Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1931, Page 37

Feat ures for Women Part 3—12 Pages MRS. FRAN KLIN ELLIS, . Who has decided to remain abroad for the season instead of returning to her Nineteenth street home. Clinedinst Photo. N Capital’s “Small Season” Blossoms Into Sprightly Period for Society Folk Two Large Garden Parti | es of Past Week Develop Particular Interest—Pan-American Assembly Also Adds to Activities. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. ‘Washington's so-called small season | mier at the French embassy, especially & luncheon of note the day of his has blossomed into a particularly | zrrival, - sprightly program and the cream of the official world met many times over at events that would have done credit | administration will live longer in the to any season and in any capital. The | minds of Washington people than the two large garden parties of the week | garden parties and other hospitalities Perhaps no feature of the present SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C | | | pos e vy THE MINISTER OF AUSTRIA AND MME. PROCHNIK" And their children, Miss Valerie, Edgar and Patricia Prochnik. Marris-Ewing Photo. ., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1931. Capital’s’ Social ‘l‘ Highlights" | MME. SOKOLOWSK \Wiic of the charge d’affaires of Poland, a \ hostess of the corps. Underwood Photo. To Philadel Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur The Secretary of the Interior and | Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur are in Phila- | delphia; .where the Secretary went to [ attend-the meeting of the Child Dental | Health week. They are expected back | Interior Secretary G oes phia Meeting Returning Tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Payne Have Guests From Massachusetts. the Brighton Hotel. Miss Storer has | made frequent visits to Washington through the Summer, returning to ‘Ate lantic City to be with her father, who has been ill. - i in Washington tomorrow. | | pm | Mme. Roso, who has been traveling | ‘The Assistant Secretary of War and | since May in Europe, has returned to | Mrs. Prederick H. Payne have as thelr | washington and is occupying an aparte guest for a week in their apartment | ment at the Mayflower, which she 3 e |at the Mayflower, Mr. and Mrs. Irving | Jeased for an mfm,,m titne o | E. Esleeck of Greenfield, Mass, who | 3 MRS. MAURICE H. THATCHER, Returned from around the world, with Representa- tive Thatcher, and acting as patroness for the Armistice day jubilee. MRS. J. R. ‘McCARL, | will return to their home today. ie of the controller general of the Unitcd | { 1 The alien property custodian and | States, who has returned to the | Mrs. Howard Sutherland will Imve with | Capital for the Winter. | were particularly interesting and while | at Woogjey, the home of the Secretary Mrs. Hoover's party for the League of |of State and Mrs. Stimson. Certainly Republican Wom=n sounds quite prosaic, | there was a chill in the air when they | one must remember that much of polit- | gave the garden party Friday for the | ical life in Washington is made up of | delegates to the Pan-American Con- Mr. and Mrs. David Meade Lea have returned and reopened their Washing- ton residence after spending the Sum- mer in St. Joseph's Sanitarium, Mount | them for several weeks their daughter, | Clomens, Mich. En route here they the cream of society here and else- where. The woman politician no longer goes about in plain and unbe- " coming garb and wearing unbecoming hats and flat-heeled walking shoes, but she is a dressy and most attractive in- dividual. 1t this is doubted one had but to attend Mrs. Hoofer's garden party Thursday, for pretty women in becom- ing gowns and hats lent great attrac- tion to the scene (where one scarce heard a word of politics mentioned), and as for the flat heels—well, it was worth a great deal to see the flash of high French heels as many of the women guests picked up their skirts and dashed for the cover of the White House, The most unperturbed person on the Jawn when the rain came up was Mrs. Hoover, who did not even glance at the gathering clouds, but devoted herself to her 800 and more guests. Indeed, all events conspire for the bringing to- gether of notable folk this Autumn and starting with last week, when the Pan- American Commercial Congress was the occasion for all the delightful social flurry, until snow flies, there will be many famous folk to create a furore in soclal life in America. At the Naval Air Station at Ana- costia tomorrow will be another repre sentative company to see Mrs. Hoover christen the glan® amphibian air Iiner of the Pan-Americsh Airways, Inc. Many of the delegates from South American countries attending the com- mercial congress will attend, as will the Secretary of the Navy and other mem- bers of the cabinst and their wives and ranking offfcers of the Navy and others. Mrs. Hoover attended the wedding of Miss Eleanor Hard and Mz Lake Tuesday in Bethlehem Chapel, one of the little personal and domestic things she does with such grace, and ahead of her are few dinner parties of more importance than that on the night of gress, but as one of the Latin American | | diplomats remarked, nothing is ever chilly that