1. Christie are spending a few days at the Mayflower, and have as their guests the deputy minister of agriculture of Canada and Mrs. Roadhouse. Mr, Christie was formerly an assistant sec- retary of agriculture, and has more re- cently been dean of agriculture at Pur- due University in Indiana® Lieut. and Mrs, Charles Vernon Bar- num entertained at dinner in their quarters at Fort Myer last evening, pre- ceding the first of this season's dances at that post. Their guests were Capt. and Mrs. Ward H. Maris, Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Golden, Capt. and Mrs. L. B. Shafer, Capt. and Mrs, R. V. Maraist, Capt. J. Clinton Tribby, Lieut. and Mrs. F. W. McKinney, Lieut. and Mrs. Chris- tian Knudson, Lieut. and Mrs. F. W. Millice, Mrs. E. Cox Griffith and Mr. and Mrs. Willlam C. Eacho. luncheon yesterday after the first of 'WASHINGTON usual new things social occasions of the FA\;\[()L‘S makers of _To enhance the beauty _of the feminine vogue, to assure ‘coms= fort after thous sands of steps, to bring this 1joy within reach of all, thus T T T T e O 1223 F AL OCRODE RS ‘GLORIFYING FEMININE FOOTWEAR Mrs. Victor Kauiumann will be hostess PARIS JuLius GARFINCKEL& Co. We solve your Parking Problem while shepping here by taking charge of your car E look forward to having the smart vounger Washingtonians visit Our Fifth Floor Tomorrow HERE we have just received many un- for school and sports wear, for street and traveling, and for all season, for Misses, Juniors and Girls youthful apparel have created these fascinating new goods for us and our selection at moderate prices is very individual and charming. F STrReer CorneRr'OF I3™ Forsythe gloris fies _feminine footwear.' Patent leather, black and brown suede, trimmed with Calcutta’ lizard. High and Cuban heels. St. N.W. PROMPILY " FlLiT D at luncheon Saturday, December 8, in her home on Twenty-fourth street :n honor of Mrs. John Barnes of Haver- ford, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Kauffmann will enter- taln at dinner Monday, December 10, preceding the first of the Washington bachelors' cotillons, and they will givea dinner dance Saturday evening, Decem- ber 1, for Miss Phyllis Hight, debutante I 717_11th_St. N.W. The Latest Modes-- The Finest U Pelts— m o time for each indi- vidual job. Let ‘| Admiral Cary T. Grayson, president: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hight, at the Chevy Chase Club. Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton Goodwin of Chicago have arrived at the Carlton for several days. ‘The marriage of Miss Sally McAdoo, daughter of former Secretary of the | Treasury, Mr. William Gibbs McAdoo, to Mr. Brice Clagett, law partner of the bride’s father, will take piace this eve- ning at the Holton Arms School at 9:30 o'clock. Only the immediate families and close friends will attend, and the Rev. U. G. B. Plerce of All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church will officiate. Mr. Clag- get and his bride will leave immediately after the ceremony for New York, and will sail tomorrow for a wedding trip to Europe. They will be at home, upon their return in Georgetown, where Mr. Clagget has recently purchased a house. | The bride will be given in marriage by her brother, Mr. F. H. McAdoo, and there will be no attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Simonds have | returned to Washington after spending a year or more abroad, and have opened their home at 3108 P street for the Winter. Miss Katharine Simonds, their daughter, is in Boston, and their son, James G. Simonds, who was at Caralal/ Institute, Rolle, Switzerland, is now at Newport. Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro Take Part in “Drag” Tomorrow. District Commissioner and Mrs. Sid- ney F. Taliaferro will release the drag hounds for the official hunt of the Riding and Hunt Club, which will start tomorrow afternoon from Massachu- setts avenue extended at 3 o'clock and will be followed by a hunt “breakfast” in the club. The whips will be Miss Winifred West and Mr. Ennalls Wag- gaman, jr. Officers of the club are Rear Mr. Frank S. Hight, vice president, and Mr, Melvin C. Hazen, secretary-treas- urer. The committee in charge of the hunt is composed of Mr. Samuel J, Henry, Mr. Melvin C. Hazen and Mr. Quinton Comer. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Doak entertained at dinner 1ast evening in the presiden- tial dining room of the Mayflower in compliment to the Hon. H. A. Mc- Keowan, chief commissioner of the board of railway commissioners of Canada, and Mrs. McKeowan. The other guests were the Hon. Mr. Cyril Boyce, former commissioner of the board, and the Hon. Mr. Spencer of Ottawa, who accompanied them to Washington; Interstate Commerce Com- missioner and Mrs. Richard V, Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNamee, Mrs, Gertrude Bishoff and Mrs. A. Lane Cricher. Reservations will close tomorrow for the second annual debutante ball, which will be given Monday evening in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel. The committee sponsoring the ball this ses TONIGHT 5 until 7:30 4.Conrse Sea Food Dinner 75c¢ Or Your Choice of Our Regular Menu "o Columbia Road 8% OPPOSITE AMBASSADOR, Columbia 5042 | D A B e S Simple, Specially Priced v Especially smart with the new coats are these hats of felt, velvet and the other popular Shapes interesting. There are all colors and head sizes. _&rlebacher “Jeminine cApparel of Individualily TWELVETEN TWELVETWELVE F STREET AN CreH. Be R elegant for Saturday *10 materials, are especially New Bags | ~$35 \ The bag is a vitally important note in the smart costume. Here are bags of suede, smooth calf, cross-grain leathers and antelope, de- signed, trimmed and colored to harmo- nize with any frock or coat. son includes Mrs. William M. Jardine, Mme. Bostrom, Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. Walter R, Tuckerman and Mrs. J. Mandeville Carlisle. Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes and Mrs. P. Lee Phil- lips, at the Willard, have charge of the reservations. . Mrs. Royal McKenna had four guests lunching with her yesterday in the 1 dining room of the May- Mrs, Gilman Bullard entertained a party at luncheon following the regu- lar book review at the Willard yester- day. Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard Pigg of Greenwich. Conn., are at the May- flower until tomocrrow, on their way to Old Point Comfort by motor. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blodgett of Port- land, Conn., are at the Grace Dodge Hotel for an extended stay. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Christopher D(] San Francisco will be at the Mayflower until Sunday. On their way to Cali- fornia they will spend a short time in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Phillips and daughter, Miss Frances Phillips, have gone to Lynchburg, Va., to attend the Clemson-V. M. I .foot ball game and banquet tomorrow. There will be a reunion of the vari- ous chapters of the Clemson Alumni Association in the surrounding States and many Washingtonians will be pres- ent. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snow, jr., en- tertained a company of 10 at the sup- | per-dance at the Club Chantecler last night. Dr. and_Mrs. Charles B. Campbell | T (Continued_on_Page_19) | Apartments Avaslable The Highlands “A Most Desirable Permanent Address” Conn. Ave. & Cal. St. O ne of Washington's exclusive Apartment Hotels offers suites from 2 to 7 rooms, furnished and unfur- nished. Ren'fllfl Moderfl‘c Wardman Management SOCIETY. | { | i " ‘. Se f - DRESSES 3t Unuslfal % ()pportumf}’ < combinationss sport . new colors peautiful § frocks n{ S . Qatins, crepe terials, M 3 b vles. 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