Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1929, Page 18

SOCIETY. OCIETY hief Executive and Mrs. Hoover Hosts to Distinguished Singers at Lunch Today. Mrs. m the White House, their guests being Mme. Rosa Ponsella, Miss ] lurlm Telva, Miss Wakefield, l. Edward Ziegler, Mr. Edward John- son, Mr. Lawrence Tibbett, Mr. Gui- seppe de Luca, Mr. Giacomo Lauri- Volpe, Mr. Armand Tokatyan, Mr. Paval Lardicar, Mr. Vincenso Bellezza, Mr. Louis Hasselmans and Mr. Mario Basivia. The company included prin- clglh from the Metropolitan Opera Co. who have sung in Washington during this short season of opera and mem- bers of the national board of Girl Scouts of America, in which Mrs. Hoover is so deeply interested. Mrs. Hoover is entertaining about 200 guests at an afternoon musicale and tea at the White House at 5 o'clock to- day, when Mr. Lawrence lebe!t concert artist, wlll ive a of vocal music. ibbett sang !or President and Mrs Hoover some time ago at their S street residence and to- uyn event is the result of that delight- ful program. At 12:30 o'clock today Mrs. Hoover attended the dedication of the new D. A. R. Constitution Hall on tke grounds of Continental Hall. Mrs. Hoover occupied the presidential box to hear the artists of the Metro- politan Opera Co. last night. She ‘wore a gown of a becoming shade of pale blue cmmm simply made in grace- ful drapery and over it she wore a silver brouded cloak. Occupying the box with her were the Secretary of the Interior Mr. Ray Ly- man Wilbur; Mrs. Walter F. Brown, wife of the Postmaster General; Comdr. and Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. Howard, Mr. Baker, Mrs. Vernon Kellogg and Mrs. Jean Henry Large and Mr. William Henry, sister and uncle of Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Gann Guest of Honor At Luncheon at Hollin Hall. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of | the Vice President, was the guest of honor at luncheon today of Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson, ,who entertained in her country place, Hollin Hall, near Alexandria. The other guests were John B. Kendrick, Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, Senora de Gonzalez Prada, Mrs, William F. Ham, Mrs, John Hanna, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. William a5, Mrs, John W. Childress, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm, Mrs. Harold K. Smoot, Mrs. Howard Sutherland, Mrs. Edward Gregory, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. Emerson Howe, Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie, Mrs. Lucy Wilder Morris, Mrs. William A. Scully, Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mrs. Percy Ridsdale, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Conger Pratt, Miss Elizabeth Howry and Mrs. Arthur M. Condon. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of thn Vice President, was the guest of Charles Boughton Wood in her bux ‘at the opera last night. The Sec- retary of Hoover Labor and Mrs. James J. Da- vis were mln in the audience and ameng the diplomats at the perfor- mance were the Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, who had as thelr guests Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses; the Ambassador of Chile and Senors de Davilla, the Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron, the Minister of Uruguay and his daughter, Senorita Adele Va- rela; the Minister of Hungary and Countess Szechenyi and their daughter, Countess Cornelia Szechenyi; the Min- ister of Greece and Mme. Simopoulos, the Minister of - Austria and Mme. Prochnik, and their daughter, Mile, Loranda Prochnik; the Minister of Ru- mania and his daughter, Mile. Cretziano; the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite. Mrs. William Howard ‘Taft, wife of the Chief Justice, was among those in the boxes, and the Speaker of the House, Nicholas Long- worth, was in a box nearby, as were Mr. Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry Sand- ford, Re tative and Mrs. A. Brmen presentative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Representative and Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, Representative and Mrs. Bol Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom. Others in_the audience were Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Livingston Crounse, Assistant Sec- retary of State and Mrs. William R. Castle, the air attache of the British embassy and Mrs. Hetherington, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mrs, Victor Kauff- mann, Mme. von Lewinskl, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Butterworth, Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Percival McCeney-Wer- lich and the latter's mother, Mrs. Rob- ert Hinckley; Mrs. James R. Mann, Mrs. George Mesta, Mr. William F. Dennis, Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker, Mrs. &;‘\( kI Klemm, Miss Ann Randolph, Miss Bar- Tine Drake, Mr. William Phelps Eno, ‘William J Mrs. Gib- . Ernest G. ! Walker, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs. William d‘el Maj. and llrl Gist nmr Mr. and Demerest Ll mr- mer Assistant to the Mwmey eral and Mrs. William J. Donovan, Mrs. Brooke Lee, Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer, Col. and Mrs. uorfls ‘Ernest Locke, Col. and Mrs. Conger Mrs. George C. Pratt, Miss Gytha Stourton and Mrs, Laurence Hamilton of Louisiana, who were guests of Mrs. M. de Clare Berry; Mrs. Alexander G. Bentley, Mrs. Wil- liam Laird Dunlop and the secretary of the Irish Free State legation, Mr, Wil- liam J. B. Macaulay. The Brazilian Ambassador, Mr. S, Gurgel do Amaral entertained a com- pany of 16 at a l\l&pfl‘ dance last night at the Club Chantecler. Mrs. James W. Good, wife -of the Secretary of War, returned to her suite at the Willard yesterday. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrl. Charles Francis Adams will be guests in whose honor the chief o( mvnl operations and Mrs, Charles F. Hughes will entertain at dinner this evening. Later the Secretary and Mrs. Charles Francls Adams will be guests of honor at the reception and dance of the Massachusetts Society held this evening at Wardman Park Hotel, with the president of the society, Assistant Attorney General and Mrs, Farnham recelving with them. The program for the evening includes cards and dancing and is of much more than usual interest. Mrs. Charles L. McNary, wife of Sen- ator McNary, entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Congressional Country Club, when her guests included Mme. Ververka, wife of the Minister of Czechosiovakia; Mrs. William R. Castle, jr.; Mme. Papanek, wife of the secre- tary of the Czechoslovakian legation; Miss Grace Burton, Mrs. George R. Farnum, Mme. von Lewinski, Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Mme. Panaretoff, Mrs. Eli Eliot Palmer, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. Thomas Knox, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs. Frank Forrest Bunker, Mrs. Willlam Padgett of Baltimore, Mrs. Mrs. | Frederick Pomeroy, Mrs. Horace Parker and Mrs. Maude L. Whitman. Mrs. McNary entertained the dele- gates from Oregon to the D. A. R. Con- gress today at the Mayflower Hotel. Representative and Mrs. John W. Summers will entertain at dinner this evening in_ honor of their daughter, Mrs. Hope Summers Witherell, who will leave ntlomormw for her home in Evans- ton, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen has accepted an invitation to be present at the gala performance of “Penrod,” which will be given this evening at 8:30 o'clock by the Junior Theater in Ward- man Park Theater. Senator and Mrs. James E. Watson will entertain at dinner and later take their guests, all of them from Indiana, to the performance. Mrs. Mason M. Patrick will also be present. Mrs. James M. Beck had a small company lunching informally with her yesterday for her daughter, Mrs. B. Pinkney Tuck. ' ‘The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. David S. Ingalls, had a small com: pany lunching informally with him yes- terday at the Carlton. 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