Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 33

Capltal s Social 7H1_g}_111ghts Part 3—10 Pages SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star, WASHINGTON, THOMAS - Gore of Okl the subject M any Democratic Leaders In Capital Society Leave For Chicago Convention| party Members Depart as chublicans Return to \Vashington From Tl‘leir Conclave in Same City. BY S As the Re tngton scc V. H. PICKETT. n members of V return to the Capital from the cor on in Chicagd, the Democratic members prepare to make an exodus to the same exciting sc2ne. While the cabinet members in goodly number were able to witness the all- all-night sessions last sident and Mrs. Hoover 2 on their radio and got much of the news without the bodily fatigue, though for a fact their over full lives did not admit of constant all-day hearings by any means. The Vice Prc ident’s sister, Mrs, Gann, the most astute woman politician turned triumphantly after g her brother nominated for a re- | turn to his present office, and with onl 2 little rest she prepares for a speech- In the mean- | making trip to Newport. time, she will arrange to return to hcr charming home in Cleveland Park for the Midsummer season, where she and Mr. Gann and the Vice President lived before going to the Mayflower. The modest vine-clad house with its nice flower garden at the back will un- doubtedly b2 the mecca of many a phalanx of poli ns. On to Chicago will go at the end of this weck the men and women who will count in the coming national Demo- cratic convention and some of the im- portant persons who were in Chic2go to watch the Republican proceedings re- mained in the West for the coming battle. In the meantime the Women's Democratic Club is the meeting place of many of the most important women | of official society, the weekly garden teas or luncheons being a particular at- traction. Most unusual of all the White House entertainments in a twelvemonth is the garden party given annually by the President and his Lady for the vet- erans of the World War in hospitals in and near Wasiington, and lact weck | the scene was pa ularly interesting. Like the Confederate veterans fast thinning line of grey and the G. A. R fast thinning line of blue, the men wkc went to France to fight and came back helplessly maimed have grown fewer each year since the late President Wilson gave the first garden party au the White House for them. Under throalenmg skys the guests poured into the lawn from ambulances, | trucks and automobiles of less formi- dable size, and they all made at once | for the line where they would mect the | Tresident and Mrs. Hoover. As if to shut them off from the arriving guests, | e long Mue of Red Cross attendants | Senator and Mrs. | Col. Committee, with the essistance of offi- | D. C, SUND AY MORNING," JUNE 1 9, 1932 Features for Women DEMOCRATIC WOMEN INTERESTED IN THE NATION AL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT WEEK IN CHICAGO. MRS. HAMILTON LAMAR, \\ orkmg actively for the Wom- P GORE, ahoma, deeply of politics. d nurses flitted about | or escorted the most dis- | s down the line. Rain sent many scurrying for shelter, some leaving directly for their homes, while others tock advantage of Mrs. Hoover's invitation to enter the White House. The veterans were almost glad for the threatening weather, for it gave | them an opportunity to wander through the first floor of the White House and | (Centinued on Page 2, Column 7.) . Senators and Wives Dine at Country Club A small group of Senators and thelr wives will meet for a “Father’s day” dirner this evening at the Rossdhu | Castle Club. The company will in- clude Senater and Mrs. Daniel O. Hfiflv ings, Senator amd Mrs. Felix Hebert, Senater and Mrs. W. Warren Barbour, Senator and Mrs. Wallace H. White, James E. Watson, Senator and Mrs. Tasker L. Oddie and | Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden- berg. The major general commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Ben H. Fuller entertained at dinner last eve- ning, when their guests were Col. and Mrs. Charles Lyman, Col. and Mrs. Philip H. Torrey, Col. and Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Robert L. Denig and Maj. Paul C. Marmion. Gen. Henry C. Whitchead, U. 8. A, was host to a company of seven at | dinner on Wednesday evening at Ward- man Park Hotel, where he makes his home. Ohrts Bt e At Fort Myer Garden The Washington Olympic Finance cers cn duty in the War Department, is arranging for an Olympic benefit horse show to be given on July 9 al