Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 31

Feat ures for Women e e Part 3—16 Pages SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. ¢ ., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1930. Talwes of_ Well Known Folk MRS. RAN DOLPH C. GREW, Sister-in-law of Joseph Clark Grew, Ambassador to Turkey, with Miss Eu%e ie Grew at Manchester, Mass, Photo. White House BecomesScene Of Important Conferences On Public Welfare“Problem President Giving but Scant Attention to Social Side of Life While Ccuntry Is Facing Drought Disaster. BY SALLIE V. W H. PICKETT. HILE great and important events took place at the White House last week, none of them could be termed society events. There were the conferences between President Hoover and the Governors of States on the subject of the weather and & visit from the famous flyer, Col. Lindbergh, and his wife, but luncheons and dinners took on a rather serious phase, where the President could hear and be heard on momentous subjects. Tm party at the President’s Rapidan camp for this week end is particularly interesting, but even there the seriousness of the drought is borne in upon the part; mountain sides having taken the p! i'. dwindling streams and parched ace of nature’s abundance around them and nowhere in Virginia more plenteous than in the camp’s natural setting. At many of the Virginia resorts, social card parties and other events have turned themselves into benefits for the moun- tain folk who are keen sufferers from the drought and who look famine in the face for the Winter unless relief is given. AT Hot 8prings, Stonyman Camp, Orkney Springs and elsewhere, card enthusiasts turn their games into benefits and door en- trance is charged for musicales that would ordinarily be wholly for the amusement and entertainment Asheville, N. C., has enjoyed a weel of guests. The Summer colony at k of cabaret entertainment at the Grove Arcade roof where Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil, formerly Cornelia Vanderbilt, is the guidin; g spirit. She is president of the Baltimore Hospital and she marshaled all the social forces there- abouts to help her. Mrs. Cecil was in charge of the ball room deco- ration and her training at the Corcoran Art School in Wash- ington last Winter came into good play. The room was said to be fascinating. REPRESENTATIVE and Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher of Kentucky were at Asheville during the show the importance of a Smoky Mountains National Park, week and he did much there to ark-to-park highway, linking the Great Shenandoah National Park and the Mammoth Cave National Park of Kentucky into a magnificient highway. Representative Thatcher has worked steadily for the Mammouth Cave enterprise—the cave is one of the oldest under- ground wonders of the world, and much literature on the subject has been published at his own expense. MBASSIES and legauovnsiwmch before the World War were practically dead numbers social lly, from July until mid-September or later, have held interest for society all during the Summer, most of the entertainment, however, being for men only. Thursday when the Minister, Dr. | Viteri, celebrated with a brilliant reception, the 100th anniversary of | Every branch of society was represented scene at the Dominican legation Dominican independence. and Mrs. Gann, sister and official represented him at the reception, Not so the hostess of the Vice President, who was the center of attraction all during the early hours of the afternoon. 'ORSE shows ill hold attention from time to time from now until frost comes, and the twenty-ninth annual Berryville, Va., horse show to be held August 21 and 22 it has ever had. This show is on with such famous horse lovers as will attract the largest following e of the largest of the State and Mr. and Mrs. William F. R. Hitt, - who have been whetting their taste for racing at Saratoga, interested, the fashion of Washington will direction. naturally wend its way in that ARKING back to the Roosevelt administration is the mention of the horse show August 30 at Knollwood, at Dublin, N. H., the peautiful estate of Franklin MacVeagh, one time Secretary of the Treasury, who has given his grounds for the purpose. Veagh, son of the host, who as a Eames Mac- bachelor was the catch of Wash- ington society some years ago, and who is now wed, will with Mrs. MacVeagh attend, and the former Secretary has bought boxes and wil! entertain guest Wedding Engagements Formally Announce Mr. and Mrs. Howard Griffith of Sil- ver Spring announce the engagement of theit daughter, Miss Blanche New- ton Griffith, to Mr. Morrison McDowell Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. 