Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 35

! Feat ures for Women Part 3—12 Pages WASHINGTON, SOCIETY SECTION The Sunday Star. MRS. JOSEPH LAWRENCE HOOPER, ith Representative Hooper of Michigan, at the Carlton until the end of Congress. ‘Underwood Photo. State Dinner Is Feature Of White House Calendar With Many Small Parties Tea for Smith-Drake Wedding Group Among Intimate Entertainments—Kelloggs Are Guests—First Lady Visits Ft. Myer. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. when Gov. and Mrs. Brucker will be Aside from the imposing state dinner | guests of honor. The banquet cele- at the White House last week, given|brates the twenty-sixth anniversary of for the Supreme Court, the President | Michigan to statehood and the Governor and Mrs. Hoover had numerous more | Will deliver the principal address. Four intimate parties, a youthful and de- | of Senator Vandenberg’'s colleagues in lightful one being the little tea last the Senate who were born in Michigan, Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Hoover | Senator Prederick Hale, now of Maine; entertained for Miss Eleanor Bryan| Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minne- Smith and Mr. John Walter Drake, jr.,|sota, Senator Robert B. Howell of | whose marriage took place Monday aft-| Nebraska and Senator Royal S. Cope- ermoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Walter Drake of Detroit, parents of the bride- groom, were guests, Mr. Drake having been an assistant secretary when the President was Secretary of Commerce. Members of the bridal party were also guests and it was during the informal tes that Mrs. Hoover promised to at- tend the wedding in the home of Mrs. George Barnett. Another night the President and Mrs. Hoover had friends dining with them, the former Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg and a few others being the company. Several times dur- ing the week they had similar small parties. Mr. and Mrs, Kellogg .lopped‘ in Washington to attend the diplomatic dinner two weeks ago and were at the Mayflower Hotel then and during their present, visit. : “There was the thrilling visit to Fort Myer Priday to see the drill, when the First Lady of the Land was accom- | land of New York, will be special guests, as will the entire Michigan delegation in Congress, and Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Fuller, the general being & Michigander by birth. Benator and Mrs. Vandenberg will have his daughiter, Miss Barbara Van- denberg with them at Wardman Park Hotel when she will arrive from Michi- gan Tuesday. Miss Vandenberg's en- gagement was announced. This afternoon Representative Ruth Bryan Owen will be hostess to a num- ber of her friends from the diplomatic corps, various branches of official so- | clety and from resident circles to hear a gifted singer, Benjamin De Loache, baritone of the Philadelphia Opera Co. | Mrs. Owen “discovered” Mr. De Loache | about four years ago, or at least her |sons did—John Bryan and Reginald, | whose close friend he is, and it was the boys who brought the artist to her at- tention. His beautiful voice thrilled her, panied by the two first grandchildren | just as it did her sons, and she gave of the land, to say nothing of the YOUNg | him unstinted encouragement. His first man of the White House, Mr. Allanachievement came when he was one Hoover, who came for an over-Sunday of the national winners in the Atwater MRS. ROBERT JOHNS Whose husband returns to the Senate from Ohio after having served two terms in the House. DRAWN gy /S MURRAY Fom Clinedinst oty BULKLEY, eon—Mrs. Arthur M. Friday—Represen ‘The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes will entertain at dinner |guest of Representative and Mrs. Bol- | Saturday evening in honor of the as- | sociate justices of the Supreme Court |and their wives | Mrs. Edward Everett Gann will be the ranking guest at a luncheon to be given tomorrow at the Mayflower by Mrs. Charles H. March in compliment | to Mrs. Dwight M. Morrow. | —_— | Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, will entertain at luncheon in the Chinese room of the Mayflower Friday afternoon in compli- |ment to Mrs. Herbert S. Hadley, Mrs. |John W. Lyman and Mrs. H. Prank Hoffman. Mrs. Hyde will be at home Wednes- day afternoon. visit with his parents Vice President Curtis has been almost the busiest official