Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1931, Page 37

Features for Women SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. Capital’s Social Highlights WASHINGTON, SENORA DE LA BARRA, Wife of the first secre- tary of the Bolivian le- gation, to spend several weeks in Cuba. —Clinedinst Photo. D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1931. g MR. AND MRS. JAMES ORR DENBY, Guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denby, while preparing to leave for his new post at Dublin. —Harris-Ewing Photo. s Nin President and Mrs. Hoover ' To Be Entertained at Dinner Will Be Honor Guests of Secretary Mellon Tues- day Evening—Other Outstanding Social Events in Official Circle. 1 MRS. CARL HANNA, Of Cleveland, over-night guest at the White House, while visiting Col. and Mrs. Thad H. Brown, —Harris-Ewing Photo. President and Mrs. Hoover Dean of Diplomatic Corps to Be Honor Guest at Dinner Chilean Embassy Hosts to Entertain Ambassador; Keep the Winter’s Social Schedule Promptly to Date | | One Delightful Reception Just Concluded and Invitations Issued for January 29 Honoring House Members—Events of Interest. Mrs. Hoover attended the Senate BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. e comfortable and delightful ladies’ luncheon Tuesday and posed for s | photographers while breaking bread gtate reception just past and invitations 1 With them, snd Tuesday evening she out for another on the evening of Jan- | anq the President will be the guests of ury 29, with a dinner in honor of the | the Congressional Club at & reception— the official | the most important event in the clutl)(‘s . | Winter program. However, the break- program is progressing With almost| o "oyion the club will later on give ubbelievable regularity. The receptions | 1n honor of Mrs. Hoover is truly of un- Supreme Court intervening, are not overcrowded, the handling from the entrance into the mansion until the departure is thought out to the best advantage for visitors and there is a freedom, especially in entering the blue | room, not known there in any other ad- ministration. or at least not in a quarter of a century The President and Mrs dictated th plea changes and while their receptions are not lacking in dignity and none cf the usual ccre- mony is omitted, none of the old tradi- tions are neglected—except the sacred precincts of the blue room are forgot- ten. The dinner to the Supreme Court is naturally a stately function, but of enormous interest, and the Chief Justice and Mre. Hughes will occupy the places of honor. The reception January 29 in honor of members of the House of Rep- ntatives, a body many times larger te, will undoubtedly call recognition, since it is Hoover have n there exclusively Iliness prevented the 1wch a receptic that bedy ing out plan season. The Speaker and Mrs. Longworth will head the line of guests first received, for = Just as did Senator Moses, Pnsld!nt‘ Pro tempore of the Senate, and Mrs. Moses at the reception last week. P Even under the pressure of the official social program the President and Mrs. Hoover find time to enjoy their three | grandchildren, Peggy Ann, Herbert, 3d, and little Joan, who lend a much more buman touch to the White House than 18 possible in any other way. And, too, Mrs. Heover- is sitting for her portrait to a well known artist—an order from the Girl Scouts of California, who will present the portrait to the Girl Scout National headquarters in New York. Then there must be some deliehtful por- traits painted of .the grandchildren of e President and Mrs. Hoover while they are in the White House, for this would be historic material of the best in years to come. surpassed interest because the members of the club have ample opportunity for showing a touch of originality. * x ok x There was fun alive at the Congres- | sional Club when the members recently | gave a dinner there for their husbands and followed it with a snappy little| program arranged by Mrs. Edward | K:ating, when a contest in telling poli- | tical stories gave the first palm to| Senator James J. Connolly of Pennsyl- vania. Not far behind the story of | Representative Connolly was that of | Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tenne | see, the quaint story of Senator Porter | H. Dale of Vermont, whose wife is president of the club; Representative | Joe J. Manlove of Missourl, who is a | delightful raconteur, as is Representa- tive Edgar Howard of Nebraska and Representative Marvin Jones of Texas. * ok % % Representative Ruth Bryan Owen has sent cards to about 150 of her friends for next Sunday afternoon to hear a delightful Southern bari tone in a program of song. The cards read: “The Chinese room of the | Mayflower, January 25, at 3:30 o'clock,” when will introduce Benjamin | de Loache, and after the program a few of Mrs. Owen'’s friends will pour tea for her. Mr. de Loache is the friend and fellow student of Mr. John Bryan, Mrs. Owen's eldest son, who, through the desire to perpetuate the name of the fllustrious commoner, William Jen- nings Bryan, drops the name of his father and takes that of his grand- father. Mr. de Loache is a native of | Camden, 8. C., and now is singing with the Philadelphia Orchestra. and is well known in grand opera. Mrs. Ow:n could not give her friends a greater treat than |that of hearing this artist, whose | naturally beautiful volce has had the | most skillful and careful training. * % ox % Dinner parues are aiways chang:able feasts in Washington when Congress stages its night sessions, but it is a bit The dean of the dipiomatic corps, | the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora | de Tellez, will be the guests of honor | at dinner Thursday of the Ambassador | of Chile and Sencra de Davila. ‘The Italian Ambassador and Donna Antoinette de Martino entertained at dinner last evening at the embassy, when among other guests were the Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, Comm