Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 29

Capi Hi tal’s Social ghlights SOCIETY SECTION he Sundwy Star, Part 3—10 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY Features for Womenh MORNING JANUARY 8, 1933. MISS TERESA SAUL, Daughter of Mrs. B. Franc is announced to Mr. Harris-Ewil W. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. is Saul, whose engagement Gwynn Gardiner, jr., Gwynn Gardiner. ng Photo. Washington Officialdom Withdraws From Society For Period All State Functions at of Mourning White House Canceled Out 0{ Respect {01’ Former President Official soci led by the President| and Mrs. Hoover, will take no active part in the entertainments of the next few weeks, thus paying their respects to former President Coolidge and his greatly beloved widow. State functions at the White House have been canceled | until the dinner to the Speaker of the House, which is scheduled for Thursday evening, February 9. The official period of mourning, however, will end Febru- ary 5 Dinner parties for the President and Mrs. Hoover given ually by the members of the President's official | “family” have not been planned, the | Vice President, Mr. Curtis, having en- | tertained them in December. No in- | vitations for a dinner for them have been issued by the “next in line,” the | Becretary of State and Mrs. Stimson. The officials and their wives having | withdrawn from the gayeties of so- clety, the residential and younger gen- eration will take their place, the first | festivity tiis week being the second of | the Washington Bachelors cotillions this | season. The Vice President, Mr. Curtis, | and his sister, Mrs. Gann, were to be the | guests of honor, but have canceled their | social engagements. Miss Alexandra Bacon, debutante daughter of Repre- sentative Mrs, Rober Low Bacon, will dance the cotillion with Brig. Gen. ‘William E. Horton, president of the or- tion, who will lead the figures, Gen. Horton ions with the third generat ‘World War the dem present “Bac estsbhsh'rem m Gen day, is one of the best balls. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Mi ter of Panama, will receive the w evening, assisted by Mrs. Ba- Duchess de Richel ed Horton, dancers who, to- at the co the Pana rps is undergoing bachelors w be ist of ambassadors, the | Ambassador of Italy, | e Ambassador of | oth of whom are| en route to this| s will make | s in \thmxlorh hostesses, and the Am- xico, Senor Pulg Casau- rome some months ago, 3 embassi bassacc ranc, who ssor et this The announ the engagement ¢ to Mr. William Gwy of more than usual interest in resi- dential circles, where the families of both Miss Saul and Mr. Gardiner have been prominent for many years. Miss made today, of fiss Teresa Saul | Gardiner, jr., is | Coolidge. Saul is the daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Francis Saul and the late Mr. Saul, and was educated in the convents of the Sacred Heart in Rome and in Washington. She is a member of the Junior League, and her father was a ploneer in real estate circles in Wash- ington. The families of Miss Saul and Mr. Gardiner have taken a leading pert in the history of New York, Maryland and the District. The prospective | bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Gwynn Gardiner of Washing- ton, @ graduate of the University of Virginia, took his law degree from Georgetown University and is a mem- ber of the Washington Bachelors. He is a descendant of the Rev. Everadus Bogardus, the first ordained preacher in the Dutch settlement New Amster- dam, now the State of New York. Mr. Gardiner, sr. served as Commissioner of the District during the administration | of the late Woodrow Wilson. Bachelors' Cotxllmn Tomorrow at Mayflower The Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann will not be present at the Washington Bachelors' Cotillion tomorrow at the Mayflower, due to the official mourn- ‘They have been invited by the ing. | Executive Committee of the cotillion as | the guests of honor at the third ball of the season, to be given February 13. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Min- ster of P a, will head the receiv- E: orrow evening instead of Receiving with her will rt Low Bacon, Duchess de Mrs. George H. Cal- vert, jr. Among the chaperons will be Senora Mrs. Mark Bristol, Mrs. John | Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Marcy Sperry, Mrs. Courtland Nixon, Mrs. Willlam Mrs. Lewis W. Jen- Francis M. Savage ertaining at dinner vill be Mrs. Jacob and Mrs. Robert Mrs. t de Prieto, Price, and fo 11 Eennett. Mrs. Doughcrty Cl’l;;en Inaugural Ball Chairman Preparations for the Inaugural Ball Saturday evening, March 4, have al- ready commenced. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman of the Inaugural Charity Ball in 1928, is chairman of the Inaugural Ball this year. As President- elect Roosevelt has said members of | his family would attend the function, it is anticipated that this vear’s Inaugural Ball will take on an importance and cffictal character that it lacked in recent rs, when the bal r The size of the ball this year may be judged by the fact that there are now 38 Democratic Governors, and indica- tions are that nearly all of them will | attend, many with their staffs, necessi- tating the construction of an even greater number of boxes than formerly have been required. h has been a civic | r than a national entertainment. SENORA DE IRUJO, Wife of the Minister-counselor of the Spanish embassy, daughters N and their Taria Theresa and Maria Louisa. Harris-Bwing Photo. MYERS, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Myers, Underwood Photo. MISS MARY HEWITT a debutante the day after Christmas. George Gibson, MISS DORIS GIBSON, Daughter of Representative Gibson of Vermont and the late Mrs. returned from holiday visit in the North. Ernest W. Harris-Ewing Photo. MISS FRANCES PAGE SIMONDS, Presented during the holi- days by her parents, the commandant of the Army War College and Mrs. George S. Simonds. Underwood Photo. Cushman-Williams Wedding Rites Held In New York City Miss Mary Beth Fisher and Lieut. George H. Wales Married in Galveston. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Newbold an- nounce the marriage of the latter'’s sis- ter, Mrs. Catherine Crowley Williams, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam C. Crowley of Grosse Pointe, Mich., to Mr. William Michael Cushman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlon Vannevar Cush- | man of Washington. The wedding took | place yesterday in New York City in the | presence of the members of the immedi- ate families. Mrs. Newbold was matron of honor for her sister and Mr. F. Moran Mc- Conihe of Washington was best man. | Mrs. Cushman attended Miss Spence’s School in New York City and made | her debut in Detroit in 1928. She is a member of the Junior League of Wash- | |ington. Mr. Cushman attended Phil- | | lips-Andover Academy and graduated 1 from Brown University and Georgetown |Law School. He is & member of the | Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs |and is practicing law in the District of | | Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Cushman are on their | wedding trip to the West Indies, and on thelr return will make their home at 2029 Connecticut avenue. Dr.and Mrs. William Comstock Fisher | of Galveston, Tex., announce the mar- | riage of their daughter, Mary Beth, to | Lieut. George Herick Wales, U. 8. N, son of the Civil Service Commissioner | and Mrs. George Russell Wales, Thurs- | day, January 5, at 5 o'clock, in Galves- ton, Tex. Lieut. Wales is stationed in Panama. Mrs. Thomas Edson Knode announced the marriage of her daughter Ramona }w Ensign John Gilmore Spangler, U, 5. | Academy, Chaplain Lash ofciating. The bride is the daughter of the late | Lieut. Thomas Edson Knode, Air Corps, U. 8. A, and the grand-daughter of the late Brig. Gen. Willlam Thomas Clark, U.S. A | Ensign Spargler, who is the son of Lincoln, Nebr., graduated from the Na- val Academy in the class of 1932. Immediately after the ceremony En- sign Spangler and his bride left for the ‘West Coast, where Ensign Spangler will (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) N, Monday in the chapel at the Naval | Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Spangler of | The Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson will return tomorrow to Washington from their home, High- hold, on Long Island, where Mrs. Stim- son jolned the Secretary after he at- tended the services for the late former President. Senator and Mrs. Arthur R. Robinson | of Indiana are at the Mayflower for the | remainder of the congressional season. | Their daughter, Miss Kathryn Robin- | son, 2 recent graduate of De Pauw Uni- | versity, is with them. Mrs. Hancock, wife of Repre‘enmlue\ | Clarence E. Hanccek of New York, ar-| rived in Washington Thursday from | | Syracuse and will remain at the May- | | lower for the balance of the congres- sional season. The United States Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Willlam S. Culbertson, will | leave Washington Thursday by air for | his post at Santiago de Chile, after | spending Chritmas and the holidays with Mrs. Culbertson and their daugh- , Miss Junia Culbertson and Miss Culbertson in Washington. The have returned to their | at Bryn Mawr and Mrs. Culbert- son will remain in their apartment in Wardman Park Hotel. studies The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, will be joined this week by Mrs. Cum- ming who has been visiting their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Manville Kendrick in Wyoming. Mrs, James W. Gocd, widow of the former Secretary of War, has arrived to [ spend the remainder of the season and | has opened her apartment at the Ward- | man Park Hotel. Former Repreentative and Mrs. George R. Stobbs of Massachussts are spending a few days in Washington at the Mayflower. Yesterday Mrs. Stobbs was guest of honor at the Sixty-niners Club luncheon given at the Mayflower by Mrs, Harcourt J. Pratt, president; Mrs, Albert E. Carter, first president of the group, and Mrs. Frederick M. Dav- enport. Mrs. Stobbs is a member of the club that lncl\*d the wives of the Mr. ahers. Stimson Return To Washington Tomorrow | Senator and Mrs. Arthur R. Robinson Joined by Daughter Here for Congres- sional Seasan. sixty-nine new members of Congress to the Sixty-ninth Congress. Since the organization of this group in the Winter of 1925, similar clubs have been formed by the wives of new Representatives in Congress. Col. and Mrs. James Blyth have re- turned to their apartment, at Wardman Park Hotel, after spending the past several days with friends at Long Island. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson | White have returned from a visit to the latter's brother-in-law and sister, | | Maj. and Mrs. Frank M. Kennedy, at Maxwell Fleld, Montgomery, Ala. The commercial attache of the United | States legation in Bucharest, Mr. Sproul Fouche, is making a brief visit in Washington. Mayor and Mrs. Clarence E. F. Het- rick of Asbury Park, N. J, have arrived in Washington for the remainder of the Winter and are again at the May- flower, where they have spent the past few seasons. Capt. Carl Dana Hill, a member of the faculty of Staunton Military Acad- emy, with Mrs. Hill and daughter, Miss Betty Hill, are visiting Miss Shunk in Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Richard S. Huestis, who has been vice consul to Calcutta for the past two and a half years, is at the Mayflower for a week's stay. A former resident of Cambridge, Mass., Mr. Huestis has spent part of the past two months in New York and New England. Dinner Dance in Honor Gen. Crosby Postponed ‘The dinner dance planned by the 2d Squadron of the 306th Cavalry Re- serve Saturday evening in honor of the Commissioner of the District, Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, has been postponed owing to official mourning.: The party was to be given at the Shoréham, the guests also to include the’ counsejor of the Swedish legation and Baromess Beck-Friis and Comdr. and Mrs. Theo- dore Starr Wilkinson. Capt. Albert J. McCurdy, jr., chair- man of the Social Activities Committee, was in charge of arrangements. Invitations for Dinner For Friday Recalled by| Maj. Gen. G. V. Henry| Walter D. Entertain Mr. and Mrs. Denegre Will Saturday Evening. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Guy V. Henry have recalled invitations for the dinner Friday evening, out of respect to the late former President Coolidge. Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Denegre will entertain a company at dinner Satur- day evening and with their guests later will attend the second meeting of the dancing class, which will be held in the Sulgrave Club. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliiam McNeir wiil entertain at tea this afternoon in their | home at 1844 Monroe street in compli- ment to Signor Victor Emanuel Sprea- fica-Droume and Signora Spreafica- Droume of Milan, Italy, whose marriage | took place December 28. Signora Sprea- | fica-Droume before her marriage was Miss Mede McNeir, niece of Mr. and Mrs. McNelr. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will enter- |tain at luncheon Wednesday at the Mayflower in tompliment to Mme. Con- | chita Supervia, brilliant Spanish mezzo- soprano, and Mr. Alberto Salvi, Italian artists at her concert that| | harpist, | morning at the hotel. Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie will en- tertain at luncheon following the sec- ond of Mrs. Kendrick Phillips’ book re- | | views, Priday at the Carlton Hotel. The | luncheon was originally planned for Mrs. Gann, but due to the mourning period Mrs. Gann will be unable to at- tend. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gallagher en- tertained a company at dinner last evening at Wardman | Park. Mrs. Miles C. Trowbridge entertained for her daughter, Miss Marianna Trow- bridge, with a marionette show. Miss Trowbridge and Mr. Bill Pennington acted as puppeteers. The guests were: Miss Rosalynn Bu- | chanan, Miss Gloria Metzger, Miss Ruth | Marshall, Miss Betty Lou Trowbridge, Miss Marjorie Plitt, Miss Betty Sanford, Miss Mildred Curtis, Miss Jean Orm!.} Miss Mary Howard Thompson, Miss Marion Shenke, Miss Dorothy Ann Smithson, Miss Anné Herrle, Mr. Bill Penningnton, Mr. John Morrey, Mr. Curtis Walker, Mr, Earl Skinker, Mr. Fritz Esch, Mr. James Hollis, Mr. Har- | Charles A. Davila, will return today or | (Onnumlq on Page 5, Column 2) MRS. PHILIP OWEN COFFIN And her daughters, Miss Alicia Meyer Rodgers and Miss Virginia Rodgers. Underwood Photo, Dinner Invitations Recalled By Ambassador of France M. and Mme. Claudel Obscrve Period O{ Mourn- ;ng~0ther Soc;ety News of Dip]omatic Set in Washington. The Ambassador of France and Mme. | Claudel have recalled invitations for| the dinner January 25, because of offi- cial mourning. The Ambassador of Argentins, Senor Filipe A. Espil, will receive Friday aft- ernoon in the National Gallery of Art from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock for the open- ing of the exhibit of paintings by the Argentine artist, Senor Cesareo Ber- naldo de Quiroz, who will receive with the Ambassador. Invitations were issued yesterday by the Naional Gal- ( lery for the exhibition, which includes about 50 canvasses, portrayals of the goucho or cowboy of the Argentine. The Minister of Rumania, Mr.