Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1935, Page 35

Capital’s Social High Lights \ Part 3—10 Pages Mrs. Vic Donahey, one of the new senatorial hostesses. She is the wife of the Senator from Ohio, and they have taken an apartment at the Broadmoor. Hospitality Distinguishes Diplomatic. Reception as Holiday Adieus Are Said Vice President and Mrs. Garner to Be D;nner Guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. ‘The holiday bubble burst with a bang when the President and Mrs. Roosevelt said good-by to many of the Christmas-New Year visitors at that auspicious entertainment, the diplumatic reception Thursday night. Thousands of words have been written dsecribing the reception, and yet there is a subtle essence in the Roosevelt hospitality that beggars description. Not more brilliant than. former re- ceptions to the diplomatic colony, just more friendly, and the plan for re- ceiving the corps after it entered the ‘White House by the south front door, and later showing them into the state dining room ahead of other guests and before the terrific rush of a later hour, was carried out to perfection, ‘Tuesday the Vice President and Mrs. Garner will be guests at dinner of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, a num- ber of distinguished persons having been asked to meet them, Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner rushed away from the floor of the House last | week that Mrs. Garner might extend | her annual hospitality in the way of a luncheon to Mrs. Roosevelt. And now on the heels of all the frivolous parties of the holiday season comes the serious work of the cabinet women—their at- homing period. This Wednesday Mrs. Hull, wife of the Secretary of State; Mrs. Morganthau, wife of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, and-Mrs. Dern, wife of the Secretary of War—first, second and third in line of rank in the cabinet—will receive. Other cabinet women will assist or eall upon them, and the officials of all rank will pay their respects by personal call or leav- ing cards. Later in January other cabinet women will receive, Last night the President and Mrs. Roosevelt had a small company din- ing with them, their guests including their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. William Shefleld Cowles of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clark, also from the metropolis. Especially does the name of the former couple have a familiar ring to those conversant with the Theodore Roosevelt administra- tion. His brother-in-law and sister, Comdr, and Mrs. William Sheffleld Cowles, lived on N street, but spent - most of their waking hours in the ‘White House. Mrs. Cowles, wife of the commander, was Anna Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's sister. ‘Tomorrow Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest at luncheon of Mrs. Homer Cummings, wife of the Attorney Gen- eral, at her charming home, Ruthven, which sits atop a hill and is charm- ingly located. Like other events of the season, this luncheon will be a reminder of other years for Mrs. # Thomas J. Walsh, widow of the Sena- tor from Montans, ‘Who died while they were on their honeymoon, has arrived at the Mayflower in readi- ness for the luncheon. Thursday Mrs. Roosevelt will attend the National Symphony evening concert when the gifted wife of one of the President’s aides will be soloist. Many reminders of former admin- istrations were extant the night of the diplomatic reception, and there has just left Washington, after a visit of several weeks, one of the favorite cabinet women of the Harding admin- Jstration, Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, Tuesday. whose husband was Secretary of Ag- riculture. While she visited her son and daughter-in-law, the present Sec- retary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, she met hosts of her old friends, the visit being turned into veritable love feasts. Mrs. Wallace will stop en route to Des Moines to visit a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Angus McLay, in Birming- ham, Mich, A novel experience will be the re- ception of the new Speaker and Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns when they hold open door, for it has been long— scarcely since the days of Uncle Joe Cannon—that Speakers opened their doors for a real reception. After that momentous period, when hosts gave dinners of 8, 10 and 12 courses, Speakers and their wives curtailed their parties, several of them forbid- ding mention of their day at home in society columns, and the general run of congressional hostesses standing a chance of hearing “not receiving” when they called., Tennessee produces a species of hospitality akin to that of the White House in the present administration, and the handsome wife of the favored son of the House is likely to go down in history as one of its most beloved Speakers' host- esses of the period. There is very unusua! interest in the new crop of Senators and Rep- resentatives and their families, and the Congressional Club can run a large kindergarten without going out- side its own