Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1931, Page 32

1:2 SOCIETY. STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 22, Senator and Mrs. Bingham To Entertain at Dinner I;uncheon to Hoflor Mr!. Clrcy and Mrflo_DiCk' inson—Ohio Delegation to Be Mr. and Mrs. Mooney's Benator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham will entertain at dinner Wednesday evening. Mrs. Carey, wife of Senator Robert D. Carey of Wyoming, and Mrs. Dickin- son, wife of Col. Henry Ditkinson, will be the honor guests at luncheon to- morrow_of Mrs. Archibald Miller in Chevy Chase Club. Representative and Mrs. Charles A. Mooney have issued invitations in hon- or of the Ohio delegation at luncheon Sunday, March 1, at the Congressional Club. Ma;. and Mrs. Parker W. West, will entertain at dinner Tuesday evening, March 17, in honor of the Ambassador of Mexico, dean of the diplomatic corps, and Senora de Tellez. Maj. and Mrs. West will be hosts to a company of 50 at supper this evening 1. their quarters at Soldlers’ Home in compliment to Col. Joseph Powell Tracy, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Tracy. Col. ‘Tracy has recently arrived in Wash- ington from the Philippines, where he has been stationed and is assistant commandant of the Army War College. Mrs. Tracy is a niece of Maj. West. Maj. and Mrs. Frank C. Scofield en- tertained a_company at dinner at the | Shoreham Hotel last evening in com- | liment to Col. and Mrs. Potter Camp- 1l of Orange, N. J. The guests in- cluded Maj. and Mrs. Francis C. Har- rington, Maj. and Mrs. John Colloday, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Mayer and Mr. Dangerfield Addison. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock will be hostess to a company at a breakfast today. The Rev. R. J. Clinchy was the honor guest at luncheon yesterday of the Rev. Dr. Joseph R. 8i200. Other guests were the Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips, the Rev. Dr. W. 8. Abernethy, the Rev. C. C. Rasmussen, the Rev. Dr. J. H. Hallister, the Rev. Dr. A. J. McCort- ney, the Rev. Dr. F. B. Harris, the Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, Bishop William F.| McDowell, Dr. C. B. Shelton, Dr. Treat and Dr. Stockdale. | Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner will enter-| tain at & luncheon in the Carlton to- morrow afternoon in compliment to Miss Frances Morse, whose engagement | to Midshipman Raymond Paul Hunter has just been announced. Mr. Paul H. Primm entertained at Mrs. Herbert Primm, D. Middlekauff and Primm. Mr. and Mrs. Rutlanq Beard enter- | tained a company of 14 at dinmer last evening in honor of Mr. Frederick L. Pittman, who celebrated his birthday anniversary yesterday. Mr. Pittman is godfather for the Beard children, who were present at the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Parsons en- tertained at s bridge supper Friday evening in honor of Miss Ruth L. Ter- rett and Mr. Sherod L. Earle, whose bruary | John Darby, Guests. Macglll, Mrs. Maude Williams, Miss Helen Patterson, Miss Mary Earle, Mr. Winfield 8. Macgill, Mr. S. A. Guerrieri, Mr, Drowns, Dr. Charles B. Hale and Mr. Bayliss T. Earle. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Binger of 3800 Fourteenth street northwest en- tertained at a bridge dinaer in honor of Mr. Binger's brother, Mr. Norman W. Binger of Hall, Md., and his flancee, Miss Margaret Metzger of Willlamsport, Pa. Those present besides the guests of honor were Mrs, Ethel Huguely, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kuoelman, Paul Kuoelman and Mr. and Mrs. D Hayes, jr. at luncheon today in compliment to Mrs. Minnie Newton of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Pearl Boerner of Duluth, Minn., who are the guests of Mrs. Emil Boerner. Mrs. D. H. Gillette was hostess to & party at dinner at the Shoreham Fri- day evening, the company remaining later for the supper dance. Mr. H. P. Hollingsworth entertained a party at the supper dance last eve- ning at Wardman Park Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. Junius W. Johnson en- tertained at dinner last evening at the Shoreham Hotel, the company remain- ing later for the supper dance. The guests_included Licut. Col. and Mrs A. C. Cron, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Yarnall, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kircher, Mrs. Irma, Paulda of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Cummings Dort and Mr. and Mrs. John Richards. Mr. and Mrs, Ray Tucker entertained a party at the supper dance at the Club Chantecler Friday evening. Mrs. Vance Brand and Miss Reba Doughton, daughter of Representative Robert L. Doughton, entertained a com- pany at luncheon at the Shoreham Ho- tel Priday. when their guests included Mrs. Thomas Anthony Wadden, Mrs. C. J. Dowd, Mrs. Rollin Hunter, Miss Hiht- ington Lufbourow, Miss Ruth Reed, Mrs. Mrs. Jerry Cooper, Mrs. John F. Moore, Miss Margaret Mansfield and Mrs. A. Coop:r Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Wolfe of Irv- ing street entertained at a supper party Sunday night in honor of Miss Frances Bronson and Mr. Sam Mink. JThe guests included Dr. and Mrs. John A. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. J. Horace Smithey. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Foster Burdick .entertained at dinner last evening at ‘Wardman Park Hotel. The guests num- bered 22. Mrs. O. 8. Daniels entertained a party of 10 at dinner at the Shoreham Hotel | last evening. Mrs. G. H. Tayl'r entertal ner last evening at Wardman tel. The guests numbered 14 and re- mained after dinner for the dancing. Others who entertained were Mr. James E. Lamb and Mr. E. L. Roy. Dr. and Mrs. John A. Logan of Con- necticut avenue entertained at dinner and dancing Saturday night at the Shoreham Hotel, having as guests Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mc- Cathran, Miss Frafices Bronson and Mr. Sam Mink. Pen Women to Honor Minister of Albania | At Breakfast March 7| Mr. Faik Konitza to Speak on Music — Miss Joan Lowell Also on Program. The Minister of Albenis, Mr. Faik Konitza, widely known as a connoisseur — [ Mrs. Charles H. Squire will entertain THE SUNDAY Upper left: Miss Anne Calvert John- son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson of Connecticut avenue, spending several weeks in New York. Upper right: Mrs. John W. Price, Jr, wife of Licut. Price, U. S. N., frequently entertaining and variously entertained while her husband is on duty at the na ard. They live at 1911 R street northwest. Towc * left: Miss Dorothy Randolph Fell, caughter of Mrs. Ogden Mills, wife of the Undersecretary of the Treas- ury, visifing In Alkin, S. C., until her mother joins her there, when they will go to Califcrnia. Lower right: Miss Katrina MeCor- mick, debutante daughter of Represent- ative Ruth Hanna McCormick, seriously conside: ring a newspaper venture in preference to devoting her entire time to social life. i —All photos by Bachrach. last season; Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, ing of tickets. Recent additions to th Iist of subscribers include Mre. John W. Summers, wife of Representative S mers of Washington State, who will en tertain a company of 10 2t hor table Mrs. Susle Root Rhodes, gho will 2lsp be hostess to a large numb:r of glests: Mrs. George Tully Vaughan, who is/ sponsor for the table taken by members | of the Association for the Preservation | of Virginia Antiquities; Mrs, Ffeedrick Young, Mrs. Frank Hodges Clark, Mrs. | Willlam H. Moses, Mrs. E. Richard | Gasch, Mrs. Charles Pickney Clark, Mrs. | Philip’ Leuman, Mrs. John W. Bennett and Miss Dorothy De Muth Watson, all of whom have taken tables for the breakfast. of music, will be a guest of honor and . speaker at the final celebrity breakfast | of the National League of American | Pen Women, March 7, at the Willard Hotel. H: will speak on s ses of mu he is keenly inter- ested. He 15 a graduece of Harvard Uni versity and is credted with bcing one of the keenest diplomats in the corps In the midst of a busy life with man: demands he finds recreation in music. | His subject, which will be “Past and Present Music,” s of particular appro- priateness, as this breakfast is the “music” breakfast of the series which has been given this Winter for the Joint benefit of the league’s department of mmsic, art and literature and for its national club house fund. Mrs. Dorothy De Muth Watson, na- tional chairman of the music depart- ment of the league, is arranging the musical for the event, and will present some outstanding artists in the musical world 2s a special feature. | Mrs. Nina Swalm Clark, first vice| president of the organization and chair- man of the celebrity breakfast series, announces as a special attraction the| appearance on the program of Joan Lowell, author of the much-talked-of book, “The Cradle of the Deep.” Miss Lowell, who has just completed an ex- tensive lecture tour, will come to Wash- ington from her home, Cradle Valley Farm, New Hope, Pa. Critics have given much attention to Miss Lowell's book, gome 1n praise and others in criticism, 50 that it has been a toplc of discus- sion not only in bookish circles, among readers generally. Miss Lowell has an interesting personality and what- ever she says may be countéd upon as being highly original in theme and treatment. Also among those heading the list of epeakers for the breakfast is Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, widely known here and throughout t through her leadership in for the pres- ervation of historic homes in America and other activities of patriotic and historical significance. Mrs. Hoes has chosen for her subject “Following in the Footsteps of George Washington.” As she is connected with the George Washington Bicentennial Commission and is in