Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1931, Page 38

i SO Official Folk of the Capitall CIETY. Seen in the Passing Throng The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Robert Patterson Lamont, joined by Mrs. Lamont and their daughter, Miss Gertrude Lamont, who have been in New York for a few days. ‘The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wil- N. Doak will leave Washington ‘Wednesday for Boston, where Mr. Doak will make a speech before the Legis- lative Committee of the Federation of Women's Clubs. From Boston _they will go to New York for a short stay. Mrs. Doak will therefore not be at home Wednesday afternoon at the Willard. Senator and Mrs. Ellison D. Smith of Lynchburg, S. C, have leased an| apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for the remainder of the congressional ses- sion. They will take possession of their mew apartment today. ‘Representative and Mrs. A. H. Gasque, with their daughter, Miss Doris Gasque, and their sons, Mr. Allard Gasque and Mr. Thomas Gasque, have returned to their apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel for the remainder of the congressional session. They also have as their guest for the week end Mrs. Gasque's brother, Mr. H. M. Hawley of Wheeling, W. Va. Assistant_Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Seymour Lowman will go to New York tomorrow to moet their daughter, Miss Citherine Lowman, who is aboard the President Garfleld and | expected to arrive Tuesday. Miss Low- | man went abroad with th~ United States Minister to Egypt and Mrs. Wil- liam M. Jardine and their daughter, Miss Marion Jardine, and has been visiting them in Cairo. The engage- ment of Miss Lowman to Mr. Willlam N. Jardine, son of the Minister and Mrs. Jardine, was announced a short time before she sailed for Europe. Mrs, Francis 8. Nash. with her daugh- ter, Miss Caroline Nash, will leave Washington this evening for M'ew York, where they will remain until January 24, when they will go to Europe aboard the steamship Homeric to join Capt. Nesh in_Monte Carlo, | Miss N2sh entertained at luncheon at | the Mayflower vesterdav afternnon in | complimeni to Mrs. McCeney Werlich. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin | and their two little daughters, Eileen | and Hope, have gone to Miami Beach, Fla, to visit Mrs. Erwin's mother, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett. Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, sister of Mrs. Blodgett, who left Washington 10 days ago with her, is visiting another sister, Mrs. Edward P. Porcher, in Cocoa, Fla.. and will join Mrs. Blodgett at Miami Beach later in the month. Mr. and Mrs. James Marion John- ston, jr., have returned from their wed- ding journey end are estiblished for the Winter at the Hay-Adams. } Col. and Mrs. Y7:1liam Alcxander Mc- | Cain have returned t) Washingion after en absence of two ycars and have pur- chesed . the house at 3337 N atrnt.{ Miss Elizrbsth McCain will join heu pirents in Washington PFebruary 20° Miss McCain made her debut in Wash- ington two years . _She is a gradu- ate of Vassar and attended the In- ternational School for Students, which with the League of Mrs. William Thomas is spending the week end in New York with Comdr. ‘Thomas, and will join her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye, in their ‘Washington hcme the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Phillins, jr., are expected to come to Washing. ly this weck frem their home in | Pa. Mrs. Willlam McClellan Ritter spent the week in Virginia and will return to Washington tomorrow. Mr. Ritter is spending this month at his shooting box in Florida. Mrsi Joseph Leiter has joined Mr. Leiteriin their home, in New Orleans, where they will spend the remainder of the Winter. Mrs. Leiter will probably return to Washington in the early Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Armour Dodge, with their debutante daughter, Miss Dorothy Joy Dodge, have closed their apartment in the Mayflower until next October. They will spend the remainder ©f the Winter in Colorado Springs, nnd Tliss Dodge will go to Californfa :n darch for a series of vist's. i Dr. and Mrs. David E. Buckingham of Massachusett: Avenue Park will leave for New York Wednesday and will sail Thursday on the Bremen for England. Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Dr. William Morgan Smith, president of Virginia State Board of Health, has c her country place, Exedra, in Loudoun County, for the Winter and is spending part of the Winter at 3000 Connecticut avenue, Mrs. Smith recently sold her home, | Rosemont, in Clarke County, Va. to| ‘mer Gov. Harry F. Byrd. This is | of the show places of the State and | is now the home of former Gov. Byrd. | Mrs. Smith has the honor of being | the only women member of the State | Ioard of Health of Virginia, having | been appointed by Gov.. Trinkle and later by Gov. Byrd. Her home in Vir- ginia, Exedra, buflt in 1798, is con- | sidered one of the most interesting in reception of Gen. Lafayette on his been | visit to Leesburi Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Perkins Hill have leased an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel, which they will take posses- sion of Tuesday. Mrs. Hill was, before her recent marriage, Miss Alice Worthington. Col. Michael Gallagher has arrived in Washington from his home in Cleve- land, Ohio, and is at the Willand for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit 8. Miller, jr., are leaving January 24 for a visit in New York and from there will sail for Jamaica, where they will remain until | May. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Cammack Miller of Cathedral avenue left Wash- ington Monday for Florida, where Mr. Miller will attend the Winter convention of the National Real Estate Boards at 8t. Petersburg. They will it Palm ge;ch before returning and may go to uba. Mr. and Mrs, F. W. Halsey have as their guest in their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel their son, Mr. Thomas V. Halsey. Miss Mar'e Lorbeerbaum, manager of International ~Exchange Bank L department, has returned to Weshington from New York, where she went by plane. While in New York Miss Lorbeerbaum was honor guest at several social functions. She was en- tertained aboard the Leviathan by the new commodore of the United States fieet, Capt. A. B. Randall, and by Capt. Schuyler Cummings, chief of staff of the Leviathan, and others. Mr. G. E. Hanson of the United States Lines also entertained for Miss Lorbeerbaum. Mrs. Joseph Kalbfus and her two young children will leave Washington January 30 for Denver, where they will join Mr. Kalbfus, who has been in Colorado since September. Mr. and Mrs. Kalbfus and their children will make their home in Denver for several years, Mrs. Kalbfus entertained a company of 19 ladies at bridg> last evening fol- lowed by a buffet supper. Mrs. C. A, Work of Morristown, N.J., arrived in Washington yesterday and has leased an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for the remainder of the ‘Winter. Mr. and Mrs. D. Van Orden of Leonia, N. J., accompanied by their daughter, Miss Edith Van Orden, are week end guests at the Dodge Hotel. Mrs. Louis F. Shabek will leave today for Palm Beach, where she will spend the remainder of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Shabek have recently returned from China. They have as their guest Mrs. Louis A. Berry of Philacelphia, in their home in Hyattsville. Mr, and Mrs. D. G. Bromfield, with their daughnter, Miss Dora Bromfleld, have moved to Wardman Park Hotel, where they have leased an apartment. Mr. and Mis. H. Alden of London, England, have arrived in Washington and are at the Carlton, Mrs. Granville H. Parks of 6303 Geor- gla street, Chevy Chase, Md., is spend- ing the remainder of the Winter in Florida, and will be in Miami and St. Petersburg. Miss Frances Burnstine, who has been visiting Mrs. Morris Jaffe, is returning to her home in Columbus, Oh'o. Mrs. Morris Jaffe leaves today for a weel's visit in New York. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Aishton have as their guest, at their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel, their son, Mr. Fred W. Alshton of Cleveland, Ohio, who will be with them for several days. Mrs. John J. Bullivan and Mrs. Ellen Mullén of West Lynn, Mass., are at the Dodge Hotel during thelr brief stay in £ n. President and Mrs. Hoover Keep the Winter's Social Schedule Promptly to Date instead, flu, pink-eye, mumps, chick'n- x and a few other not dangerous but ‘ghly inconvenient excuses are being given so frequently the list of dinn'r guests very much resembles a game of chance. When Mr. and Mrs, Guggen- heim entertained dinner for the Ambassador of Argentina and Senora de Malbran, it was the Minister of Siam, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara w] count of illness. * ok ox % It is not a too far cry from d:mocra- is expected to flock to meet the Grand Duchess Nina Georgiana, granddaugh- ter of King George of Gr-ece and sister of the Princess Xenia Leeds of New York, when they come for the Russian concert and Bal Masque at the Willard Hot] Saturday night. Talent from the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera Cos. will appear on the concert program. Indeed it is wonderful how tiny St. Loudoun County. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were guests there, and plans were completed at Exedra for the | “The Richest Child Is Poor Without Musical Training” THE PIANO IS INDISPENSABLE Alexander's Russian Orthrodox Church in Washington could awaken so very much interest in frugal times likes this. IN THE WORLD OF MUsIC Our carefully selected stock offers the widest range of choice . . . prices consistent with quality. You will approve them as well as our very convenient terms of payment. Every new piano fully warranted. _STEINWAY PIANOS #ricez o $875 Vose PiaNos BRAMBAC APARTMENT GRANDS wicet wom $495 $550 priced from SETTERGREN GRANDS 7« $375 NEw UPRIGHT P Usep UPRIGHT P1ANOS IANOS 72 $225 mricea $50) . THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 18, 1931—PART THREE. GROUP OF CHARMING WOMEN WELL KNOWN IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY ‘While the little church will benefit, so will the unemployed and distress:d of Washington. * k% % ‘There is & consensus of opinion that Washington's most brilliant ball of a twelvemonth is the Bal Boheme, mas- tered annually by the Arts Club of Washington and an event in which citizens of the Capital take