in Washington for & whole week, dining in embassies and legations, attending the opening at a theater Friday night with his sister, Mrs. Gann, and otherwise engaging every waking hour not spent in the Senate Chamber or in his office. To- day is the birth anniversary of Mr. Curtis, and Mrs, Jacob Leander Loose | will entertain a dinner party for him. Mrs. Gann, who held one of the largest official days at home of the season, in her apartment at the Mayflower last week, will not receive Wednesday. Senator and Mrs. Vandenberg, who returned to Washington after spending the Christmas holidays in their home at Grand Rapids, Mich,, will have that remarkably youthful Governor of their State, Wilbur Brucker and Mrs. Brucker, &8 their guests, arriving tomorrow. Midday tomorrow Mrs. Vandenberg will give a luncheon at Wardman Park Hotel for Mrs. Brucker, asking the wives of the Michigan Senators and Represen- tatives to meet her. It will be an all- States luncheon. Senator Vandenberg is chairman for the big Michigan State banquet of the Michigan Society in Washington to- morrow night at the Hay Adams House | Kent audition three years ago nnd}awr‘ R | he received a scholarship at the Curtis | will be the guests in whose honor Rep- | Institute of Music, where, through Mrs. lrasntative - usa wo James M. Beck | Edward Bok's generosity, : M sic ¢ musicians of | ) o tertain at dinner tomorrow eve- | | unusual talent are given opportunity to o | study under great masters. Mr. De| s Loache worked under De Gogorza, 8ing- | Mrs, Roberts, wife of Mr. Justice ing the while with the Philadelphia |Owen J. Roberts, will be the guest in Grand Opera Co. and gathering operatic | whose honor Mrs. Frank J. Loesch of l‘ experience. | Chicago will entertain at luncheon Wed- nesday at the Mayflower. Mr. John Bryan, who at the request | of his iustrious grandfather, the late ! Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, wife of the William Jennings Bryan, dropped his speaker of the House, was hostess to own surname, retaining that of Bryan, |a company at luncheon Friday. | will not be present to hear his friend | | sing, as he is now playing Shapespearean Senator and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen | roles nightly with Pritz Lieber's com- pany in New York. Young Mr. Bryan wishes to be a playwright and believes there is no better way of fitting himself for the task than by personal experi- ence on the stage. Mrs. Owen is her- self a clever musiclan and plays the plano and several other instruments, declaring the old-fashioned accordion, favorite. Her husband, the late Maj. Reginald Owen, was a British officer and she played and sang for the wounded in British hospital: & preparatory exercise for Lent, in the form of “A Coffee.” Just that and more, at_least to_the name. (Continued on Page 3, Column with which she sings delightfully, is her | ‘Washington has a new fad, & sort of | will entertain at dinner Thursday, Feb- ruary 12, in honor of the Vice Presi- | | dent, Mr. Curtis Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Brittea will entertain at dinner Sun- day evening, February 1. Representative and Mrs. Chester C. Bolton will be hosts today at the first of a series of midday breakfasts, en- tertaining in compliment to the mem- bers of the Ohio delegation in Congress. Representative and Mrs. Bolton have issued invitation for the second of a series of breakfasts Sunday, February 1, and Mrs. Bolton will give & luncheon Saturday for the members of the LXXI Club, when Miss Beatrice Harrison, cellist, will give s program after the Chief Justice to Give Dinner to Associates Mrs. Edward Everett Gann to Be Guest at Lunch- Hyde Will Entertain tative Beck Host. luncheon. Miss Harrison will be the ton over Sunday. Representative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon will be hosts at dinner this evening. Mrs. Luther A. Johnson, wife of Rep- resentative Johnson of Corsicana, Tex and Mrs. Edith Radford-Lumsden gave a luncheon at the Capitol last week for Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, former president of the Federation of Women's Clubs, and now in the Capital to at- tend the Cause and Cure of War Con- ference, and had among their other guests Senator and Mrs. Morris Shep- pard, Senator Tom Connally of Texas— and, by the way, it was the Senator who won first prize in a political story-tell- ing contest at the Congressional Club, and not Representative James Connolly of Pennsylvania—and other guests were | Col. and Mrs. Wrenn and Mr. and Mrs, Charles Holman. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Gug- genheim will entertain a distinguished company at dinner Monday evening, February 2, in honor of the dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez. Maj. H. L. Robb, ':he Assistant Dis- | trict_Engineer Commissioner, and Mrs. (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) | Marriage Is Announced Of Miss Constance Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kilby Page Smith of Boston announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Constance Smith, to Mr. James Bradley Whitman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitman of Wash- ington, Friday, January 30, at 5 o'clock in the Church of St. John the Evangel- ist, 218 West Eleventh street, New York City. A reception will follow the cere- mony at the home of the uncle and aunt of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Will Irwin, 240 West Eleventh street. Mr. Whitman and his bride will make their | home in New York. Miss Smith is a graduate of Vassar, while Mr. Whitman graduated from the Carnegle Institute in Pittsburgh, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY = 25, 1931. Capital’s Social Highlights MRS. WILLIAM E, BORAH, Important in Washington social life, and with her husband, Senator Borah of Idaho, frequent guests at the White House. Harris-Ewing Photo. : [Ambassador of Spain Entertains Saturday Dinner Will Precede Ball to Be Given by Italian - Envoy—Series of Fencing Matches at Cuban Embassy—Claudels in New York. | ‘The Ambasador of Spain and Senora | Dr. Don Carlos A. Perdomo, will act as | de Padilla will entcrtain at dinner Sat- | charge d'affaires. There will be many urday evening, later taking their guests | parties for the Minister and his family to the ball given by the Italian Ambas- ELME Thomas MRS. Wife of Senator R THOMAS, of Oklahoma, living Crescent place. Bachrach Photo, Subscription Dinner | Womenia) GUilIsPlane “Blue and Gold" Tea The Woman's Guild of Calvary M. E. Planned by City Club| The French section of the Women's sador and Nobil de Martino. ;They will have as their house guests for the week end, Miss Mary Hammond and Miss Millicent Hammond of New York, daughters of the former United States Ambassador to Spain and Mrs, Ogden H. Hammond. ‘The Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron will be the guests of honor at the dinner and among other guests will be Representa- tive and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will be hosts at tea tomor- row afternoon following a series of fencing matches in the embassy at 5 oclock. The Ambassador and Senora de Fer- rara entertained at dinner last evening, having as their guests the Italian Am- bassador and Donna Antoinette de Mar- tino, the Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral; the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla, the Min- ister of Denmark and Mme. Wadsted, Princess Margaret Boncompagni, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney, the sec- ond secretary of the Spanish embassy, Senor Ramon Padilla; Senorita Padilla, City Club will hold a subscription din- Church will entertain at a “blue and | Senorita Mencia, guest of the Ambas- ner at the club house tomorrow at 6:30 | gold” tea tomorrow afternoon from 2 pm. Dr. H. B. Humphrey of the De- | to 4 o'clock in the church parlors. An partment of Agriculture will be guest | interesting program has been arranged of honor. He will give & short fllus- | by Mrs. A. M. Daniels, president of the trated talk in English, with glimpses | guild, consisting of a group of songs by of French Canada. Miss Susan Baker, | Mrs. Ruby Potter and Mrs. Leslie J. chairman, will preside. Johnston, accompanied at the piano by Among those subscribing for the din- | Mrs. Louls A. Potter. There will also ner are Mme. Marie J. Boulay-Ander- | be & debate. Mrs. Robert E. Bondy is in charge son, Miss Margaret Bayly, Miss M. A.