Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 41

‘Features for Women W/ SHINGTON, 'SOCIETY SECTION - he Sunday Sta 11 ol €8 SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH Tales of : Knownh Folk * Well 24, 1929. MISS MARY I'H MOHUY, Daughter of Mr and Mrs. Barry Mohun, who, an- nounced her en- gagement to Mr, Robert B. Coburn of Connecticut. Undersood President and Mrs. Hoover Hosts to Group of Friends At Many Social Functions Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg Entertained at Luncheon Thursday—Schedule of Capital Society Activities. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HE President and Mrs. Hoover entertained on several occasions during the week parties of friends at luncheon or dinner and one of the particularly delightful events for them was the visit of the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards Friday. Mrs. Hoover, who proved a blessing to Belgian lace makers | during the war by her purchase of their products, received a valuable addition to her collection in a gift.of lace brought to her by the musicians. Another gift was a rare crystal vase in a handsome case. HE President and the First Lady of the Land entertained Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Kellogg at luncheon Thursday, and earlier in the week, while on one of her outings from the White House, Mrs. Hoover attended a tea at Dunthorne’s to see the splendid specimens | of maps in gesso by Miss Mildred Giddings Burrage, when Mrs. Archibald Hopkins poured tea and the fashionable world admired | the art. In passing—that is the first that the public knew of Mrs. Hoover’s being an understanding admirer of ancient maps. MRS. Hoover will twice hear the Metropolitan Opera Co., when it visits the Capital in April, occupying the President’s box at Poli’s and taking guests with her. The Vice President and his sister, Mrs. Gann, have also accepted a box for two performances and from | every standpoint the house will be the most brilliant seen here in vears. April 17, 18 and 19 are the dates for the perfe-— every box is taken, some of the occupants coming from New York and other cities. [ HE Vice President, who recently returned from a Southern visit, will receive the members of the diplomatic corps at the May- flower Hotel, Friday, April 17, thus carrying out social tradition. His sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, his official hostess, will receive with him. Mrs. Gann passed her time during her brother’s absence in the South in returning visits and being entertained, and with the reassembling of Congress it is hoped she will maintain several Wednesdays at home before the season closes. MRS. KELLOGG'S retiring hospitalities are quite as gracious and graceful as those she extended to society on coming into the cabinet some years ago, and her reception in the Pan-American Union | Building for the wives of the representatives of governments signing- the Kellogg anti-war pact, and the wives of the chiefs of Latin American countries to meet the wives of the new cabinet members, | was truly delightful and interesting. She and the Secretary also entertained at dinner during the week. H OR was Mrs. Kellogg's tea the only large social affair, for the New Year supper dance with the Persian Minister hosts went off with a bang. First there was a supper party, quite small, and then more and more and more guests came in for the dance. The Minister, Mirza Davcud Khan Meftah, is a charming, | scholarly gentleman and a delightful host, and during the evening he and the men of his staff, who assisted him, wore the red fez of their country. It was the first big reception given in the new legation, as the Spanish embassy. i EASTEH Monday will burst forth in a blaze of social glory when the polo ball, sponsored by the President, Mr. Hoover; the Vice Presi- dent, Mr. Curtis; the former President, Mr. Coolidge; the dean of | the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Esme | Howard; all of the other Ambassadors of the corps and the high officers of the Army; will be given at the Willard. This is a unique annual event when the great ballroom is transformed into a polo | Free State and Mrs. field with goal posts, boards such as surround a .field being placed Just autsidzz t‘hepl?nx entrances, and the boxes will be decorated with crossed mallets and other implements of the sport. MRS WILLIAM DeWITT MITCHELL, Wife of the Attorney General in Presi- dent Hoover's cabinet. ‘Underwood. MME. DE MELLO, Wife of Mr. Rubens Ferreira de Mello, s secretary of the Brazilian embass Harrls & E Secretary of State And Mrs. Kellogg Pay Honor to Erin's Envoy Irish Free State Minister | and Mrs. MacWhite Their Guests at Dinner—Other | Notable Functions. of State and Mrs, The Secretary and his staff as | Kellogg entertained at dinner last eve-| ning in the Mayflower; when they have an apartment for this, month. Their guests were the Minister of the Irish MacWhite, the Attorney General and Mrs. William DeWitt Mitchell, the Assistant Secre- i ! tary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, | which ‘is the residence on Sixteenth street occupied for many years!Assistant Secretary and Mrs. William | R. Castle, and Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Francis White, Mrs. Frank McCoy, Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, Mrs. S. Pinkney Tuck. Dr. and| Mrs. Vernon