Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1934, Page 22

S OCIETY. SOCIETY President and Mrs. Roosevelt Open Official Social Season With Dinner to the Cabinet. RESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSE- VELT gave the first of the offi- clal functions at the White House this season when they entertained at dinner in honor of the members of the cabinet and their wives. Plans for the party were much the same as in former years, the White House itself being “spic and span” in its new paint and wall cov- erings. The red room, just completed, with new draperies matching the walls and new curtains, was particularly noticeable, as the portraits have not et been rehung. The guests last evening were seated 8t & U-shaped table, the historic gold plate being enhanced by the use of delicate pink roses, and pink snap- dragons with stevia and maiden hair fern adding delicate color, and in the tall compotes were luscious fruits with large bunches of grapes hanging from the sides. The service plates of the Wilson administration were used and | the only new pieces on the table were | the small glasses, one for sherry and | one for champagne, which are cut to| match the water goblets and bear the presidential seal, cut in the glass, the | seal which appears on all the china and'glass of the White House, a repro- duction of the seal in the floor of the corridor of the mansion. The guests included the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull, the Secretary ©of the Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Dern, the Attorney General and Mrs. Cum- mings, the Postmaster General and Mrs, Farley, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Swanson, the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs, Ickes, the Secre- tary of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace, the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Roper, the Secretary of Labor, Miss Prances Perkins; Senator and Mrs. Pat Harrison, the United States Am- bassador to Italy and Mrs, Brecken- ridge Long, the United States Ambas- sador to Argentina and Mrs. Alex- ander W. Weddell, the United States Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mr. Willlam C. Bullitt; the United States Minister to The Netherlands and Mrs. Grenville T. Emmet, the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. R. Walton Moore; the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Marriner S. Eccles, the Assistant Secretary of Interior, Mr. Oscar L. Chapman; the Assistant Secretary 6f Commerce, Mr. Edwin Y. Mitchell; the director general of the Pan American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe; the treasurer of the United States and Mrs. William A. Julian, the controller of the United States and Mrs. J. R. McCarl, the librarian of the Library of Congress, Mr. Her- bert Putnam; Mr. Charles S. Ham- lin of the Federal Reserve Board and Mrs. Hamlin, the Bishop of Wash- ington, the Rt. Rev. James E. Free- man and Mrs. Freeman; the chair- man of the R. F. C. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, the administrator of the F. E. R. A and Mrs. Harry L. Hop- kins, the chairman of the Federal Alcohol Control Board and Mrs, Jo- seph H. Choate, jr.; the chairman of the National Industrial Recovery Board and Mrs. S. Clay Williams, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Mr. Leo T. Crow- ley; executive director of the National Emergency Council and Mrs. Donald Richberg, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bid- del, the secretary to the President and Mrs. Louis McH. Howe, the secre- tary to the President and Mrs. Stephen Early, Mrs. Harry Baxter, daughter of Secretary and Mrs. Dern; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Benedum, Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Braman of New York, cou- sin of Mrs. Roosevelt; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hutcheson, the head of the ‘Washington bureau of the Associated Press and Mrs. Byron Price, Mr. Kirke L. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle C. Wil- son, Mrs. Roosevelt Dall, daughter of the hosts; Miss Lorena Hickok, Miss Marguerite Le Hand, secretary to the President, and Mrs. Roosevelt's secre- taries, Mrs. Malvina T. Scheider and Mrs. James M. Helm. Additional guests were asked for the musicale which followed when the program was given by Mme. Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, and Ernest Hutcheson, pianist, with Conraad V. Bos playing the accompaniments for Mme. Schumann. Mr. Hutcheson opened the program with a group of Chopin compositions including his “Maszurka in B Minor,” a “Prelude in B Flat Minor” and the “Ballade in A Flat” Mme. Schumann sang three Schubert songs, “Wohin,” “I'm Aben- drot” and “Der Juengling an der Quelle”; John Eccles’ “A Song of the T at Cooperstown, N. Y., to spend the holidays with her parents. Senorita Alfaro will entertain at luncheon De- cember 29 in honor of Miss Stellita Stapleton and the Minister and Senora de Alfaro will entertain at dinner for their daughter December 27 preceding xglns; Stapleton’s dance at the Sulgrave lub. Mme. Troyanovsky, wife of the Am- bassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, left Washington late last night for Honolulu, where she will meet the Ambessador, who is returning to the United States from Moscow by way of the Far East. The details of her trip were arranged Sun- day, when the Ambassador called her up from Tokio by telephone and they held a conversation lasting several minutes. Mme. Troyanovsky will sail from San Francisco December 28, Her son Oleg accompanies her. ‘The Minister of Finland, Mr. L. Astrom, was the ranking guest at the luncheon given today at the Mayflower by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend following the first of the season's morning con=- certs. Richard Crooks and Kathryn eisle of the Metropolitan Opera Co., who gave the program this morning, were guests of honor. The Minister of Hungary and Mme. Pelenyi were also in the luncheon group, that included Mrs. W. Warren Barbour, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mrs, Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs, Eugene B. Roberts, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs. W, Forbes Morgan, Miss Helen Doherty, Miss Maria Luisa Ferrero, Miss Hope Jackson, Miss Marjorie Walsh, Miss Florence Slocum, Mrs. Richard Crooks, Mr. and Mrs. Frank La Forge. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Harold L. Ickes and the Pirst As- sistant Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Theodore A. Walters have issued invitations for a reception Satarday, December 29, from 5 until 7 o'clock at the Hotel Roosevelt. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Arcaya entertained a com- pany of 20 at luncheon today in cele- bration of the 26th anniversary of Peace and Progress in Venezuela. The guests were out of town friends and the legation staff. Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, who with Mrs. Copeland has been at their lodge at Venice, Fla., is ted to arrive in Washington Fri- y and will be at the Shoreham, where Mrs. Copeland will join him 10 days later. Senator and Mrs. Copeland will have a small company of guests at the New Year eve party at the Shoreham. The secretary of the Smithsonian and Mrs. Abbot entertained at dinner last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield Howard, who are leaving for their Winter home at Cocoa, Fla., on the Indian River. William A. Kinnan, Dr. Frederick Cottrell and Dr. William M. Mann. Raymond T. Baker, will entertain house party during Christmas week. Mrs. Hugh Dillman will remain with her son-in-law until after the new year and Mrs. Baker’s aunt, Mrs. Delphine Ashbaugh, and her daughter, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNEQDAY, DECEMBER 19, 193’4.‘ WILL ENTERTAIN AT THE WASHINGTON ASSEMBLY Miss Helene Bovee of California, will arrive Friday for Christmas. Mrs. Ashbaugh and her daughter recently returned from England where they spent some time with Mrs. Baker in London, where the latter is studying piano and where she will remain until Spring. Mrs. Baker’s brother, Mr. Horace Dodge, and his two children will join others of his family and be with Mr, Baker for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten, jr., have issued invitations for a re- ception to be held at 2633 Sixteenth street tomorrow afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock to meet Mrs. James B. Tot- ten and Mr. Ralph J. Totten. Capt. Roland M. Brainard, U.S.N., has arrived at the Martinique from New Orleans, accompanied by Mrs. Brainard and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth W. Brainard. Mrs. Harold F. Weiler entertained at a beautifully arranged luncheon followed by bridge Monday in her home in Herndon, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Barge Llewelyn Hartz will entertain at a dance this evening at the Columbia Country Club for their subdebutante daughter, Miss The Gatemwood House 2107 8 STREET j [ Jd Has & few open dates for the Holiday season. © LUNCHEONS ® BRIDGE PARTIES # TEA DANCES __ ® DINNER DANCES Three spacious drawing rooms furnish an excellent setting for private Darties. Dancing facilities for fifty couples. RATES REASONABLE ~ NORTH 6671 a bag from [. Miller means so much more! For pleasurable gift-giving. The Bette Hartz, Mrs, Neitah King will Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin will have as their guests for Christnfis and the holidays Mr. Erwin's niece, Miss Betty Ann Erwin, of Oak Park, Ill, and Mrs. ‘Erwin's cousin, Miss Mona Dugas, of Baton Rouge, La. Miss Erwin is & freshman at Mount Holyoke College, and Miss Dugas is | attending the University of Louisiana, and they are expected to arrive in ‘Washington Saturday. » Mr. and Mrs. Erwin will entertain | at & dinner dance at Abremont, their | home overlooking Rock Creek Park, Thursday, January 3, in compliment to their guests. The Macneil of Barra, chief of the Clan Macneil, was the guest of honor at dinner Monday evening given in the private dining room of the Olm- stead Grill. Toasts were given to all members and representatives present of the neighboring clans of McDon- (Continued on Third Page.) Rehearsal of the waltz nums= ber, a feature of the Washing- ton Assembly at the Shore= ham Hotel Friday wnt, took place yesterday, th Miss Betty Matmw”fl;. Miss Fanella ‘astenido a: Miss Aileen Ci Hood among the participants. —Underwood Photo. . 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Schumann who chose two Brahms’' compositions, “Vergeb- liches Staendchen” and “Weigenleid” and three of Richard Strauss’ “All Mein Gedanken,” “Morgen” and “Schlechtes Wetter.” Mrs. Roosevelt canceled her plan to sttend Mrs. Lawrence Townsend’s opening morning musicale today be- cause of the death of Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey, and will leave late today for New York to remain until Sunday. and Mrs. Dern Guests at Panama Legation. The Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern will be the guests in ‘whose honor the Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro will entertain at dinner this evening. Senorita Amelita Alfaro, daughter of the Minister and Senora de Alfaro, will come from her studies at Knox School NEW CROP NUTS We Have the Choicest Selections Almonds... . 30c m.; 5 ms. $1.40 wee25cm;Sme 1.15 English Walnuts «..33cm.; 5me. 1.50 Filberts ...30cm.; 5ms. 1.40 Schley Paper Shell Pecans, 45c¢m.; Sms. 2.00 Stuart Pecans ....30cm.; 5ms. 1.85 Mixed Nuts, 30cm.; Sms. 1.40 N. W. 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