Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1929, Page 8

g = SOCIETY. A s HINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY .18, 1929. SOCIETY /. President and Mrs. Hoover Were Hosts at Dinner Last Night to Members of Upper and Lower Houses. ] and Mrs. Frank L. Greene of| the front. and a narrow flounce of | Vermont, Senator and Mrs. 1black chiffon fell below the hem line. | Roscoe C. Patterson of Missouri, Repre- A band of the black chiffon formed a sentative and Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher | scarf about her neck. Mrs. Walsh had of Kentucky. Chief of Naval Operations | a gown of rose beige lace made with a | Admiral Charles F. Hughes and Mrs. | long-sleeved jacket of the lace and a Hughes, Vice Governor of the Federal deep flounce of fiured chiffon falling Reserve Board and Mrs. Adolph Caspar | longer in the back than in the front. Miller, First Assistant Secretary of the | She wore about her neck an elaborate Interior and Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon, | diamond necklace, which hung half way Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons and|to the normal waistline, long pendant Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sullivan, diamond earrings and a pair of dia- —_ mond bracelets. All of those in the re- Dinner at British Embassy ving line wore long white gloves Tonight for Party of 16. with the exception of Mrs. Walsh, who | The-Ambassador of Great Britain and had_short white gloves, and she also | Lady Isabclla Howard will entertain | Carried a large ostrich feather fan of | . & company of 16 at dinner this evening. RESIDENT and Mrs. Hoover were | ured chiffon. the background of black. | hosts at dinner last evening, | with large flowers in deep pink. The | having as their guests Senator|skirt was longer in the back than in | pale pink. shaded to deep pink in the center, which matched the pink in the | figures of sthe chiffon on her gown. Mr. William Bowie Clarke, wearing a hunts- man’s coat, made the presentations The “chase” was staged in the center | | The Secretary of War and Mrs. James | M. Good will be the guests in whose | i honor Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Q.| Ashburn will enterfain a company of | 50 at dinner this evening at the Con- J of the ballroom, with four beautiful essional Country Club. Gen. Ashburn | hunting dogs, who slipped and slid on Smmrd this morning from Hot | the highly polished floor, and even at Springs, Ark., and Lieut. Col. and Mrs. | ,W. H. Peek have come from New York to be their guests over Sunday. The Minister of Bulgaria and Mme Radeff were guests at dinner last eve- ning of Mr, and Mrs. Alfred P. Dennis. who entertained in their home at 800 Twenty-first street in compliment to Mr. Dennis' brother, Chief Justice of the Baltimore Supreme-Court, and Mrs. Samuel K. Dennis. Others in the com- | pany were Senator and Mrs. William | H. King, Representative Ruth Bryam Owen, Represeniutive Frederick M. | Davenport, Assistant Secretary of State | brown riding habit, with breeches and | Willlam R. Castle, jr., and Miss Jessie | high boots to mateh, & gray brown shirt | Dell, civil service commissioner. | and brown and gray striped te. Her | hat was of felt with rather generous Senator and Mrs. William H. Kig | briin “and sound crown. Gen, 1 could not run. The tiny fox was secure- ly held by a “hunter,” while another blew the hunter’s horn, and “following | the hounds” were the riders in hunting pink” and riding “togs.” are owned by Walter ball fame and the foxes came from Kentsdale. Prizes were awarded to Miss Frances Virginia _Waggaman, | daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Ennals Wag- gaman, who will be a debutante of next William Mitchell, for the most at tive and complete en- semble. Miss Waggaman ws in & Tich season, and Gen. Mitch have as their guest the former’s nephew, | poq plack satin breeches and a hunt- Mr, Carl A. Fisher, who is on leave from | jno «pink™ coat with pale green reveres his post as secrctary of the United | “Tne Ambassador of Cuba and Senora | Miss Carol Gimbel and Miss Hope Horse Show. night, when her guests were Miss Fliza- beth Ransley. Miss Barendina Garde- Gimbel of New York. exhibiting their own horses at the annual ey are twins and 14 years old, rs. Bernard F. Gimbel, daughters of ational Capital Miss Catherine O'Donnell was hostess at Juncheon foday at the Congressional ! Mrs. Benjamin Dulaney will give a|ner: vice presidents, Mrs. Edith Galt luncheon and bridge Monday at the | Mish, Mrs. Millard F. Thompson, Mrs. Army, Navy and Marine Country Club, | Harvey and Tuesday, May 21, Mrs, John Reeve will be hostess Incheon at the Hay- Adams House for her. Brig. Gen. Colton L. H. Ruggles, {U. 