Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1932, Page 25

Capi;cmal;—sv S(;(;ial Highlights Part 3—10 Pages SOCIETY SECTION The Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, MRS. LEO MADIGAN, Before her marriage this month, Miss Ada Louise Elliott, posed at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Watson. Harris-Ewing Photos. Dl DB umeier Seniil Season Here Is Enlivened j e f D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1932. Features for Women MRS. CHARLES N With her husband, Br home, g. Ger at Ch IcK. SALTZMAN Itzman, enjoying their Chase. 1o evy TCampbell-il—lughes Wed ding 3 Attracts Wide Interest Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Hughes. jr.. MRS. JOHN ]J. HAMILTON, l With her son and daughter, Mr. John L. Hamilton Married to Fredericksburg Man—Other Nuptial Events of Week. By Visit of Senor Arias and Mrs. Victor Alfaro, wife of Dr. Alfaro, in the garden of her home. British Ambassador A wedding of more than usual inter- | The wedding reception was particu- est was that yesterday afternoon of larly interesting, taking place in the Miss Margaret Edith Hughes, daughter |CPATMINE home of Mrs. Nannie Clal- Number of Simple Events Given in Honor of Visit | Of President-Elect Of Panama—Hoovcr | Vacation Plans Indefinite. ! BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. |too, were book marks, while a character Just when officials, like the bonus doll, in Grecian dress represented the army, were drifting slowly out of town | “Maid of Athens,” or “Thea,” the | heroine of the novel. and the few remaining society folk were settling down to a series of roof gar- " )\ den, country club and terrace dinner | T Ty e e s f;::es"‘:ft o o D‘""‘:; Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin De- ]"anama‘ e Bndlllno Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for President, is making her debut as an editor, though for years past she has But ail the literary talent is not in the President-elect the Capital created quite a little ripple of hos- | pitality. According to the wishes of | constantly written for magazines. Her Sencr Arias, who once made Wash- new venture is as editor of “Babies: Just ington his home while representing his | Babies,” which dt; to come fro:ln ;he‘ v | Bernarr Macfadden press, an er | et e ey hOROT | 4. ughter, Mrs. Curtis B. Dall, will write were small and simply arranged, the | on the same magazine as an assoctate | Teception at the Panama legation yes- | editor, the magazine to have its birth terday being the largest gathering to | in September. It is said that most of | meet him. Mrs. Roosevelt’s work will be done in | the executive mansion of the Governor Exactly what plans the President and of New York, or if the vote carries her Mrs husband into the White House. it will {be from that famous place che will are not known, but with & nearby|,eng out most if not all of her work. | into Hoover will make for the future | | Panamanian Leyation Reception Is Given | For President-Elect | 300 at Delightful Event to / Senor Dr. Don Harmodio Arias. | | That part of Washington society re- maining in the city during the Mid- summer season turned out en masse for the delightful recepticn given yesterday by the Minister of Panema and Senora de Alfaro, at the legation on New | Hampshire avenue, in honor of the | President-elect of their country, Senor Dr. Don Harmo:io Arias. The dis- tinguiched Panamanian has a host of | friends in the Capital. where he at one time rcpresented his country as Min- ister, and he received warm greetings afternoon. The legation was gay with Summer Sails for Eng]and: TO Return in Fall Ambassador of Belgium Goes B Nem o oW Do matic Nozes. ‘The Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay, sailed vesterday on the Berengaria to join Lady Lindsay in England. The Ambassador and Lady Lindsay will return to Washington in Octobe: The Ambassador Paul May, remain about two weeks. of Belgium, M. The Minister of Swit Peter, has returned to Narragansett Pier, R. I, after spending a short time at the legation in Washington. The |and congratulations throughout the | injster and Mme. Peter lezsed the | Morningside cottage at the resort for the Summer months. s at Newport, where he will | H. BEYEITCEHATES Of Edgemoor, Md., with «ww Vice President to Leave For Olympics Tomorrow son,. Mrs. Bertram Groesheck and little George. her daughter and ¢ of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Hughes jr., of this city, and Mr. Leonard S. Camp- bell of Predericksburg. Va.. son of Mr and Mrs. J. L. Campbell of this city. The ceremony took place in the Metro- politan Baptist Church, the Rev. Wil- {liam A. Emmans officiating. at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee, organist, played the wedding music and accompanied Mr. Leonard Davis, who sang several solos. The decorations in the church were of vari-color Mid- summer flowers against a background of palms and ferns. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She chose for her wedding gown a becoming model of lace molded gracefully to her figure and flaring to- ward the bottom of the long skirt. The bodice was fitted and had cape sleeves. Her small close-fitting turban was white and had a fine lace veil which fell to the shoulders in the back. Her bou- | quet was of white roses and lilles of the valley. Miss Esther Hughes was maid of hon- or for her sister and had a gown of blue point d'esprit fashioned long and flaring, fitted at the waistline and hav- borne Henry, 2001 I street northwest. After a wedding journey, Mr. ano Mrs. Prince will be at home, at 240. Calvert street. The marriage of Miss Mary Zimmer- man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johr Zimmerman. to Dr. David S. Brandt of | Lancaster, Pa., took place Priday i» | Hyattsville, Md., the Rev. Ancrew J Carey officiating, in the presence of only the members of the two families. The bride wore a becoming ensemble costume of dark blue, with accessories to match and a shoulder bouquet of orchids. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt left immedi- ately after the wedding for a motor trip to Canaca, and will stop in New York, Saratoga, Quebec, Mantreal Gaspe, Bar Harbor, Portland, and on their return trip in Atlantic City. They will be at home after September 1 at the Sea View Golf Club, at Absecon N. J A wedding of general interest in Southern Maryland and Washington took place Wednesday, July 20, when Miss Harriet Clotilda Bowie. daughter g Mr. Curtis Will Represent Mr. Hoover at Opening The Minister of Austria, M. Prrchnlk.i ol Games—Secretary o6:State Stimeos spent a short time in Washingion dur- | the’ week, and has joined Mme. | to Return Here. ; Prochnik and their family at Rehcboth | Beach, where thy are establiched for of Mrs. Bowie and the late Judge Rich- mond Irving Bowie of Upper Marlboro, Md, became the bride of Mr. James | Franklin Parran, jr, of Brandywine, | Prince Georges County, Md., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin Parran. The camp which is quite to their mutual| | flowers, many in shades of red. white | | and blue, which carried out the color | liking for res d | o . ,r ,“ A0 roreion, and one of her most widely published | scheme of the flag of Panama. Tha| will not really suffer though the Sum- | o\ ocrapns was mace of her sitting at | long table in the dining room of the mer may be far spent before they her machine. It appeared as an adver- charming legation was artistically ar- seck a wider range of vacationing. tissment for the typewriter she uses ing quaint little puffed sleeves. Her | blue turban was like that of the bride | with a short face veil and she carried Ophelia roses, blue delphinum and gypsophelia. Mr. Robert S. Chamberlin of Wil- Mzs. Roosevelt types her own copy ranged with blossoms and tall tapers, in e ceping with the Panamanian colors. Recelving with the Minister and | and the money from the manufactur: The Republican Women of Wash-|ing company was used for philanthro- | the remainder of the Summer. The Vice President. Mr. Charles Cur- tis, will leave Washington tomorrow |to return to this country in a few weeks. Senator Swanson has been at- mington, Del., cousin of the bridegroom, was best man and the ushers included ceremony was performed at 6 o'clock in the evening on the spacious lawn of the home of the brides evening for Los Angeles, Calif., where he | Beechwood, | will represent the President at the opening of the Olympic games. The Vice President will stop off in Topeka, en route to the Capital after the