Kellogg, the United States Ambassador to Belguim, Mr. Hugh S. Gibson, and Mr. James Clement Dunn. ‘The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft were the ranking guests at a luncheon given by the Chief of Staff of the Army and Mrs. Summerall at their quarters at Fort Mpyer yesterday. Other guests (Continued on Second Page.) ot O MRS. JOHN \W. SUMMERS, Wife of Representative Summers of Washington, important in the Congres Underwood. MRS. JAMES W, GOOD, Wife of the Secre- tary of War, and with other cabinet ladies the guest of Mrs. Kellogg Wed- nesday.'J S Preside nt and Mrs. Hoover - Entertaining House Guests g New Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson SOjourn- | ing in Chicago—Notes of Other Prominent Folk. The President and Mrs. Hoover have T daughter of Mr. R. L. Armstrong of New as their guests in the White House the YOrk, who will arrive Wednesday. | United States Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Hugh S. Gibson; Mr. and Mrs. Will ' Are on Way to Europe. Irwin and Mr. Charles K. Field. little son, Peter Fuller. | Stimson _arrived eral for some time. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. § | are made for festivities. The Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Charles Prancis Adams, was joined yes- | terday by Mrs. Adams, who had spent several ‘days in New York. Secretary !and Mrs. Adams have been guests of iMr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson since | coming to Washington and will prob- | ably remain with them through this | week before taking possession of the | house at 2221 R street, which they have | purchased. The United States Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who are at home on leave, are occupy- ing their charming old house in George- town. Prominent CIMTIIJ At Old Point for Easter. The Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King of Ottawa, Canada, in company with a party of prominent Canadian of- fort, Va., where they will pass the Easter holidays at the Chamberlin-Vanderbilt Hotel. With them are Sir Henry W. Thornton and Lady Thornton. Sir Henry Thornton is the chairman and president of the Canadian National Railways, and others with them are Mr. and Mrs. R. A. C. Henry, with their three children. Mr. Henry being the | minister of railways and canals for the sional Club. Dinner at British Embassy " Honors Archbishop Curley i Sir Esme and Lady Isabella Howard Will Enter- Brig. Gen. and | | tain for Prelate April The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard will be hosts at dinner Thursday evening, April 11, in honor of Archbishop Curley of | Baltimore. The Italian Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino will entertain at dinner Easter Monday evening, April 1. Nobil de Martino will entertain at tea Saturday afternoon, having post- | poned the party from Thursday. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, will be host at dinner Wednesday, April 10. ‘The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara are expected to return to ‘Washington at the end of next week from Havana, where they have been for severa] weeks. The Belgian Ambassador and Princess| 11—Other Important Diplomatic Functions Scheduled. de Ligne will be hosts at dinner Tues- | day evening, April 2. g ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi will entertain at luncheon to- day in. honor of the Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft. Covers will be laid for 18. The Minister of Portugal and Vis- countess d’Alte will entertain a distin- guished company at dinner Tuesday evening, April 2, Gen. Rupprecht of Uruguay Honor Guest at Dinner. ‘The Minister of Uruguay and Mme. Varela entertained at dinner last eve- ning in their apartment in the new Wardman Park Hotel in compliment to Gen. Guillermo Rupprecht, the delegate from Uruguay to ‘the conference on conciliation between Paraguay and Bo- |livia. The other guests were the Min- | Dominion of Canada and a director of the Canadian National Railways. Mr. Senator H. D. Hatfield | The newly appointed Secretary of | State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson are | spending the week end in Chicago en | | route from San Francisco to Washing- ton, where they are expected to arrive the middle of the week. Coi. and Mrs. | Mellon, is today celebrating the anni- | versary of his birth, though no plans ficials, is en route to Old Point Com- | Mr. and Mrs. Sturtevant Mr. and Mrs. William North Sturtevant Mrs. Hoover attended the performance , $alled on the Olymplc to join the latter's mother, Mme. . Wl in the Little Theater yesterday after- | daughter of Mrs. T. Hartley Given and noon when “Master Skylark” was pre- | the widow of Dr. Paul Lessinoff, at one S Gl MeOhasies Ko ietd and win, T, les K. le] an | Mrs. Alvin 'T. Puller, wife of the former | ¥ith the legation in Paris. Governor of Massachusetts, and her | time counselor of the Bulgarian lega- tion here and more recently connected Mrs. T. Hartley Given has with her | in her apartment in the Wardman Park Hote] her daughter, Mrs. Fred Mc- | Feeley of Latrobe, Pa., and the latter's daughter, Mrs. James Rogers. | Mr. Rutherford B. Lyon will be join~ ed at the Wardman Park Hotel this week by his sons, Mr. Arthur Lyon, | in San Francisco who will come from his school in Wednesday from the Philippines, where | New