Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1929, Page 41

Features for Women Part 3—16 Pages - SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1929, Tales of Well Known Folk MISS JUNIA CULBERTSON, Daughter offsthe Ainbassador to. Chile and Mrs. Culbertson, to make her debut here Christmas eve. Herrls & Eving. List of State Functions On White House Schedule Canc?led by President Oficial Society Sorrowing Over Death of Secre- tary Good—Future Program Partially Out- . -lined—Special Events Noted. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. ITH the date set for the opening of the official social season not two weeks away, the White House was suddenly plunged into official mourning for the death of a member of the President’s executive family, and the social cclumns of last week took on a long schedule of postponed and canceled engagements, | the entire social structure of the Capital being changed. HE Vice President and his sister, Mrs. Gann, canceled their engage- ments; the Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, who were to have entertained for the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, conceled not only the date for that dinner but all other social affairs for the present; the Ambassador of Italy curtailed social activities for the visiting officers from his country earlier in the week when the crisis in Secretary Good’s condition was expected, and Mrs. Harry New, wife of the former Postmaster General, who had arranged a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Brown, her successor in the cabinet circle, recalled her invitations as soon as the news of the Secretary’s serious illness reached her. MRS. HOOVER'S good works could scarcely be canceled, even for | the most stringent rules of official mourning. and -tomorrow | she will lay the corner stone of the bullding for the children's new country home. The time is 11 o’clock and the woman members of the boards of the Children’s Country Home, Child Welfare, Children’s Hospital and the prenatal clinic of Columbia Hospital will be present. ‘The new hcme occupies an enviable site at Bunker Hill road and Eighteenth street northeast. 'VER have there been so many advantageous changes made in the official program as that of this season. The thousands who have crowded into the White House for the several receptions given during a Winter are wondering why ng previous mistress of the msmfim thought out the comfortable schéme evolved by Mrs. Hoover. It is truly a right step in keeping with the growth of the Govern- | ment to plan two receptions for the congressional body, one for’ the Upper and one for the Lower House, and to add three bureau receptions, thus adding dignity to those departments which previ- ously only basked in the glory of any of the other receptions te which the high officials chanced to be invited. | RS. HOOVER will, emulating Mrs. Taft, when mistress of the| White House, be able to serve refreshments with comfort and dignity. Both dinner parties and receptions will take on a much more personal atmosphere and there is no greater honor offered an American citizen, along social lines, than breaking bread in the White House. There will be the same artistic and delightful Cali- fornia atmosphere surrounding the buffet suppers that always ob- tained in the Hoover home during the days they were in the cabinet. WITH December 18, when official mourning expires, society will resume its most active phase and the wives of cabinet members will hold their first Wednesday afternoon at home of the adminis- tration on December 18. They will not receive'oh any other day of December, but will observe other Wednesday afternoons at home throughout the season. FURTIVE indeed were the glances one caught of Lady Lindsay, wife of the Ambassador-designate of Great Britain, who came to Washingten incognito at the end of last week and as the first chatelaine of the new British embassy looked over the mansion fast growing to completion, at several different times. She called on Lady Isabella Howard, but remained quite in seclusion all during her stay in the Capital. She returned to New York in midweek and will not again visit Washington until she comes here propably in February. TH absolutely nothing to guide them in the arrangement of WI their social affairs in the observance of official mourning—not Society Buds Listed For Special Honors In the Early Future Defutantes to Make Bows at Formal Presentation Ceremonies Being Planned for Their Reception. Mrs. Henry Price Wright will enter- tain at a small tea Wednesday