Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1929, Page 18

SOCIETY." STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ©; FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1929, SOC Prcsidcnt and Mrs. Informally at Dinner Last Edening. White House Guests Depart. Jast evening. Mrs. Hoover received at noon today at the White House the senior class of the Bloomfield High School, at Bloomfield, N. J. Prof. and Mrs. T. N. Carver of Cam- bridge, Mass., who have been guests at the White House, left this morning for their heme. The Misses Huston. daugh- ters of the former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, will return to their home in Texas this afternoon. The Vice President, Mr. Curtis. and his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, will ‘be the guests of honor at dinner | this evening of the Minister of Egypt | and Mme. Samy, who will entertain a | company of 30. Additional guests are asked for a musical after the dinner, | for which the program has been ar-| ranged by the attache of the legation, | Mr. Andre Cattaui. The Ambassador of Great Britain and | Yady Isabella Howard went to New | York this morning and will be the| guests of honor at dinner this evening of the British Commonwealth Club, to celebrate Empire day, the annjversar of Queen Victoria's birthday. The Am- bassador and Lady Isabella Howard will remain over Sunday. The Ambassador of Prance and his daughter, Mlle, Reine Claudel, are| gpending today in Richmond, where | they went this morning to see the ‘Weddell houze and the collectior. of | paintings in the gallery, which Mr. and Mrs. Weddell have presented to the Virginia Historical Soclety. Mme. Debuchi, wife of the Japanese Ambassador, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Francis Martin Savage en- tertained at luncheon today in her apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street. ‘The Chinese Minister and Mme. Wu | returned this morning from New York. | where they were guests at dinner of | the Asia Soclety of New York. Mme. Wu will entertain at tea this afternoon. HE President and Mrs. Hoover had their house guests and one Ea or two others dining with them Mrs. Hoover and Guesis At Opening of Davis Cup Games. The First Lady of the Land was an enthusiastic speciator of the Davis Cup | tennis matches held yesterday after- | noon on the courts of the Chevy Chase Club. Mrs. Hoover arrived on the scene | promptly at 2:30 o'clock, the time set Tor the matches. She remained through- out the entire first set and spontaneously | applauded again and again the out- IETY Hoover Entertained Linen and the more summery mate- | rials. took the lead in the fashioning of the most effective frocks seen at ves- terday’s event. Many of the costumes followed the trend of the mode to be the vogue several months to come. In the large gathering were many natives of the great empire across the Pacific. Much interest was_ taken in the costumes selected by the dainty Japanese women in which to see tennis players from their country. Mme. Debuchi had on a smartly tailored white silk gown, with a white straw hat and white kid slippers. Her coat was of heavy black silk and there was a large white flower at the left lapel Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi had with them several members of the em- bassy staff and their wives, who wore continental dress Perhaps one of the most interested | in the events was Miss Alice Davis, whose father, Dwight F. Davis, former Secretary of ‘'War, is the donor of the | trophy which is the ultimate goal of | the noted stars who met on the courts vesterday in the current American zone match. The former War Secretary was | himself a famous tennis star and the Davis Cup is one of the most esteemed and sought after of the trophies in the tennis world. Miss Davis wore a striking gown of green tweed made in two-piece effect, a felt hat and a| beige fox fur neckpiece. Countess Cornelia Szechenyi. daughter of the Minister of Hungary, arrived with a party. She had on a rose beige two- piece frock with a hat of natural straw Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of the | Commissioner of the District, was seen | at the refreshment booth with a group of ladles, all enjoying ice cream cones. Mrs, Taliaferro had on a smart two- piece figured silk_gown, in shades of yellow and biue. Her hat was of yellow straw and she wore yellow slippers. Princess Elizabeth de Ligne, daughter of the Ambassador of Belgium and Princess de Ligne, wore a figured silk gown, with a beige felt hat and slippers o correspond. Adding & humorous touch to the day was a young colored boy who enter- tained a small group during the inter- missions with old Southern tunes played on_ his ukulele. Among others who attended th» matches were the Minister of Sweden, Mr. W. Boston; Senora de Ververka wife of the Czechoslovakian Minister: Mile. Jeanne Cretziano, daughter of the Rumanian_Minister; the counselor of the Peruvian embassy and Senora de Gonzalez Prada. Mrs. John Crayke Simpson gave her box to Mrs. Charles Wheeler, who en- tertained several friends. Others on the stand were Senora de Diez de Medina, A SOUTHERN VISITOR MISS ELEANOR O'RILEY, Deveicux, Bradley lane, Chevy Chase. Daughter of Mrs. A. J. O'Tiiley of New Orleans, guest of Dr. and Mrs. John Ryan SOCIETY. " Tnars. 