the Fort Myer Garden, near the western end of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge approach. All funds raised through this show will bs used to defray the expenses of | the 1932 Olympic equestrian team in the games cf the Olympiad, Los Ange- les, Calif. Prize lists are being pre- pared and will be distributed within the next few days. The program calls for children'’s pony classes, hunter, jumping, military, remount, polo and saddle classes. Several of the classes are for owners, others are open, | Heavenly Rest. en's National Democratic Committee. MRS. JOACHIM O. FERNANDEZ Of Louisiana, important Democratic hostess in Washington All Photos by Underwood. MRS. CLAUDE A. Of Virginia, with her husba son, working for the success SWANSON nd, Senator Swan- of the convention. MRS. J. BORDEN HARRIMAN, Former president of the League of Democr: atic \Women in Washington. ‘Secretar_\' of State Gertrude Stadelman And W E. Corcoran Are Wed in New York Ceremony Performed in Church of Heavenly Rest Yesterday Afternoon. ‘The wedding of Mr. William Eustis Corcoran, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Eustis Corcoran of New York and Wash- ington and great-grandson of the late | William Wilson Corcoran, founder of | the Corcoran Art Gallery, in Washing- |ten, to Miss Gertrude Stadelman of Akron, Ohio, daughter of the late Mr. 'and Mrs. George M. Stadelman, took | place in New York yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Church of the The Rev. Dr. H. J. Glover, vicar of the church, officiated. The ceremony was informal and attend- | ed only by immediate members of the family. A luncheon at the Plaza pre- ceded the ceremony. Mr. Grant M. Stadelman, also of Akron, gave his sister in marriage, and iMrs. John L. Craig of Philadelphia was her cousin’s only attendant. Mr. Cor- coran acted as best man for his son. ‘The bride wore a pearl gray traveling sult of dull-finished crepe with silver fox_trimmings, a_pearl gray turban (Com.lnued on Pnge 10, Column 17.) Moonlxght Dance at Rosdhu Castle Club Dancing in the moonlight, overlook- ing the trcetops, will be the order of the evening at the formal opening of the roof garden of the nmew Rosdhu Castle Club Saturday evening, June 25, at 10 o'clock, when “the Midsummer moonlight ball” will be given. - Many reservations have already been made. Supper will be served at midnight by highland lassies, and a cabaret wil follow. It will be a gay evening for the town. Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, Jr., 1s hostess for the Summer season, Many in Diplomatic Corps Leave Capital for Summer Ambassador of Spain Will Go to Massachusetts| Tomorrow to W- Cameron Forbes. ‘The Ambassador of Spain, Senor Don y Juan Cardenas, will leave Washington | tomorrow or Tuesday and will be the | guest for a week of the former United | States Ambassacor to Japan, Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, in his Summer home in Massachusetts. Mme. Peter, wife of the Minister of Switzerland, has gone to Narragansett Pier and is established in the cottage which they have leased for the rest of the Summer. The Minister will join her later in the season for a vacation. The Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles A. Davila, will return the end of this week from New York, where he has been for several days. The counselor of the Polish embassy and Mme. Sokclowska, with their little family, will go to Rehoboth Beach this week and open the cottage which they have leased for the season. The coun- selor will remain there for a few days and return to Washington, joining his family for week ends. The counselor of the Swedish lega- tion, Baron Beck-Friis, is expected to return this evening or tomorrow from New York, where he went with Baron- ess Back-Friis and their small son and daughter. Baroness Beck-Frils and her children sailed yesterday aboard the Drottingham for their home in Sweden to spend the Summer and will be joined later in the season by the baron. Mrs. Hume Wrorg, wife of the coun- selor of the Canadian legation, and her | small family will leave Washington this ‘Washington contingent who are still in | week for Canada, where they will be until the Autumn. Mr. Wrol join them later for a vacation, = m_l” ® Be Guest of The secretary of the Polish embassy | and Mme. Moscicka have taken a cot- ‘tage at Rehoboth Beach and will go | there the first of July. The secretary of the Polish embassy and Mme. Zazulinska have returned to their home on Rhode Island avenue | after spending a week at