in her home, 1812 Twenty-fourth street, when she will present. here daughter, Miss Margaretta Wright, to society. Receiving with Miss Wright and her mother will be Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mme. Peter, Mme. Prochnik and Miss Elsie Bayard of Philadelphia. A group of the season's debutantes will receive also, including Miss Loranda Prochnik, Miss Elsie Ekengren, Miss Ellis Bostrom, Miss Victoria Catalani, Miss Eleanor Crain and Miss Laura Tuckerman. On Wednesday evening Miss Wright will be the honor guest at a theater party followed by supper at Chantecler, to which her aunts, the Misses Bayard of Philadelphia, have invited the debutantes who will receive with her at the tea and Mr, R. R. Bogge, Mr. Sheldon Blyas, Mr. Pepe Rivas, Mr. J. Hale McKillip, Mr. Rodney Fiske, Mr. Robert Hinkley, Mr. John Sweeney and Mr. Henry Price Wright, jr. Mrs. Wright has issued invitations for a luncheon for "her debutante daughter December 1, and for another on December 15, and will also be hestess at dinner December 11, at her homie, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will give a ;renllzlqku for Miss Wright on Decem- T 20, Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry is issuing invitations for a ball at the Mayflower Hotel the night of December 27, when she will formaily present her daughter, Miss Catherine Knox Berry. Miss Berry was to be presented at a tea dance at the Mayflower December 31, but plans were necessarily changed. Miss Berry has just returned from Nashville, Tenn., where she was presented to society at the Girls' Cotillon Club ball and at a dinner dance at the fashionable Belle- Sarah Berry. Miss Berry's visit “in | Nashiville was a series of triumphs, her relatives being among the most im- portant and active members of Tennes- see soclety. Mrs. Francis Walker will entertain in- formally at tea this afternoon in com- pliment to Miss Junia Culbertson, debu- tante daughter of ‘the United States Ambassador to Chile and Mrs. Culbert- . Mrs. Walker will be assisted by her daughter, Miss Helen Walker, and Miss Engracia Freyer, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Frank Barrows Preyer, .both debutantes of this season, who will pre- side at the tea table. Notes of “At Homes" In Capital Calendar ‘The chief of Cavalry, Maj. Gen. Her- bert B. Crosby, and Mrs. Crosby have postponed indefinitely the reception |they were to have given Wednesday | afternoon for the officers of the Cavalry sllltlonl‘d in Washington and their wives. — Comdr. and Mrs, John W. Morse will entertain at a large dinner next Thurs- day evening in the crystal room at the Willard, knowing what is really expected of them, as the announcement from the Wh‘te House seemed applicable only to the departments of the Government, and others were left to use their own judgment—diplo- mats are far at sea over what is expected of them up to December (Continued on Second Page.) ‘ Mrs. John Ryan Devereux will not re- | celve “this afternoon, but will observe {her day at home Sunday, Deeember 1, | when she will have with {ur her daugh- ter and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Richard ' Crist and Mrs, dshton Devereux, meade Country Club by her aunt, Miss | MISS BETT Y EDSON, Granddaughter of Mr. John Joy Edsom, spend- ing her,Thanksgiving holiday with him. Clinedinst. Secretary andr Plan for_Thanksgi\_fing Day Will Leave City Tuesday for Their Long Island Home—Special News Mrs. Stimson Notes of Washington. ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson will leave Washington Tuesday for Highbold, their home on Long Island, to be absent until after Thanks- giving day. ; ‘The Postmaster General and Mrs. Walter F.'Brown will close their apart- ment at the Wardman Park Hotel for a | few days and ‘will go to Atlantic City, ' where they will pass Thanksgiving with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Georgs Haser. ‘The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. | Charles Francis Adams will leave Wash- ington Wednesday to spend Thanksgiv- ing with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, in New York. Mrs. Adams is spending the week end in Boston. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont have post- poned the dinner dance planned for their - debutante daughter Miss - trude Lamont,. December 7, on account of official mourning. Mrs, Lamont and er daughter are bothaout of the Cap-| ital and no other date has been ar- ranged for the event. The Speaker of the House, Repre- sentative Longworth, has been joined by Mrs. Longworth, who arrived the middle of the week from their home in Cincinnati. Little Miss Paulina Longworth will' come in time for Thanksgiving with her parents. Senator and Mrs. Willlam J. Harris will have with them for Thanksgiving their daughter, Miss Julia Wheeler Harris, who will arrive Wednesday from Bryn Mawr. Senator Vandenberg Leaves for Visit in Detroit. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg has gone to his home in Grand Rapids for a visit. He will probably pass Thanks- giving with his son, Mr. Arthur H. Vandenberg, jr.. in Detroit. Mrs. Van- denberg and Miss Barbara Vandenberg have remained in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel, where Sen- (Continued on Second Page.), MISS EDITH EUSTIS, Daughter of Mrs. William Corcaran Eustis, who made her debut at a tea Thursday. Harrls & Ewing. Chief Justice Taft And Mrs. Taft to Have Guests at Luncheon Will Entertain Court Mem- bers Tf\'anklgiving Day. Society Record in Capital Official Circle Outlined. ‘The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft will entertain officials of the Supreme Court at Juncheon Thanksgiving day. Senator and Mrs, Charles L. McNary have recalled their invitations for din- ner Saturday, December 14, because of the official mourning. They were to have entertained in honor of the Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis. Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten will entertain at dinner Wednes- | day evening in compliment to the re- tsl.rtnl Minister of Egypt and Mme. my. Mr. William C. Deming, president of the United States Civil Service Com- mission, who makes his home at the Mayflower, entertained last evening at the opening of the dinner dances in the Palm Court of the hotel where these popular events will be staged for the balance of the season, was also resumed yesterday at the May- flower and will continue on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons throughout the Winter. Mrs. Paul Fitz Simons, sr., was also a dinner hostess last eve- ning in the Palm Court of the hotel, having five in her party. Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, wife of the As- sistant Secretary of State, will entertain at luncheon Wednesday in compliment to Mrs. Willlam 8. Culbertson, wife of the United States Ambassador to Chile. Dr. and Mrs. James A. Lyon will en- tertain at dinner Friday evening for their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Culver of Paris and Mrs, Marius de gnbant. and Mrs. Lyon's sister, Mrs. . Hopkins Heft of New York, who will arrive in Washington Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Lyon will be hosts at dinner again Saturday evening in compliment to the members of their house party. Mrs. MacKensie Entertains Minister and Mme. Samy. Mrs. Robert P. Mackenzie will be hostess at_dinner tomorrow evening in (Continued on Second Page.) Dance Scheduled by Club Of Young Married Couples The Dancing Club, composed of 60 young married couples, will give its first dance Wednesday evening in the patio of the Hotel Cariton. . The mem. | rship is limited to 60 couples and there will be no unmarried members. Mrs. Robert Ransdell and Mrs: Winslow | Van Devanter are sponsors for the club, | which will give five dances through the | season, ' the first to be Thanksgiving | eve. Many of the members will enter- | tain, at dinner before the dance and there will be an atmosphere of in- formality, there being no receiving line. | Secretity: Mallon: Honors Secretary Good's Memory | Owing to oficial mourning for the late Secretary of War, the Director Gen- eral of the Pan-American Union will act as host for the Secretary of the ‘Treasury at the Juncheon he is giving at the Pan-Amerjcan Building en Novem- ber 25 for the Pan-American Commis- sion on Customs, Procedure and Port Formalities, now in session at the Pan- American Eufldlu. Tea_dancing | MRS. ‘DAVID HOPKINS, \Who, -with her husband. Representative/ Hopkifis of Missdurijisrat.the:Cavalier) Ambassador and Senora | . The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora | de Ferrara have as their guests over Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cintas of New York. ‘The Belgian Ambassador and Princess turn tomorrow from a brief stay in New York, where they went Friday. ‘The Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro will be the guests of Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee at luncheon to- | day in the presidential dining room of Mayflower. Senora de Olaya, wife of the Minister of Colorfibia, was hostess to a small company informally st luncheon. yes- terday. ‘The Minister of Greece and Mme. Simopoulos are expected to return to this country from their native land about the first of the year. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Grisanti will entertain at luncheon today at the legation. Minister of Persia Listed Honor Guest at Luncheon. | _The Minister of Persia, Mirza | Davoud Kahn Meftah, who is spend- ing a few days in New York, will be the honor guest at a luncheon to- morrow given by the Persian colony. ‘While in New York the Minister is at the Plaza Hotel. He is expected to' return to Washington Tuesday. ‘The Minister of Canada and Mrs. Massey, who are motoring through the South, are expected to return to Wash- ington at the end of the week. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Michael MacWhite, is at the lega- tion convalescing from his recent ac- cident. The Minister of China and Mme. Wu have gone to New York, where the | Minister will address the students at International House today. Tomorrow the Minister will make an address_in East Orange, N. J., and with Mme. Wu will return to Washington Tfesday. The Minister of Honduras, Sepor Dr. Don Ernesto Argueta, will entertain at luncheon tomorrow at the Pan-Amer- ican Union. Envey to Celebrate King's Birth Anniversary. ‘The Minister of Jugoslavia, ' Dr. Leonide Pitamic, will entertain at a reception December 17 from 5 to 7 o'clock, in celebration of the birthday anniversary of the King of Jugoslavia. ‘The military attache of the British embassy, Col. Pope-Hennessey, who salled November 16 aboard the Cynthia from England, is expected to arrive in New York tomorrow or Tuesday and will come to Washington the latter part of the week. Dame Una Pope-Hen- nessey remained in their in England. ‘The third secretary of the British embassy, Mr. Michael Wright, who is ’Rfi'flm' A brief vacation traveling in 3 country, is expected to return to Washington early in December. de Ligne and their daughters will re- | Cuban Embassy Entertains Guests Over the Week End de Ferrara Among Those Extending Hospitality—Notable Social Functions in D;p]omatic Circle. ents, Mr. and Mrs, Caittornia: Charles Mattson, 1n The military attache of the Ttali embassy, Gen. Augusto Villa, will f‘: B Sang P e e e date of retir e col. oy —— eut . Marco Pennaroli, who has been appointed to succeed Gen. Villa, will not sail for this country until late 1 in December, The military attache of the Cuban embassy and Senora de Prieto pre- sented the latter’s daughter, Senorita g:cldn.'rem;dn Guzman, to soclety at w' nce given ter ballroom of m.’fi-y?:lel‘.‘ o The assistant military attache of the French embassy and Mme. %'hm-un. Who spent_several weeks in France, re- turned to Washington Friday from New Wwhepe they arrived the middle or German Embassy Counselor And Frau Kiep Entertain, The counselor of the German em- bassy and Frau Kiep had guests dining informally with them last evening for | Frau Kiep's sister, Fraulein Elsa Alves, who arrived in this country a fortnight ago to spend the Winter with Dr. and ¥Frau Kiep. Frau Kiep met Fraulein Alves in New { York and they remained there a week, | coming to Washington Friday. The commercial _counselor of ‘the Swedish legation and Mme. Weidel have taken an apartment in the Anchor: (Continued on Third Page.y —_— ’Junior Holiday Dinner | And Dance Set for Dec. 26 The -junior holiday dinner dance, always one of the most delightful of | the season’s parties for the sub-deb set, will be given Thursday, December 26, at the Willard. The younger crowd, | home from school for the holldays, turn | out en masse for this gay party. The committee in charge of the dance this year includes Mrs. Richard 8. Anne “Arehnold, Mme: Brengren. My ne_ Arc] g . Ekengren, Ulysses S. Grant, 3d; m Sook Knox, Mrs, Eugene Meyer,-Mrs. Arthur O'Brien and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman. Cabinet Hostesses Postpone Days at Home Because * of official * mourning the wives of cabinet members not observe their Wednesday afternoons at home December 4 and 11, but will be at home December 18 and on. the fol- lowing Wednesday afternoons d the season, with the ex n ‘;Weflnesdly. December 25, ay. of Officats a¢ Navy Yard Cancel Dance Date The dance which was to be given by the commandant and officers of the The first secretary of the Peruvian embassy, Dr. Santiago F. de Bedoya, | was joined yesterday by Senora ae| | Bedoya, who has been visiting her par- - navy yard and naval station in the sail’ loft, at the navy yard, December 10, has been cancelled because of the oficial mourning.