membership, for there are children of all ages, from mere toddlers in the nurseries on through the high school age; and then .college men and women, and oh my! What a crop of grandchildren, too. This is going to be a visiting Winter, and poor in courage is the member's wife who refuses to do her duty. Mrs. Roosevelt SPOnsors Soloist at Concert One of the major social events of .the season is scheduled for Thursday evening, when an unusually large group of the social and diplomatic set will attend the concert to be given by the National Symphony Orchestra in Constitution Hall. As the concert is scheduled for eve- ning, it is expected that a capacity audience will be present to hear Frances Nash, American pianist, who will appear as soloist with the or- chestra. Miss Nash will be heard in MacDowell's famous Concerto in D minor. It is confidently believed that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a regular box- holder of the National Symphony, will attend. Frances Nash is the wife of Col. E. M. Watson, U. S. A, military aide to the President. Mrs. Roosevelt herself is an ardent lover of orchestral music, and has on more than one occasion devoted her time to espousing the cause of symphonic music in the Nation’s Cap- ital. Among the wives of the cabinet members who will attend are Mrs. Henry: Wallace and her mother, Mrs. Daniel Roper and Mrs, Henry Mor- genthau. Mrs. Arthur Mullen has engaged two boxes and will entertain 10 guests. Many other box parties are also be- ing arranged, . 5 SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday St WASHINGTON, D. C., Mrs. Frank H. Buck, whose husband was re-elected to Con- gress from California. Representative and Mrs. Buck have leased an apartment at 2120 Kalorama road. Senatorand Mrs. Donahey Have Interesting Family Eight of Ten Children Are Married, With Nine Grandchildren—QOther Notes of the Official Circles. Announcement Made Of Engagements In Social Circles Miss Corinne ‘Webb Will Wed William Douglas Spears in March. The vice chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Mrs. ‘Thomas Dwight Webb announce the engagement of their daughter Corinne to Mr. William Douglas Spears, for- merly of Chattanooga, Tenn., and now of Nashville, Tenn. The wedding of Miss Webb and Mrs. Spears will take place early in March in the home of Mr, and Mrs, Webb in Nashville, ‘Tenn. The bride-elect, who is one of the most attractive members of the younger set in Washington, attended the Ward Belton School, and after (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) First Lady of Dominicans Arrives Here for Visit Senors de Trujillo, wife of the President of the Dominican Republic, arrived in Washington last night and will be the guests for several days of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies in their home on Massachusetts avenue. Mr. and Mrs, Davies will be hosts at dinner tonight for their guest and Tuesday Mrs. Davies will entertain at luncheon in honor of her guest. - ‘The new Minister of the Dominican Republic, Senor Don Rafael Brache, and Senora de Espaillat, widow of the one-time charge d’affaires of the lega- tion, went to New York to meet Senora de Trujillo on her arrival and re- mained - there for several days with ber. at the Waldorf-Astarigs 5 _. Senator and Mrs. Vic Donahey of Columbus, Ohio, have one of the most interesting families in the congres- sional set. They have 10 children, all’ married except a daughter, Miss Marion Donahey, who is-a junior in college in Ohio, and a son, Mr. Vic Donahey, jr., who is studying law at the Ohio State University. Senator and Mrs, Donahey have nine grand- children, all of whom, With their respective parents, reside in Ohio. Their sons and daughters-in-law are Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Donahey, who, with their sons, Jack and Billy, live in Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Donahey, who reside in Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Hal Donahey of Lake View, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Donahey of Huntsville, and Mr, and Mrs. James M. Donahey, who, with their daughters, Victoria and Carol, are residents of Columbus. Senator and Mrs. Donahey’s sons-in-law and daughters are Mr. and Mrs. James W. Huffmann of Columbus, who have one daughter, Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. Park G. Ogden, who, with their children, Frank G. Ogden, jr., Eddie, Don and Emily, live in Zanesville, and Dr. and Mrs. James Brownlee Johnson of Newark, Ohio. Senator and Mrs. Donahey have taken an apartment at the Broadmoor. Senator and Mrs. Edward R. Burke SUNDAY. MORNING, JANUARY. 