Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1935, Page 41

Capi tal’s Social High Lights Part 3—10 Pages Attractive Families of WASHINGTON, Dz'p/omzlflc Circle A tlze Center: Marchese and Marchesa Rossi Long- hi and their sons, Ro- b q erto and Fabrizio. Mar- uis Longhi is counselor of the Italian Embassy. Donna Bianca Cugia, Marchesa of Sant’Orsola, wife of the naval attache of the Italia Anna and Francisca. n Embassy, with their children, White House Events Off; Birthday Party Delayed In Illness of Col. Howe Mrs. Roosevelt Suggests March 30 for Mi- Careme Ball of Newspaper WOanQS Club- BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. leave off the official phase for a brief | time and break bread and sip tea Gloom hangs over vvhe ‘Presldems‘ with the scribes, household and social life is in abey- | ance for some time to come. Because; Mrs. Edmund B. Montgomery is of the critical condition of Col. Howe, | back from Cuba, where her husband, who has been a guest within the 108 With the State Department, is White Hous he President’s | 207 American consul general in dte House since the FresiGents| Havana and for two weeks, or about inauguration, the birthday party of‘ little Anna Eleanor Dall was post- poned, and the doors have been prac- tically closed for many days. Mrs. Roosevelt, however filled her radio contract by broadcasting Fridaay night, i and to the small ears, most of them | tucked comfortably under the covers, | she told what the refreshments were | to be whenever the party is given. | Soup, creamed chicken, frozen cys- tard and, of course, the birthday cake, Almost any little girl in the Jand could have a simple party like | that, but not with the White House as a background. Then one found out by listening in that Mrs. Roose- velt's Easter costume is blue—dress, hat, and all, and that it is not well | to wear a new-fashioned hai for automobiling. Asked to attend the Mi-Careme ball the night of March 28. to be given by the Newspaper Women's Club, of which she is an honorary member, she replied she was unable to attend, and suggested the night of March 30, Climacus, also a feast night, or at least not a fast night in Lent. Two former mistresses of the White House besides Mrs, Roose- velt—Mrs, Hoover and Mrs, Coolidge— are honorary -members, all going to show the advantage of such a feature for a woman writers' club, Largest of all balls arranged for the night of March 30, a night when sober garb may be laid aside for the carnival spirit, is the Newspaper ‘Women’s Club ball at the Willard Hotel, when the queens of typewriters will turn the tables for the very first time and play hostess to their patrons at a real ball. The Women's Na- tional Press Club gives its annual stunt party and dinner and takes the members of society as guests. ‘The Newspaper Women's Club, having in its ranks many writers interested in ‘the local civic life of Washington, are working a proposition to aid the Children’s Hospital in completing its heating plant, and add something to their own fellowship fund for the club. For years many of the woman writers have aided every occurring emergency by helping out on pub- licity, remaining in their offices over hours to rewrite and get out copy— and they have a.longing for the feel of doing something tangible on their own hook. Accustomed to glowing -descriptions of other people’s balls, they will now describe their own. But the event will not be one merely of box parties ~—though there are many brilliant ones—and & sparkling string of “glso” guests, but there will be other attractions, for what dinner party or ball can be given nowadays with- out its program, and there will be general dancing most of the time. The supper is really sumptuous—for e ball —and decries those dangerous balls of hard frozen creams and infinitesmal cakes that once regaled society at benefit balls before the Community Chest intervened. 8o populdr has become the new club quarters of this Newspaper Women's Club on H street, that the most se- date members of society feel privileged to mount the winding, unpolished stairs to the glow and warmth of the rooms and enjoy meeting interest- ing visitors and taking a cup of tea. 1t is the touch of newspaper life, Bo- Themian, if you will—for which all out- siders long. Many l:e :::n dis- tinguished guests who have en- tertained there and the charming, sociable Mrs. Garner, wife of the Vice President, most of the cabinet mem- bers’ wives and others- are. glad -to 4 that time, she will entertain and be entertained by her many Washington | As Natalle Barnes of Phila- | delphia, Mrs. Montgomery made her | friends. debut in Washington and later mar- ried a Virginia gentleman, Mark Reid Yates. Her home on Massachusetts | avenue is one of the several very in- teresting ones in the vicinity of the Japanese Embassy. likes Havana and seems to have suf- fered not at all from the rather riotous excitement said to obtain in' that capital in recent months, Spring teas and Spring fever, once