Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1935, Page 39

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—10 Pages SOCIETY SECTION he Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1935. * Features for Women Newcomers in Washmgton Add Interest to Semi-Official Circles Mrs. Leo Shanley Straw, came to Washington to make h who. with er home. Mr. Straw, recently Mr. Straw is with the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Department of Commerce. Center: Mrs. Chester Culv Hand, jr., and Janet Helen Hand, who is with the Home Owners’ L er Hand, with Chester Culver wife and children of Mr. Hand, oan Corp. Distinguished Company At Charmin Of Ambassador of Cuba Diplomatic Corps and g Reception Cabinet Members at Affair in Honor of President and Delega- tion of Social and BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. Cuba. the “Pearl of the Antilles,” eame into her own again last week when his excellency the Ambassador of Cuba shook about in society until he corraled an unusually distin- guished company for the reception which he held for the president and members of the delegation of the Social and Economic Union of Cuba. With most of the members of the | cabinet either personally present or leaving cards through their charm- ing wives, and by far the greater part of the diplomatic corps attend- ing, the company showed clearly the popularity of the host and his charming family. Washington society | likes to like Cuba, her little sister, | and the general question from guest | to guest was, “Have you ever been there?” with the answer yes or no or T am going. None of the foreign homes, not even the massive British Embassy, is better adapted to enter- taining, and though the thermometer | cut all sorts of topnotch didoes, no | one seemed in the least uncomfort- | able, and all during the cocktail party at the Mayflower, given as an appreciative farewell by the visitors themselves, one heard refrains of the Ambassador’s afternoon at home. To be sure, the Senators’ wives lingered in the grand hall and watched anxiously for their hus- bands, who never came—Senate in session—and finally left as they had arrived, alone, and other official | wives apologized for their busy hus- | bands. There were men enough and none to spare. Then guests went on a still hunt for Cuban cigarettes, only to find numerous brands, and sniffed about for Cuban rum, but that was all in the after- noon’s experience. Thirst was as- | suaged by real champagne punch and other light liquid refreshments, and the tea table was fascinating in its | dainty viands and flowers. | Only a few newspaper men and by far fewer newfpaper women were | guests at the watermelon party given last week by the Secretary of Com- merce and Mrs. Roper, who, under any circumstance, hosts. Informality just such as| should obtain at a midsummer water- melon party was there, and the sunken garden on the Calvert street | side of the grounds was Jovely in its verdure. One wonders how Mrs. Roper ever manages to do all the| hospitable things she does, and so graciously, too. Never worried, never | tired looking, and she even had the pep and energy to stroll out through the garden path leading to Calvert street and elong down the shaded | street a little way to bid one of her| guests good-by. Reminiscent of other administra- tions at the Ropers’ party was Mrs. | Grace Bryan Hargreaves, daughter | of the late Secretary of State, William | Jennings Bryan, who, during her | father’s period in the Cabinet, was| semi-hostess for her mother and al- ways assisted her at Calumet place —only a memory now—which was the scene of the social activities of .the Bryans. Mrs. Hargreaves is eom;, | were recalled to Washington. are matchless | Economic Union. piling and writing a complete biogra- | phy of her father, personaly and po- Imcally and allowing nothing to stand in the way of securing hdr material She naturally awaits angiously the arrival of her big sister. Minister Ruth Bryan Owen, who seems to have changed her sailing plans several times and will spend some time ln California. The water carnival at Hot Springs. the always picturesque and delightful Old White Sulphur Springs annual celebration, with its varied- program harking back to the very beginning | | of the resort as a resort, and-then| horse shows on Long Island end then simpler phases of life such as obtain at Rehoboth and other nearer-by beaches, who are serving by waiting—for their husbands to go home. Word comes | from Rehoboth Beach on the Dela- ware coast that the colony there Is charmed with the Minister of Fin- land and his lady, who are breaking in there for the first time. The Minister of Finland, Mr. Eero Jarnefelt, and Mme. Jarnefelt made their first visit to the