Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 37

Feat ures for Women Part 3—14 Pages . WASHINGTON, D. C, SOCIETY Sy Star, SECTION SUNDAY MORNING, MAY ' 17, 193l SENORA DE PEREZ- CATAN, Attractive wife of the new Agri- cultural attache of the Argentine em- bassy. Underwood Photo. Capital’s Highlights Social ’ SENORA DE MERCADO, Whose husband. Col. Jorge Mercado, is the first military attache of the Colombian legation. Harris-Ewing Photo. Society’s Love for Sportsfi | Evidenced by Attendance at MRS. LEONARD T. GEROW, With Maj. Gerow, U. S. A., now living in Washington. Harris-Ewing Photo. Horse Show Despite Rain Hunt Ball and Breakfast Proves Interesting‘; Dnnce Event. But I! O’VCI’]OO‘(C& by Many. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. | Soclety showed its devout love of #ports last week when under gray and dripping skies and over water-soaked grounds it defled the unpleasant humor of the weather man and attended the first two days of the National Capital Horse Show in goodly numbers. The third day of the show was much better and had a perfect day yesterday for the closing events. Famed as a show plsce for snappy sports wear, the horse show Wednesday and Thursday showed nothing startling but many persons in ‘water-soaked and mud-splashed gar- | ments, holding umbrellas and wading | about in galoshes, still kept in happy | and sporting mood. The hunt ball and breakfast is not yet old enough in Washington to cause & wild rush, and what was really one of the prettiest and certainly one of the most interesting dancing events of the year was overlooked by many. How- ever, it was & triumph and should be- come an annual event, well patronized and the leading social feature of the horse show week. The call of the wild was heard by the President and Mrs. Hoover and they are spending a short time in their camp on the Rapidan in Virginia. Mrs Hoover preceded the President, driving her own car over the highways, and had everything in readiness to re- celve the President and his party when they followed her a day later over the same trail. The Secretary of the In- terior and Mrs. Wilbur have established & camp adjoining that of the President and Mrs. Hoover and they, too, are en- Jjoying the week end in the mountains Mrs. Hoover is one of the busiest First Ladies the White House has ever laimed, attempting as she does to carry on not only her social duties, but the multiplieity of things outsice. Unlike her predecessor, she accepts and 3c- tively carries out many important events arranged principally for the Girl Scout movement. But Friday afternoon, under the same gray skies that threat- ened the horse show, she went to the Cathedral, where, as honorary chairman of the National Women's Committec. she lald the corner stone for the north transept, the gift of the women of America. She wore a strikingly becom- ing mavy blue costume, the wide- brimmed blue straw hat showing a line of her snow-white hair fluffed a bit at either side of her face. The President and Mrs. Hoover will attend the Red Cross golden jublles din- ner at the Willard Hotel Thursday, when the company will also include Judge Max Huber of Geneva, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and there will be more than a thousand other guests. Besides the President, who will speak, Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the Ameri- ean Red Cross, and Miss Mabel Board- ‘ man will deliver short talks, Mrs. Hoover, t0o, has been greatly in- | terested in the romance of her former secretary, Miss Ruth Fesler, whose mar- riage to Mr. Robert Lockwood Lipman ot San Prancisco will take place in Du- luth, Minn., the latter part of this week. She gave a luncheon at the White House for Miss Fesler before she left Washington and there was, of course, & wedding gift tbat will carry great his- toric value as well as a remembrance of her friend and patron, the First Lady of the Land. The marriage of Miss Fesler and Mr. Lipman will take place in the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Prof. and Mrs. James A Nysander, the latter being the bride’s twin sister Pilgrimages are still on in this sec- tion of the world and yesterday after- noon the Colonial Dames’ new home in Georgetown. was open to inspection. The old mansion called Bellevug, re- cently bought and still almost engirely cently bought and still almost entirely bare of furniture, is one of the most in- country. The beautifully proportioned rooms, the stairways, the woodwork in the Colonial doorways and windows, the wainscoting and the handsome mantles are all worth a day's journey to view The mansion is about 175 years old and one of the finest examples of Colonial architecture designed by L'Enfant. The mansion was added to when Charles Carroll of Bellevue owned it. Practically every type of modern and old-fashioned garden is represented in the “garden tour” being arranged by the Chevy Chase Garden Club of Maryland for Tuesday, May 26. The tour is being planned by Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson and her committee, with the view of providing garden