Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 10

10 so SOC The Chief Executive Guests to See Tennis Matches on White Ho HE President and Mrs. Hoover in- vited a number of guests to wit- ness _the exhibition matches of the Davis Cup tennis teams this morning at 9:45 o'clock on the eourts of the Executive Mansion. The Chief Executive and Mrs, Hoover entertained at dinner last evening hav- ing as thelr guest the Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Prancis Adams, and Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hilary P. Jones. Mrs. Hoover was hostess at one of her charming teas yesterday afternoon receiving in the Blue Room. The First Lady of the Land wore a becoming costume of pale gray crepe, the bodice having a deep gray lace bertha-like collar and her slippers and hose were in harmony with the gown. Mrs., Edward Bowman presided at the tea table in the Red Room. The company included granddaugh- ters of former Presidents, Mrs. Robert J. Randolph, who was before her mar- tiage Miss Jessie Lincoln, granddaugh- ter of President Abraham Lincoln, and Mrs. Harrison Willlams, who as little Marthena Harrison, was a baby during the administration of her grandfather, President Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Williams was accompanied by her -eld- est daughter, Miss Sally Ann Williams, who made her first visit to the Execu- tive Mansion yesterday. Mrs. Randolph is a daughter of Mrs. Lincoln, and the late Robert Todd Lincoln, who was Secretary of War in the administrations of Presidents, Garfleld and Arthur. Much interest was displayed by the eompany in the garden just south of the State dining room and the west terrace where many varieties of roses are in ‘bloom. Mrs. Taft will be the guest of honor t the luncheon Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett :nd ;flrs Charles Graves Matthews will CIETY. IETY and MI‘S. HOOVCI‘ Had use Court. anchored in Hampton Roads, having | just returned from southern waters. Lieut. P. L. Haynes, A. C., U. 8. N., | and Mrs. Haynes have arrived in; Washington from Norfolk for the | Curtiss air races and are stopping at | the Carlton. Mrs, Strother Smith, widow of Rear Admiral Strother Smith, has returned | to her apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel after passing some time in Rich- | mond and at Hampton and Old Point | Comfort, Va. Mrs. George C. Thorpe has returned to Washington after spending a week | in Baltimore with her daughter, Miss }smy Thorpe, who is recuperating in a | hespital in that city. | | Enthusiastic “Gallery” at | Tennis Match Yesterday. | The two stands constituting the “gal- | lery” for the Davis Cup tennis matches | were well filled yesterday for the sec- | ond day of the contests on the court of | the Chevy Chase Club. | Mrs. Hoover presented the presiden- tial box to Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, who had as her guests Mrs. Henry L.{ | Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State, | who has been in Washington about a week; Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, Mrs. James W. Good, Mrs. Pierce But- ler and Mrs. Robert Munroe, wife of the President’s aide. Mrs. Stimson, who, with the Secre- tary, has been house-hunting since her arrival at Wardman Park, will return to her home in New York immediately after a decision is reached on one the several houses which they have un- | der consideration. Mrs. Stimson wore | to the matches yesterday a dark blue | flat. crepe gown,” with a straw hat to | match, The Japanese Ambassador and Mme THE EVENING b STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, ding breakfast at 12:30 o'clock in the‘ home of the bride's parents, at 2362 Massachusetts avenue, is inclosed with an at home card for Mr. Coburn and his bri.e after October 1 at 36 High- land st:eet, Hartford, Conn. Invit: tions have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Beale for the marriage of their daughter Nancy to Mr. Willlam Thomas Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann, Friday after- noon, June 14, at 4 o'clock in St. ‘Thomas’ Church and the reception im- mediately following in the home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snow, ir. