Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 27

Capital’s Social : A_Highlights MRS, EDWARD SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, SENATOR AND MRS. ELBERT D. THOMAS And their daughter, Miss Esther 'Thomas, members of the new contingent of the Upper House. Harris-Ewing Photr C. MORAN, Jr., With her husband, Representative Moran of Maine, and their son Paul, living at the Highlands. a Harris-Ewing Photo. Mrs. Roosevelt Is Hostess At Reception for Diplomats Climaxing Week of Activity Be Garner to Mrs. Women's Club at Tea—Interesting Party at Congrcssional Club. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. The world must wonder at the pace Mrs. Frankiin Celano Roosevelt is set- ting in the White House, and the phe- | nomenal physical sirength, high spirits and intellectual forece she is using. Never before has a mistress of the man- sion laid out for herself so strenucus a peth and followed it undeviatingly., Enough has been thrust into her first week to give any other woman nervous prostration. for she has met thousands bf men and women, mingled in devious :fl}'s, social, philanthropic and domes- c. Starting the week with a conference With newspapen women, the first such | meeting ever held in the White House —and to be continued tomorrow—Mrs. | sevelt ended her large activities by | lding a reception for the diplomatic | ®orps yesterday afternoon. Men in| @heir court dress and women ‘wearing | ghe latest Paris fashions were her. Quests. The reception, following & cus- fom of long standing on the official list social obligations, gave every member | speedily, riding in the handsome caf | | Guest - of Newspaper which sufficed for the former Vice President, Mr. Curtis, and his sister, | Mrs. Gann. Every day at her desk in | her husband's office just as of old, Mrs. ! Garner yet found time during the week to attend to various small social affairs, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tully Garner | of Uvalde, Tex., accompanying her on | several such engagements. Tomorrow | Mrs. Garner will be the guest of the Newspaper Women's Club at tea and later on in the month the guest of the Women's National Press Club at its an- nual stunt party. While the new Speaker of the House, | Henry T. Rainey, was being sworn in. Mrs. Rainey was in his office in the Capitol superintending the moving of papers and effects into the Speaker's rooms, answering the telephone to make important engagements, receiying dozens of requests for just one seat in the House gallery, etc. A White House conference and other important en- gagements were made for the Speaker with unerring precision, she saw one or two woman friends who had less im- MRS. EDWARD HULL CRUMP. Of Memphis, Tenn., whose husband, Representative Crump, was returned to They. are at the Seventy-third Congress. the Shoreham. Underwood Photo. Son and ‘Daughter Of French Diplomat D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1933. MRS. MURPHY, Wife of Senator Louis Murphy, who left Washington after the inauguration to rejoin their family in Towa. ‘Underwooc Photo. MRS. JOHN YOUNG BRO'VN, from Kentucky to Who, with her little daughters, shortly arriving join Representative Brown at the Harrington. ‘Underwood Photo. {White House Reception Ex-Secretary Adams Spending Some Time Features for Women MRS. ANTHONY ]J. DIAMOND, Wife of the delegate from Alaska, and their daughter, Miss Marie Diamond, and with him occupying an apartment on Tilden street. Uuderwood Photo. 'Wallaces Take Apartment For Residence in Capital Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes Guests of Mrs. Alvin T. Hert at Dinner Last Evening. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. | rarily visiting friends in Washingtoa Henry A. Wallace moved to Wardman | while looking for an apartment. | Park Hotel last week, where they have | have with them their daughter, Miss They | taken an apartment and will make thein‘ Maureen McGrath, who will take a : bome for the present. Mrs. Wallace | prominent part in the festivities of the will return to Iowa the month for a visit. the end of | younger congressional set. Representa- tive and Mrs. McGrath have another daughter, who is married and living in The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles | san Francisco, and a son, Dr. J. G. Mc- Evans Hughes were the honor guests Grath, who, with Mrs. McGrath, residcs at dinner last evening of Mrs. Alvin | jn New York City. T. Hert. Representative John Young Brown | Senator and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley | will be joined shortly by Mrs. Brow) | ly 5 n 101 Kentucky have as their guests Mr.|and their little daughters, Dorothy |and Mrs. Max O'Rell Truitt of St.