3. Lincoln Newhall, Mrs. Lewis L. Walker, Mrs. John Glover South, Mrs. Allan G. Snyder, Mrs. Creed C. Ham- mond, Mrs. Edgar Jadwin, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Colden L'H. Ruggles, Mrs. Chase W. Kennedy, Mrs. Albert C. Dal- ton. Mrs. William Preston Wooten, Mrs. William B. Ladue, Mrs. Allen Guilion, Mrs. Cadmus J. Baker, Mrs. Gilbert Van Buren Wilkes, Mrs. Simon Boliver Buck- ner, Mrs. Bogart, Mrs. Mark Devine, Mmie. Juan Chevalier, Mme. Jorge Boyd, Mrs. J. M. Doran, Mrs. Bolivar J. Lloyd, Mrs. Claude C. Plerce, Mrs. Rice W. Means, Mrs. Augustus O. Stanley, Miss Jennie Moore of Fairfax, Va., Miss Blanche Wingo, Mrs. Edwin P. Morrow, Mrs. Frank B. Freyre, Mrs. Carroll Power, Mrs. Everett B. Howard, Mrs. Francisco Arias of Panama, Mrs. Everet, Sanders, Mrs. David D. Gaillard, Mrs. | Peter Drury, Mrs. Burt New, Mrs. E. L. Stellwagen, Mrs. Frank C. Henry, Mrs David Meade Lee, Mrs. Fred Dennett, Mrs. George W. Hess, Mrs. John Smith- wick, Mrs. W. J. Vereen, Mrs. Ella Her- bert Micou, Miss Alida Henriquez, Mrs. Warren N. Akers, Mme. Maria Z. Arias, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. Ulric Bell, . Mystic P. Matthews, Miss Lilla ©EAVO—) Q:'/%IOI o ONNECTICUTSy _AVENUE 0J Sarah Craig Bennett, Mrs. | For the Decoration Day Jaunt Lovely SILK LINGERIE Ciffford K. Berryman, Mrs. Louls Bet- | hart, Mrs. Charles E. Boles, Mrs. Smith Bowman, Mrs. John Mason Brown. Mrs. | H. N. Bowman. Mrs. Grace T. Butler, Mrs. Alice B. Carrier, Mrs. Abner Cas- sidy, Mrs. Edward H. Conger, Mrs, W. T. Davis, Mrs, William R. Dennis, Mrs. | Willlam N. Doak, Mrs. Faith Fisher, | Mrs. James Gwynne, Mrs. Nannie G. Jobe, Mrs. Alfred Fowler, Mrs. Ethel H. Gawler, Mrs. R. P. Green, Mrs. Roy A. Haynes, Mrs. Philip King, Mrs. Virgil Y. Moore, Miss Mae Helm, Mrs. Robert H. McNeill, Mrs. Camden R. McAtee, Mrs. Charles B. Keefer, Mrs. Marie Tyler McCormack, Mrs. Lorenzo W. Martin, Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, Mrs. Elmer Oliver, Mrs. G. B. Likens, Mrs. Joel Henry Pile, Mrs. Mattie W. Porter, Mrs. Charles Riker, Mrs. Elvina Rowe. " (Continued on Ninsteenth ' Store Your | - FURS! ' WITH BERNARD | Free Glazing_and Serviei ents into our Cold Vaunvs, " erre Repairing—Restyling Into & new swing of ‘ashion—at Low Summer Rates. Estimates Freely Rendered Special Low Prices on Fox Scarfs. | /| 1508 Conn. Ave. (4 Doors Above Dupont Circle). Call Us—Decatur 2264 Byrns, Mrs. James A. Frear, Mi H. Kincheloe, Mrs. | erine Langley Mrs. John Q. Tilson, Mrs. | Charles J. Thompson, Mrs. Milton A. Henry Allen Cooper, Mrs. Joseph W.| Romjue, Mrs. E. Hart Fenn, Mrs. Luther David | A. Johnson. Mr: Albert H. Vestal, | Joe J. Manlov Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland, Mrs. John M. | Mrs. Harry L. 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Wallace Dempsey, buchi, who occupied a box, saying that | Mrs. Joseph E. Da Mrs. Charlton the Japanese player, Tamio Abe, Hen- (Edward Moran, Dr. and Mrs. Daven- nessey's opponent, gave a worthy and | port ‘White, Miss Virginia Harris. Mrs. Step-Ins Petticoats Bandeau Sets .E.Cunningham CoZ 314~316 SEVENTH SI..NW. Tracy Dows, Miss Mildred Tytus, the skillful performance of the sport 80| .. ior general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe, and Brig. Gen. ‘William E. Horton, Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher, wife of Representative Thatcher of Kentucky, will entertain at luncheon at the Con- gressional Country Club on Friday, May 24, at 1 o'clock. The ests were Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Minister from Panama; Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. Willlam E. Borah, Mrs, Willlam H. King, Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Alfred Mitchell, Mrs. Frederic M. Sackett. Mrs. Arthur R. Robinson, Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, Miss Grace Burton, Mrs. Tom Connally, Representative Florence Kahn, Representative Kath- dearly loved by his countrymen. Mrs. Hoover was escorted by three ‘White House aides wearing the Summer white dress uniforms. She had as her guests in her box Mrs. William M. Jar- dine, wife of the former Secretary of Agriculture and their daughter, Miss Marian Jardine; Miss Katharine Hus- ton, Miss Alice Huston and Miss Mildred ‘Huston. Mrs. Hoover wore & becoming blue #lik ensemble, the gown a straight line model and the coat lined with figured silk. Her hat was of blue, closely woven straw and she carried a beige fox fur neckpiece. The presidential party was entertained at tea at the club house be- fore their departure. ‘There was a delightful informal at- mosphere about the grounds yesterday, | with much visiting in the boxes. Mrs. | Hoover held an impromptu reception, | many of her close friends and admirers going to_her box. Mrs. Edge, wife of Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey, ‘was among those who greeted the First y. The stands, erected on either side of the court, were of the circus variety and were well filled. The ladies in the “gallery” presented a colorful and gay “SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" Memorial Day Flowers and Wreaths picture in their Summer gowns and | sccessories. The spectators seated in | one stand were given the impression of | a living “patchwork quilt” in the vivid | hues of the frocks of the women in| the assemblage in the opposite stand against the background of many whnw‘ gowns and the more somber attire of | the men. | The most popular spot during the | intermissions was under a group of | large trees where, at a booth conducted | by members of the Junior League, Te- {reshments were served. 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