special . Added to the artistic value of the Bal Boheme is the scintillating beauty of a concourse of hundreds of persons in fancy dress attire, and the real Latin Quarter spirit that crops | out in unexpected places all during the | drews entertain the American Poetry | honorary member of the leay night. Society folk of Washington and thcse of other cities lend their patron- age whole - Feartedly, and the diplo- matic corps is interested in this year's event more than ever. The night of Pebruary 2 will find the viri-us dining rooms of the Willard teeming with gaily costumed dinner parties which will later enrich the coloring in the ball Tooms. * * x X Seventy-six times have the joint Scottish societies of Washington met in celebrating_the anniversary of Bobble Upper left: Mrs. Harold D. Krick, with her husband, Lieut. Krick, recently arrived in Washington for station.—Bachrach Photo. . Rowsn, who goes to Berlin as military attache of the United States embasey. They sailed Tuesday.—Underwood Photo. Upper right: Mrs. Charles F. Curry, jr., with her husband, Rep resentative Curry of California, in Washington until the end of Congress.—Bachrach Photo. Lower: Mrs. Packer, who with her husband, Lieut. Francis A. Packer, Bureau of Engineering, U. 8. N,, is living in Lyon Village, Va.—Bachrach Phsto. Center: Mrs. Rowan, wife of Capt. Hugh W. SOCIETY. Arts Club Bal Boheme Program Attracting Widespread Interest |Prominent Women of Diplo- matic Circle Head List of Patronesses — Event Scheduled at Willard Ho- tel February 2. Distinguished members of the Capi- tal City's diplomatic circles and promi- nent Washington women will be the patronesses of the famous annual Bal Boheme of the Arts Club of Washing- ton, to be given for the eighth consecu- tive season at the Willard Hotel on the evening of Monday, February 2. | A partial list of patronesses, just an- nounced by the Arts Club, is headed by Senora de Tellez, wife of the Ambassa- dor of Mexico; Mme. Claudel, wife of the Ambassador of France; Senora Dona Herminia Arrata de Davilla, wife of the Ambassador of Chile; Mme, Debuchi, wife of the Ambassador of J-rn; Senora Dona Marie de Malbran, wife of the Ambassador of the Argen- tine; Mme. Peter, wife of Minister of Switzerland: Mme. Bachke, wife of the Minister of Norway: Mme. Wu, wife of the Minister of China, and Senora de Saci wife of the Minister of Nicaragu: 4 Interest throughout the diplomatic | corps is very great in this season's Bal | Boheme, which is a near approach to the brilllant carnivals of Europe and | South America, and the patronesses in- clude also Senora Dona Pablo Campos- Ortlz, Senora Dona Daessle-Segura, Senora Dona Luisa Boysen de Aguilar, all of the Mexican embassy; Signora Simone Bonardelll Desjardins of the Italian embassy, Senora Dona Marie de Iglesais of the Spanish embassy, Senora de Prieta of the Cuban embassy, Mme. Paul Duban of the French embassy, Mrs. Afife A Bedi of the Turkish em- bassy, Lady Broderick of the British embassy (who will lend her name, but will not attend the ball owing to court mourning), Senora de Mondoza of the Peruvian embassy, Senora de Durand of the Argentine emba: Mme. Bissercff of the Bulgarian legation, Mme. Bader of the Persian legation, Mme, Skalicky and Mme. Broz, both of the Czecho- slovakian legation. Outstanding Washington wcmen in- cluded among the patronesses of the 1931 Bal Boheme—which will take place “on the moon” In the court of King Looney XIII, with attendant satellites and representatives from all the major and minor planets in full celestial re- gll!—-wul be Mrs. John Biddle, Mrs. 1 Bloom, Mrs. Charles H. Bradley, Miss Mable Boardman, Mrs, Gist Blair, Mrs. George ; , Mrs, Drake, Mrs. Willlam J. Donovan, Mrs. Robinson Downey, Mrs. Benjamin Long Edes, Mrs. Willlam Corcoran Eustis, Mme. Bkengren, Mrs. Amos A. Pries, Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs. Smith Hempstone, Mre. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Robert Cuggsnheim, Mrs. Karl Klem, Mrs. Geary Johnson, Mrs. Vitor Lafronte, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mme. Mish- towt. Mrs, Francis Horton Pope, Mrs. Percival Sheldon Ridedale, Mrs. Arthur ‘Woods, Mrs. Mark Reid Yates and Mrs. ur Condon. BACKGAMMON Inteiligent instructions, quick results. Appointment, sonable. L. 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RepabiisaniWoumsaiEonos New Arrivals in Cnpital ‘The League of Republican Women in the District of Columbia will give a Burns, and this season, on Saturday | reception in honor of the wives of the brated the 172d anniversary of the 0 dropped out on ac-|evening at the Lee House will be cele- | newly elected members of the Seventy- first Congress Tuesday afternoon from poet’s birth, Many clans will be rep- | 4 to 6 o'clock in the Washington Club, Tesented, with some coming from Balti- | to which the wives of all the Repub- and Scottish dancers and a sword dance, and after that just dancing, | during and following the feast. * ok ko= Over in “George Washington's Coun- try.” as Marietta Minnigerode Andrews calis that delightful story of hers re- cently off the press, there will be a | delightful entertainment in the way- | side studio, te Enchanted Chapel, as | she calls it. 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