|anne, aged 3 years, and Betty Bruce, Louis, who came for the inaugural| aged 15 months. Mrs. Brown accom- ceremonies, and will remain over Sun- day. Murphy, has returned to her home in dren. Senator Murphy is remaining in | their apartment at Wardman Park | Hotel, where Mrs. Murphy and the chil- accomphnied the Senator here for the inaugural ceremonies. Mrs. Mu A 24 is | s phy, wife of Senator LOuis|,iunge for bringing her little family Dubugue, Iowa, to join her five chil- |10 Y oonington. panied Representative Brown to Wash- ington for the inaugural ceremonies and returned to their home in Kentucky to Mrs. Brown is one of d on Page 4, Column 4, (Continu | Engagements Portend dren will join him later. Mrs. Murphy | Early Seagon Weddings Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond Brown of Baltimore announce the engagement of f the corps an opportunity to meet the “ esident and other members of the yusehold. their daughter Georgia Shipley to Lieut. Roderick L. Carmichael, jr., U. S. A, son of Maj. Gen. Carmichael, U. 8. A, Senator and Mrs. Prederick.Van Nuys | have taken an apartment at Wardman | Park Hotel, where they have with them | portant errands, and finally, when the In His Home in Boston Speaker had been sworn in and taken Coming Here Soon Is Held for Diplomats i The reception followed Mrs. Roose- Peit's visit to Constitution Hall, where | ®he remained for a short time as a| est and spectator at the Girl Scout ference—she officially becomes the | Bonorary head of the organization—| Bnd these were but two of the many farge affairs she had on yesterday's| Schedule. Indeed, last wesk was Mrs. Roosevelt week, as well as a history- Jnaking one for the President. Showing her interest in politics, Mrs. 1 fRoosevelt not only witneesed the swear- fng in of the cabinet, which like all | other White House events was made a Samily party, but she went to the Capi- 2ol to hear her husband's message read | Defore the House. There she sat as perene and happy looking as the most erdent new member's wife; and whfle‘ she looked over the galleric and the | floor, smiling and nodding to friends as | and half-asked herself to the party.| | popularity, it quickly vanished. ghe caught their eye, she serenely| Knitted away, never once looking at her | necdles or losing her ball of wool on the Hoor. She was a charming picture in her fhite satin biouse falling well below the | waistline and with soft drapery of the | material about the V-shaped neck, long | sleeves, black skirt and hatless. She removed the small black toquelike head- plece for fear of obstructing the view of | Ber son, who sat behind her; and. too, | part of her charm is in her well-kept but simply dressed brown hair. Over | Ber blouse she wore a long black velvet toat, with a black fox collar, conning the garment as she walked up the steps gnd out of the gallery. Later on Mrs. Roosevelt was with the President in the great oval room over Bhe blue room when he signed the bank- #ng bill. One of the hundreds of in- Beresting guests Mrs. Roosevelt enter- Bained was Mrs. Isabella Greenway, widow of Arizona's idol, John C. Green- way, who may come to the House, fill- Ing the seat left vacant by Representa- | tive Lewis Douglas, who was made di- | gector of the budget. Mrs. Greenway was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. And now Mrs. John Garner, wife of {§he Vice President, may get.about mare | assistants and their wives, and members | his seat at the Speaker's desk, she drifted into the gallery, where she took | just any seat she could find and watched the House proceedings as her husband banged the gavel and occasionally looked her way in pleasant recognition. The new women in both Senate and House were honor guests of the Con- gressional Club, the great official power | in the soclal lives of this particular | branch of the Government, at a tea in the club house Friday afternoon, and | perhaps a mare interesting party was never held there. Mrs. Roosevelt wished to meet the new members’ wives Her reception was a happy ovation, and | if there was a doubt in the minds of this part of the political world of her She | scemed very much at home, just as| she always is wherever she goes, and recognized many old friends in women | whose husbands have seen long years | of service in Congress. Secretary and Mrs. Dern Guests at Tea Today| The Secretary of War and Mrs. | George Dern will be the honor guests at | a tea this afternoon given by Maj. Gen. | and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ashburn. The| guests have been limited to the Chief | of Staff of the Army, his assistants and | their wives, the chiefs of branches, their | of the families of Secretary and Mrs. | Dern and Gen. and Mrs. Ashburn. Assisting Mrs. Ashburn will be Mrs. Hugh Drum, wife of the deputy chief of staff; Mrs. John W. Gulick, wife of the chief of Coast Artillery; Mrs. Harry Bishop, wife of the chief of Field Artil-| lery; Mrs, Wiliam Peek, Mrs. Clark| Wrenn, Mrs. Percy M. Ashburn, and Mrs. E. J. Willlams of Jackson, Ga.