Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1931, Page 27

- SOCIETY SECTION Features for l]g §unflag_§laf. G,” JULY 12, .1931. ~Capital’s Social : Highlights MISS MARGARETTA WRIGHT, Daughter of Mrs. Henry MISS MAE ESTERLY, Daughter of Mrs. James I. Price Wright, who is spend- ing part of the scason at Seal H GIBBINS, Daughter of Col. Henry Gibbins, U. S. A,, and Mrs. Gibbins, graduate of Menlo P Sacred Heart Convent, ark, Calif. Capital Socie On White H ty Centers ouse as Long As First Family Is in City So Far President and MTS. HDOVC[’ GEVC NO Indication of Leaving Dur;ng Summer. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT Washington is never a deserted city 84 lally as long as the President and the First Lady of the Land keep head- QA tors in the White House, and up to data there is no sign that the Chief Exedutive will take a vacation farther afield than the Rapidan camp, where “he Air is fine, the water unexcelled and _<he Bcenery picturesque until late Sum- " mer. The closets at the camp are well supplied with blankets and there is never & night when some light covering s not required for comfort. ‘The study of bird life furnishes con- slderable interest at the Rapidan camp, but it is doubtful if the President's home in the primeval forest can fur- wisk ws many birds in as great a variety as does the home of the Vice President and his sister, at Cleveland Park, or the home of the former Postmaster General and Mrs. New, at Edgemoor. where cardinals flash by with great frequency and a hundred varieties of birds flit in and out of the trees at close range. The reason? The game 1aw is closely observed in the District of Columbia and birds are constantly increasing in number and variety. White House censorship on news which perturbs the cdrrespondents right now is no new story, and both women and men have felt the grip from that direction in almost every administration in the last 50 years. It was perhaps more felt in the last months of Presi- dent Roosevelt's last administration than at any other time in recent years, for instead of taking a correspondent to task for his too honest or truthful expression, his paper was notified that he was persona non grata at the White House and necessarily he was immedi- ately replaced. It took nothing more serious than a dog, a cat or even & domestic turkey to bring forth a sum- mary dismissal from the sacred pre- cincts, ket alone a patched curtain. And yet it is such delightful human interest stories gotten from within the White House as that written of the President and his grandchildren for the July Pictorial Review that weaves a halo about the head of a President and makes warm-blooded Americans want to know him. A hint as to the dresses, hats and shoes a President’s wife wears makes reading matter for pewspapers, over which thousands of ‘women pour with delight. ‘Untouched by the perilous position of news gatherers at the White House, those who linger in the Capital—persons iike the French Ambassador, the Japanese Ambassador, who is more or Jess of a bird of passage between the Capital and Buena Vista, where his family is established; the Argentine | Ambassador, Senor Espil, who is said | to be equal of the United States Am- bassador to Great Britain in gracing the handling of a tobacco pipe—are among those whom one meets while visiting about. Country clubs, hotel terraces, gardens and roof gardens all furnish lures to those lingering in the Capital. One of the particularly interesting places within easy reach of Washing- ton is the South River Club, where only a few—and those especially invited | guests—are permitted to go. This is one of the oldest clubs in the country, having started in 1742, when it was known as the Anclent South River Club, and its 25 members, each a descendant of an original member, gave a dinner there July 4 and asked their distinguished friends as guests. By all means the choicest bit of gossip in Washington society is the considerable break in the circle of rich widows by the marriage in Paris yesterday of Mrs. Gertrude Klemm, who sponsored the Metropolitan Opera organization in Washington and helped along other enterprises, who was married to Mr. Charles Mason Remey, & bachelor, a student and scholar, an authority on art, music and architecture. But this is not Washington’s loss. Both the bride and bridegroom are Washington residents and they will return here in the Autumn to combine their already well established hospitalities. Notable among recent events in Ashe- ville was the ninth birthday anniver- sary at the Bfltmore Forest Country Club, which was observed with after- noon golf matches and an evening din- ner dance. In 1922, Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, who is now Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecll, drove the first ball over the new 18-hole golf course, just completed by Donald Ross. This links is now considered one of the premier golf layouts in Dixle. Thirty thousand resort visitors motored to the municipal recreation park for the In- dependence day celebration. The day's program included water sports in one of the lafgest swimming pools in the South, dancing at the casino, golf, and a spectacular display of fireworks. News reaches Washington of the | travels and interests of Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, Judge Fenton Whitlock Booth, d Mrs. Booth, who sailed from New York last Monday on La Prance. Justice and Mrs. Booth had with them on the voyage, besides their daughter, Miss Virginia Booth, | Miss Elaine Davis, daughter of Dr. and | ~(Gontinued on Page 3, Gplumn 7. arbor, Me. BEHNEY, MISS MAXINE Esterly, who has followed the Daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Jacob E. Behney, spending the Summer in their quar- Helm | big and useful | ters at Fort Myer. | The Itallan Ambassador, Nobile Gia- | | como de "Martino, has gone to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., to spend the week end. ‘The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, who are spending the Sum- mer in Europe, are now in Berlin, where they will remain for a week or 10 days. ‘The Ambassador of France, M. Paul | Claudel, who was expected to join his family in Paris, will remain in this country and except for very occasional short trips will bs in Washington through the Summer. _The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Santa Clara, to join Senora de Davila and their children in their home in Santiago. ‘The Ambassador has been mentioned for the post of minister of foreign relations of ):Lu country. ‘The Japanese Ambassador, M. Debuchi, spent Thursday in Washington and joined his family at