Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 35

Features for -— Part 3—16 Pages MISS S BESSIE SGILEL Stops in a downtown store to buy Christmas seals from Mrs. Frederick Siddons. Both are members of the Junior Ieague. Wésh_ington Will Celebrate I Brilliant Christmas Season ’ And Help Unfortunate, First Lady Plans Celebration With Simple Gifts. Gay Debutante Parties and Ball to Be Held. CKETT. 1t | and Mrs. Hoover has so carefully | ned everything that nothing will' go| astray. SALLIE V. H. PI n has sold it from the White House to the lowliest, saddest home in the Capi- the city is Christmas mad. irs for the young predomi- nate, even the President’s house ing a scene of old-time brilliancy, there are yet the charities for less fortunate that lend the scason its sacred phase and make it truly a worthy tribute to His bir le the celebration goes on at House, the debu- tante cor to There will be another party for little folk on the afternoon of Christmas day, with the President’s grandchildren as| | ho and Mrs. Hoover will have the executive | family and maybe a few others to dine | with them. Gayest of all the Christmas events at the White House will be the | dance for Mr. Allan Hoover, when the | debutantes and other young folk, in- | cluding some of the older students home rom Annapolis, | for the holidays, will have their fling. from West Point and some of the very young men of the service. cadets State socicties are having their most brilliant meetings, the events usually taking the form of a reception with cading up to New Year night will | v 5 = dancing and cards to follow, though be a right brilliant ball at the Wil- Jard December 29, known as the United Service Ball, when the citizens who furnish protection to the country through the Army and Navy and who form the floating population of the Capital—here a few years and then gone on to some other post of duty— will be hosts to the greater number of society folk of the Capital. While the Preside: and Mrs. Hoover will not attend, they have taken a box and it probably will be filled, the son of the President and Mrs. Hoover, Mr. Allan Hoover, and the young group that form he W e House Christmas pal oc- cupying it. given. | gan, who made her debut while her father, Mr. Edwin P, Morrow, was Gov- ernor of the State. Failing to fill in| her program for Tuesday evening just | as she wished, Mrs. Horgan has in- duced her father to take part, and he will give & little history of “My Old Kentucky Home” and its suthor, | Stephen Collins Foster. Mrs. Morrow, who, with the Governor, is living in Washington, was in Lisbon, a guest at the United States legation, during the recent revolution, and, refusing to arise in the early morning to see the opera- tions, calmly took another nap. Later she and her son opened & window for a view of the streets and discovered a | bullet had struck just above the win- dow. Mr. Morrow went to the street and picked up the flattened projectile | | as a memento. Mrs. Hoover alreads planned the entire Christmas for the White House, and many hostesses are emulating her plan of simplicity, and saving at least half of the price usually spent for a gift and devoting it to charity. She herself has bought but wise- 1y, and one of the items enumerates 40 pairs of candlest paid $80. These del t per picces were fashioned by the vet- undergoing occupational thera Reed, as that m every evil— Alabama Senators to | Attend State Society Dance ‘ The Alabama Society of Washington is making elaborate plans for a recep- era at Wi somet if it be nothing more than example— the was contributed by t from liquor raids proof tion and dance in honor of the con- gressional delegation at the Meridian | Mansions Hotel Wednesday, January 6, 1932, | Those expected to attend are Senator | and Mrs. Hugo Black, Senator and Mrs, | John H. Bankhead, Representative and | Mrs. John McDuffie, first district; Rep- recentative and Mrs. Lister Hill, second district; Representative Henry B. Stea- gall, third district; Representative and Mrs. Lamar Jeffers, fourth district; Representative and Mrs. La Fayette L. Patterson, fifth district; Representative William B. Oliver, sixth district; Rep- resentative and Mrs. Miles C. Allgood, seventh district; Representative and Mrs. Edward B. Almon, eighth district; Representaiive and Mrs. George Hud- dleston, ninth district. and Represent- ative and Mrs, Willlam B. Bankhead, | tenth district. This will be an excellent opportunity for all Alabamans to get acquainted | with their Representatives. Christmas arrangements are now in | e rogress at the White House, and by xp.