Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 18

SOCIETY. SOC The Chief Executiv iIETY e and First Lady of the Land to Be Feted Tonight by Secretary an d Mrs. Davis. HE President and Mrs. Coolidge) Massey leave today for Florida where wil g Dby the Secrel Mr. Dwight F. Davis. Mrs. s has not sufficiently re- end the party, and Miss Davis, who resented cason, will act as, hostess There will be 24 in the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes Hosts to Visiting Delegates. The Vice President and Mrs. Charles ;. Dawes will give a reception this rmoon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock in ir home at 1620 Belmont road in Tionor of the delegates to the Interna- tional Conference of American States pn Conciliation and Arbitration. As- sisting will be wives of members of the gobinet and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes wife of the former Secretary of State, and a delegate from this country to the conference The Italian Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino gave a dinner party last evening, their guests being the Ambassador of France and Ime. Claudel, the Japanese Ambassa- Mme. Debuchi, Senator and Guy Despard Gofl, Senator and deric M. Sack Representa- Assistant Sec- Mr. Neison T. John- James Clement Dunn, Princess_Sturd- elor of the Ru her Walsh, Mri vin T. Hert, Mr. and Mrs. Franl . Simonds, Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, Miss Belle Gurnee and the counselor, Conte Marchetti, the secretary and Sig- aora Mascia, the attache, Conte Macchi, son; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hor wife of the nian legation; ond Miss Edith Hoyt of the embassy |S staff, Mme. Debuchi, wife of the Ambassador of Japan, attended the luncheon today- of Mrs. Robert L. Owen, wife of former Senator Owen, in honor of Mrs. Edward E. Gann, sister of the Vice President- clect Senator Charles Curtis. In the distinguished company were Senora de Alfsro, wife of the Minister of Panama; Mme. Samy, wife of the Minister of Egypt; Mrs. Lawrence D. Tyson, Mrs. William H. King, Mrs. John B. Kendrick, Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Mrs. George H. Moses, Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, Repre- sentative Katherine Langley, Mrs. Elonzo Tyner, Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Miss Flora | Broderick, Senora de Frau von Lewinski, Mrs. Clarence N. Busch, Mrs. Harley P. Wilson, Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, Mrs. John B. Henderson, Mrs. Jesse Nicholson and Mrs. Barrett Ridgley. The table had an un- usually effective arrangement of poin- settia blossoms and red candles, and there were exquisite place cards of South American birds, with real feath- ers, in many beautiful hues. Wilson, Lady Sanchez Latour, The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor do Amaral, was host at dinner last eve- ning in honor of a number of the dele- gates to the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration. The company included the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, the Ambassador of Peru, Senor Dr. Hernan Velarde; the Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila, the United States Ambassador to Mexico, Mr. Dwight W. Morrow; the Chilean dele- gate and Senora de Foster Recadarren, the Uruguayan delegate, Senor Jose Pedro Varela, and Senora de Varela; the Peruvian delegate and Senora de Maurtua, the Ecuador delegate and Senora de Zaldumbide, the Panama delegate and Senora_de Alfaro, the Paraguayan delegate, Dr. Eligio Ayala; the Brazilian delegate and Senhora de Araujo Gorge, the charge d'affaires of Paraguay and Mme. Ramirez, Mme. Duval Soyez, Mr. Allan Dawson, and the first secretary and Senhora de Al- meida and the second secretary and Senhora de Lima Barbosa of the Brae zilian embassy. ‘The Ambassador of Germany and ¥rau Von Prittwitz und Gaffron en- tertained at dinmer last evening In honor of the Speaker of the House and Mrs, Nicholas Longworth. The Minister of Canada and Mrs. 606 - 614 | be feted at a dinner th!g;they will spend two or three weeks. ry o Senator and Mrs. Edge to | Entertain Zouse Guests. | Senator and Mrs. Walter E. Edge | have as their guests for several days | Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Balti- | more, who will attend the Junior League Circus, at the Auditorium, tomorrow evening. Senator and Mrs. Charles L. McNary will be hosts at dinner this evening in | the Chinese room pf the Mayflower, | having 22 in their ‘party. Representative Loring M. Black of | Brooklyn, N. Y., will be at the Ward- man Park Hotel during the Winter. The Assistant Secretary of War, Col. SharlessBurton Robbins, will give a tea- ance this afternoon in the ballroom of | the Mayflower to present his daughters, Miss Anna Marcella Robbins and Miss | Julia Larrabee Robbins. The debutan- tes will receive with their father before a screen of palms and gay flowers and the tea table will have a mound of | pink roses, smilax and baby's breath. Alternating at the tea table will be | Mrs. John A. Hull, Mrs. Louis Titus, | Mrs. Henry C. Corbin, Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. John | R. Williams, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mys. Clifford Lee Cor- bin, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Leonard .Gerow and Mrs. Charles A. Schemilfenig. In {the group of this season’s debutantes | who will assist the Misses Robbins will be Miss Marian Jardine, Miss Jene Crosby, Miss Rahel Davies, Miss Mar- garet Pilson, Miss Phyllis Hight, Miss Frances Wall and Miss Carroll Hender- son. Miss Anna Marcella Robbins will wear a frock of peach-bloom moire, made in the bouffant style, and slightly longer in the back than the front, with a diag- onal neck line, trimmed with bands of moire, in a darker shade than the dress combined with bands of orchid, and a large bow in the same shades used on the right side at the waistline. Miss Julia Larrabee Robbins’ frock is made of white moire, also in the bouffant style and scalloped on the bot- tom, with a facing of orchid, the same color being used at the neckline and in the huge bow placed on the left slightly below the waistline. Both of the debutantes will carry arm bouquets of Japamese iris, combined with yellow roses and stevia. Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will observe her first day at home to- morrow in her home at 1812 R street, which she and Col. Robinson leased from the former counselor of the Brit- ish embassy and Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton. Mrs. Robinson will receive be- tween 4:30 and 6:30 o'clock. Presiding at the tea table will be Mrs. Charles F. A Few of Our c h tarette Lo to 31500 Sterling C Sterling t; 72«1 in - JEWELERS Two Special Purchases for Christmas Shoppers THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, DEC EMBER 18, 1928. short stay at the Mayflower before tak- | Mrs, Charles Elliott and her daughter, ing possession of their quarters at Fort | Mrs. F. H. Blakely of New York; also Mrs. William P. Gill, Mrs. Archibald W. Lachlen, Mrs, George K. Denmark and Mrs, Clarence Price. MRS. WALTER E. EDGE, ‘Wife of Senator Edge of New Jersey, president of the Junior League and the moving spirit of the circus to be given tomorrow afternoon and evening at the Washington Auditorium. Hughes, Mrs. John A. Lejeune and Mrs. Amory Perkins and Miss Elizabeth War- nies; and Mrs. Robert Ghormley will as- s The director general of the Pan- American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe, will entertain this evening at 9 o'clock at a concert of Latin American music by the United Service Orchestra and assisting artists in the Hall of the Americas of the Pan-American Union, in honor of delegates to the Pan-American Confer- ence on Arbitration. The secretary of the Netherlands legation .and Baroness van Boetzelaer were hosts at dinner last evening, when covers were laid for 12. The chief of naval operations, Ad- miral Charles F. Hughes, and Mis. Hughes entertained informally at din- ner last evening, having as their guests CHRISTMAS JEWELRY Greatly Reduced! Many Specials G Gold Bracelets.. $5.00 and up Diamond Rings. .$37.50 and up Diamond Brooches, $10.00 and up See Our Window Display in Lobby—F Street Entrance Make selections mow for Christmas—Deposit will reserve any plece Open Evenings until 10 P.M. Farr Co. Suite 200, National Press Bldg., 14th and F Formerly with Shaw and Brown hilipsborn ELEVENTH ST. Our pocketbook selections offer an attractive answer to every Feminine Gift problem. See these exceptional Groups. ~—Hundreds of New Bags «~=Scores of Different Styles —Every Wanted Shape 4 ~—Every Wanted Color —Underarm Bags —V;agabond Bags —Small or Large Bags —Leather, Silk, Antelope and Smart Grained Leathers ~——Sequin Evening Bags Main Floor Myer, Va. They are aceompanied by Mrs. Daniels’ mother, Mme. Drouot, and by their young daughters, Claude and Sabine Daniels. Mrs. Eleanor McParlin Davis will present her daughter, Miss Catherine | McParlin Davis, to society at a costume ‘xi’;" this evening at the Mayflower Ho- Mrs. Davis made her debut in Wash- | ington under most distinguished a pices, her father, Gen. McParlin, h: ing been medical adviser to Gen. Grant. Preceding the ball this evening, Mrs. Davis will entertain at dinner at the | Mayflower Hotel. Miss Elizabeth Powell Dunlop will make her formal bow to society tomor- Tow afternoon at a tea given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Laird Dunlop, jr., at the Mayflower Hotel. A number of guests from out of town will |attend the party. Miss Dunlop will | dance in the eypsy chorus at the Junior League circus tomorrow evening at the Washington Auditorium. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Morris Kennedy have issued invitations for a tea dance | at the Willard Saturday, when they will present_their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Morris Kennedy, to society. In January | Miss Kennedy will be presented to so- clety at_the St. Cecilia ball in Charles ton by Mrs. Edward Frost Parker. Mrs. Leroy Ludwig had as her guests at luncheon today in the presidential dining room of the Mayflower Mrs, Willlam A. Kinnan, Mrs. Clifford K. Berryman, Miss Florence Berryman, Mrs. Eugene Mason, Mrs. Henry Barry, " McDevitt's—1211 F St. ONE DAY SPECIALS! 38-in. French Mn:':uis:etltlec, ... 39c 46¢ 36-in. Silk Rayon Marquisette, yd. .. Two Great Values McDEVITT’S 1211 F St. N. W._(2nd floor) M. 3211 Apartments Avaslable - The Highlands “A Most Desirable Permanent Address” Conn. Ave. & Cal. 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And Many Other Items on Display ° ]B,rumchm E Street Corner 8 Practical Gifts — ot bk o ok d e b ek ek ok ko ek ok B e ok S Maj. Gen. and Mrs. H. A. Smith, SOCIETY. who made their home at the Mayflower | return to Omaha, Neb., the headquarters until about a year ago, when Gen. |for that area. Smith was placed in command of the T Tth Corps Area, have returned fo|_ The commercial secretary of the Washington and will be at the May- | British embassy and Mrs. Leander Mc- flower until Thursday. They will spend | Cormick-Goodhart were hosts (Continued on Nineteenth Pag Here Is a New Kind of Gift Shop— ERE is a shop where you will find the kind of gifts that people would buy for themselves, had they the choosing of their own gifts. They are beautiful and practical—gifts that will -be appreciated throughout the year. You will find our uptown v location a convenience. 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