6, 1935. Upper right: Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, wife of the new Speaker of the House, will entertain at a reception January 16, at the Mayfiower, where they are making their home. Upper center: Senator Joseph F. Guffey of P ennsylvania, with his sisters (left to right), Mrs. Carroll Miller, Miss Ida Guffey and Miss Pauletta Guffey. The Misses Guf- fey will act as hostesses for their brother, who is @ bache= lor. Mrs. Hubert Utterbach, wife of the new member of Congress from Iowa, accompanied her husband to Washington, and with him will be at the Roosevelt Hotel during the congressional season. " Features for Women Mrs. D.. Worth Clark, who arr » @y Members of Congressional Set Who Add Interest to Society in flie Capital d in the city h Repre- sentative Clark of Idaho, and with him is established at the Shoreham for the.Wx‘nter. Capital before the holidays, have established a residence for the con- gressional season at 1901 Wyoming avenue. They have with them their daughter, Miss Beatrice Burke. Their other daughter, Miss Barbara Burke, left- yesterday to resume her studies at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Senator and Mrs. Burke will be the honor guests at a reception this aft- ernoon given by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Francis McMullen in their home in Georgetown. Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secre- tary of Agriculture, will preside at the ~ (Continued on Page 7, Column 1) Postmaster General Farley Visiting New York Home ‘The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, left the Capital Friday for New York to be with his family oyer the week end. He will return to Wash- ington the first of this week. Dinner Party Last Night In Home of Chief Justice ‘The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles Evans. Hughts were hosts at dinner last evening. Owing to s ¢old, Mrs, Hughes will i 2 © First Lady Guest Of Mrs. Cummings At Luncheon party Green H. Hackworth Enter- tains in Honor of Dr. John L. Read. Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of the Attorney General, will entertain at a luncheon tomorrow in honor of Mrs, Roosevelt. . Mr. Green H. Hackworth, legal ad- viser of<the State Department, enter- tained at luncheon yesterday at the Uniyersity Club in honor of Dr. John L. Read, legal adviser of the Ministry of External Affairs of Canada. The other guests were the Assistant Secre- tary of State, Mr. R. Walton Moore; Mr. Fred K. Nielsen, American com- missioner of the Claims Commission of the United States in Turkey; Mr. Merchant Mahoney, first secretary of (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) Ambassador and Mrs. Long Entertain at Grasslands The American Ambassador to Italy and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, enter- tained .at & charming dinner-followed by dancing last night at Grasslands, for their debutante daughter, Miss Christine JLong. Mrs. Long wore & gown of pink-and gold lame and the debutante was in a becoming ' frock of white and. silver-cloth. Among those who entertained - at dinner parties before the dance was Miss Elizabeth Howry, who was host- ess in honor of her young visitor, Miss Anne Sullens-of Jackson, Miss. Today Miss Howry will entertain at luncheon. for Miss Sullens at the National- Wom- ,l_ln'lrcountq-mub' S —All Photos by Underwood. Air Attache at Italian Embassy to Be Honored Ambassador ‘Will Entertain at Dinner Tuesday for Col. Sbernadori, Who Will Assume _ New Duties in Rome. ‘The Ambassador of Italy, Signor Augusto Rosso, will entertain at din- ner Tuesday evening at the embassy in honor of the retiring air attache of the Italian Embassy and Signora Magda Sbernadori ‘Belingari, who will leave the middle .of “the month for Rome, - where Col. “Sbernadori . Will assume new duties. Y The Ambassador of * Japan, ‘Mr. Hirosi Saito, will return to Washing- ton today from New . York, where he went to address the Foreign Policy Association. ‘The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet -Munir, has been joined by Mme. Munir and their two. children, who arrived in New York Thursday night, The newdy appointed - Ambassador of Belgium, Count Robert van Straten- Ponthoz and Countess van Straten< Ponthoz, will arrive in New York the latter part of the-week and-will be met_there by the counselor of- the embassy, his highness Prince Bugene de Ligne, who is charge d'affaires until the arrival of the -Ambassador. ‘The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will entertain at luncheon today .at the-embassy. Mme. Simopoulos: are leaving “today “Wednesday afternoon. on the Majestic for England, where the Minister will take up his new duties as Greek Minister to the Court of St. James. Miss, Valerie. Prochnik, debutante daughter of the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, will entertain at (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) Mrs. Ickes at Home Jan. 23, Reception Days Canceled Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, will not re- ceive this week and not until Wednes= day, January 23. Mrs. Peyton Gordon, wife of Juse tice Gordon, will not be at-home to- morrow, but will receive the following Monday. Dr. and Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will. not- receive this afternoon. Secretary and Mrs. Hull To Give Reception Jan. 11 ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cor« dell Hull will give a reception Janue ary 11 at the Carlton Hotel for the personnel of the State Department. There will be dancing. Mrs. Hull will hold her first at home