Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1935, Page 37

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—10 Pages Highlights of Official Days ar Home of Cabinet Hostesses SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday St WASHINGTON, In this administration the cabinet hostesses divided into groups in observing thei days at home. Each Wednes: day since the beginning o, January has found at leas two of the official hostesse receiving. The last cabine days this season will be ob: r / t s t served Wednesday by Mrs. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, and Miss Fran ces Perkins, Secretary o, Labor. 7 Above: Mrs. Vic Donahey, Mrs. Harllee Branch, wije of the Second Assistant Post- master General. who was among the little cabinet group who made the cabinet calls last week. North and South Compete For Interest of Society Season Here to End in Few Weeks—White House Reception This Week .Completes List for Year. Parsans, daughter and wif U.S.M.C., at one of the cabi: net residences. Society already is “divided against | the house was “not for rent” as it {tself.” a generous portion being in ! was a part of the Naval Observatory. the South basking in the sunshine | She continued her search, undis- wife of the Senator from Ohio (center), in conversation with Miss Verna Parsons and Mrs. e of Capt. Miller V. Parsons, | while a large number are in the Lake Placid and Canada regions enjoying the Winter sports. Within another fortnight “the season” will be at its |couraged and was finally rewarded by a cordial greeting and the query, “Why, how did you know it was for rent? We only decided a few hours D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, height in the South, while in more ago.” And to her delight, she found | formal centers, particularly the Na- |that the boundary of the back yard | tional Capital, “the season” and its | was the wall of the British Embassy | festivities will be ended. Brilliant | garden. ; balls and informal beach parties are | The fascinating “member of the | the order in the Southern resorts, | House” and the charming doyen with fitting celebrations in the Win- | of the diplomatic corps, finding the | try sport centers, while the “midway | Wall so substantially built as to forbid | places,” Hot Springs, White Sulphur, | & gate have built themselves a stile, | where the “birds of passage” rest en |80 that access between the small and | route during their “migration” in the | quaint garden of the Representative- Spring and Fall, are preparing for | at-large from Arizona and the formal the Spring. | garden of the British Embassy will b'} Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, The schedule of formal state func- | ®38Y: tions at the White House will be com- | pleted Thursday evening, when the| President and Mrs. Roosevelt will en- | “The visit of Amelia Earhart, only | woman to make a successful solo | flight across the Atlantic and across . the Pacific. the end of this week will ;v;;zax:[ a[-hi; r:f;ilw;fl““v“::g' fix’n?fle not only give an added interest to Cm"nt stationed in and near Wash-‘smml Afialis but Wil gives many ington. Because of this reception the ,‘,’;’l‘“" o her scores of admirers in the Society of Naval Sponsors will meet d“?g? f‘;ptlm' Slie sicarlichde here this week. The members of the SR .mp Joung auiatsix il com organization, composed of those who | ‘(;‘,.2"“:“}35“’"5.}‘1 ‘:d,d"ss»dtha Ao have christened ships of the United | gg®eRil BoTEr ) FEERY b;l‘etnm‘: States Navy, always are invited tol ganiapion' o TEU .cch'x'.’ 1“: eg]rt this reception. Following the plan of | Mics Earhart, in private "life M, the present Chief Executive and First | Georve Paimer Suta i pe Lady of the Land, the receptions have | 8 Paimel Putnam. will be ac- been kept within a certain number, so | ponPAed [0 Washington by Mr. Put. that some of the officers of the vari- | Jom e eaphic Socishy will luncheon Saturday in her nd that evening Secretary of ce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper ill be hosts at a large reception in honor of the greatest-of women fiyers. have been entertained and will not be [ commer. Included in the guests for Thursday. | Many of the sponsors come from out | of town and they will attend the mMr and Mrs, b reception. Mrs. Roosevelt, herself a|in that busy a;"g'fiv:fl:%h'fi: naval sponsor, will “look in” at the | Newspaper Women's Club in its club.. meetixfiz :’Nfldm’sday morning, though | rooms, the only such headquarters ghe will be unable to remain for the | for women news writers in Washing- luncheon that day. ! ton. s Speculation has been indulged in by those “not present” as to “what | —_— was the trend of