Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1931, Page 18

SOCIET Y. SOCIETY Officials to Be Guests of President and ] Mrs. Hoover at Camp—Mrs. Hoover in New York Today. HE President and Mrs. Hoover will_entertain a party over the week end at their Rapidan camp, in the Virginia Moun- | tains. The company will include the Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley, Representative Will R. ‘Wood of In- diana, chairman of the House Ap- propriations Committee; the Assist- ant Secretary War and_ Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, Gen. Douglas MacArthur. chief of staff: Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, deputy chief of staff, and Mrs. Moseley: Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers, and Mrs. Brown; Maj. Gen. J. L. De Witt, Quartermaster General, and Mrs. De Witt, Mr. Earl Kinsley, Republican national committeeman of Vermont; Lawrence Richey, secretary to the Presi- dent; Mr. Theodore G. Joslin, secretary to the President, and Mrs. Joslin. Mrs. Hoover is expected to return to| Washington this evening or early to-| morrow morning from New York, where she went to attend the Mother's day luncheon given today at the Park Lane Hotel, under the auspices of the Ma- ternity Center Association, as part of 2 national campaign to devote Mother's day to the improvement of maternity care, Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the late former President’ were among the speakers at the luncheon. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover were honor guests at dinner last evening by the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, who enber-( tained in their home on Kaloramo road. The other guests were Sir Arthur Balfour of England, the new president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and Mrs. Silas Strawn, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Mc- Cutcheon and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Traylor of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. P .J. Crowley of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, jr. of| Larkspur, Colo.. and_ Mrs. Belknap of New York, daughter-in-law, and daughter of the hosts. Mrs. Adams Hostess to Visiting Colonial Dames. Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, will give & reception this afternoon in honor of the Massachusetts delegates attending the Congress of the Colonial Dames of America. The Navy Band will play se- lections during the afternoon and, weather permitting, the garden will be open. Mrs. Adams will be assisted in re- ceiving by Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, Mrs. Robert Patterson La- mont, Mrs. William N. Doak, Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Alternating at the tea table will be Mrs. William R. Castle, jr.; Mrs. ‘William V. Pratt, Mrs. Mark Bristol and Mrs. Hilary P. Jones. ‘The Secretary of the Interior. Dr, Ray Lyman Wilbur, attended the dinner given last evening by the governor of the Federal Reserve and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, ir., who entertained for a group of foreign delegates to the Commerce Congress. In the company were the of | Bostrom, will entertain at dinner this former prime minister of Belgium and Mme. Theunis, M. Alberti Pirelll, Mr. Eugene W. R. Masson, Sir George Paish, Saturday Dances 7 t0 9, special dinner, $2, includ- ing couvert. Supper s la carte, $1 couvert. Dinner patrons may re- main and dance through supper withous couvert charge. 10 &l 1, $1 couvert, including supper. - #fHOREHAM CONNECTICUTAVE 4t CALVERT Phone Robert Kehl for ReservationsAdams 0700 VITALITY HEALTH SHOES Vitality Footwear for women are shown in delightfully new Spring models, assur- ing vou style and com in Washington at the Shop. LetVITALITYHEALTH SHOES help you conserve the charm that is the right- ful heritage of modern women. 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MAY 6, 1931 evening in honor of the Swedish dele- gates to the Commerce Congress. ‘The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bachke will be hosts at dinner this evemng.w the Norwegian delegates to the Chamber of “Commerce Congress. This will be the first large dinner given by the Minister and Mme. Bachke since movmalnw the new legation on Massachusetts avenue. ‘The Chinese Minister, Mr. Chao- Chu Wu, left Washington this mornin for Columbia, Mo., where in behalf of his government he will present the University of Missouri two stone lions for the campus. The Minister, tho will be the guest of the Governor and Mrs. Henry 8. Caulfield while in Missouri, will return to the city Sunday after- noon. ‘The Minister of Denmark, Mr. Wad- sted, will entertain at dinner this eve- ning at the Mayflower in compliment to the Danish delegates to the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce meeting. Senator Felix Hebert has returned to Washington for a short time and while here will be at Wardman Park Hotel. ‘The charge d’affaires of Italy, Conte Alberto Marchetti di Muriaglio, will entertain informally at dinner this | at the Mayflower for the Ital- legates International Chamber of Commerce. Representative and Mrs. Norton Lichtenwalner of Pennsylvania are :-lpet:‘l““ a few days at the Shorcham otel. evening ian del Assistant Secretary of Commerce Col. Clarence M. Young is & guest of Mr. Vincent Bendix at the Hotel Pierre on Fifth avenue at Sixty-first street, New | York, for a few days. ‘The financial counselor of the Polish embassy, Mr. Alexander Woytkiewicz, is now at the Shoreham Hotel, where he has taken an apartment for the season. Lieut. Comdr. Chiaki Matsuda, as- sistant naval attache of the Japanese i iigaanichgasion i FUR COATS | RUGS and Woolen Garments —are 100% safe from moths, || and all other damage in— . Merchants . 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