Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1931, Page 35

Features for Women SOCIETY" SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, General view of the Middleburg, Va., horse grounds. Harris-Ewing Photo, show THE AUSTRIAN MINISTER AND MM1 PROCHNIK, Guests at the Middleburg show. ! Harris-Ewing Photo. D.A. R d;thérs f(;r ;’innual Crrcr)ngress After Capital Society G ets Glimpse Of Japanese Princess and Opera Stars Climax of Week's Activities Reached With Wedding of Countess Alice Szccl‘lenyi afld Count Hadik-ptesident and MYS. HOOVCI’ to Dine With Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur Tuesday—First Lady Plans Reception. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. |a reception for the delegates attending Retrospection gives Washington s | the D. A. R. Congress. view of such brilllancy as it has not seen in years, and while a charming Japanese bride was winning the hearts of Washinj mus'c lovers were reveling ir ces of grand opera Quite a flare of iiitere pre-nuptial en Alice Szechen' >n Thursday Countess Szecl and Count Hadik, whe oon Mrs. Hoover had Vi, wife of the Minister of Hungary, and their daughters, Co tess Cornelia and Countess Alice are BAtNering | gopchenyi, and Count Hadik, in the ss several thou- | wiye House for a cup of tea. It was sand strong. With them it is & period| ) qujte informal and delightful, the of soclal pleasure, & Tiot of flOWers, | oy of cherry and other fruit blossoms interesting programs and with the Dis-| yhycy were in evidence for the dinner trict of Columbla where dwell men|given the night before for Prince and and women without & vote, paying all| priycess Takamatsu still being in place. possible homage to the women who come a8 delegates from their States. | y interesting, Mrs. Hoover will occupy a box for the - opening of the Festival of Nations, in With the wedding of Countess Alice Constitution Hall, Monday, April 27, and Sszechenyi and Count Hadik, taking| the Vice President also has a box for pisce yesterdzy, the week may be said | the opening. The house will be one of truly to have clowd in a blaze of social | unusual brilliance, as it will be for each glory. Count Szechenyi, the Minister succeeding performance. The Ambassa- of Hungary, and his winsome Ameri-| can wife have warm places in the | Madame Tellez, have a box for Tuesday hearts of Washingtonians, and the|evening, while the Ambassador of Japan teavels of the young bride have inter-|and Mme. Debuchi will attend on the ested soclety since her play house |first night. The Secretary of the Treas- days. The grief is that she will now |ury, Mr. Mellon, is & box holder, and make her home in her father's and| other members of the cabinet will be husband's native land instead of in|present on various evenings. Washington. | The Becretary or State and Mrs RO | Stimson will open the gates of their The President and Mrs. Hoover were | charming, secluded home on Cathedral lured to their Rapidan Camp over the!,yvenye Wednesday afternoon from 4:30 week end by balmy sunshine and bud- 15 6:39 o'clock for a reception in honor ding trees, and while the First Lady| of the delegates to the second Pan- of the Land is in her rugged surround- | American conference of directors of ing today, she will plan some 1andscape | negith and the members of the direct- | gardening and changes at the €amp | ing council of the Pan-American Sani- | which will add to the beauty and com- | tary Bureau. Some of the State De- fort of their retreat. | partment officials will assist Mrs. Stim- ‘Tuesday night the President and Mrs. | son in entertaining, and the outlook Woover will dine with the Secretary over the garden at the back of the of Interlor and Mrs. Wilbur, and Wed- | residence will add much, to the beauty Pesday afternoon Mrs. Hoover will hold | of the entertainment. n | dor of Mexico, dean of the corps, and | No late Spring event in the capital is of more interest than the National Capital Horse Show, the days for which fall on May 13, 14, 15 and 16 at Bradley Farms, across the way from the Con- gressional Country Club which furnishes | sorl of a gay annex. The gayest so- of the show is the Hunt ball the Mayflower Wedy May 13, and with the Hi being served at midnigl sound of bugles and the rol hunting songs. followed out her usual custom and has eakfast h g old taken a box for the show, as have Mrs. | George Hewltt Myers, Mrs, James El- | Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, | wood Jones, Maj. George S. Patton, jr., Mrs. Alex Legare, Mr. A. H. Ryan, Mr. Karl W. Corbey and others, Gen. and Mrs. William Mitchell of Middleburg, Mrs. Bernard Gimbel and her daughters, Miss Hope Gimbel and Miss Carol Gimbel, of Port Chester, N. | ¥.; Miss Frances of Montclaire, N. J., Miss Elizabeth Nesbit of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence H. Osbotne of Cleveland, Mr. John 8. Harring- | ton of Youngstown, Ohio, are expected ’to spend the Horse Show season -in | Washington. A box will be occupled by | Vice President Curtis and a box slways is get aside for the use of the White House family. Mr. Campbell Bascom Slemp, Com- missioner General of the United States to the Paris Exposition, will be the luncheon guest today of Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, who also will have other members of Mr. Slemp's commission in | the party. Mr. Ellis has been appointed | counsel for the commission and he and | Mrs. Ellis will go to Paris later in the | season. Both Mr. and Mrs, Ellis have | traveled much abroad and have & host ‘o! friends, soclally speaking, in the French capital, 4 y night, | the | Countess Szechenyi has | MRS. GEORGE Frequently seen on bridle paths. Underwood Photo. | | | SUNDAY MORN W NG, APRIL ashington’s MISS KATRINA JMcCORMICK, Participant in the Virginia horse show. Harris-Ewing Photo. 