Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1929, Page 18

SOCIETY. SOCIETY New Chief Executive and First Lady of the Land Gav Reception HE President and Mrs. Hoover were hosts yesterday afternoon to the heads of foreign missions, entertaining ambassadors, min- isters, charge G'affaires and the second officers in_rank in embassies and lezations and their wives. Arrange- ments were much the same as on other such occasions, the slight changes add- ing an atmosphere of delightful in- formality. The diplomats and their wives with the Sccretary of State and Mrs, Kellogg met in the east room. Where President and Mrs. Hoover greeted them. Mrs. Hoover wore & hecoming gown of plum-color chiffon | velvet, the skirt made in tiers and the V-shaped neckline showing a touch of cru lace. € the dean of the diplomats, Sir Esme Howard. Ambassador of Gr and Lady Isabella Howard stood close 1o the door, the other diplomats and their wives forming a large semi-circle in the order of their length of service at this post. President and M nds with their. guests and stop- ]pnl;l\:h?f‘\f a brief chat with several of the diplomats. After the formal recep- tion tea was served in the State dining TO/ts. Hoover, accompanied by her niece, Miss Janet Large. took a short and brisk walk after the reception, Walking around Lafavette Square. Mrs. Hoover wore a smarily tailored coat to Tatch the plum-color gown, a close- tting hat In the same shade and dark gray fox fur collar, and Miss Large was in a fur coat of champagne-color caracul with a fox fur collar in a deeper ghade and a small hat to correspond. vice President, Mr. Charles Cur- ti.:.n;\ras‘ arrived at Miami Beach, Fla., where he will be the guest for a short time of the former chairman of the United States Shipping Board and Mrs. Albert D. Lasker. Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg to Be Feted at British Embassy. The Ambassador of Great Britain and Yady Isabella Howard will entertain at & reception this afternoon in honor of the retiring Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg. The guests will include the heads of foreign missions, charge daffaires and their wives, and members of the State Department. The hosts will be assisted by members of the em- ssy stafl. ba'n'w Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft will be the honor guests at luncheon Tues- : | ury, | Hoover walked arcund the circle shak- e First Formal Yesterday. reno, Mrs. R. M. Banford, Mrs. A. W. Gullion, Mrs. Arden Freer, Mrs. Hugo D. Selton. Mrs. Martin C. berger, Mrs. Lewis K. Underhill, Mrs. C. C. Cresson, Mrs. L. H. Roddis, Mrs. W. C. Guilion, Mrs. Thomas H. Brown. Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, Mrs. W. C. Dennis, Mrs. E. C. Lord, Mrs. Fenton Bradford, Mfs. Langley Whitley, Miss Gertrude Louis and Miss Gertrude Warren. | Former Officials | In News of the Day. | _Former Secretary of State and Mrs Charles Evans Hughes will arrive in New York Tuesday from Pomander Gate, Bermuda. The former Secretary of the Treas- Mr. William Gibbs McAdoo, has | closed his apartment at the Wardman | Park Hotel and has gone to his home |in Los Angeles for a short stay with i Mrs. McAdoo and their children. Former Senator Robert Owen, who is in New York, will return in a fow days |to the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Walter Linebarger, wife of for- mer Representative from California, | was hostess at luncheon yesterday at the | Congressional Club, the company re- maining through the afternoon to play bridge. Her guests were Mrs. William | Evans, wife of the Representative from California; Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberly {and Mrs. Paul Myron Lincbarger. Former United States Ambassador to France, Mr. Hugh Campbell Wallace, has gone to White Sulphur Springs to spend a few da; Former Governor of Pennsylvania {and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot are in New York preparatory to sailing shortly for a cruise to the South Sea Islands. Mrs. Elbert L. Johnson of Waterloo, Towa, who accompanied the governor of that State and his staff to the in- augural ceremonies, is remaining for a | longer visit and is the guest of Miss | Florence E. Ward at 21 First street {northeast. Miss Ward has recently come into Washington from her coun- try home in Virginia. | Mrs. Henry F. Dimock has loaned her | home for a meeting of the Anspacher | lecture committee called by Mrs. George C. Thorpe, chairman, Thursday morn- | |ing at 11 o'clock. The results of the subscribers’ vote for the course to be THE VISITOR FROM IOWA Shallen- | & i M Of Ottumwa, Towa, who is their apartment in the Galleon. S JANET SMITH the guest of Senator and Mrs. Daniel E. Steck in VENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929. Mrs. E. St. John Greble, vice chairman of the finance committee, who always arrange all entertainments and devise means for raising money to