Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 41

SOCIETY 'SECTION he Swundwy Sta, WASHINGTON, D, C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1930. "Tales of Well Known Folk MISS SYLVIA CONTEE MEREDITH, Whose parents, Mr. 'and -Mrs. William Payne Meredith, will present Her to society this season Underwood & Underwood. Important Events in Social Scheme of Capital Outlined In Pro gram of White House Formal Receptions and Dinners Given by Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover Now Classed as State Functions. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. most momentous event in Washington’s social scheme happens today when there is re- leased from the White House the program for the formal re- ceptions and dinners given by the President and his Iady and referred to as State functions. Until this list is tssued society people in the Capital, official and resident, stand in abeyance, not from awe, but because since the| foundation of the Government it hui been thought a social breach to have important events conflict with White House entertainments. To accept the invitations of others means only to bregk them should one come from the President and the First Lady of the Land. Of course, this has been done, but not often since the days of the Adamses and Thomas Jefferson, when 0 observe too closely the White House | social call was thought to be aping| royalty when an invitation is & com- | mand. Five State dinners and seven recep- tions are set forth on the program, or 12 great events when the court life of the Republic is at its best. This is | two less receptions than were scheduled | for last Winter, the Treasury, Post | Office, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce | and Labor Department officlals being with official groups and others, meeting many engagements outside the White House, not of social nature, but which contribute to the popularity of the First Lady. To this are added the cares and anxieties of family life and just now the precarious health of the elder son of the family 1s of deep concern. To relieve this social pressure on the | First Lady of the Land the State De- partment has added to its roster of officials one whose duty it is to manage these events of state and prevent many of the embarrassing situations which beset former administrations. Up to the time of the last Roosevelt adminis- tration it was a custom to publish in full the list of those holding invitations to the White House state receptions, and many s worthy official appeared in print with a long deceased wife, or vice versa, because there was no time for scanning the social list. An official announcement came from | the White House which reads: “On | his return to Washington on November | 15, Mr. P. Lamont Belin will be ap-| pointed as chief of the Division of In- ternational Conferences and Protocol in | the Department of State, with addition- | al duty as director of official entertan- ment at the White House, the position formerly filled by Mr. James Clement Dunn. Mr. Belin, whose home is in given s joint reception at the end of .\Wuhm[lon, has been a member of the this semson. Other departments like | the Army and Navy and the Depart- | ment of Justice are reckoned for in the | receptions given especially for those departments. Under some wise, experienced man- | agement there has been a re-arrange- ment of these White House functions, | and most noticeable is that the admini- | stration goes back to the old custom of having the first event on the list a dinner to the cabinet which last year was placed below the diplomatic re- ception and, like that most brllulnti affair, not coming off at all because of official mourning. With but two exceptions, the first and last entertainments on the list, Toreign service of the United States since 1919, his last post being London, where he served as first secretary until July 8, 1930. Mr. Belin's immediate predecessor in the White House was Warren D. Robbins, Minister to El Salvador, and in assuming his du- ties at the White House Mr. Belin also will be given the rank of minister. Prior to November 15, Mr. James C. Dunn who is temporarily in Washing- ton, will assist in organizing the official entertainment program for the coming season. However, Mrs. Hoover has her ward- robe in readiness for the season, the | White House 15 in order, her secre- | taries are all experienced women and |she has the valusble advice of the | State Department Social Bureau. sppointed hour for the dinner parties | 4s 8 o'clock, and the receptions will open at 9 o'clock p. m,, all but the New Year day recepticn, which, conveniently falling on Thursday, will open at 11 o'clock forenoon. t These entertainments, which arv 8 gigantic strain on one’s physical en- durance and which are the cause of more than one White House mistress being made an invalid, will start with cabinet dinner December 2, but be- now and the opening of the season Mrs. Hoover has the gi- task of receiving dozens of dele- , observing special appointments Large events are séheduled to occur between now and the opening of the official dinner to the