Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1932, Page 33

Features for Women e Part 3—10 Pages SOCIETY SECTION Che Sunday Stac. Capital’s Social Highlights \\ ASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, £1932. MRS. BURTON Whose husband is Senator is on thc Hnnur;n K. WHEELER; Wheeler of Montana. She ry Ball Committee. Wh1te House To Members of Senate Was Un Reception usual Success Similar Fete to Be Held This Week in Honor of Representativ Fam BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. As the White House official program | wears on the events become more and | more interesting and the marvel of the | sdministration is that so many Sena- tors and their familles graced the re- ception in their honor last week. It is epoken of by those who have watched the social events of the White House, as the largest representation of Sena- tors ever seen at once in the mansion. The old custom of passing one’s invita- tions on to just any one who wished to go seems to have found its cure in Mrs Hoover's arrangement of & reception espectally in honor of-the members of the august body. This week a similar reception in honor of the Representatives and their families will be held, and while it will be just as brilllant and friendly as was the reception last week, it will be very much larger. Mrs. Hoover, who has been indisposed for several days, ex- pects to recover in time to resume her strenuous program. Mrs. Hurley pre- sided at & White House dinner for her —an informal one—Friday night, but this was not a special nnovation, as the history of the White House carries many instances of members of the family, executive or otherwise, reliev- ing the First Lady of her duties tem- porarily While Mrs. Hoover expects to add several concerts to her list of engage- ments this week, music in its noblest guise will go to her w e al President _entertain pat statesman and artist the House on his arrival Mor the first of & series of five benefits—to be given by P this country, sponsored by Mrs. Hoover, with the proceeds to go to the unem- ployed. Buch dignitaries as the Vice| President, the Chief Justice and Mrs Hughes, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, Mrs. Taft and Mrs Woodrow Wilson will occupy boxes Polish White This is concerts— ewskl in a Mrs. Hoover is also a box holder for the Philharmonic Symphony concert in Con on Hall Tuesdey aftern when Bruno Walter, conduct from Cov Garden, London, will direc Mr. Walter will be entertained at the German embassy -and will have the Ambassador and Frau von Prittwitz und Graffron in & box to see him direct. There will be & dinner for him at the German embassy Tuesday night, sort of a German love feast and certainly a typical German supper. Nothing stirs the members of soclety and the citizens all over the country 0 much as the approaching Bicenten- nial celebration ,be the chief manner in which to cele- When one remembers | No date has been set for the wedding. how the first President and general often cheered his soldiers by giving a | dance, what part such festivities played | 3523 Sixteenth street northwest, an- in his life in Virginia, in New York | nounce the engagement of their daugh- after his inauguration, and elsewhere, €s and Their ilies. brate his anniversary. ‘Washington's Bicentennial ball to be | held at the Mayflower is fast coming | into shape and will, of course, be chief of the many balls held in the Capital {on the night of February 22. The | Capital is made up of a population from every State in the Union, with, of course, number of natives, so the many States' balls are assuming almost as much importance as the one given immediately under the ‘pALrthge of the Bicentennial Commis- | sion, with Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman | as chairman. a considerable For months past history has been enriched by bits of literature forgotten or lying away in old family erchives or in musty trunks and packages, now brought forth to serve as fitting links in the chain of historic happenings in America, and now comes the won- derful moving pictures of the past in | series of balls and plays and pageants to enchant the public. The ball, how- ever, that is awakening the greatest interest of any is that at old Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, the very place | where the last birthday ball was given | for Gen. Washington and which he in | person attended. | It was on the night of February 22, 1799, that jthe famous soldier tread a measure and joined in the merry- | making. Ancestral trees will be shaken for all their perfect fruit and the Alex- andria committee Of the Colonial Dames of America in'the State of Vir- ginia, assisted by the Mount Vernon Chapter, D. A. R, and the Wash- ington Soclety, the latter second to no other group in the States, as it was organized just after the death of Wash- |ington by a group of his friends in | Alexandria, 80 the ball in Gadsby's Tavern will carry out in every detail the ball of 1799, with the descendants of those who attended the ball taking the lead- ing uarts. The menu for the plenteous supper will be the same as for that event, and served in much the same manner. while the dancers will tread old-fashioned measures to the fiddling which inspired