Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1930, Page 18

B2 SOCIETY. SOCIETY The Postmaster General and Mrs. Brown Entertaining at Dinner Tonight for President and Mrs. Hoover. President and Mrs. Hoover will be the guests in whose honor the Postmaster General and Mrs. Walter F. Brown will entertain at dinner this evening in the Willard Hotel. Covers will be laid for 22. Vice President Feted at Senator Allen’s Dinner. The Vice President, Mr. Charles Cur- tis, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of Mrs. Sydney Cloman. Mrs. Cloman and her guest, Mrs. Henry Sturgis, will leave Washington tomorrow for Palm Beach, to be the guests of Mrs. Hope-Slater for a short time before going to California. They will return to the Capital about March 2 0. | The Vice President was the ranking guest at the dinner given last evening in the palm court of the Mayflower by Senator and Mrs. Henry J. Allen in compliment to the Kansas delegation | in Congress. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, Senator Arthur Capper, Representative and Mrs, W. A.| Avres, Representative and Mrs. Homer ¥och, Representative and Mrs. James G. Strong, Representative and Mrs. U. S. Guyer, Representative and Mrs. Clif- ford R. Hope, Mrs. William P. Lambert- son, Representative and Mrs. Charles 1. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Den- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pettijohn, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stilman, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Jardine, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Eaken, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Alford, Mr. and Mrs. Clif Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. M. Farmer Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Ro- land Kidder Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Karrick, Mrs. Tyree Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Markham, Mr. Chester I. Long and Mrs. Pauline Hanson. ‘The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard will be the guests in whose honor the Minister of Portugal and Viscountess d'Alte will entertain a company of 20 at dinner this evening. The Aml dor, who will shortly retire from this post, has been dean of the diplomatic corps for several years, and Viscount d’Alte, who has been Minister at Washington since 1902, is dean of the Ministers accredited to this post. The Ambassador and Lady Isabella lunched with the Minister of Jugoslavia, Dr. Leonide Pitamic, at the legation, on Sixteenth street. ‘The Italian Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino were the guests in whose honor Representative and Mrs. John Q. Tilsor entertained at dinner last evening at the Mayflower. Included in the company present were the Minister of China and Mme. Wu, Senator Arthur Capper, Senator Law- Tence C. Phipps, Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Representative and Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, Representa- tive and Mrs. Richard P. Freeman, Representative and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, ir.; Representative and Mrs. Charles L. Underhill, Representative and Mrs. J. Mayhew Wainwright, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Representative and Mrs. Willlam E. Hull, Representes tive Florence P. Kahn, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, Representative and Mrs. Franklin W. Fort, Representa- tive Franklin F. Korell, Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck, Count Alberto Marchetti di Muriaglio, Maj. and Mrs. Parker West, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richey, Mayor Thomas A. Tully of New Haven, Conn.; Miss Mabel Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Harriman, Miss Vera Bloom and Miss Phoebe Underhill. Spring flowers were used as a table decoration, with orchid-color tulips and yellow jonquils predominating. ‘The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Carlos Davila, will leave Washington this evening for Mississippi, where he will remain until about February 10. e dor and Senora de Davila were hosts at dinner last evening in honor of the Ambassador of Brazil, Senor S. Gurgel do Amaral. The com- pany included the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi, the Minister of Bul- garia and Mme. Radeff, the Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles Davila, the Min- ister of the Union of South Africa, Rep- resentative