Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1933, Page 29

Capital’s Social Highlights Part 3—10 Pages MRS. WILLIAM H. WOODIN, Wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, in an informal pose. Associated Press Photo. i B W2 B )RR MRS. DANIEL C. ROPER, Wife of the Secretary of Commerce, long-time resident here. Associated Press Photo. i\/I;my Ladies Well Known To Washington Society Included in New Cabinet Several Astute Feminine Politicians Included Among Wives of President Roosevelt's Advisers. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Every four, and at the most every #ight years, the White House has & new Imistress and there clusters about her $he wives of cabinet members as a so- atal support. Not in many administra- tions has there been a group of women 80 well known in Washington as is this one, the First Lady herself having spent several years here as a resident dating from 1017, and Mrs. Garner, wife of the ¥ice President, has a much longer claim &8 an old resident, having lived in Wash- ngton continuously since March 4, 1903, when her husband was seated in the Fifty-eighth Congress. Closely allied with Mrs. Roosevelt in her social world @8 mistress of the White House are the cabinet women. Both Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner are new women in the broadest sense of the word, and their general inter- ests are more closely in line than have been those of a First and Second ZLady of the Land in past history. Only recently they met in Washington and discussed to & limited extent their plans, Mrs, Roosevelt advising Mrs. Garner to carry on with her husband’s work as she saw fit, while already Mrs. | | ington by a large circle of friends, made Roosevelt has announced through the press her intention of living to a great extent the course of life she has always pursued. Next in rank to Mrs. Garner comes another Southern woman and an old ‘Washington favorite, Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the new Secretary of State, who has lived in Washington for many years, first as the wife of a Representa- tive and then a Senator, always en- Joying her affiliation with the Congres- sional Club, the Women's Democratic Club and other interests of women in Washington. Mrs, Hull has all the charm of manner of & Southern woman | combined with a pleasant voice and many accomplishments. Her task will be to keep in close touch with mem- bers of the diplomatic corps, and while she will likely confine her activities through the Spring season to an ex- change of calls and & reception or tea to the diplomatic corps, she will pre- side at the diplomatic breakfast, or perhaps it will be & tea, on New Year day and will otherwise function socially 1n a larger way. On her shoulders rests the most onorous social burden and the most delicate task of any woman in the cabinet. It is scarcely to be expected that Mrs. Willilam H. Woodin will take the active part in private soclety in Wash- fngton that Mrs, Ogden Mills has taken, but those who have known here in her delightful home at No. 2 East Sixty- seventh street in New York, and at her Summer home, Dune House, at East Hampton, Long Island, easily con- clude that she will grace her official position here. As PFirst Lady of Utah, while her husband was Governor of the State, Mrs. George H. Dern, who occupies third place on the cabinet list, her hus- band having been selected as Secretary of War, filled her social role with credit and like most of the other women of the new cabinet, she is an astute poli- tician. Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, is perhaps the most astute woman politician in the Capital. She is a member of the Illi- nofs Legislature and can parry words (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Career of French Envoy Embraces SCW;CG Here The newly appointed Ambassador of France, M. de la Boulaye, and Mme. de 1a Boulaye, will be greeted in Wash- when M. de la Boulaye served at this post before. He came first as second secretary and later was promoted to secretary and his last duty here was as counselor of the embassy, in 1923. Mme. de la Boulaye came to Washington as a bride, her marriage taking place in Paris while M. de la Boulaye was on leave after being transferred from Rome to Washington in 1912, She formerly was Mile. Hely d'Oissel of Paris and was one of the charming hostesses in the diplomatic service. M. and Mme. de la Boulaye occupied Macsfolly Farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. McKenney in Kensington, Md., in 1924. while M. de la Boulaye was charge d'affaires in the absence of the much beloved Ambassador, the late M. Jules J. Jusserand. After serving in Washington as sec- ond sercetary of the embassy, M. de la Boulaye returned to Parls, where in 1914, while he and Mme. de la Boulaye were enjoying a vacation, he was re- called to service, not only in the for- eign office, but in military duty in Paris as well. They returned to Washington, however, in 1915, when M. de la Boulaye again became an aide to M. Jusserand at the Washington embassy. As coun- selor of the embassy, M. de la Boulaye succeeded Prince de Bearn. Mile. Marie Therese de la Boulaye, eldest child of the new Ambassador and Mme. de 1s Boulaye, was born in Wash- ington and is of debutante age. SOCIETY SECTION he Sundwy St WASHINGTON, D. O, MRS. JOHN NANCE GARNER, Second Lady of the Land. Bachrach Photo. MRS. DELANO ROOSEVELT, ‘Who assumed her place as the Nation’s hostess yesterday. Underwood Photo. MRS. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, Washington favorite, whose husband yesterday became Secretary of the Navy. Harris-Ewing Photo. Who presides over the home of the Secretary of Agriculture. Assoctated Press Photo. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1933, MRS Wife of the Secretary of State. They will live at the Carlton. ; L} ] CORDELL HULL, Associated Press Photo. A. FARLEY, Who yesterday came into the cabinet circle as the wife of the Postmaster General. Assoclated Press Photo. MRS. HAROLD L. ICKES, Member of the Illinois Legislature and wife of the Secretary of Interior. Assoclated Press Photo. Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Garner and ladies of the new cabinet, who will assist the mistress of the White House in guiding official so- J apanese Envoy and Wife Vice President Garner Entertain New York Guests clal affairs. Secretary of State And Mrs. Hull Hosts At Dinner in Hotel New Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern Guests at Mayflower. ‘The new Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull had guests dining with them last evening at the Carlton, where they are staying. The Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern were the guests in whose honor former Gov. Nellle Tayloe Ross enter- tained at dinner at the Mayflower be- fore the Inaugural Ball. Others in the large company were Senator Richard B. Russell, jr., of Georgia, Senator Alva B. Adams of Colorado, Gov. and Mrs. Leslie A. Miller of Wyoming, Gov. and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, Gov. and Mrs, Clyde L. Herring of Iowa, Mrs. J. E. King of Texas, who came to rep- resent Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas at the inaugural ceremonies; the new First Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. Joseph O'Mahoney, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and Mrs. Charles 'S. Hamlin, former Senator and Mrs. Gilbert N. Hitchcock of Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh and Mrs. Oscar R. Ewing of Freldston, N. Y.; Miss Helen Thomas of Boston, Mrs. T. S. Taliferro, Dr. and Mrs. Tom H. Taliferro and Mr. Seddon Taliaferro of Rock Springs, Wyo.; Mrs. Jack Clark and Miss Helen Hylton of Wyoming, Mrs. P. J. Quealey of Kam- merer, Wyo.; Mrs. Ralph Richardson of Gaylord, Va.; Mr, Nathan Bartlet Mrs. Casenove Lee. Miss Sue White, Mr. and Mrs. George Tayloe Ross of New York, Miss Helen Ross and Mr. Brad- ford Ross. ‘The chief of the protocol division of the State Department and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins were hosts to a com- pany at a buffet supper last evening be- fore the inaugural ball. Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton Goodwin, who are spending several months at the Mayflower, entertained st dinner last evening before the ball. Among their 20 guests were the Min= (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.). ‘The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi had as their guests for the in- auguration the Japanese consul general in New York, M. Kensuke Hoiinouchi and Mme. Hoiineuchi, who will return to New York today. ‘The Ambassador of Italy, Signor Augusto Rosso, will be host at dinner Tuesday evening, when his guests will include Signor Arturo Toscanini, who will conduct the final concert in Wash- ington of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra that afternoon, and Signora Toscanini. The dinner party will be followed by music, The Ambassador will be host at tea tomorrow afterncon in compliment to Signor Vittorio Podrecca, director of the Teatro Piccoll, and the members of his staff. Signor Tullio Serafin, director of the Metropolitan Opera, is the guest of the Ambassador over Sunday. The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter again are in their house at 2031 Q street northwest after spend- ing the Winter in their Geneva home. The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik will entertain & company in- formally at supper this evening in the legation. The Minister and Mme. Prochnik haye as their guests the former’s daughter; Mrs. Francls Le Compte Spalding, and her infant daughter, born Wednesday. .Mr. Spalding, who is United States vice consul in Panama, will arrive the end of the month to make the acquaintance of his daughter. ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr, MacWhite, will be host at dinner this evening, entertaining in honor of his house guest, Judge Morgan J. O'Brien of New York, who came for the ‘Consul Gefleral and Mme- Hail‘flouchi Inaugura- tion Guests of Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi. Ambassador ROHSO to Give Dinner. inauguration and is remaining over Sunday. The Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles A. Davila, has as his guest over Sun- day M. Georges Enesco, famous violin- ist and composer of Rumania, who came for the inauguration. ‘The Minister of Honduras and Senora de Davila will go to New York this week to remain a fortnight. The charge d’affaires of Persia and Mme, Azodi have sent out invitations for a reception, with dancing, March 15, from 4 to 7 o'clock, in the legation on Sixteenth street in celebration of the birthday anniversary of his ma- jesty, Resa Shah Pahlavi, Mrs. Salzman Exhibits With Independent Artists Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles McKin- ley Saltzman have with them their niece, Miss Lydia Childs Eskridge. Mrs. Saltzman has five ofl paintings in the exhibit of the Society of Inde- pendent Artists at 827 Seventeenth street. The exhibit opened Tuesday and will continue through March 11. Mrs. Saltzman’s group of pictures in- cludes & scene of the south garden of the White House, Plerce Mill, the Washington Monument, the garden of Mrs. Whitman Oross and & picture called “Scurrying Clouds.” President General, D. A.R., Holds Open House The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Russell ‘William Magna, president general, will mem- $till Undecided on Activities in Society He and Mrs. Gamner Are Already Well Acquainted With Customs Here. Whether or not the Vice President and Mrs. John Nance Garner fall into the line that past history decreed them as social pinch hitters for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Temains to be seen. While théy have always shown their full quota of hospitality, they have never carried on with any set program of entertaining or of being entertained and they have been in Washington long enough to have seen what generally falls to the lot of a Vice President. ‘Their suite at the Hotel Washington, modest as it is, is far more ample for entertaining whenever their official po- sition demands it than is the usual pri- vate residence. Indeed the late Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, like Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge, and Vice President Curtis, proved be- yond & doubt that it is not only less ex- pensive, but more convenient to live in s hotel than in a private house during such incumbency of office. ‘Vice President Levi P. Morton, in the residence now used by his daughter, Mrs. William Cochran Eustis, as & Win- ter home, left such a social blaze of brillancy behind him as to make the administration of President Harrison look drab, while the reign of Garrett A. Hobart, who occupied an ample, old fashioned house on Lafayette Square, gave the McKinley administration its greatest streak of brilliancy. ‘When James 8. Sherman, Vice Pres- ident in the administration of President Taft, took what he considered an ample residence adequate for all the large en- tertainments inherited with his office, he found to his sorrow that it was not nearly large enough. For a fact it was at their first ‘reception for the diplo- matic corps that they made the sad discovery that a residence large enough for a Senator or a Representative was not large enough by half for a Vice President. The public in-giee saw Am- (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.), MRS. GEORGE H. DERN, ‘Whose husband is Secretary of War. Associated Press Photo. TMany Inauguraf Visitors Are Guests for Week End Wyoming and Michigan Governors Staying at Carlton—Other Prominent Out-of-Town Per- sons Also Registered at Other Places. ‘The Governor of Wyoming and Mrs. Leslie A. Miller are at the Carlton for | & few days, having come on for the | inaugural ceremonies. The Governor of Michigan and Mrs. | William A. Comstock came to Wash- | Ington for the inaugural ceremonies, ac- | companied by their son, and are at the Carlton. The Solicitor General of the State | of New York and Mrs. Henry Epstein are at the Carlton, having come to | ‘Washington for the inauguration. The former Postmaster General and Mrs. Walter F. Brown are remaining at their apartment at the Shoreham for a few days. The former Secretary of Commerce | and Mrs. Roy D. Chapin will leave | Washington today for their home in | Detroit. ‘The house on New Hempshire, | avenue which they occupied during | their short stay in Washington is being : closed. | Judge and Mrs. Peter B. Hanson of | Brooklyn, N. Y., are at the Carlton for a few days, as are also Judge and Mrs. John J. Sullivan of New York City. Judge and Mrs. E. B. Syme are at Wardman Park Hotel for a short time, coming here from their New England home for the inauguration. Judge and Mrs. R. Bingham of Louis- ville, Ky., are at the Carlton for a few days, acccmpanied by their daughter. Judge and Mrs. George Cook m‘ stopping at Wardman Park Hotel for several days, having come for the inaugural ceremonies. The controller of the city of Chi- cago and Mrs. M. 8, Szymczak and their two children are at the Carlton, having come for the inaugural cere- monies. Mr. Thomas G. Ryan, alderman from the thirty-ninth district of New York City, accompanied by Mrs. Ryan, are at the Carlton over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Dale, son and daughter-in-law of Senator and| Mrs. Porter H. Dale, have as their guests at the Broadmoor Judge and Mrs. Charles A. Hardin of Harrods- burg, Ky, and Mrs. Dale’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Simpson of Nicholas- ville, Ky. Maj. Edward T. Buckingham is visit- ing Representative and Mrs. William L. Tierney for & short time at the ‘Wardman Park Hotel. Col. and Mrs. Willlam Ottmann of New York City are at the Carlton for a few days, accompanied by Col. E. E. Gauche. Col. Ottmann and Col Gauche are members of Gov. Lehman's staff. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mackenzie will in Chicago where he has been trans- ferred. Mr, and Mrs. Otto T. Englehart have as their house guests in Wesley Heights the latter’s parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon G. Kerfoot and Mrs. Linn Kidd and Miss Marian Brown of Brazil, Ind. Mr. Englehart recently returned to Washington from a business trip to Nashville and Memphis, Tenn. Mr, and Mrs. John G. Haberle of Montclair, N. J., have engaged a suite at Wardman Park Hotel for & few days’ stay. Mrs. Howard G. Nichols returned to Wesley Heights Priday from Jackson- ville, Fla., where she was the guest of Mrs, Willlam W. Wickes for two weeks. Mr. John Jay Cohen and his.daugh- ter, Miss Lillian Cohen of Augusta, Ga., arrived with the officlal party from Augusta to attend the inaugural. Miss Ochen is the house guest of Miss Hasel Haynes in the Gutheridge Apartments. Both young ladies attended St. Gene- vieve's of the Pines at Asheville and are renewing friendships among the Washington girls who were students with them in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Lowell of New York, who are in Washington for the inauguration, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Flint Countess Raoul D'Adhemar of Hot Springs, Va., is at Wardman Park Hotel for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnston, ac- companied by their two sons of Brook- line, Mass., are guests at the Dodge. Mrs. Webster M. Buie and her daugh- ters, Mrs. J. S. Love, jr, and Miss Lowry Bule of Jackson, Miss., are the guests of Miss McCardle in her home on Fifteenth street for the fnaugura- tion, Dr. and Mrs. James A. Cahill have returned from a trip to Florida, where they visited in Miami and St. Peters- burg. Mr, and Mrs. Reeve Lewis of 2124 Bancroft place have as their guest for the week end Miss Barbara Heywood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Hey= wood of 1258 Beaccn street, Brookline, Mass. Miss Heywood, who is a student at Katharine Gibbs School attended the ball last night. She will return to Boston Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Netherton of La Grange, Ky, are at the Willard Hotel, having come to attend the inau- guration. They will visit their daughter, Mrs. Betty Abbott, on Columbia road before returning home. Miss Naomi Grilton of Harrodsburg, Ky, is visiting :,1‘“' Beity Abbott during the inaugura- on, Mrs, Geline MacDonald Bowman of Richmond, Va,, is at the Dodge. Mrs. Bowman is president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Miss Anne Patterson Dillon of Phila- delphia, 15 the guest of her sisters, Miss E. Agnes Dillon and Miss Junetta S. Dillon, in their home on Woodley place. She will remain until tomorrow and her sisters will entertain for her, Miss Vivian H. Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ward of Tilden Gardens, is spending several weeks with Mrs. Smith Brookhart, jr, at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Miss Nell Moley, sister of Prof. Ray- mond Moley, is at the Carlton, having come from her home in Berea, Ohio, for the inauguration. Miss Moley is ac companied by Miss Dorothy A. Dieg- man of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Penn of Wesley Heights will have with them over’ Sunday Mrs. Penn's brother, Dr, Vernon Beam, of Lunenburg, Vt. Miss Jean McLean, Miss Virginia Kingsbury, Miss Marjorie Smith and Miss Mary Sue Westcott are among the group of girls from Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va., who are in the Capi- tal for the inaugural ceremonies and are guests at the Dodge while here. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Carroll of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 7 DA e e Mrs. Culbertson Ho]ding *At Home" in Carlton Mrs. William 8. Culbertson, wife of the United States Ambassador to Chile, will be at home this afternoon at the Carlton Hotel, when she will have with her her daughters, Miss Junia Culbert- son and Miss Jane Culbertson. Alter- nating at the tea table will be Mrs. George H. Moses, Mrs. Arthur H. Van- denberg, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs.- John W. Summers, Mrs. William R. Castle, jr.; Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. James Grafton Rogers, Mrs. Keith Merrill and Mrs, Walter R. Tuckerman. Generally assisting will be Mme. Sokolowska, Senora de Baron, Mme. Offerdahl, Mrs. Mahoney, Mme, Boncesco and Mrs, Chalkley,