Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1930, Page 47

SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. NOVEMBER 2, 1930. Tales of Well | Known WFolk B WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FRAU LOHMAN! Attractive diplomatic host- ess, wife of the secretary of the German embassy, Herr ’ FRAU LEITNER, Wife of the first secretary of the German embassy, and their children, Hubert, Charlotta and Adelaide. Gay and Pleasurable Events Mark the Midautumn Period In Capital’s Fashion World Recent Attractive Programs Seen as Forecasting Active Season Later—Armistice Ball to Feature Early Future. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. assuage its thirst in just punch, so up T its best season for comfort and | stairs a room was set apart for drink- charm, soclety passed a week | ing the health of the President of filled with many gay and in- | Turkey, Gazi Mustafa Kemal, and rare teresting events and only the | wines and liquors were served there. size of entertainments told that | Looking down from the third floor onto | the season has not actually 'urled.}(.he orchestra which dispensed Turkish | ‘Two gay balls were given for debutantes | national music were the two charming | 8t one of which it was announced that | little granddaughters of the Ambas- | only young persons would be present, sador, who swung their dainty feet & fact ignored by a grandfather and|through the bannisters, far above the | grandmother or two who just could not | heads of the musicians and guests and resist the fascination of attending. made cne realize that it was but a| = short step after all from & veiled lady Mrs. Hoover, who, for long, has Te- | of the old empire to a bit of a flapper fused her name as a patroness to the | o yrqq0 thousands who asked her to xponwri this, that and the other event, in and ‘The Japanese genlal Ambassador and out of Washington, has relented con- siderably in the last week and she and Mme. Debuch! will come into the social | limelight this week with the arrival the President head the list of 5pOnsors | Thursday of Prince Tokugawa, presi- for the Armistice day ball to be given at | dent of the House of Peers of Japan. the Mayflower by the officers and m*m- | president of the Japaness Red Cross bers of the District of Columbia Veter- ' Society and one of the principal dele- ans of Forelgn Wars of the United gates to the Washington conference of States on the night of November 11. | 1921. Of course the prince will pa: P his respects to the President and Sec- Mrs. Hoover s0 interested heraclf tn | roe S0 B0 TR B 5 the Wellesley College Club benefit at a | quiry 91 S0 SAG MU T0 be local theater this week that she has ... pe will remain in the Capital | taken a box and if she cannot be ey neri gunday, and from the mo- present will send her representatives. ;¢ of nis arrival until he leaves he 51 “hais “aleo ‘given - her ndns a8 5| Wil be the subject of strenuous en- patroness for the benefit in & local| oy i theater for the Young Women's Chris- | o tian Home, which is being unhoused by | The diplomatic corps shows stability, | the new park plan and the erection of g5 the term goes in the stock market, | Government buildings which includes | and as the season opens there are | the present site of tae home. | fewer changes among the heads of mis- Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs. Gann, | gjons than have been noted for many | Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. Harlan | years. All the Ambassadors who have Fiske Stone, Mrs. Willlam E. Borah. | been in residence have setttled snugly | Miss Grace Litchfield, Miss Bessic | into Winter quarters and the expected Kibbey, Mrs. Douglas Birnie, the Com- | arrival of the Ambassador from Ar- | mandant of the War College and Mrs. | gentina, Senor Ernesto Manuel Mal- Connor and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Mason | bran, will round the circle to comple- Patrick are also sponsors for the event tion, Of the Ministers who spent the | &t the National Theater Monday night, | yacation abroad, the return of but two | November 10. is problematic. The genial Persian | envoy, Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah, | was in May granted leave of lbnrncei It was the genial Ambassador of the Turkish Republic, Anmet Muhtar, who | ¢'" "0 &0 0t o affaire | shed the most glory on the week. He |y, yis nome in Teheran and apparently | is one of the 250 progressive Trks| poq peen detained beyond his calcula- ¥ho brought about the proclamation|iions Byt as neither the State De- 3f independence in the Ottomen Em- | ariment nor his legation have heard Bire. He is & scholar and & very genial | oy hia transfer this hospitable and gentleman with & goodly use of classic | mogt courtly member of the corps may English. As & surprise to the several gryjve a¢ his post later. The Minister | hundred invited guests was the Dres-|of Rumania, Dr. Charles A. Davila, ence at the reception of the former| yus summoned to Bucharest in Mid- | Assistant Attorney General and MIS.