synonymous in Washington, are no| longer in the same class but instead the former are lively places where knowledge on political and other weighty subjects is dispensed with ef- fervescent good humor, and not merely tea sipping and tea dripping and | cake nibbling affairs. Just now the Women's Democratic Club and | {Notables Will Attend Newspaper Women's | Costume Ball Saturday the League of Republican Women | Washington are running a lively race for place, the Demo- cratic women confining themselves more to their elegant club house, while Republican women are doubling on them by entertaining both at the Republican Club on Rhode Island avenue and at private teas. of It was Mrs. Henry Prather Fletcher who gave one of the sprightliest, most interesting afternoon parties of the Spring and as her husband is chair- man of the National Republican Com- mittee, of course, guests from that party predominated with, however, a pungent flavor of Democrats. It could not have been otherwise, for chief guests were the presidents and officers of the Women's National Press Club and the Newspaper Women's Club, Personally, Mrs. Fletcher is a gen- eral favorite, an invitation from her being a distinction. She was familiar with many of the newspaper writers, having met them at a tea in their honor when Mrs. Coolidge presided in the White House and she and Mr. Fletcher were guests there just before going to his post as Ambassador to Italy. The lady, in her elegant black afternoon gown, made a lasting im- pression on newspaper writers, and one would have thought but a year elapsed since that tea, so kind had nature dealt with the hostess of Mon- day who again appeared in an elegant afternoon costume of black. - The dainties of the tea table whetted the wits of the guests, old Republi- cans and new Republicans, and re- partee flew from lip to lip. Mrs, Charles M. Lea, staunch and intelli- gent Republican, who had herself been hostess at a similar tea a week earlier, approached the tea table for some of the delicious little biscuits, split and buttered Kentucky fashion, with a bit of bacon and quava jelly between, when a Democrat with mug- wump tendency remarked that they were good enough to turn a Democrat into & Republican. “Take the whole plate,” laughed Mrs. Lea, “your vote is worth it.” Mrs. Laura Volstead !:omen, whose biologist husband is in charge of the once vanishing reindeer of Alaska, was there and chortling merrily over the fact that the great herd of reindeer being driven from the snowy plains of Alaska to the snowy hills of Canada had just been delivered after a pic- turesque and almost fantastic trek lasting over two years. Mrs. Lomen, daughter of the father of the Volstead act, did not even notice the punch bowls in the tea room, though the beverage was sufficiently braciog. » Mrs. Montgomery | SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star D. C, The charge d’affaires of Nicaragua and Senora Dona Emelina de De Bayle, who were hosts at a reception last week honoring the Vice President of their country, Dr. Rodolfo Espinosa. them are their children, Melba and Marta. With Mrs. Roosevelt to Be Guest to Feature Stage and Concen Stars. Cabinet hostesses, leaders in the political-social life of the Capital, well-known magazine and feature writers and newspaper women, repre- senting both local and out-of-town newspapers, will take part in the gay costume ball to be given Saturday evening by the Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, the first of its kind ever given her Mrs. Roosevelt will be the honor guest and will have guests with her in her box. Judging from the reser- vations pouring in, all those of im- portance in the Capital will attend this picturesque event. Novel decora- tions are planned and a program of entertainment featuring stars of the stage and concert, a fashion parade, gypsy fortune-tellers and astrologers and dance music by one of the town’s most popular orchestras. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, has sent a contribution for the ball, which is being given for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital heating plant fund and the club’s own fellowship fund, and business firms, large and small, are contributing to the unique programs which will be souvenirs of the party. Additional boxholders and sub- scribers for the ball include the Min- ister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, the Minister of Denmark and Mme. Wadsted, the Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge, the Siamese Minister and Princess. Damras, Senator Arthur Capper, .Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman, Senator and Mrs. James Couzens, Representative and Mrs. Ralph O. Brewster, the Assistant Sec- retary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, the former Ambassador to Spain and Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin, former Representative and Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, jr.; former Representative and Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC, Little, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Mott Gunther, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mr. Frank Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald 8. Huidekoper, Dr. and Mrs. James Alexander Lyon, Mrs. James W. Helm, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, (Continued.on_Page. 7, calm 5) . of Honor—Entertainment SUNDAY MORNING, Right: MARCH 24, 1935. Mrs. H. O. Chalk- ley, a popular hostess in The diplomatic set, with her two sons, David and Edward. Mrs. Chalkley is the wife of the commercial counselor of the British Embassy. Features for Women L3 Senora de Mendoza, wife of the first secretary of the Peru- vian Embassy, Dr. Juan Mendoza Almenara, with their children, Frederica and Rosidi. Dinnerat Cummings Home Honors California Couple| To Deliver Address Senator Capper Will Entertain This Evening at Mayflower in Compliment to Governor of Kansas. The Attorney General and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings entertained at dinner last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of San Fran- cisco, brother and sister-in-law of Mr. Raymond T. Baker. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas will entertain at dinner this evening at the Mayflower in compliment to Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas. Mrs. Dempsey, wife of Representa- tive John I. Dempsey, of Sante Fe., N. Mex, entertained informally at luncheon Tuesday in the Colonial room of the Wardman Park Hotel for a party of six. Representative and Mrs. Dempsey are making their home at the Wardman Park this season. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Baity will give a dinner party at the Shore- ham Thursday evening. Mrs. Robert F. Fleming will enter- tain at tea tomorrow afternoon at her home in Edgemoor, Md., for her daughter, Miss Edgar von L. Fleming, who is spending her vacation from Wellesley with her parents and her guest, Miss Dora Foss, of Brookline, Mr. Rufus Putnam, 3d, will enter- tain at a breakfast this morning in his apartment at the Wardman Park Annex, This will be the last of & series. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Miller will be hosts this evening at an informal dinner party. Miss Barbara Conger of Ardsley-on- Hudson and Miss Virginia Robinson of Irvington, spending their Spring vacation from Dobbs Ferry School, were luncheon guests yesterday at the Little Tea House of Mr. K, B. Con- ger, jr., father of Miss Barbara Con- ger, and Mr. K. B. Conger, her grandfather. The three generations are visiting Col. A. L. Conger in Ta- koma Park, brother of' Mr. K. B. Conger. X Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Russell of Sligo Park Hills, Md., gave & din- ner party last night in honor of their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Robert. F, . Russell of Syracpse. N. Y., the occa- sion being Mrs. Robert Russell’s birt] day anniversary. The guests at dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Von Stegner and Mr. and Mrs. Harry MacHammer of Baltimore, | Mr, and Mrs, Harry Trainor, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Dye, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Selvage and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Raesly. Additional guests joined the company later. Mr. George H. Buhrmann and Miss Mary Jansen, both of Amsterdam, Holland, were the guests in Wwhose honor a group of friends entertained at dinner at the Shoreham ball room last evening. The hosts were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Brewood, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Clark R. Long and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Bligh. Also present were Miss Catherine Donovan and Mr. Thomas Chambers, the latter from Springfield, Mass. Celebrating the 17th birthday an- niversary of Miss Lynde Crocker, her aunt, Miss Gertrude Crocker, gave a dinner party last evening at the Little Tea House, the guests includ- ing Miss Louise Shelhorn, Miss Bar- bara Shelhorn, Mr. Jack Franklin, Mr, Walter Ness and Mr. Joseph Ash- ley. After dinner the group attended a dance at the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Barton enter- tained & small company at dinner in the ball room at the Shoreham last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Amatucci of Sligo Park Hills, Md,, gave a din- ner party and dance last night in the Manor Club in Norbeck, Md., in cele- bration of Mrs. Amatucci’s birthday .anniversary. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zeller of Norbeck, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Martin, Mr. and Mrs, Steven Ennis of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Joyce of Silver Spring, Mr. and Mrs. E. Francis Mc- Devitt and Mr. Larry Joyce-of Sligo Park Hills. Mme. Octave Moussot gave s din- (Continued on Page-§, Column 7. —Underwood Photos. Secretary Dern Leaves Tuesday for New York Miss Bessie Falk of Idaho Is Guest of Senator and Mr!. qua}\_Mrs. Wh£te Returns, The Secretary of War, Mr. George h- | H. Dern, will go to New York Tuesday to speak before the Philadelphia post of the Army Ordnance Association, Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah have as their guest, Miss Bessie Falk of Idaho. Senator Wallace H. White, jr., will be joined by Mrs. White today, when she will return from a short visit in their home in Maine. Mrs. Bolton, wife of Representative Chester C. Bolton, has gone to Florida to spend the Spring vacation with her sons. Representative and Mrs. Clarence E. Hancock of New York have as guests at the Mayflower, the former’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart F. Hancock of Syracuse, N. Y, and Miss Evelyn Hancock. Mr. Hallett Johnson, counselor of embassy at Madrid, has been at the Mayflower for the past few days with Mrs. Johnson. They will leave for New York today or tomorrow and will sail for Europe next week. Since their arrival in the. United States about two months ago, they have been in California and Florida. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John F. O'Ryan of New York City are here a short time at the Carlton. Capt. and Mrs. Claude Bonvillian have been joined by their daughter, Miss Isabel Bonvillian, who came to spend her Spring vacation from Wellesley with her parents. Capt. and Mrs. Bonvillian have as their guests Miss Elizabeth Ayre of Scarsdale and Ensign John W. Geist. Mr. and Mrs. Tuckerman Hosts to Baltimorean Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman have with them for a few days, Miss Florence Hobson of Baltimore, who is - well_known to_society folk here, Dinners and On Diplom dd Interest to Sociery in Capital e ) Luncheons atic Calendar \Polish Ambassador Host at Embassy—Royal Italian Envoy to Entertain Tomorrow and Tuesda}'- The Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Stanislaw Patek. entertained at a bl luncheon yesterday at the embassy.| The Minister of Panama. Senor Dr. — Ricardo J. Alfaro, returned this morn- ‘The Royal Italian Ambassador. Sig- | ing from a trip to Oklahoma, where he nor Augusto Rosso, will entertain at |went to speak before the Pan-Ameri- dinner tomorrow evening, when the | can Student Forum at the University ranking guests will be the Ambassador | of Oklahoma. of Cuba, Senor Dr. Guillermo Patter-| The Minister and Senora de Alfaro son y de Jauregui, and the Belgian | will entertain at a luncheon today in Evans Hughes. There were 20 guests. Ambassador, Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz The Italian Ambassador will enter- tain again at dinner Tuesday, when the ranking guests will be the Secre- tary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C Roper, and the Ambassador of Ger- many, Herr Hans Luther., Hans Luther, gave a dance last eve- ning at the embassy in honor of the third secretary of the embassy and Frau Struve, who recently returned from their wedding trip. Frau Struve before her marriage in February was Miss Elinor Castendyk. daughter of | Mrs. Christian Castendyk of Honolulu. The wedding took place in California | and Herr and Frau Struve are in the | house at 3257 N street. which they have leased. The guests at the dance last evening numbered about 150. in- | cluding members of the official. diplo- matic and resident society, with a | number of young German bachelors | from New York. | The Minister of Switzerland and | Mme. Peter were hosts at a small luncheon yesterday at the legation. The Minister and Mme. Peter also entertained at a luncheon Friday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cod- man of Boston. . | The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik will be hosts at dinner Tues- day evening. The Minister of Venezuela and Se- | The financian ‘The Ambassador of Germany. Herr | | the legation for 16 guests. | Senorita Amelita Alfaro, daughter of the Minister and Senora de Alfaro, will have as her guest this week Miss | Eva Duke of El Salvador, a school- mate at the Knox School, who will arrive in the Capital Wednesday and is'»ay until the opening of school. The Minister of Hungary and Mme. Pelenyi are entertaining over the | week end. Mme. Pelenyi's sister, Mrs. | Donald McBride, and niece, Miss Eliza- beth Matker, of Cleveland, who will leave Tuesday. Mrs. Ralph Close, wife of the Min- ister of the Union of South Africa, will entertain at luncheon Thursday lin honor of Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce. The Minister of Norway and Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne entertained at dinner last evening in honor of the Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye. The newly appointed Minister of Colombia, Don Miguel Lopez Pu- marejo, with Senora de Lopez and two of their six children have ar- rived in Washington and are staying temporarily at Wardman Park Hotel. Senor Lopez is the brother of Pres- ident Alfonso Lopez and was a mem- ber of the Colombia Trade Commis- sion which visited