games. | Lieut. Harry W. Wells, Air Corps, U. S. A.. of Langley PField, cousin of the bride, and Mr. William W. Wood of this city. The ceremony was followed by a wed- ding supper for members of the wed- ding party, which was served at the Washington Hotel. Later Mr. and Mrs. | : Senator and Mrs. James E. Watson ' CAmPbell started on a wedding trip. | the bride traveling in a gown of sheer are remaining in Washington and have brown crepe, a small brown felt hat made no plans for going to their home and brown and white accessories. After in Indiana. August 15 they will be at home at ington, their membership numbering|pic purposes. However, Mrs. Roose- |Senora de Alfato and their noted| The Minister of the Irish Free State It : he | countryman were the secretary of the | 2 hit d- many women velt—if it so happens—will not be t and Mrs. Michael MacWhite, are spen; h" v women of national renown, and | 1" L of the White House to|legation and Semora de Chevalier. |yng the week end with Gen. and the Army Relief Soclety each gave an issue her writings from that residence, | Sencra de Alfaro wore a graceful after- | \s. Edward Logan, at Cohasett, near occasion last woek‘ for the meeting of | for fresh in the minds of many is the |noon gown of beige lace and Senora ‘ Bosf Mass. They will return to the Jarge groups of society folk and showed | pook which Rose Cleveland, sister of | de Chevalier was in & b:coming gown | yonn ‘Shore of Massachusetts tomor- quite clearly that in this election year|(ne late President Cleveland. wrote‘of white lace. | row to spend about a week longar. the Capital is tie center around which | while acting as mistress of the mansion | Assisting the hostesses were Mrs. they all like to gather, | for him. | Maria Arias, Mrs. Cubieta, Mrs. Edward | The Minister ot Rumania, Mr. | Conger and Mrs. David Richardson of | Gharles Davila, spent a short time in |New York, and the two attractive washington this week and returned to daughters and young niece of the hosts, | tne Atlantic Beach Club, where he is | Senorita Rebecca Al‘aro, Senorita | pending the Summer months. - tending the World Disarmament Con- ference, which adjourned yesterday. mother, near Upper Marlboro. The bridal party stood before an im- provised altar of Easter lilies and palms, and as the guests were assembling a string orchestra played. Just before the ceremony Mr. Alec Lorer of Leonard- town sang “Ave Maria” and “I Love You Truly.” = The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her brother, Mr.. Andrew Gwynn Bowie. She wore her grand- mother’s wedding gown of ivory satin, Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick are now at their home at Sheridan, | The Secretary of State, Mr. Henry Wyo. having closed their apartment at L. Stimson, is expected to return t0 2409 Sixteenth street about a week ago. Washington ~ tomorrow from Long | Itland, where he is spending the week | end with Mrs. Stimson at their estate, | | Highhold. | = | Society here is at its best when it| gociety women everywhere seem to turns literary, and everywhere one|pe doing something other than merely heard chatter about the “Maid of entertaining d:nner parties and giving Athens,” the very new novel written | by Mr. French Strother, administration mecretary to President Hoover, and there | was a general scramble to get the book, Which 15 “rignt off the press.” It is a delightful story and sizes up well with Mr. Strother’s “Fighting German Spies” and “All in a Lifetime,” both of which | books were in collaboration with Henry Morgenthau, and to express his ap- preciation of this diplomat and gentle- man, the author has dedicated “Maid | of Athens” to Mr. and Mrs. Morgenthau. | And just to show that one cannot Intimately touch on Washington life without splashing abit in its social waters, Mr. Strother shows a close ob- servation of the rules of life governing society here. Far on in his book when he writes of a foreign stranger in Wash- ington, he goes quite minutely into the calling code and places upon it its rightful value. It was the Secretary to Mr. Hoover and his entertaining wife, Mrs. Walter Hughes Newton, who gave such an unique dinner, small and in- Tormal but with particular interest, in honor of the author and Mrs. Strother. “Maid of Athens” had scarcely