Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1931, Page 37

Features for Women MRS. R. S. REYNOLDS HITT, Who, with Mr. Hitt, went to New York for the wedding of Mrs. Wood and Mr. Austin Gray. Underwood Photo. President and Mrs. Hooverg Facing Strenuous Social SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTO S SENORA DE TELLEZ, With her Ambassador and their children husband, of Mexico, the , has gone for a home, visit. Underwood Photo. Garden pany at White House Inc‘uded—ln(er-E national Mecting Bringa Flood of Entertaining. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Having closed the most important and brilliant week of this administra- tion by attending a cabinet wedding vesterday aflernoon, the President and Mrs, Hoover face a particularly stren- uous program for this week. It em- braces another cabinet dinner, dining en Tuesday night with the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Lamont, and & reception at the White House Thurs- day. which will take the form of a garden party if the wcather s pro- pitious. Representing the commerce of the world, the sixth general congress of the Internationsl Chamber of Com- merce which opens here this week brings a flood of entertaining, with the ' embassies and legations giving recep- tions, dinners or luncheons for the delegates from their respective coun- tries, while Washington officials will almost outdo the program of last week in entertaining and making themselves eligible as guests #nd ho-t The Secretary of Stat: and Mrs Stimson will open their charming home, Woodley, Tuesday for a reception-—-per- haps it, too, will be a gardsn party if the heavens smile—and Thursday & program sufficiently elaborate to cover & week of ordinary hospitality has been prepared for these same distinguiched guests. The Ladies'’ Committee in- eludes Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs. Wilbur Carr, Mrs. John R. Willlams, Mrs. Willlam Butterworth, Mrs. Henry D. Fletcher, Mrs. Ogden Mills and Mrs. Willlam R. Castle, jr., and each will give a Junch- eon on that day. Mrs. Fletcher will entertain the ladles accompanying the Italian and Belgian delegates; Mrs. ‘Williams, the British ladies, and the other parties will be more general. A musicale at the Pan-American Bullding Tuesday night with Dr. Rowe, director general, as host to the dele- @ates to the congress, will follow many brilllant dinner parties arranged for that night. This, too, will be an al fresco affair if the weather permits, 'fud the musicians and guests will take possession of the esplanade. thus fur- nishing one of the most heautiful night scenes which will be presented to the visitors, Washington had enough social life last week to make a volume of story, the visit of the King of Siam, Prajadhipok, and his lovely consort, Queen Rambai | Barni, alone being enough to write about | for months to come, with delicious little | sidelights popping out here and there to lend human interest. the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson on Massachusetts avenue being turned into & royal palace for the King and Queen, and presto, turned back again before they reached the| District line into a closed private resi- dence, but the story of the late Mrs. Richard H. Townsend's famed chef be- ing borrowed to prepare the viands for the royal pair is another story. Mrs. Townsend was a close friend of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson—just across the street from them—and it is said that her dinner parties were almost as famed for their menus ss for their guests, She entertained Presidents and First Ladies. cabinet members, Ambes- sadors, Chief Justices—more than one of them—and others with not an article bought from a caterer, the wonderful creations coming from her own kitchen. But this was not erough, and Mrs. Anderson’s own pastry cook, who “can’t be beat” in America, arrived from Boston to make the pastries and so on. It does, according to tradition, take nine tatlors to make a coat, but it took only ocnc cook, Catherine Holen of the kitchen, at Weld, Beverly, to make 90 pies for a King She' did not at all mind m and other good thin, One reads about | |Mrs. Fred A. Britten Gives Luncheon for Visitors From Germany; i | Mrs. Hines of Illinois Is| Honored at Dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Davies. [ Mrs. Britten, wife of Representative Fred A. Britten of Chicago, will enter- taln at luncheon Thursday in compli- ment to the women who have come from Germany for the Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies enter- | tained a company of 14 at dinner last evening in compliment to Mrs. Edward Hines of Evanston, II1, who is the guest of Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten, having come to attend the Saltzman-Lamont wedding yesterday. Mr. George L. Willlams entertained |at dinner last evening at the Chevy |Chase Club in honor of Mr. UNDAY G, MAY 3, 1931 B\ Capital’s Social Highlights MORN. MRS. WILLIAM N. DOAK, { With her husband, the Secretary of Labor, a guest at the White House dinner for the King and Qaicen of Siam. Carter Bailey Photo. 