charge of the “loan exhibit” o be staged here in 1932, she will be able to present the life and character of George Washington, in the light of some of her own original research. The committee in charge of reserva- tions, which are being made at the national headquarters in the Willard Hotel, and which are open to the public, announces a lively interest in the secur- Metropolitan Opera Committee Has ]V'Iect;ng Opera € Metropolitan pos brief season of grand opera at the Fox Theater the evenings of April 14| and 16, with a matinee on April 15. Already the boxes in the golden horseshoe of this beautiful theater are being subscribed for and with the city in festive mood just after the Lenten solstice, the three grand operas, with the greatest stars among the singers of the world, will be the most brilliant event of the Spring. ‘The selection of the three operas has not definitely been made, due to the fact that only a few productions can | be given on the rather small stage of the Fox Theater. It is because of this that the new American opera, “Peter Ibbetson,” by Deems Tayior, cannot be accla'med. The dates, however, are chosen with a matinee between the two ! evening performances t5 avoid single da The sensational young coloratura soprano, Lily Pons, the novelty over whom New York has raved this season. will positively be presented. Not since the heyday of Tetrazzini, the youth’of Galli-Curci, has a voice comparable to | chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs; the | Mrs. fatigue of attending two operas on a | Miss Elizabeth Howry, Mrs. Frederick Brooke, Mrs. e Mrs. Charles J, Bell, Mr. Andrew 1 the selecticn of s-ats and with season tickets reserved in names | at have been listed since last Spring, the public is showing faith in the judg- ment of the Meropolitan Opera Com- mittee and enthusiasm for the greatest grand opera that America or almost any other country can present. Notables Attend Dance At Congressional Club The Resident Commissioner from the Philippines and Mrs. Pedro Guevara were hosts to a dance at the Congres- ast night. were: Reprasenta- | L. Beedy, Repre- John J. Coc 5 Mrs. Maurice T. > pnd Mis. Carr nd Mrs ive and Thatcher, Representative and Mrs. John C. Schafer, Representative and Mrs. John E. Nelson, the Commissioner from Porto Rico, Felix Davila; Delegate from Hawail and Mrs. Victor Huston, Dele- gate from Alaska and Mrs. Dan A. Sutherland, Representative Thomas A. Yon, Commissioner Oslas from the Philippines, Representative and Mrs. Joe J. Manlove, Representative Robert A. Green, Representative and Mrs. James A. Frear, Representative and Mrs. Allard H. Gasque, Representative and x: Jeft Busby, Representative Gex F. Brumm, Brig. Gen. F. Le J. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Corrado, Lieut. and Mrs. Juan Moran, Miss Rosa Corrado, and Mrs. Herbert J. Jacobi, Mr. and Mrs. Vicente Bunuan and Mr. and A Lawrence Kosters and others, Georgi‘a‘ Socicty Dar;ce To Be Held Saturday The Georgia State Soclety dance will be held Saturday evening in the hall of nations room in the Washington her's been heard at the Metropolitan, it 15 said. A French opera, one that has seldom been heard here, 11 in all probability be given with B°ri and_the new French tenor, Thill, while Gigli is assured, with the remaining soprano still in doubt. With Mrs Metropolitan Washington t! Robert, Low Bacon, Dows Ope: es chair wh .\ U pHELDS ‘ : i Phone District 9289 NEW LOCATION 1705 K'St. N.W. in the Ball Room of the Famous Draper Mansion Your Spring Hat —the one best suited among the many recent ar to your individuality is ivals at this shop. Smartest modes for every occasion. All Head Sizes Conservatively Priced. Hotel when the honor guests will be | the Congressmen and their wives from | Georgla. Representative E. E. Cox is president of the soclety. ¥ For Direct Current: We are featuring a small CROSLEY radio set, complete with tubes, for.. These are the latest models of the Victor. They are as perfect as | them. Victor Tone Style R-14: Four-Circuit; Control; Tubes. Style R-34: Five-Circuit; nous; Screen-Grid. Maximum With Ohio Girls' Club Holds Seventh Anqual Banquet The seventh annual banquet of the Ohio Girls’ Club was held in the Itallan Garden of the Mayflower Hotel, Satur- day evening, Pebruary 14, at which 125 members and friends attended. Mrs. Ethel J. Hess, president of the club, presided and Miss Arista Huber acted as toastmistress. A former Ohioan, | Mrs. Doak, wife of the newly appointed Secretary of Labor, was guest of honor. Other_prominent Ohioans present were Mrs. R. W. Dunlap, wife of the Assist- ant Secretary of Agriculture; Mrs. C. B. McClintock, wife of Representative Mc- Clintock; Mrs. David Burnet, Mrs. Ro O. Haynes, Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, Mrs. H. W. Kitzmiller, Mrs. Carl Fenning, Mrs. A. Rea Willlams and Mrs. F. B. Shankland. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons gave an interest- ing_program of dances and readings with Mrs. Gertrude Smith at the piano. Miss Katherine Kelly presented severai club members in pantomine, depicting various years of the club’s progress from its organization to the present time Victor Radio, R-14 world-famous resent knowledge can make is music as it actually sounds, Screen-Grid; Tone selectivity. With ; $91.50 Micro-Synchro- . Selectivity ; Tatbies, $121.00 A limited number of new December, 1930, modcls is still azailable at “intriguing price e reductions ! Lozers of the best in music are respect fully counseled to purchase the “Victor-Radio-Electrola,” which, in truth, is the Liberal e preme hange allo musical instrument. vance on old sets. E.F.Droop&SonsCo., 1300G The banquet table was in the form of an immense horseshoe with decorations of red tulips, tall red candles and other valentine suggestions, the menu bear the seal of the Buckeye State. The eve- ning’s entertainment was concluded by & reception to the honored guests. The club with 8 membership of 200 has the distinction of being the only BState Girls’ Club in the United States. DA R Gl oG Tea at Regent's Home Monticello Chapter, D. A. R., will en- tertain at a tea Wednesday at the home of the regent, Mrs. Frank Brodhead Whitaker, 2326 Twentieth street, in | honor of Mrs. Alfred E. T. Hansmaon, State treasurer. The members of the chapter will be assisted in recelving by Miss Helen Harman, State regent; Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdell, registrar general; Mrs. David D. Caidwell, vice president gen- eral, and Mrs. Harry C. Grove, State vice regent. Others assisting will be Miss Kather- “The Richest Child Is Poor Without Musical Training” 1931—PART THREE. SOCIETY. Mississippi Society Program Is Arranged The Mississippl State Soclety will hold its February meeting Tuesdsy eve- ning at Meridian Mansions, 2400 Six- teenth street northwest. The president of the soclety, Representative W. M. Whitington, will receive members and guests at 8:30 o'clock. An interesting program _has been arranged by Miss Lillian Chenoweth and Mr. George W. Potter consisting of a group of songs by Virginia Holden Cooper, soprang, and an address, “The Valor of Missis- sippians in the’ Confederacy,” by Maf. John W. Lang. The dancing for the evening will be in charge of Repre- sentative Jeff Busby, chairman of the Floor Committee, assisted by Mrs. Jeft Busby, Miss Marianna Harrison, Miss Catherine Harrison, Miss Laura Collier, Miss Jewel Glass, Miss Perry White- way, Miss Alma Street, Miss Zelma Barnes, Miss Janie Mallory, Miss Mabel Graham, Mr. Otho , Mr, James E. Lea, Mr. Thomas E. Rhodes, Mr. Charlie Bykes, Mr. C. C. Henderson. Arrangements for membership and guest cards may be made through Mr. H. C. Danner, financial secretary, Mi- ramar Apartments, Fifteenth street and Rhode Island avenue northwest, or at the door of the ball room on Tuesday evening. New Carolina D:leqnion Member‘ Will Be Guel'fi Senator and Mrs. Cameron Morrison, ggprelenhflva and Mrs. Franklin W. ancock and Representative and Mrs. Hinton James, the new members of the North Carolina delegation in Congress, will be the guests of honor of the North Carolina Soclety of Washington at a reception and dance to be held at the Cartlon Hotel on Friday evening at 8:30 o’'clock. Following the reception Senator Morrison will address the soclety. Mrs. Edward W. Pou is ci:airman of the reception committee for the occa- sion, while Mr. Robert H. McNeill is chairman of the floor committee. The officers and board of governors of the society cordially invite all North Caro- linians and their friends to attend and give the new members of the North Carolna delegation in Congress & hearty welcome. Miss Virginia Herron's Engagement Announced Col. and Mrs. LeRoy W. Herron have announcet the engagement of their daughter Virginia to Mr. Oliver E. | Zimmermann of New York, son of Mr and Mrs, Carl_Zimmermann of Mil- waukes, Wis. The wedding will take place April 6. Mr. and Mrs. A. Schumacker an- nounce the engagement of their sister, Miss Ethel Wagenheim, to Mr. Irving m::mm, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gold- Mr. and Mrs. Max Raphelson an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter Essie to Mr. Milton H. Folstein, *Riias "Raphelson s private " secmatary P private to Mr. Oscar Leonard, executive direc- tor of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Mr. Folstein is a well known athiete, formerly of the University of Alabama and American University. On Olney Farm OLNEY, MARYLAND Luncheon : Tea : Dinner Special Dinner Feb. 22nd. 18 Mi. North of Washington. T TR N, NOON TO $:30 P.M. Made Now at 3-pc. set, 5 separate cushions, made of fine e . 5 595 cial at . . Also 1 sofa, 2 chairs, 5 separate cushions. mace of new Spring cre- plain fabrics. 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