the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson essay. They are the per- sonification of hospitality. Woodley has been the home of many famous was ever more present hosts. hospitable than the Important men and women have stopped off in Washington from other parts of the country en route to York- town, there being some particularly interesting committee meetings here before the throng gathers at Yorktown and the adjolning towns connected | with the surrender ceremonies. Mrs. James P. Andrews of Hartford, Conn., national president of the Society of Colcnial Dames, will be at the Carlton ‘Wednesday and Thursday for this pur- pose before proceeding to the historic city, where she will be the guest of the commissioners. The titled folk of England will stalk among us this month, and far more in- teresting than the average will be | Fiennes Stanley Wykeham, Baron | Cornwallis and his cousin, Wing Com- :rmmder the Hon. L. J. E. Twistleton- | Wykeham-Flennes, a man popular in | the diplomatic corps. By very special invitation Lord Cornwallis will ccme | Washington and will attend - the dedication of the tablet marking the | surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, “addlng an amusing phase to the ques- | tion of whether or not such a piece of | history should be enacted for fear of hurting British pride. Lord Corn- wallis is & gentleman farmer and at his country seat at Kent gives personal attention to the rural side of life. |Lady Cornwallis, with an unusually | large share of the grace of a mature | English lady, will accompany him, | Oriental Sct;ing Enjoyed men and women, but certainly none | Th“:;d'{- 0‘:7“’"";‘ 2 e z:l:ihm;}:“ By Guests at Afternoon Tea President, she wi ‘welco ‘ at the White House the premier of| Mrs. Paul J. Christian was hostess at France, M. Laval, and the guests of | ‘& Monday afternoon in her home, at honor who attend the Yorktown Ses- 3711 Huntington stréet, Chevy Chase, quicentennial. The following day M.'in honor of the members of the Sun- Laval will go as a guest to the White | shine and Community Society and thelr | House, and in the evening the Presi- | dent and Mrs. Hoover ‘will have g |Susts: < Mrs. Ohristian had' assisting few guests to meet him. her Mrs. W. A. Durham, Mrs. J. W. | Frizzell, Mrs. Eva Chriswell and Miss ‘The garden party which the Sccre- Milly Saunders. The guests numbered tary of State and Mrs. Stimson Will about 50 and were seated at small tables give for M. Laval Sunday afternoon, |in the Chinese room, where Mrs. Chris- October 25, will be quite small and |tian has placed the interesting furnish- only for the heads of foreign missions, | ings and art works collected by the officials and a few friends. There will | members of her family during their be dinners and luncheons for the pre- | travels in the Orient, . Harris-Ewing. Yorktown Celebration Will Attract Many Officials in Capital |Elaborate Dinner flfl'd /I\l“flchemla | Boats Chartered. | . | Official life in the Capital will be | well represented at the Yorktown Ses- Parties Listed. | quicentennial celebration October 16 to | | October 19. Many elaborate dinner | parties as well as luncheons will be given during the celebration, which will commemorate the 150th anniver- sary of the surrender of Lord Corn- wallis, in Yorktown, Va. Many are go- ing to the ceremonies by water, and several patriotic organizations have bers te¢ Yorktown. Among those who are expected to at- tend the festivities will be the Secre- tary of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Ly- man Wilbur, Mrs. Lamont, wife of the Secretary of Com- merce; the Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel; their daughter, Mlle. Reine Claudel, who will be accompa- nied by members of the embassy staff; Senator Simeon D. Fess, Senator John G. Townsend, jr.; Senator and Mrs. Hugo L. Black, Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Senator and Mrs. Tom Connally. Also, Senator and Mrs. Lynn J. Frazier, Senator and Mrs. Guy D. Goff, Senator and Mrs. Thomas P. Gore, Senator and Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, - Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard,” Senator David 1. Walsh, Sepatcr and Mrs. Henry W. Keyes, Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses, Senator and Mrs. Cordell Hull, Senator Daniel O. Hastings, Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed, Representative and Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Representative and Mrs. George R. Stobbs, Representa- tive and Mrs. Roy G. Fitzgerald, Rep- resentative and Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland, Representative and Mrs. Charles R. Crisp, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. | Willlam Howard Taft, the surgeon general of the Public Health Service and Mrs. Hugh S. Curming, Gen. John J. Pershingy the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, the Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Wil- liam R. Castle, the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. P. Trubee Davison, chartered special boats to take mem- | Fobert Patterson | Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, | ~(Continued o@ Page 2, Column 4J, ' Clinedinst Photo. Dinner Invitations Issued| By Maj. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. < ¥ Maj. and Mrs. Gerald Fitzgerald have issued invitations for a dinner at Ward- man Park Hotel Wednesday. Lieut. Comdr. . P. Ginder, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Ginder entertained a small company informally at dinner last eve- ning at the Army and Navy Country Club in compliment to their house guest, Mrs. H. C. Frazer, of Coronado, Calif., who will remain until next week, Mrs. Frazer made the trip east by air with Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Warburton of'Philadelphia in their plane. Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Owen enter- talned at dinner last evening at the Mayflewer in compliment to their nephew and his bride, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Owen of Chicago, who ar- rived here last week from White Sul- phur Springs. ‘The bridegroom is a former Wash- ingtonian and a graduate of the Massa- chusetts Instifute of Technology, and his wife is the former Miss Collette Radlebeck of Peoria, IlI. The company in addition to the bfide and bridegroom were the bridegroom's mother and sister, Mrs. E. W. Owen of ‘Washington and Mrs. Albert Beatty of Port Washington, Long Island; Mr. Clarence Owen and his daughter, Mrs. Granville Soper, of Baltimore. A recepticn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude W, Owen followed the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Paut May were hosts at dinner last evening at the Shoreham entertaining in compliment to Mrs. May’s sister, Miss Irma Rose Ruppert, and her fiance, Mr. William Francis Hinchcliffe, of Paterson, N. J., whose marriage will take piace Monday, October 19. 5 Miss Alma Johnson will entertain a large company in her home on Thirty- seccnd strest Saturday i compliment to Miss Ruppert and Mr. Hinchcliffe and Mr. and Mrs. May will entertain again for them Sunday evening in their home, Mr. C. Leslie McCrea entertained at dinner last evening in homor of pihid Ccmpany in Compl;mcnt to California Visitor. Ginder Entertain Small| Willlam McNeir, whose marriage to| Miss Franass Hough will take place | Wednesday. The company included | Mr. Ralph Lee, Mr. E. C. Graham, Mr. John Poole, Mr, 8. A. Reese, Dr. R. E. | L. Wiltberger, Mr. George McNeir, Mr. | Thomas McNeir of New York, Mr. Bur- Tows McNeir of Warrenton, Mr. Charlie Jacobson, Capt. Louis B. Montfort, Col. McCafrin, Judge Joseph W. Cox, Mr. Joe V, Morgan and Mr. Charles Potter. Mrs. Merrity Lum and her daughter, | Miss Dorothy Lum of Winnetka, Ill, | entertained at & luncheon and theater party yesterday.when their guests were | Miss Marjorie Street, Miss Mary Alice Cochran and Miss Barbara Ballenger, all of Winnetka, | Mrs. Wallace Witcover entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Carlton, the company numbering seventeen. Chief Justice of the Court of Claims and Mrs. Fenton W. Booth 'were the guests of honor at dinner Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kincheloe who entertained in their home in Falls Church, Va. Among others in the company were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rugg, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam W. Scott and Miss Booth. After the dinner Chief Justice and Mrs. Booth gave interesting talks on their travels through the Sum- mer when they visited England, France and Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Conn of San Mateo, Calif., who are spending seme time in thig city, entertained at dinner Thursday at Wardman Park Hotel wheére they are staying while in the Natlon's Capital. Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan and Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith entertained at dinner and dancing at the Congres- sional Club last week foll:wing the Western Maryland-Georgetown game. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mills, the former being coach at| Georgetown; Mr. and Mrs. Robert | Cahill, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rafferty, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Stohlman, Mr. John Colerick and Mr. Frank Leahy, | eircles. Ambassaaol’ 0{ Cuba To Attend Exercises At Naval Air Base Senor Ferrara Will Make Principa] Address at Ana- costia Tomorrow. ‘The Ambassador of Cuba, Senor Don Orestes Ferrara, will be in the large and representative company attending the christening tomorrow of the Amer- ican Clipper at the Naval Air Base at Anacostia. He will make the principal address. Mrs. Hoover will christen the plane, which is the largest of its kind ever built in the United States. Among oth- ers who will attend the ceremonies will be the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Francis White, Representative Clyde Kelly and Representative Willlam R. Wood. . ‘The Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Louw sailed yesterday | aboard the Britanic from England for this country and are expected to ar- rive in New York Sunday, October 18. Thé” counselor of the Swiss legation, M. Etienne Lardy, and Mme. Lardy will leave Washington the middle of this (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Mrs. Gann Furthering 4 Armistice Day Jubilee Ball Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice President, has accepted the chairmanship of the