Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 45

Part 3—12 Pages SOCIETY SECTION The Sundwy Star, WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNIN EBRUARY 9, 1 Tales of Well Known Folk MRS\ AUGUST H. YANDRESEN, ‘Wife; of, Representative Andresen of Minnesota. at the Cavalier. Underwood Photo. ‘Washington Society Enjoys Program of Rare Features During Week Just Ended President and Mrs. Hoover in Center of Season's Festivities—Many Noteworthy Social Functions in Schedule. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. AST week would have been a rich one, socially speaking, for any capital, and for Washington it presented dozens of interesting phases, beginning with the dinner which the President and Mrs. Hoover gave for the Speaker and Mrs. Longworth and the‘ small but interesting party entertained by the Postmaster General and Mrs. Brown for the Chief Executive and the First Lady of the Land, continuing on through the various hospitalities for the Vice President and his sister, with events in honor of the retiring Ambas- sador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella Howard far in the lead. THE much-interrupted list of state entertainments has undergone another postponement, necessitated by the absence of the Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover in the South, and the dinner to the heads of foreign missions—the Ambassadcrs, Ministers and charge d'affaires— arranged to take place Thursday night at the White House will be given at a later date. Another postponement is the annual break- fast g&ven by the Congressional Club and atrranged for February 14, which will instead be given on February 25, with the Pan-American Union Building the place. The program planned by Mrs. Porter H. Dale, president of the club, probably will" have to be somewhat changed, but there will still be some delightful surprises for the First Lady and other guests at the breakfast. HE old rule that an invitation from the White House is equal to a command was held to be true last week, when shortly before leaving for the South the President and Mrs. Hoover entertained at dinner for the Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Isabella How- ard. The night was that on which the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite were to entertain for Sir Esme and Lady Isabella Howard. With the Minister’s guests of honor went also a Senator and his lady, while the dinner party given by Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Ireland was bereft of its guest of honor—Gen. Pershing. F O expected to attend the day at home Tuesday of the congressional delegation from California at the.Congressional Club. Great prepa- ration has been made for the event, with the rarest of fruits and delicacies sent from California with which to embellish the tea table. ‘While Mrs. Hoover’s absence will be greatly regretted, the at home will be one of the most beautifully arranged of the entire season. 'O AMBASSADOR ever accredited to Washington has received such unstinted hospitality as has Sir Esme Howard, Lady Isabella sharing everything with him. Dinner parties and luncheons, with a large tea or two, the latter admitting of many farewells to the popular guests, were of frequent occurrence. It is not alcne the society people of Washington who will miss the Ambassador and his gracious lady, but many private citizens, to whom they have shown kindness, and the various charities they have hel| both with their patronage and their money. While Lady Isabella has, of course, devoted much time and financial aid to Catholic charities, she has just as freely assisted not only other charities, but the welfare of artists and musicians and women’s work in general. THE illness of Chief Justice Taft cast a gloom over the Capital such as it has not felt since the death of a President. Both Mr. Justice and Mrs. Tatt have spent so much of their lives in Wash- ington that they have come to be lcoked upon as real citizens, inter- ested in every civic movement, rather than high officials. It is the Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft who brought genuine human feeling and | affection into the once socially aloof august body—who exchanged few courtesies except in their own branch of society, usually retiring SCARCELY less importance is the fact that Mrs. Hoover was‘ MRS. .JOE SMITH L. Of West Virginia, with Representative ~Smith, living at 2925 Cathedral avenue. . Harrfs MRS. JAMES L. WHITLEY, With her husband, Representative Whitley of New York, living at the Mayflower. Hurris & Ewing Photo, & Ewing Photo, MRS. LEWIS W. DOUGLAS Of Arizona, whose hus- band is in the Lower House from that State. ‘Underwood Fhoto MRS. GAMBRILL. With Representative Stephen W. Gambrill, she has closed their Maryland estate and is at the Army-Navy Apartments. Clinedinat. Miss Pitney's Wedding chterc]ay an Event Of Special Interest |Mrs. Hoover Among Guests at Cercmony Uniting Washington Girl and Mr. Horace Lamb of New York. Mrs. Hoover attended the marriage ceremony in Bethlehem Chapel at noon yesterday of Miss Beatrice Louise Pit- ney, daughter of Mrs. Mahlon Pitney and the late Associate Justice Pitney of the Supreme Court, to Mr. Horace R. Lamb of New York. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Wash- ington, the Right Rev. James E. Fee- man, assisted by the Rev. Henry Pitney Van’ Dusen, cousin of the bride. The vested choir of the cathedral, under the direction of Mr. Edgar Priest, sang the choral service. The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Shelton Pitney. She wore a gown of white satin fashioned after the new lines, with long unto themselves after the exchange of formalities required by a long- A established social code. Many of their Washington friendships were sleeves and a long skirt forming a train. Her tulle veil was bcomingly arranged T (Continued on Fourth Pag~) Dinner Is Given In Honor The Vice President, Mr. Charles | Curtis, was the honor guest at dinner | last evening of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye. There were 24 guests including the honor guest’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley will be the guests of honor at an afternoon reception which the Com- | mandant of the Army War College and | Mrs. William D. Connor will give Tues- day. Pebruary 25, at the Army War College. Gen. and Mrs. Connor will be hosts at dinner tomorow evening in | honor of the Ambassador of France and { Mme. Claudel. The_Secretary of the Interior and | Mrs. Ray Lvman ur will be hosts at dinner Wednesddy, entertaining in Of Vice President Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Marye Entertain Him With Com- pany of 24—Many Elaborate Functions ;n Week.s> Scl’ledule. the Pan-American rToom &t the Mayflower. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Lamont were hosts to a company of 135 at dinner last evening at the Montgomery Country Club ior their debutante: daughter, Miss Gertrude Lamont, who was presented at a_ tea which her parents gave Monday &fter- noon. Additional gues's were asked for dancing after the dinner and a buffet supper was served about mid- night. Secretary and Mrs. Lamont have as their guests over Sunday, Mrs. Kellogg Fairbanks and Mr. Benjamin Fairban! of Chicago, Miss Lois Smith of New York, Miss Elizabeth Duncan of Balti- more, Mr. Willlam Northey of Salem, Mass,, and Mrs. Prederick Bissell of " " (Continued on Second Page.) Women of California Will Hold Reception Tuesday.4:30to 7P.M. Wives of Congress Members Announce program—Mis- souri Group Also to Re- ceive Tues‘dly—“At Homes" Scheduled. The wives of the members of the California delegation will receive at the Congressional Club, 2001 New Hampshire avenue, from 4:30 to 7 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. In the receiving line will be Representative Florence P. Kahn |and the wives of the other Representa- |tives from California, Mrs. Clarence Frederick Lee, Mrs. Harry Lane Engle- bright, Mrs. Richard J. Welch, Mrs. Albert E. Carter, Mrs. Henry Ellsworth Barbour, Mrs. Arthur Monroe Free, Mrs. William E. Evans, Mrs. Joe Crail and Mrs. Philip David Swing. Assisting will be Mrs. A. M. Pettersen, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs. C. Willlam Ramseyer, Mrs. 8. Wallace Dempsey, Mrs. Daniel Reed, Mrs. Albert H. Ves- tal, MrsyCharles Underhill, Mrs. Louls (Continued op Fourth Page.) Ambassador Howard Plans Early Departure for Home With Lady Isabella Howard Retiring Envoy Will iSail February 20—Other Noteworthy Events in Diplomatic World. The retiring Ambassador of Great Britain and_Lady Isabella Howard will leave the British embassy Saturday morning and will be guests of the Min- ister of Canada and Mrs. Massey at the legation until their departure Wednes- day, February 19, for New York. They will sail February 20 for their native country. The Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard will be the guests at luncheon today of the first secretary of the Ca- nadian legation, Mr. Hume Wrong, and this evening the counselor of the Brit- ish embassy, Mr. Ronald Ian Campbell, will entertain at dinner in their honor. ‘The Italian Ambassador and Nobile de Martino entertained at dinner last evening, when their guests were the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs, Wil- bur, the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla, the Minister of Bul- garia_and Mme. Radeff, Senator and Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, the director gen- eral of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe; Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, the first secretary of the Polish legation, Mr. Victor Podoski; the secretary to the President and Mrs. George Akerson, former Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Willlam M. Jardine, Mrs. Peter Jay, Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Princess Mar- garet Boncompagni, Miss Laura Harlan, Miss Mary Patten, Mr. Albert C. Red- | path, the Rev. Edward Walsh, Signor Edgardo Simonin, and the military at- :,alc"he of the Itallan embassy, Gen. . ‘The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora | de Ferrara will be the honor guests at dinner Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye. The Ambessador of Chile, Senor Don Carlos G. Davila, will return to Wash- ington this evening from Mississippi, where he spent several days. ‘The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter, who have been in New York for a visit, are expected to re- turn to the legation tomorrow. Envoy and Mme. Prochnik To Entertain at Dinner. The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik will entertain at dinner Tues- day evening in honor of the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Lamont. The Minister of Canada and Mrs. Massey will entertaln at a musicale Saturday evening at the legation. They will be hosts at dinner Tuesday eve- ning, February 18. The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bachke will entertain at dinner this evening in honor of the Itallan Am- bassador and Nobil de Martino. ‘The Minister of Bolivia and Senora de Diez de Medina and their son, Senor Fernando de Diez de Medina, will go to New York tonight for a week's stay. Senor Fernando de Diez de Medina will sail Friday aboard the Santa Barbara for his Bolivian home and the Minister and Senora de Diez de Medina will re- turn Saturday or Sunday. ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite will leave the Capi- tal Friday to spend a week in St. Louls. Mrs. McWhite will said February 26 for Europe where she will remain until Autumn. The Chinese Mini .or and Mme. Wu will have guests lunching with them to- day, the company including Represen- tative Stephen G. Porter, Prof. Wil- loughby, Dr. and Mrs. James Brown Scott, Mrs. Hamilton Wright and Miss Helen Lamotte. ‘The counselor of the Irish Free State legation, Mr. Willlam J. B. Macaulay, will return the first of the week from Aiken, N. C. Gen. Villa Leaving for Home To Accept Army Post. ‘The retiring militery attache of the Italian embassy, Brig. Gen. Augusto Villa has been given command of the artillery of the army corps of Milan and after a month's leave will take up his duties in that city. Lieut. Col. Marco Pennaroli, who will succeed Gen. Villa as military attache at the embassy, will arrive tomorrow and will make his home at the Wardman Park Hotel, where Gen. Villa has lived for some time. . The secretary of the Swiss legation, Mr. Walter H. Rufenacht, has been transferred to the Swiss legation in Warsaw and is expected to leave Wash- ington the middle of next month. Mr. Rufenacht will go to Berlin to visit his parents, the Minister to Germany and Mme. Rufenacht, before taking up his duties iIn Warsaw. Mr. Rufenacht is one of the popular of the younger members of the cos in Wui\l.n “n and will be greatly missed in oflchl':gd residential circles, as well as the diplo- matic. Mrs, Hetherington, wife of the air attache of the British embassy, will en- tertain at dinner Monday, February 17, | in honor of Lady Isabella Howard. That evening the retiring Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, will be entertained at a stag dinner by members of the British | embassy staff. The' commercial secretary of the Brit- ish embassy and Mrs. McCormick-Good- hart will entertain at dinner Friday evening. i ac Engagements to Wed Mark Midwinter Calend Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Bates an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Edith Marie, to Mr. John Durbin Lock- wood, son of Mr. and Mrs, George B. Lockwood, of this city. Mr. Lockwood, sr., is the editor of the Muncie (Indiana) Eve: Press and Monitor and editor of the National Re- public, this city. His son is assoclated with him in newspaper work. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nelling of Rockville, Md., have announced en- gagement of their daughter, Nellie E., to Mr. John Klumph of New Wilmington, Pa., the marriage to take place in April. s Representative Treadway And Wife on le to Cupital Representative and Mrs. Allan E. ‘Treadway are expected to return the first of the week from their home at Stockbridge, Mass., where Mrs. Tread- way joined the Representative yester- day after a short stay with her mother, Mrs. Shares, in New Haven, Conn. Mr, Treadway went to Stockbridge to pre- side at the annual town meeting, of which he has been moderator for 35 years, Condre:ionll Club Breakfast Date Changed ‘The Congressional Club has changed the date for the annual breakfast in honor of the President's wife, from February 14 to February 25, on account of the absence of Mrs. Hoover in Flor- ida on the former date. A feast of fun and music will be pro- vided for Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Mr. Clifford Berryman, cartoonist, will speak and Mrs. vid Kincheloe, wife of Representative Kincheloe of Kentucky, will render musical numbers. Friday Evening Class Dance Set for February 14 1ok the. port OF 1y Series ot fances on Priday night, Febru Willard_room at the committee are making plans Villa, will leave Was! Sunday, February 16, and w“#lmimm Ne! York for Italy on Febrlary 22. Gen. &ucvu-zmofmmmnuma e Midwinter society functions.