'Ambassa dor and Family 7 | Visit of Three Weeks .To Coast Is Planned SENORA DE DAVILA, Charming diplomatic hostess, artist- and chatelaine of the Chilea n embassy. Underwood Photo. §Saltz‘man-»Lamon’t Wedding i Has 7N7271’7c7i |President and First L o_nalr Interest ady Attend—Mr. Allan Hoover Is Usher—Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Natfonal interest focused on the first wedding in the cabinet circle of this administration—that “of Miss Gertrude Lamont, daughter of the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, to Mr. Charles Eskridge Saltz- man, son of Maj. Gen. Charles Mc- Kinley Saltzman, U. S. A., retired, and Mrs. Saltzman, which took place yes- | terday afternoon at 4 o’clock. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover were in the small distinguished company witnessing the wedding service, and added interest centered about the pres- | ence of their two sons, Mr. Allan Hoo- ver, who was an usher at the wedding, and Mr. Herbert Hoover, jr., who ar- rived with Mrs. Hoover, jr., for the re- ception following the ccremony. It was the first time Mr, Herbert Hoover, jr., | Board Ship for Mexico M. and Mme. Claudel Entertaining at Dinner This Evening—Herr Von Prittwitz und Gaffron to Be Host. The dean of the diplomatic corps Filipowicz will entertain at luncheon the Ambassador of Mexico, and Senora | Friday in honor of some of the dele- de Tellez, accompanied by their family, | gates to the general congress of the has attended an event outside of the | White House since his return from | | Asheville, where he spent six months | convalescing, and it was, also the first | | time the President’s son, Mr. Au;n‘ Hoover, has been a member of & wed- | ding party since his father entered the ‘White House. ‘The Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoo- ! ver sent the bride a silver after-dinner coffee set. and their son, a silver tray to hold the set, which was of an ex- quisite but simple pattern. Another ‘ By Secretary of Navy M Hyde Will Sail for Orient — Secretary and Mrs. Doak Going to New York. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr Charles Francis Adams, will leave Washington Thursday for a three-week | 1eft Washington Friday for New York | and sailed yesterday for Mexico, where they will remain a month or more. The Ambassador of France and Mme. | Claudel will entertain at dinner this | evening. They were hosts at dinner last evening in the embassy when mzj | company included French delegates to | the meeting of the International Cham- | ber of Commerce. | The Ambassador of Germany, Herr g the ples and cakes | Magnin of New York, vice president, of | Von Prittwits und Gaftron, will give & but she Was| the Prench-American Bank. The other |feception Wednesday evening at 9 | maturally put out when that whole suite | guests included Miss Vittoria Catalani, | ©'€lock in the embassy for the German went to see their majesties off for the White House dinner and left the feast in the Anderson house waiting. Even to the most minute detail th: dinner which the President and Mrs Hoover gave for the King and Queen has been broadcast to the world, but only a few persons were cn hand to | (Continued on Page 2,folumn 8. | nlece of Senor Giuseppe Catalani, | second counselor of the Italian embass; | Miss Helen Lee Doherty, Miss Betty Powell, M. Claude-Achille Clarac, at- |tache of the French embassy, and M. | Plerre Claudel, son of the Ambassador of Frence and Mme. Claudel. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Adams had as (Continued o Page 3, Column 2.) delegates to the congress of the Inter- tional Chamber of Commerce. ‘The Ambassador and Frau von Pritt- witz und Gaffron will return tomorrow from Philadelphia, where they are spending the week end after being in | New York at the Hotel Ambassador | through the week. The Ambassador of foland and Mme. International Chamber of Commerce. siav on the Pacific Coast. He will be | accompanied by his aide, Capt. H. R. | Stark. The Belgian Ambassador, Mr. Paul May, has returned from & short stay in New York, where he was at the Hotel Ambassador. Mrs. Arthur ‘M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, will = | Washington tomorrow for New York, The Minister of Sweden, M. W. Bos- | Whence she will sail the following trom has been joined by his daughter, | day for the Orlent. She will be ac- | Mlle. Ellis Bostrum, for an indefinite | companied by Mrs. H. Frank Hoffman | stay. | of Trenton, Mo. The Minister will entertain at dinner | Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Hoffman will Wednesday evening in honor of the | visit Hawail, the Philippines, China Swedish delegates to the sixth general and Japan. They will return to this congress of the International Chamber |country in July, when they will be of Commerce, met in San Francisco by Secretary | Hyde, Miss Caroline Hyde and Col The Minister of Denmark and Mme. | Hoffman. The group will return to Wadsted will be hosts at dinner |Washington by way of the Panama Wednesday in compliment to the dele- | Canal, reaching New York early in gates from Denmark to the Interna- August. tional Chamber of Commerce Con- The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wil- ly inted Minister of tinued on Page 32, Column 6.) I (Continded on Page 4, Column 4.) leave | gift which came from the White House was & large silver bowl from the White | | House aides. This bore the initials| |of the couple and the inscription | “White House Aides.” | ‘The guests asked for the ceremony were limited to members of the cabinet, | other high officials, the families of the | couple and a few out-of-town guests.| Several hundred additional guests joined | the company for the reception. | The arrangements for the nuptials | were charming in every detail, with sim- | | plicity prevailing. The original -plans | were to have the ceremony on the | | greensward of the beautifully wooded | ‘grounda about the Lamont home, but| due to inclement weather the wedding took place indoors. A profusion of Spring flowers in shades of blue and rose massed with ferns and tall palms | | gave an equally effective background | for the event, which would have ben | oermitted. at Reception. ! A string orchestra stationed behind a screen of ferns played nuptial selec- tions as the guests were assembling and as the wedding party entered the draw- ing room the wedding march from “Lohengrin” was given. The musicians played softly with muted instruments during the wedding service. The Canon of the Cathedral, the | Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, officiated, | the bride and bridegroom standing be- |fore an improvised altar of lilies and | palms. The bride walked to the floral altar with her father. who gave her in mar- " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ey Cabine; Member Host to Chief Executive and Lady The President and Mrs. Hoover will be the guests in whose honor the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. La- mont will entertain at dinner Tuesday evening. This probably will be the Jast of the series of dinner parties for the Chilet Executive and First Lady of the Land this season as the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Doak are in mourning for /the Secretary'’s mother, who dled a few weeks ago. The Postmaster Seneral and Mrs. Brown did not en- (ertain the President and Mrs. Hoover this season owing to .the death eof Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. George Haler, these two being the only breaks in the series of 12 dinner parties. . Chatelaine British Embassy Hostess to Visiting Delegates Lady Lindsay, wife of the Ambassa- or of Great Britain, will be hostess at the British delegates to the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce meeting. Sir Ronald Lindsay left Thursday for Canada, where he will remain 10 days. Lady Lindsay will entertain at Juncheon again Friday in honor of the members of the International Salvation Army. Mrs. Lyon Cancels At Home Tomorrow Due to Absence Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will mot |lam N, Doak will go to New Y“'kiaflnrd:d by growing shrubs and stately | observe her day st hoxre tomorrow, at today to'spend a few days. Mr. Doak | evergreens and osks had the weather | Glenview farm, owing to her absence from the city. h