8. A, is in New York, where he is | staying at the Hotel Astor. | _ Miss Julia Terese Sheridan. Mrs. Mar- | garet Sheridan-O'Connell and Miss An nette Sheridan will close their home Monday and motor to their Summer | place, Willow Hall, Cazenovia, N. Y., | and will return here in October. | Mrs. Keblinger of 2700 Connecticut avenue is the guest of Col. and Mrs. H. N. Cootes in Richmond. Col. Cootes | was former military attache in Vienna. | Maj. Alexander Forward and his | daughter, Miss Virginia 1. Forward. will { o to New York on June 4 and will sail on June 6 for Bermuda. Miss Forward will go to Baltimore on Friday to at- tend the commencement exercises at Goucher College, from which she was graduated a year ago. She will return to the Wardman Park Hotel, where she will join her mother for a few days | before going to New York. Mr. and Mrs. F. | close their apartment in the Wardman go the middle of June to Nantuck-t, | of the Summer. Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons of Newport ington at the Mayflower. | Dr. and Mrs. Prentiss Willson will be at home informally for their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George | Henry Snyder, tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, at their home, 2940 Albe- | marle street. Presbyterian Home Giving | Annual Garden Party. i At the annual garden party at the | Presbyterian Home, 1818 Newton street, { Tuesday and Wednesday of next week | the board of lady managers will receive | ffom 4 to 10 o'clock. | _The president, Mrs. Brainard H. Wa 20 During May on New M 7his || Coupon Saves. . .. Norment, jr.. will | Park Hotel and with their children will | where they will spend the remainder | R. I, has joined her hushand in Wash- | ¥ Irwin, Mrs. Chester Smith: | secretaries, Mrs. Robert E. Auld, Mrs. W. H. Trigg: treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Vaughan, and - the chairmen of all church committees constitute the recep- tion committee. Visitors will, for the first time, see the addition to the home, Improvements have been made pos- sible by the gift of $50,000 by the | Grandin heirs, in memory of their | mother, and the bequest of $35.000 from | the estate of Mrs. A. R. Quaife, for so | many years president of the board. The ‘absence of Mr. John B. Larner, president of the board of trustees, be- cause of a serious accident, will be | felt. Mr. Larner succeeded Judge Staun- ton J. Peele, deceased. Miss Lizzie M. Warman is the efficient superintendent | of the home. Miss Helen M. Dean and Miss Jean | MacMillan of Toronto are spending some time together at the Grace Dodge Hotel. Mrs. W. C. Murch is another res- | ident of Toronto staying at the Grace | Dodge Hotel this week. Mrs. Walter Charles Arundel of Den- ver, Colo,. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Drennan, 600 Twentieth street northwest. Mrs. William H. Howard and her son, Mr. Minot Howard, have come from their home in Port Chester, N. Y., and are stopping at the Wardman Park Hotel while aftending the horse show. | Mrs. Howard and her son recently re- turned from a trio to Arizona and New Mexico. Mr. Howard, stable of thoroughbred horses, shows them about the country, but did not return East in time to make his entries for the Washintgton show. The ladles of the Dolly Madison | vaAvaAvaAvavava MILTON C. WORK’S NEW BOOK aVed Contract Bridge For Al ST Everybody is now taking up | Contract—it’s Auction with a who owns a| SOCTET Y. R e v | Chapter, N. 8. Daughters of the Amer: | can Revoluiion, have issued cards for an | | “at home" in honor of Dolly Madison’s | e at the home of Mrs. Henry B. Pagten; | " *1tby and Honored Ruwianian 3019 Livingston street, from 4 to 7 Bared in Double Life. o'clock. BRAILA, Rumania, May 18 P).—Po- | their ‘apartment in the Wardman Park | Zacharje Safru, one of the most wealthy Hotel and have gone to New York. and_honored merchants of Braila, as | a long wanted bandit leader, terror | At least $250,000 will be spent in re- | sylvania. Police searching his villa hers pairs to Houses of Parliament in Eng- ' found jewelry valued at many millions | land during the next 12 months. of lei ( & lei is worth nearly 6 mills), Saturday Evening, May 18th, at 7:30 P. M. Featuring ‘And His All-Famous M. C. A. Orchestra Special Entertainment—Couvert, $1.00 ” $2.50, Including Couvert. | MERCHANT A BANDIT. birthday anniversary, Mond: May 20, | Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Selby have closed |lice have succceded in unmasking of Bessarabia and the whole of Tran- SAM ROBBINS Call OSCAR, Columbia 2000, for Reservations. § Country Club in honor of Miss Helen ner, Miss Eloise Requa, Miss Dorotheca | Moran, whose engagement to Mr. Ab- Lane, Maj. Raymond McQuillan, Capt. SUPER OIL HEATERS ¢‘thrill.”” « In Contract, ‘‘the States legation at Belgrade. | de Frnnrn"“‘r‘rp among the many at | t bidding’s the thing,”” and Mr. S. Wallace | the ball, tHe Ambassador wearing his Representative and Mrs. Dempsey entertained at dinner last eve- | ning in the Pan-American room of the | Mayflower Hotel in compliment to the Minister of Canada and Mrs. Massey. Others in_the company were Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Representa- | tive and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, As- | sistant Secretary of the Navy Mr. | Janchke, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. William D. Connor, Brig. Gen. William E. Hor- | ton, Mr, and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, | Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McConihe, Mr. | and Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert. Mr. and | Mrs. James M. Greene, Mrs. Mary | Stewart and Mrs. Karl Klemm. The air attache of the Italian em- bassy, Comdr. Silvio Scaroni, has closed | his apartment in the Wardman Park | Hotel and is spending a month touring the United States. | Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will not | receive tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ash will be hosts to a company of 30 at dinner tonight | at the Chevy Chase Club in compli- | ment to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eaton, | who were recently married and have | returned to Washingten to live. Mrs. | Eaton was formerly Miss Margaret | Farrand. ~ Hunt Ball and Breakfast Proves Thrilling Success. Hunting “pink” and riding “togs.” with live foxes hounds, made the hunt ball last evening a fitting_climax 1o the second of the three day National Capital Horse Show, now in progress at | Bradley Farms. The party was given in the ballroom” of the Mayflower, and a | real hunt breakfast was served in the presidential dining room about 1 o'clock, | after the “chase.’ The Vice President, | Mr. Curtis, occupied a box and held a | veritable reception through the evening, | and thére were many others from the various circles of Washington society in boxes and on the dancing floor. | Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice President. received the guests, | - assisted by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Assistant Secretary of War; Mrs, Grayson, wife of Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, president of the National Capital | Horse Show, and Mrs. Thomas ‘Walsh. Mrs. Gann wore a gown of white chiffon embroidered in pearls, rhine- stones and emerald beads, soft drdpery of jade green tulle falling from each side over a skirt of green. She wore jade ornaments and a bandeau of dia- monds. Mrs, Hurley's gown was also of jade green, the chiffon studded with crystal beads, and from the straight fit- ted bodice a deep flounce of green tulle fell to her ankles. She wore pearls. Mrs. Grayson, who arrived later than the others, had a becoming gown of fig- RAGE LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE MOVING AGENTS ALLIED VAN LINES o SAVE m:nu TO WASHED CLEANED 5% FURS STORAGE 1313 YOU STREET, N.W.’ PHONE NORTH 3343 | Jefries Chewning, jr. hunting coat and Senora de Ferrara in | a becoming gown of black lace made | over flesh-color silk. The Minister of | Egypt and Mme. Samy. the Senoritas | Padilla, the Assistant Secretary of War, { Mr. Patrick J. Hurle; Mr. Edward Everett Gann, Admiral Long, Gen. Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Childres: Charlotte Childress, Miss Adair Child- | ress, Mr. and Mys. Maxim Karolik, Mr. and Mrs. Harold R.Smoot, Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, Dr. and Mrs. James Alex- ander Lyon, Mrs. Robbins, Mr: Klemm, Mrs. Charles G. Matthe Elizabeth Powell Dunlap, Mr: Evans, Miss Meta Morris Evans, X John ' Miller Horton, Mrs. Francois Berger Moran, Mrs. Horace G. Mac- far] Archibald Gracie, Mr: M. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bones, Mrs. Fenton Brad- ford, Mrs. John Dana, Mrs. O'Day, Mi: Mary Lee Phillips, Capt. and’ Mrs. Frank Barrows Freyer, Maj. and M Ennals Waggaman, Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten, Mr. Hugh Legar: Mr. Alex Legare and Mr. William Je fries Chewning, jr. Mr. and Mrs. Post Wheeler were at the ball and were greeted by their many friends, made some years ago when they lived in Washington. Mrs. Wheeler was in black chiffon and lace. During the breakfast hunting songs were sung by those sitting at the many small tables in the dining room. making the party one of gayety and good fel- lowship. Dinner Parties Preceding Hunt Ball Last Night. | Mr. Charles Delmar entertained at dinner last night, taking his guests later to the hunt hall. 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