carry on the work of the organization, are planning this annual sale for the purpose of re- | ducing the debt on the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' clubhouse, situated 1015 | L street, on the corner of Massachusetts | avenue 'and Tenth street northwest | The club, owing to the able manage- | | ment of Mrs. George MeclIver and her | | committee, |and provides a happy home for our | enlisted personnel whenever they are in | Washington. | Mrs. Alfred E. Bradley is again chair- | man of this sale and will be assisted, as | she was so ly last year, by | members of ue and many civilians, all of whom signify their in- | terest in the organization and club by | their generous interest and help. After the sale the league will conduct {a permanent Army and Navy exchange | for the benefit of the organization and | | will receive and scll on a commiss COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 10th Year Expert Educational Guidance for Children 3 ta 11 Limited progress Convevance { cd. Small Residence Department Stanwood Cobb Alse Conducts at Eliot, Maine MAST COVE CAMP Salt-water Bathing—Expert Child Care SIIITIIIIILIIILTIILLLIIILIILLLLLS Portner Cafe 15th St. Bet. Uand V TABLE D’HOTE DINNER, 75¢ 5 Until 7:30 Every one enjoys our home-cooked Dinners. You, i ~—Underwood Photo. | st night. Mrs. Frederic Young is visiting her son in his quarters at the Army War | Woman's Army and Navy | League to Have Thrift | Coltege. ence Townsend spent the e o Chalfonte-Haddon Hall in A ;. | Mrs. H Miss Rosa , entertained | luncheon tod also will be_hos | esses tomorrow in the presidential din- ng room of the Mayflower, having 20 | in their parties. al supper dance at | C. Rothrock and her sister, | Week in April. too, will say they are deli- cious. Served with Hot Rolls, excellent Coffee and all of your favorite desserts. ven, Walter Haight, Frank English, Robert, Whelan of Buffalo and_Georg Parks Poovey of Lancaster, S. C. Sale. A thrift sale under the auspices of the Woman's Army and Navy League, of which Mrs. Charles P. Summerall is president, will take place the second | The premises chosen for this sale is at the corner of Eleventh Portner Apts. and H streets northwest. Mrs. Henry T. Allen, chairman, and | $ssssseseessessessssseaassaseesssssassasassssss: Desirable Apts. Reasonably Priced E22eet2atiaiaeediasstsatasiziassadisnteitostiiaiiizitiazasssisiisads SOCrETY. g - any discarded household goods, furni- | Miss Madge Reese, Miss Florence L,! Boyd Poates of Doswell, Va., took place ture, clothing, books, etc, which are donated to the sale. Donations for the sale may be sent to Toom 1002 in the temporary building at Twenty-first and B streets north- west. | Miss Mary A. Rokahr, & new member | ley is chairman of the committee on ar- | of the staff of the Department of Agri- | culture, will be a guest of honor at tea this afternoon of a group of members in the clubhouse of the American Asso- ciation of University Women from 4 to 6 o'clock. The hostes: ence E. Ward, Miss Gertrude Warrin, elleffs A FASHION INSTITUTION Washington Paris | is almost self-supporting | of that department who will entertain | assisted by the members of the society. Hall and Miss Miriam Birdseye. Saturday evening in the home of the bride’'s parents. The Rev. P. C. Hel- The Woman's Home Missionary So-| mintoller, jr.. pastor or the Methodist ciety of the Metropolitan Memorial M. | Church at Potomac, officiated in the E. Church will give a dinner tomorrow | presence of 150 guests from the county, afternoon and evening from 4:30 to 7| Washington and elsewhere. The home o'clock in the church. Mrs. Harry Bos- | Was attractively decorated, the color scheme being pink. rangements and those in charge of the| The bride was attended by her sister, tables are Mrs. W. S. Dewhirst, Miss| Miss Irenc Allen, as maid of hon Mary Tuthill and Mrs. Willlam Burris, | and another sister, little Miss Georg: Allen, was flower girl. The best man was Mr. Philip Brown of Montrose, M The marriage of Miss Annie Elizabeth | and preceding the ceremony Miss Ma ses are Miss Flor- | Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter | 8aret DuFief o Potomac sang. Allen of Potomac, Md., to Mr. John (Continued on Nincteenth Page.) Ogilvie Sisters —have sent us one of their members, Miss Beth Ogilvie, to consult with vou. She knows what various types of scalps need to make and keep them healthy! Tonics for dry, oily, falling or grey hair 2 NewYork < .$2 up Look Young—It’'s the Fashion! How young is a woman these days! As voung as her clothes! And vet not ridiculously so! ‘That's why fashions have special significance! Clothes are designed to create youthful silhouettes! And you'll find those fashions always at Jelleff's . . . and always WITH VALUE! New—Llama Coats young modes for the misses and womenr in a special presentation this week! $65 to %165 Chosen by misses and women of unfaltering good taste! These Llama coats so obviously of sterling quality have as well an undeniable air of charm! 