Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1931, Page 18

B--2 SOCIETY Guests of President and Mrs. Hoover at White House Will Return to Philadelphia Today. RESIDENT and Mrs. Hoover had as their guests at the White House for two days, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Fry of Philadelphia Phila- who returned today to delphia. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice President, will not observe her day at home tomorrow. Secretary and Mrs. Stimson Hosts at Dinner This Evening. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson will entertain at in their home, ‘Woodley, on Cathedral avenue, in honor Ambassador of Mexico and dinner this evening of Senora de Tellez. Mrs. afternoon at Woodle; Mrs. William N. Doak, wife of the Secretary of Labor, will receive tomor- Tow afterncon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the presidential suite of the \Villard. Although tomorrow will be the first «day in January selected by the cabinet | several have canceled their at homes owing to ill- ladies for *“at homes,” nesses or absences from the city. The retiring Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of the Ambassador of Germany and Frau v'n : Following the dinner, which will be attended only by 2 smeli company, additional guests have been invited for an informal reception. The Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay, and the staff of the embassy are observing a month of cfficial mourning for the late Princess | Prittwitz und Gaffron Royal, sister of King George. Senator and Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf | are at the Anchorage, at 1900 Q@ strect, for the season. Senator and Mrs. Charles S. Dencen and their daughter, Miss Bina Day De- neen, returned to Washington yesterday from their home in Chicago, and have opened their home, at 1920 Twenty- third street. Senator and Mrs. Tasker L. Oddie, who spent the Christmas holidays in Florida, having with them their niece, Stimson will receive tomorrow | daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William C. ‘Turner will return in June, for their debuts, which were postponed from this season to next. SOCIETY. Mrs. Frederick H. Payne and Mrs. James E. Fechet. Lieut. Col. and Mrs, M. Robert Gug- genheim entertained at dinner in their home in Edgemoor last evening in honor of the Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen and Chinese Minister and Mme. Wu. Other guests in the com- pany included the First Assistant Post- master General and Mrs. Arch Coleman, Maj. Gen. the deputy chief of staff, 3 Moseley; Lieut. Col. Morco Pennaroli, military attache of the Italian embassy, and Miss Laura Tuckerman. Mrs. Aitcheson, wife of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchescn, left Washi yesterday afternoon for California, where she will spend two months or more with her brother, Mr. Chester Barnes Williams, at Glendale. Mrs. Aitcheson will visit in San Francisco and in Los Angeles before returning to Washington. Interesting Home Party at American Legation in Egypt. The home of the United States Min- ister to Egypt and Mrs. Wiliam M. Jardine will be the scene for & happy reunion the middle of next month, when the Minister and his family wili be hosts to & party of their American friends. Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, Gwynn, and Miss Louise Brooks, chap- eroned by Mrs. Huntington Turner, who are expected to arrive in Alexan- THE - EVENING MRS. FREDERICK BLAKE PAYNE, Who has come from the metropolis to visit her husband's parents, the Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Frederick Payne. —Underwood Photo. dria, Egypt, today, will join Miss Marian Jardine after they have taken a two- week trip up the Nile. Miss Phyllis Hight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Frank S. Hight, and a con- temporary of Miss Jardine, will sail Saturday for Cairo to join the party. Miss Katherine Huston and Miss Mil- dred Huston, daughters of Mr. Claudius Huston, who were to have been present at the reunion, have postponed their trip, due to illness in their famliy. Miss Hight will return next Spring to the Capital. and will be accompanied by Miss Jardine, who is expected to spend some time visiting her many friends here. Miss Gywnn, Miss Brooks and Mrs. to plan for Sst. After leav- Miss Barbara Goodwin of Pasadena, |ing Caliro, they will journey to Athens, O f., a student at Holton Arms School, |t returned to their home, on Le Roy | i place. Senator and Mrs. Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio have leased the house at 3145 Sixteenth street from Dr. Karl von Lewinski and Frau von Lewinski, who have lived there for the most of the time since Dr. von Lewinski came here as counselor of the German embassy. Dr. von Lewinsky has sarved for some years as German consul general in New York and is now retiring frcm the con- sular service. He also was a member of the German-American Mixed Claims Commission before taking up his duties @s consul general in New York. Senator Hugo L. Bleck and Senator William E. Brock have returned to Washington, and are at the Hamilton. Senator Brock will be joined later by Mrs. Brock. Senator and Mrs. Ben Williamson, who spent the holidays in their home, in Ashland, Ky., have returned to the Willard, where they are making their home during the session of Congress. Members of the Lower House who spent the holidays in their home States and have returned to the Willard are: Representative