the conversation” at | Mrs. Andrews hairman the dinner Tuesday evening which | President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave in | 8{’1;;““” League Exhibit honor of the Speaker of the House rs. Eliphalet Andrews, chairman and Mrs. Byrns. The company in- | of the Arts and Interests Committee cluded many members of the Senate | Of the Junior League, has named her and House as well as the chief of | COMMittees to assist Mr. J. Duncan staff. U. S. A: a number of Army | MAaCGregor in the exhibition of his and Navy officers. and the heads of | WOrK. Which will be held in the Junior the military and naval academies, The | League club room at 1518 Connecti- party was given the evening after the | Cut avenue, beginning tomorrow and largest appropriation for defense was| continuing through the week and asked of the Congress since 1921. And | Saturday. 5 1t is generally conceded that as much | Those assisting Mrs. Andrews and 1f not more affairs of state are settled | 8CtiNg 85 hostess at the exhibition “over the tea cups”—or coffee cups— | Will be Mrs. J. W. Fulbright, Miss than in offices and conference rooms. | J2net Ball, Mrs. Lawrence Carter, Candidates for appointments are fre- | and Mrs. Montgomery Blair, ir. quently judged by the companies in| Mr. MacGregor has studied with which they dine. - Mr. W. Lester Stevens, Eugene V. The continued enforced absence of | Savage, N. A. and Sidney E. Dicken- Lady Lindsay from Washington is|3son, N. A, and has achieved a splen- eatly regretted by the many friends | did reputation for his portraits of :rhe has made in the Capital since| d0gs and ris hunting scenes. In- Sir Ronald Lindsay came to this post | cluded in the Junior League exhibit as His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassa- | Will be a picture of the pet cocker dor. During those four years both spaniel of Mr. and Mrs, Reginald the Ambassador and Lady Lindsay | Huidekoper. have made friends Wwherever they have gone, but none of these miss; her more than Isabella Greenway, Representative-at-large from Arizona. | Representative Greenway and “Edith | Lindsay” were friends in their school | days on Long Island and in New York. When it became necessary for this feminine member of the House to leave the Georgetawn home she occu- pied last season she began to look for one near her old friend, the chate- laine of the British Embassy. Mrs. Greenway's idea of looking for a house is “to look,” literally. So she drove up one street and down another, and around a circle near the embassy she found just what she thought she would like, judging from the outside, cnly to be informed at the door, that 4 Nicaraguan Vice President To Visit Here Next Week The Vice President of Nicaragua, Senor Rodolfo Esbinoca,”who will ar- | rive_in New York Thursday aboare | the Majestic from Europe, will come to | Washington to be a guest at the ! Nicaraguan Legation next week. Speaker's Wife Will Be at Home Wednesday Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, wife of the Speaker of the House, will receive Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6:30 o'clock in the Chinese room of the Mayflower, z : 4 with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. calls. Roper, wife of Lieut. Comdr. John W. Roper, who accompanied her in making the cabinet Mrs. Thomas Leatherbury Mrs. Robert A. Lacey. wife of state Commerce Commission, left cards at the cabinet at homes last week. FEBRUARY 24, 1935. Features for Women Above: Mrs. Carroll Miller, wife of the interstate com- merce commissioner, shown serving Mrs. Edwin G. Bow- man and Mrs. Edward C. Eicher, wife of Representa- tive Eicher of Iowa, at a cabi- n et at home. At right: Mrs. Henry La- trobe Roosevelt, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, arriving in the Ward- man Park apartment of Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, Wed- :’leadav‘ Sir Ronald Lindsay Host To Distinguished Guests Royal Italian Ambassador Entertains at Dinner in Honor of Speaker of House and Mrs. Byrns. of Mobile, Ala., with her sister, the head auditor of the Inter- —Underwood Photos. Secretary of State In Florida to Get Honorary Degree Secretary and Mrs. Wallace | Will Return to Washing- ton Tuesday. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordellj Hull, is in Florida, and tomorrow will receive a degree from Rollins College | at Winter Park. Secretary Hull is| expected’ to remain in- Florida for a few days after. receiving the degree. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace will return to Washington Tuesday from a short | stay in North Carolina. They are spending today at Asheville. Mrs. Copeland, wife of Senator Roy- | al S. Copeland, is recovering from in- juries recefved in a recent automobile accident, and is at the Good Samari- | tan Hospital at West Palm Beach, Fla. She is expected to leave the hospital this week for her Winter home at Venice, Fla. Senator Copeland has joined Mrs. Copeland. Mrs, Gore, wife of Senator Thomas P. Gore, although convalescing from a serious iliness, will take no part in society this season. The director of the National Emer- gency Council and Mrs. Donald Rich- berg are spending several days in Miami Beach, Fla. They expect to return to their home in Kenwood, Md., at the end of the week. Maj. and Mrs. Hugh A. Allen have as guests for a few days in their home in Aurora Hills the latter's sister and niece, Mrs. Fred Gammack and Miss Dorothy Gammack of Hampton, Va. Last evening Mr. Hugh A. Allen, jr., accompanied by his sister, Miss Collis | Allen, and cousin, Miss Gammack, at- tended the hop at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of former Vice President Curtis, will re- | turn ‘to- Washington Tuesday from Miami, Fla,, where she is the guest of Mrs. Henry L. Doherty in her apart- ment fin the Miami Biltmore -Hotel. She attended the-annual milk fund ball, of which Mrs, Doherty is founder. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor of Bethiesds, l | tive Lloyd Thurston, -entertained at Md., left early last for Tucson, N Contlmied o e Gutis 33 § Mrs. Cummings Hostess To Mrs. Garner March 7 Scnatqr and Mrs. Coolx'c]ge Will Give Dinner. Mrs. Thurston Entertains in Compli- ment to Her Niece. Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of | the Vice President, will.be the honor guest at luncheon Thursday. March 7, of Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife | of the Attorney General, Senator and Mrs. Marcus A. Cool- | idge will give the second of a series of dinner parties in their apartment at the Shoreham Wednesday. Mrs. Thurston, wife of Representa- luncheon yesterday at the Shoreham in compliment to her niece, Miss Mary Henderson, of Oseola, Towa. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Dale, son and daughter-in-law of the late Sena- tor Porter H. Dale, have issued invi- tations for a tea this afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in their apartment in the Broadmoor in honor of Julge and Mrs. Charles A, Hardin of Har- rodsburg, Ky, who are their guests. Alternating at the tea table will be Mrs, William N. Doak, Miss Doris Gibson, Mrs. Eugene O, Sykes, Mrs. South Trimble, jr.; Mrs. William Jen- nings Price and Mrs. Conrad Syme. Others who will assist will be Mrs. Gordon Edmonds, Mrs. Octavia Sykes Stevenson, Mrs. A. Lane Cricher, Mrs. Joseph A. Cantrel and Mrs. L. Clark Schilder. Mrs. Ellis A. Yost will entertain at a tea tomorrow afternoon in the| Dodge Hotel from 4 to 6 o'clock to meet Mrs. Fielding H. Yost of Ann Arbor, Mich.,, and Mrs. Carl C. Lo- men of Alaska. Mrs. Yost will have assisting her Mrs., Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mrs. George W. Johnson. Mrs. Theodore Christianson, Mrs. William N. Doak, Mrs. Cantacuzene * Grant, ' Mrs. Vir- ginia White Speel, Mrs. Thad Brown, Mrs. John Herrick, Mrs. George C. Thorpe, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckermap, Mrs. James M. Doran, Mss; m Pitch Kelley, Mrs;: % . Ken- nedy Brown, Mrs. Rfenk W. Mon- Edwin G. Bowman and Mrs. Dan Tyler Moore. ‘Mrs. Fred A. Raseh will entertain at luncheon at the Shoreham tomor- row in honor of Mrs. Nancy Weller of Baton Rouge, La., who has arrived to spend the Winter with her sister, Miss Anne Kraft. in Washington. Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger will give a luncheon party at the Shore- ham Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Lucy Wilder Morris, who is spending the season in Washington. Mrs. Sterling McKittrick will be hostess at luncheon tomorrow, her guests remaining through the after- noon to play bridge. Mrs. Adam Weir wiil entertain at luncheon at the Shoreham Tuesday. Miss Gildersleeve was hostess at a tea yesterday at Gunston Hall. Re- ceiving with her were Mrs. Calvin B. Matthews, Miss Mary B. Kerr and Mrs. William Channing Johnson. Those alternating at the tea table were Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Mrs. Har- ry S. Truman, Mrs. Ben Fuller and Mrs. C. C. Marbury. A bridge party was given by Miss Amy P. Miller last evening, when she had as guests Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Tarlton Brooke, Mrs. William Dinwiddie, Mrs. Stanton Smith, Miss Estelle T. Moore, jr., and Mr. Osborn Stabler. Miss Miller has over the week end her neice. Miss Mary Summers Taylor of New Mexico and Philadelpkhia. Mr. and- Mrs. Earle H. Le Masters will be hosts at a dinner party at the Shoreham Tuesday evening. Lieut. and Mrs; W. G. Schindler’| were hosts at a buffet supper at their home .in Oak Crest, Va. Friday eve- ning,‘when their guests included Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs, John M. Haines of Washington, Lieut. and Mrs. Mobis ¢ | of Norfolk, Va.; Lieut. and Mrs. H [} [ b - .