Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1931, Page 31

Feat ures for Women SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star, WASHINGTON, MRS. WALTER WYATT, With little Laura Belle and Jane, wife and daughters of the gen- eral Fed counsel of the eral Reserve Board, in their garden on Kal- MRA. PADDOCK AND MISS MILDRED PAD Wife and daughter, of Esterly Paddock, U. S. while Comdr. Paddock ‘Underwi DOCK, f Lieut. Comdr. Hubert N., who are stdying here is at sea. c0d Photo Presence of Dignitaries Fails to Rel O_f Decided Social Lull TInterest During Week Divided Between Tennis and Yacht Festivities at Bar Harbor and N The presence of the President, the Wice President, several cabinet officers pnd a number of Ambassadors and Ministers did not relieve Washington grom a decided dullness last week. This @ullness is probably “the lull before the storm,” for within another week or 10 days the Capital will be bustling with returning officials, diplomats and others prominent in society and their plans for the Winter season. President and Mrs. Hoover remained at the White House through the week and the Vice President, with Mr. and Mrs. Gann were detained in their Cleveland Park Thome, yet there were no festivities, even #f the most informal nature. The automobile of the Vice President, #with its seal and initials on the door, arked close to the entrance of the :m: Theater Priday evening, caused ¥nuch interest and no little comment fhe Vice President, Mr. Cur Mr. and Mrs. Gann and one tntimate friends, witne of “Sporting Blood,” of the Kentucky Derby President among those in the paddock two showing which scenes showed th The many plans the coming Winter thus far announced have not fncluded #be famous Dancing Class which for swme years met e home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lel Dupont circle. ne absence of Mr. and Mrs. Leiter Washington perbaps hange the atmosphere Dancing Class from the social was snnounced that Saken a house at month during the Su ally understood she wil from cals young man of Thomas Leiter, and Colin Campbell, hav business of the forme cago, which 1s the reason for the 1o the Midwest metropolis of th ent heads of the house of Leiter, Interest was divided last week be- tween festivities at Bar Harbor and ot Newport. In the former resort the annual tennis week was in progress, this year being jubilee year, and New- port was & port of call of the annual crulse of the New Y There was much entertaining in both places and this week the crulsing of the yacht club will continue to the yesorts slong the North Shore of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy Adams joined Mrs. Adams at Minot, Mass,, the end of the week and will Temain for the events connected with the visit of the yachtsmen. The Sec- retary will return to Washington in time to Tece, to be held on the Potomac River off Potomac Park September 18 and 19, King Horse continues his reign, hold- ing cgurt st Saratoga Spri ieve Capital ewport. ward toward Virginia hunt clubs by | early October. Washington is particu- |lu'l)' well represented at Saratoga this season and the Smithtown Horse Show will draw some few to Five-acre Pield, at 8t. Jemes, Long Island, where the show will be held Saturday. f The celebration of the Bicentennial | of the birth of George Washington, which will open February 22 | have a forerunner in shal Petain of FPrance, who is pected to come to this country aboard | the French cruiser Duguesne in Octo- | ber. Gen. Petain will attend the cele- | | bration of the battle of Yorktown, in | which the Prench played an important | | part, and will pay a visit to Washing- | | ton, where many festivities will be planned in his honor. i | —. Engagements to Wed Fnrma“y Announced Mr. and Mrs. Werd an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Catherine Beatrice, to Ensign Bur- rell Clinton Allen, jr. Ensign Allen is the son of Capt. Bur- | rell Clinton Allen, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Allen and the grandson of Admiral Al- | bert Mertz, retired. He was a member f the class of 1930 of the United States 1 Academy and is at present sta- the West Coast and assigned y on the U. 8. S. Maryland e wedding will take place in Sar Calif,, September 3, Loveless sco Mr. Wilbur Piske Nash announces the cngagement of his daughter Harriet to Mr. Kenneth Godfrey of New York The wedding will take place in New York September 3. Miss Nash