Boscarelll, who will leave shortly for Cuba; the second sec- retary and Mme. Bousquet, Senorita Josephine Mencia and the secretary of the embassy, Condi Roncalll. ‘The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will be guests in whose honor Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West will entertain at dinner January 28. ‘The Ambassador and Senora de Fer- rara have with them the latter's sister, Senora de la Torre, and Senorita Josephine Mencia. The Ambassador of France and Mme. | laudel will give a dance on St. Val- | entine’s day, February 14, in the em- | bassy. ‘The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila will entertain at dinner in compliment to the Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson Februay 9. February 4, Vice President Charles Curtis will be the honor guest at din- ner of the Ambassador and Senora de Davila. | The Ambassador of Argentina and | Senora de Malbran had guests lunching | informally with them yesterday. The Minister of Portugal and Vis- | ountess d'Alte went to New York yes- | | terday afterncon and will return to | their apartment in Wardman' Park | Hotel Thursday afternoon. The counselor of the Spanish em- bassy, Count de Montefuerte, left today for New York, where he will spend a few days. The commercial counselor of the Swedish legation, M. Gustaf Weidel, was joined Friday by Mme. Weidel, who has spent a fortnight with her | father, Mr. Charles Pate, in Cleveland. | The second gecretary of the Polish | embassy and Mme. Massalska will en- | tertain a company at dinner Wednes- day evening, January 28. Mr. Michael Wright, former third secretary of the British embassy, sailed yesterday from Vancouver aboard the and Senora de Tellez—Other Notable Social Events of Week. Empress of Canada for the Philippines. early for these meetings just now and (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. He will be the guest thefe for a short time of the governor general, Mr, Dwight F. Davis, and his daughter, Miss Cynthia Davis, before going on to the Orient and thence back to his heme :n England. by Society Hostesses Of Capital Announce Their Dates at Home’ Official Families and Others Represented in Season's Schedule of Receptions. Informal Events Noted. Dates Canceled. Mrs. Smoot, wife of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, will receive on Thurs- day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in her home at 4500 Garfield street in| Wesley Heights. She will be assisted | by Mrs. Porter H. Dale, Mrs. William H. King, Mrs. Heber M. Wells, Mrs. Harold La Font, Mrs. Ariel Cardon, Mrs J. Willard Marriott, Mrs. Ernest Smoot, | Mrs. Zella Smoot Nibley, Mrs. Isaac Stewart, Mrs. Fred Chambers and Miss Huntington Loofbourow. Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, wife of Sena- tor Deneen of Illinois, will be at home Thursday afternocon of this week and again on Thursday afternoon, Febru- | ary 5. Her daughier, Miss Bina Day Dencen, will be with her in receiving on both oceasions. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Foulois will not be at home this after- noon. Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West are receivirg informally this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in their quarters at the Soldiers’ Home. Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, will not ob- serve her day at home this afternoon on account of illness. Mrs. J. W. Lyman of Kansas City, who is spending the Winter in Wash- ington, will receive informally with Mrs. Charles Alger in the latter's home at 1732 I street northwest Friday after- noon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Lyman and Mrs. Alger will be assisted in re- celving by the former's sister, Mrs. Herbert Hadley, widow of the Jate Gov- ernor of Missourl. Mrs, Alexander Coale Columbus will be at home informally from 4 to 6| o'clock Sunday afternoons in this month and February. MRS. GRANT w E. MOUSER, JR,, fe of Representative Mouser of Ohio, at the Mayflower for the season. Betrothals of Interest To Capital Society Mr. W. Gramms, consular secretary at the German embassy, and Mrs. Gramms announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth to Mr. Shirley V. Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grif- fith of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Iden of Blue- mont, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter Ethel Louise to Mr. Howard Dayton Sprague of Oakland, Md, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sprague, formerly of Oakland, Md., now of Purcellville, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Iden entertained at a party Monday at their home to announce the engagement. Mrs. Charles C. Murray announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Eva Mae Murray, to Mr. Harlan Rob- inson Jessup, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harlan Jessup of Swarthmore, Pa. ‘The wedding will take place this Fall. R 'ng and ‘Hunt Club Plans D. C. Horse Show The Riding and Hunt Club will hold a District night horse show in the club house, at Twenty-second and P streets northwest, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Melvin C. Hazen is chairman of the committee, composed of Mrs. D. C. Herron, Mrs. Vernon Olsmith, Maj. William M. Grimes, Mrs. J. D. Patch and Miss Elizabeth Jackson. There will be ribbons and prizes given for the eight different classes which, will b held. 5 —Harris-Ewing Photo. | Mrs. Andrews Entertains Prominent Clubwomen A number of outstanding national personalities in clubwomen's affairs were present at the dinner given last evening by Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews at the Shoreham Hotel in honor of Mrs. A. F. Nuquist, president of the Nebraska State Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. W. E. Minier, program chairman for the forthcoming biennial, and Mrs. A. G. Ackerman, general federation di- rector