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hight have gone to New York with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Hayes, who salled for Europe last night on the S. S. France. From there Mr. and Mrs. Hight will go to Walling- ford, Conn. to visit their son, Mr. Frank S. Hight, jr., at Choate School, and then to their Summer home, ‘Woodland Farm, at Canaan, N. H.. for a few days. Miss Phyllis Hight will go to New York and then to the com- mencement_exercises at Ogontz School at Rydal. Pa., from which school she yL'rldu-tefl & year ago. Mrs. Benjamin M. Meeks entertained {a party of 20 at a bridge-luncheon today at the Iron Gate Inn, in honor of her daughter, Miss Helen Frances Meeks and to announce her engagement to Mr. Wendell Elsworth Thorne of New York. The guests included Miss Phoebe Frunas, Miss Kathleen Nalle, Miss Helen Potter, Miss Olyve Barbee, Miss Peggy Morgan, Miss Eva Ruppert, Miss Lucile T. Talbot, Miss Edna Talbot, Miss Margarge Loeffler, Miss Grace Colton, Miss Louise Jaquette, Miss Anne Tobin, Miss Josephine Ramage, Mrs. Robert Halg, Mrs. Don Cameron, Mr. B. L. Walker, Mrs. E. Pratt, Mrs. Eugene Houghton and Mrs. Lloyd Sauer. Miss Katherine Van Iyckes Junkin was the reciplent of a bridal shower given at the home of Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley last evening. Over 40 guests attended, many being members of Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter. Miss Junkin's marriage to Mr. Wil- liam Roy Lane will take place Satur- day, June 8, at noon in the Fourth Presbyterian Church at Fifteenth and Kennedy streets northwest. Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman MAY 25, 1929 entertained at dinner last evening honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Biddle of Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin N. C. Barnes, Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus Whitney Culver and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Gibson motored to Philadelphia yesterday to attend the annual Canadian Club dinner, which ‘was given in the country club. Mrs. Charles A. Jenkins and daughter, Miss Frances Elizabeth Jenkins of Scarsdale, N. Y., are at the Annapolis. Miss_Jenkins enrolled this morning for the Fall opening of the National Park Seminary. Mr, and Mrs. Frederick V. Hasler have motored to Washington from | their home in Little Silver, N. and are at the Carlton for a short Political Study Club May Breakfast Today. Dr. Luclus C. the American University, presided at The annual May breakfast of the Political Study Club held in the large ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel, at noon, today. Several musical numbers, conducted by Miss Lilllan Chenoweth, accompanied by Mr. Christopher Tenley, were given, when the entire gathering sang in chorus to several of the old airs, words written by the retiring presi- dent, Mrs. Frank Morrison, and the incoming president, Mrs, Bruce Baird, told in rhyme the aspirations and pur- pose of the club and the programs given monthly for the past year. About 300 reservations were made. Additional thousands of cus- tomers. You will be Cold Storage for Fur Coats, $3 | Chokers Remodeled surprised how beau- tiful we can make New England Furriers Benjamin Sherman, Prop. We have pleased your choker look. 618 12th St. Franklin 6355 Clark, chancellor of | socrETY.” in | reservations, including Mrs. Charles A. Hawley, hostess to Mrs. Earnest Grant, Mrs. Ralph Sabin, Mrs. A. C. Cron, Mrs. G. 8. Barnhard, Mrs. E. S. Brashears, Mrs. William Laird Dunlap, jr. and Mrs. Ellott H. Haag: Mrs. David Meekison, Mrs. W. B. Roberts, jr.;. Miss Jane Silvester, Mrs. Frank Fuller, Miss Ellen S. Meyers, Mrs. Wallace Streater. Mrs. Hilleary L. Offutt, jr.; Mrs. Cecil R. Chittenden, Mrs. John F. Craven, Mrs. H. K. Fuller, Mrs. Katheryn Corwin, Mrs. W. H. Sault, Mrs. William Theophilus, Mrs. M. P. Orme: Mrs. Rose Yates Forrester, hostess to Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay: Mrs. David H. Kincheloe, Mrs. Richard V. Taylor, Mrs. Stewart Le Blanc, Mrs. Custis ARDWVAN DINNER | | Perry, Mrs. W. 8. Stewart and Mrs, | Marie G. Scott, Mrs. Ida_L. Chiswell, Mrs. Raphael Sherfy, Mrs. B. R. Stickney, Mrs. Retta B. Morris, Dr, Edith Seville Coale, Miss Mary A. | Lindsley, Miss Edith C. M. Gude, Miss Elizabeth Peet, Mrs. Charles E. Fergu- son. Mrs. J. F. Brashears, Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs. Frederick M. Mills, Mrs, Frank Overman, Mrs. A. Stedman Hills, Mrs. Irving Fuller. Mrs. Margaret Brown, | Mrs. Maude Harding, Mrs. George Sim~ mons, Mrs. Anton Heitmuller, Mrs, Ralph Heitmuller, Mrs. Addie A. Bar- rett, Miss Lena L. Rowe, Miss Grace M. Rowe, Mrs. Clause A. Gathgens, Mrs. Minnie Squire, Mrs. Harry Fulton and Lieut. Mina Van Winkle. PARK’LCT, DANC Saturday E\—'ening. May 25th, at 7:30 PM. Featuring SAM ROBBINS And His All-Famous M. C.'A. Orchestra Specisl Entertainment—Couvert, $1.00 - *Diner Parfait,” $2.50, Including Couvert. Call OSCAR, Coloml 2000, for Resorvations. i E“.