Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1929, Page 35

SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, - MRS. T. 6. HETHERINGTON AND CANDIDA, Wife and daughter of the Air Attache of the British Embassy. Outdoor Life Is Becoming Popular Form of Diversion AmongResidentsof Capital Example Set by President and Mrs. Hoover Attracts Many—Washington Already Out- fflfll(! Ot}icr SOCifll Centers. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. O is the President and Mrs. Hoover cn a country drive and stop- ping to take a basket luncheon by the roadside, the President on a fishing trip trying to keep up with his predecessor, Mr. Coolidge, in the Waltonian art, or Mrs. Hoover on one of her day’s outings accompanied by friends, there is an atmosphere that no other place in the country could equal. ® THE President spent yesterday in outdoor sport and Mrs. Hooper, accompanied by Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, wife of the late stec; reaates out the at- important factor here than in other cities, and whether it retary of the Smithsonian Institution, and one of the authorities on wild flowers, and one or two others, left at al same time for a motor trip to Westtown, Chester County, Pa., to tend Old Scholars’ day and the dedication of a meeting hcuse which | is a reproduction of 3 historic meeting house of that section. TOMORROW the President and Mrs. Hoover will again spend some time outdoors, entertaining a large number of guests from the diplomatic corps, official circles and resident society, to witness prac- tice games by tennis players for the Davis Cup, the greatest trophy of the tennis world and now held in France. Two days later, society en masse and famcus tennis players from many parts of the country | will assemble at Chevy Chase Club courts to witness the final games | for the contest on this side of the water and to be completed later in France, where the cup is held. TH‘E National Capital Horse Show, which, like the tennis tryouts, had two practice exhibits with young riders winning golden laurels before the opening of the Spring show Thursday, was a suc- cess to make the directors truly proud. Mrs. Hoover went out Friday afternoon and Mrs. Gann attended the show yesterday. Many of the diplomats also were present on one or mcre of the three days and attended every event preceding the brilliant hunt ball and breakfast, which must necessarily become just as much a part of the season as has been the horse show itself. ONE met groups of notables on a certain day last week making pilgrimages through the historic gardens of Georgetown, which was a city with a custom house before Washington was thought of. The beautiful place of Alexander Comstock Kirk of Chicage and Georgéetown, and now attached to the embassy at Constantinople, with its 10 or 15 acres of land forms one of the most. beautiful parks in the District of Columbia. The swimming and reflecting pool is fashioned after those in the Borda Gardens at Cuernavaca, Mexico, and there during the occupancy cf Mr. Kirk and his mother, Mrs. J. C. Kirk, the smartest element of society met for a dip on warm Summer days. ONE of the pilgrimages of the week was that to Oak Hill, one time the home of President Monroe and situated near Leesburg, Va. The construction of the house was superintended by Thomas Jeffe son. It was completed in 1823, and its first notable guest was Gen. Lafayette. The architect was Capt. James Hoban, and the old man- sion holds many relics of its owner, while the gardens are filled with plants and trecs from Mount Vernon, Monticello and other famous places that flourished in that time and are now shrines. gy York for the celebration of the anniversary of Queen Victoria by the members of the British Commonwealth Club. Queen Victoria, which stands at the head of the grand staircase in the embassi'x on Connecticut avenue will before many months be re- moved to the new embassy on Massachusetts avenue, where it will adorn a similar place. a splendid likeness of Victoria in her you her court robes with jewels and ermine. of Washington for more than 50_years. L UTDOOR life in the Capital becomes a more interesting and | HE Ambassador of Great Britain ana Lady Isabella Howard, who recently returned from a trip to Princeton. N. J., will go to New ‘The huge portrait of The portrait with its massive gold frame is nger days, and shows her in | Frcm her vantage point in the embassy she has Jooked down on all the great men and women Notcworthy Social Functions Mark Week In National Capital Cabinet Representatives and Others in High Circles Gather at Charming Din- ners, Luncheons and Teas. ‘The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams shared honors with the Ambassador of Cuba and Se- {nora de Ferrara at dinner last evening given by Mr. and M3s. Walter D. Dene- gre, who entertained a company of 18. They returned yesterday to the Ward- | man Park Hotel, after passing the day |at Annapolis. The Secretary and Mrs. | Adams attended the crew race. | _Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher, wife of Representative Thatcher of Kertucky, will entertain a large luncheon party Priday at the Congressional Country Clyb, having among her guests ladies of the diplomatic corps and of official | and resident society. Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, wife of the As- sistant Secretary of State, had.guests lunching informally with her yesterday in her apartment in the Dresden. | Mrs. Willlam Fitch Kelley and her | son_and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. McClure Kelley, will entertain at ‘tea this afternoon at 5 o'clock in their sul | urban home, The Knoll. Col. and Mrs James Blythe enter- tained a party of eight at the dinner dance last_evening at_the Wardman (Continued on Second Page.) DiskinsoniGarniichas) 1 Wedding Set for June 81 Miss Marion Carmichael, daughter of | | Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Roderick L. Car- | | michael, has-selected June 8 for the| | date of her wedding to Mr. Call Dick- | | inson, son of Representative and-Mrs. | | | L. 3. Dickinson of Towa. The ceremony | will be performed in the Washington | Heights Presbyterian Church, by the | | Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, at 8 o'clock | in the evening. | | Miss Carmichael will have as. her | | maid of honor ner sister, Miss Kath- lecn Carmichael, and her only otherj | attendant will be Miss Ruth Dickinson, sister of the bridegroom. Representa- |tive L. J. Dickinson, father of the | bridegroom, will be the best man, and | the ushers will include Mr. Henry | | Wheeler of Newport, R. 1.; Mr. Emmet | | Peterson of Sacramento, Calif.; Mr. | | Rollin_ Hunter of Des Moines, Towa; | | Mr. William H. Cranford of Washing- |ton, D. C.. Lieut. John E. Stephens, {U. 8. N, and Cadet Roderick L. Car- | | michael, jr., United States' Military | { Academy, brother of the bride. "Virginia Engagement ! | Of Interest Herc'i Mr. Pendleton Long Williams of Red- | | wood, ~ Culpeper, Va., announces the | engagement of 'nis sister, Miss Mary | Jane Williams, to Representative Henry St. George Tucker of Lexington, Va., the wedding to take place late in June. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY MRS. WILLIAM E. BORAH, Who with her husband, Senator Borah, was a at a White Hause diLnner last week. MRS. CHARLES E. SWANSON, 19, - 1928, Tales of Well Known Folk guest MRS. GREGG, Bride of Mr. John Price Gregg, head of the Ameri i N tianal|Chia e or Gty ::cl:an Section of the One of many new Congressional hostesses, wife of Representative Swanson of Towa. Onderwood & Underwnod. Official Family of Capital Listed in Moving Throng| Senator and Mrs. Metcalf have left| Europe. They will return to this coun- the Hotel Carlton and are now thnK‘YJ‘,V in September. on their houseboat, the Felicia, anchored | Mrs. Evans will close their apartment off the Capital Yacht Club, corner of in the hotel and will start the middle Water and Eleventh streets. of the week for Glenville, Calif.. where —_— | She Wi open their home for the Sum- Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham |mer. Miss Catherine Evans will join have as their guests the latter's mother, | her mother after the first of June. Mrs. Alfred Mitchell of Miami, Fla., who = will remain until the first of June. Representative and Mrs. Francis Sei- week end at their home in Akron, will | retum to the Mayflower the first’ part of the week. — ‘ Mrs. David Hunt Blair, wife of the Representative and Mrs. William E.| commissioner of internal revenue, re- Evans have had as their guests at the | turned Friday evening to her apartment Wardman Park Hotel Mrs. Harry T,|in the Wardman Park Hotel, after a Lockwood and her son, Mr. Ralph Lock- | Visit to her mother, Mrs, J. W. Cannon, wood, of Glenville, Calif. Mrs. Lock- it Concord, N. C. Mrs. Allen Rushton wood ‘and Mr. Lockwood will said on the | 2nd her small son. Douglass Allen Rush- Senator Royal 8. Copeland will return to the Wardman Park Hotel today after a visit to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. | berling of Ohio. who are passing the | .Socicty.s Tennis Fans | z | preparmg to Extend | Distinguished Company Asked to White House for Games—DBoxes at Chevy Chase Club Subscribed For. Society will pay as ardent homage to the tennis court this week as it did to the horse last week with the differ- ence that the United States is playing for its own trophy. the Davis cup, against the champions of other coun- tries. The President and Mrs. Hoover are giving the players from Japan and the United States a social welcome by in- 5.5. George Washington May 29 for! (Continued on Third Page) (Continued on Second Page.) Welcome to Players| Dean of Diplomatic Corps The Ambassador of Great Britain |and Lady Isabella Howard will motor | to Richmond today to see the exhibi- | tion of paintings in Virginia House which is an English house brought | trom England and rebuilt near Rich- mond by Mr. and Mrs. Weddell. The Ambassador and Lady Howard were hosts at dinner last evening. hav- ing as their guests Representative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon. Admiral Gor- | don Campbell, V. C.; Admiral and Mrs. ! i Mrs. Prederick Cutting, the naval miral Hugh Rpdman, Mrs. E. H. G. Shater, and the naval attache and Mrs. Ritchie. the assistant naval attache and Mrs. Horton and Miss Gytha Stourton of the British embassy. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will entertain at dinner this evening. They will give a large recep- tion tomorrow afternoon from 5 to 17 o'clock in the embassy to celebrate the {anniversary of Cuban independence. The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila will entertain a company of 18 at luncheon today. The Minister of Egypt Samy went yesterday by motor to At- lantic City and will return the middle of the week. and Mme Netherlands Envoy, in Cuba, Will Return This Week. The Minister of the Netherlands. Mr. J. H. van Royen, is expected to return to Washington at the end of the week from Cuba, where he went to attend the inauguration of President Machado. ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. MacWhite, will go to New York to. | day for a brief visit and return the | middie of the week. The Minister of Nicaragua and Senora de Sacasa, who have been in Philadelphia for several days, will re- turn today. York and stopped in Philadelphia en route home. The retiring Minister of Ecuador, Senor Zaldumbide, will sail Saturday aboard the Leviathan for France to join Senora de Zaldumbide for a short vaca- | tion in Paris. They will return to Ecua- | dor early in June and the Minister will take up his duties as minister of foreign affairs. The first secretary, Senor Juan Bnr-’ i beris, will be charge d'affaires durin: | the absence of the Minister. Mme. Wu, wife of the Minister of | China, has sent out cards for an at | home Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 | o'clock, at the legation. British Naval Attache and Mrs. Ritchie End Vacation. ‘The naval attache of the British em- bassy and Mrs. Ritchie arrived in Wash- ington Friday from England and are in their home at 2336 Massachusetts ave- nue. Capt. Ritchie has been in Eng- ian embassy, Comdr. Lais; Rear Ad- | They spent 10 days in New | Will Visit Richmond Today With Lady Howard Ambassador Will View Col= lection of Historic Paintings—Special Events in Embassy Circles. ! land on vacation and went there shortly before the date for his marriage to Mrs. Ritchie, formerly Miss Karsl which ‘took placé Thursday, April 4. The naval attache of the Italian em- | bassy and Signora Lais will entertain at dinner Wednesday evening. ‘The commercial secretary of the Brit- ish embassy and Mrs. Leander McCor- mick-Goodhart are spending the week | end in the countrv along the shores of the Patuxent Rivi The secretary of the Netherlands legation, Baron van Boetzalaer, will sail aboard the Rotterdam Wednsday. May (Continued on Second Page.) Formally#MecehPablic Mr. and Mrs. William E. Miller are announcing today the engagement of their daughter Vivian to Ensign Rob- ert L. Densford. U. S. N. M and Mrs. J. N. Den: Kans. They will be hosts their home at Oxon Hill, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Harold O. Smith an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- | ter Carroll to Mr. Knox Johnstone, son | of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Johnstone of | Mocksville, N. C., the wedding to take place in the Fall. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor Fen- wick of East Falls Church, Va., an- | nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Mary Virginia, to Mr. Donald Kyle Addie of Montreal. Canada, the wed- | ding to take place J Mrs. Florence Swart of Fairfax, Va., announces the engagement of her | daughter. Bunice Gwyndolyn, to Mr. Warren Gifford Hall, 2d, of Providence, R. I, and Washington, D. C. The mar- | riage will take place June 18. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keenan an- | nounce the engagement of their daugh- | ter, Mary Catherine, to Mr. James H. McCormick_of Springfield, Tl The wedding will take place June 15 at St. Thomas' Church of Washington. ;Society- In‘fo;n;er;i [ Of At Home Dates Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis will be at their country place, Rippon Lodge. ! Sunday and will be at home to their friends. The gate to Rippon Lodge is | located 26 miles from Washington on the Richmond road. Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will not be at home this afternoon. Mrs. James Irvin. Steel and Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner Ladd will enfertain today at tea from 5 to 7 at 4422 Lowell street, Wesley Heights. Mrs. Steel will retu{n to her Pennsylvania home next week. \