8. J. Clark of White Oak. The wedding will take place in the early Fall. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickie an- nounce the engagement of “helr daugh- ter Madelyn fo Mr. Charles Wilson Marschalk. The wedding will take place early in September. Mr. and Mrs, Winslow Lewis an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Eva Anita, to Mr. Elbert Allen, son of Mr, and Mrs. John M, Allen of Salt Leke City, Utah. The wedding will take place September 4. Maj. and Mrs. Lewis W, Call of Gar- rett Park announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor to Mr. Stephen A. Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs, R. S. Reld of Chevy Chase, Md. The wedding will take place the latter part of August. Commissioner and Mrs. Crosby Plan Motor Tour The Cémmissioner of the District and Mrs. Herbert B. Crosby will start today for a 10-day motor trip. They will go to New York, where their daugh- ter, Miss Jane Crosby, will join them, and will return to Washin, wit them the middle of next th{ The Ambassador of Lady Lindsay will GIORGIO AND PER i 1 LA, Twin son and daughter of Count and Countess Cacciaguerra, the latter formerly Litie McElroy Shuster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W, Morgan Shuster, at Viareggio, Italy. Special News From Diplomatic Circle Prominent Members of the Corps and Their| of Interest Families paying Visits to Pleasure Resorts—Personal Notes. Senora de Tellez, wife of the Ambas- sador of Mexico, and their children are at Atlantic City, where they will spened about 10 days. The Ambassador will probably join his family at the resort for a short visit, Ambassador of Turkey, Ahmet Mouhtar, and his daughter, Mme | Enver, returned yesterday to Blue Ridge Summit, after spending a few days in ‘Washington, The Mr, | Great Britain and have as their guest for a short time Mr. Arthur Henderson, son of the British secretary of foreign affairs, who will arrive the middle of next month, Mr. Henderson is visiting in and near New York, having come to this country earlier in the Summer. The -Minister of Panama, Senor Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, has returned to Ogonquitt, Me., after spending a few days in Washington and at Charlottes- ville, Va. ‘The Minister of A-lut.rll and Mme. MRS. McCORMICK-GOODHART AND FREDERICK, Wife and son of Mr. Leander McCormick- Goodhart, commercial secretary, British embassy. Harrs & Ewing. : T THE MISSES ALICIA AND VIRGINIA RODGERS, Daughters of Mrs. Philip Owen Coffin, with their grandmother, Mrs. George von L. Meyer, on the North Shore. ‘Bachrach Photo Capital Cordially Welcomes New Chiefs In Military Service Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Fuller. Advanced to Hig}\ Rank, Arc Greede Honored "Old-Timers." In Maj. Gen. who will become chief of staff in No- vember, and in Maj Gen. Ben Habard Fuller, ' who succeeded the late Gen. Neville as commandant of the Marine Corps, the Capital welcomes old resi- history in social and municipal activi ties. Gen. MacArthur, who is at present in China, will come to Washington in October, and much interest centers in whether he will take possegsion of the lovely home on the brow of the hill in Fort Myer, overlooking the city, or whether he will emulate Gen Pershing and maintain quarters nearer to the center of things. The son of the late Brig. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, who lived for many years in Washington, and the grandson of Justice Arthur MacArthur of the District Supreme Court, the chief of staff is on familiar grounds in his new assignment. His mother, who was Miss Mary T. Hardy, had many friends in this city. Gen. and Mrs. Fuller have been in residence here for some years, recently and in their earlier life, made Wash- ington their home. Mrs. Fuller was Miss Katherine Ottley of Georgetown, and she is affiliated with the oldest and most important families of Washing- ton’s mother city. late Holmes Ottley and her mother a was a member of the Nelson family, de- scendants of “the signer,” Thomas Nelson, jr., of Virginia, who soon after the Federal Capital was established on the Potomac, settled in Georgetown. Mrs. Fuller's grandfather