not too fash- ionabie resort a few weeks ago and Back they went, however, and in time for the quaint Village Improvement Associa. | tion’s show of antique quilts, serving | trays and Indian relics, which opens | Friday and lasts until after Labor day. Those who know the President's family can vision the nice homey | birthday party and family reunion | United States | at the Krumb Elbow Estate on Staten | Island in celebration of Mr. Franklin | Delano Roosevelt, jr.’s, 21st birthday anniversary. Mrs. Roosevelt is sched- uled for a speech at Chatauque Fri- day, but no one seems to know just | when the White House will claim her | again. She must have the usual wom- an curiosity at to the new $5,000 electric range, which has had its try- outs—over, broiler, baker, boiler and (See RECMION Page 8. Canadian Dlplomat Married in Kingston KINGSTON, Ontario, August 17 (#).—The wedding took place in Mor- gan Memorial Chapel, Queens Uni- versity, today of Miss Margaret Eliza- | beth Jackman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackman of Middlechurch, | Manitoba, to Mr. Ronald MacAlister MacDonnell, third secretary of the Canadian Legation at Washington, D. C, son of Mrs. Logie MacDonnell of Kingston. Both the bride and bridegroom are | graduates of the University of Mani- | toba as is the bridesmaid, Miss Grace | Earl of Toronto. The bridegroom | also attended Oxford University, Eng- | land. Mrs. MacDonnell, his mother, is dean of women at the University of Manitoba. Mr. MacDonnell has been attached to the Canadian Legation here for about a year, and returned to Can- ada on leave a few weeks ago. all furnish topics for those | | what not—to be installed in the White | and the late Rev. Logie. Mchonnell; Mrs. Lawrence M. Harding- formerly of Detroit, among the newcomers in Washington. house Dirision of the Department of Commerce. Mr. Harding is connected with the Light- —Underwood & Underwood Photos. 'Prominent Weddings Yesterday Miss Sarah Leavy Gingery Is Married to Herbert White. Of interest to official . circles is the | wedding of Miss Sarah Leavy Gingery, daughter of Representative and Mrs. | Don Gingery of Clearfield, Pa., and Mr. Herbert White of Cleveland, Ohio, | which took place yesterday at. high |noon at the home of the bride's parents in the presence of the rela- tives of the bride and bridegroom and their intimate friends. Mr. and Mrs. White will make their home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. White is a graduate of Western Reserve Uni- versity at Clevland. The marriage of Miss Helen Hu- berth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Francis Huberth, to - Lieut. (J. G.) Charles Keene, jr., U. 8. N, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keene of Washington and Maryland, took place yesterday in the charming ter- raced garden of the home “of her parenis in Scarsdale, N. Y. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Harry Price, rector of St. James the Less, the Episcopal Church of Scarsdale, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. A stringed orchestra fur- nished the music. E ‘The bride was given in mariage by her father.. Her gown was of white mousseline de sole made on princess lines, and trimmed with old lace which was a family heirloom. Her veil was of tulle, and she carried a shower bouquet of white larkspur and sweet peas. She was attended only by a maid of honor, Miss Alleen Kelly of Cleve- land, Ohio, who was the bride’s clos- est friend at Smith College. She wore. & gown of. pink. mousseline de SoeWleNGS,PIC; Hulls Planning Vacation Expect to Visit Former Home in Ten- nessee—Other Official Personals. ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull are planning to spend a vacation in their former home in Ten- nessee perhaps the middle of Sep- tember. The Secretary of tne Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, jr., will return tomorrow from Cape Cod, Mass., | where he is spending the week end with Mrs. Morgenthau and’ the chil- dren. ‘The Secretary of the Nayy and Mrs. | Claude A. Swanson are expected.to return to Washington this week from the Virginia mountains, where they have been for about 10 days. ‘The Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern will leave the Cap- ital September 1 for Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will spend two weeks before going on to San Fran- cisco, from where they will sail for the Philippines. Mrs. Harry Baxter and Miss Betsy- Dern, daughters- of the secretary and Mrs. Dern, will sail September 10 for Panama. They will join their parents in the Philippines. The Secretary of Agricuiture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, will leave Wash- ington this week for a tour of the West. Mrs., Wallace is leaving the Capital today for her home in Des | Moines, Towa, and the secretary will join her there later. Representative and Mrs. Hugh Peterson have as their guest the lat- ter’s sister, Mrs. 8. Ralph Sharpton of Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Sharpton will remain in Washington until the first of next week. ' ° The director of the Buresu of Census and Mrs. William L.