| tomorrow from New York, where he has been for several days. i The Minister of the Irish Pree State, Mr. MacWhite, will go to Chestertown, Md,, Tuesday to deliver an address that evening on “International . Relations” | in the Chestertown High School. The Minister of Venezuela and | Senora de Arcaya sailed yesterday aboard the Mauretania for their home in Venezuela, where they will spend a short vacation returning to Wash- ington the middle of February. The Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge will return the first of the week from their home in Canada, where they spent the holidays. The Minister of Egypt, Sesostris Sidarouss Pasha, was host to a small company informally at luncheon yes- terday. The charge d'affaires of the Polish embassy and Mme. Sokolowska were guests of Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, who entertained at dinner Wednesday evening at the Mayflower preceding the benefit concert given under auspices of the Italian embassy. Her other guests | at dinner and also in her box that eve- | ning were the military attache of the Cuban embassy and Senora de Prieto and Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, U. 8. A, retired. The charge d'affaires of Persia and Mme. Azodi will entertain at luncheon today in the legation in honor of Capt. Shabani representative of the war de- | partment of Persia, who will be a guest at the legation for some time. The charge d'affaires and Mme Azodi were hosts to a few friends at dinner last evening. The counselor of the Pinnish legation, Dr. Niilo Idman, will leave Washington Sunday, January 15, and will sail the | following Wednesday aboard the Drott- ningholm for a vacation in his home before taking up his duties in the for- eign office. The counselor of the Czechoslovak legation and Mme. Skalicky postponed the dinner which they planned for last evening in honor of Senator and Mrs. Royal 8. Copeland because of the death of former President Coolidge. They will be hosts informally at dinner Tuss- | | day evening and again Friday evening. Dr. and Mme. Skalicky are expected to leave Washington the middle of next | month for their home in Czechoslovakia. The financial counselor of the Ru- manian legation and Mme. Boncesco will return tomorrow from New York, where they have been for a few days. The third secretary of the Mexican embassy, Senor Don Francisco Vazquez- Treserra, and Senora Dona Alicia Peon- del-Valle de Vazquez-Treserra are Tee ceiving congratulations on the birth ot & daughter Friday in Washington, The retiring air attache of the French embassy and Mme. Thenault were the guests in whose honor the air attache of the Italian embassy and Signora Sbernadori entertained at dinner last evening. Maj. Thenault and his family will leave Washington the middle of next week and will sail Friday, January 20, aboard the Paris for their home in Prance. They will be accompanied by their children and Mrs. Thenault's mother, Mrs. O. M. Spencer, who has been with them in Washington sincs before Christmas. | Official Hostesses Cancel At Homes Mrs. Hughes, wife of the Chief Jus- tice, will not observe her days at home during January, and will not receive February 6. again until Monday, The chief of naval operations, Ad- miral William V. Pratt, and Mrs. Pratt | will not observe their Monday after- noone at home through January. Mrs. Ben H. Fuller, wife of the ma- jor general commandant of the Marine Corps, will not recelve on Mondays during the period of officlal mourning. Mrs. Richard L. Hoxie and her sister, Mrs. Robert Clay Sherrill, will be at home informally this evening to friends who have been invited to hear a pro- gram of original poems and music of Miss Maude Judith Scruggs. Mme. Lou- ise Cambourl, soprano soloist, will sing a group of Miss Scr songs, accom+ panied by the compo Tea will be served st 6 o'clock and the program | will follow Metropolxtan Opera lel Not Appear Here in Spring The Executive Committee of the Washington Opera Assoctation. of whicht Miss Elizabeth Butler Howry is the chairman, announces that the associa< tion will not bring the Metropolitan Opera Co. to Washington this Spring, under its auspices, due to & vote on the part of cpera guarantors that the city's | resources must still be devoted to chari- table enterprises. The committee, which is composed y, chairman; Mrs. Robert | Low Bacon, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. | Pranklin Ellis, Mrs. Joseph S. Parker and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, organ- ized the Opera Association in 1929 and since thén has sponsored three most successful scasons of the Metropolitan Opera Co. here. Shoultt there be an opera season in Baltimore this Spring the committee will co-cperate by taking reservations for that city’s season. through its Cabinet anes Mol.rmng Discontinue At Homes The ladies of the cabinet, in obsery- ence of the present period of mourning in respect to the late former President of the United States, have discontinued their weekly at homes until further notice. Mrs. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of War, will not receive at Belmont to-