of Nebraska. Other guests at the event were Mrs. Robert G. Simmons, wife of Representa- tive Simmons of Nebraska; Mrs. Charles H. Sloan, wife of Representative Sloan of Nebraska; Mrs. Fred G. Johnson, wife of Representative Johnson of Ne- braska; Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. Adam ‘Weir, Baroness Sournier, Miss Florence E. Ward, Mrs. Lillan Beems of Chi- cago, Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs. Marian Berryhill and Mrs. Grace Lincoln. Tennessee Society Host At Concert and Dance The Tennessee State Society enter- tained at a delightful concert and dance at the Willard last evening. An interesting program of entertainment was given by the intercollegiate cham- plon George Washington University Glee Club and the girls of the Arling- ton Hall Glee Club. Several members of the congressional delegation from Tennessee and many prominent Tennesseeans in the Capital attended the fete. Senator and Mrs. William E. Brock | were patrons for the event. & o g | ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover will :b{‘ the honor guests at dinner Tuesday | evening of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon. The din- | ner will be the fourth of the series of | dinners given annually in honor of the | Chief Executive and First Lady, by the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and members of the cabinet. President Hoover will be the honor guest of the White House Correspond- ents’ Association at dinner at the Wil- lard Saturday, February 21. Vice President Charles Curtis and |Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann | will be honor guests at dinner, Feb- | ruary 7, of Mr. and Mrs. William Liv- ingston Crounse in their home. Mrs. Gann, sister of the Vice Presi- dent, will attend the luncheon to be given by Mrs. Charles H. March, Mon- day, January 26, in honmor of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur will entertain at dinner Tuesday evening at the May- jflower. Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck will entertain a company at dinner | Monday evening, January 26. | Mrs. Beck returned Friday from a stay of a few days in Philadelphia where.| she went to attend the opera. Representative and Mrs. Wallace H. ‘White, jr., have issued invitations for dinner Monday evening, January 26, in honor of Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone. Representative and Mrs. Clarence F. |Lea will entertain at breakfast this | morning in the patio of the Carlton | Hotel, in honor of the California delega- |tion in Congress. The company will number about 40. Representative and Mrs. Lea are making their home at the Carlton during the session of Congress. | Representative and Mrs. E. Hart Fenn entertained a small party at dinner last evening at the Carlton. Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, widow of the former Secretary of Agriculture, can- celed the dinner she had planned to give last evening in honor of the Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, due to {llness in her family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norment will entertain at dinner Wednesday evening in honor of the Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock has issued in- vitations for a dinner party Monday evening, January 26. Mr. and Mrs. entertgined a part; last #vening at Wardma in @mpliment to Mr. and Miss Katharine Kingman and Lieut. | Frederick Weber, whose wedding will ’tnkc place January 27, will be honor guests at a buffet supper January. 25, given by Miss Betty Bull. Miss Alice Louise Hunter entertained at luncheon at the Carlton Friday in honor of Miss Kingman. Mrs. Eldon King has issued invita- tions for a luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday, January 21, in honor of Mme. Emanuel Dimitriu, wife of the financial attache of the Ru- manian legation. Mme. Dimitriu was before her marriage in November Miss Patricia Poe’ Bennett, daughter of Judge and Mrs. John W. Bennett. Mrs. Rust Smith entertained a com- pany at the dinner dance at the Shore- ham Hotel last evening in compliment to Miss Caroline Rust and Miss Eliza- beth Rust, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. David Newton Rust of Alexandris, Va. —— Miss Titcomb's Nuptia] Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Edward Titcomb of Nogales, Ariz., have announced the en- gagement of their daughter Polly to Mr. Henry Davis Lee, son of Mrs. Lee and the late Mr. Arthur Leejof Wash- ington and Elkins, W. Va. /The wed- ding ,will take place February 10 in Nogales and Mr. Lee and his’bride will make their home on Lone Mountain cattle ranch in the Huachuca Moun- tains in Cochise County. Miss Titcomb is the youngest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb and is a native of Nogales, where she was edu- cated until she went to Marlborough College for Girls in Los Angeles, of which she is a graduate. Mr. Lee is a grandson of the late former Senator Henry Gassaway Ravis of West Virginie, one time Democratic candidate for Vice President, and has many {riends in Washington, where his parents lived for many years in the house at 1708 Massachusetts ave- nue, which is now occupied by the Turkish Ambassador. Mr. Lee, Who is a graduate of Princeton University, has. made his home in Arizona since sev- eral years before the death of his father, and his mother spends each Winter there, coming to her home, Gracelands, at West Virginia, for the Summer. Mr. Lee is a nephew of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins of Washington, widow of the late Senator Elkins and former Secretary of War, with whom Mrs. Lee spends a portion of each Sum- mer at Ventnor, N. J., where Mrs. El- kins has a Summer home. Friday Evening Dancing Classes Plan Fete Feb. 6 ‘The third of the series ol' Friday evening dancing classes will be held : at the Willard, Friday, February 6. Many interesting dinner parties will Soughgate. . precede the dance. -}