Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1931, Page 31

Features for Women SENORITA DONA MARIA PADILLA AND SENORITA MARTA SACASA, Discussing plans for lec- ture to benefit the work of poor churches. Harris-Ewing Photo. Social Activity Continues With Variety of Important Events Planned During Lent Mrs. Gann Is Honor Guest With Mrs. Leather-| wood and Mrs. Walters at Joint Luncheon of 80 Guests. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. of s0 many forelgn artists coming to Signs of Lent, like signs of Spring, |this country to paint officials and so- are sometimes nipped in the bud, and|Clety folk while American portrait while Mrs. Hoover nipped the dinner |Painters—at ledst some of them—are parties to be given for her and meiplntlns for a sitting from the great. President in the bud by leaving on the | While the wail of complaint was going | eve of Shrove Tuesday for Asheville, |On along this line recently some one| N. C., and will discontinue all dinners Teminded the painters that among the and such . events until after Easter |Many natives of the United States Sunday, big affairs are still stirring in | CATTYINg on their brush work in the old the social world, and life looks quite World was John Quincy Adams, s peppy along the social line as before Straight down the line from the second | the Lenten season set in. The Presi-| President, who holds sway in Vienna, | dent and Mrs. Hoover are not Catholics, Where he maintains not only a fash nor is it customary of the Friends So-| lonable but a paying studio. Until clety to observe the 40 days of peni- | few years ago Mr. Adams traveled on an tence, but she does away with every-|American passport, but with his lovély thing of a formal social nature during| Wife and children, now makes his per- that period. manent home in Vienna. He has | painted Prince Adlebert of Prussia, Prince Lichenstein and portraits of sev- SOCIETY SECTION The Sunday St WASHINGTON, D. C, Mrs. Gann, sister of the Vice Presi- dent, is still dining about and on Ash Wednesday was the guest of honor at joint luncheon of 80 guests with Mrs Elmer O. Leatherwood and Mrs. Ander- son H. Walters, and the night before she shared honors with her broth s brilliant dinner party given by the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez at the embassy. Senora de Tellez is giving & reception tomorrow afternoon in honor of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, having sent out, several hun- dred cards. Mrs’ Morrow, as chatelaine of the United States embassy in Mexico City while her husband was Ambassador there, entertained the Ambassador and Senora de Tellez during their visit to the capital of their own country Many other important social affairs are scheduled for the Lenten season, but there will be lectures, musicales, pleture exhibition and other appeals to the intellectual side of life. Eben F. Comins is holding a small exhibition of his work, portrait and otherwise, at the Washington Arts Club, with the portrait of Associate Justice Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes as his masterpiece. Mr. Comins’ tea last Sunday afternoon was & delightful one, and he had time to relate interesting little sidelights on his famous sitter. Mrs. Hoover is having her potrait by Mrs. Leonabel Jacobs of New York done in oils, and a charm- ing Austrian artist, Mr. Haider, who has done an exquisite portrait of Mrs. Hoover, is awaiting White House ap- 4 — ©One constantly hears a wall from ‘Zmerican portrait painters over the fact | is double interest. Count Laszlo Szech- eral of the old Austrian Emperors. Mr. Adams comes back to the States to visit and recently executed his second portrait for Yale MLLE. An engagement in the diplomatic corps is always of intense interest to soclety and when the subject is & half- way. American countess and 1s to wed a | nobleman of her father’s country, there SUNDAY MORNING, REINE CLAUDEL, COUNTESS CORNELIA SZECHENYI, popular girls of the diplomatic corps. Harris-Ewing Photo. FEBRUARY 22, 1931. COUNTESS » ANTOINETTE RONCALLI DI MONTORO, Bride of the secretary of the Italian embassy. Clinedinst Photo. .\‘EN()RI"A RSA PADILLA AND Mrs. Owen J. Roberts Abafldfln! Observaflcfi O{ at Home Tomorrow enyl, Minister of Hungary, and his | American wife, Countess Szechenyi, | daughter of Cornelius Vanderbiit of | New York, announced the engagement of their second daughter, Countess Alice | Szechenyl, to Count Bela Hadik of Budapest. She and her sisters have Mys. Carr to Receive In-| | been practically raised in this country, | | formally Today for Last| Time This Season. | (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Miss Prochnik Marries | At Legation March 26| Mrs. Roberts, wife of Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court, Mr. Owen | ‘The marriage of Miss Loranda Proch- | | nik, daughter of the Minister of Aus- J. Roberts, will not observe her day at tria and Mme. Prochnik, to Mr. Francis | Ome tomorrow. Lecompte Spalding, son of Dr. #hd Mrs. | Prederick Mauric: 1ding f Boston, | Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, wife of the As-| it e Bpaldtng@ot Boston, | ¢ oocretary o Btate, witlberat | | will take plage Thursday, March 26, | | at 4 o'clock at the l-gation. Only the [ home informally this afternoon after 4 o'clock for the last time this season. | two families will witness the ceremony, | which will be performed by Mgr. Ed-| Mrs. B. H. Fuller will not be at home ward L. Buckey, and additional guests | tomorrow but will be at home on suc- | have been asked for a reception which | ceeding Mondays. will follow. "VVeei{ Eild Trip Is Taken By Mr. and Mrs. Stimson Senator Hasfings Has Guests From Delaware. Mrs. James J. Davis Will Join Husband in Washington. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stim- Pinkney Tuck. Mr. Tuck, who is second son are guests over Sunday of mrm!r;secrcta{y of the United States legation Senator and Mrs. George Wharton Pep- per in their home at Devon, Pa. Sec- | on leave. retary and Mrs. Stimson will return| tomorrow. | Representative and Mrs. Chester C. Bolton will leave Washington at the Senator Daniel O Hastings has as his| end of the week for Palm Beach, Fla., guest at Wardman Park Hotel, Mr. and | where they will spend some time in Mrs. Robert P. Fletcher of Wiliaington, | their home there. They will return to Del. | their Washington house the middle of | April for the Spring season. Senator James J. Davis will be joine at Budapest, Hungary, is in this country | Mrs. Gcorge T, Marye Plans Children's Party United States Ambassador to Russia, will give & chilcren’s party Tuesday afternoon for her tiny granddaughter, little ‘Marye Bright Thomas, daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. William D. ‘Thomas, who will celebrate her fourth birthday anniversary February 24. The | company Tuesday will number about 18 | contemporaries of little Miss Thomas. Comdr. and Mrs. Thomas are ex- | pected to return to New York March 10 |from Panama, where he is with his |ship taking part in the maneuvers. They will sail shortly after that for a | six-week vacation in Europe. Plans Are Being Made For Annual Polo Ball Capital’s Social Highlights MISS TAKA- KO DEBUCHI, Daughter of the Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi, interesting herself in local charities. Harris-Ewing Photo. ‘Diplomats to Antoinette de Martino are expected to return to Washington from Atlantic City today. The Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla have as their guest in the embassy Mrs. Thomas Birch of New York, widow of the late United States Minister of Portugal, who will remain until Wednesday. The Ambassador and Senora de Padilla will entertain at dinner tomor- row evening and will be hosts at dinner Tuesday evening in honor of the Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Stimson. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara entertained at dinner last evening in honor of the Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann. The company tncluded the Ambassador of Argentina and Senora de Malbran, the Minister of Nicaragua and Sefora de Sacasa, the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, the Minister of Finland, Mr. L. Astorm; the Chinese Minister and Mme. Wu, the Minister of Siam, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara; Senator and Mrs, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mrs. Claude A. | legation and Senora A Miss Valerie Prochnik, sister of the bride, and Miss Elise Spalding. sister of the bridegroom, will be the bridesmaids; Miss Patricia Prochnik will be the flower | #irl, and Mr. John Valentine of Chicago will be best man. 2 Miss Grace Burton will be at home informally in her apartmemt at 2101 Connecticut avenue from 4 to 6 o'clock Thursday for the last time this season. Mrs. Joseph Hendrix Hines will receive today by Mrs. Davis, who has been in Atlantic City for a short stay. Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck have as their guests their son-in- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. B. » Representative and Mrs. Frank H.| Foss have been joined by their daugh-| Maj. George S. Patton, jr., and a ter, Miss Ruth Foss, who has been in|group of Army officers are making ar- France for three months. rangements for the annual polo ball to _Representative and Mrs. Foss Also pe given Easter Monday at the May- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) flower, Swanson, Senator and Mrs. Royal 8. Mrs. George T. Marye, wife of former | Copeland, Representative Edith Nourse | Rogers, | Owen, Representative and Mrs. Hamil- | ton Fish, the charge d'affaires of Egypt Representative Ruth Bryan and Mme. Aly Ismail Bey, the director general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. L. . Rowe: the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs, Walter E. Hope, the counselor of the Danish legation and | Mme. de Wichfeld, the counselor of the Spanish embassy, Count de Montefuerte; the counselor of the Italian embassy, Conte Marchetti; Frau Kiep, wife of the counselor of the German embassy; the first secretary of the Chilean embassy, Senor Don Oscar Blanco Viel; the first secretary of the Spanish embassy, Senor Don Jose Ricardo Gomez Acebo; the second secretary of the Brazilian embassy and Mme. Chermont, the first secretary of the Costa Rican de Piza, the first secretagy of the Czechoalovakian legation and Mme. Skalicky, MrsWacob Leander Loose, Miss' Mabel Boardman, Miss Edith M. Miller, Mr. Ralph Snow= den Hill, Mr. Hugh S. Legare, Mr. Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mr, The Italian Ambassador and Donna Mrs. Ormae Wilson, Be Hosts At Number of Affairs Tuesday—Vice President One of Honor Guests at Function. Mrs. Webster Knight, daughter of the Vice President; Mrs, Joseph E. Corrigan and her sister, Mrs. Armstrong Taylor of New York, who have been guests of the Ambas- sador and Senora de Ferrara for several | days. The Ambassador and Senora de Ferrara will entertain at dinner Thurs- day evening in honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson. Senora de Ferrara will be at home Friday afternoon at the embassy, and will have recelving with her the Am- bassador. PFriday marks the anniversary of the starting of the revolution which gave Cuba her Independence. The Ambassador of Poland and Mme. Filipowicz will entertain at dinner Fri- day evening and again Saturday eve- ning. They also will be hosts at diriner Sunday evening. The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will return tomorrow from New York, where Mme. Peter has been with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Marc Peter, jr., for 10 days. The Minister joined her there ‘The Minister of Czechoslovakia snd Mme. Veverka and members of the legation staff left Wednesday to at- tend the Tilden Cup matches in Madi- | son Square Garden, New York. Thurs- | day they went to Baltimore to watch the matches and returned to the Capi- tal the following da: ‘The Minister of Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don Juan B. Sacasa, has returned from New York, where he passed several days. ‘The charge d'affaires of Egypt and Mme. Aly Ismail Bey will be hosts at dinner Saturday evening. The naval attache of the Brazilian embassy and S > Couto Aguirre (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Supper Guest.; to H;ar Talk by House Member Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorpe will have among their guests at a supper party this evening Representative Ham- ilton Fish, who will give = talk e ‘ommunism.” - ”n