Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 51

v Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—16 Pages Young Women Who Lend Charm and Interest to the Yrmy Set in the Capital White House he Sundwy She WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1934, Miss Janet Elizabeth | . Murray, attractive | daughter of Col. Peter Murray, U. S. A., retired, seasons ago. a debutante of several ; Is Abustle And Radiates Happiness In Yule Anticipation First Lady, Through Masterful Planning, Is Re- membering Family, Friends and Needy, Not to Mention Arrangements for Holiday Parties. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. The tardy person who wraps and consigns packages to old Kriss Krin- gle as the clock strikes 12 the Night Before Christmas, or carefully selects the New Year's cards for those whom they forget to remember with Christ- mas cards, would blush with humilia- tion over the preparedness of folks at the White House. “Plenty of time and plenty of money” you say? Perhaps not so much time as good planning. For months the White House Christ- mas closet has been accumulating boxes, bundles, small packages, some for members of the President’s house- hold but a far greater number to go to groups of children, dear old ladies and gentlemen and wherever most needed. Just timeliness and good planning. The Christmas wish or the Christmas gift which was merely a mental reservation may cause some one to feel neglected, and Mrs. Roose- velt realizes this. A big family party is assembling at the White House, and Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Dall have been “put to” to settle them in comfortable quarters. Four generations take up a lot of room, and the chief member of the Presi- dent’s family party will be Mrs. Roose- velt, his mother. Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall and her two children, Eleanor Roosevelt Dall and Curtis Roosevelt Dall live in the famous old house and are busy making preparations for the other, and chortling over the fact that there will be a lot of small playmates in the house for more than a week. Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt of Boston and New York and their small daughter, Sarah Delano Roosevelt, will be there as will Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt and their baby daughter, Ruth. And from Harvard will come Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, jr., and Mr. John Roosevelt and Mrs. J. Roosevelt Roosevelt, half sister-in-law of the President, also will be in the ‘White House. This Christmas in the White House will be celebrated very much as was that of last year with several Christ- mas trees, stocking hanging and the other formalities of the season. There will be at least three party-parties with open hospitality all along the way. The first party will be a dinner followed by dancing Saturday evening, December 29, when the President and Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain for Miss Barbara Cushing, daughter of Dr. and Mrs, Harvey W. Cushing of Boston, and sister of Mrs. James Roosevelt, 3d, and Miss Jean Martineau, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Martineau of England, who are spending the Winter in the United States. Miss Martineau is the niece of the United States Minister to Canada, Mr. War- ren Delano Robbins, and both Mr. Robbins and Mrs. Martineau are first cousins of the President. The dinner eompany will be small and composed of the friends of the two younger sons of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. New Year eve the President and Mrs. Roosevelt give another dinner party followed by dancing for their sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt, 2d, and Mr. snd Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, when the ests will be their personal friends. g:u the very prettiest and happiest party of all will be the Christmas party Friday afternoon, December 28, when Eleanor Roosevelt Dall and Curtis Roosevelt Dall, grandchildren of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, will be hosts to a group of young @hildren. The vivacious and lovable 4 daughter of the White House will superintend the event. ‘The average woman might feel some trepidation over the program just scheduled, just how all the events could be tucked into the 24 hours of a day and night, but not so Mrs. Roose- velt. With all of this planning, Christmas shopping and attending various meetings and so on and so on, she yet found time to write & mes- sage to the farm women of Mont- gomery County which was read at the meeting of the Home Demonstra- tion Council of that county at Gaith- ersburg, Md., Thursday. Many of the delicious things one enjoys when dining at the White House comes (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Mon. Sisithisndd Wse Csicel Will Give Tea December 23 Mrs. Ell Bamford Smith and her niece, Mrs. James R. Conard will en- tertain at tea Sunday afternoon, De- cember 23, and not this afternoon as erroneously announced in yesterday's Star. The party will be given in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in Hammon Court at 1517 Thirtieth street and is planned in honor of two of this season’s debutantes, Miss Mary Katherine Bentley, daughter of Col. and Mrs. James Brice Bentley, and Miss Charlotte Ashby Brown, whose mother, Mrs. Henry Ashby Brown is a cousin of Mrs. Conard. Descendant of Jackson Engaged to