J. E. Spearing of New leans, La.; Representative J. L. Smith of Beckley, W. Va.: Representa- tive Robert L. Hogg of Fort Pleasant, Va., and Representative C. A. Christo- pherson of Sioux City, Iowa. Representative Edward M. Irwin, who has been spending several days at his home, in Belleville, Ill, has returned to his apartment at the Carlton, where 1202 G St. ) Domes Curtains. he will remain during the present ses- sion of Congress. Representative Samuel Rutherford of Forsyth, Ga., a_new member of Con- gress, is at the Hotel Hamilton. Representative Andrew L. Somers has retumed to his apartment at the Carl- | ton after spending the holidays at his | home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Representative and Mrs. Wiliam R. Eaton have returned to their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel after a two- | week trip to Panama. They were ac- companied by their niece, Miss Gene- vieve Barkalow, who is spending the | Winter with them. Representative Edward E. Cox and Mrs. Cox of Georgia have recently re- turned and are at the Hamiit>n Hotel Jor the remainder of the present session of Congress. Representative William H. Stafford of Milwaukee, Wis., has taken an apart- ment at the Carlton for the remainder of the session of Congress. Representative Milton W. Shreve of Erie, Pa., has returned to Washington. accompanied by Mrs. Shreve. They have taken a suite at the Hotel Hamil- ton. Representative Joe Crail has returned to Washington from his home in Los Angeles, Calif., and is again at the Carlton. Mrs. F. Trubee Davison. wife of the Assistant Secretary of War for Avia- | tion, will be at home tomorrow after- | noon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock, in her | yesidence at 3263 N street. She will alternate at the tea table with Mrs. Harcourt J. Pratt, Mrs. Daniel A. Reed, -l HOREHAM F, CONNECTICUT AVE. af CALVERT Dinner Dances In the Louis Seize room every evening from 7:30 to 9:30 ($1.50 person or a la carte service). Supper dance, 10 till 1 (50-cent couvert, ez- cept Friday, Saturday and holidays, $1). Saturday Night Dances 7 to 9 special din- ner, $2, including couvert, Supper a la carte, $1 couvert. Din- ner patrons may re- main and dance through supper with- out couvert charge. Lowe-Nevins SHOREHAM ORCHESTRA Paul Fidelman, Directing present at the informal dinner. Ban;:n. is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Grefe. |$10.95 .. e hen to France. They passed Christmas n St. Moritz, where they were joined by the United States Ambassador to Germany Sackett, Goodhart and Miss Exilona Hamilton, all of Washington. and Mrs. Frederick M. Mr. Hamilton McCormick- Former Attorney General and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer will entertain at dinner this evening at the Carlton, where they are spending Their guests will be Mr. Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts and the former United States Ambassador to Italy, Mr. Henry P. Fletcher. the Winter. ‘The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George Fiske Dudley will be the honor guests at a recepticn this evening, given by the or- ganization of St. Incarnation parish. Stephen’s and the Mrs. H. Barnett, the fromer Miss Mary B. Alexander, has returned from London and Accra, West Africa. She arived in time to celebrate the wedding anniversary of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Grefe, whose marriage took place a year ago in Athens, Greece. Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Alexander were Mrs. An engagement of unusual interest in McDEVITT'S Decorators Dis. 3211 To Close Out Pairs Finest Qual- Tailored $5.95 finest Sold up t Included are quality curtains, Swiss Point with dainty borders; also exquisite plain| Brussels net curtains. Extra Fine French Marquisette in New Sand and Beige Colors 48 in., was 75¢c; now 40c yd. 55¢; now 25¢ yd. re-upholste, window shades, lamps, floor Fine draperi, and son of Mr. Justice Pierce Butler and Mrs. Butler. Miss Knox was graduated from the Lincoln School in 1928 and is now at- tending Sarah Lawrence College, Bronk- ville. Mr. Princetcn in 1928 and is associated with | the Northern States Contracting Co. at | the Southern District of New York, Mrs. Knox, to Mr. Kevin Butler, Butler was graduated from Paul, Minn. Mr. Roberto Cella was host to a com- | pany at Shoreham Hotel. dinner last evening at the His guests included | STAR, WASHI {GTON, D. €y 1 UESDAY, JANUARY 6y, 1931, has left his racing stable in charge of a manager, and another manager charge of his horses on the Cuban and Mexican tracks this Winter. Mr. Gilpin is co-master with Congreve Jackson of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club in Clarke County. Mr. Jackson came to Virginia recently from the Gold=n Bridge Hunt Club, in New York, to take charge of the hounds of the Blue Ridge Hunt. Just before leaving Mr. Gilpin purchased over 100 acrss of general farming and blue grass grazing land ndjolnlx the Scaleby estate, which will be added to his already large establish- ment, where some of th: Joe Leiter yearlings have been quartered. Miss Eleanor Bryan Smith, daughter of Lieut. Comdr. George Leonard Smith, has chosen for the date of her marriage to Mr. John A. Drake of Grosse Pointe, Mich., son of former Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce and Mrs. J. Walter Drake, Monday, January 19, in the home of Mrs. George Barnett, on Rhode Island avenue. Mrs. F. Eberhart Haynes has been se- lected as Miss Smith's attendant