Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1930, Page 18

SOCIETY.’ ' SOCIETY President and Mrs. Hoover Filling Im- portant Social Engagements This. Evening—Dinner and Reception. HE President and Mrs. Hoover have two important engage- ments for this evening, the first being a dinner with the Vice President, Mr. Curtis, when his sister, Mrs. Gann, will act as his hos- tess, and later both guests and hosts will attend the reception in honor of th President and Mrs. Hoover at the Congressional Club. Yesterday the President and Mrs. Hoover entertained Mr. William Giliett at luncheon at the White House, and last evening Mrs. Hoover's sister and niece, Mrs. Large and Miss Janet Large, and Miss Sue Dyer, Mrs. Hoover'’s house guest, attended Mr. Gillett's presenta- tion of Sherlock Holmes at the National, Mrs, Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice President, will receive tomor- Tow afternoon, from 4 to 6 o'clock, in her apartment in the Mayflower. She will have assisting her through the re- coption hours, Mrs. George H. Moses. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Wiliam E. Borah, Mrs. Porter H. Dale, Mrs. James E. Watson, Mrs. Willlam J. Harris, Mrs. Henry J. Allen, Miss Hen- rietta Allen, Mrs. U. S. Guyer, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Miss Jean Hoch, Mrs. James G. Strong, Mrs. Haworth, Mrs. W. A. Ayres, Miss Ayres, Mrs. William Rodenberg, Mrs. Harold R. Smoot and Mrs. Ernest Dawley. Large Company to_ Attend Dinner at British Embassy. The Ambasador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard will be hosts to & distinguished company of 40 at dinner this evening. The Italian Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino enter- tained at dinner last evening in com- pliment to the Apostolic Delegate, the Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi. Others in the company were the dean of Georgetown University, _Father Nevils; Mgr. Bernardelli, Mgr. Marella, the Assistant - Attorney General and Mrs. George. R. Farnum, the commer- cial counselor of the Polish legation and Mme, Wankowicz, Dr. and Mrs. James Brown Scott, Dr. and Mrs. ‘Thomas Healy, the secretary of the Spanish embassy, Senor Linares-Ruvas; Lady Lister-Kaye, Mrs. Sydney A. Clo- man, and her house gyest, Mrs. Henry Sturgis; Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. ‘Truxtcn Beale, Mrs. Dillingham, Miss Mabel Boardman, Miss Belle Gurnee, Mr. Albert G. Redpath, Don Lardone, and the counselor, Conte Marchetti; the first secretary, Signor Vitetti; the secre- tary, Nobile Carlo Soardi, and the At- tache 'and Signora Bonardelli of the Italian embassy staff. The Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron will be hosts to a company of 34 at dinner this evening in honor of the Speaker of the House and Mrs. Longworth. Mrs. Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, will not receive tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, will not be at home tomorrow afternoon, but will receive the remaining Wednesday aft- ernoons in January. Mrs. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, Will receive tomorrow aft- ernoon at the Mayflower and will have at the tea table Mrs. Ephraim Morgan and Mrs. L. R. Aiken. Others assist- ing the hostess will be Mrs. David Hop- kins, Mrs. Paul G. Redington, Mrs. Frank H. Spenger and Mrs. Charles S. - McClung. The Ministér Tof Switzerland and Mme. Peter entertained at dinner last evening. Among their guests were the Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor do_Am- aral; the Minister of Austria and Mme, Prochnik, the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, the com- mercial counselor of the British em- bassy and Lady Broderick, the coun- selor of the German embassy and Frau Kiep, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Atherton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Price Wright and Mrs. William Barret Ridgely. Senator and Mrs. Hamilton F. Kean, who have been at their home in New Jersey, will return today to their apart- ment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Senator and Mrs, Royal S. Copeland were guests at dinner last night of Mme. von Lewinski, when she also en- tertained Representative and Mrs. Pur- nell, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, and Maj. R. E. McQuillin, an aide at the ‘White House. Later, Mme. von Lewinski and her | guests attended the Assembly ball, at th> Willard, and occupied a box. Representative and Mrs. Charles A. FEaton have as their guest their daugh- ter, Mrs. George His of Boston, who re- turned with her mother from a brief visit in the North. Representative and Mrs. Eaton will entertain at dinner for Mrs. His Priday evening, January-17. Miss Starr Eaton, daughter of Rep- retentative and Mrs. Eaton, was hostess at luncheon today, entertaining in their Georgetown home, Bellevue, on Q street. Her' guests were Mlle. Loranda Proch- nik, Senorita Maria Sacasa, Miss Junia Culbertson, Senorita Lucia Tessada- Guzman, Miss Vittoria Catalini, Miss Catherine Lowman, Miss Eunice Lee Evans, Miss Katharine Berry and per house guest, Miss Margaret Bass of Knoxville, Tenn.; Miss Justine Corby, Miss Eleanor Corby, Miss Anna Park- hurst, Miss Mary Ruden, Miss Nancy Jane Adams, Miss Mildred Huston, Miss Clara Lutz Bolling, Miss Carolyn Sanderson, Miss Elvira Johnson, Miss Mary Martha Wrenn, Miss Katharine Phillips and Miss Mary Carolyn Henry. Mrs. William E. Evans, wife of Repre- sentative Evans of California, will re- ceive from 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon in her home, 3155 Highland place, As- sisting her will be Mrs. Arthur H. Van- denberg, Mrs. William S. Culbertson and | js Mrs. Homer Hoke. Representative and Mrs. C. L. Gif- ford, who have been at their home in Cotuit, Mass., are expected to return today to their apartment, at the Hotel Roosevelt, Representative and Mrs. Frank Foss, Who have been possing some time at their home in Fitchburg, Mass., will also return today to the H%uveu. Representative and Mrs. Anthony J. Griffin, who have been passing the holi- days at their home in New York, are ex- pected to return today and open their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for the remainder of the season. Representative and Mrs. M. Alfred Michaelson also returned today to their apartment at the hotel from their home in Chicago. Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman was hostess to a company of 18 at luncheon today in compliment to her house guest, Mrs. Henry Sturgis of New York. The lunch- eon was planned in honor of Mrs. Taft, who has canceled her social engage- ments because of the death of Mr. Charles P. Taft, brother of the. Chief Justice, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Weller a nounce the marriage of the former's daughter, Miss Rita Weller, to Mr. Ed- win H. Cherrington yesterday, Mgr. Edward L. Buckey officiating. Mrs. Paul FitzSimons entertained at dinner last evening in the presidential hilipsborn 'ELEVENTH ST. = BETWEEN Drastic January Reductions Late Winter Hats $4.75 The very finest of French room models, in soleil, felts, metals, laces, fine felts. evening wear, 125 WINTER HATS Specially reduced to. . ... You've heard that expression about hats—and now it’s footwear. Firestone RitzImperial G. to conform with every curve and line of fashionable footwear, appeal that way to women who wear smart clothes. What's more, they’re comfortable and warm. Ask your dealer to show you Firestone Rits Imperials—made in Charmeens of Brown, Black, Fawn, and Grey. FIRESTONE FOOTWEAR COMPANY, Boston, Mass. Listen to '"The Voiee of Firestone” Every Mon- W holesale Distributor JOSEPH GUIFFRIDA & BRO. 711 Eye St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Tivestone VENING dining room of the Mayflower, having as her guests Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Harri- man, Mrs. Joseph Washington, Mrs. Thomas Reed, Mr. Henry Martyn Clarke, Mr. A. C. V. Wells and Mr. John ‘Gray. “The second secretary of the Japanese embassy, Mr, Kosaku sawa, has taken an apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Quite as brilliant as any grand opera audience seen in the Capital in many moons was that which packed the Na- tional Theater last night to hear the first performance of Willlam Gillett, who 1s making his farewell tour in the role of Sherlock Holmes. ‘The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi and members of the embassy ff, Mrs, Jean Henry Large, sister of 's. Hoover; the Minister of Poland, Mr. Tytus Filipowicz; Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, former Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine and others were in the vast audience. An interesting family party in one of the stage boxes was Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, who had with her her daugh- ter, Mrs. Edward Beale McLean, and the latter’s children, John R. McLean, Edward Beale McLean and Emily Mc- Lean. Others in the audience included Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips, Admiral and Mrs, Joseph Strauss, Maj. Gen. C. C. Willlams, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Glover, r.; Mrs. James Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Henry Har- rison, 3d, and their two children, Wil- liam Henry Harrison, 4th, and little Mary Harrison, arrived last evening by motor from théir home in Indianapolis and are guests of Mr. Harrison’s moth- er, Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, in her apartment in the Broadmoor for the remainder of the week. Mr. Harrison is a graduate of Friends’ School in Washington and recently completed his first term in the Indiana State Legislature. Assembly Ball Call Together Galaxy of Old Washington Society. In a setting of huge flags of all na- tions and tall cedars placed at inter- vals about the large ball room of the Willard Hotel, the Washington Inter- national Assembly last evening gave one of the gayest dancing parties of the season. While the boxes were well filled there was generous space on the floor for lovers of terpsichore. The guests arrived early and remained until the delicious hot supper, which was served at smail tables in the adjacent ball room after midnight, many retur Spring Is Not Far Away D I’P’\(y ngt ‘I’Plv! your %de" NOW for o angt s ; . rngeteh ang ol T WO 08| 'w_Address., 1202 G St N. FsG For dress, sports or ers, designed STAR, WASHIN( ing to the ball room for another hour of dancing. The receiving line was headed by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, honorary chair- man of the board of governors, who She wore a white wig, high, with many curls at the back. One of the most striking costumes was worn by Mrs. John Jackson, who impersonated a Russian cossack. The dress of tiny crystal flowers and leaves. Miss Rebecca Dial, daughter of for- mer Senator and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial, was dressed as a lady of the harem, in wore a handsome evening gown of light- blue satin, Assisting her in_greeting the guests were Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of Senator Swanson of Virginia, and Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, both members of the board of governors of the assembly. Mrs. Swanson was in pink moire and Mrs. Washington wore black velvet, which set off strikingly her white Colonial wig. taffeta. A colorful picture at the fete was the mnr;:h Ofuthe ‘nln‘uons, in which ‘: group of pretty girls took part, eacl be: the flag of a foreign country with Miss Elise Alexander as the stan- dard bearer of the Stars and Stripes. The young 1ladies, wearing evening gowns in every hue of the rainbow, marched around the ball room floor several times, led and directed by Brig. Gen. William E. Horton. Among those tak- ing part in the march were Senorita Maria Hortensia Diez de Medina, daughter of the Minister of Bolivia, who carried the flag of her country: Miss Anna Parkhurst, carrying the flag of Great Britain; Miss Engracia Freyer, Peru; Miss Helen Walker, Mexic Miss Vittoria Catalani, Italy; Miss Bina Day Dennen, Chite; Miss Emiscah Gale Davis, Belgium; Miss Janet Ball, Germany: Miss Clara Bolling, Japan: Miss Star Eaton, Argentina; Miss Maude Adrian, Australia; Miss Mildred Huston, Switz- erland; Miss Katharine _Phillips, Hungary, and Miss Marian Hart, the Irish fay ‘The march of the flags was the herald for the grand march, in which all those in costume joined in. There were but few in costumes, however, many the guests wearing wigs to match their conventional evening gowns. Handsome Gowns Worn. Mrs. Sidney F. 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