ch Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant entertained at a luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss Anna Jackson Preston, whose engagement to Mr. Emil N. Schaffner | of Winston-Salem, N. C., was an- nounced. Miss Preston is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Randolph Preston of Charlotte, N. C. and Washington. Mr. Shaffner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Shaffner of Winston-Salem. The wedding will take place in February in Washing- ton. Miss Preston is a granddaughter of William E. Christian, a well known North Carolina and Washington newspaper man, and of the late Rev. | John _ Preston, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte for many years, and a great-granddaugh- ter of Gen. and Mrs. Stonewall Jack- son. Newspaper Women's Club To Entertain Collelguea The newly elected president of the Gridiron Club and Mrs. Ulric Bell and the retiring president and Mrs. James L. Wright, with the president of the National Press Club and Mrs. Mark L. Foote will be guests of honor of the Newspaper Women’s Club at an informal buffet supper this evening in their new headquarters at 1406 H street northwest at 7 o'clock. Others who have been invited as guests of the club are the president of the White House Correspondents, Mr. Francis M. Stevenson; the former president of the National Press Club and Mrs. Bascom N. Timmons and the former secretary of the National Press Club and Mrs. Lee Poe Hart. The new Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Miss Josephine Roche, will be the honor guests at tea to- morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock of the Newspaper Women's Club, the party to be given in the club room at 1406 H street, P, 4 K;n c}leloe-Dav;s Wedding Attracts Wide Attention Military Touch Is Given to Brilliant Ceremony New York City. No out-of-town wedding in many a day has interested Washington's official set more than that of Miss | Gene Kincheloe and Lieut. James ;Henry Davis, United States Navy, | which took place in New York City yesterday afternoon. The bride is the daughter of Judge David Hayes Kincheloe of the United States Cus- toms Court and Mrs. Kincheloe, the former having for many years repre- sented his Kentucky district in the lower House of Congress until a few years ago when he was appointed to the bench in New York. The ceremony took place in the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the Rev. J. J. Henry officiat- ing in the presence of a large and distinguished company. Mr. John H. Marville of Washington sang a pro- gram of songs preceding the ceremony. Judge Kincheloe escorted his daugh- ter and gave her in marriage. Her white satin princess gown was fash- ioned with a high eowl neckline, tight- fitting sleeves graduating in & point at the wrist and the skirt bearing a long circular train. Her veil of tulle was worn with a bandeau of twisted satin, and fell over her face, the back long enough to cover the train. Her flowers were white pom-pon chrysan- themums and white barvardia form- ing a muff carried by & satin band over in 4 her arm and with barvardia and Hny | pessador, Continued on Page 2" Straten, SOCIETY, SECTION Miss Bettie Wall, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. John F. Wall, one of the charming new additions to the younger Army set. .|Herr Luther to Be Host Features for Women Miss Dolly Cor- bin, daughter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Clifford Corbin, who make their home on Wyoming avenue. * Upper center: Miss Janet Dan- ford, who fakes a prominent part in Jestivities of the Army set. She is the daughter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Danford. * Inset: Miss Fran- ces Longino, who has just rejoined her parents, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. O. H. Longino, after a visit in Atlanta, Ga. —Underwood Photos. * Miss Mary Josephine Hobson will leave after Christmas for a visit at Fort Benning, Ga. She is the daughter of Maj. and Mrs. William H. Hobson. Christmas Plans Made Mrs. Mordentl’xau Will Return From To Members of Staff|sa Outof-Town Visit Amba!sador Will G;Ve D;nner for Backelors and Also Will Entertain Families—Ambassador Troyanovsky Departs for This Country. The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, will be host to the bachelor members of the embassy staff at dinner Christmas eve and the day following Christmas he will en- tertain all members of the staff, in- cluding those employed in the offices and their families. The embassy has been augmented by the house at 1443 Massachusetts avenue which adjoins the embassy on the west. Additional offices are on the main floor and on upper floor e large library, the walls lined with shelves. The house was the home for many years of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Bamford Smith and was for- merly owned by the late Mrs. Anna Byrd Howell, mother of Mrs. Smith, ‘The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, M. Alex- ander Antonovich Troyanovsky, has left Vladivostok and is en route to Tokio. After a short stay in Japan the Ambassador will sail for this country, returning to Washington in January, The Ambassador ,of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Munir, will Teturn to Wash- ington the first of the week from New York, where he went to attend the luncheen to be given today by Gen. Charles H. Sherill, former United States Ambassador