19, 1931. Capital’s Social Highlights AND MRS. JOF Attending Middleburg show, L) IN HAY WHITNEY, where they had some entries. Harris-Ewing Photo. Senator J. J. Davis And Wife Guests ners of Interest Are Sched- Week in Capital. Senator and Mrs. James J. Davis will be guests at dinner tonight of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Corby, who have asked a number of guests to meet them. Maj. and Mrs. Henry Leonard have | issued 1invitations for. dinner Wednes- day evening for the latter’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Francs W. | MacVeggp, ,whose marriage took place in the Autumn. Mrs. MacVeagh was | formerly Miss Ellen Thoron. Judge and Mrs. Rush LaMotte Hol- land gave a dinner last evening at the Shoreham Hotel in compliment to their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. Hart, of New York City. ‘The guests included Justice and Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Schoenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. George E. | strong, Mrs. Walker Huffman and Dr. | A. Barklie Coulter. Mrs, J. Thompson Wailes, who makes her home at the Mayflower, will enter- tain at luncheon Wednesday at the hotel in compliment to three of her New Mrs. M. Estelle Harrower of Amster- dam, Mrs. Howard E. Lewis of Syracuse and Mrs. James F. Horan of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. .!;h-n—l ‘Wilkins enter- tained at dinner I ening, later tak- (Continued on Page l,“uiumn 5) York friends visiting in the Capital, | iArflifiassadg)r Tellez Plans | Of M. and Mes. Coby - Mexican Trip With Family Many Luncheons and Din- Cyban Envoy to Leave, Tuesday En Route to Japan—Viscountess to Be Guest at British Embassy. | | 'The Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez, accompanied by their family, will leave April 28 or 29 for their home in Mexico. They will re- | main indefinitely before returning to | Washington, The Ambassador ‘of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara have. as their guests in the embassy Senér Rafael de Cardinal and Senora de Cardinal of ‘Havana. The Ambassador will léave Wash- ington Tuesday preparatory to sailing from New York April 30 for Japan. | The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay will en- tertain at luncheon Saturday in com- pliment to Viscountess Harcourt, who \wll] arrive In New York the middle of next week from abroad. She is ex- | pected to come to Washington the lat- | ter part of the week for an indefinite visit. have as their guests in the embassy | Mrfs. Bayard James and Miss Martha Draper of New York, who will remain | with them for several days. | The Ambassador of Argentina and Senora de Malbran were hosts at din- ner last evening when their guests were the dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez; the Minister of Uruguay and The Ambassador and Lady Lindsay | Senora de Varela, the Minister of Aus- | Alice Szechenyl and’ Count Hadik, in tria and Mme. Prochnik, the Rev. An- St. Matthews ’unh. son Pheips Stokes, Mr. Walter C.| { Thurston, Mrs, John Thurston, Dr. George Alfaro, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mrs. Luls Abelly, Senorita Maria Diez de Medina, Senor Pedro B. Lainez and Senora de Lainez and Senor Mauriclo Perez Catan |and Senora de Catan. The Minister of Bolivia, Senor Don | Eduardo Diez de Medina and the sec- | retary of the legation, Senor Don George de la Barra, are passing the week end in Atlantic City. The charge d'affaires of Honduras, | Senor Dr. Don Carlos A. Perdomo, who went to New York the middle of last week to meet his sister-in-law, Senota Evangeline Paredes, when she arrived from Honduras, has returned to Wash- ington with Senora Paredes, who will visit in the Capital for some time. ‘The Minister ~of South Africa, M. «Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) | ASEL e T | Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Here For Diploma!ic Wedding | Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus H. K. Curtis of | Philadelphia are spending a short time on their yacht Lynndonia, which is an- chored in the Potomac. They came up from Florida and stopped here to at- tend the wedding yesterday of Countess {Mrs. Lewis Thompson Parents, Harry B The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. William N. Doak will leave Washing- ton Sunday, May 10, for a 10-day visit in Texas. Senator and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes | have with them in their home on Mas- sachusetts avenue, their daughter, | Mrs. Lewis Thompson Preston, former- |y Miss Eppes Hawes. Mrs. Preston Senator Secretary andw Mrs. Doak Plan Texas Visit in May Preston Is Guest of and MX'!. 