Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1930, Page 14

B2 SOCIETY. SOCIETY The Chief Executive and First Lady of the Land Entertained—Other Officials Feted. [E President and Mrs. Hoover | Walter F. Brown, wife of the Postmaster | HI were the honor guests at dinner General and Mrs. Walter F. Brown, who entertained in the presidential suite of the Willard Hotel. The dinner was the fifth of the series of dinners given annually in honor of the Chief Executive and First Lady of the Land by members of the President’s official family. The company invited to meet President and Mrs. Hoover in- cluded a group from the hosts’ home State, including Senator Simeon D. Fess, the Governor of Ohio and Mrs. Myers Y. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Nutt of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Garford and Judge and Mrs. George P. Hahn of Toledo, Miss Grace Burton of Cleveland and Washington, niece of the late Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio; Mr. d Mrs. Robert H. Adams of Rye, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Strauss of New York City and Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Rowlands of Mississippi. Mrs. %gown will not be at home this afternoon. ‘Mrs. Hoover attended Mrs. Lawrence Townsend’s morning musicale at the Mayflower Hotel this morning, accom- panied by Miss Susan L. Dyer of New York, who is a houseguest at the White House, and Miss Ruth Fessler. ‘The Vice President, Mr. Charles Cur- tis, will be the honor guest at dinner this evening of former Senator and Mrs. Rice W. Means, who will entertain at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann was the guest of Mrs. Frank T. Hines, who en- tertained at luncheon today at the May- flower Hotel, following Mrs. Townsend’s morning musicale. Others in her party were Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Clay Stone Briggs, Mrs. Charles P. Sum- merall, Mrs. Jemes L. Whitley, Mrs. William D. Connor, Mrs. Merritt W. Ireland, Mrs. Chase Kennedy, Mrs. Law- rence Richey, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Lucy Wilder Morris, Mrs. Harold R. Smoot, Mrs. William Wolff Smith, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. Henry P. Morrow, Mrs. Parker W. ‘West, Mrs. James A. Lyon, Mrs. C. C. ‘Whitcomb, Mrs. W. G. Wheeler, Mrs. Rush L. Holland, Mrs. Joseph Stiles ‘Wall, Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mrs. Edward E. Robbins and Mrs. G. M. Hyland. Secretary Mellon Host At Dinner This Evening. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, will be host at din- ner this evening in his apartment at 85 Massachusetts avenue. ‘The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, was the honor guest at the luncheon given today by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend at the May flower in compliment to Miss Grace Moore and Mr. Robert Goldsand, who | po] gave the program today at the last of Mrs. Townsend’s morning musicales this season. Her other guests were the Minister of Austria and Mme Prochnik, and the counselor of the Austrian legation and Mme. Hauenschield, Senor Don Mariano de Amoedo y Galarmendi and Senor Don Jose M. Linares-Rivas of the Span- ish embassy, Mr. C. J. W. Torr and Mr. and Mrs, Harold H. Sims of the British embassy, Nobile Carlo Andrea Soardi, secretary of the Italian embassy; Mr. R. R. Bagge of the Swedish legation, Mr. George Duca of the Rumanian lega tion, Senorita Rosa Padilla, Mlle. Lo randa Prochnik, Mlle. Ellis Bostrom, Mrs. John PFrancis Amherst Cecil, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Andrew T. Long, éumc. C. Glover, jr, and Miss Edith Senora de Davila and Mme. Debuchi ‘were the ranking guests at the luncheon given today at the Mayflower by Mrs. Everett Sanders, who entertained fol- lowing the morning concert. ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi entertained at dinner last eve- ning in honor of the Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron. The company included the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Senator and Mrs. Guy Despard Goff, Representative Stephen G. Porter, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. ‘William D. Connor, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss, the former At- torney General, Mr. George W. Wicker- sham; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Behnont, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock and Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorp. ‘The Minister of Ri nia, Mr. Charles Davila, will entertain at dinner this evening at the legation. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Piske Stone will be the honor guests at din- ner this evening of Ju and” Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham. Senator and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan will entertain at dinner this evening at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Sullivan and Miss Sullivan will be at home tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Kendrick, wife of Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming, will not observe her day at home tomorrow, but will receive Thursday afternoon, February 13, when she will have with her Mrs. Sullivan, wife of Senator Pat- rick J. Sullivan of Wyoming. Mrs. Thomas D. Schall will not be at home Thursdays during February and March at Wyncrest, but will receive with the wives of the members of the Minnesota delegation in Congress at | the Congressional Club later in thei season. Senator and Mrs. Schall with thclr} little daughter Paget Ann are in| Philadelphia today. ‘The wives of the Ohio members of Congress will receive in the Congres- | sional Club at 2001 New Hampshire | avenue tomorrow from 4 to 6 o’clock. i The receiving line will be headed by | Mrs. Charles Kearns, the senior mem- | ber, Mrs. Roy Fitzgerald, Mrs. Charles J. 'Thompson, Mrs. William Morgan, Mrs. Charles Mooney, Mrs. W. W. Chal- | mers, Mrs, Charles Brand, Mrs. Chester E. Bolton, Mrs. John Cable, Mrs. C. H. McClintock, Mrs. Grant Mouser, Mrs. William B. Hess and Mrs., Francis Setberling. Assisting at the “Say it with Flowers” It’s a Good Plan to Send FLOWERS —when you're in doubt over an expression of interest, sympathy or congratulation. Floral messages are always in good taste—always well received, when they come from Shaffer’s. {Moderate Prices. Member Florists” Telegraph Delivery Asso. GEORGE C. o & Buns. 900 14th St. »7" last evening of the Postmaster | tea table and| throughout the parlors will be Mrs. | General; Mrs. David S. Ingalls, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, president of the Daughters of the American Revolu- ton; Mrs. Joseph Himes, Mrs. 1. M. Foster, Mrs., Roy Haynes, Mrs, Carl Ruth, Mrs. Edwin W. Cableman, Mrs. Charles Hatfleld, Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. William Hamilton Bayley, Mrs. David R. Meekison, Mrs. Webster Bal- linger, Mrs. Ernest H. Van Fossen, Mrs. Clarence Klinger, who is a guest of Mrs. John Cable and a beautiful singer. Mrs. Cable and Mrs. Clinger will render musical numbers during the afternoon. Assisting also will be Mrs. Kenneth R. Watson, Mrs. Leo Sack, Miss Martha Morgan, Miss Justine ~Crosser, Miss Crosser, Mrs. Thomas Lee | Hume, Mrs. Vance Brand and Miss | Ruth Foster. Representative and Mrs. A. J. Sabath, Wwho are in their home ™ Chicago, will return to their apartment in the Ward- man Park Hotel Monday. Mrs. Charles L. Underhill, Mrs. Charles L. Gifford and Mrs. Frank H. Foss, wives of Representatives in Con- gress from Massachusetts, entertained at luncheon today in the Hotel Roose- velt, when their guests were Mrs. John Q. Tilson, Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper, Mrs. Lindley H. Hadley, Mrs. Albert H. Vestal, Mrs. Daniel “A. Reed, Mrs. Clarence Lea, Mrs. Richard N. Elliott, Mrs. Guy . Hardy, Mrs. John McDuffie, Mrs. Henry E. Barbour, Mrs. Earl C. Michener, Mrs. Olger B. Burt- ness, Mrs. Thomas J. B. Robinson, Mrs. Edward M. Beers, Mrs. W. W. Arnold, Mrs. Scott Leavitt, Mrs. J. Banks Kurtz, Mrs. Elbert S. Brigham, Mrs. Albert E. Carter, Mrs. Harry L. Englebright, Mrs. Franklin Fort, Mrs. Fletcher Hale, Mrs. Frederick M. Davenport, Mrs. Lloyd Thurston, Mrs. Joe J. Manlove, Mrs. Frederick M. Magrady, Mrs. Charles E. Kiefner, Mrs. Joseph L. Hooper, Mrs. William R. Coyle, Mrs. Edgar C. Ellis, Mrs. T. S. Williams, Mrs. Jessie Walters, Mrs. James MacLafferty, Mrs. Walter N. Newton, Mrs. Schuyler of California, who is the guest of Mrs. Albert E. Carter; Miss Ruth Foss and Miss