and only the immediate families and a_few friends will witness the ceremony. Mrs. Barnett long ago prom'sed the mother should be married in her home and since Comdr. Smith has his home in Rockford, Ill, and so many of Miss Smith's friends are in Washington, the | plans were completed. Mr. and Mrs, Drake are expected to come East, as will Comdr. Smith, and Miss Smith will arrive Saturday to be the house guest of Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Norman Baxter entertained in her home, on Hawthorne street, today, having eight guests at luncheon, who are remaining through the afternoon to play bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Cogswell will entertain a party of 14 at dinner at the Shorcham Hotel this evening. The ladies of the “Little Cabinet” met at their second luncheon of the season at the Shoreham Hotel yester- day. Those present included Mrs. Wil- bur J, Carr, Mrs. Francis White, Mrs. Seymour Lowman, Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, Mrs. John Lord O'Brian, Mrs. Seth Richardson, Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mrs, Chatles P. Sisson, Mrs. Charles B. | Rugg, Mrs. Aaron Youngquist, Mrs. Arch Coleman, Mrs. Frederic A. Tilton, Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon, Mrs. R. W. Dun- lap and Mrs. Robe Carl White. Maj. Abbott Boone, stationed at Langley Field, Va., and Mrs. Lovell Boone of Hamburg, Germany, were week end visitors' of the former's brother, Prof. Turin Bradford Boone, | and Mrs. Boofie, who are recovering from injuries received in a recent au- tomobile accident. Mrs. Lovell Boone, of the bride-elect that her daughter | ity' Imported and| week only, during which Girdles . . Step-ins . . Corselettes . Robert Kehl for the charge d'affaires of Czechoslovakia | and Mme. 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Gilpin, and their young sons, Tyson and Kenneth, of Scaleby Manor, in Clarke County, Va., will sail tonight on the Italian liner, Conts Grande, for Naples. They will spend about eight months abroad. Landing at Naples, they will go in their own motor car to Rome, where they have leased a vill Mr. Gilpin MATTRESSES RENOVATFD Best Service and Prices COLUMBIA BEDDING CO., INC. You'll be pleased with the results JamesB.Henderson 1108 G St. | Supreme_ Court circles is that of Miss | 219 G St. N.W. | Martha Knox, daughter of Judge John | S ————————— | Clark Knox of the United States Court Brothers 1213 F DRESS SALE “* EVERY DRESS REDUCED! FOR WEDNESDAY A SPECIAL GROUP OF Strect, Afternoon and Evening DRESSES Marked for Immediate Clearance Were 58.50 to 125.00 ¥ Dresses for southern wear not included L] ® EVENING WRAPS, COATS AND SUITS 1/, OFF ORIGINAL PRICE ALL SALES FINAL % This Week Only 10% Reduction on Entire Stock of Redfern Foundation Garments As a special inducement to our customers for this MISS KILLORAN . Associate Designer of Redfern Foundations —will be in attendance for consultation on the subject of Redfern Foundation wear, Whelan's offer the following, subject to a 10% discount: . o . 1815040 %15 . . . $350to $25 $3.50 to $45 1105 F Street BEAUTY Sk country, 'll.ltmurn to Washington for has | a longer visit. Mr. George Akerson, retiring private secretary to the President, will be the honor guest at a dinner given by the White House correspondents Saturday, January 10, at the Willard. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Blair have returned to_ their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel after a two-week cruise to Bermuda, Haiti and Cuba on the Conte Grande. Mrs. M. deClare Berry has returned to Washington sfter passing four days in Richmond, Va., where she was the guest of friends. Mrs. R. B. Breckinridge of Bethesda, Md., entertained at luncheon yester- day at the Mayflower for her daughter, Miss Louise Breckinridge, who is at home from school at Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn. Her guests included Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, Miss Adeline Furness, Miss Margaret Nixon, | % Miss Katherine Cameron, Miss Mar- garet English, Miss Mildred English, Miss Betty Crane, Miss Polly Gardner, Miss Patricia Joyes, Miss Mary C. Spinks, Miss Cassie Johnson, Miss Ordway Whitford, Miss Dorothea Hage- dorn, Miss Anne Mallory and Miss Elizabeth Breckinridge. The former Postmaster General, Mr. Frank Hitchcock, is at the Willard for a short time. Brief “Season” of German Opera Opened Last Evening. The opening performance of the Ger- man Grand Opera Company in “Got- terdaemmerung,” with Johanna Gad- ski in the star role, played to a well- filled house at the National last night, society folk and music lovers furnish- | ing an enthusiastic audience. The Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron occu- pied a box and had with them the counselor of the embassy and Frau Kiep and others of the embassy staff. Mrs. Pfancis T. A. Junkin entertained a box party which included Capt. Arnold Rueman, formerly of the German Navy, and his wife, her highness Princess Al- exandra Victoria of Schleswig-Hol- stein, who passed & month in Chicago as the guest of Mrs. Junkin; Mrs. Marion S. Battle of Roanoke, Va, and Col. Mervyn Buckey. Others who attended the performance last evening were Representative and Mrs. La Guardia, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, who were accompanied by Mrs. George His of Boston; Mr. and R. Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Willam F. 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