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Features for SOCIETY SECTION Capital’s Social Hig§1ights : he Sunday Star. Pa;; 3;- i 6 Page; WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1931, CRAVEN, gton Society ember First of White House State Receptions to Be Held Thursday Night 'Aga;r in Honor of Dip]oma(ic Corps Wl“ Be Occasion for Full Court Attire and Dccorations. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT There was a gay flurry i Jast week with the ope House official pr bassies and doors and a great lega one take too mu get all the w dinner, foll di state the White House cepti recept Decen Hoove Madisor it the Doll and declared a it the Monroe was dubbed which caused an un that administration ng pieces it cost et its in the bil > in 6,000 francs and @ manufacturer ed bring it purchase price of the poor and parsimonious country. This handsome center ment for the Btate dining table covers a space 13 feet long and 2 feet wide. There is scarcely a chance of mistaking the description of early days and so Mr. Monroe has it. value to new If the Vice President's apartment G took up a whole floor of the Mayf there would be scarcely enough roo overcrowding, for whenever his opens her doors there r entrance. For something vears Mrs. Gann has been gton official society and nd her without a smile welcome. She was h n of sapphire blue v beside her was the Vice Presi- | mingly attired in i red crepe, glow- brunette coloring. | ge, lent further | the drawing by less thar w R meet and a he and P. George, ns being made open doors | Teceptio dies until after Ipful soclety and his mpossible, they of the visits Th tess has a b f fficia ador 2 | come where- | ed for some | apartment other visi- soon open and Red essional Club and assoclate Tuesday at 2001 nd its first will be on The open- iday after- W clock § Hampshire ar me Wednesday s of hon early home o'clock. 12 al music frequently receptions g. The c be used t of State deleg: program are ing events, the lesday night being 7ind timely. Col 1 Page 6, Coltmn 5./ Diplomats Present Cups To Hunt Club Winners The Ambassador of Cuba, Senor Don Oretes Ferrara, and the Minister of Austria, M. Edgar Prochnik, are among those who have presented the cups to be awarded at the Horse Show at the Riding and Hunt Club December 18. The others who have donated cups are Senor Ramon Padilla, second secretary of the Spanish embassy; the first secre- | |tary of the Egyptian legation, Mr. Aly Ismail Bey, and Lieut. c‘! M. Robert 1zgenheim. and Mrs. presented Nover At Tea \cstur«{a.\' at Homc on \\'(‘“:HC:‘ Rnad Dance Is Planned i of Miss Patience McCor- mick-Goodhars, col tertained in their they Jane Th The win her parent and Mrs 1y gown of v lines, w with br correspond quet of Ar of the valley Mrs. Thorpe de Ferrara Cuba; M bassad of the Minist Stone, wife Stone Waten, Mrs Wilbur 3, Carr Mrs. Freacick H H. March commissio Mrs. Lawren Newton, Mrs, Dion Williams, | Mrs. Maxim Ka Tuckerman, Mrs | ™ (Contin Wi il sister of Mrs, Thorpe T\Wnsend, Mrs, Walter Geyge Barnett, Mrs. MS. Joseph Strauss, ik, Mrs. mmg\"F Taliaferro, ¢ 2, Column 1) ong \ge 2 Walter R. Yard WEST, and Mrs of Chevy ilar in the JANET WHITE, of Mrs. Aldrich, wife of Representative Richard Aldrich, a popular debutante. MISS POLLY .COOKE, Who had her coming out party recently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cooke, as hosts. ;Mr.»and Mrs. W. D. Mitchell Have Guests From China | = Mr. John S. Mosher, Connected With U. S. For- estry Service, and Mrs. Mosher Spend Leave Here. The Attorney General and Mrs. Wil- | Hlam De Witt Mitchell have as their guests Mr. 'and Mrs. John Stewart Mosher of Tlentsin, China. Mr. Mosher is connected with the United States | Forest Service and is on leave in this | country. The Representative from Illinois and Mrs. Carl R, Chindblom have returned from their home at Evanston to thefr apartment at 2101 New Hampshire gve- nue, where they will remain during the session of Congress. They are accom- | panied by their daughter, Miss Rutht G. | Chindblom. Their son, Richard N. Chindblom, will not join them, as he i now employed as a civil engineer ia the West. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. | Robert Patterson Lamont entertained a | smail company informally at dinner last | | evening in their home on Kalorama | road for theit house guest, Miss Babs | Drayton, daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Drayton of Canada. Mrs. Eugene Meyer will return in & few days from New York, where she went yesterday. : | The special assistant to the Secretary of Labor, Mr. Walter W. King, left thé city Friday for Camden, N. J., to ate tend the launching of the Manhattan, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of [ Michigan, Senator Felix Hebert of | Rhode Island and Senator Samuel | Mrs. King Shortridge of California have returned € and their young daughter, = Joan, are spending the week end with o thelr apartments at Wardman Park |, o, 87 SPERE the Hotel during the last week. Among the |- & timore. Mr. King —All photos by Underwood. | Representatives who have arrived for | (Continued on Page 10, Column 5.) ’ | the opening of the session during the — Large Company Expccted at Musical to Be Cix'en L el Envoy n Ambassador and Nobil Don nette d tertain a company at lur The of France and Mme. Claudel will Ambassad a musicale when the T three Prench Radisse, "celll M. Doucet, piants pany rogram Lucienne ner and The Ambassador of Poland, Mr Tytus Filipowicz, attended the dinner given last evening by Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. Mac-| White, in their apartment at the Shore- ham. The other guests were the Min- ister of Norway and Mme. Bachke, the Minister Jugoslavia, Dr. Leonide Pitamic; the Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs, Louw; the va‘ ister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge, Mr.