Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 18

SOCIETY. 4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D.” €.” FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1928 SOCIETY “*he Chief Executive and First Lady of the Land Hosts Last Evening to the Judiciary. RESIDENT and Mrs. Coolidge gave the second of the state receptions of this season last { evening in the White House, when they entertained in honor " the judiciary. The company was a * -ge one and included associate stices and judges of the Federal surts and of the District courts and ~ir families and many prominent * wwyers. Also in the company was an 1 "usual number of Army officers, those lesser rank in that branch of the : vice having to do with judicial mat- Justice Sutherland, was in a gown of ivory chiffon embroidered with brilliants and made along straight lines. gown of black taffeta and old lace and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pierce Butler, jr, was in a frock of cream chiffon. Mrs. Edward Terry Sanford was in along straight lines and trimmed with rhinestones. Mrs. Plerce Butler had on a period | a gown of black chiffon velvet made | RETURNS TO WASHINGTON Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone wore a gown ttingly, Mrs. Walter Bloedorn, Mrs. l\l{n:hu'!dlyplrnr Crenshaw and Miss Anne Randolph. Vice President and Wife To Be Entertained Tuesday. The Vice President and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes will be the guests of honor at dinner Tuesday evening of the Un- dersecretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, who will entertain in their home at 1500 Rhode Island ave- nue, which they have leased from Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis for the season. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kel- logg will entertain a small company at tea this afternoon in their home on | Nineteenth street in honor of the premier of the Province of Quebec, i Canada, and Mme. Tascheereau. | Mrs. Kellogg was the guest in whose | honor Senora de Medina entertained at luncheon today. There were 20 guests in the company. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. | William Fairfleld Whiting will have as | their guest over the week end | Arthur Chapin of Boston. Senora de Ferrara, wife of the Min- ister of Cuba, is not observing her usual of American Pen Women Tuesday eve- December 18, in the Willard today in the Willard, when among her guests were Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, and Miss Florence E. Ward. Senator and Mrs. Charles Winfleld Waterman have as their guests in the Wardman Park Hotel Mrs. Waterman's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Earle 8. Jenckes of Wyomissing, Pa. their daughter, Mrs. Wendell T. Jay of Pittsburgh, Mrs. George Jenckes, jr., of Wyomissing, and another cousin, Mr., Edwin A. Rankin | of Jersey City, N. J., who came to at- | tend the judiciary reception in the White House last evening. Senator and Mrs. Waterman will entertain at_the | dinner dance at the Wardman Park Hotel tomorrow evening for their house guests. Senator and Mrs. A. H. Vandenburz, who are again at the Willard for the YOUR INSPECTION INVITED 2435 Kalorama Road, N.W. SOCIETY. season, will spend the Christmas holi- days in their Grand Rapids home, with their two daughters and son, and will return to the Willard after holiday re- cess. Representative Theodore E. Burton, Senator-elect of Ohio, will be the guest In whose honor his niece. Miss Grace Burton, will entertain at dinner Thurs- day, December 20, in the presidential suite of the Willard Hotel to celebrate his birthday anniversary. Representative and Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey of New York were hosts at | dinner last evening in the presidential | dining room of-the Mayflower. Among their out-of-town guests were the mayor of Miami and Mrs. E. G. Sewell and | Mr. Robert Carter of Harlingen, Tex. Mayor Sewell and Mr. Carter are at- tending the twenty-fourth annual con- | WASHINGTON'S FIN vention of the National Rivers and Hat- bors Congress. Representative and Mrs. B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee have taken a suite at the Fairfax for the congressional season. The Brazillan Minister to Cuba, Drl A. G. do Araujo Jorge, accompanied by Senhora do Araujo Jorge and young: son, Raul do Araujo Jorge, will be at the Mayflower during the sessions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Con- ference. . The Peruvian Minister to Brazil, Dr. Victor M. Marutua, and Senora de Ma~- rutua arrived in Washington several davs ago and are also at the Mayflower. Other delegates to the conference who are staying at the Mayflower are Dr. Jose Falla and Senora de Falla "E (Continued on Nineteenth Page.) MEN'S WEAR STORE of green and silver brocade made along | straight lines. | Miss Mary Randolph made a quaint | figure in & gown of yellow silk made | princess style at the front and the back with a panel of many ruffles of 3 L ¢ night before the Friday evening dancing the silk. The bodice was trimmed at | Ly : " class. the front with roses in a_delicate rose | e : hue and a cluster was also caught at the low V neckline at the back, | Mrs. Willlam V. Hodges of Denver, | Colo., who with Mr. Hodges is & guest | at the White House, wore a lovely gown | of flame transparent velvet, fashioned | along softly draped lines, Yuletide Bloscoms Predominate in Decorations. ‘The red corridor was aglow with gay | blossoms of poinsettia, the brilliant red ; blossoms also studding the greens on | the mantel in the state dining room. | The east room, the simplicity of which | is its great beauty, had graceful clusters | vs. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft + ~re the first to be received. and were Nowed by the associate justices of the * ‘chest court and their wives, with the ~cption of Mr. Justice and Mrs. Oliver | * “ndell Holmes, Mr. Justice and Mrs. *illis Van Devanter and Mr. Justice 1d Mrs. Louis Brandeis, who did not ‘end the reception. Chief Justice and rs. Taft were stopped in the green om after being received, and re- “ained there for some time greeting old lends, many of whom were made dur- -z the Chief Justice's administration Chief Executive and even before that a member of the cabinet. The arrangements for the reception ~nd comfort of the 2,000 or more guests ere like those at other state recep- ons, the Chief Executive and First *ady of the Land coming down the shortly after 9 o'clock, preceded Friday afternoon at home today. The Minister of Panama and Senora | de Alfaro will entertain at dinner to- Overlooking Rock Creek Park FROM THREE UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK DAILY ARTISTICALLY FURNISHED WITH GENUINE ANTIQUES STONE & FAIRFAX 1008 Connecticut Ave. N.W. ‘The Vice-president elect, Senator Charles Curtis, and his sister, Mrs. Ed- | ward Everett Gann, have accepted the invitation of Mrs. Clarence M. Busch to be guests in her box at the carnival ' ball of the District of Columbia League x or eight of the White House s. The guests of honor were grouped 1 the state dining room and the red ~arlor and the other guests stood in he east room and blue room. When “resident and Mrs. Coolidge reached ‘he foot of the stairs the trumpeters r{ the Marine Band sounded a fanfare, nd they then proceeded to the blue com and took their places to receive. “resident and Mrs. Coolidge were fol- ‘~wed by Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, Secretary of State and Mrs. lellogg, Secretary of the Treasury Mr. *Tellon, who walked with the Secretary ~f War, Mr. Dwight F. Davis. The At- torney General, Mr. Sargent, walked alone. The Postmaster General and Mrs. New were behind the Attorney General, and were in turn followed by ‘he Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. “Vilbur, and the Secretary of the In- terior, Mr. Roy O. West, who escorted Mrs. Everett Sanders, wife of the Sec- r>tary to the President. The Secretary nf Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine, the Cecretary of Commerce and Mrs. Whit- ing and the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis followed in suc- cession, Handsome Gowns and Jewels Lend Color fo Fete. Brilliancy and color was lent the oc- casion by the handsome and striking gowns and jewels of the ladies in the assemblage. Rainbow hues seemed to predominate in the frocks, but black and white were not without popularity. ‘The revival of the custom of long white gloves was much in evidence, with the ladies of the cabinet all wearing gloves | H. and the fashion divided almost equally among the other ladies at the party. Mrs. Coolidge was unusually lovely in a gown of American beauty velvet, made with' a three-flounced skirt, the long waist line of the blouse marked by a band of rhinestones, and a diamond ornament was caught at the left shoul- der. A court train, fan shaped at the end, fell from the shoulders. Her slip- pers matched her gown and she wore & diamond crescent comb in her hair. Mrs. Dawes was in a gown of silver and white brocade made with a double tiered skirt with a train embroidered in pearls and crystals, Mrs. Kellogg had on a gown of oyster- white velvet with a gold thread, fash- ioned along softly draped lines with a short train. Mrs. New wore a gown of black satin over silver lace, fashioned on draped lines, with a short train held on one hip with a rhinestone buckle. Mrs, Wilbur was in a black velvet gown trimmed with rhinestones and with a chiffon train falling from the left side. Mrs. Jardine was in black Spanish lace over flesh satin, falling gracefully in flounces and into a semi-train at the back. A spray of white velvet flowers Tell from the left shoulder. Mrs. Whiting was in a gown of black chiffon trimmed in crystals, with two side panels falling to the floor. Mrs. Davis, wife of the Secretary of Labor, had on a black taffeta gown made with a full skirt and a close- fitting bodice made with a V neckline with a deep cream net band. Mrs. Sanders wore a lovely gown of orchid chiffon, the decollete of tiny beads in vari-colors. ‘The skirt was i:u!te long and scalloped about the hem- ine. Mrs. Taft wore a striking gown of mmauve brocaded satin, the bodice made with a V neckline and the fitted skirt with a loose flounce of tiny blue and (nldtbeud.s. She wore diamond orna- ments, of mauve single chrysanthemums on the mantels and tall palms in front of the windows. In the green room, pink roses and carnations were used on the mantel and at the side of the long mir- ror between the windows, while on a table at one side of the room a larg> mound of mignonette in a green bowl was placed between the two handsome figures of green bronze, making one of the most effective corners in the While House last evening. The blue room had white roses and chrysanthemums, ex- | cept on the mantel, where deep red roses were used with fern. The red room had the customary red roses and carnations and on the mantel white roses among the fern. The red trousers of the uniforms of the members of the Marine Band toned in harmoniously with the red poinsettia blooms in the long flower boxes in the red corridor. ‘The President and Mrs. Coolidge re- ceived a little more than an hour, their guests numbering about 2,000, and after their return to their own apartments on the second floor, the Marine Band went into the east room and played for dancing. There were many Who stayed and the floor was well crowded. Among other guests were Senator and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst, Judge McKen- zie Moss, his son-in-law and daughter, | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Howe, jr., of | Philadelphia, and Mr. McElroy Moss, son of the judge; the alien property custodian and Mrs. Howard Sutherland, the assistant solicitor of the Treasury and Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty and their daughter-in-law, Mrs, Heyward Daugh- erty of Pennsylvania; the commissioner . B the Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. John H. Bartlett, Mrs. Mahlon Pitney, widow of Mr. Justice Pitney; the Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. Warren Irving Glover, Judge Mary O'Toole, the personal sec- retary to the President and Mrs. Ed- ward T. Clark, former Corporation Coun- sel and Mrs. Conrad Syme, Mr. and Mrs, Frank P. Leetch, Mrs. Frederick W. English and Miss Beatrice English of Philadelphia, Mrs, David Meade Lea and her house guest, Mrs. Thomas F. Cleaver of Lebanon, Ky.: Mrs. Willlam Hamilton Bayly, Mrs. Simon Wolf, Miss Connolly and her sister, Miss Eleanor Connolly; Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Tucker, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Cas- par Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Childress and their daughters, Miss Charlotte Childress and her debutante sister, Miss Adair Chil- dress; Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Mme. Roso, Apartments Available The Highlands “A Most Desirable Address” Conn. Ave. & Cal. 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