\-;:g::mo Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, | Mrs. Hughes Not to Observe jr., arrve from California with Pcu;:)“At Homes Until January 11 Ann and Peter, one may almost NeaT | nrs Fughes, wife of the Chief Jus- sleighbells. These little folk Will be! yice will not observe her Monday after- hosts to a number of children Wednes- | noon “a¢ home again until January 11, day night, and maybe Paulina Loug-| The Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes | worth will be the It will be & SOrt | win receive New Year afternoon, fol-| of a conation party, as each little guest | 1owing the custom of many years. has been asked to give rather than re- ceive, and will come with packages to| Mrs. Ben H. Fuller, wife of the major | be distributed to poor children. Christ- | general commandant of the Marine mas morning will find the gifts distrib- | Corps, will not receive again until Mon- ~ " med Where they witl do the most goods day-adternoon, Januasy My i on stil Many of the other gifts which Mrs Hoover will bestow upon her friends came from just such sources, thus thrice Dblessing who make and sell, benovelent dor 1d especially the re- ceiver, 1 e with this idea the President’s household will do just what ads to do—give and devote the rest of y need it n limousines e door to de- worth a king's First. Lady boasts rare gifts bestowed y of the White House, ! and there was never an administration more lavishly showered with gifts than that of President Roosevelt and his young family. those = hosts, and in the evening the President | some really brilliant dinners are being | The Kentucky Society has the | youngest president, Mrs. Joseph Hor-} D. C, SUNDAY MISS ELEANOR PILSON, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Pilson, returning from Christmas shopping. MISS VALERIE PROCHNIK, Daughter of the Minister of | wrapping packages Bi;lomats Will Observe Homeland Yule Customs Dinners at Embassies Holiday—Cuban Envoy to Fly Home. Others to Christmas in the embassies' and lega- tions in Washington will be celebrated according to the customs of the tra- ditions of the homeland. Ambassadors, Ministers and charge d'affaires are, for the most part, making plans for cele- brations which will include the mem- bers of their staffs and their families. The Ambassador of Italy and Donna | Antoinette de Martino will entertain the members of the embassy staff at dinner Christmas day. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferarra will leave New York today for Miami, where they will board a plane for Havana and are expected to arrive in the Cuban capital Wednesday to spend Christmas. The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. | Debuchi will entertain at dinner Mon- day evening, January 4. The Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi will be hosts to a number of their neighbors Tuesday evening when they will entertain at a musicale. The Minister of Portugal and Vis- countess d'Alte will go to New York to- day to remain over Christmas and will return at the end of the month. ‘The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will go to Boston for Christ- mas with their son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. George Peter, and will return to Washington in time for the New Year festivities. ‘The Minister of Bulgaria and Mme. Radeff were hosts at tea yesterday aft- ernoon. ‘The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bachke will entertain the members of the legation staff and a few additional guests at dinner Christmas eve, when the traditional Norwegian Christmas tree will be lighted. The Minister of Nicaragua, Senor Sacasa, returned yesterday from a short stay in New York. ‘The Minister of Jugoslavia, Dr. Pit- amic, will entertain at dinner tomorrow evening. ‘The Minister of Rumania, Mr, Charles Davila, will sail shortly for this country and is expected to arrive in Austria and Mme. Prochnik, for Santa to deliver. and Legations to Mark Go Away. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora | de Arcaya were hosts yesterday after- noon at a reception celebrating the an- | niversary of the establishment of the present government in 1908. They were |assisted by the counselor of the lega- | tion, Senor Don Luis Churion, and the attache, Senor Pedro Rivero, and the guests, numbering several hundred, in- cluding diplomats, officials and resi- dents of the Capital. The Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge will return to Washington the middle of next week from Ottawa, where they went to spend Christmas. The Minister of Honduras and Senora | de Davila will entertain at dinner Christmas eve, when their guests will be the Honduran delegates to the Gua- temala-Honduras arbitration, and the | members of the legation staff, The newly appointed Minister of Panama, Senor Horatio Alfaro, and Senora de Alfaro have given up their apartment in the Broadmoor and have moved to the legation at 1535 New Hampshire avenue. The charge d'affaires of Spain, Senor de Irujo, will have with him for Christ- mas and the holidays Senor Manuel Alonso, famous tennis player, who will { come from New York. Senor Irujo will entertain the mem- bers of the embassy staff and of the Spanish colony in Washington at sup- | per Christmas eve. The counselor of the Danish lega- tion and Mme. de Wichfield will enter- tain a small company at dinner Christ- mas eve, when their guests will include the Minister and Mme. Wadsted. The air attache of the French em- bassy and Mme, Thenault will entertain a company at supper Tuesday evening, | and Christmas eve they will be hosts to | the members of the embassy stafl nt‘ an eggnog party at noon, as has been their custom for several years. | The commercial counselor of the| Swedish legation