their ancestors on that night. e | Schroeder-Norris and | Other Engagements Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Schroeder of 7715 Morningside drive, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss | Katharine, to Lieut. George E. Morrls, U. i, 8. C. and G. S. of Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Millstein of | United States. donated for the benefit of the Nation's | MRS. WALTER TUCKERMAN, Chairman for the R. 3i- centennial Colonial Ball at the Mayflower Hotel the night of February 22. Sketch MRS. GEORGE |Of New Hampshire, important member of the Honorary | Wife Committee of the Bicentennial Ball Committee. from Harris-Ewing Photo. H. MOSES, | MRS. ARTHUR “H: of Senator Vandenberg and representing Michigan VANDENBERG, on the Honorary Bicentennial Ball Committee. Harris-Ewing Photos. First of Paderewski Concerts to Be Held Here Tomormw Night Mrs. Hoover Is Sponsoring SeriCG O{ Bene{lt! {Dr Un' employed. Mr. Ignaz Jan Paderewski is giving a concert in Constitution Hall tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock, the first of a series of five sponsored by Mrs. Hoover which Mr. Paderewski will give in the The proceeds will be unemployed. ‘This is the artist'’s ex- pression of his deep feeling of apprecia- tion for the sympathy and ald rendered | his country by the American people in | the perlod immediately following the World War. The {following committee has been formed to express to Mr, of the concert in Washington: The Vice President, the Chief Justice | and Mrs. Hughes, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University; Mr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of ter, Gertrude, to Mr. Abe West of it is fitting enough that balls should | Georgetown. L George Washington University, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Paderewski | deep appreclation of his generous gift | Hosts at and Mrs. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles | | Evans Hughes were hosts at dinner last | evening, having as - their guests Mr. Justice Willis Van Devanter, Mr. Jus- tice and Mrs. George Sutherland, Mr. Hatton W. Sumners, Judge John Bar- ton Payne, the president of the United | | States Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. | Silas H. Strawn, Mr. and Mrs. Gi‘(}l’gt B. McClellan, Canon and Mrs. Anson | | Phelps Stokes, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Richmond, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mrs. Hennen Jennings and Mrs. Frederic A. Keep. | Mrs. Hyde will entertain at luncheon | Wednesday at the Mayflower in honor | of Mrs. Albert L. Reeves, wife of United | | States district judge, Kansas City, Mo., | who is the guest of Senator and Mrs. Roscoe S. Patterson. The chief of naval operations, Ad-| miral William V. Pratt, and Mrs. Pratt | will entertain at dinner Tuesday evening, Pebruary 2, in honor of the ¥ Justice and Mrs. Hughes Dinner Party Admiral and Mrs. William V. Pratt Will Entertain in Honor of Secrctary of State Stimson. Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson. Admiral and Mrs. Pratt will be hosts at dinner Saturday evening in compli- ment to the Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi. ' The Assistant Secrctary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne | guests of honor at dinner last evening of Col. Henry T. Bull and Mrs, Bull, who entertained at the Chevy Chase Club. Col. and Mrs. Bull have as their guest for about 10 days the former's brother, Capt. James A. Bull of San | Prancisco. The president of Georgetown Uni- \ersny. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., will be host at luncheon today, enter- taining in compliment to the Ambas- sador of Belgium and Mme, May. The luncheon will be given at the college and others in the company will include were the | Mrs. Doak to Receive Last Time of Season At Hotel Wednesday Mrs. Mitchell, Wife of the Attorney G meral, Cancela Her U!lla]. At H.omc. Mrs. Mfichell, wife of the Attorney General, will not recelve Wednesday afternoon. Labor, will receive Wednesday after- |noon at the Willard for the last time | this season. Mrs. Doak will observe her days at home informally later in | the season in her suburban home, Notre Nid, in Virginia, overlooking the Po- torha¢ River. Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, wife of the Chief Justice, will not receive to- morTow. Mrs. Crowther, wife of Representative Frank Crowther, will be at home in- formally from 4 to 6 o'tlock tomorrow afternoon in her apartment at 110 Maryland avenue northeast. Mrs. Gordon, wife of Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) “(Continued on Page 4, Column 32.) ¥ MRS. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, Honorary member of the Bicentennial Ball Committee, wife of Senator Swanson of Virginia. Italian Amba ssador Guest Of the Minister of Egypt Nobfle Giaco,mo de Martino and Donna Antoinetta Martino to Be Entertained at Dinner. Mrs. Doak, wife of the Secretary of | | tal Friday, January 29. The dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Italy, Nobile Glacomo de | Martino, and Donna Antoinette de Mar- | tino will be the guests of honor at dinner this evening of the Minister of Egypt, Sesostris Sidarouss Pasha, who will entertain in the legation. Donna Antoinette de Martino will re- | celve Friday afternoon in the embassy. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara will arrive in Washington Saturday, January 30, from Cuba, where they went to spend the holidays. The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel will entertain at dinner Tues- day at the embassy. Mile. Reine Claudel, daughter of the | Ambassador and Mme. Claudel, who is | the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Beaudry Leman of Montreal, will be one of the bridesmalds at the wedding of their daughter, Miss Madelaine Leman, and Mr. Bernard Robert de Massy, son of | Mr. and Mrs. Robert de Massy of Or- leans, France, which will take place Sat- urday morning, February 6, at 11 o'clock in St. Germain Church, Outremont, his excellency Archbishop | clating. Miss Line Leman will be her sister's maid of honor, and the bridesmalds, in addition to Mlle. Claudel, will be Miss Jacqueline Ranger, Miss Madeleine Sur- veyer, Miss Simone Bousquet, Miss Andree Beique and Miss Madeleine Beique. Mr. Jean Leman, brother of the bride, will act as best man for Mr. de Massy, and the ushers will be Mr. Paul Larocque, Mr. Leo Ryan, Mr. Pierre Beique, Mr. Jacques Beique, Mr. Georges Beique, Mr. Joseph Mathys and Mr. | Henri Beique. Mile. Claudel will remain in Canada for 20 days and will be a guest at the | Seigniory Club at Lucerne-in-Quebec during the Winter sports meet sched- uled this month. The Ambassador of Germany and Prau von Prittwitz und Gaffron will be hosts at dinner Tuesday evening in honor of Mr., Bruno Walter, who will conduct the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra that afternoon. ‘The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi are expected back in the Capi- They left last | week for Cubs, where the Ambassador will present his credentials as Mlmster to that country. ‘The Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Filip- owicz, is in New York, where he went to attend the recital of the former pre- mier of Poland, Mr. Ignaz Jan Pad- erewskl, one of the world’s greatest pi- anists. The recital was given for the benefit of the American Red Cross fund for the unemployed and Mr. Paderewski will come to Washington to give a re- cital tomorrow evening for the benefit of the same fund. The Ambassador had as his guests yesterday the United States Ambassador to Poland, Mr. John N. Willys; the former United States Ambassador, Mr. Robert Underwood | Johnson; Mr. Prederick H. Allen and Gauthier offi- | ‘The Ambassador will return this eve- ning or tomorrow. The Ambassador of Mexico and Se- nora de Puig Casauranc will be joined | today by the latter's brother-in-law and | sister, Senor and Senora de Ortiz, who ‘ be their guests at the embassy for a few days. Senor Ortiz is Mexican | Minister to Great Britain and is en route to London from Mexico City. ‘The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will return this evening | from New York, where they went yes- | terday to attend the banquet last eve- ; ning of the Swiss Soclety of New York. ‘The Minister of Finland, Mr. Astrom, | will be host at dinner Wednesday eve- | ning in honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson. The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik will entertain a company at dinner Tuesday evening, February 16. The Minister and Mme. Prochnik also will be hosts at dinner Thursday eve- | ning at the legation. The Minister of Sweden, M. Bostrom, will entertain at dinner Thursday eve- ning in honor of the Secretary of State (Continued on Pue 4, Column 3. Mrs. Dale Hostess Thursday | Assisted by Senators’ Wives Mrs. Dale, wife of Senator Porter H. Dale of Vermont, will receive Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock in her home at 4331 Blagden avenue, and will have with her four hostesses new in | the senatorial circle, Mrs. Warren R. Austin, wife of the new Senator from | Vermont; Mrs. Warren W. Barbour, wife of Senator Warren W. Barbour, | who succeeded the late Senator Dwight ‘W. Morrow of New Jersey; Mrs. Lester | J. Dickinson, whose husband is new in the Senate, having served his State for many years in the House of Represen- tatives, and Mrs. Byrnes, wife of Sen- ator James F. Byrnes, & newcomer in the senatorial circle, after being promi- nent among the congresstonal hostesses when the Senator was a Representative from South Carolina. Mrs. Byrnes and Mrs. Dale both served as president of the Congressional Club tn former years. e Elaborate program Awaits Mrs. Gann in West Mrs. Edward Everett Gann will leave Washington today for a speaking tour in the West, which will keep her from the Capital until February 5. She will visit Omaha, Kansas Oity, Topeka, Oklahoma City and Chicago and in the latter city will be the guest of Mrs. Silas Hardy Strawn, wife of the presi- dent of the National Chamber of Com- merce. Mrs. Gann will be given a veritable ovation in Topeka and Kansas City, and in her home city, besides her short fam- ily visit, she will be the official guest of the Women's Republican Club of Kansas and will be a guest at the ban- quet given by the Native Sons and the Polish consul general in New York, Mr. Marchlewski. - Daughters of Kansag to celebrate Kan- sas day. ¥