Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1934, Page 20

B—2 * SOCIETY. SOCIETY President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will Give First State Function of Season at White House Tonight. HE President and Mrs. Roose- wvelt this evening will open the official social season at the White House when they en- tertain at dinner in honor of the members of the cabinet and their wives. The dinner will be fol- lowed by a program of music when additional guests will join the com- pany. Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at lunch- eon yesterday in compliment to Mrs. Hughes, wife of the Chief Justice, and the wives of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. The company in- cluded in addition to Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, Mrs. George Sutherland, Mrs. Plerce Butler, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs. Horace Lurton, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. Edward B. Burling, Mrs. Hen- nen Jennings, Mrs. Copley Amory, Miss Ellen Hood, Mrs. Charles D. ‘Walcott, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, Miss Marguerite Le Hand, Miss Mal- vina Scheider and Mrs. J. M. Helm. Mrs. Garner Attends Fete In Honor of Mrs. Dern. Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, attended the lunch- eon given today by Mrs. O. Max Gard- ner, wife of the former Governor of North Carolina, in honor of Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War. There were 22 guests. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner will leave to- morrow to spend Christmas in North Carolina. ‘The Ambassador of Italy, Signor Augusto Rosso, will be the honor guest at dinner this evening of the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, ‘The Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye had as their guest at luncheon yesterday Dr. Leon Vallas, noted lecturer of Paris, who spoke at the third meeting of the season of the Alliance Francaise yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Carlton Hotel. Dr. Vallas was recently made chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War, was the honor guest of Mrs. Stanley C. Sears, chairman of the art section of the Twentieth Cen- tury Club, st their monthly meeting yesterday at the Y. W. C. A. The Postmaster General and Mrs. James A. Farley entertained at dinner 1ast evening at the Mayflower in com- pliment to the United States Ambas- sador to Italy and Mrs. Breckinridge Long. The company included the Attorney General and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, Mr. Law- rence Wood Robert, jr., Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury; Mr. and Mrs. James A. Moffett, Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bruce Kremer, Mrs. Salvatore Cotillo of New | York and Mr. George P. Marshall. Poinsettias and holly were used for table decorations and in the apart- ment of the hosts at the Mayflower, where the dinner was served. The Minister of Sweden and Mme. Bostrom will entertain & dinner party of 20 tonight in honor of the retir- THE LATEST BOOKS Fine Bindings, Etchings and Prints JAMES F. MEEGAN, Inc. Booksellers and Importers 1201 Conn. Ave. NA. 5649 ESTABLISHED OVER FIFTY YEARS GIFT FURNITURE From HENDERSON’S IS OF LASTING APPEAL We Show a Large Selection of Beautiful Pieces of Proven Worth at Reasonable Prices Coffee Tables.....$9.50 up Tilt-Top Tables.....$14 up Nest Tables.........$16 Drop-Leaf Tables ...$36 Smoking Stands...$2.75 Drum Tables.....$15.50 Genuine Mahogany Duncan Phyfe Chair, Tapestry Seat....$14 Genuine Mahogany Two-Drawer Lamp Table ...........815 ing Minister of Finland, Mr. L. As- trom. The Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Ralph Close will go to New York tomorrow to attend the Foreign Press Correspondents’ ball at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Thursday eve- ning. They will stay at the Plaza Hotel and will return to Washington Sunday. Mrs. Close will not observe her day at home Friday. Senator and Mrs. David Aiken Reed left the Capital yesterday for New York, from where they will sail Friday on a cruise to Venezueala and the West Indies. Early in January they will return to Washington and are expected to spend much of the Winter in their home on S street. Representative Edith Nourse Rogers has returned to her Massachusetts home after a week’s stay in Wash- | ington. She will come back to the Capital after Christmas for the con- vening of Congress. Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, had as his guest at dinner at the Little Tea House yesterday Mr. J. P. Beacon of Hunt- ington, W. Va. Representative and Mrs. Edward A. Kelly have arrived in Washington from their home in Chicago and are | at the Carlton. Representative-elect and Mrs. D. Worth Clark have arrived from their home at Pocatello, Idaho, and are at the Shoreham for the season. They are accompanied by their two small daughters, Nancy Lee and Helen Noel, | who will enter school here. Dr. Gustav Struve, third secretary of the German Embassy in Washing- ton, is now in New York City at the Ambassador Hotel on Park avenue. The attache of the British Embassy and Mrs. Harold H. Sims have as their guest in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for a short time Miss Adele Walker of New York City. The director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and Mrs. Carroll B. Merriam were hosts at dinner at the Shoreham last evening, when their guests included the director of the corporation and Mrs. Charles B. Hen- derson, Miss Virginia Galt, Mr. Regi- nald Laughling and Mr. Charles H. Purcell and Mr. F. M. McAuliffe of San Francisco. Mr. R. A. 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Maryland Home Atmosphere and Holiday Cheer Will be found in every nook of this quaint “Old Tayern” during the Yuletide Season. Thejr Sumptous LUNCHEONS and DINNERS —prepared from Mrs. K.'s Recipes are always a distinct innovation. A Short Drive. or Four Corners Bus Phone Shepherd 3500 -Very Special for. Christmas Gifts Hessler-Henderson Photo. Monday evening, December 31, in the club house at 2001 New Hampshire avenue, for the young people in the families of members and their guests. This will be the first activity of the club this season, though in former D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1934 years, when Congress convened in} December, the club was opened late in November. This season, as Con- gress will convene January 3, the club now being opened. Mrs. Clar- . Dill, president of the club, is arrive in Washington this supper December 31 will be served at 7:30 o'clock, with dancing through the evening. Former United States Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss entertained at a dinner last evening at their home in Georgetown, Among the guests were the Ambassa- dor of Argentina and Senora de Espil, the Ambassador of Spain and S=nora de Calderon and the United States Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs, Alexander Weddell. The Ambassador and Mrs. Weddell came to this coun- try from Buenos Aires for the holi- days, going to their home in Rich- mond, Va., for Christmas. Former Representative and Mrs. Frank Murphy entertained at dinner in their home in Rock Creek Park Estates last evening, the guests num- bering eight. Mrs. Bartow S. Weeks, who will come to Washington to spend Christ- mas with the Attorney General and Mrs, Homer S. Cummings, was the honor guest at a farewell party yes- terday in New York of Mr. and Mrs, Benn V. N. LaRue of Paris. Col. Warren T. Hannum, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Hannum have arrived at the Martinique from Savannah, Ga, for an indefinite stay. Col. Burns Magruder is chairman of the commissioned officers for the Army, Lieut. Frederick W. Coleman, 3d, is vice chairman and Lieut. Jona- than Seaman will be second vice chairman at the seventh annual Mid- shipman and Cadet Ball Christmas night at the Shoreham. Col. Magru- der has been chairman each of the last three years and Lieut. Coleman and Lieut. Seaman were on the com- mittees while at West Point. Capt. Neal Farwell is chairman of the commissioned officers for the Navy, Lieut. Comdr. J. J. Hughes is vice chairman and Ensign Charles Farwell, who has been on each of the committees while. at Annapolis, will be second vice chairman. Mem- bers of the Floor Committee for the cadets will be Cadet Stuart Pries, chairman; Cadet Clair B. 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