is & talented planist, | | Lieut. and Mrs. Joseph Heil announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Frances, to Mr. Francis McLaughlin of Cleveland. The wedding will take place |in the near future Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tauberschmidt of Takoma Park announce the engage- ment of their daughter Phoebe to Mr Robert Eaton Lohr of Latrobe, Pa., the wedding to take place Saturday, Oc- tober 3 French Charge d'Affaires Entertains His Countrymen | The charge d'affaires of France, M Pierre de la Blanchetal, will be host a | = luncheon today for M. Poirier, man- | ager of the Prench newspaper Le Temps, |and Mme. Poirier, The other guests | will be M. Jean Gachan, correspondent attend the President's c‘mltn Washington and New York of the Havas News Agency, and Mme. Ga- chon; the Rev. Father Baisnee, director of the French Institute of Washington Maj, Thenault, air attacke of the em bassy, and M. Claude Achille Clarac, attache of the embassy. ings these | M. de ia Blanchetal will entertain at | brother of lunch Wednesday for the Duc de Gra- oy ot | Speers of Baltt mia road. Clinedinst Photo. 3 MRS. In the with little Miss Barbara jr., wi HARLE garden of her home, on Thirty-fourth street, D. C, ¥ €. DAGLEY, Dagley and young Harley, e and children of Maj. Dagley, U. S. A. Harris-Ewing Photo. Miss Sally B. Thacher And Mr. Genrge Storm Marry in Rhode Island Large Company of Relatives and Out-of-Town Guests Attend Ceremony. A wedding of cial circles yesterday afte when Miss Sally al interest in offi- Cap! Watch Hill, R. T acher, daughter of the United D. Thacher George L. ck K. Rup- George Storm States and Mr became Storm precht and of Greenwich The ceremol A Watch HY! Chape a large company of-town guests the son of Mr formed in the presence of ives and out- T. Guthrie le of the bride, Arthur Brad- The chapel had ment of flowers, schome of yellow imes of the bride’s © Ruests were assem- © program of organ per Re officiated, assist ford of Rhode Island arrang the As t bling an impressiy selections was given The bride was giv her fatk in a gown long lines orange in marriage by She was a striking picture of satin designed on veil was held by she carried an Her Miss Mar hacher, sister of the bride, was t d of honor, and the | bridesmaids were Miss Clarissa Ward- well, Miss Josephine Post, Miss Eliza- beth E. Boas, Miss Constance Sullivan, Miss Virginia Storm, sister of the bride- groom; Miss Louise Briggs, Miss Alida Milliken and Miss Elizabeth Chiptom, |Miss Thacher way in yellow point d'esprit with accessories to match and she carried blue delphinium, and the bridesmsids wers in blue point d'esprit and they carried yellow flowers. Mr. C. B. G. Murphy of Detroit was he best man and the ushers selected |included Mr, Thomas D. Thacher, ir. the bride; Mr. Richard Storm. brother of the : M AQontinked oo took place | ;Guests Assemble at Lodge : imsonji ‘Scotland‘ 1 Of Mr. St SUNDAY MORNIN MRS. HAROLD Wife of the Federal back from a 10-week visit radio . AUGUST 23, 193L A. LAFOUNT, commissioner, in the Far West. just Underwood Photo. SCCX’C‘BP'\‘ MCHOH Expected Bacl& From Europe This Week—Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell at Newport. | ‘The Henry Stimson are entertaining a house party over the week end at the lodge they leased in the Highlands of Scotland for a rest The cabinet officer plans to sail the latter part of next week for this country accompanied by Mrs. Stimson. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, is expected in the Capital the middle of the week, after & vacation abroad. He will arrive tomor- row in New York on the Conte Bianc mano, and will be met upon his arriv by his private secretary, Mr. Felix Eys- mans. The Secretary has been with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, David K. E. Bruce, in their villa on the Italian Riveira after the discussion of the-debt question in Paris and London. | The Attorney General and Mrs | Mitchell nave as their guest at Newport over the week end the Assistant Secre- |tary of the Navy, Mr. Ernest Lee Jahncke. Last week end the Attorney General and Mrs. Mitchell spent the week end with the Solicitor General and Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher at Watch Hill, R. L | | The Secretary of Navy, Mr. Charles | Prancis Adams, will return to Washing- ton the first of next week from Minot, Mass, where he is spending a short vacation with Mrs. Adams, at the Giades Club. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. | Arthur M. Hyde, who is a member of | the party the President and Mrs. Hoover | are entertaining over the week end, will | be back at his office tomorrow morning. The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Willam R. Castle, who is spending Bunday with Mrs. Castle at Hot Springs, will return to Washington the first of WD el e Secretary of State and Mrs.| The Acting Secretary of War, Mr. Frederick H. Payne, is spending a-few days in New York and will be back in the city the first part of next week. The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Arthur A. Ballantine, will return to the Capital 'tomorrow from Hot Springs, where he accompanied Mrs. Ballantine and their children from their home at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Mrs. Harold A. Lafount, wife of Fefl- eral Radio Commissioner Lafount, has Just returned to Washington after an absence of 10 weeks, ¢ariug which time ‘she attended the wedding of her | daughter, Miss Lenore Lalount, now Mrs. George Romney, in Salt Lake City. | Mrs. Lafount also visited friends and | relatives on the Pacific Coast and in the South. {Dr. Mei Speaker at Belmont House Garden Party Sunday Dr. Y. C. Mei will speak on the edu- cation of the Chinese women at a gar- den party to be given at Alva Belmont | House, national headquarters of the National Woman's Party, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, August 30 | Dr. Met s the director of the Chi- | nese Educational Mission in the United States, having the supervision of the students sent to America by the Tsing Hua College of Peking. This college {was founded with Boxer indemnity funds ret\gmtd to China by the United | States Government. Dr. Mei, former acting president of Tsing Hua College was for many years one of its in- structors. |in Washington for their hospitalit ‘&l\fleflnufmhh-dwmembul Dr. and Mme. Mei are well “known | Marine Commandant And Mrs. Fuller Plan Virginia Beach Tr;p | | Rear Admiral Henry V. But- ler Goes to Orkney Springs by Plane. The major gereral commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Ben H. Fuller will go to Virginia Beach Thurs- day, to remain over the week end. | The new commandant of the Navy| ! Yard, Rear Admiral Henry Varnum Butler, is spending the week end with | Mrs. Butler in their quaint place on the mountain near Orkney Springs, Va., | | where he flew Friday. Maj. and Mrs. Reginald Cocroft have | returned to their apartment, in the Shoreham, after a stay of several weeks in the Catskills. They are accompanied by their three children, Jean, Rex and baby Phyllis Kathryn. Maj. Carl Halla and Mrs. Halla have | given up their apartment, at 1940 Bilt- | more street, and will move the first of next week to the house at 3522 Quebec street, which they have leased for the Winter. s | =3 | Maj. and Mrs. 7. G, H. Lee are at the Shoreham Hotel, where they have taken | an apartment. Maj. Lee is on duty in Washington, having come from Vicks- burg, Miss. They are accompanied by their son, Mr. John Lee, who is on his | vacation from Kent School, Connecti- | cut. Maj. and Mrs. O. G. Olsmith of Mem- phis Field, Montgomery, Ala., are at the | Shoreham Hotel for a stay of several | days. Capt. Neal B. Farwell and Mrs. Far- | well spent last week end at the Cham- berlin, at Old Point C nfort, where they went to meet their son, Mr. Charles B. Farwell, who is a third classman at}) the Naval Academy and returpzd With | the midshipmen's squadron fi | Summer cruise aboard the U. S.eS. Ar- kansas. | to this country until November. | {RS. SAMUEL A, WOODS, With little Camille, in their garden at Quantico, Va, where Maj. Woods is on duty at Marine Barracks. Underwood Photo. Senor Ferrara at Embassy Following Long Absence Claudel Ambassador ‘The Ambassador of Cuba, Senor Don Orestes Ferrara, is again at the embassy after & long absence. Accompanied by Senora de Ferrara the Ambassador went to Tokio, where he established a mis- sion for his country, and after several | weeks' stay he went abroad. Senora | de Ferrara remained in Paris for a | longer stay. The Ambassador of France, M. Paul Claudel, sailed yesterday from New York to join Mme. Claudel and their family in their home in France. The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ahmet Muhtar, will leave Washington tomoirow for Boston, where he will attend the celebration in:honor