was Rev. T. K. Nelson, rector of St. John's, Through her grandmother, who was a Marbury, the wife of the new commandant of the Marine Corps is allied to some of Washington'’s most eminent profes- sional men. Gen. Fuller, although born in Big Rapids, Mich, comes of an old Con- necticut line, but he is now a citizen of the world and can show signal honors bestowed by many nations. After graduating from the Naval Academy he was transferred to the Marine Corps within a year and it was during @ service in Washington that he mar- ried Miss Katherine Ottley. mony took place in old St. John’s in Georgetown, and was a notable event of the year 1892. Since then Mrs. Fuller has lived in almost every coun- try where the famous Marines pene- trate, and she can maintain a com- fortable home in the blazing Tropics as Douglas MacArthur, | dents who have a long and interesting | Her father was the | The cere- | Army and Navy Group Of National Capital IB Paued il’l RGViGW Society News and Personal Notes of Interest in M tary Circle-—-Special Events of Record. ‘The chief of naval operations, Admiral | Charles F. Hughes, accompanied by his | brother-in-law, the superintendent of the Naval Academy, Rear Admiral | Samuel 8. Robison, is spending the week |end in West Virginia. Mrs. Hughes, who went with the admiral to Annap- olis, is remaining with Mrs. Robison at the Naval Academy. The new commandant of the Marine Corps, Maj. Gen. Benjamin H. Fuller, and Mrs. Fuller, have with them at the Marine Barricks their Daughter, Mrs. C. L. Fordney, and her three children of Saginaw, Mich. Mr. Fordney is-an officer in the Marine Reserve Corps. Maj. Gen, and Mrs. Roderick L. Car- michael and their daughter, Miss Kath- leen Carmichael, have as their guest Miss Ethelyn Talbott, daughter of Col. and Mrs. S. B. Talbott of Governors Island, who arrived Friday and will re- main through this week. Miss Laura Barklay, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Alben W. Barklay, left yesterday for Paducah, Ky., to join her parents. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. James E. Fechet are established in their new house at 2916 Twenty-ninth street, where they moved August 1 from the house at 3512 Garfleld street, which they have oc- cupied for some time. Maj. Gen, Edward A. Kreger is spend- | ing 10 days in Chicago and will join Mrs. Kreger in their apartment in the Westmoreland this week. Gen. and Mrs. Albert C. Dalton re- turned the middie of the week from a motor trip through Virginia, visiting at Virginia Beach and at Hampton Roads. Gen. and Mrs. Dalton left yesterday for New York to spend & week and will visit Mrs. Dalton’s sister, Mrs. F. R. Berry, at New Rpchelle. Many parties are being arranged at Old Point Comfort, Va, for Maj Gen. Henry D. Todd, jr. and Mrs. Todd and their_daughter, Harriet Todd. Gen. Todd Is retiring and a large fare- well dinner will be given in his honor | before he leaves Fort Monroe. Col. and Mrs. G. F, Jenks of Boston are on & brief leave of absence and will be at the Martinique for a week. Col. and Mrs. John F. Preston have given Up their apartment at the Broad- (Continued on Page 2, Column 34 (Continued on Page 3, Column 84, (Continued on Page 3, Column 8) & ) ki MRS. BENJAMIN Wite of Maj. Gen. H FULLER, Fuller, new commandant of the Matine Corps, in the garden of their. quarters at the Marine Barracks. ‘Underwood Phote. Secretary and Returnto Lon Recently Were Visiting Mrs. Stimson gIsland Home on NOl‘t}l Shore ana ;fl Canada—Capital Official Circle Dcpleted by Absences. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson have returned to Highhold, their Summer home, at Huntington, Long Island, after a series of visits on the North Shore and in Canada. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, has gone to his Pittsburgh home to remain over Suhday. ‘The Postmaster General, Mr. Brown, who has been in his Ohio home for a short time, will join Mrs. Brown in their :pnnmen& in Wardman Park Hotel, to- ay. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, joined Mrs. Adams in their Massachusetts home to remain over Sunday. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Arthur M. Hyde, is spending the week. at camp on the Rapidan. ‘The Undersecretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills sailed Wed- nesday from Southampton aboard the Olympic for this country and are ex- pected to arrive in New York the first of the week. Mr. Mills will come to Washington after landing, but Mrs, Mills is expected to remain in their xS!.lllm'gxcr' home, at Woodbury, Long sland. The assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, Mr. John Lord O'Brien, is ex- pected to return tomorrow from Cape Cad, where with Mrs. O'Brien he has spent a vacation. ‘The Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne flew to Duluth yesterday and will be in the West through this week. Their daughter, Miss Carolyn Payne, is visiting her rother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, ederick B. Payne, in their home, at Stonington, Conn. ‘The solicitor general, Mr. Thomas D. Thatcher, is with Mrs, Thatcher in their cottage, at Watch Hill, and will return tomorrow. ‘The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Julius Klein will remain in their cottage at Cape Rosier, near Bar Harbor, Me., until after Labor day. The Assistant Secretary of Labor, Mr. Robe Carl White, has returned from a month’s stay in California and will be Jjoined this week in their home in Bat- tery Park by Mrs. White, who is now in New York, - Mr. Walter Newton, secretary to President Hoover, has gone to Old Point Comfort and is staying at the Chamberlin-Vanderbilt. The Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, Mr. Ferry K. Heath, has returned from an extended tour in the Far West. g et ‘The Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. Frederic A. Tilton and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Tilton, are spending this week end in Glacier National Park. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton and their daughter will not return un- til the 1st of September, and are mak- | ing an extensive tour of the West. The Assistant Secretary of Labor, Mr. W. W. Husband, is remaining in Wash- lington this month, but is expected to join Mrs. Husband in Vermont at the end of August to remain over Labor day, The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. John W. Philp are in Texas and are expected to return to Washington at the end of the week. The ' commissioner of Indian affairs, Mr. Charles J. Rhoads, is spending the « week end with Mrs. Rhoads in_their home at Villa Nova, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads recently returned from an ex- tensive tour of the Far West, visiting the many Indian reservations, _Mr. E. K. Burley, administrative as sistant to the Secretary of the Interior, | left Monday for a tour of Alaska. Former Secretary of the Interior Dr. Hubert Work has returned to the | Mayflower from a trip to New York and | to Harrisburg, Pa., where he was the gu;st of Gov. John S. Fisher last week {end. | S atsiy |Honor Dinners Listed In Soc:ety Calendar Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Heaton of Indian Lane Spring Valley entertained at their home at dinner last evening in honor of Miss Susan Wood of Jack- son, Miss, who is the house guest of | her cousin, Miss Louise Turner, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Turner of Woodley road. The guests were Miss Wood, Miss Turner, Miss Doris Heaton, Miss Katherine Mitchell, Mrs. James Heaton, Mr. Armistead Wharton, Mr. Lynn Anderson and Mr. Frank Cook. Mr. Lynn Anderson entertained on Monday at dinner at the Kenwood Country Club, in honor of Miss Susan Wood of Jackson, Miss, who is the guest in Washington of her cousin, Miss Louise Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Turner, jr. The guests were Miss Wood, Miss Turner, Miss Doris Heaton, Mr. James Heaton, Mr. Armistead Wharton, Mr. Frank Cook, | Miss Lucille Elliot, Mr. Winton Elliot, | Miss Louise Carry. o | Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Jahncke Dinner Hosts Assistant Secretary of the Navy Er- nest Lee Jahncke and Mrs. Jahncke, who. are guests at the Chamberlin- Vanderbilt Hotel, Old Point Comfort, entertained a party there at dinner preceding the Saturday evening mide | shipmen’s dance, held on the Marine Toof. Other hotel guests who gave din- ner parties included Capt. and Mrs, Charles S. Freeman, Comdr. and Mrs. William Sims Farber, Comdr. and Mrs. George M. Ravenscroft and Comdr. Burton W. Chippendale. The Summer cruise of midshipmen will return here again next week end. Kappa Delta Sorority Chapter Enjoys Outing Members of ghe Alpha Rho of Kappa Deltd Sororlty from the Bogr versity of an Ve party North Beach, Md, last week " Apout 30 girls attended, including the active mbers umnae, 7 mel and al