Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 53

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—12 Pages Mrs. Emil Jurja, wife of the assistant chairman of the Democratic National Committee, selected an Eskimo costume Jor the bal masque last night at the White House. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Return of the President And Mrs. Roosevelt Usher In Winter Social Season Vice President and Mrs. Garner, Senators and | Representatives Also Establish No;mal Atmosphere. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. The return of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt to the White House, that of the Vice President and Mrs Garner to their comfortable suite in the Hotel Washington, and the ar- rival of many Senators and Repre- sentatives places Washington almost in its former normal atmosphere for the end of the year. Slowly the con- gressional set has been coming in, returning to their old quarters or new members seeking new quarters and an unusual number occupying hotel suites. Entertaining in this set is for the most postponed until after the new year, but diplomats and others have been comfortably active. An entertainment which set wiges buzzing and typewriters clicking all over the country was the fancy dress party at the White House with Mrs. Roosevelt hostess to the “gridiron widows,” the two newspaper women's clubs seemingly coming in that cate- gory. Probably never before was seen such an array of beautiful costumes, mingled with others which reached ! from the sublime to the ridiculous, ' Mrs. Roosevelt herself being in one of the most interesting costumes | seen. One marvels at what height of | grandeur a real costume party would take on in the White House, were so- called society to be guests, while last night the element of fun was rampant as clever stunts were presented re- quiring less pretentious dress. ‘Washington is glorified with many phases of life, Uncle Sam tenants from the White House down through the an- nals of just plain Government housing being of interest. And what a variety under the bearded gentleman’s pro- tecting wing and what a mixture. For instance, over the President's garage on E street, where are housed his fleet of some 15 automobiles, is a printing and binding plant for the manufacture of Braille books for the blind. When the National Library for the Blind was shunted about this branch found a resting place over the President’s handsome cars and there | the workmen hear the machines chug in and out to take the White House family and members of the staff to and from their varied missions. With the luncheon which Mrs. Cor- dell Hull gave last week at the Carl- ton for Mrs. Roosevelt such hospitali- ties will probably subside until after the holidays, and at any rate the cab- inet -women will not keep Wednesday Teas and At Homes Concern Capital Society Mrs, Albert Pike entertained at a large tea at the Washington Club yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Robert D. W. Connor and Mrs. Albert Cox of North Carolina. Mrs. Connor is the wiie of the newly appointed archivist of the United States. Mr. Robert W. Connor. Miss Rose Crivella and Mrs. Clara Isabel Boone will be at home infor- mally this afternoon in the studio of the former at 1347 Connecticut ave- nue. Miss Crivella will present Mr. Armand Gumprecht, flutist, accom- panying him on the piano. Mrs. Boone will show some of her most Tecent art work. Mr. and Mrs. Felian Garzia will be et home this evening at 8:30 o'clock at their home at 1831 Jefferson place in henor of Mrs. Victoria Faber Ste- venson, president of the National League of American Pen Women. | charming which possibly could have | | Capital. | and entertained on the ground floor | of the hotel, where the arrangement | for privacy was perfect. | many sketches made until he found There will be music. ’ Arrive Here to Adain at home until January. The luncheon was one of the most refreshing and marked Mrs. Roosevelt's return to the The guests were received The K street doors were used and wraps left in one large room while Mrs. Hull received Mrs. Roosevelt and other guests in the next room, and later they passed through the coffee room and into the dining room where Southern smilax trailed over the walls, huge baskets of chrysanthemums were used about the room ang the luncheon table bore three bowls of pink roses, purple iris and pink snapdragons. Roses were scattered over the snow-white cloth. Mrs. Hull wore a becoming dress of heavy but soft material, plainly fash- ioned, the cowl neck gracefully ar- ranged, while three huge ornamental buttons were down the front. The belt was ornamental and the small and becoming hat was in the same | shade as the gown. | There will be an interesting cere- | mony in the Church of the Epiphany at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon, Decem- | ber 14, when a tablet will be dedicated | to Mrs. Josephine Julia Clarke Hor- | ton, mother of Brig. Gen. William E. | Horton of this city. Gen. Horton has sent cards to his friends, which will of necessity bring together a distin- guished company including members of society and many diplomats. The Right Rev, James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who spoke at the funeral services for Mrs. Horton, the Rev. Ze Barney Thorne Phillips, the Rev. G. Freeland Peter, canon and chancellor of