| Justice Pierce Butler and Mrs. Butler, Senator David I. Walsh, Senator and Mrs, James J. Davis, the chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Douglas MacArthur; \ the Assistant Secretary of State and| Mrs. James Grafton Rogers, the As-| sistant Secretary of thy Navy and Mrs. of Ernest Lee Jahncke, {he assistant to'of the club will begin after Christmas. | Mme. Claudel. and FI’RHCE the Attorney General and Mrs. John will en-|Lord O'Brian, the president of George- | Rev. Coleman Nevils; | town University. the secretary of the Irish Free State legation and Mrs. O'Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Oulahan, Mrs. Sidney Cloman and Mrs. Jacob Loose. The Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Filipowicz, will be host at dinner Wed- nesday evening in honor of the United States Ambassador to Poland, and Mrs. John N. Willys. The Ambassador of Great Britain | and Lady Lindsay were hosts at dinner last evening, entertaining in compli- ment to the Vice President, Mr. Curtls. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, brother-in-law and sis- ter of the Vice President, the other | guests were the Belgian Ambassador (Continued on Page 10, Column 3) Senate Ladies.' Club Announces First Lunch ‘The Senate Ladies’ Luncheon Club will hold its first luncheon December 15 at 1 o'clock. The Red Cross work n "Invitations Are Issued {For Luncheon Tomorrow |Representative Robert H. Clancy of By Italian Ambassador| By Secretary of State | 18 at luncheon today | Western ~ |last few days are Representative Wil- liam E. Hull of Illinois, Representative | and Mrs. William R. Eaton of Colorado, | P it %7 ‘Jumor League's party Features Amusing Race The last-minute word from the “pad- | dock.” The gun signal for the start of | the amusing race at the Junior League | Patch work party tomorrow night at the Mayflower will find in line imper- sonators of three blue-blooded horses from well known stables in and near Washington. “Twenty Grand,” “Spark Plug” and “Pony Boy” have been scratched. “Happy Scot,” Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson's own, Will be ridden by Mrs. Wilson Pritchett; Mr. Breckinridge Long’s “Pinita,” will have as its jockey Miss XKatherine Dunlop, and Mrs. Jacques Blalse de Stbour will be the | jockey for “Green Cheese” from the 2 | stables of Mrs. Payne Whitney. Representative and Mrs. Clyde Kelly | Jockies will follow the custom of the will have with them for the Christmas |Tace track and will wear the typical holidays Mrs. Kelly's two sons and | “ockey” riding togs in the owners’ color daughter-in-law, Midshipman Merrill | Combinations. Mrs. Pritchett will wear K. Clementson and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- |Purple with white cuffs. Miss Dunlop liam A. Clementson. Mrs. Clementson | cTimson satin with gold sleeves and eap was before her marriage last June Miss | 80d Mrs. de Sibour purple fuschia. The Elizabeth Ransley, daughter of Repre- |OWners of the horses impersonated will sentative and Mrs. Harry Clay Ransley | be among the spectators. of Phildelphia. The remarkable “steed” will be char- Aldrich willl enteitaln s, company of | | acterized by Mr. John Sweeney, Mr. young people at dinner tomorrow eve-| Representative and Mrs. Chester C.|Gene Roberts, Mr, McCook Dunlop, Mr. ning for the latter's daughter, Miss| Bolton have opened their Washington |Sam Beach, Mr. Grifith Warfield and Dora White. | home for the season and will spend | Lieut. Charles McVay, 3d. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Pred T Austin | much of the Winter here, although Mrs.| Aides will go through the audience entertained at dinner last evening at|Bolton Will go to Florida for the mid- | collecting bets which will be marked At the Army and Navy Country Club. | season. |once on large magkmmt_ Bets on the P famous race will b2 accepted at 10 cents Ma). Gen. spd M. Xbn Bs Dol poceoiative and Mis Thomss A ls plece on the para-mutual system, WItS were hostet (0, & PRy IAY tha iy fand | fhet daughier Mnim Lsabel | which will later be changed to a dona- fisnes dango 8K Un. Svmy SN0 FN9Y | o, of Pinih Bavs setidsis: Wank- | i Country Club last evening. Ington and are at the Burlington for| A dress rehearsal, for which admis- The Commissioner of the District, |the Winter. Representative Yon and | sion will be charged, will take place to- Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, and Mrs. | his family recently rezum1 from a trip | morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock the (ContiniNd on Page 2, Column 4) | to the Orient. Mayflower Hotel ball room. | Michigan, Representative and Mrs. An- thony J. Griffin of New York, Repre- | sentative and Mrs. Willlam E. Evans of . 7o | California and Representative Clarence . J. J. Davis Will Be|;. mcreod of Michigan, all established 8/ at Wardman Park. Representative and | Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, with their young ‘debumnw daughter, Miss Anne Wyant, have been in Washington for about & | v of State, Mr. Henry L. | Month, having opened their apartment | a| 8t Wardman earlier in the season, and Senator and Mrs. Charles W. Waterman ican Union Building for the Bolivia- Make their home there practically the Paraguay Commission for negotiations | Year round. Representative Patrick J SR Carley of New York was an arrival at the hotel yesterday. Mrs. Davis, wife of Senator James J. 5 Davis, will be hostess to a company of her guests being Pennsylvania Republicans, who have come for the convening of Congress. Mrs. Davis will morrow to be the sistant Secretary Henning. Hostess to Company of 1 at Luncheon. ‘The Secretary Stimson, has invitations out for luncheon tomorrow in the Pan-Amer- go to New York to- guest of former As- of Labor and Mrs Representative and Mrs. Richard 8.