of Mr. Russell Boardman and Mr. John Po- lando, the two noted flyers, who were {the first to make a non-stop flight from the United States to Turkey. The Ambassador will spend four or five days in Massachusetts. ‘The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Priedrich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron, will be joined iIn Washington the end of next month by Frau von Prittwits und Gaffron and their little daughter Mariss, who remained in Germany after the return of the Ambassador to this country last week. ‘The Japanese Ambassador, M. Katsuji Debuchi, has returned to Buena Vista Springs after spending & short time in Washington. Mme. Debuchi and their family have been in the mountains sinte early Summer, the Ambassador coming to Washington for brief stays each week during the season. The Ambas- sador and his family will return from Pennsylvania the middle of next month for a short stay before going to San Francisco preparatory to sailing for a vacation in their native country. Sir Ronald Lindsay, who is spending some time in England, will not return Lady Lindsay, who has been at Bar Harbor for several months, has made no plans for returning to Washington until the arrival of the Ambassador. The newly appointed Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Miguel ¢ruchaga The Ambessador of Great Britain, | vk wed- | Slil! Frnnce—Mr. {01’ Ahmet Muhtar Is Leaving for Boston Tomorrow. The members Queen of Siam. | Senora de Aris, wife of ister of Panama, returned to Wi ! ‘The charge d'affaires of Spain, Senor Don Jose Ricardo Gomez Acebo, will return to Washington next week from & motor trip in Canada and New England. RS ‘The new first secretary of the Chinese | legation, Mr. Tsune-Chi Yu, has s~ { sumed his duties at the legation. The new commercial secretary of the | Mexican embassy, Senor Ingeniero Ermilo Casares, has arrived in Wash- ington, and with Senors Dona Anns L. de Casares, is established at 1626 Rhode Island avenue. Pre-Nuptial Festivities For Prospective Brides Mrs. Charles G. Criss entertained at a shower Wednesday evening in her apartment in honor of Miss Martha | Price, whose marriage to Mr. Ralph | Meushaw will take place tomorrow | morning in the rectory of St. Martize | Church. | Among the guests were Mrs. Maurice | Harrell, Mrs. John Shields, Mrs. Arch Pugh, Mrs. Edward Johnson, Miss Helen L. Walter, Miss Helen Meushaw, | Mrs, Arthur Meushaw, Miss Jane Ap- pich, Miss Edith Coleman, Miss Grace Coleman, Mrs. R. B. Ogden, Miss Vir- ginia Leitch, Miss Grace Moran, Mrs. Elsie Hill, Mrs. Frederick Moulden and | Miss Blanche Kronman. Miss Audrey Schulz, whose marrixge to Mr. Paul Fenton will take plsce | September 1 at 10 o'clock in St. Pat- | rick’s Cathedrsy, was given a surprise’ | shower August 14 by her maid of honor, Miss M#garet Whaley, and her brideé- | mgds, Miss Evelyn Mgers and Miss Edna Thompson, the last named from Mounf® Rainier. * The shower was given {in the home of Miss Myers, at 3520 | Cannecticut avenue. Those present were Miss Audrey | | dren, Nellie Veverka and Ferdinand thy | and Tocornal, will arrive in New nesday from Mexico and will come|Schulz, Miss Evelyn Myers, Miss Mar- to Washington to take ovep his new garet Whaley, Miss Edna Thompson, duties shortly after his arrival. . Miss Esther Johnson, Miss Helen Bank- . mann, Miss Marian Fowler, Miss 8. A. Mme. Veverks, wife of the Minister | Kelley, Miss Kathleen Baker, Miss of Czechoslovakia, and their two chil- | MATy McCarthy, Miss Mary Whaley, Miss Margaret Higgins, Miss Vivian | Thompson, Miss Anna Mae Lyles, Mrs. | country, having sailed® last week from | THodore Schyls, Mrs. Elizabeth Fen- { ton, Mrs. Mary Schulz, Mrs. Julia Sut- Greenville, Me., where they were spend- e Sthe Sunfiver. " The Auimister, who | 16, Mrs. John Miele, Mrs. Mary Agnes with his f in Maine, is ex- [ O'Brieh, Mrs. Mary Whaley and Mrs. b - Dorothy Rutherford of Hyattsville, Md. pected back the end of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass of New York Honor Guests Veverka, are en route to jheir native Fhe Minister «of lllnmu-,. Senor Dr. Dot Jufln B. Sacass, has been Joined Senora de Sacasa, who re- tufhed from a motor trip i Canada and Siam, Maj. Gen. kara, The « Prince | Arthur D. Condon, who L who is| the Army and Navy Club. Mr. Dougiass of Siam|is the son of Mrs. David H. Blair ] return| with Mrs. Douglass is spending a He will | with Mr. and Mrs. um'smw.fl of