Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1931, Page 45

: Features for Women MRS. ARTHU Formerly Mrs. Raymond Bel R J. WHITE, mont, and Mr. Gerard Lam- bert at the horse show on the Littleton estate, Virginia. Harris & Ewing Photo. Diplomatic and Official Social Affairs Rivaling on Calendar Midwinter Sccretary Mellon Host at Dinner for Speaket and Mrs. Longworth—Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow Comp]imented. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Lent fails to dim the social light of Washington society to any appreciable extent and dinner pgrties and other en- tertainments in - the diplomatic corps | and official society are quit: as large | and as brilllant as were such events In Midwinter. While cabinet dinners for the President and Mrs. Hoover have been discontinued until after Lent, the First Lady of the Land has been the guest of cabinet women.on several occasions. However, the ruthless hand of politics has disrupted many large official dinner parties, the closing days of Congress | being a period when the host proposes | and night sessions dispose of many de- | sired m'n who grace dinner partics, Becretary Mellon, jwho gave a dinner party for the Speaker and Mrs. Long- worth early in the week, shared this inconvenience with many others. In- deed it takes soclety s long time to learn that the last days of February and the dawning of March are not periods when great men can be counted upon to dine out. ‘The dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambasador of Mexico, and Senora de | Tellez were also hosts to several hun- dred guests early in the week who were asked in compliment to Mrs. Dwight | W. Morrow, and whil: we Americans | were celebrating Washington's birthday the Ambassador of Poland and Mme. Filipowicz entertained, the Dominican Republic celebrated its independence day and oth:r embassies and kfl'-km‘; she is very near to the heart of every|Myers had with her at luncheon after were opened for guests. | The Cuban embassy with its charm- | ing environs for entertainment was opened on several occasions during the | week by the Ambassador and the grace- ful and gracious chatelaine of the em- bassy. Tuesday afternoon thejr really| brilliant reception was in celebration of | Cuban independencé and later in the| week they gave a dinner party of such | size as only the palatial Cuban embassy can accommodate with perfect ease and comfort. Congressional society was kept busy all week in either accepting or extend- ing hospitality from Senators and mem- | Circle home in honor of the Women's ton, have turned all the lower part of park over to the young pupils of St. Thomas’ School nearby as a playground. There every day dozens of children romp through their outdoor games. It was at Single Oak that the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Josephus Daniels of the Wilson administration made their home for several years of their residence here, Both of the big political clubs of Washington, the Women's National Democratic Club and the Women's Re- publican Club, are making a last bril- liant fling for this season. To be sure both clubs, will continue their open house system all during the year, but | the large and important luncheon given | vesterday by the Republican women, | with Mrs. Gann as the ranking guest, | and the love feast given at the Demo- | cratic Club earlier in the week, with | Representative Ruth Bryan Owen as honor guest, were most imposing in size and quality of entertainment. Being political the guests:of both clubs are often a little without the pale of the smart set and the conversation at the dinners and luncheons, partaking of politics and big world affairs, are by far the most interesting gathering held in the Capital, Another party without the pale of the smart set was the luncheon which Mrs. Eleanor Patterson gave in her Dupoht National Press Club. Mrs. Patterson, who is the cleverest of newspaper re- porters, as her recent trip to California proved, is a member of the Press Club, | and while her million-a-year income exceeds that of the ordinary reporter, or even the owners of the average paper, woman who writes. The real bang of her luncheon was when a hush came WASHINGTON, D. O, Army Industrial College Officers to Be Guests Col. and Mrs. William A. McCain will be hosts at a reception this afternoon for officers and ladies of the Army In- dustrial College. The hostesses she will have assisting her are to be Mrs, Frederick H. Payne, Mrs. Benjamin F. Cheatham,’ Mrs, Her- bert B. Crosby, Mrs. George Van Horn Mosely, Mrs. John L. D:Witt, Mrs Henry Kingsbury, Mrs, Willlam Carter, Mrs. Carroll D. Buck; Mrs. Willlam Laird Dunlop, jr.; Mrs. O. H. Santson, Mrs, Emery T. Smith, Mrs. Irwin J. Carr, Mrs. Henry Eglin, Mrs. James Bogman, Mrs. Alfred Quinton, Mrs, John K. Herr and Miss