slid grom the presses of the New York pub- lishers and the little dinner was ar- ranged to celebrate its appearance. ©uite bookish were the decorations, | with even the ice cream in book form | with open pages on which were quota- | Wons from the novel, and the place cards, \ | steam yacht of Mr. Ray P. Stevens cances, for Mrs. John Hay Whitney. the famous horsewoman who bought a historic estate near Middleburg, has gone into the cinema theatre business. She had leased a building adapted to cinema shows, had it remodeled, air- conditioned, has installed a sound equipment, put the charge for en- | trance at 30 cents for grown-up folks, | and half that amount for children She has announced to her friends that | this form of entertainment will ease | the way between horse shows and | house parties. and of course it will be a boon to the regular residents of that section of the country, for she will have ouly the best films shown. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose has chosen a purely pleasureable way of entertain- ing her friends through the hot season and has chartered the Nevada, the quite sizeabl¢ and exceedingly luxurious of New York. and on this she will en- tertain parties for cruises all along the North and South Atlantic coast. There is ample Toom on the yacht for entertaining a dozen guests, quite com- fortably, though for the most her par- ties will not be that large. Scarcely a week end passes but that Mrs. Loose entertains a house party, ....ny of her guests going from Washington as it is in this city that she spends her Win- ters. | Southern Society on Cecilia Alfaro and Senorita Abigail | Alfaro, who has been visiting her uncle and aunt for some time. Senorita | Rebecca Alfaro was in a frock of | powder blue crepe de chine with a jacket of lace and h-r sister wore a water-rose chiffon and lace gown. | There were about 300 guests, includ- | ing members of the cabinet, diplomatic | corps, and residential society. Dr‘ and Mrs- Grosvflnor Visiting Yosemite Valley Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, who recently left the Capital, are at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park for a stay of several days. They are| guests of Col. C. G. Thomson, park superintendent, while on motor trips to Glacler Point, on the rim of Yose- mite Valley, and to Tuclumne Meadows, in the High Sierra. They plan to go to San Francisco af‘er their Yosemite visit. o River Trip Tomorrow Night | Plans have been completed for the moonlight trip of the Southern Society | tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock aboard the City of Washington. Mr. John Pranklin Little and Miss Etta ‘Taggart are in charge of arrangements for the trip. The Minister of Venezuela, Senior Dr. Don Pedrd” Manuel Arcaya, has rejoined Senora de Arcaya and their camily at Atlantic City, where they have a cottage for the season. The Minister of Siam, Phya Subarn Sompati. was joined in New York the end of the week by Mme. Subarn Som- patl. They will meet their children on their arrival tomorrow from England and later in the week will go north to Valcour on Lake Champlain, where the Minister spent last week arranging for a cottage. The children of the Min- ijster and Mme. Subarn Sompati have been in school in England. The charge d'affaires of Paraguay | and Senora de Ynsfran have taken a cottage at Atlantic City, where they will go the end of the week to remain two months. The charge d'affaires of Nicaragua and Senora Debayle will return tomor- row from Atlantic City, where they are spending the week end. The counselor of the French em- bassy, M. Jules Henry, is spending the week end in New York. The counselor of the Canadian lega- tion, Mr. Hume Wrong, and the first (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) { The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. 1103 Prince Edward street, in Pred- which was also worn by the brice's | Ogden L. Mills, has joined Mrs. Mills | at their home at Woodbury, Long Lsland. The Secretary and Mrs. Mills | will entertain guests on their yacht | Avalon today. | Th: Postmaster General, Walter F. | Brown, is a member of the party mak- |ing the official trial trip of the S.'S Manhattan which is being held over the |Navy course at Rockland, Me. The built and will be on the water about three days, after which she will sail for her maiden voyage to Germany, Au- gust 10. Mr. Brown will return to Washington and join Mrs. Brown at | their apartment at the Shoreham. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, will return to the Gapital tomorrow. He is spending today .with Mrs. Adams at the Glades, |in Massachusetts. The Secretary at- |tended the dedication ceremony of the | Cadilac Mountain road in_Candia Na- tional Park, Me., yesterday: The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. A“.r M. Hyde, left Washington yes- | te- %, afternoon to spend about 10 days with Mrs. Hyde at their home at Tren- ton, Mo. Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swan- son, who are in Geneva, are expected Ship left Camden; N. J, where she was | o U iem R | Seator Burton K. Wheeler has joined Mrs. Wheeler and their family at their | | Summer home on Lake McDonald, in | the Glacier Naticnal Park. | Senator Burton K. Wheeler has joined man are at their apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel and will not leave for . /their home in Colorado until later in | the season. | Eaton have closed their apartment at | Wardman Park Hotel for the Summer |and are now at their home in Denver, | Colo., where they will remain until Con- “gres convenes, next December. Representative Cyrenue Cole of Iowa | has closed his apartment and is return- {ing to his home in Cedar Rapids. He | will return in the late Autumn and take > | up his residence at Wardman Park. Ho- | tel, where he has made his home for | the past several years during his stay in Washington. ‘The United States Minister to Guate- | mala and Mrs. Sheldon P. Whitehouse | will arrive in this country this week from Paris, where they have been visit- Whitehouse. The Minister and Mrs. Whitehouse will open their place, East- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2. ) ing the former’s mother, Mrs. Pitshugh| mother at her wedding. The gown is designed with a long_train, and the (Continued on Page 6, Column' 1.) ericksburg. Among the out-of-town gussts were: Mrs. Willlam B. Chamberlin of Denver, Colo, aunt of the bridegroom; Mrs. Robert 8. Chamberlin of Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. B. W Tanstll of Miami, FI. and her daughter, Miss Bereneice Tan- | sill, aunt and cousin of the bride, and 7 % Mr, and Mrs, A’ B, Westerman of Bal. | SEDator David I Walsh are members e of the Men's Committee for the,repeal | Ry ball, to be given August 12 at the | A simply but beautifully arranged | Consressional Country Club, under the Midsummer wedding was that at 5 Auspices of the Blue Cockade Assocla- io'clock yesterday afternoon of Miss | tion of New York. The ball will be the !Janet Christian of Buenavista, Ga., |frst of its kind in Washington. Others daughter of Mrs. Martha Christian of | Who are on the committee, of which that place, and Mr. D. F. Prince, son of A Mr. William Bowle Clarke is cnairman, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Prince of Calhoun,’| Mclude Maj. Gen. George 'O. Sqlter, ‘Tenn. The ceremony was performed 1n‘ Mr. George Oakley Totten,.Mr. Edward the residence of the Rev. J. Phelps‘Goflng Bliss, Mr. Martyn Clarke, Mr. Hand, pastor of the Wesley Methodist | John Baldwin Cochiran, Mr. Walter W. Episcopal Church, in the presence of | Davidge, Mr. Ronald Fairfax, Mr. members of the family and. close | Walter D. Wilcox, Mr. Henry Price friends. | Wright, Mr. John P. Story, jyr.. mr ‘The bride’s mother was her only at- ‘ Archibald C. V. Wells, Mr. Sylvanus tendant and gave her in marriage. | Stokes, jr.; Mr. George C. Minnigerode, Mr. Prince had five of his close men | Mr. Charles Colfax Long, Capt. G. J. friends with him at the ceremony—Mr. | Van Lennet, Mr. Richard Flournoy, Howard Vesey of Ohio, Mr. Dwight | Col. Jack Haines, Mr. Lawrence E. de Taylor of Seattle and Mr. Robert O.|S. Hoover, Mr. Allen Bowie Howard, Boyd, also of Oregon, all of them now | Mr. Warwick Montgomery, Mr. Julius I. living in Washington, and Mr. Donald : Peyser, Mr. Oliver Mallory Walker, Mr. Beelar of Portland and Mr. Edward | William Jeffries Ohewning, jr., and Mr. Miner of Chicago, also residing here. John W. Colbert. Senators Tydings ;r;dr Walsh Senator Millard E. Tydings and A