Buena Vista, Pa., where they have a cottage for the Summer. Miss Maki Debuchi, daughter of the: Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi, is taking an active part in the activ- ities of the Summer colony at Buens ' Carlos Davila, will sail Saturday on'the |- Italian Ambassador Goes To Virginia for Week End Senor and Senora de Ferrara of Cuba Visiting Ber]in T}H’S Weel( on Tcur of Europe. Vista, where she s daily seen in the swimming pool, on the tennis courts and frequently takes a hand at the bridge table. The Minister and Mme. Prochnik and their family will leave Washington | Wednesday and will motor to Rehoboth Beach, Del, where they have taken a cottage for the remainder of the season. ‘The Minister of Bulgaria and Mme. Radeff have gone to'Cape May and will be at the Ocean View until August. They will spend several weeks motoring in the north before returning to the legation in September. THe Minister 6f the Netherlands and Mme. Van Royen will leave Wednesday for New York and will sail Saturday for their home -in the Netherlands. They will not return until the late | i Autumn. The Minister of Czechoslovakia and Mme. Veverka started Thursday by motor for Greenville, Me., where they have taken a cottage for the remainder of the season. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Virginia mountain trails while at Skyland. MRS. JACOB Wife of Maj. Behney, with the bridle paths in Photos by E."BEHNEY, her young daughter, enjoys and near the fort. Bachrach. 1931-32 Debutantes Already Make Plans For Fall and Winter |"Bouquet of Rosebuds™ Large and Season Ahead | Bids Fair to Be Gay. Debutantes of the 1931-32 season in the Nation's Capital in fnany instances have selected the dates for their formal debut parties. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays continue to rival in popularity among the buds for their parties. A number of the group to be formerly presented the coming season will continue their studies during their debut years and it is only during these holiday periods that they may join in the festivities of the younger set. ‘Fhe “bouquet of rosebuds” for next year is large and interesting and the debutante calendar bids fair to equal the gayest of seasons for buds in Wash- ington. | Christmas day will boast at least two debutantes. Miss Jean Woodson, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. | Woodson, will be presented at a tea dance at the Mayflower Hotel Christ- mas afternoon, and in the evening Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, daughter of Mrs. Arthur MacArthur, will make | her bow at a ball. P ; | _Miss MacArthur is one of the seemly Secretary Mellon Guest of Daughter At Villa on Riviera Head of Treasury Expected to Sail for Home From Eutope Next Week. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, who is with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce, in their villa on the Riviera, is expected to sall some time next week for this country. The Secretary of Whr, Mr. Patrick J. Hurley, is spending the week end with Mrs, Hurley and their children at Ventnor, N. J. Mrs. Hurley will accompany the Secretary to the Philippines, sailing with him August 8 from Seattle. ‘The 'Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Prancis Adams, will return to Washington tomorrow from Minot; Mass.,, where he went for a few days' stay with Mrs. Adams at their home, the Glades. Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, who'is spending. the week .end with the Secre- tary at their home on Kalorama road, will leave early in.the week for her Summer at Land O'Lakes, Wis. Mr. MacWhite, wu! come to Washington (Continued on 3, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.). (Contim Page 3, Column 4.), e MISS ALICE M. FLEMING, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fleming, spending the Summer with them at Spring Lake, N. J. Admiral and Mrs.W.V.Pratt To Spend August in Maine Surgeon Genegal Patterson to Go to New York to Meet Mrs. Patterson, Rcturning From philippines. ‘The chief of naval operations, Ad- miral Willlam V. Pratt, and Mrs. Pratt are expected to close their quarters at the Naval Observatory and go to their Summer place at Bellfont, Me., the end of this month. They will spend August in the North. The new surgeon general, U. S. A, G¥n. Robert U. Patterson, will go to New York the middle of next week to meet Mrs. Patterson and their little family, who are expected to arrive about July 23 aboard the St. Mihiel from the Philippines, where Gen. Patterson was | formerly stationed. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O. Fuqua have with them their son, Cadet Ste- phen O. Fuqua, jr, who will leave Tuesday for California, where he will visit his grandparents, Maj..and Mrs. John Stafford, in San Diego. Cadet Fuqua will return to Washington for a short stay before going to West Point in August to resume his studies at the Military Academy. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Roderick L. Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, jr, is spending the week end at Fort Hoyle, Md., where Lieut. Summerall is an in- structor at the Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Camp. Mrs. Summerall will return tomorrow to her quarters at Fort Myer, where her parents, Col. and Mrs. Russell P. Reeder, are her guests until the middle of August. Maj. J. Huntington Hills, U. 8. A, Bolivian Envoy and Lady Celebrate Silver Wedding The Minister of Bolivia and Senora de Medina entertained at a delighd~ fully arranged dinner party last eve- ning in celebration of their silver wed- ding anniversary. The company === cluded the Minister of Guatemala and Senora de Recinos, the Minister of Nicaragua and Sencra de Sacasa, the Minister of Ecuador and Senora Viteri Lafronte, the Minister of El Salvador and Senora de Leiva, the former Min- ister of Finance of Bolivia and Senora de Abelli, the first secretary of the Carmichael left early last week for | Bolivian legation, Senor Don George North Carolina, where they are spending | de la Barra; the second secretary of some time in the Smoky Mountains. Maj. Gen. Walter A. Bethel, U. S. A, retired, end Mrs. Bethel have as guests at their home, on Kalorama road, the latter's brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. W. Duntan Strong of Lin- coln, Nebr., who will be with them for the Simmer, .-, =~ T3 the Brazilian embassy, Senor Don Joao Ruy Barbosa; Senorita Maria Sacasa, Senorita Hortensia Diez de Medina, Senorita Gaby Diez de Medina and Senor Raul Diez de Medina. The Minister and Senora de Medina will entertain st tea Wednesday after- noon, ghen their guests will s number’of diplomats. ' {