to Turkey, in his ‘honor, The newly-appointed Belgian Am- , _Comte Robert von der Ponthols, - accompanied - by A Comtesse van der Straten Pontholtz and their schoolgirl daughter, will sail from Antwerp, Thursday, January 3 aboard the Champlain and are ex- pected to arrive in New York, Janu- ary 10. They will remain in New York for several days before coming to Washington. The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will spend Christmas with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Peter, in their home (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.), Informal At Home Of Republican Women ‘The League of Republican Women will be at home informally at the League's headquarters at Sixteenth street and Scott Circle from 4 to 6 ‘Wednesday afternoon. Members having old and new books on political subjects or history which they will contribute to the league are asked to bring them Wednesday. Mrs. Willam E. Humphrey, Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Mrs. J. Thompson Wailes and Mme. Emanuel H. Dimi- triu will alternate at the tea table. The parliamentary law class, con- ducted by Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe, will be continued during the holidays, the next meeting being Wednesday, January 9, at 10 o'clock in the morning in the league’s head- | 4 Notes of Many Other Ac- tivities in Official Circles of Capital. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, jr.,, will be joined the first of the week by Mrs. Mor- genthau, who is spending Sunday out of town. The Attorney General and Mrs. Homer 8. Cummings will attend Town Hall this evening at the Shore- ham Hotel. . ‘The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, is spending Sunday with Mrs. Farley and their children in New York. Postmaster General Far- ley and nis family will spend Christ- mas in their New York home. The Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold L. Ickes, will be joined today or tomorrow by Mrs. Ickes, who has been in Illinois for several days. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace will have with them for Christmas the Secretary's mother, Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, who will come from her home in Des Moines, Iowa. Senator and Mrs. Wallace H. White, jr., have returned to Wash- ington for the Winter and have with them the latter's son, Mr. Richard Lunn, who came from Pripceton Uni- versity. They will be joined later by Mr. Herbert White, who will come from his home in Maine for Christ- mas. Representative B. M. Jacobsen s spending & few days at the Dodge. He will return to his home in Clinton, o4 on. Page 8, Cfumn 4.), ; ¢ For Debutante Parties Mzr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies Arrange Dance for Daughter—Miss Dorothy Letts Will Be Much Feted During Holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies will entertain at a dance at the Sulgrave Club in honor of their debutante daughter, Miss Emlen Davies, and her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Cochrane, a stu- dent at the University of Wisconsin, who will spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Davies. Before the dance Miss Emily Moore, daughter of Mrs. Mead Moore, will give a dinner in honor of Miss Davies at her home at 2017 Connecticut avenue. Miss Davies will arrive home from Vassar December 21 and Miss Coch- anne will come to the Capital the next ay. Another debutante of thls year who will be much feted during the Christ- mas holidays is Miss Dorothy Letts, niece of Justice and Mrs. F. D. Letts, who will arrive from the Connecticut College for Women, where she attends school, Wednesday. Miss Letts will be presented to society at a dance at the Mayflower December 22, which will be followed by a buffet supper at the home of Justice and Mrs. Letts, for her assistants and their escorts. Sunday, December 23, she will be the guest in whose honor Mr. and Mrs. Enocle Chase and Miss Evelyn Chase will entertain at a tea in their home at 3432 Thirty-fourth street. Mrs. Walter Wyatt will give a lunch- eon for the debutante at her home at 1702 Kalmia road Thursday, Decem- ber 27, and December 30 she will share honors with Miss Bambie McKenna st & tea given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thomas in their home at 80 Kalorama circle. Comdr. and Mrs. William Peter Mull will be hosts at a ball Thursday eve- ning at the Mayflower for the latter's daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Da- mon, who will be formally presented to society in Washington at that time. Miss Margaret McMullen, debutante daughter of the director of public health and Mrs. John H. McMullen, was the guest of honor at a delightful dinner party last evening given at the Carlton by a group of her friends. The occasipn celebrated the birthday anni- versary of the popular debutante and * *(Continued on Page 8, Column 7.) Midshipmen and Cadets' Ball Christmas Night The ‘seventh annual midshipmen and cadet's ball will take place at the l);l:lyi;lsowu' Christmas night, Decem- r 25, In the receiving line will be Admiral and Mrs. Willlam H. Standley, Gen, and Mrs. Frederick W. Coleman, Gen, and Mrs. James F. McKinley, Ade miral and Mrs. Emory S. Land, Gen. and Mrs. David D. Porter and Comdr, and Mrs. Herbert O. Roesch. Col. Joseph J. Staley will introduce the guests as he has at each of the. balls during the six years since taey were first planned. 3 2 !