Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1930, Page 18

SOCIETY]| President and Mrs. Hoover Invited Large and Distinguished Company for Second State Dinner. President and Mrs. Hoover | gave the second of the state dinners on the official program o f the season last evening at the White House, when they entertained in honor of the Vice Presi- dent, Mr. Charles Curtis. The mem- bers of the cabinet and their wives were honor guests at the first state dinner, given December 2. The Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoo- wer received their guests in the blue room, where a simple arrangement of cut flowers and ferns were used. The state dining room was aglow with lights, with the entire gold service , the graceful vases filled with| Yavendar chrysanthemums, stevia and | maidenhalr fern and the tall epergnes, | pert of the service, holding lucious | purple and green grapes. g A number of additional guests were | invited for the musicale which fol-| lowed the dinner in the east room, when Miss Frieda Hempel, soprano, and Mr. Frank Bishop, pianist, gave the program. Mr. Stuart Ross was accompanist for Miss Hempel. The company included, besides Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, brother- in-law and sister of the honor guest and the latter his official hostess; | Governor of the Panama Canal Zone | and Mrs. Harry Burgess, Maj. and Mrs. | Charles P. George, son-in-law and | daughter of the Vice President: Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baker, jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bockus and the former chair- man of the National Republican Com- mittee and Mrs. Charles D. Hilles, all of New York; Dr. and Mrs. Richard | C. Cabot of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Otto | Falk of Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. | Walter S. Hallanan of Charleston, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hep- burn, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Straw- bridge of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hanshue, Mr. William Green, resident of the American Federation of | bor; Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. | Karl Bickel, Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, widow of the former Secretary of Agri- | culture; Dr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Rine- ‘hart, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hill, Mr. | and Mrs. Worthington Scranton of Scranton, Pa.: Dr. Henry Suzzallo, di- rector of the Carnegie Endowment Fund for Teachers, and Mrs. Suzzallo; Mr. | and Mrs. W. R, Whitney, Mrs. Herbert | Hoover, jr.. the new director of the| Protocol Division of the State Depart- | ment and Mrs. F. Lammot Belin, Mrs. Stark McMullin, Capt. Russell Train| and Col. Campbell B. Hodges, naval and military aides of the President. | Miss Hempel sang in Berlin 17 years | ago last night at a special performance | when the ex-Kaiser and his family, King George of England and the late Czar of Russia and his family were present. The former Emperor appoint- ed _her that evening his court singer. ‘The family house party of the Presi- dent and Mrs, Hoover has been aug- mented by Miss Jane Large, niece of Mrs. Hoover, who will spend the Christ- mas holidays with them. Wedding in Home of Chief Justice And Mrs. Hughes Simply Arranged. Of more than usual interest in offi- | clal circles, was the wedding at noon | today of Miss Elizabeth Evans Hughes, | daughter of the Chief Justice and \Mrs Charles Evans Hughes, to Mr. William ‘Thomas Gossett of New York. The ar- | rangements for the wedding were charming in their simplicity, the cere- mony taking place at the home of the bride's parents on R street, with only the members of the bride's immediate family attending.. The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson of the Riverside Church, ew York, officlated, assist~ ed by the Rev. Dr. Willlam 8. Aber- of the Calyary Baptist Church. A breakfast followed the ceremony for the guests at the wedding. ‘The bride was given in marriage by her father and had no attendants. She wore an afterncon gown of velvet | trimmed with ermine with a corsage bouquet of gardenias. Immediately following the breakfast Mr. Gossett and his bride left for a wedding trip and will later be at home &t 308 East Seventy-ninth street, New York City. | Owing to the recent iliness of Mr. | wedding, and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, who are abroad, will not return to this country until January. The relatives of the bride attending in- cluded her brother, Mr. Charles Evans Hughes, jr. former solicitor general, Mrs. Hughes and their two sons, Charles Evans Hughes, 3d, and Henry Stu- art Hughes, who came from their home in New York. ‘The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams will have their son, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, jr., of Harvard University with them to pass the Christmas holidays. He is expected to arrive tomorrow. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Arthur M. Hyde, and Mr. Alfred P. Thom were honor guests at luncheon today at the Willard of the members of the Atlantic States Shippers’ Ad- visory Board, which is holdl its twenty-fifth regular meeting at the Willard this weel The Minister of Pinland, M. L. M-' trom, will entertain at a reception and musicale this evening at the legation, when the program of music will be given by Mme. de Granfelt, famous Finnish opera star and concert singer. Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck will leave Washington Monday for a cruise to Havana and Bermuda. They will not return to Washington until the first week in January. Representative and Mrs. Lewis W. Douglas left this afternoon for Arizona, where they will remain three weeks. They were accompanied by their two children. Representative and Mrs. Charles A. Eaton have with them for the holidve their daughter, Mrs. Georges Jean His | of Boston and her small son Noel, who will remain with them until January, in their home in Georgetown, Mrs. Esterly, wife of Representative Charles J. Esterly, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin Esterly, at their home, 5210 Fourteenth street. ‘The Friday Evening Dancing Class will open its season tonight at the Willard with one of the most brilliant meetings in the history of the class, organized several years ago. The committee in charge of the series of seven dances, will receive the guests tonight, and also included in the line will be Mrs. William H. King, wife of Senator King, who recently returned from Europe. A number of interesting dinner parties will precede the first of the series of dances, among the hosts being Admiral and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs, Mr. and Mrs. Colfax Long, Mrs. Jacob der Loose and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clarke. Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie was hostess at a buffet supper last evening in her home on R street. The commandant of the Army War College and Mrs. Willlam D. Connor will entertain at dinner tonight i honor of the new assistant commandant of the college and Mrs. Joseph Tracy. Mr. and Mrs. George Holmes Cush- ing will present their daughter June at a ball to be given this evening in the Mayflower. Solicitor General and Mrs. Thacher Have Daughters Here for Holiday. Solicitor General and Mrs. Thomas D. will have with them for the holidays their daughters, Miss Mary Thacher of Vassar College and Miss Sally Thacher of Smith College. Mrs. Kincheloe, wife of Judge David Kincheloe, Court of Customs, New York, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Kinnan, at their home on Hunting- ton street, Chevy Chase. Mrs. William Barret ~Ridgley will leave tomorrow to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Brown, at Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Brown is Mrs. Ridgely's stepdaughter. Mrs. Wilbur John Carr, wife of the * .| Chevy Chase home. | MRS. DAVID ROBERT SIMON, Whose marriage Iast evening was a sur- prise to the many guests invited to a reception planned by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherby, in honor of her | engagement, which was announced last | Sunday. Mrs. Simon was formerly Miss Esther Sherby and the bridgegroom is a | son of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Simon. —Underwood Photo. | her home, 1016 Sixteenth street, tomor- row afternoon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock. | The nthenng will be informal and affords the friends who were on duty in the Balkans,” Near East and Russia to renew these friendships. Also assist- ing at the tea table will be Mrs. Mark Lambert Bristol, wife of Admiral Bris- | tol, who was high commissioner at Con- stantinople while Maj. Imbrie was special representative of the United States in Angora, and Mrs. Davis G. | Arnold, wife of the assistant counsel | meral of the Veterans' Bureau and | ormerly director eral of the Near East Relief in tantinople; Mrs. | Claude Swanson, Mrs. Guy Despard | Goff, Mrs. Willlam D. Leahy, Mrs.| tine Brown, Mrs. Sydney Clo- | man, Mrs. Edwin 8t. John Greble, Mrs. Ray Ovid Hall, Mrs. Phillip Lee Phu-‘ lips, Mrs. Alexandria A. P. Johnson and J. Thompson Walles. i Miss Elisabeth Meyer will arrive this The Store for Washington's Smart Younger Set Full to overflowing now with all the marvelous new selections we are showing for the holiday season ... Come as often as you can . « . Make us your shopp Holidays . . . Meet your friends here . . . 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Miss Jones will entertain & group of midshipmen, cadets and young men home from college for Christmas at a buffet supper December 22 at their| Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Gore have/ with_them for the holidays their son, mate at Princeton, Mr. Morgan Orr of Westfield, N. J. Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett has issued in- vitations for a reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood Tursday, January 8, at 5 o'clock in her home on New Hampshire avenue. ‘Mr. Ernest Sawyer, special represent- ative to the Secretary of the Interior on Alaskan matters, and Mrs. Sawyer have with them at their home, 205 Elm street, Chevy Chase, their eldest son, a junior at Stan- ford University, California. Mr. Saw- yer will remain with his parents during the Christmas holid: Miss Kathleen Carmichael will ar- rive today from Sweet Briar College to spend the holidays with her parents, Special for Sunday ‘December RAUSCHER’S Caramel Nut Ice Cream $l .25 Per Quart (Reg. 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