Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1935, Page 23

SOCIETY. Officials, Diplomats In the News, Secretary and Mrs. Swanson at Naval Academy Today. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson are spending today in Anuapolis where they went for the observance of the ninetieth anniver- sary of the founding of the Naval Academy. The Superintendent of the Naval Academy and Mrs. David F. Sellers were hosts at luncheca pre- ceding the foot ball game, their other guests including the Chief of Naval Operations and Mrs. William Standley. ‘The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Daniel C. Roper, who returned from New York yesterday, will be joined tonight by Mrs. Roper. The Secre- tary and Mrs. Roper were in Atlantic City over the week end and went to New York Tuesday. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Min- ister of Panama, was hostess at luncheon today in honor of Senora de Gurdian, wife of the minister of for- eign affairs of Costa Rica. The guegts were Seuora de Castillo Najera, Mme. Senora de Arcaya, Senora de Borden- ave, Senora de Alfaro. wife of the Minister of Ecuador; Senora de Castro, Senora de Brache, Senora de Gonzalez, Senora de Caceres, Senora ‘Vengoechea, niece of Senora de Gur- dian, and Mrs. James Moran. The newly appointed Minister of Yugoslavia, Mr. Constantin Fotitch, and Mme. Fotitch, will arrive in this country within a fortnight and will come directly from New York to me} Capital. ‘The governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Mr. Marriner S. Eccles, will Join Mrs. Eccles today at the Shore- ham, where they have taken an apart- ment for the Fall and Winter. Mrs. Eccles arrived yesterday from their home, at Ogden, Utah, where the family spent the Summer. She ‘was accompanied by Mrs. Robert An- derson of Los Angeles, who joined her at Ogden, and will be her guest at the hotel for several weeks. Miss Eleanor Eccles, who attends Holton Arms School, and Mr. John David Eccles and Mr. Campbell Eccles, daughter and sons of Mr. and Mrs. | Eccles, came two weeks ago and are with their mother at the hotel. Federal Reserve banks of the country. The retiring second secretary of the German Embassy and Frau Lohmann were the guests in whose honor the newly appointed second secretary, Count Rudolf Strachwitz, entertained | &t luncheon yesterday. Herr and Frau Lohmann were en- tertained at dinner Tuesday evening by the Ambassador, Herr Hans Luther, Herr and Frau Lohmann will leave next week for Berlin, where they will spend a short time, later going to| Memel, where Herr Lohmann will as- | sume his duties as consul. ‘The newly appointed first secretary of the Argentine Embassy, Dr. Hector Diaz-Leguizamon, has arrived in Wash- ington to take up his duties and is gtaying at the Mayflower. Before a year's service in the state department in Buenos Aires he was on duty in the | Argentine Legation in Copenhagen, his country’s headquarters for Den- mark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, which is covered by the one office. Dr. Diaz-Leguizamon is a bachelor. The chief of protocol and Mrs. Richard Southgate have had as their guest_the latter's sister, Signora Col- letti-Perucca, who is spending several days in New York and will return here for another visit. Signor Colletti-Perucca and his two elder sons sailed last week to return to Italy, where his sons will resume their studies. The youngest son re- mained in this country with his mother. Mrs. McAndrew widow of Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew, after spending the Summer at Bar Harbor, Me., will return to her apartment in 2400 Sixteenth street at the end of the month. Col. and Mrs. E. North Buxton of Loughton, Essex, England, passing some time at the Carlton. Maj. and Mrs. Albert T. Fletcher have leased their apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street to Mrs. A. W. Lee and her daughter, Miss Laura Lee. Mr. | Eccles has been visiting the various | are | Wedding in St. Alphonso Eastwood Parker. Mr. MRS. JOHN BERNARD DIAMOND, 3D. Who was before her marriage Monday evening in St. Ann’s rec- tory, Miss Elisabeth Henderson Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Herbert Lawrence Diamond of Gaithersburg, Md. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Ann’s Rectory Diamond is the son of Mr. and —Hessler-Henderson Photo. | Maj. and Mrs. Fletcher will spend | | the Winter months at their home | at Cohasset, Mass. Comdr. and s. Thomas Mora.n‘ |are at the Carlton, accompanied by | | Mr. Thompson McClintock. Lieut. A. Eugene Gates, jr., U. 8. N., of this city, and Lieut. Joseph Taylor, | U. 8. N, of Illinois, arrived Sunday by plane to visit the former's par- | | ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Eugene Gates. | They will return by plane to the Naval Air Station at San Diego, | Calif,, later this month Republican Women's Reception Tomorrow ‘The League of Republican Women | will begin their social activities with a reception in honor of Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, director of the Wom- en’s Division of the Republican Na- | tional Committee, at the league's headquarters. Sixteenth and Scott Cir- | cle, tomorrow from 4 to 6 o'clock. \ Mrs. Hoyal is a veteran politician, | though young in years, and is en- | dowed with an inheritance of political | acumen. | i Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, president | of the league, will have receiving with | her Mrs. Hoyal, Mrs. Virginia White Speel and Miss Edna Patton. Those | presiding at the tea table will be Mrs. | Henry W. Keyes, Mrs. Gilbert Gros- | Mattresses Remade The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. NW. ME. 9490 ul according to rections. will re. hair |n perfect condition. 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Thompson Wailes, Mrs. William Theophilus. Others assisting throughout the aft- ernoon will be Mrs. J. Wright Rum- liam E. Humphrey, Mrs. H. S. Kim- berly, Mrs. Marcus Benjamin, Mrs. F. W. Loetch, Mrs. William H. Scott, | Millard West, Mrs. Marie Grace Burton, Mrs. Frank Mahin, Wednesday, October 23, the annual card party will be given by the league | in the Italian garden of the May- flower Hotel. Mrs. John Otto John- son, 1945 Calvert street, is in charge | Much interest is | being shown in this social event. —— Cones Harvested. Harvesting of cedar cones, from | which a valuable oil is extracted, has | just been completed in the Tomsk | district of Siberia. RUGS CLEANED & STORED Call Mr. Pyle Nat. 3257.3291.2036 Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Ind. Ave. N.W, And now Lee Descendant Here For Dedication Mrs. Orton Bishop Brown of Ber- fin, N. H., is director for her State of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Inc., under whose auspices the dedication of Stratford Hall will take place Saturday, October 12. Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Va., is the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, and it will be dedicated by the founda- tion as a national shrine to his mem- ory and to that of his patriot kinsmen, the Lees of Stratford. Mrs. Brown is chairman of the Dedication Program Committee. With the aid of the members.of her com- mittee she has devoted herself for months to the work of arranging for ihis memorable occasion. Mrs. Brown, the former Caroline Lewis Goraon. is the daughter of the celebrated John B. Gordon of Geor- gia, lieutenant-general of the Con- federate Army, who, although many years youpger, was an intimate friend of Gen. Lee and, in later years, of Gen. Grant. He was twice Governor of Georgia and three times United States Senator. Mrs. Brown was born at Sutherland, the family estate near Atlanta, Ga. There was a brief period, before her marriage, when she sang Negro folk songs in public, of which she had a rare and valuable collection, gathered at first hand from the Negroes on her father’s plantation in the Southern part of Georgia. She also read orig- inal sketches of plantation life among these same Negroes, who had lived for generations on the plantation. She has a volce of exceptional richness and melodious quality. | In connection with Stratford an in- teresting circumstance is .mn Mrs. | Brown's Virginia ancestors, among | them George Reade and the first Au- | gustine Werner and the second Augustine Warner of Warner Hall, | were friends and neighbors of the' C, Stratford Lees 250 years ago and served with them in both the King’s Council and the House of Burgesses. Democratic Women To Fete Gov. Earle The Woman’s National Democratic Club will have as guest speaker for the Monday luncheon Judge Robert A. Cooper, United States district judge of Puerto Rico. Judge Cooper, whose iarmer ‘home 1 48 in South Carolina, was a member of the Farm Loan Board before his appointment to the bench in Puerto Rico. With his wife and daughter, who are visiting with him in Wash- ington, he will leave Tuesday to re- sume his duties in the islands. Mrs. Samuel Herrick, a former president of the club ahd a member of the Board of Governors, will introduce Judge Cooper at the luncheon. Gov. 'George H. Earle of Pennsyl- vania will speak at the club dinner tomorrow night. He will be intro- duced by Mrs. Edward C. Meigs, president of the club. Delicious Cocktails! Said Sidney Smith: “The man who in- vented a new dish added to the world’s happiness.” Try our Delicious Waffles and Creamed Chicken Combination LUNCHEON. TEA AND DINNER Log Fires! Open Sundavst ZIRKIN Is NEVER High-Priced! Large Pointed Fox § Scarfs and Capes Just 29 Sample $55 and $59.75 39.75 Beautiful, flattering Alaska Pointed Fox creations to complete that Fall outfit . . . 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