° Austin are near Frederick, Md., over Sunday. They will return to the Capital to- morrow, [} ‘The commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, Mr. Frank T. Bell, is in Alaska, where he will remain until atter the first of September. Bell is spending the Summer in the West. Col. William F. Pearson of Tracy Place has returned from a stay in England. He was joined in New York by Mrs. Pearson, who has been visiting in the Berkshires. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. W. W. Hicks, who have recently returned to Wash- ington from Hawaii, have taken a house at 2724 Thirty-fourth s'.reet northwest. Comdr. Robert K. Awtry, U. S. N, commander of the Navy Yard, Guan- tanamo, Cuba, has returned to Wash- ington, accompanied by Mrs. Awtry and their son, Robert K. Awtry, jr. They are at the Martinique for an in- definite stay. Maj. and Mrs. Carleton C. Hunger- ford have returned to their apart- ment in the Ontario after a two months trip to North Cape and through Scandinavia, Russia and Ger- many. 4 Maj. Ernest A. Rudelius, U. 8. A, has come to Washington from Fort Leavenworth for duty at.the War College, and will spend some time with his family at the Martinique. Lieut. Comdr. H. E. Thornhill, U. S..N,, and Mrs. Thornhill and their two sons, Timmie and David, left ‘Washington yesterday for a motor trip through New England. They will stop at St. Davids, Pa. to visit Mr. and ‘Mrs. A. F. Corson. Lieut. and Mrs. William R. Terreil will have as their house guest Miss Frances Wayman of Fort Worth, Tex,, who will arrive in-Washington today. ] Mrs. | six-week | Weddmgs In Future Announced Margaret McVean Mackall to Be Bride of Fielder Israel. engagement of her daughter, Mar- garet McVean, to Mr. Fielder israel Hiss Israel of Laurel, Md., and the late Mr. Israel. Miss Mackall is the daughter of | the late Dr. Mackall. She is a grad- uate of the National Cathedral School for Girls and a member of the Wash- ington Junior League. Mr. Israel is \: graduate of Lehigh University. ‘ The wedding will take place in the early Fall. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bert Clark an- nounce the engagement of their daughter Helen C. to Mr. H. Sher- burne Roome, jr, son of Mr. and Mirs. H. Sherburne Roome of Hyatts- ville, Md. The wedding will take place in October. Lieut. Col. Tom D. Barber, U. S. M. C., now in command of the Naval Prison, Portsmouth, N. H, and Mrs. Barber have announced the en- gagement of their daughter Elizabeth Mead to Maj. William Pettet Richards, U. 8. M. C, now on duty at Yale University as an instructor with the R. O. T. C. unit. the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. | John Phoenix - Mooré Richards of Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Thomas Michael Roland an- nounces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Frances Agnes Rol- and, of Washington, D. C., to Mr. Thomas Henry O’Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daniel O'Connor ~(See ENGAGEMENTS, Page 8. a | bassador of Mrs. Louis Mackall announces the | of Fostoria, Ohio, son of Mrs. Philip | Maj. Richards is| Mrs. Robert H. Jackson, who is spending the Summer at Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Jackson is chief counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and with Mrs. Jackson has an apartment at Wflrdman Purk Hot I Ambassadors Enjoying Week-End Visits Away From Sweltering City Signor Rosso Is at Newport—Herr Luther Goes to Estate Near Leesburg and Senor Trucco to Harpers Ferry. The Royal Italian Signor Augusto Rosso, will return to the Capital tomorrow from Newport, R. I, where he is spending the week end. The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, is at Ophir, the estat~ he has leased for the Summer nea:* Leesburg, Va., for the week end. ‘The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Manuel Trucco, is spending the week end at Harpers Ferry, W. Va, with his daughters, Senorita Marta Trucco, Senorita Graclela Trucco and Senorita Rebeca Trucco, who have been there for two weeks. Mme. Troyanovsky, wife of the Am- the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, who spent last week in New York City, has returned to her Summer home near Annapolis. Md. The Ambassador is still on the | West Coast. ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will return to the Capital from New Canaan, N. Y., where they have been spending the Summer, Septem- ber 6. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Arcaya and their family “will return to Washington September | 10 from Atlantic City. where they are spending the Summer. The Minister of Paraguay and Senora de Bordenave have returnea to Washington from Rehoboth Beach, Del, where they have been for a month. They-will remain in Wash- ington for the rest of the season. The Minister of the Netherlands. Jonkheer van Haersma de With, is in New York City, where he went to meet his son, Mr. William van Haersma de With, who arrived from the Nether- lands. ‘The Minister of Finland and Mme. | Jarnefelt are spending the week end at Rehoboth Beach, Del, and will return to Washington the first part of the week. The first. secretary of the Peruvian Embassy, Senor Juan Ignacio Elguera, will leave the Capital tomorrow for | New York and will sail from there for Lima, Peru, where he has been transferred. Senora de Lopez-Herrarte, wife of the first secretary of the Guatemalan Legation, has gone to New York City to remain for the rest of the Sum-| mer. Senor Lopez-Herrarte will join her there in a week or 10 days. The secretary of the Venezuelan Legation, Senor Don Pedro Rivero, has left the Capital and has gone to East Aurora, N. Y, to remain for several weeks. The secretary of the Hungarian Le- gation, Baron Paul Schell, is in New- port, R. I, for an indefinite stay. ‘The newly appointed second secre- tary of the Cuban Embassy, Dr. Al- berto Muxo, has arrived in Washing- ton from Cuba and has assumed his duties at the embassy. The third secretary of the Cuban Embassy, Dr. Jose Manuel Lara, is spending the week end at Harpers Ferry, W. Va,, with Senora de Lara and their children. The attache of the Guatemalan Le- & | of the nurse, in the drama. Ambassador. | gation, Senor Don Fransisco Palom has left the Capital and has gone 1 Boston and New Hampshire for = vacation, The Cuban Consul at New York Senor Gayetano de Quesada, sailed vesterday from New York on the S. S American Legion for Cuba. A Summer Festiv al at Sylvan Theater Two Summer festvals, featurin drama and music, will take place this week in the National Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument, which will be attended by distinguished lovers of these arts as presented in the out of doors in the Summer time at the Monument, in the theater set apart many years ago by Congress for the performance of such events as looking toward a national develop- ment of the arts in the Capital City The first of these performances will take place Tuesday night, August 20 when at 8 o'clock the Bartfield Players of Washington appear in Shake- speare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and when the players will be made up of out- standing members of a number of prominent Washington drama groups. At this performance, lovers of out- door drama and the works of William Shakespeare will be included among the honor guests of the occasion who will number the Commissioners of the Distirct of Columbia, officials of the Board of Education, directors of the city'’s recreation agencies, Senators and members of the House of Repre- sentatives and others Among those who have been in- vited by the Summer Festival Com- mittee of the Community Center De- partment and the Office of National Capital Parks to attend the Shake- spearean performance Tuesday night are the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes; Senator and Mrs. Wil- liam H. King, Senator Arthur Capper, Senator Harry Byrd, Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, Mr. Jere J. Crane, | Mr. Robert L. Haycock. Mr. Robert A. Maurer, Dr. George Bowerman, Mr. Arno B. Cammerer, Mr. Lewis Barrett, Mr. F. L. Higgins, Miss Edith Gros- vener, Judge Fay L. Bentley, Dean and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Mr. James G. Yaden, Mr. Thomas S. Settle, Mr. John Nolan and others. Members of the Shakespeare Society of Washington will attend the play in honor of Mrs. E. V. Wilcox, known on the stage as Mabel Owen Wilcox. who will appear in the important role Members of the Washington Community Players will act as ushers on this occasion in honor of members of the Players, who will take important parts in the play, including Mr. John Sikken and Miss Yerby Pannill and members of ths Blackfriars Guild will attend the event, in honor of Mr. E. Prancls McDevitt, who will appear in the role | of Priar Lawrence. ‘The public may obtain chair tickets for both festival events at the A. A. A Ticket Bureau, the Willard and Hote} Washington newsstands and at the Sylvan Theater the evening of the festival. Those desiring chairs in the reserved section may obtain them fin advance at these agencies, where the tickets are now on sale, 4