Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1935, Page 51

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—14 Pages Prominent Members of Army SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Stard WASHINGTON, D. C, and Navy Mrs. Ralph Gering, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Gering, U. S. N, who frequentl; entertains in her attractive home at 5928 Broad Branch road. ~Underwood Photo. At left: Mrs. James F. Powell, wife of Capt. Powell, U. S. A., Air Corps, who, with her husband, makes her home on Allen place, where they are popu- lar hosts among the Army set. —Underwood Photo. Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Children at Hospital And Has Box at Ball Pays Tribute Twice on Return Here to Resume “ ) Inactive Program. . BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Mrs. Roosevelt paid tribute twice yesterday to the Children's Hospital, once when she visited the young pa- tients there early in the day and again last night when she occupied & box at the newspaper women’s ball at the Willard, the proceeds from which will go toward the heating plant fund for the hospital and for the relief fund of the club. The first event made a lot of little hearts glad and gave them a tale to tell in years to come and the ball last night was made more successful by her presence. While the President, in Southern waters, received a visit Friday from their highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Mrs. Roosevelt re- turned from New York to resume her “inactive” program discussed in the press a few days ago, after her weekly conference with newspaper women. That inactivity included going over her mail, making plans ahead, which include her attendance at the gi- gantic luncheon at the Mayflower given by the women’s division of the Washington better housing program, and similar events, as well as re-| eeiving guests by appointment at the White House, attending the Dr. Serge Koussevitzky conducted concert in Constitution Hall Wednesday after- noon at the Boston Symphony con- cret put on by Mrs. Dorsey and other things both on and off the schedule. Of music there is a sweet refrain tunning all the way from embassy musicales and private recitals to the last concert of the National Sym- phony in Constitution Hall today. Last week the Soviet Ambassador gave & genuine treat in the TschaikovsRy recital at the embassy Wednesday hight, there was a musicale at the| Polish Embassy, and now the Am- bassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, has invited guests to a con- cert tomorrow afterncon at 5 o'clock given by the Kreuzchor of Dresden in the large ball room at the May- fower, where the Townsend morning musicales take place, and after the concert the Ambassador will hold a reception, when his guests will meet the musicians. But that is not all, for music and more music fills the air and will en- gage society throughout this week and in days to come. Mrs. Roose- velt has shown her appreciation of sacred music and this year as last heads the last of those interested in the A Capella Choir of Washington, which gives its fifth ual Lenten concert tomorrow night, the event being in the ball room at the May- fower. Mme. de Laboulaye, wife of the Ambassador of France, and Mme. Troyanovsky, wife of the Soviet Am- bassador, with many others from the corps are sponsoring the only [ in concert in America Wlm of Carlton Gauld—oddly enough with the above sponsors—a truly American artist who takes the place at the concert Thursday of the delightful Russian basso, Feodor Chaliapin, prevented by illness from appearing and whom they were to sponsor. Mr. Gauld is a star from the Comique in Paris and is & native of the Hoosler State. T. Arthur Smith is bringing him on. Mrs. Garner, wife of the Vice Presi- dent, and Mrs. Byrns, wife of the Speaker, are the Democratic top- notchers who will assist Mrs, Maurice Thatcher at her “at home” this aft- oon at the Willard Hotel from 5 to 7 o'clock. But really the feature of the afterncon will be the group of Latin ladies—both former in Day to Institution speak Spanish fluently—who will pre- side alternately at the end of the long tea table, where mate, the native tea of their own countries, will be served. There one will find charming Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Minister of Panama; Senora de Bordenave, wife of the Minister of Paraguay; Senora Blanca de Alfaro, wife of the Minister of Ecuador, and Senora de Gonzalez- Zeledon, wife of the Costa Rican Min- H ister. And among those generally as- | sisting will be the accomplished sister | of Mme. Arcaya, wife of the Venezuelan | Minister, Senorita Hercilia Urrutia. | Alternating at the tea table during the reception hours will be Mrs. Charles | L. McNary, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. | Bertrand H. Snell, Mrs. Robert L. Boughton, Mrs. Roy O. Woodruff, Mrs. Ulysses S. Guyer, Mrs. Emmett O'Neal, | Mrs. Hugh S. Cummings, Mrs. Charles | W. Kennedy, Mrs. Boliver J. Lloyd, Mrs. Robert H. Lucas, Mrs. Robert