| qummer, King Carol is making numer- | George R. Farnum of Boston, Who Wee | ou5 changes in the foreign service, it | invited to the embassy as guests OVer 5 rumored that this popular bachelor the reception. With the members of | envoy may be sent to & capital of | MME. PETER, Wife of the Minister of Switzerland, and h Maieli Pfaeffli, who iicce, Mlle. will pass the Winter at the legation. arris & Ewing Photos. General and Specia1 Notes Of Capital Official Family The Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, is expected to arrive in Wash- ington Thursday from Topeka, where he has been for about a fortnight. Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley will be the honor guests at a dinner to be given at Congressional Country Club by Maj. Gen. and Mrs. | Edward A. Kreger November 15. Secretary and Mrs. Hurley will be honor guests of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles H. Bridges at dinner at the Willard Hotel preceding the Army dance November 21 at the hotel. The Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, is spending today at Wilmington, Del, and is expected to return to Washington tomorrow. Mrs. Wilbur went to New York a few days ago and Becretary Wilbur joined her for a short stay before going to New Jersey. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Arthur M. Hyde, has returned to Wash- ington after spending some time in the Middle West. Mrs. Hyde, who is at Beck have returned to the Capital and are again in their home on Twenty- first street. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have recently re- turned from abroad and spent the early Autumn in their Summer home at Sea Bright, N. J. The Undersecretary of the Treasury, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, who left Wash- ington yesterday to make several polit- Mrs. Mills in their Long Island home. He will return to Washington Wednes- day or Thursday. The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. | F. Trubee Davison, has returned to ‘Washington from a tour in New York. The Secretary was entertained at din- | ner at the Brookville Country Club in | Long Island last week, following the dedicatory exercises for the opening of the new American Legion Building at | sea o1, The District Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Crosby. and Mrs. Crosby entertained in- formally st a dinner last Wednesday fcal specches, 15 spending foday With| . rtain at a tes December 2 at the | the embassy staff Mrs. Farnum as- Europe, possibly to Rome. their home in Trenton, will join the sisted in the entertainment of guests, | pihas darting about here, there and every-| But newcomers in the embassy and where, from the drawing room where |legation staffs are most numerous and | Guests were received by the Ambas-|important and especially in the rank sador and his daughter, Mme. Enver, |of counsellor. Count de Montetuerte, into the middle drawing room, where s | Who Was sent from Madrid in the Sum- huge bowl of delicious punch - and | MeF {0 act as charge d'affaires of the i shelats R led | SPanish embassy, hopes soon to welcome g% O TRV Aearciey ®d | the Countess de Montefuerte, who is the guests, and in the dining room a lady in waiting of the Summer court e A e e ;TUrKish | ¢ San Sebastian and must remain at pic 4ol sl her post untl Alfonso and his Queen T isdiening return to Madrid about November 1 Mis excellency knew full well that|Count and Countess de Montefuerte Q thirsty Washington'sns could never! (Continued on Page !.‘olumn 2y | Secretary here later in the season. The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. | Robert Patterson Lamont, will be joined | early next month by Mrs. Lamont, who | salled a few weeks ago for Europe. | The Secretary of Labor, Mr. James | J. Davis, is expected to return to Wash- | ington the middle of the week. He has been making a tour in Pennsylvania and tomorrow he will be in Pittsburgh, where Mrs. Davis will join him, going to Pittsburgh to cast her vote. Rep-esentative evening. Saturday, November 8, Mrs. Crosby will give a bridge party in honor of Mrs. Paul T. Hayne, wife of Col. Hayne, who will leave shortly for Honolulu, where he will be stationed. The Australian high commissioner and Mrs. Brooks will come to Wash- ington the latter part of next week