enthusiasts with a complete panorama of garden possibilities, both for millionaires and folks of more modest means. Con- venience has also been taken into con- siderstion in planning the tour and 14 of the 22 gardens thus far included are (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) Senators at Fraternity Dinner Last Evening Gamma Eta Gamma Fraternity re- ceived & new chapter into the order at a banquet last evening in the Floren- tine room of Wardman Park Hotel. Beta Kappa, the new chapter, is com- posed of members of the law school of Catholic University, and its formal ini- tiation also included the initiation of Mr. Justice Oscar R. Luhring, one of the judges of the District bench, and Mgr. Ryan, president of Catholic University. Among the guests were Senator Porter H. Dale of Vermont, Senator Pelix Hebert of Rhode Island, Scnator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, Representative James O'Con- nor of Loulsiana and District Attorney Leo Rover and about 75 active members | were present. . Patterson-Roberts Engagemcm Interests Army and Navy Circles Dnugfner of Gen. iand Mrs. | M. - Curtisnand Mx. and Mues: C. E. Kilbourne to Wed Lieut. M. W. Tracy. Of unusual Navy circles is the the engzgement of Miss Patterson, daughter Robert U. Patterson, to Lieut. David Wells Roberts, U N. The engage- ment is announced today in Washing- ton by who arrived in Washington recently from Hawail, to take up his duties erest in Army and announcement of Eleanor Lyman of Col. and Mrs. the prospective bride's father, | SENORA DE ARIAS, Bachrach Photo. |Wife of the new Minister of Panama, and their children Harmodio, Roberto, Rosaria, Gilberto and Antonio. Vice Presidentialrvlsart;r Returning From South ‘in Louisville for Dcrl’:y*stimsons Are Away. The Vice President, Mr. Charles ter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, and en route to Washington after at- | tending the Kentucky Derby yesterday in Louisville, Ky. | The vice presidential party went South several days before the historic The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr entertained at dinner! Curtis, and his brother-in-law and sis- | Arthur M. Hyde, and Mr. H. Frank last evening in honor of the Minister | Hoffman left their apartments at the of the Irish Free State and Mrs. Mac- | Mayflower Thursday on a 10 days' fish- ing trip to Key West. Mrs. Lamont, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, is expected to return to June 1 as Surgeon General of the Army. | racing event, and were guests while | Washington the first of the week from President Hoover appointed Col. Pat-|in Louisville of Mr. M. J. Winn, presi-| New York, where she went to be the terson to succeed Maj. Gen. Merritte | dent of the American Turf Association.|guest of her son-in-law and daughter, W. Ireland, who is retiring. The engagement was announced in Hawall May 6, at a tea given by Mrs. Patterson at Fort Shafter, where Col,|home, Weedley, on Cathedral avenue man, Patterson was formerly on duty. Mrs. Patterson and her daughter will join Col. Patterson in Washington in July, The bride-elect attended the Western High School in this city, the high school at Hot Springs, Ark., the University of Arkansas and the Art Institute of Chicago. Lieut. Roberts graduated from the Naval Academy in 1921, and 15 now on duty on the U. S. 8. Gamble, at St. Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Gen. and Mrs. Charles Evans Kilbourne, at Corregidor, in the Philip- pine Islands, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) . ) | The Secretary of State and Mrs.| | Henry L. Stimson will return to their | tomorrow. They are today at their Summer home on Long Island, where | Mrs. Stimson went the first of last week | to open the house for the season. The | | Seretary joined her there Friday after- | noon. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, will be at his desk at the department tomorrow morning after a few days' absence from Wash- ington. He participated in the gradu-| ation exefcises of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Priday. | Also attending the exercises was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. have | announced the | geymour Lowman, who will yeturn to|ton Tuesday en route to Ge: |the city tomorrow. L ) Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Belknap, and their children. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eskridge Saltz- the latter formerly Miss Gertrude Lamont, daughter of the Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, who are now on their wedding trip, are expected in the East| early next week. It is probable that they will spend a short time with the | bride’s parents before going to their | home in New York. ‘The Secretary of Labor and Mrs, Doak are expected to return tomorrow or Tuesday from & 10 days' visit in Texas. The assistant surgeon general of the United States Public Health and Mrs. Walter Lewis Treadway left. Washing- where "~ (Continued on Page 4, WMinister of Ireland | And Mrs. MacWhite Dinner party Guests | | Gann Stop Over Assistant State Secreury and | rs. Carr Entertain—Miss Fechet to Be Hostess. Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. | White. Miss Katharine Fechet will be hostess :m & large company at & buffet supper {in her home Saturday, May 30, enter- | taining preceding the ball’ which the Alr Corps will give at the Carlton in honor of the visiting aviators who will | be here for the air maneuvers. | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clement Watson were hosts at a buffet supper last eve- | ning, their guests numbering 16. | Mrs. Charles C. Teague, wife of the vice chairman of the Federal Farm Board, who is leaving Washington a short time in advance of her husband’s departure, is the recipient of many at- | tentions from her woman friends, and | among interesting things arranged for her is the luncheon at the Carlton | Thursday to be given by Mrs. C. B. | Deman, Mrs. Charles 8. Wilson and | Mrs. Carl Willlams, wives of members of the board. - ' Mrs, - Alan. = lun Hmmmym Page 9, Column | Envoy The dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Mexico and Senora de Tellez, who with their children are enjoying & stay in their native coun- try, bave extended their visit and will not return to this country for three or four weeks. The Ambassador and Senora de Tellez | remained " in Washington during the | Summer months last year, and it is probable that upon their return here they will again be at the spacious embassy on Sixteenth street for the | remainder of the Summer season. | | The Italian Ambassador, Nobile | Giacomo de Martino, will sail this week for this country and is expected to arrive in Washington May 30. The Ambassador accompanied Donna An- toinette de Martino to Italy several weeks ago. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, who are in Japan, where | the Ambassador went to present his | credentials as representative of his government to that empire, will not return to Washington . until late in October. Mme. Claudel, wife of the French | Ambassador, will go to New York the | middle of the week and sail Friday on the Paris to spend the Summer. Mile. Reine Claudel will go to New York with her mother, returning to the Cap- ital immediately after she salls. She | plans to join her mother in France | in July. | The Ambassador will sail in. the late | Summer to join his family in their homeland. ‘The Ambessador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron are planning to spend the Summer in their home in Germany. ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mmne. Debuchi and their lttle family will undoubtedly = spend the Summer | months at Buena Vista Springs, where they were last Summer. No definite plans have been made for their de- parture for the resort. ‘The Belgian Ambassadcr, M. Paul May, will make no plans for the Sum- mer months until the arrival of Mme. May, who is expected in this country next month, The Ministen, of Switzerland and Mme, r have to New York, from Mvhere Mme. will sall y on the Lafayette Switaer- land, ‘where she will spend th sum 3 Ambassador and F émily Ext@ Stay in Mexico :Senor and Senora De Telley De]ay Return Three | or Four Weeks—Italian Sailing. after Mme. Peter sails. He plans to join her in Switzerland later in the | Summer. The Minister of Sweden, Mr. W. Bostrom. accompanied by his daugh- ter, Mile. Ellis Bostrom, and her | fance, Mr. Sixteen W. Wollmar, will il June 6 from New York on the Kroenigsholm for Sweden. Miss Bostrom and Mr. Wollmar will be married July 6 at the country home of her parents in Sweden, where Mme. Bostrom and Mlle. Pauline Bostrom have been for several months. The Minister of Albania, Mr. Ko- nitza, will remaip in Washington through June and will go North the first of July, spending some time at Rye, N. Y., and later on the North Shore of Massachusetts. | The Mmister of Caechoslovalija and | Mme. Veverka are again at the lega- tion after a short visit in New York. They were accompanied to New York by the first secretary of the legation, | Dr. Josef Nemecek, who returned to the Capital with them. ‘The Minister of Nicaragus, Senor ‘Dr.DoflJulnD.llblnlilhckm & week's stay in New York, ‘The Siamese Minister, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara, who is at Ophir Hall, in Purchase, N. Y., the residence of the King and Queen of ' Siam while in the United States, will | not return to Washington until their | majesties leave for Siam, which will | brobably be in the early Fall. ‘The Minister has established a lega- tion in Purchase, and several members him. The Minister of the Union of South Africa, Mr. Eric Hendrik Louw is ning to leave Washington to join Louw in their home in South for the Summer season. Mrs. has been in South Africa for months. ‘The . new Minister of Canads, Mr. W. D. Herridge, K. C., and Mrs. Her- ridge, the latter formerly Miss Mil- ister of Canada, who are on a Euro- come to this country in July. f The marriage of Miss Bennett and Mr. Herridge took place several weeks | & of the legation staff are there vuhv' dred Bennett, sister of the prime min- i § pean wedding trip, are expected to! f