Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1931, Page 43

Features for Women Part 3—16 Pages SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star, WASHINGTON, Mrs. Alexander Gre and Miss Eleanor Preston, who motored to the Elmon Miller farm for the Leeshurg horse show. Noté{bles ThrongiY;(‘)_rktown; Week Gay in Capital City; Interesting White House, Cabinet, Diplomats. Legislators and | Balls Planned Revolutionary Figures Represented at Celebration. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Yorktown and its environs has stolen much of Washington's prestige in great- ness for the several days of the pro- gram carried on to celebrate the anni- versary of the surrender of Cornwallis, and it speaks well for the greatncss of markind that a Cornwallis himself is there to help celebrate what was his ancestor’s defeat. The President and the First Lady of the Land, the Presi- dent's cabinet and their ladies, diplo- mats, Senators and Representatives, and other folk who tend to make the Capital of the United States the most important in the world, are all there to | tread the dusty streets of Yorktown and visit the absorbingly interesting other places to which the elaborate program spreads. As Yorktown is inadequate physically to accommodate all those who would attend the Sesquicentennial the Cham- berlain at Old Point Comfort has be- come the meeting place of the great- est of the great. Lord Cornwallis the Fifth, and gentle Lady Cornwallis, the former a direct descendant of the great soldier of Revolutionary days, ere there, and will break bread with the descendants of men and women “on the other side.” Marquis de Grasse, wescendant of the Count de Grasse, ad- miral of the French fleet, who led the i large body of French troops at the | memorable surrender, is there—as the guest of the United States Government —and meets there Miss Amelie de Pau Fowler of Baltimore, who is the great- granddaughter of Admiral de Grasse. The French embassy is almost bodily | at the Chamberlain, as is the German | embassy staff, and the Marshal of France Petain and his aide, Gen. Count de Chambrun, received a specially warm welcome from Gen. P War general. Maj. von Steuben, guest of the United States Department of | State, is at the Chamberlain and with him is Frau von Steuben, with the Am- bassador of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron and the embassy | staff to attend him. Scarcely ever before have four women who stood as mistress of the White House been present in a body of peo-| Ple, but with Mrs. Hoover accompany- ing the President; Mrs. Preston, one- time Frances Folsom Cleveland, bride of the White House; Mrs. William How- ard Taft and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson there, the group will yet be incomplete unless Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt arrives, making the fifth, and it is thought be- yond a doubt that with her son, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, in this country, she will join the group. This feature of the Sesquicentennial alone is remarkable. And while these and hundreds of other famous and interesting persons are meeting in the Old Dominion, other famous folk are on, their way «2ross the ocean, and traveling on the same ship | with Premier Pierre. Laval on the steamship Ile de France is a handsome Romanov, who is coming over to be feted and petted by American host- esses. This person is H. I. H Dmitri, Grand Duke of Russia, who will get his first look at America. Tragedy is writ- ten all over him, but undoubtedly he will be entertained here, there and everywhere. y dent in Washington could be gotten to- | gether before the opening of Congress. But there they were, filling the beauti- ful Pan-Ameriean Union Building Monday night and meeting all along the way all week until near the end, when the city became gradually de- serted, with the caravan of society folk moving on to Old Point Comfort and other places in the Old Dominion. Looking a little into the future, two very interesting balls as closely allied with Washington's Winter season as the ‘White House itself, the Navy relief ball, | which for many years was graced by the | presence of the First Lady or members of the White House family, and that | riotous, beautiful, thrilling Bal Boheme, which for fewer years has made its an- nual impress on society. The Navy League long ago pre-empted Thanks- giving night for its ball of balls, and show grounds on Mrs. Elmon A. Miller, =y Joy D. On the paddocl& at the Leesburg, show at the es Va; horse ate of Mr. and Mrs. Elmon A. Miller. looking over the Horse her country place | near Leesburg. Harris-Ewing Photos. Mrs. Theodore P. Noyes, member of the Junior League, who last week attended the Leesburg horse show. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1931. this year it is making its usual bid for popularity. | Tickets for the ball were always $5, | but this season to meet the general cry | of hard times and yet live up to tradi- Miss Eugene LeMerle Will Become Bride of George Henry Riggs, Jr. tion and help the League, the price is reduced to meet public demand. The Bal Boheme also has fallen into philan- thropic lines and will reduce their tickets, and not only work with but for the Community Chest, turning all of its surplus over to that life saver. This ball will take place early in February and like the Navy League ball, will as usual pre-empt the ball rooms at the Willard. Wedding to Take Place at Home of Her Parents Here on Evening of October 30. Dr. and Mrs. Eugene LeMerle an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- | | ter Eugenie to Mr. George Henry Riggs, The Congressional Club took Wash- |J™» of Maryland, son of Dr. and Mrs. | ington kitchens by storm when it pub- | George Henry Riggs of Frederick. lished its famous Congressional Club| The wedding will take place October Cook Book which has done much to| 30 in the home of Dr. and Mrs. LeMerle swell the finances of the club, and every cook in every kitchen, both large and | small, in the Capital had to try out the ershing, our World | first lady's recipes, or those of the sec- | j ond lady, the cabinet women, and so on down the line. Now comes alorg a | congressional girl, Ann Parks Marshall (Mrs. Jack Marshall), daughter of Rep- resentative Parks of Arkansas, with one | of the most alluring propositions in the way of a cook book that any one ever saw. Of course it is in a way hitched on to the Bicentennial, for Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes set it going with some | original recipes, and then Mrs. Marshall got busy and has dug up some of the treasures of Dolly Madison’s kitchen over which th» gourmets chortled as they discussed the politics of Colonial days. Martha Jefferson’s recipes helped | out and Lady Washington’s kitchen lore | generously contributed recipes and it | was Mrs. Hoes who contributed the | Elizabeth Monroe formulas for some good things. Mrs, Hoes also wrote the foreword for the charming little book i and the pictures are simply irresistible. Four Dances Arranqéd By | Invitations are being issued for a series of dances to be given by the commandant and officers of the Wash- | ington Navy Yard and District of Columbia Naval Command. The dances will be held in the “Sail Loft” at the Navy Yard Friday, November 20, Tues- | day, December 29 and Fridays, Febru- |ary 5 and April 1. | The officers attached to the Navy | Yard, Naval Gun Factory, Naval Hospi- | tal and Naval Air Station are the hosts |at this series of dances. Capt. Frank Naval Officers in Sail Loft | be attended by the two families and in- timate friends. Miss Nancy Yates will be Miss Le- | Merle’s only attendant and Mr. H. De- | Butts Saunders, cousin of the bride, will be best man for Mr. Riggs. Miss LeMerle made her debut in Washington a few seasons ago and is one of the most accomplished dancers in the ranks of the younger set. She is & descendant of Henry DeButts Nor- ris of Fauquier County, Va., & promi- | nent engineer of his day, who left many monuments of genius in_this and Latin | American countries to his credit, and | England, Ireland and Spain furnish | her with a notable line of ancestry. | Both Mr. Riggs and Miss LeMerle | . | are architects. | Col. John Stewart, Army Reserve, and | Mrs. Stewart of Chevy Chase, Md., an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter Avril to Mr. Stanley Charles Roehr of Louisville, Ky., and-Washington. The day of the wedding is not announced. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert King Oakes of Cleveland, Ohio, announce the engage- ment of their daughter Elizabeth to | Mr. Van Tyler Moore, jr., grandson of | Mrs. A. B. Butler of Washington. Miss | Oakes was graduated from the Ethel | Walter School at Simsbury, Conn., and | studied at Smith College. Last year | she was at the Art Students’ League in | New York. She is a member of the | Junior League. Mr. Moore was a gradu- ate of Yale in June and is now living !in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilbert Steph- enson announce the engagement of their daughter Ada Gertrude to Mr. Elmer What & week society has just passed | D. Berrein, U. S. N., is chairman of the | Beuno Kapke of Milwaukee, Wis,, the through! It could scarcely be believed | committee and Lieut. Comdr. Lucien B. wedding to take place Thursday, No- ' that so many important persons resi- Green, 2d., U. 8. N., is #cretary. (Continued on Page 3,-Column 4. Mr. and Mrs. GannkReturn And Join Vice President |Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley Are Expected to Reac}l San Francisco Tue!day From Philippines. ‘The Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, was joined last night by his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. | Edward Everett Gann. Mrs, Gann met Mr. Gann in New York upon his arrival | from a several weeks' stay abroad. at 8 o'clock in the evening, and will | | The Secretary of War and Mrs. | Patrick J. Hurley are expected in San Francisco Tuesday from the Philippines. They will come to Washington shortly after their arrival, ‘The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur are expected to re- turn to their apartment at the May- flower the first part of the week. They are now at Old Point Comfort for the ceremonies, The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Robert Patterson Lamont, will be joined Tuesday by Mrs. Lamont, who is attend- ing the Yorktown celebration. ‘The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. William N. Doak will leave Washington Tuesday for Boston, where the Secretary will address the Association of Industries of Massachusetts. They will be absent about three days and will be ac- companied by the Special Assistant to the Secretary, Mr, W. W. King. Senator Cameron Morrison of North Carolina is in Washington for a few days at the Mayflower, where he and Mrs. Morrison will have an apartment during the congressional season. ‘The Undersecretary of State and Mrs. William R. Castle are remaining in the Capital, having changed their plans to attend the Yorktown celebration, The Assistant Secretary of the Ni Mr. Ernest Lee Jahncke, accompanied the President when he sailed yesterday afternoon aboard the U. S. S. Arkansas from Annapolis for Yorktown to attend the celebration. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. David S. Ingalls, is expected to re- turn the first of the week from Hot Springs, where he went by plane to spend a few days with his family. The Civil Service Commissioner and | Mrs. George Russell Wales have visiting | them the latter's brother and sister-in- law, State Senator and Mrs. Frank D. | Abell of Morristown, N. J. Maj. Gen. Stephan O. Fuqua, U. S.| A, is spending the week end at West | Point, where he went for the Army- Harvard foot ball game. ‘The commandant of Fort Myer, Col. Harry N. Cootes, and Mrs. Cootes are expected back Tuesday from Yorktown, where they are attending the celebra- tion, Miss Marjorle Simonds and Miss | Frances Page Simonds, daughter of | | Brig. Gen. and Mrs. George S. Simonds, | motored to West Point for the Arm Harvard foot ball game, and will re- | main for the Yale and Army game at | | New Haven. Coride: and Misi MEDbwell Return From Honolulu Comdr. Ralph Walker McDowell, U. S. N, and Mrs. McDowell and their children have come to Washington from Honolulu and are staying with Mrs. Mc- Dowell’s father, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, in his home at 1730 New Hampshire avenue. Comdr. McDowell is on duty at the Naval Hospital. Mrs Rollins Hostess to Hilary Herbert Chapter Mrs. Eugénia Z. Rollins entertained Pat her home, 2K8 G street northwest, Wednesday evening, the members of the Hilary Herbert Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, of which she is president. The rooms were deco- rated with Fall flowers and dainty re- freshments were served. Mrs. Rollins was chosen as delegate to attend the convention to be held at Jacksonville, Fila. Several Social Events Are Being Planned in ; Honor of Debutantes | Commandant of Fort Hum- phreys and Mrs. Schulz to Give Tea Dance. ‘The commandant of Fort Humphreys, Va., Col. Edward H. Schuitz, and Mrs. Schulz have issued