Phoebe Underhill. ‘The newly appointed Chilean Am- or to Peru, Senor Conrado Rios Gallardo, is now in New York, where a large dinner party was given last evening in his honor by Mr. Spruille Braden. sznortmou will sail tomorrow post. The secretary of the Chilean embassy here, Senor Valdes, accompanied the Ambassador-designate to New York and will return to Wash- ington after he sails. The financial advisor to the Polish government and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, Who are at the Mayflower for a few d.l.y':in :er:’ e;nhl:rhlned Atddlnner last evel charge d'affaires of land, Mr. Victor Podoski. Othe 5 Until 7:30 || In conjunction with eu - i Our Famous i SEA FOOD S 196 lu Special Roast Cavon teak d o ‘desiring_Regular Menu Our Oysters Are Famo Served any” siie and boxed to take out WE SHUCK DAILY OPPOSITE AMBASSADOR Columbia 5042 4 ris ~ Washington —because they're fussiness” and severity. ping, lunching. —because we know that Left: Navy flat crepe with godets giving fullness in the skirt . , . the printed scarf at neck and cuffs is a flash of color, $45. FASHION INSTITUTION Right: crepe uisite ‘the company were Mr. David E. Finley of the Treasury Department, Ma). and Mrs. Hamilton, Maj, Jan Ilinski, Mrs. Tracy Dows and the commercial coun- selor of the Polish legation and Mme. Wankowlcz and the financial counselor, Mr. Alexander Woytkiewics. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey will go to New York tomorrow Poland. and will sail Friday for Col. and Mrs, William R. Gibson will be joined today in the Wardman Park Hotel by their cousin, Mrs. George Win- fleld of " York, who will pass sev- eral weeks with them. Col. and Mrs. Gibson will entertain in her honor in their apartment at the hotel Satur- day evening, Miss Helen Hardenbergh, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. R, W. Hardenbergh of 1;‘:‘;'“ :!o:l;,dth:: fiuc for a ronnlghz 1400 Sixteenth streer, T O B * Miss Elizabeth Kennedy, hter of Rear Admiral and Mys. Honert Morris Kennedy, has returned from Charleston, 8. C, where she Gecilia ball, e attended the St. Princess Boncompagni Hostess at Luncheon Yesterday. Princess Margaret Boncompagni was 8 luncheon hostess yesterday at the Mayflower, entertaining in the pan- American room of the hotel. Her guests included: Mme. Claudel, the Belgian Ambassador, Prince Albert de Ligne; the Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen, Lady Lister Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne of Paris, Miss Mary Patten, Mrs. Gist Blair, Mr. Ralph Snowden Hill, Mrs. John Drexel, Brig. Gen. Raymond Casa- nave, military attache of the French embassy; Brig. Gen. Augusto Villa and Capt. Nobile Luigi Notarbartolo dei Duchi di Villarosa of the Italian em- bassy, Brig. Gen. Willlam E. Horton, U. 8. A, and Mr. Hude Neilson. Mrs. Eldon King and Senora Luiz de Bethart_entertained at luncheon today at the Carlton Hotel, Their guests were Mrs. Gambrill, wite of Representative Stephen Gambrill of Maryland; Mrs. Clarence = Crittenden Calhoun, ~Mrs. Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Mark Reid Yates, Mrs. Archibald Gracte, Mrs. Gardiner Philip Orme, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. Paul Myron Line- barger, Mrs. Clarence Charest, Mrs. Ralph Richards, Miss Helen G. Rogers, Miss Margaret Gage, Miss Dorothy Kurtz and Miss Marguerite Orme. This is the first of a series of lunchepns Senor de Bethart and Mrs, King will glve. Lady Rhodes, who is visiting Mrs. Henry Corbin, was the guest of honor at the luncheon given today by Mrs. Charles H. Harlow in the palm court of the Mayflower. Mrs. Robert Lincoln O’'Brien and her daughter, Miss Mirlam O'Brien, of Bos- ton are spending a few days in Wash- ington, and are at the Mayflower Hotel. Former Secretary of State Mr. Frank B. Kellogg is _spending some time at Miami Beach, Fla. Judge and Mrs. James M. Remick of Concord, N. H, had dining informally with them last evening at the Carlton Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses. Judge and Mrs. Remick are stopping at the Carlton while in Washington. Mrs. Willlam F. Dennis and Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker will be at home New Spring Cretonnes —are arriving—also many new, attractive | fabrics for home