Patroness Com- mittee for the Armistice day jubilee of the Veterans' of Foreign Wars, at the Washington Auditorium, the eve- ning of November 11, for the. benefit of the relief fund of disabled and desti- tute veterans. Mrs. Gann was one of the leading sponsors of the Armistice ball last year which the jubilee re- places this year and with the Vice Presi- dent occupying & box. Mrs. Thatcher, wife of Representa- tive Maurice H. Thatcher of Kentucky, has been added to the list of congres- sional patronesses for the event. Plans are being completed rapidly for the fete, which promises to be one of the most colorful and interesting of the early Winter season. Sponsors for the event include leading organizations ‘of both men and-women in.the Capital s well as official, residential and service | Mrs. Wallace Dunkle, who will arrive from her home in New York, accom- | panied by her small daughter. ‘The special assistant to the Secre- tary of the Treasury and Mrs. David E. Finley will return tomorrow from & few days' visit with the former's mother, Mrs. David E. Finley, in her { home in York, S. C., where they went | Wednesday. The special assistant to the Secre- tary of Labor and Mrs. W. W. King are entertaining over the week end Mr. and Mrs. George Foley and their little daughter Pat, who are from New York. ‘The Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury Maj. Ferry K. Heath enterfained | at dinner last week in homor of Lady | Chilton. The company included' the | Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. | P. Trubee Davison, the United States Minister to Canada and Mrs, Hanford MacNider and Represenfative and Mrs. Lewis W. Douglas. The United States consul at Seville, Spain, and Mrs. Richard Ford,, with their son, Richard Ford, 5th, sailed for Europe Tuesday for the former's new | post in Seville. Mr. and Mrs. Ford were accompanied to the ship by a group of their asso- ciates, who bid them bon voyage. Mrs. Ford was formerly Miss Mildred Caro- line Case, granddaughter of Mrs. Charles L. Hoyle of Washington and & niece of Mr. John Hays Hammond and the late Mrs. Hammond. Dr. William F. Knotz, dean of the Georgetown Foreign Service School, has returned to Washington after a visit abroad, where he attended economic | conferences dealing with international | and economic and financial matters. Dr. Knotz visited in Northern Russia, including Leningrad and Moscow, spending some time in Geneva during the session of the League of Nations in Basel, Switzerland. He attended & round table conference under the aus- pices of the directors of the Interna- tional Bank of Reparations, Mrs. van Reypen and her daughter, Baroness Korff, have returned to their home on California street for the Win- ter. Miss Barbara Korff, daughter of Baroness Korff, has returned to her studies at Bryn Mawr, where she is a member of the junior class. Mr. John H. Storer sof Waltham, | Mass., and Washington, with his daugh- ter, Miss Emily L. Storer, will return paid a visit to relatives of Mrs. Lea at her former home in Kentucky. Mrs. Hans Kindler and her three children have joined Mr. Kindler in Washington. Mr. Kindler is the direc~ tor of the new National Symphony. Or- chestra of Washington, which gives its first concert November 2 in Constitu~ tion Hall. Mrs. J. Wilmer Biddle of Philadelphia, who has been spending the Summer with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keppel-Palmer, at their home at Henley-on-Thames, Eng- land, sailed Thursday from England for New York. It is understood Mrs. Bid- dle will go direct to her Virginia coune try place, Kenmore Manor, in Rappa= hannock County, for the late Autumn season. Dr. Ward G. Reeder, professor of school administration at Ohlo State University, and Dr. David Sutton; re- search assistant in the Bureau of Edwm ucational Research in Ohio State Uni- versity, have taken an apartment at 1757 K street for the Winter, - Dr. Reeder and Dr. Sutton have come to Washington as specialists in school finance and are assisting in the national survey of school finance ordered by the last Congress. Miss Mildred Tytus and Miss Victoria S. Tytus have visiting them at Ashine tully, in Tyringham, Mr. and Mrs. Ro= land Palmedo of New York, Mr. Foster Stillman of Washington and Mr. Harold J. Coolidge and Mr. Lawrence Coolidge of Boston. Judge and Mrs. Edward R. Short have returned to their home in Tennessee after visiting the Misses Steele in their apartment at 1757 K street. Judge and Mrs. Short were accompanied to Wash= ingten by their daughter, Miss Christine Short, who will spend the Winter with her aunts, the Misses Steele, while ate tending George Washington University. Mrs. Nathan Clark and Mrs. Sterling Dockoven have returned to Washington after an extensige tour of the United States. Mrs. Ralph Heitmuller of Buffalo, N. Y., with her small son, is the guest this week of her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Heitmuller, a$ 1307 Fourteenth street northwest. Mr. and Mrs. F. Marion Law of Houston, Tex., who formerly made their home in ‘Washington, are spending the week end to his apartment at Wardman Park Hotel November 5, from Atlantic City, N. J, where be spent the Summer at at the Mayflower, They were in Ate lantic City for the Summer and Mr