invitations to a tea dance in honor of their debutante | daughter, Miss Caroline Edward Schulz, Wednesday afternoon, November 4, at | Fort Humphreys. | Mrs. William C. Gwynn and Mrs. Arthur MacArthur motored to Balti- more yesterday to attend a luncheon | given by Mrs. E. J. Clarke and later the debut of Miss Patty Warfleld Ed- monston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Edmonston. Miss Edmonston will make her debut in Washington at & tea dance Decem- ber 18, at the Mayflower, given by Mrs. David S. Hendrick and Mrs. Royal T. McKenna, grandmother and aunt of Miss Edmonston, Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, debu- tante daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gwynn, is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-| ward T, Stotesbury in Philadelphia, and is expected to return tomorrow. Miss | Gwynn attended the dinner dance given | last évening by Mrs, Stotesbury’s son, | Mr. James H. R. Cromwell, at White- marsh, Miss Mary Preston Gibson, debutante daughter of Mrs. Morris Ernest Locke, is expected to arrive in Washington to- morrow. She is now with her mother at York Harbor, after a year traveling abroad, Miss Gibson will be the honor guest at a luncheon October 29, to be given by Mrs. Willlam C. Gwynn for her debutante daughter, Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, & close friend of Miss Gibson. The luncheon is one of a series of small parties Mrs. Gwynn has planned for the buds. She will entertain October 28 in honor of Miss Louise Brooks. Mrs, Smith, wife of Col, Alfred T. Smith, will entertain at luncheon ‘Wednesday, November 11, in honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, Miss Helen Payne Feeples and Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn. Capital’s Social Highlights Miss Eleanor Rust Pierce and Miss Helen Wayne Peeples, debutantes of this season, caught at the Navy Airport. Cuban Ambassador Is Away On Brief N ew York Visit Scnor and Scnora DC Ferrara to Return Ear]y This Week—M. and Mme. Chaudel Are in Virginia. ‘The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara have been in New York for a few days and are expected to return| to the embassy, on Sixteenth Street, the first of the week. ‘The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel will return to the embassy the ‘first of the week, from Old Point Com- fort, where they went for the celebra- tion. The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ah- met Muhtar, is expected to go to New York this week to meet his son-in-law and daughter, the newly. appointed Turkish Ambassador to Japan and Mme. Nebil, who will arrive Friday on the Bremen.® The children of the Am- bassador and Mme. Nebil will arrive in New York October 26, on the Saturnia, and will be met upon their arrival by their parents, who will accompany them to Washington, to be guests for a few days at the embassy. Ambassador Nebil and his family are en route to his new post in Japan. ister Bennett of Canada, by the Cana- dian Society. The Minister of Egypt, Sesostris ‘Sldarcusc Pasha, will entertain at the | legation Thursday evening in honor of Miss Marine Jardine, daughter of the United States Minister to Egypt and Mrs. William M. Jardine, who is visite ing Miss Phyllis Hight. The guests will be young people. Senora de Arias, wife of the Min- ister of Panama. will entertain at luncheon tomorrow in honor of Mrs. | Walter C. Thurston, mother of the | chief of Latin American affairs of the State Department, Mr. Walter O©. Thurston, | The charge d'affaires of Panama and Senora de Chevalier were hosts at din- ner last evening, entertaining in com- pliment to Dr. Luis Carlos Aleman, dele- gate from Panama to the Fourth Pan- American Commercial Congress, and Senora de Aleman. The other guests were Senorita Cecelia Alfaro, niece of The Ambassador of Germany and | the President of Panama; Senor Alfaro, Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron will| Who Was former Minister at this post; entertain at dinner Priday evening in | ¢ Daval attache of the Spanish em- hénor of Maj. Baron von Steuben and | bassy. Comdr. Federico Monreal, and Baroness von Steuben, who will come | Senor Fernando Piza of Costa Rica. to Washington for a short stay after| ; the’ celebration at Yorktown, for which| The charge d'affaires of Costa Rica they came to this country, and Senora de Gonzalez entertained at The