Stephen G. Porter, the di- rector general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe; the Chilean Ambasasdor-designate to Peru, Senor Conrado Rios; the United States Min- ister to Salvador and Mrs. Warren De- lano Robbins, the military attache of the embassy and Senora de Galeno, _ Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Senorita Maria ¥ Padilla, Senorita Carmen Satrustegui, the first secretary of the Chilean em- bassy in Peru, Senor German Vergara; the first secretary of the embassy, Senor Blanco; Seiretary of Embassy Eenor ‘Valdes and Senor Ricardo Lecaros, sec- her day at home tomorrow and is not expected to return to Washington until the end of the week. The Minister of Sweden and Mme. | Bostrom will have guests dining with them this evening. ‘The Minister of Ecuador and Senora de Viteri will entertain at dinner this | evening in compliment to the retiring | secretary of the legation, Senor Don Juan Barberis, who will go to New York tomorrow, preparatory to sailing Friday for é‘“ new post as charge d'affaires at Paris, Representative and Mrs. A. H. Gasque have with them in their apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel Mrs, Haynes Lennon lndc her small daughter of Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. F. Trubee Davison, wife of the Assistant Secretary of War for Avia- tion, will be at home tomorrow after- noon from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock. Mrs Davison will be assisted by Mrs. James S. Parker and Mrs. Bertrand Snel! wives of Representatives from New York State; Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, wife of the chief of staff, U. S. A, and Mrs. James E. Fechet, wife of the chief of the Air Corps, U. 8. A., who will pre- side at the tea table. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Adams of New York City are guests at the Wil- lard, having come to Washington to attend the dinner for the President and Mrs. Hoover being given by the Post- master General and Mrs. Walter F. Brown in the presidential suite and cabinet room at the Willard tonight. Mrs. Walter H. Newton, wife of the secretary to the President, will be at home at her residence, 6607 Sixteenth street, Wednesday afternoons in Feb- ruary from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Rushmore Patterson will have as guests for some days Mr. and Mrs. Johannes van den Bosch, who will ar- rive tomorrow. Mrs. Robinson Downey will entertain STILL TIME TO SAVE 209, —in our “Housewarming Sale.” The Sale ds in_a fo . Come 'in mow an on ry Materials, Ready- 1202 G St. N.W. 3 Floors—Elevator District 3211 4.5 “ESCAPE” Interest By Francesco Fausto Nitti All other recent publications WM. 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Mrs. Davis therefore will not observe right to expect. $9 SILK TAPESTRY CUT TO $2.98 PER YARD ON THE JOB THIS WEEK ONLY Clay A. Armstrong Drop Postal to 1235 10th St. N.W, Or Phone Metropolitan 2062 Mr. Armstron; ‘wit] will call personally samples Henderson Furniture GREATLY REDUCED During February We are offering a number of Complete Suites, as well as many Odd Pieces, at REMARKABLE SAVINGS. Furniture Reduced 15% to 33Y%4% {was formerly Miss Marguerite Shonts THE EVENING at luncheon T, ? Edward Everet:\lggz' in honor of Mrs. Mrs. Cabot Stevens is holding a re- | ception _Saturday afternoon in her | home, 1536 Webster street, in honor of Lady Isabella Howard, the hours being from 4:30 to 7 o'clock, A number of ladies from the diplo- matic corps and from official and resi- dent society will assist the hostesses, and | £ roup of young girls will also be with | 5 | Mrs. Rutherfurd Bingham was hostess [ at luncheon yesterday at the National Woman’s Country Club. Mrs. Bingham and made her debut in Washington so- i clety when her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, presented her when they occupied the house at | New Hampshire avenue and Q street, | now the home of the National Demo- | cratic Women’s Club, Mrs. Alfred D. Calvert is entertaining | her two sisters-in-law, Mrs, S. Harbert | Hamilton and Mrs. John S. McQuade of Philadelphia, at a luncheon today at | her residence, 441 Eleventh street northeast. Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. | McQuade came from Philadelphia espe- | clally to attend this luncheon, and a | number of friends have been incited to | meet them. ‘The first secretar¥ of the Rumanian legation, Mr. F. C. Nano, is staying at the Wardman Park Hotel., | Mrs. Austin Kautz has with her for a week or 10 days in her home, on Nine- teenth street, her son, Mr. Stephen Downing Kautz of Boston, who has| recently returned from Europe where | he spent Christmas with his cousins, the charge d'affaires of the United | States and Mrs. Edward Savage | Crocker, 3d, in Stockholm, Sweden, Mrs. | Crocker has many friends in Wash- | ington where as Miss Lispenard Sea-| bury she was presented to soclety by | her aunt, Mrs. Kautz, Former Attorney General and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, are at Miami Beach, Fla, for several weeks. They ‘were guests yesterday at luncheon of ilor.l;nd Mrs. John R. Denvir of St. uis. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Gude of ‘Washington, D. C.,, and Laurel, Md., 19 P STAR, WASHINGTO who have just returned from a visit to Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit, will leave Wednesday for Palm Beach and Miami, Fla., accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Louise Davis, Mrs. William_Jeffries Chewning, jr., formerly Miss Margo Couzens, will be in the receiving line at the Bachelors’ Cotillon Monday, February 10, at the Mayflower Hotel. The chaperon for the occasion include Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps. Mme. Wu, Mrs. Vandenberg, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs. Thomas F. Waish, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm, Mrs. Ridley McLean, Mrs, Williams S. Culbertson, Mrs. En- nalls Waggaman, Mrs. George H. Cal- vert, jr.; Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Mrs. Wil- bur Hubbard and Mrs, Stanley Rinehart. Dublin Visitors Guests at Dinner Last Evening. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. O'Brien en- tained at a_dinner dance last evening at the Mayflower Hotel in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Rooney of Dublin, Ireland. In addition to the guests of honor there were present the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, the Minister of Albania, Mr. Faik Konitza; Senator and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst, Senator David I. Walsh, Judge and Mrs. Oscar E. Bland, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bates Warren, jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slater, Mr. and Mrs, Peter A. Drury, Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr.; Miss Elizabeth Dunlop, Maj. and Mrs. Wil- liam L. Browning, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Leahy, Mr. and Mrs, Francis Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mr. and H. C. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Walsh, Mr. 's. W. J. McNalaly, Mr. and Mrs George H. O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mangan, Mr. and Mrs, Mar- tin J. McNamara, Mr. and Mrs, Kurt Hetzel, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Connell, Mr, and Mrs. Abner Drury, Mr. and Mrs. william Hughes, jr.; Mrs. Edward Kyle, Miss Mary Shea, Miss Elizabeth Reilly, Mr. Hugh Reilly, jr.,, and Mr. Matthew Horne. The entire garden of the hotel, where Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien entertained for their guests, was transformed into a garden scene, palms and Australian ferns being combined with smilax to give a real out-of-doors setting. Dinner INCORPORATED 19 QUE STREET Suggests RINTED LAWN D. was served at a large horseshoe-shapeq table with a sunken garden effect jn the center. White roses and Spring flowers were used for decorations, with a lyre, also made of Spring flowers ang smilax, as a special compliment to the Dublin visitors. The Peruvian Ambassador to Spain, Mr. Eduardo L. Leguia, Who is visiting in this country, is stopping at the Ward. man Park Hotel. Mr. Leguia is brother of the President of Peru. Dr. and Mrs, Carey D. Langhorne are spending sevetal days at Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, Calif. C. Mr, and Mrs. George T. Summerlin entertained a party last evening at the supper dance at the Club Chantecler, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John L. Cham- berlain, who are spending the remainder of the Winter in St. Augustine, Ja. where they have leased & house, enter- tained at a tea yesterday for Maj. Gen. and Mrs. James G. Harbord. Mrs. Andrew T. Long entertained a party of five at luncheon yesterday at the Carlton, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson being among her guests. Mrs, Frank Letts will be hostess to a company of 18 at dinner this evening, the company including the president of | the University of Bucharest and Mme. Torga. Prof. and Mrs. Charles F. Marvin an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Helen Elizabeth, to Mr. Claud Liv. ingston, jr., of Washington. Mrs. Madella Hill last evening gave a dance in the garden house of the Dodge Hotel in compliment to her two young / and new . . . dashing, ters.” wardrobe needs for wear Misses’ and women’s sizes. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 4, KAFKA’S, e F at Tenth St. “Distinctive Apparel” Fashion Says: «“Prints” and so Kafka's . . . always alert to Present the newest and smartest fashions . . . offer for Wednesday's selling, hundreds of , . New Printed Frocks Charming prints, so fashionable colorful tones and their more subdued “sis- Just the type frocks every 1930. SOCIETY. Robert E. Lee Foundation Banquet granddaughters, Miss Mildred Higgins ; and Miss'mnnur Higgins. (‘ &g m | Brilliant Event Tonight. & ; the large and the small ball | rofltsho( the Willard Hotel will be vsed tonight on the occasion of the Strat- ford dinner, which is to take place at 7:30, o'clock under the auspices of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation of | the District of Columbia. Preceding the seating of the guests, who will num- ber some 700, at the many tables in the large ball room, gay with flags or with the floral decorations furnished by their hosts and hostesses, there will be g brief reception in the smail ball room, Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, director of (Continued on Third Page) | 205 Reductio; —on all Upholstering and Slip Cover orders placed this week. 3-plece Living Room Suites recovered in Tapestry or Velour— $100 Value Spectal This Week $79.50 Linen Slip Covers made order*for any size Three-picce Sulie—" $24.50 Value $19.50 Cushions $1.00 each Call or Write for Samples Ernest Holober Company 627 F Street N.W, Metropolitan 8916 b now. $1 4.95 FOR THE SOUTH The model sketched is charming to slip on after swim- ming and appropriate, with its soft, gracious lines, for after- noon or even informal evening N B New Spectator suits o « « tweeds, prints, crepes, chiffon frocks « . . in dashing String'shodes, are included at this low $rice. Be sure you visit KAFKA'S FIRST. wear. Two There aftern Q 68 Erle-Maid and Sports Frocks 83 Erle-Maid and Sports Frocks 29 Sweaters., . 24 Sweaters ..o 15 Skirts eoue 21 Skirts.. 3 Fur Trimmed with Was $1,250.00 Trimmed with Was $1,250.00 Trimmed with Formerly $16.50 and $19.50 Formerly $25 and $29.50 Now coats and 1 suit remain from the Fall stock and are drastically reduced. s also a group of velvet on evenings gowns $().75 ea. FINAL CLEARANCE Erle-Maid Frocks Sportswear *10 *15 Formerly e . $5.95 & $7.95 eeees.$1095 We have discontinued our Fur Coat Department and have from last season— Coats Priced Below Cost One Platinum Baby Russian Caracul Platinum Fox One Bronze Baby Russian Caracul Brown Marten Now 3395 One Beige Russian Caracul Stone Marten Reproduction of four- poster bed with solid ANY WAY YOU GO IS “FIRST CLASS"” WITH A HARTMANN The Tan Canvas Grain Group (illustrated above) is exceptionally good - looking. Swagger Regimental Stripings enliven it and make it easy to identify. Priced from $35 to $225 HKERS 1314 F Street N. W. the Colonial Sale of - Baum’s | Mmb-WINTER CLEARANCE Fireside Chairs . . . Quaint Four-Posters for Small Apartment or Country Cottage ALarge section of this delightful shop is given over to Colonial pieces that are faithful to all virtues of illustrious ancestors. There are prim old cupboards and queer old chests, fireside chairs and quaint four posters and a whole flock of interesting little pieces of great charm at small cost. Few of our things are expensive! Let the small bedroom illustrated prove that state- ment to your pocketbook’s satisfaction. It has charm . .. a roomful of it. It looks comfortable and cheerfulness. It has the air of All-wool hand-tufted what's more, it is! And you can duplicate its loveliness for a modest price. Baum's CONNECTICUT AVENUE Opposite Mayflower Hotel maple posts and maple Was veneer panels.,.....$32 $450.00 hooked rugs. rectangular Oval or $30 Now $19500 All Sales Final All Tea Carts & Smoking Cabinets Reduced 25Y% All Lamps and Shades Reduced 259 to 50% i JAMES B. HENDERSON Fine Furniture, Laces, Upholstering, Paperhanging, Painting 1108 G Street ict 7675 Dist Phones Bistrict 767