Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1931, Page 37

Features for Women 'wv cTY SECTION lyz §1mflag Star. Ca.pltal s Social Highlights WASHID JION, B, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER o= 29, 1931. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Chairman of the Box Committee for the Armistice Day Jubilee given by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Haris-Ewing Photo. Imposing Array of Guests Entertained in Capital During Last Two Weeks Tea Scheduled by Irmversxtv Womcn Tuesday Afternoon Has Speclal Intcrest for Mrs. Hoover. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Seldom if ever in the history of the eountry has there been a more inter- esting exchange of formalities with foreign countries than dur the last two weeks and certainly Washington never boasted a more imposing array of guests from France and other coun- tries than set society by the in | Mayflower ball room suite could the last few days. It must been | be imagined. Uniforms and decora- indeed confusing to the of tions, charming gowns and jewels en- Protocol and the entire by gay flowers and ar ment of the government was modulated to arranging to hold formalities for conversation and still add charm French and German envoys to the the evening all combined in a suc- Yorktown Sesquicentennial, a still more | cessful reception smportant guest—M. Laval—arrived to be disposed of according to precedence However, everything was done to su & nicety and withou Y barrassing situa t be felt for the fut | cial dinners there was no musicale fol- | lowing the dinner. The Prench embassy showed almost open door hospitality during the week and & more charming reception than that given by the Ambassador and Mme. Claudel Friday evening in the ears not M sccial depart- when, after hanced srchestra many that t ‘This k holds much in the of activity for the Pirst Lady of 1and and an event particularly to ng is the tea at the Nation: As: of the University of Womer when the member fation will be extended ¢ hip—this club—and Mr wi we way the single em- need tion lesday aft The president of the Cour Asters France and daughter, Mile. Lava table furore referr sion upon which M. Laval country—and certzinl ing person than Milc teen entertained e dinner parties. nown S small aside corded in = itations a of club member + rule of the no {ll be free to mingle has done yea me to Wast OITOW came the st as she by she firs ng afternoor ago Bloom will be the g teas parti interested coming of Mi the secret Always the suite 2 he parlor took o da it Blue Room Hocver received Laval and one of the red damask sof ident sat with M him, and she 1 dent laughed ove ) i to the States and ! al in N g i o Vb . e > d on c sat the First L . 3. LAl Sngeged French News Writers (“mm Tuda\ of W.N, P G hor W of the fam for F a Am were perhaps Che late Reid Page conversation, #Cosmos, deep tts own great vases presented by the President administration more of & century ago, a long, marble receptacles stately pillars dividing trance hall and the red corridor Marine Band Orchestra played Frer t German and American and othsr numbers, but w Whit to the of Fre than at Sevres the side ters of Fra will be guests 1 Press Club at th o M White of t ¢ tea this after Willard H esident of at 4 o'clock at be he 5:30 o'clock this nal Press Club will n for Premier Laval, to which mem- of the Women's National Press Club are invited. afternoon give a r like the of chter of Senator and Mrs. Ev enms panv planned AtNavy Yard Thursday For Miss Betsy Berrien Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyer McDaniel to Give Lunch- eon for Debutan: LH and Mrs. Prank D. Berrien will an evening pariy at the day for their debutant daughter, Miss Betsy Berrien, Miss Olga Craven, daughter of the chief co-ordinator of the Navy and Mrs Thomas T. Craven, will return today from Princeton, where she went with Capt. and Mrs. Berrien and Miss Ber- en attend the Navy-Princeton game, to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyer McDaniel will entertain at luncheon Saturday. ovember 28, at the Mayflower in com- ment to their debutante daughter, Miss Alison McDaniel, and other Wash- ington girls being presented this season Miss McDanlel is now at Vassar, but will enter into the debutante festivities at Thanksgiving and during the Christ- mas holidays. br. and Nrs. William C. Gwynn and | their dew sp)te. daughter, Miss Louise Harrisol wynn will be the guests at (Gon¥iated ea Puge 2, Column 2. R MISS JANET SHI Sheppard of (.