| house guest of Gen. and Mrs, Ashburn. Secretary and Mrs. Dern have with them at the Willard their daughter, Mrs. Harry Baxter. Later in the season Mrs. Baxter will be joined by her young son and daughter, John and Johanna, M. Pierre- Claudel to Be Married to Miss Marion Cartier on April 8. The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel will shortly be joined by their son and their daughter. Mile. Reine Claudel, who has been visiting in Mexico, will sail from there Monday, March 20, for this country, and her brother, M. Pierre Claudel, will sail Wednesday from France aboard the Paris for New York. The marriage of M. Claudel to Miss Marion Rumsey Cartier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Cartier of New York, will take place Saturday, April 8. The Ambassador of Belgium, M. Piu]l May, owing to a slight indisposition, has| been obliged to cancel all his engage- ments for the next few days. The Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Cardenas will be hosts at dinner tomorrow evening in honor of the Am- | bassador of Germany and Frau_ von| Prittwitz und Gaffron. The Ambassador cf. Italy, Signor Augusto Rosco, will be host to a cumA" pany at dinner Tuesday, March 21. The Minister of Norway and Mme. | Bachke will entertain guests Wednesday | at an informal musicale. ‘The Minister of China, Dr. Sao-Ke| Alfred Sze, will not be joined in Wash- ington by Mme. Sze until the Autumn. Mme. Sze is remaining in England, where the Minister formerly represented his government at the Court of St. James, with their children, who are in school. ‘The secretary of the South African legation, Mr. Eugene Kevin Scallan, is spending the week end in New York, where he attended the South African dance last evening. e, The attache of the British embassy President and Mrs. Roosevelt Follow Old Custom as Hosts to Forcign Representatives at Executive Mansion. Following out an -old White House custom the President and Mrs. Roose- velt received the.foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, charge d'affaires and their families and members of their respective staffs at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Some time before the appointed hour the guests assembled in the east room, where they took their places according to precedence in the corps, and later passed thfough the green room into the state drawing room, where they were re- ceived by the President and Mrs. Roose- velt, Mr. Charles Lee Cooke, ceremonial officer of the State Department, making the presentations. Flowers were informally arranged in the entire drawing room suite; roses and carnations predominating, and Mrs. Roosevelt wore a becoming afternoon gown of gray, the material soft and clinging, and the bodice trimmed in gray fur. She wore no hat and was without gloves. The President received the guests with cordial manner, having known some of the diplomats over a long period of years. Court uniform was worn by many of the dipomats, especially the military and naval attaches being resplendent in gold braid' and ‘wearing ' their war- time and other decorations. A After being received the guests were taken to the state dining room, where & buffet tea table stood with a tempting array of daintles, roses and carnations forming flower pieces used at intervals. ‘The dean of the diplomatic corps, M. Paul Claudel, led the long line of guests, Mme. Claudel and the entire embassy staff being with him. The suite of the Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ahmet Muhtar, was siriking for its brevity, there being with him but one repre- sentative, Ussaki zade Bulent, second secretary. and Mrs. Harold H. 8ims were hosts to & company at dinner last evening. vmmmwmm The Ambassador of Germany and L} embassy suite followed, and then came the Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi, the Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Lindsay and members of the Ambassador’s suite, the Ambas- sador of Peru, Senor Don Manuel de| Freyre y Santander, and suite; the Am- bassador of Belgium, M. Paul May; Mme. May, Mlle May, their daughter {and the secretaries of the staff; the | Ambassador of Brazil and Mme. de |Lima e Silva and staff, the Ambassa- dors of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Cuba, the Polish embassy staff and the | Ambassador of Italy, Signor Augusto | Rosso, with his counselor, attaches and | secretaries. Leading the line of diplo- | mats with the rank of Minister was Viscount d’Alte, E. E. and M. P., who | presented his credentials in 1902, and | with him was Viscountess d’Alte. ' ‘The usual assistants pouring tea or | coffee from the urns and the formal | tea table service was dispensed with, the guests mingling in the state dining |room with freedom, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt joining them there for conversation after the formal reception. —_— | Mrs. Garner Guest of Nflwlplpgf Women.s Cl\lb Mrs. John N. Garner, wife of the Vice President, will be the honor guest at tea tomorrow of the Newspaper ‘Women's Club of Washington in the National Press Club. The guests will be limited to members of the club. Wife of Swedish Minister Off for New York Visit Mme. Bostrom, wife of the Minister of Sweden, left Washington last eve- ning, following the White House recep- tion, for New York, where she will spend & week visiting her son-in-law the -and daughter, Mr. snd Mrs. Wollzmar, 'ander Porter, Former Senator and Mrs. Gerry Return to Provi- dence to Stay Until Easter. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, former Secretary of the Navy, is spending some time in his Boston home, Mrs. Adams remaining in their house on R street through the Spring. Former Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, who came to Washington and opened their home on R street for the inaugural ceremonies and remained until the first of the week, have returned to Providence, R. I, until later in the Spring, when they will come to Wash- ington for the Easter season. Mrs. Cooper, wido of the late Repre- sentative Henry Allan Cooper, is spend- (Cantinued on Page 3, Column 2.) Dinners lhd Lunc}\eon Of Interest Sociany Former Senator and Mrs. Atlee Pome- rene, who returned to their home in Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, entertained a few out-of-town guests at dinner Mon- day at Wardman Park Hotel, where they ‘made their home during their stay here. Miss Jane Culbertson and Miss Julia Culbertson entertained at dinner Mon- day at Wardman Park Hotel, where they have been visiting their mother, Mrs. William M. Culbertson. Covers were laid for eight. Mrs. Bolick Hurd entertained at a luncheon, with dancing, yesterday at the Russian Troika for her daughter, Miss Lidamae Hurd, when Miss Elsa Lang, well known for her portrayal of Mitzi in “Blossom Time,” gave sev- eral numbers. Among the guests at luncheon were Miss Eleanor Branson, Miss Helen Coclidge, Miss Annabelle Essary, Miss Marianne Hacrison, Miss Martha/ Porter, Miss Elizabeth’ Wheeler, Mr. Thomas J. Brown, Mr. A. B. Cald- well, Mr. Thomas P. Gore, jr.; Mr. Joseph K. Greenwood, Mr. Philip Her- rick, Mr. Sherry B. Myers and Mr. Alex- their small son Billie. of Utah have as their guests at the ‘Washington Hotel Mr. and Mrs. Morris S. Rosenblatt of Salt Lake City. Senator and Mrs. William J. Bulow Gardner Gantz, who will remain some South America, where he is a mining engineer, and joined Mrs. Gantz in the home of Senator and Mrs. Bulow. He is a brother of Dr. Gantz of Wash- ington and Lieut. Comdr. Ganta. Representative William B. Cravens, accompanied by Mrs. Cravens, returned to Washington Thursday from their home at Fort Smith, Ark. They made the trip by motor. Representative and Mrs. Cravens will take an apartment here. They have an interesting little tamily, who no doubt will visit them in Washington. Their son, Mr. Fadjo Cravens, is married and has one son, Fadjo Cravens, jr., aged 4 years, and their daughter, now Mrs. William Eads, is the mother of Nancy Eads, 10 years of age, and William Eads, jr., 6. Both families live at Fort Smith. Representative Frank H. Buck of Vacaville, Calif., is making his home at the Washington Hotel. Mrs. Buck is remaining in California with their four children and will not join Representa- tive Buck until next Winter. Representative and Mrs. Edward C. Moran, jr., of Rockland, Me., have taken an apartment at the Highlands, where they have with them their 6-year-old son and only child, Paul Moran. Representative and Mrs. Robert Se- crest will take an apartment in Wash- ington shortly. Mrs. Secrest will return to Ohio in & few weeks to accompany her two young children—Nancy Anne, aged 2'; years, and Mary Jane, 5 months of age—who are with Repre- sentative Secrest's mother, Mrs. Raph Secrest, at their home in Senecaville, ©Ohio. Representative and Mrs. John J. Mc- st o illaborse- Qe w00 AgERS: | Qe i of South Dakota have with them their | son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. | Senator and Mrs. Elbert D. Thomas | time Mr. Gantz recently arrived from | and Mrs. Carmichael of Washington. Lieut. Carmichael is stationed in the Philippines and Miss Brown will sail for the islands early in May and immedi- ately upon her arrival in Manila the wedding will take place. Col. and Mrs. Laurin Lawson of Fort Hoyle, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter Frances to Lieut. William W. Dick, jr., U. S. A, of Fort Hoyle, son of Maj. William W. Dick, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Dick of Washington. The wedding will take place in June. The announcement was made at a luncheon Friday which Mrs. Lawson gave at Fort Hoyle, her guests includ- ing her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Carson, and the latter’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. | Lawrence Carson, jr., and their cousin, Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberley of Washing- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Case Kellogg of ~owell street, announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Helen to Mr. Paul Ver Beck Heiss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Elmer Heiss of Newark street. The wedding will take place in the early Spring in St. Alban’s Church. Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Orem an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter Suzanne to Mr. Robert John He- berle of Brooklyn, N. Y., son of Mr. ani Mrs. John J. Heberle of Montclair, N. J. Mr. Heberle is a graduate of the Catho- lic University and received his law de- gree from Fordham University. The wedding will take place some time in the Spring. Mi!! Tuckerman We’ddea in California Home Miss Viola Wolcott Tuckerman, the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott Tuckerman, of Arroya del Paredon, Car- pinteria, Calif., will be married to Mr. Grant Barney Schley, 2d, at Santa Bar- bara, Calif, Wednesday, March 22, at noon; the ceremony to bz followed ‘oy a small wedding breakfast at her par- ents’ home. Her sister, Miss Frances McCauley Tuckerman, will be her maid of honor, and her younger sister, Miss Clara Louise Tuckerman, will act a8 [ b 2