Washington, and the Rev. Harry Lee Doll, assistant rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will assist. The tribute which the leader of cotillions pays his mother is one of particular note. The tablet, of Colo- nial design, is of Italian marble, with inverted lettering, standing 5 feet 3 inches high and 3 feet wide. It is being placed in the east tran- sept. With painstaking care Gen. Horton studied the tablets in the Old King's Chapel, Baston, and the St. James Chapel in Newport, having the design for the beautiful Colonial tablet now being unveiled. The fam- ily coat of arms surmounts the tablet, and on the altar will be the red rose of the House of Lancaster, which ap- pears in the crest. Quintet of Debutantes To Be Given Tea Today Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Parke Crockett will entertain at tea this afternoon in their home in Alexandria in honor of Mrs. Crockett’s five young cousins who make their debuts this year. The girls are Miss Randolph Rich- ardson, Miss Jacqueline Randolph Smith and Miss Cary Ambler Smith, daughters of Mrs. Smith and the late Dr. Charles Mason Smith of Fred- ericksburg; Miss Ethel Matheson, daughter of Col. J. R. D. Matheson and Mrs. Matheson of Fort Humph- reys, and Miss Julia Ward Cruikshank, daughter of Mrs. Dabney Maury Cru- ikshank of Alexandria. First Lady Entertaining Mrs. Garner at Lunch Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, will be among the guests of Mrs. Roosevelt at the luncheon she will give tomorrow for the cabinet hostesses, SOCIETY SECTION Che Swundmy Star WASHINGTON, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of she mint, was @ pic- D.. C, turesque Victorian lady at the interesting function. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, —Harris-Ewing Photo. wife of the Secretary of the Navy, was a Dutch peasant at the colorful party. Minister of Panama And Senora de Alfaro Guests at Luncheon National Woman's Country Club Will Give Weekly Affair Tuesday. The Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro will be guests of honor ai a luncheon to be given today at the Mayflower by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee. Mrs. Ralph Close, wife of the Min- ister of the Union of South Africa; Mrs. Charles McNary, wife of Sena- tor McNary of Oregon, and Mrs. Ed- ward H. Campbell, wife of Rear Ad- miral Campbell, will be the honor guests at the weekly luncheon at the Elnonal Woman's Country Club Tues- ay. ‘The judge advocate general of the Army and Mrs. Arthur W. Brown entertained the officers and ladies of the Judge Advocate General’s De- partment stationed in Washington at a dinner and dance at the Shore- ham Hotel Thursday evening. Their guests included Col. and Mrs. Hugh C. Smith, Col. and Mrs. Edwin O. Saunders, Col. and Mrs. Edmund C. Abbott, Col. and Mrs. William C. Rigby, Mrs. Sarah Sumner, Lieut. Col. Le Roy Reeves, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Elza C. Johnson, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Theodore Hall, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Lee S. Tillotson, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Frank W. Halliday, Maj. and Mrs, Lawrence H. Hedrick, Maj. and Mrs. William A. Turnbull, Maj. and Mrs. Archibald King, Maj. and Mrs. George P. Hill, Maj. and Mrs. Fred- erick G. ‘Munson, Maj. and Mrs. Myron C. Cramer, and Mrs. Harry A. Auer, Maj. and Mrs. Fred " (Continued on Page 4, Ooluma 5.)__ ¥ —Harris-Ewing Photo. SUNDAY MORNING, Young. DECEMBER 9, 1934, N o 2k Mrs. George M. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War, wore an 1860-period costume loaned by a daughter of Brigham —Underwood Photo. Mrs. Henry A. Wallace wore an authentic Yugo- slavian peasant costume brought from that country by the Secretary. —Underwood Photo. White House Gala Scene Jane Esther Platt Of First Masque Party Mrs. Roosevelt Hostess to Gridiron “Widows." Colorfu] and Original Costumes and Skits ‘Presented by 500 Guests. Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess to the Gridiron “widows” last evening while the President was the honor guest of the Gridiron Club, and at both par- ties the same rule prevailed. At the former “gentlemen were present, but not reporters,” and at the White House “ladies were present, but not report- ers.” The First Lady gave the first masquerade party in the White House, although there is a record of a fancy,| dress ball in 1843, none of the guests wearing masks. Last evening Mrs. Roosevelt was the only one without a mask. The 500 guests included host- esses of the cabinet circle, woman officials, and woman Representatives in Congress as well as members of the Newspaper Women's Club and of the Women's National Press Club. Mrs. Roosevelt, wearing a gay Ru- manian peasant costume of green and red embroidered in white, and the only person present unmasked, re- ceived her guests standing just in- side the door of the east room, where chairs were arranged in the center of the room, leaving wide aisles for the grand march. As the guests en- tered each was given a “ballot” and pencil and each guest cast & vote for the best costume, the votes being dropped in a ballot box in front ef the stage at one end of the east room. Qualifications for winning the tume represented. After the ballot- ing Mrs. Roosevelt chose three “tellers” who counted the vote, the result of which will be found in