Ambassador and Frau von Pritt- | dinner Thursday evening in honor of Witz left yesterday by motor to attend |the attache. Senor Leonadas Alfaro, part of the ceremonies of the Yorktown | Who left Friday to spend several celebration. They will return to the MONthS' vacation in his native country. | bassy the fi he week. == SR e | The counselor of the Swiss legation The Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Ronald Lindsay, will arrive tomor- row in New York, after & vacation in England. He will come to Washington to join Lady Lindsay at the embassy shortly after his arrival. The Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Madariaga are expected in this country the middle of next month. They are now in Geneva, where the |and Mme. Lardy have left Washington | by motor for the Pacific Coast en route to China, where the former will take up his post as consul general. M. and Mme. Lardy will make the trip West leisurely and will sail early next month for Shanghai, arriving there about the middle of December. The new counselor of the Spanish | embassy, Marquis de Los Argos, will | arrive in New York today and is ex- :lm::fi:::f 15 a delegate to the League| jooieq 1 come to Washington imme- WD | diately to assume his duties. The Minister of Portugal and Vis-| countess d'Alte will return to the lega- tion today, after spending the Summer in Bar Harbor. The Minister of Sweden and Mme Bostrom wil return tomorrow or Tues- day from Yorktown, where they went by motor for the ceremonies. The Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen are again in the lega- tion on Fifteenth street, after a Sum- mer vacation in Holland. They were met upon their arrival in New York by their son, the attache of the lega- tion, Mr. J. H. van Royen, jr. The Siamese Minister, Prince Amoradat Kridakara, Maj. Gen. is back | at the legation on Kalorama road from the Pacific Coast, where he accompa- nied the King and Queen of Siam on their homeward trip after several months in this country. ‘The Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Louw arrived in New York late yesterday from a vacation in their home land. They fre ex- pected to come to Washington this afternoon or tomorrow. ‘The retiring Minister of Ecuador. Senor Dr. Don Homero Viteri Lafronte, and Senora de Viteri will move from the legation to Wardman Park Hotel the end of the month to await the arrival of the newly appointed Min- ister, Senor Don Gonzuelo Valdunvite, some time next month. ‘The Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge are expected back at the lega- tion on Massachusetts avenue today or tomorrow. ‘They have been in New York for several days, where they went Mrs. Warwick E. Montgomery, jr., (Continued off Page 3, Column 2.) t attend the banquet given in honor of Mrs. Herridge's brother, Prime Min- The newly appointed charge d'affaires of the German legation at Haiti, Herr | Wolfgang Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz, | will leave Washington Tuesday to as- | sume his new duties. He is retiring [as third secretary of the embassy in | Washington. Mrs. Barnett at Wakefield Manor After Virginia Visit Mrs. George Barnett, widow of the late Maj. Gen. Barnett, former com- | mandant of the Marine Corps, has Te- turned to her country place, Wakefield Manor, in Rappahannock County, Va., | after spending some days in Roanoke | and vicinity in the interests of the Na- | tional Cathedral Association of Wash- | ington, of which she is chairman for Virginia. During her stay in Roanoke | she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, | Ronald R. Fairfax. A meeting attended by & large number of members and friends of the Protestant Episcopal Church was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax and was addressed by Canon Arthur B. Rudd, who also showed many colored slides of the Ca- thedral and the Cathedral Close, in- cluding the Bishop's Garden. |Mrs. Gann Sponsors Card party of Repnblican Women Mrs. Edward Everett Gann is a sponsor for annual card party of the League of Republican Women which will be held at the Willard Hotel, Thurs- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Among those assisting Mrs. Gann are Mrs. William N. Doak, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman, Mrs. J. Thompson Wailes, Mrs. David H. Blair, Mrs. Carl A. Droop, Mrs. Charles J. Williamson, Mrs. L. J. Pet- tijohn and Mrs. R. W. Dunlap, 3