cabinet, and soclety folk are hustling about seek- ing invitations to the reception to be given by the Turkish Ambassador to celebrate the anniveysary of the procla- mation of the Turkish Republic. The reception invitations inspire the cu- pidity of society men and women for mdre reasons than one, and the big cards with the crescent and star in gold at the top are being boldly asked for. Gate-crashing at embassies and legations has become so common that an invited guest never minds taking MISS KATHLEEN KNOX, Who will be presented to society by her tother, Mrs. McCook Knox;and her cousin, Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, Decem- ber 2. Irs L Hills New York Program of White House Dinners And Receptions for Season 1930-31 December 2, Tuesday —Cabinet Dinner........e.es December 4, Thursday—Diplomatic Reception. December 11, Thursday—Judicial Reception.. December 18, Thursday—Vice President’s Dinner. 1, Thursday—New Year 8, 15, January January January ‘Thursday— Reception Senpte January 22, Janusry 29, Thursday—Reception House of Representatives Thursday—Diplomatic Dinner.. pm. pm. pm. pm. am. pm. Reception. to the Members of the pm. Thursday—Dinner to the Chief Justice and Supreme Court. osive DI to the Members of the pm. ' PFebruary 8, Thursday—Speaker’s Dinner........ . Pebruary 12, Thursday—Army and February 16, Monday —Reception Treasury, Post Office, Navy Reception.......... to the Officials of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor starting s crusade against tardiness at parties, at dinners, luncheons, musi- cales, especially at lectures and at the theater. For a fact there are few oc- casions but that are given an uncom- fortable introduction by guests lrflv-; ing & few minutes late. This has| always been an unavoldable nuisance | at afternoon concerts, unavoidable be- | cause the greater part and certainly | the most enthusiastic part of the audi- ence is drawn from Government de- partments which close within a few minutes of the time when the concerts open. There is to be a slowing down in the number of entertainments also, | guests selecting invitations to accept | with greater care than that exercised | for last Winter's season. Indeed, '.hh: is to be a well rounded but moderate | administration so far as society events | go, and mothers will look close and | choose carefully invitations extended to | their debutante daughters. | By far the most interesting diplo- | matic news of the Autumn is the trans- fer of Col. Maurice Pitzmaurice Day from the command of the garrison at the Isle of Wight to be military attache of the British embassy. Col. Day, after a gal- lant record on French and Belgian sofl during the World War, was in 1917 at- tached to the British commission in ‘Washington and assigned to train the recrults to the volunteer Army, which later fought on the battle fronts of France and the allies. One of the belles of that Winter was Miss Eleanor Car- roll Morgan, daughter of the late Dr. James Dudley Morgan and Mrs. Mor- gan, and the romance which began in tiose clouded days terminated in a marriage at Dudlea, the beautiful Mor- gan home in Chevy Chase, Md. Col. Day has been ordered back to his regi- ment, and the wedding took place ex- actly one month after the armistice, December 11, 1918. The young couple immediately sailed for London. Mrs. Day will follow her husband to Washingten in about a month. Mean- time, Col. Day is dividing his time be- tween Dudlea and the home of Col. Pope Hennessy, on Connecticut avenue. The new. military attache is assigned not only to Washington, but to Mexico City, and to all the capitals of Central America, o that for the time being he and Mrs. Day will take a furnished apartment, making more definite plans when they- return from the Southern republics. The colonel’s as- signment to Washington will last for two years, and the-wide circle of rela- tives and friends of Mrs. Day in Wash- ington and in Baltimore, Mrs. Morgan, along as many as a half dozen unin- vited guests. Falling in line with members of New York society Washingtofgshostesses are o her mother, being the eminent news- paper family of Abells, publishers of the Baltimore Sun, are preparing to wel- come her return and that of her hus- band in appropriate fashion. Mrs. George Mesta, who is among the substantial backers of the Wash- ington Grand Opera Association, is not a mere enthusiast along music lines, who falls into the way of attending grand opera because it is the fashion, but she is a student of music and has an understanding and appreciation of artists. that appreciation in an article she signs in the October Spur, and she has the gratitude of many struggling young musicians who, through her generosity, have been able to hear their first grand opera. Mrs. Mesta shows a thorough appreciation and knowledge of the music world in commenting on the great opera organizations in the various cities of the country, and declares that it is a civic duty to support good mu- sie. The minds of Washington women are always reaching back into the annals | of the social history of Washington and | especially just now when the Jugger- naut