| ¢ arrangements for the tea and Mrs. | Carroll, Mrs. Frank Golden, Mrs. Al-| Ella S, Knight in charge of decora- | bert G. Dodge, Mrs. H. J. McKenney, tions. | will be Mrs. Susie G. Curtis, Mrs, J. A. Alternating at the tea tables | Mrs. Ceceila D. Guillaume, Miss Anna E. Hollinger, Miss Grace Osgood, Miss Helen Hawley, Miss Louise McCrone, Mrs. George Perkins, Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, Miss Virginia S. Benjamin, Mrs. Marion G. Smith, Miss Etta H. Austin, Mrs. Lila B. Graves, Mrs. Ger- trude C. Notes. Mrs. Viola M. H. Baker, Miss Loretta V. Barnes, Miss Roberta Tull, Miss Gladys Gordon, Miss Julia E Lehmann, Mrs. C. C. Allen, Sallie Turpin, Mrs. Anna H. B. Kinney, Mrs. Sara H. Finley, Mrs. Henry H. Knipe, Mrs. Ada M. Klein Peter, Miss Margaret Conley, Miss Elva McNamara, Miss Margaret Norton, Miss Anais Gu- tlerrez, Mrs. Custis R. Perry, Mrs. W. C. McSparren, Mrs. Anna B. Kocher- sperger, Miss Viola Voelkner, Miss Grace H. Relyea and Miss D. E. Holt. miss | | Linke, Mrs. Edwin &. Widdifield, Mrs. | | Ella S. Knight, Mrs. L. H. Baylies and Mrs. John 8. Bixler. o | Book Review Section Entertained at Club The book review section of the !Ameflcun Association of University Women, under the leadership of Mrs. Maris M. Proffitt was entertained at the club house Thursday morning with two book reviews given by Mrs. George F. Bowerman. Among the nvited guests were Mrs. R. W. Dunlap, wife of the Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture, and Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, wife of the authog of one of the books reviewed. | sador and Senora de Ferrara, and Mr. Thomas B. Sweeney, jr. ‘The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel are in New York for the week end. where they attended the Metro- politan Opera last evening, when a per- formance was given for the benefit of a French hospital. Viscountess d’Alte, wife of the Min- ister of Portugal, has returned to the | Capital and has as her guest, her sis- | ter. Miss Frances Coleman of New York. ‘The Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen gave a dance last eve- | ning for their son, M. J. H. van Royen, jr., attache of the legation. ‘The Minister of Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don Juan B. Sacasa, has gone to New York, where he will remain for a week. ‘The Siamese Minister, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara, has re- | turned from New York, where he passed several days. The Minister of Honduras, Senor Dr. Don Ernesto Argueta, has been recalled | to his country to assume his duties as secretary of state. He will leave the Capital with his family about Febru- ary 1 for New ¥Yprk, 1l sail from there several days later. present first secrefary of the legationSenor \ between now and sailing time, for dur- ing his stay in Washington they have made many friends. ‘The newly appointed Minister of Haitl, M. Dantes Bellegarde, and his daughter, Mlle. A. Bellegarde, arrived ° in New York Saturday aboard the 8. 8, Rochambeau and will come to the Cap- ital tomorrow or Tuesday. The charge d'affaires of Salvador entertained at Ohial EIbbtenace Cancel at Home Dnyn Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of Vice President Curtis, will not be at home Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Gann, who has been ill for some days, 1is recuperating. Mrs. Henry L. Stimson will not ob- serve her cabinet day at home Wednes- day afterncon, January 28. Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of War, will not be at home ‘Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Walter F. Brown, wife of the Postmaster General, will receive Wed~ nesday ofternoon in her apartment in Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, will not re- ceive Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Cameron Morrison, wife of Sen- ator Morrison of North Carolina, will hold her first Thursday afternoon re- ception of the season at the Mayflower Hotel this week. # Mrs. Fuller, wife of Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps, will be at home tomorrow after- noon in the commandant’s quatters at the Marine Barracks. Mrs. Fulled will receive Monday afternoons through the remainder of the season. Mrs. William V. Pratt, wife of the chief of naval operations, will be at home tomorrow afternoon and will have receiving with her Rear Admiral and Mrs. John Halligan, Admiral Pratt started yesterday for California and, will be absent for some ‘weeks on an inspection trip. Mr. Swagar Sherley and her daugh- ters, Miss Olive Sherley and Miss Mignon Sherley, will be at home in- formally Friday afternoon from ¢ to 6:30 o'clock.