3 Hawes. Larner of New York are passing some | time at the Carlton. | Mrs. Henry Wells has as her guests | at the Mayflower for the week end Mr. and Mrs. James Stansbury, the latter the former Miss Betty Willcox, granddaughter of Mrs. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Stansbury were married in New York Monday. They will leave | will be the guest of her parents unti | here by motor tomorrow for Stockbridge, | the first of next month, when she | Mass, where they will visit before re- will be joined by Mr. Preston, who is | turning to their future home in New | tertained a party at the dinner dance | at the Shoreham Hotel Wednesday eve- visiting "in the Carnegie Islands, off the coast of Fernandino, Fla. Senator and Mrs. Hawes, panied by their other daughter, Miss Peyton Hawes, will leave Washington soon for the West and will pass some time in their Missourl. home before going to San Franciso. They will sail from that city about May 27 for the Philippines and an Oriental trip. Mrs. Charles S. Deneen and her daughter, Miss Bina Bay Deneen, left ‘Washington last week for Chicago to join former Senator Deneen. Their home on Twenty-third street has been leased by the air attache of the British embassy, Wing Comdr. L. J. E. Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, who will soon take possession. Representative and Mrs. 5. Wallace Dempsey left yesterday to motor to Hot Springs, Va., where they will join Mrs. Lockwood Bishop in the Hom- stead for the week end. Representative Lamar Jeffers en- | ning. His guests included Miss Louise Menafee, Miss Nancy Howard, Miss Louise Sparrow, Mr. Richard Gwath- mey and Mr. George Brabson. Princess Elizabeth Cantacuzene, who came to Washington last week to take part in the wedding yesterday of Coun- tess Alice Szechenyl, will leave today for Philadelphia, where she will visit for a short time before returning to | Chicago. She will sail early in May | for a European trip. Mrs. Karl D. Klemm, who has been visiting in Kansas City, returned yes- terday to her apartment on Connecti- cut avenue. Mrs. Sullivan, widow of Mr. James Francis Sullivan of Philadelphia, is spending the week end in Wash- ington, having come to attend the marrifge yesterday of Countess Alice Szechenyi to Count Bela Hadik. Mrs. Sullivar will be at' tire Mayflower dur- ing her brief stay and will return to her home, the’ Woods, at Radnor, Pa., the middle of the week. Dr. William F. Notz, dean of the Foreign Service School of Georgetown Unfiversity, is_aftending the session ot the Amerigafi Acaden Social ence in Philad Mrs. Olarence C. Calhoun Political and | Ria. Siat the g & s St. Regls in New York. accom- | York, | Mr. and Mrs. Pickney J. Harman | have moved from 3500 Garfield street to their new home at 4921 Rockwood Parkway in Spring Valley. Their sons, Mr. Roland Nelson Harman and Mr. Pickney Jones Harman, are students at_Georgetown University, and Miss | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Mr. anll Mrs. Hammond Tea For International Delegates Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond will be host at & reception May 4, in compliment to the wives of the dele- gates to the International Chamber of | Commerce meeting, which will be tn session here at that time. | Mrs. Charles G, McChord will enter- tain at tea this afternoon in compli- ment to the Kentucky delegates to the Continental Congress of the Daughters | of the American Revolution, at 5 o'clock | in the Mayflower. Mrs. Mark Reld Yates will be hostess | at tea this afternoon in her home on | Massachusetts avenue, in honor of Miss Margaret Pilson of Warrenton, Va., and her flance Mr. George Galbraith of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hook Tomp- kins have issued cards for s tea in compliment to Miss Adair Lyon Chil- dress and her flance, Mr. Francis Meade Tompkins, their son,” Sunday, *April 26, from 4 to 7 o'clock, in their home on Garrison street. Minister of Greece -Hu Luncheon for Bostonian The Minister of Greece and Mme. Simopoulos entertained at luncheon yesterday in compliment to Mr. Willis Abbott of Boston, editor of the Chris- tian Science Monitor, The other guests ‘were former United States Consul Gen- eral at Athens, Greete, and Mrs. George Horton, Mr. and Mrs, Harold N. Fowler, Miss Jaquith Sacopoulos of the, Near East Foundation in New York; Mraand Mrs. Huston Johnson, and the secretary of the legation, Mr. Vrisakis. o Stimsons to Act as Hosts For Wednesday Reception The Secretary of State and Mrs, |Henry L. Stimson will be hosts at a reception Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock in honor of the delegates to the Second Pan-American Conference of Directors of Health and the members m.a.c«l,muno.. it of the Directing Copncil of the Pans American Sanitary Buresu. "