‘v- the Jubilee. group B F rench Embas Of Dinner htar ~Law and iPPARD, I"exas, member of the congressional girls’ sy to Be Scene This Evening Gncs to New anl{ to }‘1cc! Daughter. ricz Is Host. The Ahmet he wen| daughter Japan Friday childre Nebil will arrive T tar will remain in e son-in-law and daughter until their arrival. They will all cdme to Wash- ington the middle of the week after a short visit here M. and Nebil will continue westward former’s post in Tokio, Muhta to rived bassador Muh with his 1esda ew: Mme to the ‘The Ambassador of Poland, M. Filipo- 2z, was host at luncheon yestgrday < embassy, entertaining in com- t to the chief of staff, U. S. A, Arthur MacArthur, Others in company were the acting Secre- Frederick H. Payne; Orlicz-Dreszer of the Polish army, Gen. Samuel Hof, Maj. Robert Brown, Col. John T. Taylor and the selor of the embassy, M. Sokolow- the retiring secretary, Mr. Podoski he commercial counselor, Mr. Mos- Gen, Maj B and cicki The Ambassador of Chile chagg, will leave Washington tomorrow Mexico City, where he will present s credentials as Chilean Ambassador. The Ambassadro will be absent from | Washington about a month. enor Cru- and | | The Minister of Hungary, Szechenyi, has been joined by Coun- tess Szechenyl. who came from New- | port, where she” has been with her mother, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) MRS. HOOVER, Who has given her name as a patroness for the Armistice Day Jubilee. Harris-Ewing Pheto. !Mr. Curtis to Return From Church Meeting In Atlanta Tomorrow | | VSGCretary of War and Mrs. Hurley Are on Way Here From WCS' COaS'. The Vice President, Mr. Charles Our- | tis, will return to Washington tomorrow from Atlanta, where he went to attend the Ecumenical Conference for which | Methodist clergymen from all over the world assembled. Mrs. Wedster Knight, turned to her home in Providence : fter spending a few days with her father and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr end Mrs. Edward Everett Gann y of War and Mrs. Pat- will arrive in Washing- ton today from the West Coast Mrs. Hurley is coming by train while .he Secretary is flying in an Army plane. Secretary and Mrs. Hurley spent sev- eral weeks in the Philippines, where several brilliant functions were given for them. The Secret rick J. Hurley the Navy, Mr n New York, iing of the Bridge The Secretary Charles Francis where he went for the op: George Washington M over the Hudson River. The Sccretary delivered an and atiended the luncheon following for those partici- pating in the ceremonies. of Adams, dd The Secretary of Labor and Mrs, William N. Doak ate ogain at thelt charming estate in Virginia, having spent a few days in Boston, where t Secretary addressed the Association of Indus of Massachusetts. The Secretary and Mrs. Doak made the journey there and back in an Army airplane. This was Mrs. Doak's first hav g d, vice presiden of the Santa Fe Rail who will re- turn West tomorrow Representative Cyrenus Cole, who ar- rived in New York Thursday from a Summer spent abrcad, will come to Wachington the first part of the week and will open his apartment at Ward- man Park. Representative and Mrs. Frederick R Lehlback of New Jerscy, who have been at the Mayflower since Thursday, will return tomorrow to their home Newark wife of Senator J. Ham- Page 2, Column 7. Mrs. Lewis (Continued on Genrand e Musba Going Tea Friday for Personnel The judge advocate general of the Navy and Mrs. Orin G. Murfin will entertain the oficers of the judge advo- cate’s office and thoir wives at tea Pri- day afterroon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock in home at 3711 Idaho avenue. r 2d, has re-| MRS. HENRY L. STIMSON, Who is assisting Mrs. William E. Borah on the Patroness Committee for the Armistice Day Jubilee. Harris-Ewing Photo. . Mr Stlmson Gives Dinner At Woodley for M. Laval | French Statesman Will Be Guest of Honor Today. When Secretary Lamont Will Be Luncheon HO!'. The Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Hammond, Mr. Stimson, entertained at dinner last eve- | Francis Sands, ning at Woodley, his estate on Cathedral | Mr. James Carr. avenue, in honor of the President of the Council of Ministers of France, M.