Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 18

- B—2 SOCIETY. and Mrs. Fechet will have guests dmtnx' w THE EVENING in New York, where they are spending informally with them this evening. -Mr. and Mrs. F. Lamont Belin are a week at the Ambassador Hotel. Capt. Arthur W. Johnson, U. S. N, and Mrs. Johnson, with their daughter, President and Mrs. Hoover Dining Tonig}lt With Secretary and Mrs. Stimson. ' Mr. Dawes Also Guest. l‘ RESIDENT AND MRS. HOOVER | will be the guests in whose honor the Secretary of State | and Mrs. Stimson will entertain | at dinner this evening in thelr | home, Woodley, on Cathedral avenue. | This will be the second in the seres | of dinner parties given annually by the | Vice President and members of the | cabinet in honor of the Chief Execu- | tive. Vice President Curtis was host | to President and Mrs. Hoover early in December, and the festivities will be Yesumed fonight, others in the cabinet circle to follow. ( Mrs. Hoover will have several guests with her this afternoon at the recital of Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the Met- | Topolitan Opera Co., in the Constitution | Hall The retiring United States Ambassa- | dor to Great Britain, Gen. Charles G. | Dawes, who is a guest at the White House, will accompany President and Mrs. Hoover to the dinner which Sec- Tetary and Mrs, Stimson will give this evening. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of Vice President Curtis, will receive to- morrow afternoon, from 4 to 6 o'clock, in her apartment in the Mayflower. Mrs. Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State, will be at home tomorrow aft- | ernoon in her suburban place, Woodley, | on Cathedral avenue, and will receive from 3:30 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Stimson | Wil be assisted by Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs, Harvey H. Bundy, Mrs. John D. Hickerson and Mrs. Paul H. Alling, | wives of officials of the State Depart- | ment, and Miss Margaret M. Hanna, | chief of the office of co-ordination and Teview in the department Mrs. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of | wWar, will receive from 4 to 6 o'clock, and will be assisted by Mrs. Gore and Mrs. Thomas, wives of the Senators from Oklahoma. | Other hostesses in the cabinet circle | who will be at home are Mrs. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, and Mrs. Brown, wife of the Postmaster Gen- eral, who will receive from 4 to 6 o'clock in their respective homes. | Receiving with Mrs. Gann tomorrow | will be her niece, Mrs. Charles P.| George, and Mrs. Warren R. Austin. | Assisting her will be Mme. Bachke, | Mme. Abelli, Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden- | berg, Mrs. Wallace White, Mrs. Adam | Wyant, Mrs, Frederick H. Payne, Mrs. | Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Silas Strawn, | Mrs. William P. Wooten, Mrs. Sydney Cloman, Mrs. Campbell Pritchett, Mrs. | Webster Dawley, Mrs. William Roden- | berg, Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson and | Mrs. Davis Wills. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, will be the guest in whose| honor ~ Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Seymour Lowman | will entertain at dinner this evening. Mrs. Gann Guest at Luncheon ‘At Woman'’s Country Club. Mrs. Gann was the guest in whose “honor Mrs, William Fitch Kelley enter- tained a company of 20 at luncheon to- ‘day at the National Woman's Country {Club. Among others in the company iwere Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Louisville, {Ky., vice chairman of the National Re- | {publican Committee; Mrs. Silas Strawn fof Chicago, wife of the president of | ithe Chamber of Commerce, U. 8. A | Mrs. R. H. Volland of Towa City, Iowa, and Miss Martha McClure, Republican committeewoman for Iowa and sister of the hostess. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. % Charles Francis Adams will be the fguests of honor at dinner Friday eve- Ening, January 29, of the judge advo- Feate general of the Navy, Rear Admiral fOrin G. Murfin, and Mrs. Murfin, who thave issued invitations for the party. ! The Ambassador of Japan and Mme “Debuchi were the guests in whose hon- or Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose enter- {tained at dinner last evening in her smpartment at the Mayflower. | The Minister of Siam, Phya Subarn, | 'was the honor guest at dinner last | Sevpning of Mrs. Queen Boardman of fLos Angeles, who entertained at the SCariton. Others in the company were #ieut. Comdr. Philip Van Horn Weems, fU. 8. N., and Mrs. Weems, Mrs. Robert ‘Burdette of Los Angeles, Miss Janet Richards, Miss Ann Strothers, Mr. Murray Sheehan and Mr. Erest L. May. W. & J. Sloane...Foremost Furnishers Since 1843 Mrs. John H. Bankhead, wife of Senator Bankhead of Alapama, re- turned yesterday to the Mayflower from | her home in Jaspar, Ala, where she has been since before Christmas. Mrs. | H. Melville Davis of Birmingham ac- | companied her mother to Washington and will be with her parents for sev- | eral weeks. Mrs. Davis, the former | Miss Louise Bankhead, attended Holton Arms School in Washington. Representative Edward L. Stokes of Pennsylvania will be joined by Mrs. Stokes tomorrow and they will open | their apartment, at Wardman Park Hotel, which they have leased for the | congressional session. Representative Lloyd Thurston of | Osceola, Towa, is Tesiding at the Wil- lard for the duration of the congres- sional session. | Mrs. Albert F. Carter, wife of Rep- | resentative Carter of California, will arrive tomorrow in Washington from thair home in Oakland. She will be ac- companied by her niece, Miss Dorothy Frances Smith, also of Oakland, who will be her guest for the balance of | the season at the Mayflower. They are making the trip here by way of the Southern route and spent a few days in New Orleans. Miss Smith is on leave of absence from the University of | California_and will resume her studies | there in the Autumn. Former United States Ambassador to | Japan, Mr. Thomas J. O'Brien. has re- | turned to Washington from his home | in Grand Rapids, and has opened his house, at 1812 R street, for several months' stay. Mr. O'Brien has not spent any time here since his son-in- law and daughter, the British Ambas- sador to Cuba and Lady Chilton. left Washington, where Sir Henry Getty Chilton served for some years as coun- | selor at the British embassy. ‘The new Governor of the Philippine Islands, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and | Mrs. Roosevelt, will be guests of honor at a luncheon given by the members of the Philippine Mission, in the presi- dential suite of the Willard today. This mission is headed by Senator Sergio Osemena and Speaker Manuel Roxas Mrs. Alice Longworth will attend the dinner, as well as will a distinguished group of high Government officials. Those attending this affair are the Sec- retary of State and Mrs. Stimson, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley, Rep- resentative and Mrs. Butler Hare, Gen and Mrs. Frank McIntyre, Gen. Francis | LeJ. Parker, Mrs. John A. Hull, Miss | Margaret Hennsey, Capt. Eugene a Reg- nier, Senator Ruperto Montinola, Miss Gloria Montinola, Representative Pedro Sabido, Representative and Mrs. Emi- liano T. Tirona, Commissioner and Mrs. | Pedro Guevara, Commissioner and Mrs. Camilo Osias, Prof. Maximo M. Kalaw and Mr. Marcial P. Lichauco. Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, U. 5. A., VANDERBILT | luncheontoday, home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ei Miss Elvira Lindsey Johnson, have re. turned to Washington after a year's absence in California and are again in their home, at 2137 R street, for the remainder of the Winter. Capt. John- son recently has been in command of the U. S. 8. Colorado in the battle fleet and has been transferred to duty in the Navy Department. Miss Jean Woodson was hostess at entertaining in the Miss and who gene R. Woodson, in honor of Betty Holdrege, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Carlton J. Holdrege of Paris, with her mother is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sears Henning. The guests, who are remaining through the afternoon for bridge, include Miss Eliz- abeth