Gibson Island. Mrs. Merchant Mahoney and her son left yesterday for Montreal, Canada, where they will be through the Sum- mer, Mr. Mahoney going north for a vacation later in the season. The third secretary of the French embassy, M. Jacques Paris, will sail shortly for this country, returning to ‘Washington early in July from several months’ vacation. The attache of the French embassy, M. Claude-Achille Clarac, will sail the middle of next month for his home in France, to remain through the Summer and Autumn and return here in No- vember. The attache of the Uruguayan legation, M. J. A. Varela, jr, will sail Saturday to join his parents, the Minister of Uruguay and Mme. Varela, in their home in Uruguay. The Minister has been in his home since January, Mme. Varela and the other members of the family having prececed him by several months. The attache, M. Varels, is a graduate of Western High School and of Princeton University, where he com- pleted his course in engineering. He is one of the popular young men in the diplomatic corps and will be greatly missed among the younger members of | Sccretary and Mrs. e |society. And Mrs. St;mson 1115 Are Spendmg Week End at Home on Long Island. Wocdley, the home of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, which has | been without its hosts more or less | since the late Spring, again claims the owners. Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, the former having returned from Chi- cagd and the latter from a visit in Philadelphia, are there at least for the present. The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills are spending the week end at their home at Wocdbury, Long Island. The Secretary of War, Mr. Patrick J. | Hurley, will leave Washington tomor- | the new boat line of the Missouri River from that city to Kansas City. The Secretary will board a boat at St. Louis and sail for Kansas City, the trip in- | augurating the new route. ‘The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, will go to Am- herst tomorrow, where a degree will be conferred upon him. He will re-| turn to Washington immediately after the exercises at the college. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Ar- thur M. Hyde, is expected back some time today from Chicago, where he went for the convention. Mrs. Hyde, who, with their daughter, Miss Caro- line Hyde, accompanied the Secretary to Chicago, is at her home in Trenton, Mo., where she will spend the Summer. The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wil- |liam N. Doak have returned to their home at Fairfax, Va, after attending the convention in Chicago. Senator Burtcn K. Wheeler of Mon- tana is now at Wardman Park Hotel and will be established there until the close of the congressional session. The Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Willlam R. Castle, jr, will pass the season at Hot Springs, Va., and Mrs. R. S. Reynolds Hitt is among other Washington visitors to arrive at the resort shortly. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ash- burn were joined yesterday afternoon by the latter’s brother-in-law and sis- ter, Col. and Mrs. Willlam Holt Peck of Montgomery. Mrs. Ashburn will en- tertain at a plenic tcmorrow at the Army Navy Country Club for Mrs. Peck. Peck. Gen. Ashburn will leave tomorrow for St. Louis, where he will join Secre- tary Hurley and acccmpany him on the trip to Kansas City which will open a new ship line on the Missouri River, The Interstate Commerce Commis- sioner and Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison have becen joined by their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce | Atchison, who will spend the Summer | with them. Young Mr. Aitchison will continue his study of law im Washing- ton during the season. v 'Goldsborough Wedding Return to \Vood]eyw Of Special Interest Here Miss Ruth Elda | Mr Warren Everett McLaine Bride of Yesterday. ! A congressional wedding of particu- lar interest took place yest - noon at 4 o'clock, when M ha Winder Golcshorough, caughter of Representative and Mrs. T. Alan Gelds- borough of Denton, Md., became tha bride of Mr. Heath Dodge Goldsborough of Baltimore, Md., son of ) borough, and the late Dr. Worthington Goldsborcugh of C’\m- bridge, Md. The ceremony tock place in St. John's Episcopal Church, Gecrge- | town, the Rev. F. Bland Tucker officiat- ing. were informal with only the relatives |and a few close friends attending. As the guests were assembling Mr. King- Smith gave organ selections. The bride was escorted and given in | marriage by her father, and wore a white embroidered mousselline de sole, | a large white hat, and she carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and bride’s roses. Miss Eliza Hall Goldsborough, sister of the bride was the maid of honor, wearing a pink embroidered chiffon gown with a blue sash. Her hat was of pink, trimmed in blue and she car- ried pink roses and delphinium. Mr. Philips Lee Goldsborough of Baltimore, brother of the bridegroom | was the best man. | A reception followed the ceremony for the home of Mrs. Frederick C. Hick: street. Mrs. Hicks returned from Long Island for -the wedding. Assisting at the reception were Mrs. Goldshorough, | | mother of the bride, who wore dark | blue flowered chiffon, and Mrs. Golds- borough, mother of the bridegroom, | who was in brown and rose beige chif- | fon. Later Mr. Goldsborough and his bride left for a wedding trip, the bride wear- ing a chalk white crepe gown, trimmed | | with yellow and her hat corresponded. They will make their home in Balti- more. ‘The bride and bridegroom are third cousins, the bridegroom, a nephew of Senator Phillips Lee Gceldsborough of | Baltimore and grandson of the late Pay Director M. Worthington Goldsborough, U. 8. N. | Senator Goldsborough, Mrs. William Laird, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips Lee Golds- borough, jr.; Dr. and Mrs. James Owings, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Byrd, Mr. E. 8. Nicholson,, Miss Mary C. Golds- borough, Mrs. Robin Lanier, Mrs. Brice ‘W. Goldsborough, all of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Laird Goldsborough of Greens- boro, Md.; Col. and Mrs. McMillan of New York, Capt. R. M. Goldsborough, U. 8. N, and Mrs. Goldsborough; Col. and Mrs. Offiey, Lieut. Joseph Worth- ingten, U. 8. N.; Mrs. H. L. Lewis and Mrs. Elwell Goldsborough of Connecti- cut. | The arrangem | row for St. Louis, where he will openi BEHes oy the wedding the families and a few close friends at | cousin of the bride at 2211 Thirtieth | | Among the out-of-town guests were | ‘The marriage of Miss Ruth Eda Rid- dick, daughter cof former Representative Carl W. Riddick 2nd Mrs. Grace Keith Riddick, to Mr. varren Everett Mc- Laine of this city, took place yester- day at Feundry M. E. Church, Six- teenth and P streets, the Rev. Dr. Fred- erick Brown Harris officiating. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Rolland C. Riddick, and the bridegroom's best man was his father, Mr. Warren McLaine, attorney ‘in the judge advocate general's office | of the Navy. Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held in the Letts Edu- cational Building of the church, at which the bride and bridegroom’s par- | ents assisted them in receiving the small company of frends who gathered. Mr. and Mrs. McLaine graduated to- gether from Western High School in 1527 and the bridegroom was a mem- ber of last year's graduating class at | American University. They will make their home at the Westficld, 3120 R street northwest. St. Matthew's Lutheran Church was the stene of a pretty wedding Friday evening, when Miss Ramona Antoin- ette Rabak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rabak, became the bride of Mr. | Harry Frederick Wagener, son of Mrs. | Charles F. Matthael of this city. The altar was banked with palms and baskets of Summer flowers and Mrs. Jeanette L. Doty, organist, gave selec- tions preceding the ceremony, and Mrs. | Walter P. Lynn sang. The Rev. E. H. Meuser cfficiated. | The brice was given in marriage by her father and she wore a white chif- | fon gown, with a tulle veil arranged | in cap effect with tulle and lace and ‘T(?ommuéa‘an Page 3, Column 1) | Capt. and Mrs. Van Buren s Daughter Engaged Capt. William R. Van Buren, U. S. N, and Mrs. Van Buren announce the en- | gagement of their daughter Nancy to Mr. Spencer Brownell, jr., of Wilming- | ton, Del,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer | Brownell of Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Brownell is a graduate of Cornell Uni- versity, and Miss Van Buren has com- | pleted her junicr year at Mount Hol- yoke College. The wedding will take | place n the Autumn. Vice presldent and Famlly To Open Gann Home The Vice President, Mr. Charles | Curtis, and his brother-in-law and sis- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, are expecting to go to the latter's home in Cleveland Park in a few days. The house has been made ready for occu- pancy during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Gann in Chicago.