| Mr. J. Blankfard Martinet enter- Plerre Laval. The company included tained at the dinner dance at the the members of the premier’s party, in- | Shoreham last evening. His guests in- | cluding M. Albert Buisson, M. Charles | cluded Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Lam- | Rist, M. Adeodart Boissard, M. Jules|bert, Mrs. Adele Stamp, dean of women Basdevant, M. Jacques Bizot, M. Louls | at Maryland University; Mr. and Mrs. | Aubert, M. Jacques Rueff. The Ameri- | J. Leo Flannigan, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. | cans in the party were the Secretary of | McCosh, Miss Catherine Wilkinson, Miss the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon; | Katherine Willison, Mr. Lewis Elphin- Senator Willlam E. Borah, Senator | stone and Mr. Willlam Wilkinson. David A, Reed, Representative J. Charles Linthicum, the Undersecretary of the | Treasury, Mr. Ogden Mills; the Under- | 4¢ teq in honor of Miss Carrie Howland secretary of State, Mr. Willlam R. Castle, | simith of Elmira, N. Y., assisted by Mrs. jr; the governor of the Federal Reserve | seymour Lowman, Mrs. Jefferson Myers, System, Mr cne Meyer; the Assistant | Mrs. Robert H. McNeil, Mrs. Henry Sccrctary of State, Mr. James Grafton | penno Sawtelle, Mrs. Otis J. Rogers, Roge:s; the former United States Am- | nMys, T. F. Law, Mrs. Wintemute 'W. bassador to Mexico, Mr. Henry P. sSioan and Miss Caroline Lowman. Fletcher; Gov. George L. Harrison, Mr. J. Theodore Marriner, chief of the| Miss Marle R. Doyle, who recently Division of West European Affairs of the | moved to Wardman Park Hotel, where State Department; Mr. Allen T. Klots, | she will make her home for the coming Special Assistant to the Secretary of | season, will entertain informally at din- State; Mr. Herbert Feis and M. Pierre | ner there today. de L. Boal, also of the department. William FHolden, Mr. Mr. Paul Chapin snd Mrs. Ellis Logan entertained 50 guésts Mrs. Rogers Fred entertained in her home, Whitehall, at McLean, Va., Wed- nesday in homor of her house guest, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 iz Addidnaa el Armistice Day Committgs The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. La- mont, will be host at luncheon today, entertaining in’ compliment to the premier of Franc:, M. Laval Mrs. Willam V. Pratt, wife of the chief of naval operations, will be hostess 3 at luncheon Tuesday, November Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, has ac- Cepted the chairmanship of the Box Committee of the Armistice Day Jubi- lcz of the Veterans of Forcign Wars, at the Washington Auditorium the even- ing of November 11, the proceeds to Joseph A. Atkins of Fort Benning, | go to the relief fund for destitute and who arrived last week disabled veterans. Serving with Mrs. Adams as co-chairman will be M Parick J. Hurley, wife of the Seere- tary of War. Acting with Mrs. Willlam E. Borah, wife of Senetor Borah, chairman of the Patroness Committee, are wives of mem- bers of the cabinet, including Mrs. Henry | L. Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State; Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, dall T, Ellott, Miss Caroline Edwara| ¥ife of the Attorney General; Mrs. Sgpi- Schuls, Miss Darothy ‘Gould: Fowler, | F F- Brown, wife‘gf the Hostiim) Miss Elizabeth Elliott, Mr. Charles 'G“‘”al Mra. Ray Lyman Wilkur, Sife Caniphell, Mr. Harold Oiinmings,. M| O the Secrekiy of S Suierheteuys Charles McGu Wilkidin Gheat..| Z0VETé Pateraon Tamoit: wite ‘e e i Secretary of Commerce, and Mrs. Wil- liam N. Doak, wife of the Dr. and Mrs. Gregg C. Birdsall will | Cf Labor. Also Mrs. Dale, wife of Segja give a breakfast for their daugter, Miss | tor Porter il Dale, and Mrs. "'“’z: Mary St Birdsall, and in honor of | Freeman. wife of the Bishop of Mrs. Edvard Everett Miss Ann W. Park Thanksgiving day | ‘P8ton. at 1 o'clock. ister of the Vice President, is h chairman of the Patroness Commifgee. daughter of | In addition to the many promisent was hostess | hostesses of the Capital, various Pa- triotic societies and clubs are taking boxes for the event. The societies &nd clubs will be given the privilege of hav- delphia. The other guests were Miss ing their boxes draped with emblems Agnes McNutt, Miss Rosalic Grant, and flags of their respective organiza- | Miss Eleanor Mattingly, Lieut. Thomas ' tions. and Mrs. David H. Blair party 12 at tne din vening at Wardman Park and Mrs. Blair have stay m as their guests Col. and ™M ained a last e Mr ing with th Mrs. Ga,, 1 pper be this Harriman at Mrs. Berden a company st ning. Henry R. Elliott enter- tained in honor Miss Atlee Wayne ‘Wirgman at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club last night. Their guests were Mrs. | 'W. Wayne Wirgman, Mr. and Mrs. Ran- Dr. and Mrs. Miss Betty Mattingly, Judge and Mrs. Mattingly at an informal supper party Wednesday evening in her home in Oxon Hill, Md. in honor of Miss Faith Brown of Phila- &