&Ifit' i 3 b Monday, | ::I‘:r ‘3' T e | Debuchi occupied a box for the matches MISS MARGARET HITCHCOCK SIMS, | which were played by Yoshira Ohta and Dinner Tonight Fetes Cuban | Tamio Abe of the Japanese team and Envoy and Senora de Ferrara. he Ambassador of Cuba and Senora deTFerrm will be the guests in whose honor Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert Owen Williams will entertain at din- ner this evening at the Chevy Chase Club. he Minister gf Egypt and Mme. ln’fiay entertained at dinner last eve- ning in honor of the Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Everett Gann, brother-in-law and sister of the Vice President, were in the company. Other guests were the Minister of Persia, Mirza Dovoud Khan Meftah; Senator Samuel M. Short- ol Senator David 1. Walsh, Senator ur Capper, Representative Stephen G. Porter, Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, rence Richey, Secretary to the Presi- dent, and Mrs. Richey; Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Wetherall Bell, jr., of Baltimore; Mrs. Maurel of Providence. the second secretary of the legation, Mr. Ahmed Mamdouh Moursi; the at- tache of the legation, Mr. Andre Cat- taul; Mrs. Fred Thurber of Providence, Dr. and Mrs. Fenton Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smoot, Mme. Sanchez- Latour and Mrs. John Danna. Additional guests were asked for & musicale which followed the dinner when Mr. Andre Cattaul arranged the program. A large and dis hed company, representative of of g?lormun and residential society, attended the re- ven yesterday afternoon by Mme. Wu, wife of the Chinese Minister. It was Mme. Wu's first formal at home since her husband's appointment and society en masse called at the legation to pay their respects. The legation was gay with Spring flowers yesterday. Mme. Wu was assisted by Mrs. Ray Mitchell, Senora Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. R. Farnum, Mrs. Walter 'B. and Mrs. G. T. Chao. Mme. Wu wore her native costume of amber satin embroidered in pastel shades. Mrs. Charles F. Hughes, wife of the chief of naval operations, accompanied by Mrs. Henry D. Flood and Miss Charlotte Meeker of Bath, Me., motored z& fi.nnspolls this morning to spend y. Mrs. Hughes entertained at lunch- eon yesterday in compliment to Miss Meeker, who is her house guest. ‘The commissioner of internal revenue and Mrs. David Hunt Blair have been Joined at the Wardman Park Hotel by the latter's daughter, Mrs. Allen Rush- ton, and her small son, Douglass Allen Rushton, of Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Rushton will be among the at- tendants at the marriage of Miss Hester Anne Le Fevre to Mr. Gordon Lindsay, Luke early in June. Commissioner Jefferson Myers of the United States Shipping Board and Mrs. ‘Myers gave a dinner Thursday evening in’ their residence in honor of Col. Wil- liam Hanley of Burns, Oreg., ploneer eattle man of the West Coast. Mrs. George Ackerson, wife of the secretary to the President, entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Associa- tion of University Women in _honor of #rfy John L. Willlams of Elizabeth, Mr. PFrench Strother, jr. research secretary to President Hoover, recently returned to his apartment in the Ward- men Park Hotel after a short trip in Virginia. ‘The chief of the financial division of the Argentine embassy, Mr. Eckart, will entertain at an al fresco barbecue this afternoon at his_country place on the Columbia Pike, Va., in celebration of the national holi of Argentina.. ‘Mrs. Hayne Ellis is expected to return Monday to her apartment in the Ward- man Park Hotel after Flssln‘ a short time in Old Point Comfort, Va.. where she went to meet Capt. Ellis, who is in command of the U. S. 8. Arkansas ous FAREg ARE LOWEST Ride the RICHMOND . PITTSBURGH CLEVELAND. DETROIT . . . CHICAGO . . . INDIANAPOLIS ST.LOUIS. . . Tickets and Information at INTERNATIONAL TOURS TERMINAL Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. ene Metrapoitan $314-5315 | John Van Ryn and John Hennessey of | the American players. Mme, Debuchi wore an ensemble costume of black silk with = large white flower figure and a black and white hat with a