\fu'gl'n;a Lord Heard Of Edwin MacKethan Engagement of Marion Sampson to John Ellis Is Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willis Heard of Savannah, Ga., announce the en- gagement of their daughter Virginia Lord to Mr. Edwin Robeson Mac- | Kethan, jr. of Washington. Miss | Heard attended the Pape School in ;Savannnh and was later graduated from Vassar College. Since her gradu- ation she has lived in New York and | Savannah. She is a member of the Savannah Junior League. | Mr. MacKethan is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Robeson Mac- Kethan of Fayetteville, N. C. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina and following subse- quent study in the law school was admitted to the bar. He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Mr. Mac- Kethan was for several years with the Bankers' Trust Co. in New York City, but resigned in ‘1933 to assume his present position with the Reconstruc- tion nce Corp. in Washington. The wedding will take place in the early Spring. Mr. Edwin D. Sampson of Chevy Chase, Md., announces the- engage- ment of his daughter Marion Virginia to Mr. John Marion Ellis. son of Mr. and Mrs. Monford Ellis of Riverdale, Md. The wedding will take place this Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Thompson announced the engagement of their daughter Louise Bunnell to Mr. Leon- ard B. Nimro at a tea given recently place in the early part of April. Mr. and Mrs. H.. W. Ireland’ an- nounce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Ogden to Mr. Law- rence Kenneth Jones, jr., of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ken- neth Jones. The wedding will take ‘The dean of the diplomatic corps, [hisBrittanic majesty'’s Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, was host at din- ner last night in the embassy, when | the guests included the Ambassador of the Unfon of Soviet Socialist Re- publics and Mme. Troyanovsky, the Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor Oswaldo Aranha; the Minister of Denmark and Mme. Wadsted, the Siamese Min- ister and Princess Damras, the coun- | selor of the Swedish Legstion and | Baroness Beck-Friis, Mrs. Robert Pat- | terson Lamont, wife of the former Secretary of Commerce: the special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Mrs. Thomas Hewes, the Right | Rev, James H. Ryan, Bishop of Mo- the chairman of .the Federl!] dea; Aleohol Contrel. Administration and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, jr.. the As- sistant to the Secretary of State and Mrs. Harry A. McBride, the chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affaires | and Mrs. Stuart J. Fuller, Mrs. Bryce Allan, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, the attache of the Polish Embassy, Mr. Edward Weintal; Brig. Gen. Charles L. Mc- | Cawley, Mr. Charles Warren, member of the Board of Trustees of the Na- tional Training School for.Boys; the municipal architect of the Engineer- ing Department of the District of Columbija and Mrs. Nathan Wyeth, Mrs. Beatrice Beck Tuck, Mr. and Mrs. David E. Flnley and the third secretary of the British Embassy, Mr. | Ian Wilson Young. The royal Italian Ambassador, Sig- nor Augusto Rosso, entertained at dinner last evening in honor of the Speaker of the House and Mrs. . Jo- seph W. Byrns. The Ambassador. will leave Friday for New Orleans and other visits in the South -and will.be gone several weeks. ‘The Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye will return to the Capital Tuesday from Florida. The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, will entertain a com- pany of men at dinner tomorrow eve- ning in honor of Herr Firle and Herr Schroeder of the North German Liloyd. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito and the members of the staff of the Japanese Embassy will entertain at a dinner this evening for the retiring second secretary of the Japanese Embassy and Mme. Ito. The . Ambassador and Mme. Saito will be the ranking guests at a re- ception the second secretary and Mme. Ito will give in the Garbo room at the Shoreham tomorrow. ‘The secretary and Mme. Itb will leave Washington Thursday to. sgil for Havana, where Mr. Ito will as- sume his new post as charge d'affairs:|- of the Japanese Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Approximately 60 guests have been invited to the reception. The Minister of Switserland and Mme. Peter are expected to return today from Boston, where they went Friday to be with their son, Mr. Marc Peter, jr. The Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles Davila, was host at dinner last evening in honor of the Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes. Additional guests joined the company for music after the dinner in their home. The wedding will take § when the program was given by Mme. Yvonne Printemps, soprano. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Arcaya will entertain at luncheon today in the legation. ‘There will be 20 guests. Mme. Sgze, wife of the Chinese place in June, Mrs. Edna the engagement Virginia to Mr. . Ricketts announces. of her daughter Mary T. .. The Dlace-this Sumimer, Minister, will be hostess at a luncheon tomorrow in honor of Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife.of the Secretary of State. ‘There will be 19 guests. " Djalal will entertain at dinner Thurs- | day evening. | _ The Minister of Hungary and Mme. | Pelenyi will be hosts at a dinner Tuesday for the dean of the diplomatic corps, his Brittanic majesty's Am- | bassador. Sir Ronald Lindsay. _They Ilm entertain again at dinner Fridey | and Tuesday, March 5 The Minister of the Dominican Re- public, Senor Don Rafael Brache, will be the guest of honor at dinner tomor- row evening of Senora de Espaillat, | widow of the late counselor of the le- i gation of the Dominican Republic, | who will entertain in the Chinese room of the Hotel Mayflower. | The charge d'affaires of Bulgaria | and Mme. Peteroff Tchomakoff have ln!urned from Florida, | The counselor of the Rumanian Le- | gation and Mme. Florescu will leave | today for Florida with her three | children. The military attache of the Union | of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mme. Burzin and the naval attache and Mme. Ors were hosts at a recep- tion last evening at ® o'clock on the occasion of the seventeenth anni- versary of the Red Army. Among the guests were the Secretary of War and Mrs. Dern, the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Woodring, the chief of naval operations and Mrs. Stand- ley, the assistant chief of naval operations and Mrs. Taussig, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Craft, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. March, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wood- ward, Rear Admiral and Mrs. De- frees, Maj. Gen, Russell, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Andrews, - Col. and Mrs. Burnett, Capt. and Mrs. Puleston, Capt. and Mrs. Brown, Capt. and Mrs. Marquart, Capt. and Mrs, Friedell, Col. and Mrs. Donohoe. Lieut. Col. and Mrs, Dondero, Comdr. Kirk- man, Maj. and Mrs. Moriarty, Capt. |and Mrs. Graves, Capt. and Mrs. | Brown, Capt. and Mrs. Lindsey, Lieut. | Hero, Lieut.” Gale, Lieut. and Mrs. Linke, Mr: Robert F. Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Packer, Dr. and Mrs. R. Baket, ' Mi."” arid Mrs. F. Schneider, Mrs. A. J. Hanlon, Mr. and Mrs. R. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, Mr. and Mts. R.'L. Earle and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pavin. The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republice and Mme, Troyanovsky, the Counselor and Mrs. Skvirsky, the first secretary and Mrs. Neymann, .the second secretary and Mrs. Gokhman and the other mem- bers of the embassy staff were present. Patronesses Announced """ For Benefit Card Party Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the ‘Secretary of Commerce, heads the list of patronesses for the annual benefit card party to be given by Constitution Chapter, D. A. R.; at the Raleigh Hotel Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Others who are sponsoring the event are Mrs, Russell Willlam Magna, president genr- eral N. S. D. A. R Mrs. John Beavers, corresponding secretary eral; Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, registral’, general; Mrs. Willlam L. Dunne, his-* torian general; Miss Helen Harmon; * vice president general for the District of Columbia; Mrs. George Madden o-. Grimes, State regent of the District; == Mrs. Jean Labat, vice State regent of the District; Miss Ramona J. Newman, State corresponding secretary; Dr. Jean Stephenson, State librarian; Mrs. James Henry Harper, State director, ‘Children of the Amer; Revolution; Mrs. Alfred L. Gasque, wife of Repre- sentative Gasque of South Carolina. Mrs. O: Max Gardner, wife of the f mer Governor of North Carolina; Mrs. Herbert Seawell, Mrs. Cabot Stevens and Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, vice presi« dent of the League of Amere