of politics in Tilinois and other States is trying on some dangerous tricks. Both Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis and Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick sre favorites in Washington society and both have tried out the senatorial eir- cle, the one as the wife of a Senator, the other as the wife and favorite daughter of favorite Senators. It was upon Senator J. Hamilton Lewis that the spot light beat while he was in the upper House, and Mrs. Lewis slipped so quietly along in so- | ciety that one scarcely knew she was here. It was along in the Spring of 1917 that Mr. Lewis set before the world some of the rare gifts of Mrs. Lewis. There was a red hot campaign on for the election of a new president-general of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution and Mrs. Lewis was put out as a candidate by Mrs. William Cumming Stody, who held the mighty position. Odds were against Mrs. Lewis, as she was one of many candidates from the Middle West and would run against Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Kansas, who was later elected. Some rare D. A. R. campaign mate- rial came out of Senator Lewis' office at the Capitol in which he gave an in- teresting biography of Mrs. Lewis. He set forth that she had spent some years in Europe and had traveled much in far countries in Hungary, Spain, Roumania, Russia, Italy, Germany, Bohemia and the Orient, making a study of palm- estry. She must have read defeat in her own palm and accepted the ver- diet gracefully, and the politicians of the great State of Illingls might now wonder what she sees in her husband’s palm. Victory or defeat. Mrs. Mc- Cormick, or Mr. Lewjs g She very cleverly expresses | MISS ELIZA MITCHELL, Charming debutante daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James F. Mit- chell, to be presented to society this season. ‘Underwood & Underwood. -MMISS MARIAN HOPE, Daughter of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Walter E. Hope, making her debut in | December. | épeciél News of Interest From Diplomatic World The Ambassador of Tytus Filipowies, who returned to the Capital a few days ago, will leave the first of this week for Mexico, where he will remain for about three weeks. Poland, M. The Minister of Panama, Senor Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Senora de Alfaro will have as their guest for the next 10 days the former’s nephew, Senor Carlos Alfaro, from Panama. The Minister of Costa Rica, Senor Don Manuel Castro Quese ia, left Thurs- day for Philadelphia, where he boarded an airplane for Costa Rica. He is en route there now and will remain indefinitely. The Minister of Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don Juan B. Sacasa, has returned from New York, where he spent & few days. The counselor of the Argentine embassy, Senor Don Julian Enciso, and Senora Enciso left Friday night from New York aboard the 8. 8. Western The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, will return the first of the week from Princeton, where he went yesterday for the Navy- Princeton game. ‘The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur will return to Washington the first of the week from the University of Washington and Lee, where the former praticipated ‘in the inauguration of Mr. Francis P. Gaines as president of the institution. Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur had luncheon Friday at the Greenbrier, White Sul- N | Prince for Buenos Aires. The first secretary of the embassy, Senor Don Pablo Santos Munoz, will gct as charge d'affaires ad interim until the newly appointed Ambassador comes to the Capital. The counselor of the Swedish legation, Baron Johan Beck-Friis, will go to New York to meet Baroness Beck-Friis, who will arrive November 3 aboard the S. 8. Kungsholm. The new counselor of the Mexican embassy, Senor Don Pablo Herrera de Huerta, and Senora Dona Huerta arrived in the Capital last week to take up his new post. They brought their young daughter with them, and it is expected that she | will take an active part in the parties given by the younger set. The military attache of the Spanish embassy, Maj. Joaquin Planell Riera, has taken an apartment at the new Shoreham Hotel, where he will make his home during the coming Winter. Program of Current Events In Nation’s Offic_ial Circle phur Springs, en route to the college. The Postmaster General, Mr. Walter F. Brown, will return to Washington this week from Newark and St. Louis, where he went on official business. ‘The Secretary of Labor, Mr. James J. Davis, is expected to return to Wash- ington tomorrow from Pittsburgh, where he has been for a few days. Representative and Mrs. Parker 8. Corning and their daughter, Miss Mary Parker Corning, will come to Wash- ington the first week in December. Miss Corning made her debut in New (Contitiued on Page 3, Column 8.) MISS MARY ELEANOR ORME, Debutante Daughter of Mr. and rs. James W. Orme, whose tea is ar- ranged for November. 