for a short visit. Several entertainments are being planned in their honor. The English-Speaking Union will en- tertain at & reception and fes for them Johann G. Lohmann. Receptions and At Homes In the Official Circle The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams will entertain at a reception in their home on S street Wednesday afternoon, from 4:30 to 7 | o'clock, for the officers of the Navy | and Marine Corpe and their wives. The Maj. Gen. Commandant of the | Marine Corps and Mrs, Fuller will be at home tomorrow and on Mondays in | November at the commandant's house, Marine Barracks. The commandant of the Army War College and Mrs. William Durward | Connor will be at home this afternoon | in their quarters from 4 to 6 o'clock. | will be at home this afternoon to officers | and their wives of the Signal Corps of | the Army. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. Wyeth will Carlton Hotel, when they will present | their daughter, Miss Margo Wyeth, to soclety. Mr. and Mrs. Gist Blair will | entertain at a dinner ‘at Grasslands ;Decrmber 2, in honor of Miss Wyeth. Mr. and Mrs. John Spalding Flannery have sent out cards for a tea Friday, | November 28, in their home at 2411 | California street, when they will pre- | sent their daughter, Miss Virginia Maury Flannery, to society. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit §. Miller, jr., will | be at home at 4:30 o'clock Pridays in | November, January and February. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Congdon will | receive with Mr. and Mrs. Miller. | —. | Miss Renshaw Tea Cucut Of University Women Mrs. Anne Tellery Renshaw will be the guest of the American Association of University Women at tea tomorrqw afternoon. Miss Renshaw is the only woman on the faculty of the American Institute of Banking, and will speak on “Phases of Social Control.” The tea is in charge of the junior group of the University Women, with Miss Vir- d Mrs. James M.'November 18 at the Hotel. | ginia Diedel as hostess, 4 Drawn by H. J. Murray from Harris & Ewing Phote, Events in Other Cities Call Diplomatic Corps South MME. ERIC HENDRIK LOUW, Whose husband is Minister from the Union of Africa. Leaders Out of Town Mexican Ambassador Will Repr:sent His Country at Foot Ball Game—Sir Ron- ald Lindsly Remrqing. Mr. MacWhite to Attend Horse Show. | Prominent Officials and to Capital After Personal The Ambassador of Mexico, Senor Don Manuel C. Tellez, will leave Wash- ington Wednesday for Jackson, Miss., where he will represent the President of Mexico at the foot ball game be- tween the National University of Mexico | and the Mississippi College. He will return to the Capital November 11. | Judge advocate general and Mrs. David F. Sellers were among those who motored to Annapolis yesterday for the foot ball game. Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, wife of Brig. yesterday after visiting for a week in Lo New York. ‘The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Carlos G. Davila, has returned to the Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe, Gen. Keefer, returned to the Capital | Capital after a brief sojourn in New U. 8. A, retired, arrived yesterday by Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George S. Gibbs | motor from Bath, N. Y. where they spent the Summer. They have taken possession of their suite at the Mar- tinique, where they plan to remain for the Winter, | York. The Ambassador of Great Britain, | sir Ronald Lindsay, is expected to re- | turn tomorrow from Long lsland, where | he has been to visit Lady Lindsay, who is the house guest of Mrs. Bayard | Cutting. The third secretary of the embassy, Mr. Michael Wright, who accompanied the Ambassador to Long Island, will return with him. Miss Georgette Yerby and Miss Juliana Yerby, debutante nieces of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles H. Yerby, are expected to arrive in Washington Thursday. Miss Marjorie Campbell Ruckman, | daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. The Minister of Panama, Senor Dr.| jonn W. Ruckman, has returned to | Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Senora de | washington. and is at 263¢ Woodley | Alfaro will entertain at & tea 0F ;jace ghe has spent several yearswn | Panamans tomorrow afternoon at 5| New vork, pursuing her studies in fine o'clock in celebration of Independence | guy and the romance languages At day in Panama. | Columbia University. The Minister of Albania, M. Faik! Col. and Mrs. Patrick T. O'Shaugh- | Konitza, will leave the middle of this nessy have moved from the Farnsboro week for Boston and will return in| apartment to the Westchester apart- | ment, at 4100 Cathedral avenue. They have one married daughter, Mrs. Wil- The Minister of Norway went to New ) gfiénh:‘*m:;::?rdunr :flret;:eHo]:dn :;:IE York yesterday to meet Mme. Bachke, i Just “returned to this country | branch of the Army from Europe. They will remain at the | Mayflower until the new legation on Massachusetts avenue is completed. | about 10 days. Col. and Mrs. M. S. Jarvis are leaving | today for a week's visit with relatives at Clarksburg, W. Va. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Col. and Mrs, William P. Wooten | Mr. Michael MacWhite, Will leave for | wi)| entertain at dinner Wednesday Army-Navy Calendar Lists Society Events of Interest Their Families Returning Brief Absences. Mention. evening in their home on Massachusetts | avenue, | | Col. and Mrs. Richard H. Jordon have | leased an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for the Winter. | Col. Allen M. Smith, U. 8. A., retired, |and Mrs. Smith are again at the Mar- tinique for the Winter. They arrived yesterday from Quogue, Long Island, ‘when they spent several weeks before coming to Washington, which has been their Winter home for many years. | Maj. John McLane, U. 8. A., and Mrs. McLane and their two children will |leave about December 18 for Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where Maj. McLane has been ordered for duty as a member of | the General Stat Corps. | Capt. and Mrs. Neal B. Farwell spen. | yesterday in Annapolis, where they at- | tended the foot ball game between St | John's College and American University | Mrs. Allyn K. Capron, widow of Capt. | Capron, U. S. A., has canceled all en- | 8agements because of illness, and is | at Walter Reed Hospital. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lavender have leased the home eof | Comdr. George Leonard Smith at 2614 | Woodley place. | | Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Moeller, U. 8. N, arrived in the Capi- tal yesterday from Key West, Fla., and ar. spending a few days at the Mar- tinique, en route to New York, accom- panied by their children, Priscilla and Griswold Mdeller, and by Mrs. Moeller’s | mother, Mrs. Adele S. Geiring. | Comdr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Balsley | entertained Friday evening at a small dinner dance. New York Tuesday afternoon, where — | he will attend the National Horse Show | | Association_ghow, whigh Will start No- Betrothals S“l"_ed“led | In Socxety Calendar | vember 6. On Thursday he will entertain at a| Comdr. John Q. Walton of the luncheon at the Ritz-Palace in honor United States Coast Guard and Mrs. of the Irish team, which will participate walton announce the engagement of in the show. He will be gone about & their daughter, Miss Elizabeth 8. week. | Walton, to Mr. Albert Earl Hancock, [son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee Han- The counselor of the Swedish lega- cock. | tion, Baron Johan Beck-Frils, will to New York with his children tomor- row to meet Baroness Beck-Friis, who | | will arrive on the 8. S. Kungsholm. Upon their return to Washington | they will occupy. their home at 2804 | Thirty-fourth place. ‘The counselor of the Nlclnxuln; Carazo, has as his guest his sists Senora Maria Teresa Carazo de| Chamorro, at the legation. Senora Chamorro will Washington for a month. ‘ remain in | Mr. and Mrs. Truman Cross Slingluff of Baltimore and Southern Maryland daughter Anne Tilghman to Mr. James Brown Monfort, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Maxwell Monfort of Steubenville, Ohio. Miss Slingluff is a graduate of the Misses Eastman's School in this city. The wedding' Will take place November 22. . Miss. Albert Relyea has the engagement of ?IY ? nounced hter Eleanor to Mr. James Marion Johne ston, jr., of this city. Miss Relyes s the daughter of the late Albert Relyes of New York and Connecticut, and since her graduation from Smith Col- lege has been actively identified with the Junior Red Cross magazines. She belongs to the Junior League of Wash- ington. The wedding will- take place this month. Mr. and Mrs. George P. McCabe of Chevy Chase, Md., announce the en- | announce the engagement of meirisue.mem of their daughter, Miss | Dorothy Eleanor McCabe, to Mr. Leo A. ;Wll:h!, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Walshe of Washington. The wedding | will take place in the Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dawson of legation, Senor Dr. Don E"“”‘“’im. Monfort, attended Dartriouth Col- | Hollycrest, Glenmont, Md., and Wash- ' | lege. ington, announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy te Mr. Charles | Vernon Nichols of Montelair, N. J. The wedding will take place early in Jan- uary.