Henning, Miss Marion Dunlop, Miss Sidney Thompson, Miss Frances | Brooks, Miss May Harris Clarke, Miss Isobel Perry, Miss Katharine Hoover, Miss Elizabeth Hoover, Miss Louise Hoover and Miss Louise Thompson. Miss Holdrege was the guest in whose honor Miss Henning entertained at luncheon and bridge yesterday, the other guests being Miss Sidney Thomp- son, Miss Jean Woodson, Miss Betty ‘West, the Misses Hoover, Miss Caroline Miller, Miss May Harris Clarke, M Lucille Elliott and Miss Natalie Nor- weod. Mrs. Eleanor Page Fox will entertain in her home in Friendship Park, Md., Thursday evening in honor of her house guest, Miss Anne Harrison, of Harris- burg, W. Va. Mrs. John F. Owens announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Kath- ryn E. Orme, to Mr. Lawrence E. Rust, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer P. Rust of Chevy Chase, formerly of Philadelphia Miss Orme is from Washington and Georgetown’s prominent _old _Orme family, her father being the late Wil- liam Orme. She attended the Holy p— Gnglish Fomes in FOXALL Double-fronts, six and eight rooms, with one, two and three baths, Bryant gas heat, maid's room, and garage. Outstanding value at $11,350 to $14,950. Visit our Fur- nished Model Home at 4400 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road. Open until 10 p. m. 8 WAVERLY TAYLOR e 1522 K Street Nat'l 1040 New York . HOTEL S'mqlc room and private bath Doul)[e room with two beds private bat $ and h 621cn day WALTON H. MARSHALL Ma Qark Quense at 34951 Hew Yfork A Very Important Offering of High-Grade Domestic Rugs A group presenting assorted sizes; representative makes; in a variety of patterns appealing for various uses of the home—REDUCED IN PRICE. Worsted Wiltons, size 11.3x15. Were $200. Wool Seamless Wi Seamless size 9x12. %125 Itons, size Axminsters, Were $45, $50 and $55.. Seamless Worsted Wiltons, STAR, WASHINGTON, Cross Academy and is a popular mem- ber of Washington's younger set. No date has been set for the wedding. Arts Club Bal Boheme To Benefit Local Charities. In addition to its usual glamorous attraction the Bal Boheme of this sea- | son will have the new appeal of being | given in part for “sweet charity's sake.” ‘ One-half of the net proceeds is to be devoted to unemployment relief. This | decision was made early in the Fall, but | has just been made public by the Stand- | ing Committee for the Bal Boheme, who voted unanimously for this division | of the profits from the ball. Interest is rapidly mounting in this | carnival event, which is always one of | the most_interesting and colorful balls | given in Washington. Members of the club and others who will attend in even | more than the usual large numbers are | | finding the motif of the festival most (alluring because of the romance that has always been connected with the sea, Costumes of unusual effectiveness have been designed for the Men's Floor | Committee, a distinguishetl group being | assembled under the leadership of Maj. John A. Hillman, chairman of this | committee. Their entrance is expected to produce @ sensation, as it does each year, Mrs. Fulton Lewis s chairman of the committee executing these cos- tumes, as well as those of the pages. Mrs. John Ottos Johnson, chairman | of judges and awards for the costumes to be worn at the Ball of the Seven Seas, announces that with her commit- tee assisting, choice has been made of the three prizes for costumes to be given the night of the ball, each of which is the work of some member of the club. On the Selection Committee were, in | addition to Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Miss, Sybil Baker, Mr. Lewis Lofton Money- way and Mr. John L. Proctor. Mr. Percy Mackaye, dramatist and poet, will be the guest of honor and peaker at the Arts Club Thursday ning, when he gives as his subject | “Tall Tales of the Kentucky Moun- {tains,” and promises some readings in dialect. Mr. Mackaye declares there are some three million people liv- ing back in the Appalachians, &x | their folk speech, as used tof THE NEW - oJelleffs 1216-1220 ¥ Street N.W. 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