Jersey, and by | Col. Stimson has been governor gen- Mr. Gerald J. Lyon, who is at school in Pennslyvania. They will pass the Easter holidays here: Mrs. H. H. Shelton went to New York yesterday to pass Easter with her daughter. Miss Judith Shelton. Miss Shelton_will come to Washington next (Continued on Second Page.) . Mrs. Hoover to*Attend Opera Presentation The First Lady of the Land will oc- cupy the presidential box for two eve- nings of the Metropolitan opera in Washington in April, Miss Elizabeth Howry, acting chairman for the opera committee of Washington during the | absence of Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, an- | nounces. Mrs. Hoover will attend the opening | performance of Massenet’s “Manon,” | that W. J. Henderson, dean of New York | eritics, calls “a restoration to the local | stage of something like a correct pres- | entation of the opera,” and that will be | sung with Mme. Lucrezia Bori. beautiful | Spanish prima donna, and Beniamino | Gigli, the great tenor. in the leading | roles. She also will hear “Cavalleria | Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci” on the second evening. The Vice President and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gann have accepted the invi- | tation of the committee to attend the | opera. A large and distinguished audi- ence is assured for this gala Spring “season” that includes three perform- ances, with four operas presented in the series. The Metropolitan opera commiitee of Among Prominent New Upper House Members His Wife, Classed Ideal and Mrs. Charles Delavan Wetmore of | washington has brought something of New York are also accompanying Sir | the Chicago civic opera committee into Henry Thornton. its visit. They may not, as yet, be a | Brie. Gen. and Mrs. Herert Owen | DIctcenium arch in Wasilngton T 3 Williams had with them in_their box | form'®, “trame coveted by operatic at the society circus at Fort MYer | aitists for their living portraits. _Yet | vesterday afternoon the Assistant Sec- it was through this same arch of Poli’s retary of Commerce and Mrs. William | Theater that Jean de Reszke sang in { P. McCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Harry| years gone by, and today Mr. Henderson | Norment, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sanders makes this comparison: “One may fairly w"fe of Be“"mlef“ Phy';und Mrs. Rushmore Patterson. sician, Is Popular in West | Virginia. The former Governor of Massachu- setts and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller and their \son_Peter are passing the week end = :: 'wnshmflgn lt’ the N'l:‘yflower‘ain eir return home from a trip to Belair Senator Henry Drury Hatfield of on the west coast of Florida and to Huntington, W. Va., is as brilliant an | Palm Beach. example of the medical statesman 85| nrs Gillett-Hill - has canceled all President Hoover is of the constructive | engagements and recalled all invita- engineer directing public affairs. Mrs. | tions on account of illness and is leav- fi"&fl'x’f:nf alu,ts:al hy"lg as the éd;x:l ]Wge i ing for the South, she will not return volent physiclan, and.in later ' to Was! 5 Vears as:the P Lady of West, Vi |V oonington until the Autumn ginia during the four years which in-! Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, and cluded the outbreak of the World War | their daughter, Miss Rahel Davies, have and the subsequent participation of returned to the Capital after a South- this Republic in the international strife. | ern trip of three weeks, during which The Senator is in his fifty-sixth year they visited Havana, Cuba, and Palm and he has seen s tirring events from | Beach, Fla. his childhood. His entrance into the P Senate is v - The United States consul at Boulogne- S.an epochal event In the his- sur-Mer and Mrs. Willam W. Cor- toric aspect and marks the sweepin aside of the old:troubled ways on_the | COran. who have been visiting in Mr. bordt f West Virginia, Ohic - | Corcoran’s old home here, will go to il a, Ohio and Ken- | N00Vork today and sall Thursday Mrs. Hatfield, formerly Miss Sarah C. | aboard the Volendam for France. years as the first Iady of West Vir-| iy Marthena Harrison Williams (Continued on Third Page) I and he has seen stirring events from |wiyii ha h (Continued on Fifth Page.) vmdm:e fiu" !say that there had been no such beau- | tiful and moving performance of ‘Ma- |non’ since the days of Jean de Reszke {and his assoclates.” i _The Metropolitan opera committee {of Washington is composed of Mrs. Rob- ert Low Bacon, wife of Representative Bacon of New York, chairman; Miss Howry, secretary: Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Tracy Dows, {Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Le- ander McCormick Goodhart, Mr. Julius Garfinckel, Mr. Clem Gerson, Mrs. - jamin_Holcombe, Mrs. George Mesta, Mr. Lawrence Lee, Mrs. Demarest Llovd, Mrs. Adolph C. Miller, Mrs. James F. Parker, Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, Mrs. Walter Wilcox, Mr. Andrew Wylie, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mrs. Wil- son-Greene. SO e Vice presidgnt Curtis To Greet Diplomats The Vice President, Mr. Charles Cure ges'- for the Easter Chin Armstrong, tis, and his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, will hold a reception for ‘members of the diplomatic corps in tI ese room at the Mayflower Hotel Friday, April 12, :