Sophie, Casey. Ambassador of France And Mme. Claudel Feted The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel were guests at luncheon yester- day of Mrs. James Carroll Prazer, who entertained at the Hotel La Fayette fol- lowing the lecture. of -the Alliance Prancaise of which Mrs, Frazer is presi- dent. M. Pierre Denoyer, French news- paper correspond:nt, was the speaket of the morning and was also & guest at luncheon of Mrs. Frazer. Mrs, Charles Stuart Alden was hostess to Mrs, Edward B. Meigs, Miss Windom and Mile. L. L. M. Limoges. Mrs. J. C. the lecture Mrs. E. C. Long and Miss over the company in the stately dining room and bird netes were heard coming closer and closer until a picturesque | Cuban boy, pushing a flower cart, came right nto the room. Flowers and birds’ notes are akin and as the boy wheeled | his flower-ladened cart in and out be- | tween the tables and Jeft a bouquet for each guest, he warbled in imitation of almost every bird indigenous to this country. So fresh are his flowers and s0 sweet his bird notes that the rich folk in that vicinity fairly swamp him with orders, but Mrs. Patterson is his bers of the Lower House. Representa- | tive and Mrs. Dyer entertained the | entire Missourl delegation, there being | 8 sort of a continuous love feast in | celebration of Mrs. Dyer's election as | president of the Cqngressional Club. | Mrs. Dyer’s last hospitality was the | agicheon yesterday in honor of her | predecessor, Mrs. Dale, who gracefully | retires from the enviable position of president of the club. Senator and Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps are among the few congressional folk who will not have to clear out of Wash- ington with the first breath of hot weather unless they so elect. Their| charming place of many acres, Single Oak, adjoins the estate of Secretary of | State Stimson on Cathedral avenue | and it is there that Mrs. Phipps enter- tained members of the Senate Women's Club at one of their last meetings of the season. The grounds are under a nice state of improvement and the Senator and Mrs. Phipps, who have thought out many pleasant things dur~ ing their official residence in Washing- patron-saint and has made him famous. ‘Tonight that part of Washington who like to travel about the world through the beautifully {llustrated lectures of | the Bureau of Commercial Economics | will meet at the Shoreham, where the Minister of Siam, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara will be honor guest. Mr. Murray Sheehan, superin- tendent of Slamese government students in the United States, who include in their personnel several members of the royal family, will speak during the showing of the flims made in Siam. Mr. Sheehan is a clever artist and writer and a magnetic speaker. From now on the Executive family and others of offcial life, will prepare for a respite from the strenuous pro- gram of the Winter and either seek their permanent homes or go for & little travel or rest elsewhere. How- ever, plans are tentative beyond March 4, and neither the President nor his Cabinet members have made very defi- nite announcement for the coming months., Hebb and M. and Mme. Maschino were among others who-stayed for luncheon. HHREE AR Absence Cancels at Home Of Mrs. William D. Connor The commandant of the Army War College and Mrs. William Durward Con- | nor will not observe their usual day at home this afternoon, owing to absence from the city. Mrs. Joseph Powell Tracy, wife of the assistant commandant of the Army War | College, will be at home this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington will not | be at home this afternoon, as she is | spending the week end in Boston. | iDinner Dance to Honor Ma,or General Kreger Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Edward A. Kreger will be the honor guests at a dinner dance tomorrow evening at the Army- Navy Country Club; to be given by the judge advocate general’s department. Maj. Gen. Kreger, who was judge advo- cate of the Army, retired from the service yesterday. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Kreger have a Bost of friends in Washington and will | be greatly missed in the Army set. While, they will not leave the Capital imme- diately, when their son-in-law and daughter, Maj. and Mrs. J. Huntington Hills, sail in July for Maj, Hills' new post in Hawail, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Kreger will give up their apartment At the Westmoreland and leave the city. i s SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1931. T, skt st Mrs. William P, Co the Hulbert, nstant attendant at Virginia hunts, with her children, William P., j Catherine and Helen. Upper: Society folk of many cities watching the entries at the horse show Monday at Oakhill, Va. Harris & Ewing Photo. |Lower: Miss Betty West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. West, a clever young horsewoman. Bachrach Photo, Mr. an(inrs: Hurley Visit Ottawa on Week End Trip Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur Motors to Virginia. Sacretary of Labor and Mrs. Doak Entertaining Guest. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley will return to Wash- ington tomorrow or Tuesday from Ot- tawa, where they are spending the week end with the United States Minister to Canads and Mrs. Hanford MacNider. The Postmaster General and Mrs. Walter Brown have cancelled their social engagement, owing to the death of the latter's mother, Mrs. George Hafer. Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, left Washing- ton today by motor for Virginia, ac- companied by, her son and daughter- in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Locke Wil- bur of Rochester, Minn. They will visit Williamsburg and other historic points of interest in that vicinity and will ve- turn to the Mayfiower Tuesday, The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wililam N. Doak nave as their guest in their home in Virginia, Miss Mildred Hancock of Roanoke, -Va., who will be with them for several days. Representative . and Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland have gone to. Old Point Comfort and are spending the week end at the Chamberlin Hotel. Representative M. Alfred Michaelson of- Chicago, I, is at Wardman Park Hotel. Representative and Mrs. Chester C. Bolton and their son have gone to Palm Beach, where they will open their villa home at Easter time. ZRepresentative and - Mrs. fi-'h ), (Continued on Page ik Harris & Ewing b - Miss Patricia Nolan And J. W. Palmer, Jr., Will Marry in June Missl Hilba: Toreea / Gallas) g}ler's Engagement to Mr. McElligott Is Announced. Representative and Mrs. William I. Nolan announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia, to Mr. John W. Palmer, jr, of Sedalia, Miss, son of Representative and Mrs. John W. Palmer of Mississippi, The wedding will take place in June in Minneapolis. Representative and. Mrs. Nolan will leave Thursday for their home in Minneapolis, Mr. Patrick Henry Gallagher an- nounces the engagement of his daugh- ter, Helen Teresa, to Mr. Lawrence John McElligott of Geneva, N. Y., and Washington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Charles McElligott. The wed~ ding will take place April 6, at the Sacred Heart Church. Mr. and Mrs. James Jennings Mead of 1026 Sixteenth street announce the engagement of their daughter, Martha Montague, to Mr. Willlam Ladd Hallowell, son of Mrs. John W. Hallo- well of Boston. Miss Mead attended Miss Hill's School in Great Barrington, Mass,, and was presented to society in New York several years ago. Mr. Hallowell at- tended the Milton Academy and the Exeter Academy. He also was a student in the Harvard School of Business Administration. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs, Paul Howard Troth of East Lansing, Mich, formerly of ‘Washington, announce the engagement of their daughfer, Ruth, to Mr. Robert Benjamin Gribbon, son of the late Edward A. Gribbon of Belfast, Ireland, and Mrs. Sarah Gribbon of Plainfield, N. J. Miss Troth attended the Hart- ridge School, Plainfield, and Newcomb College, New Orleans, Mr. Gribbon, after attending Princeton University, was engaged in linen importing in New York for several years, being vice presi- dent and treasurer of the firm of Grib- bon Co., but relinquished this connec- tion to prepare for the ministry of the Episcopal church. He will graduate from the General Theological Seminary, New York, in May, after ordination to the diaconate by the Right Rev. Paul Matthews, D. D., Bishop of New Jersey, shortly after Easter., The wedding will take place early in June. The engagement of Miss Katharine Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elizabeth Reeder of Baltimore. Capital” }Social Highlights Of Langollen, who' entered her horses and rode in the Oakhill, Va., Horse Show Monday, capturing the $2,000 cup. Harris & Ewing Photo. : Of Dinner The Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez will entertain at din- ner this evening in the embassy. Donna Antoinette de Martino, wife of the Italian Ambassador, will reccive Friday .afternoon in the embassy on Sixteenth street. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, has postponed the date of his salling from March 12 to March 26, when he will leave from New York for Japan, where he has been assigned as Minister. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will return tomorrow or "nxesdny from New York, where they I\wenc the end of the week. | Senora de Ferrara, wife of the Am- | bassador of Cuba, and Mme. Debuchi, | wife of the Japanese Ambassador, will | be the ranking guests at the luncheon |to be given by Mrs. William V. Pratt, wife of the chief of Navy operations, March 7. ‘The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davilla returned yesterday from New York, where they spent & part of last week. The Ambassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron were hosts at dinner last evening, entertain- ing in compliment to the Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes, ‘The Ambassador and Frau von Pritt- witz und Gaffron will entertain at din- ner again tomorrow evening and Tues- day will give a luncheon party in com- pliment to the retiring Ambassador of | Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral. ‘The Japancse Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi will entertain at dinner Tues- day evening. ‘The Ambassador of Poland and Mme. Filipowicz will be hosts at dinner this evening, and entertained a company at dinner last evening. The Minister of Bulgaria and Mme. Radeff have returned to Washington after spending sometime abroad. They were in Paris for about a month, ‘The Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. Van Royen will entertain st dinner Thursday evening. ‘The Minister of Costa Rica, Senor Don Manuel Castro Quesads, returned yesterday from New York. ‘The Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles A. Davila, will arrive in Washington to- morrow morning from New York, where he has spent some time. de Viteri are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, born February The Minister of Ecuador and Senora | Mexican Embassy Is Scene This Evening Wife of Italian Ambassador Will Receive Friday Afternoon—Senor S. Gurdel do Amaral Postpones Sailing. secretary of the Union of SBouth Africa, Mr. Eugene Kevin Scallan; Mr. and Mrs, Frederic D. McKenney, the former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. William P. MacCracken, Mr. and Mrs. William McCleilan Ritter, Mme. Paul Lessinoff, Mile. Maeleli Pfaeffli, Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury'and Mrs. Wil- liam Hale Thompson of Chicago. Mlle, Ellis Bostrom, daughter of the Minister of Sweden and Mme. Bostrom, whose marriage to Mr. Sixten F. Woll- mar will take place shortly in Stock~ holm, Sweden, salled yesterday from her home country to visit with her father for a short while. She will arrive in about 10 days. Soon after her return to her country from her visit she will be married. ‘The naval attache of the Brazilian embassy’ and Senhora do Couto Aguirre will return today from New York where they went the middle of the week with their son Ronald, who sailed Friday for Rio de Janelro, to continue his studies in Brazl ‘The retiring commercial counselor of the British embassy, Sir John Joyce Broderick, who was recently appointed British Minister to Cuba, will sail from New York Friday, March 13, aboard the Carmania for his home in England. He will be accompanied by Lady Broderick and the younger members of their family, ‘ their sons remaining here to continue their studies in college. ‘The newly appointed Minister and Lady Broderick will return to Washing- ton for a short visit in the Spring en route to Havana and will be much feted during their stay as they have made many friends at this Capital during their several years of station here. ‘They are among the most popular of hosts in the diplomatic corps. the hosts in the diplomatic corps. manian legation and Mme. Boncesco ‘were hosts at a reception Thursday in the Shoreham in compliment to Mrs. Katherine Rose of New York. A small informal dinner followed the reception. ‘The counselors and secretaries of the Spanish embassy, Portuguese legation and the Latin American missions gave the first of their monthly dinners Fri- day evening at the Shoreham Hotel. The idea of these monthly dinners was evolved recently, and the arrangements for this first one were under the charge of the first secretary of the Spanish embassy, Senor Don Ricardo Gomez- Acebo, and the second secretary of the Brazilian embassy, Senhor Mauro de Freitas. Those attending the dinner last eve- ning inciuded Semor Don Jose Mara Coronado, ‘charge d'affaires of Colom- bia; Senor Don Pablo M. ¥nsfran, 26. This is the third child and the sec- ond son in the family. ‘The Minister of South Africa, Mrs. Eric Hendrik Louw, will return to the city Tuesday, after passing 10 days in New York and Detroit, where he made several addresses. The charge d'affaires of Egypt and Mme. Aly Ismail Bey entertained at dinner last evening when the guests in- cluded the nister and Mme. ‘Wu, the i Prince and charge d'affaires of Paraguay; the counselor of the Spanish embassy, Conte de Montefuerte; Senmor Don Oscar Blanco Viel, first secretary of the Senor Don Manuel Valdes, secretary of the Chilean embassy; Senor Don Au- gusto Mendes Leal, first secretary of thé Portuguese’ legation; Mrs. Gh Mrs, Fred A. Britten, Rg and Mus, Jere Cooper, tive an