29. Underwood & Underwood. Becretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley will be the honor guests at a dinner to be given by Maj. Gen, and Mrs. Harry Bishop in the middle of November at their home in the Broad- moor Apartments. On November 9 Gen. and Mrs. Bishop will entertain at a tea for officers and ladies of the Field Artillery, of which Gen. Bishop is chief. ‘The Secretary and Mrs. Hurley will return to Washington tomorrow from New Jersey, where they went for the Navy-Princeton foot ball game. | _The assistant_chief of engineers, Brig. | Gen. George B. Pillsbury, and Mrs. Pillsbury have as their guest the lat- ter's sister, Mrs. Phillip Van Horn Lansdale, who returned from a three- month stay in Europe last week. have as their house guest their nephew, Mr. Thomas Boyd of Mexico. Judge Advocate Gen. and Mrs. David F. Sellers left Friday morning for Philadelphia and will return late this evening. Mrs. Prank R. Keefer, wife of Brig. Gen_ Keefer, York and will return to Washington November 1. Gen. and Mrs. Brice P. Disque will |arrive in the Capital Friday from New | York to attend the supper dance to be | given by Col. and Mrs. Consuelo An- | drew Seoane. Col. and Mrs. B. F. Hayden are at the Westchester Apartments. The colonel has been transferred here from Dayton, Ohio, and is the chief surgeon | of the Bureau of National Homes under }Lhe veterans’ administration. | Col. and Mrs.. Consuelo Andrew Seoane have issued invitations for a supper dance in honor of Gen. and Mrs. Fred Winchester Sladen, Gen. and Mrs George S. Gibbs and Comdr. and Mrs. Willlam Seaman Bainbridge for Priday evening, October 31, at the Wil- lard Hotel. Autumn colors of gold, rust and brown will be used in all of the deco- rations and a stringed orchestra will play throughout the evening. Col. and Mrs. Henry M. Morrow motored to New Haven, Conn., Friday to attend the Army-Yale foot ball game and will return about Wednesday. Col. and Mrs Lorenzo D. Gasser will leave Tuesday for Fort Benning, Ga., where Col. Gasser will be stationed. Mrs. Gasser will remain there a short while and will go to Ohio, where she will remain a month. Both Col. and Mrs. Gasser will be in the Capital by December 1. Mrs. Percy M. Ashburn, wife of Col. Ashburn, left last week for Boston, where she will visit with her son, Mr. Prank Ashburn. She Will return about the middle of the week. % Mys. Parker W. West, secrefary of the Fridsy Evening Dancing Cl is- sued invitations for the first of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O. Fuqua | left Thursday for New | Society Happ.eningsmListed_ In Army-Navy Calendar Secretary and Mrs. Hurley Honor Dinner Guests. Several Interasting Functions Are to Take Place in Immediate Future. Col. and Mrs. M. G. Jarvis will en- tertain at an informal dinner this eve- ning in their home, at 2400 Sixteenth street. Maj. and Mrs. Willlam Crozier, who have returned from several months' travel in the Far East, will arrive in Washington November 5 from New York and will take an apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for the Win- | ter. | May. and Mrs. Francis C. Tyng, for- merly residents of Bay Ridge, New | York City, are occupying their new apartment, in the Westchester, at 3900 Cathedral avenue. Their daughter, ! Miss Dorothy Tyng, is in New York, and Mr. Michael Tyng and Mr. Charles Tyng are students at Western High School. | ek Maj. and Mrs. Hugh J. Kneer were recently transferred to this city from Langley Field, Va., and Maj. Kneer is | taking a course at the Army War Col- lege. Their son, Hugh S. Kneer, is a | midshipman at Annapolis. They will {have with them as their guests this Winter Maj. Kneer's parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Kneer of Kansas City, Mo, | Maj. and Mrs. James Mackay have as their guest for the week end Miss Dorothy McCanne of Goucher College, | whose home is in Texas. Mrs. Richard D. Newman, wife of Maj. Newman, was hostess at an in- formal luncheon Friday afternoon. Comdr. and Mrs. William Seaman Bainbridge will arrive Thursday to be the week end guests of Col. and Mrs. Consuelo Andrew Seoane. ‘Thursday evening Comdr. Bainbridge will be & guest of honor at the Mary- land Club in Baltimore at a banquet of the Military Order of Forelgn Wars, of which society he is national com- | mander. | Comdr. and Mrs. Harvey Delano left Friday afternoon for Philadelphia. They will return to the Capital Sunday night They were among the spectators at the Navy-Princeton foot ball game at Princeton, N. J., yesterday afternoon. Comdr. and Mrs. Gaylord Church have as thelr house guests for the week end their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Moore of Dawson, Pa. Comdr. Felix X. Gygax has been transferred from Washington to duty aboard the 8. S. Colorado. Mrs. Gygax left last week for the West Coast, where she will make her home until Comdr. Gygax returns. Dr. Frank Hartman Clements, who has been a guest for several days ol Mrs. Betsy Abbott in her home, on Columbia road, has returned to Bir- ‘mingham, Ala. | Mrs. T—aft OpensMHorn Mrs. William Howarc Taft, widow ¢ the late President, has opened he home on Wyoming avenue, having re- turned frcm New England, where she the season to be held Friday, ber 19, at the Willard Hotej, . has been visiting since her return from