Davis and Mrs. Preston McGoodwin. In the group generally assisting Mrs. Thatcher will be & number of women with whom Mrs. Thatcher was asso- clated when Mr. Thatcher headed the Isthmian Canal Commission, such as Mrs. David D. Gaillard, Mrs. Edgar Jadwin, whose husband was engineer in charge of construction of the Gatun Locks and later chief of engineers in ‘Washington, and Mrs. William Wright- | son, daughter of Gen. Gorgas, who made Panama and the Canal Zone livable, and still others. Generally as- sisting the hostess also will be Mrs. Enrique M. Benitz, Mrs. Charles Julien Wheeler, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, jr.; Mrs. Grace T. Butler and Mrs. A. Harris Fleming. Flowers and music will add to the charm of meeting the 300 or more guests. Much smaller will be the tea which Mrs, Jacob Leander Loose will give in Iher handsome suite at the Shoreham | this afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock. The first of a series of Spring teas, Mrs. Loose will have with her Mrs. James F. Byrnes, Mrs. Marcus A. Coolidge and Mrs. Daniel O. Hastings of the Senate set; Mrs. Benjamin D. Foulois, Mrs. Charles H. March, Mrs. William R. Gibson and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ash- burn of the Army set and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann. - FERESa~ Engagements Interest Washington Residents Mrs. James McLoughlin announces the engagement of her niece, Miss Evelyn Heil, daughter of Mr. Ernest P. Heil of this city, to Mr. Laurence Paul Wheeler, son of Mrs. Frank M. Wheeler of Newport, R. I. Miss Heil for sev- eral years has been popular with the younger set. Mr. Wheeler, an alumnus of Providence College, for the past five years has been athletic director at the exclusive Portsmouth Priory and School at Portsmouth, R. I. The wed- ding will be performed in June. The engagement of Miss Helen Eliz- abeth Van Loock, daughter of Mr. Louis Van Loock of this city, to Mr. Leonard Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith of Hyattsville, Md., has been announced. The wed- ding will take place April 26 at 8 p.m. in the Church of the Reformation here. Bfill‘::m and Mrs. Sldm'.yh Lansburgh of oTe announce e engageme! of their daughter Elizabeth to M!.Irt Arthur Lyon, son of Mr. R. B. H. Lyon of this city and the late Mrs. Lyon. The wedding will take place in the early Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kirchgessner announce the engagement of their daughter Louise Anna to Mr. Charles J. Montavon, son of Mr. and Mrs. g]-wnk R. Montavon of Portsmouth, ‘The wedding will take place May 13 in Holy Trinity Chureh in stationed at Fort Washington, Md. member of the younger Army set. Ambassador of France AndMme.de Laboulaye To Visit New Orleans German Envoy Will Be Host at Concert and Reception Tomorrow at Mayflower. The Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye will leave tomor- row for New Orleans. They will be gone a week. The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, has issued invitations to & concert to be given by the Kreuzchor of Dresden tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock in the ball room of the May- flower Hotel and for a reception im- mediately afterward. Senora de Calderon, wife of the Ambassador of Spain, has issued cards for an at home Thursday afternoon from 5:30 to 7 o'clock. ‘The Ambassador of Belgium and the Comtesse van der Straten-Ponthoz and their daughter, Mlle. Betty van der Straten-Ponthoz, have left for Charles- ton, S. C., where they will remain 10 days. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Michael MacWhite, entertained at a dinner last evening in honor of the lord mayor of Dublin, Mr. Alfred Byrne, who arrived in the city Thurs- (Continued on Page 12, Column 1.) Enqagement of Miss Moyer To Mr. Mitchell Announced Mr. and Mrs. Crarence Leigh Moyer of Merion, Pa., announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Josephine Thomberry, to Mr. Harry Dorsey Mitchell, son of Dr. and Mrs. James F. Mitchell of Washington. The an- nouncement be made at tea this afternoon, w! Mr. and Mrs. Moyer B i SUNDAY MORNING, paugh, U. S. A., who 18 Mrs. Alspaugh is‘a popular —Underwood Photo. MARCH 31, ircles in and Near Washington the wife of Lieut. Lanham, U. S. A. 1935. Features for Women Mrs. Roosevelt Hostess At Concert Luncheon pcl'formance of Humperdinck‘s FamouS Work Given by National Music League of New York. Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at lunch- eon yesterday, followed' by & per- formance of Humperdinck's “Hansel und Gretel” in concert form, given by the National Music League, Inc, of New York City. The guests at lunch- eon included Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Mrs. James E. Murray, Mrs. Edward R. Burke, Mrs. Albert E. Carter, Mrs. E. E. Cox, Mrs. Wilburn Cartwright, Mrs. Rene L. De Rouen, Mrs. Alfred L. Bulwinkle, Mrs. David J. Lewis, Mrs. Fred M. Vinson, Mrs. B. Carroll Reece, Mrs. John M. Robsion, Mrs. Hugh H. Bennett, Miss Irene Boyle, Mrs, Elizabeth L. Calhoun, Mrs. Wil- bur J. Carr, Mrs. Bradish J. Carroll, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, Mrs. M. S. Elliott, Mrs. Charles S. Fayerweather, Mrs. Robert M. Field, Mrs. Alvin T. Hall, Miss Jane Holt, Mrs. Henry P. Kendall, Mrs. Marvin H. McIntyre, Mrs. Eugene S. Meyer, Mrs. Adolph C. Miller, Mrs. Walter Naumburg, Miss Mary M. O'Reilly, Mrs. Eleanor Pat- terson, Mrs. Ze Barney T. Phillips, Mrs. Charles E. Pynchon, Mrs. ward L. Reed, Mrs. J. O. Richardson, Mrs. Winfield W. Riefler, Miss Harriet M. Root, Mrs. Herman Schull, Mrs. Edward M. Shinkle, Mrs. Sidney Sher- wood, Dr. Louise Stanley, Mrs, Freder- ick Steinway, Mrs. Maud Swartz, Mrs. Hugh 8. Tait, Mrs. Willard L. Thorp, Mrs. Daniel J. Tobin, Miss Lyla Town- send, Mrs. Edwin M, Watson, Mrs. Ross T. McIntire, Miss Nancy Cook, Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. Malvina T. Scheider and Mrs. James M. Helm. ‘The table was unusually attractive with butterfly roses, bronze snap- dragons, jonquils, gardenias and maid- enhair fern. The program following the lunch was presented in three acts by Selma Bojalad as Hansel, Cecile Sherman as Gretel, Marian Selee as Gertrude, their mother; John Gurney s Peter, a broom-maker, their father; Dorothy Orton as the Sand Man and the Dew Falry, and Marion Selee as the Witch. ul:h Rudolph Thomas was at the pi 0. ‘The Speaker of the House and Mrs. Joseph W, Byrns were guests iat a dinner given last evening at the Mayflower by Representative and Mrs. Harry Clay Ransley of Pennsyl- vania. Senator and Mrs. Daniel O. Hast- ings were hosts at dinner last evening, entertaining in compliment to Mr. Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts. The other guests were Senator and Mrs. W. Warren Barbour, Representa- tive and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, As- sistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, former Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, wife of former Speaker of the House; former Repre- sentative and Mrs. James M. Beck and Judge Richard S. Whaley of the United States Court of Claims. Mrs. Keyes, wife of Senator Henry Wilder Keyes, has issued invitations for luncheon Friday, April 12, in honor of Mrs. Samuel Wilder King, wife of the new deiegate from Ha- wail. Mrs. Ewing Thomason, wife of Representative Thomason of Texas, entertained at luncheon Thursday at the Congressional Club, honoring Mrs. James R. Alfonte, wife of Maj. Al- fonte, and Mrs. John A. Klein, wife of Capt. Klein, who will leave shortly with their husbands for foreign serv- ice, after having been stationed in Washington for the past four years. Guests included Mrs. Martin Dies, Mrs. Robert U. Patterson, Mrs. Alex- ander D. Surles, Mrs. Terry D. Allen, Mrs. John B. Coulter, Mrs. Richard (Continued on Page 8, Column 4.) Widener Library Director Guest at plusbury Home Brig. Gen. George B. Pillsbury, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Pillsbury are en- tertaining Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pierre- pont Blake over the week end. Mr. Blake is director of the Widener Li- brary at Cambridge, Mass. Gen. and Mrs. Pillsbury entertained at dinner for their nm}nt evening, Morgenthaus to Return Frows Tiip Thin Wack ‘The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau and their family will return the middle of the week from Sea Island, Ga., where they have been for a short vacation. The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, has gone to New York to spend the week end with Mrs. Far- ley and their children. He will return the first of the week. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Harold L. Ickes will have with them for the Spring holidays their | son, Mr. Robert Ickes, who will arrive today from Chicago, where he attends Lake Forest University. Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, is in Atlantic | City for a short stay. | Mrs. James W. Mott, wife of Repre- sentative Mott of Oregon, will leave today for their home in Salem, Oreg., where Representative Mott will join her at the close of the congressional session. Mrs. Mott entertained in- formally at luncheon last Tuesday in the Colonial room of the Wardman Park Hotel. Brig. Gen. George B. Pillsbury, U. S. A, and Mrs. Pillsbury will have with them for ten days their daugh- ter, Miss Elizabeth Pillsbury, who is arriving from Cambridge, Mass., and their son, Mr. Philip Lansdale Pills- bury of Princeton, who arrived here vesterday. Mrs. Evan W. Scott and Mrs. Man- uel Scott, wife and daughter of Capt. Scott, U. 8. N., chaplain at the navy yard, Boston, are in Washing- ton at the Mayflower. Hostesses Observing Afternoons at Home Representative Virginia Jenckes of Indiana and Miss Jenckes issued in- vitations for a tea in honor of Mr. Carlton Gauld Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in her apart- ment at the Northumberland. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose will give an at home in her apartment at the Shoreham from 4 to 7 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Loose also will be hostess at a dinner at the Shoreham, ‘Thursday evening. ‘Mrs. Emil Edward Hurja will en- tertain at & reception Thursday after- noon from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock in honor of Miss Mary Duwson and Mrs. James H. Wolfe, members of fll!l, Democratic Committee, At right: Mrs. Pierre Mallett, wife of Capt. Mallett, U. S. A., who has been stationed at Fort Myer since Au- gust. Capt. and Mrs. Mallett are frequent hosts in their quarters at Fort Myer. —Underwood Photo. Second from right, above: Mrs. Arthur Paul Thayer, wife of Maj. Thayer, U. S. A., with her small daugh- ter, Lucille Colette. Maj. and Mrs. Thayer have just moved to Fort Myer from Fort Riley, Kans., where Maj. Thayer was an instructor in the spe- cial advanced Equita- tion School. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Mrs. Charles Trueman Lanham photographed with her young daughter, Shirley. Mrs. Lanham is They make their home on Park road. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Newspaper Women'’s Club Hosts at Benefit Ball First Event of Its Kind by Members of Press Has Mrs. Roosevelt as Guest 0{ Hnnor. ‘The first newspaper people’s ball in | the National Capital was that last evening given by the Newspaper Women’s Club of Washington in the ‘Willard ball rooms. The causes were worthy, proceeds to be shared by the | heating plant fund of the Children’s | Hospital and the Yellowship fund of | the club, and the company was rep- resentative of the many circles which form the population of the Nation's Capital. Everything pertaining to the ball carried out some phase of the newspaper profession as far as fire regulations and the N. R. A. allowed. Professionals gave the program of entertainment, outstanding stars of | music, the dance and the stage, with the fashion show having as models active members of the club. Decora- tions in the ball room were entirely of comic sections from Sunday papers and other decorations were of the| front pages of daily newspapers rep- | resented in the active membership of the club. . Adding to the effectiveness of the unusual decorations and the carnival atmosphere of the scene was the well thought cut and properly focused lighting, which was under the direc- tion of Mr. Beverley H. Harris, whose work with the Bal Boheme in Febru- ary was so particularly commended. Mrs, Roosevelt, an honorary mem- ber of the club, who was guest of honor, arrived about 10:30 o'clock with her guests including her young- est son, Mr. John Roosevelt, spending his Spring vacation at the White House, and several of his contempo- raries. Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris of the Minneapolis Star, chairman of the Ball Committee, with Mr. New- bold Noyes, associate editor of The Evening Star, who was vice chairman of the Floor Committee, met Mrs. Roosevelt at the door of the hotel and escorted her to the ball room, where she was greeted by the president of the club, Miss Margaret Hart of The Evening Star. Miss Hart was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, an associate member of the iub and chairman of the Reception Committee. Others assisting were Mrs. Claude A. Swan- son, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Sec- retary of the Interior, and Mrs. Dan- iel C. Roper. wife of the Secretary of Commer associate members. After ng received Mrs. Roose- velt was escorted to her box and the wives of the cabinet officers followed and occupied the box adjoining Mrs. Roosevelt. With Mrs. Roosevelt, besides her son, Mr. John Roosevelt, were the Assist- ant Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Oscar L. Chapman; Mrs. Charles S. Fayerweather, Miss Nancy Cook, Miss Dykeman and Miss Goodwin of the Todhunter School in New York, Mrs. Robert Baker, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Louis McH. Howe; Dr. and Mrs. Calhoun, Mrs. Malvina Thompson Scheider, Mr. Roger Brett and Mr. Henry Osthagen. Shortly after the arrival of Mrs. Roosevelt the ball room was darkened and to the strains of “Jimmy Valen- tine” the “gang of pirates” stealthily entered with the souvenir programs. ‘The programs carried out the news- paper in its“cover, the title of the ball and its cause being printed in red ink across the printed newspaper page. Mr. Clifford K. Berryman was mas- ter of ceremonies, and after greeting the guest of honor announced the numbers of the program. The fashion show, Miss Wilma La Ville of the Washington Times, chairman, and showing costumes loaned through the courtesy of Mr. Frank R. Jelleff, was directed by Mr. Phil H. Hayden. Miss Marylyn Reeve of the Wash- ington Post was chairman of modsls, the others including Miss Frances Mangum and Miss Virginia Lee War- ren of the Washington Post, Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks of the.Chicago Tribune, Mrs. Anne Marshall of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry, the Nashville Tennes- sean; Miss Grace McGerr, the Ne- braska State Journal; Mrs. Alma (Continued OI‘PIIE 12, Column ),