Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 17

SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Starc. WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST et e MRS.:EUGENE i VIDAL + And.little, Eugene, jr., . daughter and grandson ,. of . former. Senator and .\~ Mrs. Thomas Gore. - MRS. JOHN THOMAS BORDEN ' And her baby daughter, Averill Borden, « with Comdr. Borden, at the navy yard, where he is on duty. Mrs. Borden was Miss Mildred Av- erill, daughter of Mrs, John H. Averill of Washington. Clinedinst. MRS. WILLIAM H. JONES, Jr; With tittle Miss Elsa Buckner Jones, who are visting the former’s parents, Lieut. Col. and-Mrs: Andrew D. Chaffin, at the Army War College, after being with Maj. Jones in China for two years’ station., Dterwood. Capital Society Foresees Little of Special Interest in| The September Calendar Program in Striking Contrast to the Activities of the Past Week, When Hospita]ity Was Conspicucus. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. interesting, Labor day taking from the Capital the many dis-| HIS week will be as dull socially as last week was brilliant and | tinguished persons who returned to assist in em.er.«tmning‘I members of the foreign law societies visiting Washington as guests of the American Bar Association. The visitors themselves left the city Friday, and even earlier than that some. of the diplomats | who.came to meet their countrymen again left for the resorts where they are passing the season. TR RONALD. LINDSAY, whose hospitality, not only to his country- | men, but his interest in the other events for them, quite re- minded old Washington residents of the “Mr.” Ronald Lindsay of the British embassy in Lord Pauncefote’s day, who always had time and a care for every one. Sir Ronal¢ not only did nol. hurry his own guests away when they attended his reception in the new British embassy, but at the White House garden party, at the home of the Secretary of State and elsewhere. he lingered on, standing pretty (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. . ] | late Baron Carl Jachim Beck-Friis, Sweden's Envoy Listed Among His Country’s | Skilled Diplomats Baron Johan . Beck-Friss, Charge d'Affaires in Wash- ington, Known as Man of Wide Experience. Baron Joban Beck-Friis, who was sent here by the foreign office in Stockholm late in July to act as charge d'affaires for Sweden during the absence of the Minister, M. Bostrom, is a most inter- esting young man with wide experience in diplomatic affairs and with a service in his country’s forelgn corps since he graduated from the - University of Stockholm in 1912. . The counselor has been serving in Stockholm for the past two years .and for & good portion of the past year he has been acting as private secretary of the King and ac- companied him' on those several trips made to Rome where the late Queen Victoria died last April. It was Baron Beck-Friis’ mournful task to arrange for the funeral fortege from Rome on the last journey back to the royal palace in_Stockholm. ‘The charge d’affaires is a son of the , an outstanding publicist and landowner of Stockholm who was & member of the 31, 1930. Secretary Mellon in. List Of Temporary Absentees The Becretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, . is spending the week end on Long Island with his son-in-law and daughter, ‘Mr. and Mrs, David K. E. Bruce, and will remain until Tuesday. The Secretary of War, Mr. Hurley, has started for a fortnight's inspection trip and during his absence Mrs, Hurley and their infant daughter will remain in their home on Belmont street. ‘The acting Attorney General, Mr. Thomas D. Thacher, who joined Mrs. Thacher at Watch Hill for a brief holi- day, will return to Washington Tuesday. ‘The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, is spending the week end and brief holiday with Mrs. Adams in their Summer place in Mas- sachusetts. ‘The Secretary spent much of the week in. Newport watching the preliminary yacht ‘trials for the inter- national cup races. The Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Wilbur, who is making a tour of the Par West, will not return until after for a short trip and will join the Sec- retary to make the trip east through several of the national parks. The Secnnr{'&-‘lnbnr. Mr. Davis, is expécted back in Washington Tues- day from Perinsylvania. He will be at September 15. Mrs. Wilbur 15 in Alaska | Treasury Head Is Spending Week End on Long| Island—Secretary Hurley on Inspection Trip—Personal Notes. dress at the Labor day celebration. Mrs. Davis and their children will re. main at Montauk Point, Long Island, until .the middle of the month, ‘Tne Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Hyde, and his daughter, Miss Caroline | Hyde, will spend the holiday with Mrs. Hyde in Baltimore. Chiet Justice Hughes of the Supreme | Court returned to Washington Friday and is at the Mayflower, where Mri. Hughes has been a guest since her ar- rival here the first of the week frora | Chicago. Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson are traveling in the Far West and spert several days at the Farimont Hotel in San PFrancisco last week. ‘The Undersecretary of the Treasury, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, is e: to_re- turn Tuesday from a short stay at Sar atoga Springs. | Mrs, Emest Lee Jahncke, with their two ‘son:, Midshipman Emest Lee Jahncke, jr, who arrived Fricay from | his cruise, and Mr. Stanton Jahncke of | Baltimore, left yesterday by motor for the Blltmore Forest Country Club. They will be jolned there by Mr. and Mrs. Jahncke's two daughters, Miss .Adele Townsend Jahncke and Miss The Assistant Secretary of War and | bow FRAU LEITNER And little Fraulein Adelaide Leitner at their cottagé at Blue Ridge Summit, where Dr. Leitner joins them when his duties as'secretary of the German embassy permit. Hagre-Eving. Capitai vso;ial Set Unites to Pay Honor To New]y Weds . Charming Nuptial Ceremo- lenge Special Interest. Church Weddings Among the Attractive Events. In the. pesence of a large company of friends and relatives Miss Edith Leslie Mack, daughter of Mrs. Albert Mack of McLean, was yesterday afternoon mar- ried to Mr. Floyd Muse Gantt of Lang- ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Orris Gantt. ‘The ceremony was performed at 3 o'clock in St. John's Episcopal Church at McLean by the Rev. John ‘G. Badtler, rector. ‘The church was beautifully decorated with large ferns and cut flowers. The nuptial music ‘vas played by Mrs. Harry Sanderson Abell, organist of St, John's. ‘The bride, who entered the church with her prother, Mr. James Hunter Mack,, was' in a striking gown of nile en net, made on old-fashioned lines. he wore a large picture hat of green horsehair braid, trimmed with a green bow and streamers at the back, shoes of green and quaint eggshell- color ‘lace mitts. She carried an old- grflen flowers. iss Adele Wise- ham Gantt, a sister of the brid , was in a similar gown, but in yellow net with large horsehair hat of green, the of yellow, shoes of yellow moire, the same old-fashioned mitts of lace and bouquet of old-fashioned flowers. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Charles Albert Clarke, nephew of the bride, his two ushers being Mr. Monroe z-ln;x: ‘?: McLesn and Mr. Ell Y. iverly Hills, Va. ‘The bride, who is r nies of Yesteraly Chal- | | e Tales of Well Known Folk L MRS. F. WARD DENYS, Wife of the Rev. Dr. Denys, with young' Hans ‘and Anna Marie, spending the Summer,with Dr. Denys at Buena.Vista Springs. “Underwood. Wife ‘of Maj. Tompkins, U. S. A., with.’ their sons, William F., jr.; George Hamilton and Chris, in the garden at Stone Ridge, the home of Mrs. Tompkins’, parents, Mr. and. Mrs. George E. I:Iamilton.. Underwood.” Chilean Ambassador From Home The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila and their family sailed from Chile Saturday, August 23, for New York and are expected to arrive in this country September 10. | The Belgian Ambassador, Prince de Ligne, and his daughter, Princess An- toinette de Ligne, will Teturn the mid- die of the week from Moline, Tll., where they went to attend the festivities of the celebration of the 100th anniver- sary of Belgian independence. ‘The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ahmet Muhtar, spent a portion of the week in Washington and has joined his daughter, Mme, Enver, at Buena Vista Springs, leaving Washington Friday. ‘The Minister of Portugal, Viscount d'Alte, who spent a few days in Wash- jngton last week, has joined Vis-| countess d’Alte at Bar Harbor, where they have been through the Summer. The Minister of Guatemala and Senora de Recinos and their family will close their cottage in Atlantic City at the end of the week and come to Wash- ington for the Autumn and Winter season. ‘The Minister of Costa Rica, Senor Don Manuel Quesada, who returned to this country from Costa -Rica last week by airplane, is in New York and will glomke to Washington the middle of the eek. ‘The Minister of the Irish Iree State, this country Sunday, September 7, aboard the Columbus. He will be ac- companied by his small son. ‘The Minister of Nicaragus, Senor Dr. Don Juan B. Sacasa, will be joined Cors deliver an ad- ‘.@ thn.l.fii\mn, .(vom'.hu:qmml.thlm!q_ the middle ‘of the week by Senora de Sails Port for U. S. Is Expected to Arrive With His Family Septeml{er 10—Prominent Diplomats Registered at Pleasure Resorts. Sacasa and their daughter, Senorits 2{“‘1‘ Sacasa, who are visiting in New ork. The Minister of Haiti, M. Ulrich Duvivier, will be joined by Mme, Du~ vivier at the end of this ménth, The new Spanish Minister to Ecua- dor, Senor Don Fernando Gonzales Ar nd Senora de Arnao sailed yes- terday aboard the Santa Rita for dor. Senor Arnao has served as selor of the Spanish Embassy in Wi ington for some time and will be missed by the many friends he: made at tnis post. ‘The new charge d'affaires of 'Spain, Conte de Montefuerte, who has suc- ceeded Senor Don Fernando Gonzales Arnao as counselor of the embassy, will be joined by Contessa de Monte- fuerte and their children later in the season. The charge d'affaires of Germany, Dr, Otto C. Kiep, is at Blue Ridge Sum- mit, where he joined other members. of the embassy staff for the week end and holiday. The charge d'affaires of Switserland (Continued on Page 3, Column' 6. Former Chilean Envoy Pays Visit to Washington ‘The former Am] Mr. Michael MacWhite, will sail for | Wi