the news sec- tion of today’s Star. During the counting of the “bal- lots” a group selected by the hostess entertained the guests and after the announcement of the prize winners supper was served at small tables in the state dining room, after which several impromptu “skits” were “put on” by guests. Grande dames of a long-gone past were at the White House again. And so were the Dionne quintuplets, in a (Continued on Page 10, Column 2.) Secretary and Mrs. \;/allace Reception at Wardman The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace are holding a tea for the officials of the Department of Agri- culture at'their home at the Ward- man Park, this afternoon from 4:30 to T o'clock. Included in the invitation list are the chiefs of the bureaus of the De- partment of Agriculture and om:uéa of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration. Agsisting Mrs, Wallace will be Miss . Barnett, . ". Jardine, Mrs. R. . th Thomas, Reed, Mrs. J. G. T. Duval, . Knight, Mrs. . Loulse McCrory and Makes Debut at Tea Given Yesterday Col. and Mrs. James Brice Bentley Will Present Their Daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Landra Platt intro- duced his daughter, Miss Jane Esther Platt to Washington society at a tea at their home in Chevy Chase yes- terday afternoon. Miss Platt wore a gown of claret velvet with a flounce of the same color around the neck and the skirt was long and full, which fitted to the figure. She carried a fan of orchids. Mrs. Platt's gown was of gold lame with a circular cape of gold over the shoulders and a long- draped skirt. Mrs. Platt wore a corsage bouquet of orchids. Assisting Miss Platt were: Miss Emily Maddox, Miss Frida Frazer, Miss Janet Harri- son, Miss Nancy Harrison, Miss Valerie Prochnik, Miss Mathilde Rodger, Miss Mary Tyler McCormack, Miss Maria ‘Whitehurst and Miss Louise Waller. Assisting Mrs. Platt were: Mrs. By- ron Ulmer Graham, Mrs. G. Brown Miller, jr.; Mrs. Detlow Marthinson, Mrs. James H. Littlehales, Mrs. Bishop Hill, Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr.; Mrs. Williant B. Simms, Mrs. Dion S. Birney, Mrs. Victor Alfaro and Mrs. Allen Reeside. Mrs. Platt and Miss Platt re- ceived in their large drawing room against a background of palms and ferns and yellow roses. The buffet table was beautifully decorated with yellow roses and long yellow tapers. With the many bou- quets sent to the debutante the house Platt _entertained her assistants at s (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) .oreu,mlm.mdM|mornonn. Miss { & Features for Women Official Hostesses in Varied Costumes at First White House Masquerade Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, portrayed one of her favorite Indians, wear- ing an authentic Zuni matron costume. ~Underwood Photo Mrs. Donald Richberg, wife of the head of the"Eme'rgency Council, who represents the President’s “A B C’s. —Harris-Ewing Photo. First Lady to Be Guest Of Cabinet Hostesses Mrs. Dern Will Give First of Of Ser;es Lunc}lcon partic! in Honor Of Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt will be the honor guest at luncheon, January 3, of Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War. This is orie of the series of luncheon parties given an- nually by the cabinet hostesses in honor of the First Lady. Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of the Attorney General, will give her luncheon, honoring Mrs. Roosevelt, January 7. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, will entertain for Mrs. Roosevelt, January 24, and the next luncheon for the First Lady will be that of Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, who will entertain January 31. Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, will give her luncheon party of the sesies February 13, and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, will en- tertain for the First Lady, Febru- ary 21 The first official day at home of the cabinet hostesses will be on Wednes- day, January 9, and following the cus- tom, established during this adminis- tration, the hostesses have been di- vided into groups for the official at homes. Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Sec- retary of State; Mrs. Morgenthau, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War, will receive on the first day, January 9, and the second 4 day, January 16, will find Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of the Attorney General; Mrs. James A. Farley, wife of the Postmaster General, and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secre- tary of the Navy, receiving. Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, will receive January 23, and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) Mrs. Lee to Be Hostess To Virginia Assemblie The Board of Governors for the “Virginia Assemblie” will meet with Mrs. Robert E. Lee at her home in Washington Wednesday morning to complete plans for the cotillion which is to be given in Alexandria on the evening of January 11, —— Wedding in Asheville Interests Society Here Dr. and Mrs. A. Contee Thompson have issued invitations for the mar- riage of their daughter Mary Louise to Mr. James Grove Seely, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Seely of Asheville, N. C. The wedding will take place in Asheville December 27, and is of equal interest Washington and Asheville, where both families are well knowa.