and Mme. Weidel have with them for the holidays the latter's MORNING, two sons, Jack and Lewis Bartlett, who arrived yesterday from the Lawrence- - SOCIETY SECTION ¢ Sunday Stae. WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 20, 1931, Capital’sfl Social Highlights ] MISS BARBARA BAKER, Granddaughter of the late Admiral Mason Twining, and Miss Jeanne Burch, dec MISS SOPHIE Daughter of Mr. and Mrs UART, . Roger Stuart, at Central Union Mission, filling bags for the less fortunate. I Photos by v Underwood " Congress Members to Pass | Holidays With Families 'Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses Will Spend | | orating for Christmas. Vice President Curtis To Spend Christmas With Grandchildren Cabinet Members' Holiday Festivities Will Center About Children of Families | The Vice President, Mr. Charles| Curtis, will be with his grandchildren, Anne and Curtis George, daughter and son of Col. and Mrs. Charles P. George, when they open their gifts from Santa.‘ With Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann he will go to the home of Col. and Mrs. George at Fort Myer early Christmas morning and will remain | for & family Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Knight, 2d, will not bring their little family to spend Christmas with their grandfather, the Vice President, but will remain in their home in Providence. Childish laughter will ring in the homes of four cabinet officers this Christmas and in nearly all of the respective domiciles of the other mem- bers of the President’s official family, the festivities will center about young | people of debutante or college age. Christmas morning at Woodley will be a jolly occasion, for the Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimsor will have with them the former's nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. David L. Daggett, who have come from New Haven, accompanied by their two chil- dren, to spend the holidays. While the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, has made no definite plans for the day, it is most probable that his son and daughter, Mr. Paul Mellon and Mrs. David K. E. Bruce, will be with their father. ‘The Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley will be awakened un- usually early Christmas morning for their four children are undoubtedly all believers in St. Nicholas, and the little tots will scarcely give Santa time to get away. Secretary Hurley and his lovely wife have four«children, three Miss Carolyn Payne Presented at Hotel Reception and Dance| Assistant Secretsry of War and Wife Are Hosts at Mayfluwer. The Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne presented thelr daughter, Miss Carolyn Payne,| to their friends in Washington at & reception given yesterday at the May- flower, followed by dancing. | The hosts, with their daughter, re- ceived their guests in the Chinese room and the greater portion of the grand ball room was used for dancing, ex-i cept for the east end, where the tea table was placed, poinsettia and white chrysanthemums being used for the | table decorations. | Mrs. Payne wore & gown of green | and white lace that was made with a cowl neckline and a short train, Miss Payne's frock was an unusually attractive empire style of white net, made very snug fitting to the hipline, that part of the dress sparsely covered | with black dots. The skirt of pmn} white net was very full. There were tiny puff sleeves with a band of black | velvet to match the belt of black velvet | that outlined the empire design of the frock. With this attractive gown the | debutante carried a tiny black muff on which was a spray of white gar-| denias. | The debutante’s assistants included Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, Miss Kate Scully, Miss Olga Craven, Miss Jane Thorpe, Miss Sarah Carey, Miss Alison McDaniel, Miss Sara Louise Snell, Miss Elsle Tuckerman, Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, Miss Elizabeth Shouse, Miss Adele Jahncke, Miss| Beatrice Patton and Miss Barbara Heggle of New York; also Miss Betty | Perry of Greenfield, Mass., & senior at | Vassar, and two of Miss Payne’s class- mates from Vassar, Miss Ann St. Claire | of Saltsburg, Pa., and Miss Helen Elise Smith of Detroit. Assisting Mrs. Payne were Mrs. Ed- ward Everett Gann, Mrs. Harlan Fiske N Stone, Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs. Rob- ert Patterson Lamont, Mrs. Robert D. Christmas at New Many Rema Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses will leave after the adjournment of the Senate for their home in Concord, H., where they will pass Christmas and the New Year. Senator and Mrs. Warren R. Austin will be joined the first of the week by their son, Mr. Edward L. Austin, who will come from the University of ver- mont to be with his parents during his Christmas leave. Senator and Mrs. Austin will be the | guests in whose honor Maj. and Mrs. James B. Mann will entertaln at a tea December 27. Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham will have with them their sons, Mr. Jonathan Bingham and Mr. Brewster, who will arrive this week from their respective colleges to spend the holi- days. Senator Josiah W. Bailey his home in Raleigh, N. C,, adjournment of Congress, Christn'as with Mrs. Batley. Senator and Mrs. John Bankhead are planing to return to their home in Jasper, Ala,, to spend the holidays. will go to after the to spend Senator and Mrs. Hugo L. Black will have with them for the holidays Judge Willlam E. Fort of Birmingham, Ala. Representative Loring M. Black, Jr., will go to his home in Brooklyn, N. Y, to spend Christmas. Senator and Mrs. Sam G. Bratton will remain in Washington during the adjournment of Congress. They have with them their young schoolgirl daughter, Fannie Bratton, and their son, Howard Bratton. Senator and Mrs. Robert J. Bulkley will have with them over the holidays their son, Mr. Robert J. Bulkley. jr., who will arrive from Harvard. Senator Royal S. Copeland has left ‘Washington for his home in New York to spend Christmas with his family Mrs. Copeland has been at their New York residence for several days. Senator and Mrs. Robert D. Carey are remaining in the city for the holiday season. They will entertain at a tea dance December 23, at the Carlton, to present their daughter, Miss Sarah Darlington Carey, to society. Senator and Mrs. Hamilton F. Keane will leave Washington soon after the Senate adjourns to spend the holidays in their home at Elizabeth, N. J. Senator and Mrs. Jesse H. Metcall will leave early next week for their home at Providence, R. I. Christmas and the New Year. Senator and Mrs. Thomas D. Schall will remain in their home in Berwyn, Md., for the holiday season. In their little family group will be their son, Midshipman Thomas D. Schall, jr., and Mr. Dick Schall, a student at Mary- land University. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg will spend Christmas with Mrs. Vandenberg in their home at Grand Rapids, Mich. He will leave the Capital for the West ; immediately after the recess. Representative Chester C. Bolton | will leave Washington Tuesday for his home in Cleveland, where he will join Mrs. Bolton for Christmas and the holidays. Representative and Mrs. Bolton will return to Washington | shortly after the New Year. Representative to spend Hampshire Home. in in Capital. home of Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, at 2200 Kalorama road, for the remainder of the W 2100 Massact ue, where they taken an apartment for the midseason have ~Representative and Mrs. Edward T. | Taylor of Glenwood Springs, Colo., are | established at the Hotel Roosevelt for the season. ! Representative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon will go to New York Tuesday for Christmas and the holiday season, for the New Year Representative and Mrs bert of Kentucky and th Dorothy Woodley ters Ralph Gil- daughter are spending the Winter at Park Towers. Their daugh- Jane and Betsy are expected to uring the Christmas holidays. Representative Ruth B. Pratt will entertain the members of the Pratt | family, who gather at one of the Pratt Ires:dmrn every Christmas, and have | them spend the holtdays at her home at Glen Cove, Long Island. | 2 Representative and Mrs. Edward W. Goss of Connecticut, are at the May- flower, where Mrs. Goss has joined the Representative for a few days before | their return to thetr Connecticut home | for the Christmas holidays. | The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke, accom- panied by their daughter, Miss Adele Townsend Jahncke, and their son, Mid- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) Old English Customs | At New Year Night Ball Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart of Lang- ley Park will be hostess at a New Year night ball, in honor of her grand- daughter, Miss Patience Henrietta Mc- Cormick-Goodhart, daughter of Mr. F, Hamilton McCormick-Goodhart, when the nger members of Washington society will be guests. Langley Park is one of the handsom- est and most interesting country places in Maryland and the residence built there after a disastrous fire a few years ago is copied after Langley Park, | the ancestral estate of the late Fred- 1el‘l(‘k E. McCormick-Goodhart, in Eng- land. On New Year night there will be illumination from the very entrance of the estate along the driveway to the house and the mansion itself will be a blaze of light That guests may take the most direct road to Langley Park, which has its post office address Hyattsiille, Md. one takes the Rock Creek Church road at the front of the Soldiers’ Home and about a mile on, at the red brick school house, strikes into Riggs road at the right and continues on for about 3% miles to Langley Park, on the left. The environment for the ball will be reminiscent of England where the host- ess, Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart, spent |most of her life. . ~ Secretary Stimson Guest | Of News Correspondents | ‘The newspaper correspondents of the State Department have issued invit tions fof a dinner in honor of the Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, the evening of January 16 at the May- flower. The Secretary of War, Mr Hurley, will also be a guest, as will and Mrs. Pcrcylsome members of the diplomatic corps T TR S T mr‘&. & Qolemuns A . SleWAXh o Maw derees: Dose-Jonood e a0d QDR . _ . e iy