drooping brim. The Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla, with their daughter and two sons, Senorita Rosa Padilla and Senor Alvaro Padilla and Senor Richard Padilla were among the inter- ested onlookers. Senor de Padilla wore a long black corded silk coat, a small black straw hat with tall square crown and narrow brim and a scarf of black lined with white. Senorita Rosa Pa- dilla was in g:y crepe ensemble with & small 5 Mrs. &r\:lyilm R. Castle, jr., wife of Assistant Secretary of State Castle, was in a box and wore a dark blue crepe gown, with a long navy blue kasha coat and a small blue straw hat with turn- down brim. Among others in the gal- lery were the Minister of Sweden, Mr. Bostrom; Mr. and Mrs. David St. Pierre Gaillard, the latter in bright green sweater suit and small, close-fitting green hat; the director general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe; former Secretary of War Mr. Dwight F. Davis, donor of the cup for which the matches are being played; Mr. Charles Henry Butler, Gen. and Mrs. Andre W. Brewster, Mrs. Thomas Bradley, Comdr. and Mrs. Joel T. Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Suydam, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr.; Mrs. Frederick H. beck of the Breckinridge 8. Penfield, Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, Mrs, Frederic D. McKenney, Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Goff, Mr. and Mrs. Benja- min Royall Holcombe, Miss Mildred Ty- tus and Mrs. Karl D. Klemm. Mrs, Mshlon Pitney, widow of the late associate justice, was an unusually interested spectator and wore a becom- ing costume of dark blue and white figured silk, with a dark blue coat of light cloth and a close-fitting, basket- weave hat with moderats brim, up- turned. Also in the assemblage were the counselor of the Peruvian embassy and Senora de Gonzalez Prada, the latter wearing a smart red ensemble, with a hat to match; Mile. Jeanne Cretziano, daughter of the Minister of Rumania; Miss Exilons Hamilton, whose engage- ment to Senor Victor Alfaro, son of the Minister of Panama and Senora de Al- faro, wore a striking two-piece suit of figured printed linen with a small nat- ural color straw hat. Mrs. George Bar- nett, who has recently returned from Europe, wore an effective gown of green fiat crepe with a green hat to match. ‘The booths conducted by the Junior League continued to be the center of attraction during the intermissions. After the final sets yesterday many spectators lingered under the trees, en- joying the ice-cream cones and other refreshments served by Washington’s younger set. Threatening skies brought out many umbrellas, which were, in the absence of inclement weather, turned into parasols. Mr. Spencer Gordon, former tennis champlon of the District, and Mrs. Gor- SOSILENT . . il:o' startlin, st .o t i and wonder whether it electric operation. at once. o TS S S PSS Whose engagement to M Robert Holbrook Hopkins of Boston has been announced by her parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs. William S. Sims of Boston, Washington and Newport. The wedding will probably take place in the Fall. —Bachrach Photo. don held an impromptu reception after the finals yesterday. Benjamin-Jackson Wedding at Noon Today. The marriage of Miss Alice More- | head Jackson, daughter of Mrs. Stephen Goodloe Jackson of Washington and ‘West Virginia, to Ensign Albert Ben- jamin, son of Mrs. Hira R. Deckworth of Claremont, N. H., took place at 12 o'clock today in the home of Mrs. Kenna Elkins, at 1519 New Hampshire avenue, the Rev. Charles Wood, pastor emeritus of the Church of the Cove- nant, officiating. ‘The pretty young bride wore & cos- tume of beige color crepe, hat and other accessories corresponding, and a corsage bouquet cluster of tiny roses and lilies of the valley. There were no at- tendants, Mrs. JackSon giving her daughter in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Mitchell of Morgantown, W. Va., came for the ceremony, and just after the breakfast Ensign and Mrs. Benjamin left for a brief wedding trip. The bridegroom is attached to the U. S. S. Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mohun have is- sued 'invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth. to Mr. Single Lectures in Nature Study & Astronomy Y. W.C. A, 17th and K Sts. Tuesday, 7-8, 8-9 Nearly everybody in Washingten Knows the Fidelity Co. This is to remind you. 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