decorating. We invite your spection. Distriet 3211 Word comes from Palm Beach that darker tones are smartest in pajamas this season... ‘Whelan’s presents this extremely chic model in black and white, suit- able for beach or loung- ing wear. It is of silk and print. ¢10 Choice of 100 Negligees and Lounging Pajamas in many charming color combinations “Be My Valentine” is said so sweetly with perfume that it’s small wonder it’s the favorite gift. All kinds and fragrances ready here, right Totletries, Nework, feminine—without— frills . . . tailored without masculinity <« + a glorious compromise between —because their simplicity is the extremely smart simplicity that hides an intricate knowledge of line and design, —because they’re the sort of thing that Chanel, for instance, prefers for herself. —because they’re the sort of thing that our well dressed clients wish, and know they can always find here. —because they can go anywhere through the day...to business, traveling, shop- they are an ex- cellent fashion in themselves, Consequently we are now ready with a very fine collection of these frocks at mod- erate prices, in a wide range of styles and colors, and all sizes for women. Other Women’s Tailored Frocks $35 to $59.50 Black flat with _ex- i handker- ief linen with hand-drawn edge and corners at and cuffs, Fitted hipline, slightly flaring Skirt, Women's Dress Shop, Second Floor $45. now. Streat Floor We're Concentrating on The Tailored Type in - the New Silhouette informally Priday afternoon from 4 o ¢ o'clock -t’ 1759 R street. Mr. William Phelps Eno is in New York at the Ambassador Hotel, where | he will be joined today by his sister.in. law, Mrs. Henry Lane Eno. rs. M. de Glare Berry entertained at Im::heol:x‘ today, following Mrs. Town. send’s musicale, Senora de Padilla, wige of the Ambassador of Spain; Mrs. wil. liam E. Brock, Mrs. Andrew J. Mon- tague and Mrs. Charles D. Lanier of Greenwich, Conn. ‘Mrs. Robert Osmun Saunders enter. tained at luncheon and bridge today in honor of Mrs. William Aitchison, who recently moved to Wesley Heights, The other guests were Mrs. Arthur B, Heaton, Mrs. Clarence Lane, Mrs. James Austin 'Stone, Mrs. Lynn Ramsey Ed- minster, Mrs. Cecil J. Wilkinson, Mrs, Charles T. Penn, Mrs. Ralph Brown, Mrs. Charles R. Stark, Mrs. James Car- 2310 TRACY ___THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1630 mack, Mrs. Florence Newburn and Mrs, Arthur B. Farnham. . Huntington-Kidd will not ob- mvswsner at home tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Walter G. Distler left yesterday for Newark, N. J., to be the guest of Mrs. Joseph M. Byrne, jr., for a few days. Later Mrs. Distler will go to New York, and will be at the Plaza for a week. Mrs. Geneva Dunham has canceled her social engagements owing to the death this morning of her uncle, Mr, William B. Fitch of Louisville, Ky., who, with Mrs. Fitch has been visiting Mrs, Dunham for several weeks. Dr. Walter Lewis Treadway of the United States Public Health Service, and Mrs. Treadway, entertained at a buffet supper dance last evening in their home at 2400 Sixteenth street. wued on Third Page.) PLACE N.W. We offer FOR SALE this attractive resi- ' dence of Colonial design. d city’s most distinguished residential section. 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She will advise about care of the hair, eyes and skin for continued youth and beauty, Demonatration Booth, Street Floor Smart Linen Morning Frocks Have Hand-Drawn Work $5.95 Cool little frocks that start off the busi- est day in a light-hearted manner . . . smart and dainty, in many one-piece styles . . . all of a youthful simplicity .« . of linen, with hand-drawn patterns and contrasting pipings . . . pleats to provide a practical fullness and snug belts to accent the new turn to the sil- houette. . . . Refreshing colors include ;ge newer Spring shades, Sizes 14 to Morning Froek Shop, Fourth Floor Thursday, Friday, Saturday 900 Pairs of Shoes Sorosis and Other High-Grade Formerly $10 to $12.50 $9.65 40 Styles—Choice for Every One Out they go—all these smart, well made shoes but they must make room for new stock. So come early, take your choice, and profit by this opportunity. Blue, black, brown, tan. 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