100¢¢ Llama Wool —is used to fashion this most glorious fabric! You feel like brushing it against your cheek the minute you touch it! It's so soft and light and cuddiy! The Softened Silhouctte —so smart this season is naturally created from this choice cloth! It yields and molds the figure or swings softly! It gives the “dressmaker” look so very smart day, March 19, of the Ambassador and | now! YLady Isabella Howard. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, will entertain nt\ given next year will be announced. | Dr. and Mrs. J. Tawn Thompson have returned from Atlantic Cily. 1227 F §T. NW. WASHINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Moebs were | 5 hosts at dinner last evening in the| pDr. and Mrs. William Kennedy But- palm court of the Mayflower. Their|ler, who have spent a month in St. At $9850 dinner this evening, in honor of Countess Regis de Oliveira of Brazil end Miss Nora Beaumont of London. The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel entertained at luncheon today, | when their guests included Countess gis de Oliveira of Brazil and Miss ra Dumont of London. Senator and Mrs. Hugo L. Black have closed their apartment in the Ward- man Park Hotel, and have sailed for Panama, where they will pass some time. Senator and Mrs. Ellison D. Smith and their family will leave the latter part of the week for South Carolina. They will return for the extra session of Congress, and will be at home at 1750 Euclid street. Miss Anna Smith, daughter of Sen- ator and Mrs. Smith, who is a student at the King-Smith Studio, is spending the Spring holidays in North and South Carolina. She will attend a house party in Winston-Salem, N. C., given by Miss Nona Haynes. Mrs, Copeland, wife of Senator Royal S. Copeland, went today to New York, where Senator Copeland will join her ‘Thursday. After a visit there and in the Midwest they will return March 26 to their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Representative and Mrs. M. Alfred Michaelson have closed their apart- ment in the Wardman Park Hotel and fine to their home in Chicago, where ey will be until the 1st of April. ‘The naval attache of the French em- bassy, Comdr. Sable, went to Philadel- phia today and will be joined there ‘Thursday by Mme. Sable, who will ac- company him to New York to remain over Sunday. Comdr. and Mme. Sable will return the first of next week. Mrs. E. A. Kreger, wife of the judge advocate general, and her daughter, Mrs. J. Huntington Hills, entertained at luncheon today in honor of Miss Martha McClure, national Republican committeewoman from Iowa. The com- pany included Mrs. William Ramseyer, Mrs. Charles P, Summerall, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs. 8. C. Foulois, Mrs. C. D. Rhodes, Mrs. Edward Croft, Mrs. Denis P. Quinlan, Mrs. A. W. Brown, Mrs. R. W. Collins, Mrs, Hugh C. Smith, IMrs. R. L. Collins, Mns. Aristides Mo~ guests were the military attache of the | Augustine, Fla., have returned to their Argentine embassy and Senora de Zu- loaga, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grosner and their house guest, Miss Frances Pitcher :'l :o;;on, and Comdr. Sidney Kraus, Mrs. Dorsey Richardson will arrive tomorrow morning and will be with her aunt, Miss Helen Cannon, in her apart- ment in the Hay-Adams House until she sails for France the latter part of the month. Mrs. Willlam Houghteling has re- turned to California. Mr. Charles Francis Diggs entertained at the Sons of the Revolution dinner last evening at the Willard. His gubsts were Representative Edward W. Pou of North Carolina, Brig. Gen. T. Porter Kane, Dr. Robert Oden and Dr. Daniel L. Borden. Mr. and Mrs. William McClellan Ritter have returned from Palm Beach. Miss Charlotte Childress entertained for Gol! Gol! otidh | home in Chevy Chase, Md. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Moran of | Cambridge, Mass., are at the Carlton | for a few days, accompanied by Miss A. | B. McNeil and Miss M. M. McNeil. | = | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams Mor- gan have returned from Winchester, Va., where they went to attend the re- ception given by Mr. and Mrs.!W. A. Baker at Thornhill, their home near Winchester, for their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Herr Morgan, who were married February 12 in Washington. Mr. Morgan is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willlams Morgan and with his bride will come to Wash= ington to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Lambert Ar- rington gave a party yesterday for their young son, William Arrington, in cel bration of his fourth birthday anniver- sary. _The youthful guests included John Earle Elliott, jr.; “Buster” De Ki Golflex makes a jacket for your sports frocks! 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