Washington a year ago, ounselor of the nora de Arcaya will entertain at a | Rumanian Legation and Mme. Bon- cocktail party this evening at 6 o'clock. | €€5¢0 will have as their guests until There will be dancing. | the last of the month Col. and Mrs. Senor Mariano Arcaya, son of the | Robert Guggenheim of New York, Minister and Senora de Arcaya. is|Who Will arrive in Washington Tues- spending a ‘ew days in Washington | 92Y; y. from Princeton University, where he M. and Mme. Boncesco will enter- is a student. tain at dinner for their guests in e their apartment at the Broadmoor The Minister of Denmark and Mme. | Thursday. Wadsted entertained at dinner last| Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Del Mar will evening when the honor guests were | be hosts at dinner for Col. and Mrs. the Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles | Guggenheim Priday evening. Engagements Announced ; Founeent}l Biennial Show Of Unusual Interest| AtCorcoran Gallery Opens The adviser to the director of the| The stately interior of the Corcoran | Reconstruction FPinance Corp. and | Gallery of Art lost its austere aspect president of the Commodity Credit | last night for the opening private view | Corp. and Mrs. Lynn Porter Talley of the Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition announce the engagement of their | Of Contemporary American Oil Paint- daughter, Kathleen Downs, to Mr, | ings, when the social world became Charles Metcalfe Spence of St. Louis | guests of the president and trustees. and Dallas, son of Mrs, Wendell | Instead of the usual stream of tourists Spence and the late Judge Spence of | in traveling attire or the artists linger- Dallas. The wedding will take place | \N& before their favorites, there were May 7 in St. John's Church. Miss Talley attended Wellesley Col- lege and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Maryland in 1934. She made her debut in Dallas. Mr. Spence was graduated from the University of Texas in 1925 and the Harvard Law School in 1928. He is in the legal department, of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Co. Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Lawrence announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth La Mar, to Mr. J. Lacey Reynolds, jr,, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lacey Reynolds of Nashville, Tenn. Miss Lawrence is formerly of Chi- cago and Kenilworth, Ill, and at- tended Roycemore School for Girls, at Evenston, Ill, and Northwestern University. Mr. Reynolds, jr, is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and is a member of Phi Kappa Psi Praternity. He is State editor of the Washington Herald. The wedding will take place April 12, and they will make their home here. Mr, and Mrs B. Y, Alford of Ma- comb, Miss,, recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Elaine, to Mr. Arthur J. Dixon, son of Mrs. Mary 1. Dixon of this city. The engagement of Miss Jean Taylor to Mr. Walter R. Hardisty was announced yesterday afternoon et a tea given by her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benja- min Comegys Taylor, at 1616 K street. The wedding will take place in June. Mr. Hardisty is the son of Mrs. Mary Hardisty of Lanham, Md. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and is an engineer in the J{ Bureau of Public Roads. . \ hundreds of persons in evening attire, representative of higher official, dip- | lomatic and art loving residents there. | There, too, were distinguished visit- |ing artists, exhibitors, _directors of | other museums of art and famous art | critics from other cities. Some mem- ‘bers of the jury were there, and while there was no receiving line such as | one nearly always finds at functions in the Capital, the officials and trustees | of the gallery and their wives, mingled with the throng. On the invitation list were justices of the Supreme Court and courts of the District, lend- ing their august presence; cabinet members, and many from both Senate and House. Besides the unusually fine show of canvases, the gallery itself took on galla atmosphere and the stairways were aisles of palms and laurel, and the massive pillars were entwined with laurel, while classic festoons decorated the balustrade surrounding the courts. Exhibitors and other artists rubbed elbows with the great and near great and at 9 o'clock Washington’s most important exhibition was on, lasting until after 11 o'clock. . Sunday Afternoon T;as Interest Social Set Former Representative and Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher will entertain at a tea Sunday afternoon, March 3, from 5 to 7 o'clock, when their guests will include members of congressional | and diplomatic circles. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose has issued cards for an at-home from 5 to 7 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March 31, at the Shoreham Hotel. Mrs. . Loose has visiting her for several days her nephew, Mr. George E. Bates, a professor at Harvard, <