Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1936, Page 45

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—8 Pages he Sunday St WASHINGTON, D. C., SOCIETY - SECTION SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, " 1936. m e END OF CONGRESS SOUNDS KNELL FOR SOCIAL SEASON . Real companions are Mr. Merchant Mahoney and his son Charles. Mr. Mahoney is first secretary of the Canadian Legation and with his family resides on Garfleld street. Cabinet and Official Set Members and Wives Are Convention Bound Capital Practically Wlll Be Deserted for the Week While Sessions Are Being Held in Philadelphia. HE Capital practically will be deserted this week by mem- bers of the cabinet and their wives who, with a few exceptions, will be in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull will be unable | to leave Washington until Tuesday for Philadelphia. The Secretary being detained by business, they therefore will miss the large official banquet tomorrow night. The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, §r., have not as yet set the date of their departure, but probablyt will go to the convention toward the middle of the week. The Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern also are uncertain as to what day they will leave for the Quaker City, but their daughters, Miss Betsy Dern and Mrs. Harry Baxter, will go Tuesday. The Attorney General and Mrs. Homer 8. Cummings are expected to leave today for Philadelphia, The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, has been in Philadelphia since Thursday and will be joined there by Mrs. Farley at the opening of the convention. Mrs. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, who has been in Annapolis since Thursday, where she has been visiting Capt. and Mrs. Edgar Woods, will return to Washington the first of the week. She plans to go to Philadelphia only for the nom- inating speech. The Secretary will not attend. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, will leave today for Philagelphia. Mrs. Wallace and their daughter, Jean Wallace, left last week for Towa, where they were joined by their son, Mr. Robert Wallace. They are en route to their Summer home in Colorado Springs. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper also will be among those who will leave Tuesday for the convention. The Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances Perkins, will go to- morrow to Philadelphia. Senator and Mrs. Warren R. Austin of Vermont have gone to Burlington. Senator Austin will return for the remainder of the session and Mrs. Austin expects to accompany him back to the Mayflower. Senator Louis Murphy, who has been spending several days with his family in Dubuque, Iowa, has returned to his apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. He will leave shortly for Phila- delphia to attend the convention, and from there will return to Iqwa to spend the Summer months. " Mrs. Walter F. George has returned to the Mayflower from Bea Island, Ga., and will accompany Senator George to the Demo- cratic Convention. f The director of the mint, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, will attend the reception to be given tomorrow by the mayor of Philadelphia in;honor of Governors of the various States attending the con- vention. Mrs. Ross will return to the Maynower Tuesday_to address the ladies accompanying delegates to the Kiwanis In- ternational Convention and will go back to Philadelphia the next day for the rest of the week. On Saturday, June 27, she will speak at a meeting of women attending the convention. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Mr. Anning S. Prall, will go to Philadelphia this week and will stay at the Hotel Warwick during the convention. Mrs. Dunn Sailing Tuesday for Hawaii Envoy to Mexico Honored at Dinner Mrs. James Clement Dunn, wife of the special assistant to the Secretary of State, and her daughter, Miss Cynthia Dunn, are leaving Washing- ton on Tuesday for Honolulu, where they have leased Mr. William Dickey's cottage for the Summer. Mr. Dunn is planning to join them later in the scason. The Ambassador to Mexico, Mr. Josephus Daniels, was the guest in whose honor his sisters-in-law, Miss Ethel Bagley and Miss Belle Worth Bagley entertained at dinner at the Little Tes House Friday evening. Dr. and Mrs. Worth B. Daniels and their young son, Worth B. Daniels, jr., were also at the dinner. > : Story telling time in a Bolivian family, with Senor Don Enrique de Lozada, first secretary of the Bolivian Legation, relating to his children, Nina, Golazado and Antonio, tales of the “fairyland” of their native country. Senator Bennett Champ Clark forgets worries of the Senate in an hour of play with his sons, Bennett Champ Clark, jr., and the twins, Kimball and Marsh. Residential Washington Dr. and Mrs. Lyon Will Sail for Hono- lulu Friday. ANDER LYON and their daughter Elizabeth will leave tomorrow for the Pacific Malola for Honolulu, where they will spend the month of July with Maj. Gen. and Mrs, Hugh A. Drum at Fort Dr. and Mrs. Lyon and their daugh- ter will return to California the first week in August and will spend some East to their home, Glenview Farm, on Rockville road. They expect to ar- rive in Washington the middle of Social Notes R. AND MRS. JAMES ALEX- Coast and will sail Friday aboard the Shafter. time on Lake Tahoe before coming September. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock will close her house on Scott Circle tomorrow and will leave for Bar Harbor to oren her Summer home, Elsinore, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norment are leaving for New York today and will be at the Waldorf-Astoria until Wed- nesday, when Mr. Norment will sail for England on the Queen Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Johnson have opened their cottage at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., where their daughter, Miss Mary Louise Johnson, will join thein at different times during the Summer. Mr. and Mrs. James Witt enter- tained 40 guests on the Shoreham terrace last evening for their daugh- ter, Miss PFrances Witt, to celebrate her birthday anniversary and her graduation from Roosevelt High School. Mrs. George Saufley and Miss Betty Saufley are established in their new home in Foxcroft, Va., where Capt. Saeufley, who has recovered from his recent illness, joined them last week. ;musuli;u_aumnnzn Dinner Party Given For Officer Leavmg | — Senor Dr. Enrique Patterson, third secretary of the Cuban Embassy, shown in the garden of the em- bassy reading to his children, Enrique, jr., Guillermo. Olga and Lieut. Gen, Friedrich von Boetticher, military and air attache of the German Embassy, with his daughter, Fraulein Hildegarde von Boetticher, Miss Eliza Mitchell Wed to Mr. Corcoran Thom, Jr., In Ceremony Yesterday Senor Dr. Don Henri De ziayle showing his little daughters, Marta and Melba, scenes of their homeland. Senor De Bayle is charge d’affaires of Nicaragua. —Underwood & Underwood Photos. Notes of the D1plomats Peruvian Ambassador Will Leave for Summer—Signor Rosso to Entertain. HE Peruvian Ambassador, Senor Don Manuel de Freyre y San- | tander, will leave Washington Tuesday for Eaglesmere, Pa., where he has taken a cottage for the | Summer. ‘The Royal Italian Ambassador, Sig- For Post in Texas [ nor Augusto Rosso, will entertain a APT. and Mrs. entertained at dinner last evening in honor of Capt. and Mrs. William A. R. Robertson of Bolling Field, who | will leave shortly for Capt. Robertson’s | new post in Texas. Others in the company were Maj. and . Mrs. Jack Hodgson, Capt. Minton Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. James Latta, Mr. and Mrs. William Hardin Budd of New York, Mrs. J. T. McLean, mother of Mrs. Robertson; Miss Betty O'Maliey, Miss Juliet Kemp of Cali- fornia, Miss Patty Parker, Mrs. James L. Edwards, Mr. McAdams, Mr. James Mann and Mr. Osborn. dinner last evening at the Little Tea House in honor of Miss Maria T. Or- casites of Puerto Rico. Miss Ola Towell Malcolm was among the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Montero and their son, Antonio Montero, of Havana, Cuba, who have been at the Shoreham to visit Dr. and Mrs. Oscar D. Albertini, have returned to New York, where they will be joined the middle of this week by their daughter, Miss Margarita Montero, who has been spending the Spring with Dr. and Mrs. Albertini at the Shoreham. Mrs. Henry Meneses, Dr. Albertini’s sister, and Mrs. Albertini also will go to New York, and they will all leave together for Hanava, Mrs. Albertini and Miss Montero expect to return to Washington in a month and will again be at the Shoreham. Miss Alberta T. Ellison and Mrs. L. H. Stevenson of Filorence, Italy, are stc=Hing at the Dodge. Miss Ellison ar Mrs. Stevenson are joint principals | dor of Cas' Alta, a residential school for American girls in Florence, and are in the States on a vacation trip. Miss Friedel Wurtzburger, who has been visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wurtzburger of Washing- ton, is leaving America Wednesday aboard the President Harding to return to her home in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler of Kansas City, Mo., who have been at the Shoreh.m for a few days while n for the board meeting U( Lhe United States Chamber of Com- merce, of which Mr. Strickler is s di- swamm.. and | Mrs. E. M. Williamson, Capt. and Mrs, | B. H. Merchant | small company at dinner Tuesday evening. The Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics Ambassador and Mme. Troya- novsky will leave Tuesday for Phila- delphia to attend the Democratic Na- tional Convention. They will be ac- companied by the counselor of the embassy, Mr. Constantine A. Ouman- sky. Upon their return to the Capital they will go to the place near Bay Ridge, which they have leased for the Summer. The Ambassador and Mme. Troya- |. novsky have issued invitations for din- ner. June 30. The Brazilian Ambassador, Senhor Oswaldo Aranha, is spending the week end with Senhora de Aranha at Bruce Farm, the place they have taken for the Summer in Bluemont, Va. The Ambassador will attend the Demo- cratic convention this week. The Cuban Ambassador, Senor Guil- lermo Patterson y de Jauregui, left Friday for a short vacation in Cuba. ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. Michael MacWhite, will sail Saturday from New York for Ireland, where they will spend the Summer. The Rumanian Minister, M. Charles Davila, plans to sail later in the Sum- mer for Rumania, where he will spend a few months. ‘The Danish Minister, Mr. Otto Wadsted, has returned to Washington from Chicago. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Ecua- Minister, has gone to West Point, N. Y., for the Summer. Their two sons, Senor Eloy Alfaro and Senor Jaime Alfaro are students at the Mili- tary Academy. The Minister will re- main in Washington during her ab- sence. Mme. van Haersma de With, wife of the Minister from the Netherlands, and her daughter, Mile. Nora van Haersma de With, will leave Washing- ton today or tomorrow for New York, from whence they will sail on Tues- day on the Volendam for- Holland. ‘The Minister will remain in America. Mile. Inez van der Broek d'Obrenan, sister of Mme. de With, who has been making & tour of Mexico, will arrive in Washington the first of ‘week for a short visit at the legation be- fore returning to Holland. helm Munthe de Morgenstierne, will sail Wednesday for Norway, where he will join Mme. Munthe de Morgen- stierne for the Summer months. ‘The Latvian Minister, M. Alfred Bil- manis, will entertain at dinner ‘Wednesday evening, when the rank- ing guests will be the Albanian Min- ister, M. Faik Konitza, and the Bul- | garian Minister, M. Dimitri NaoumofT. ‘The Dominican Minister, Senor Don Andres Pastoriza, returned to Wash- ington yesterday by plane from the Dominican Republic, where he has been for a short time. ‘The charge d’affaires of Nicaragua and Senora de De Bayle will leave | tomorrow for their Summer home at Ocean City, Md. SR Members of Army Return to Capital Col. and Mrs. P. M. Rixey have re- turned to Washington after an ab- sence of three years, during which Col. Rixey was commandant of the American Embassy Guard at Peiping, China. They made their return trip to this country by way of Europe and are now staying at the Martinique., Mrs. Willlam C. McChord, wife of Lieut. Col. McChord, Army Air Corps, has returned to the Mayflower from a month’s visit in Kansas City, Mo., her former home. Col. McChord has been on duty in the War Department for the past six months. Capt. P. A. Reichle and his family of Fort Bragg, N. C., are visiting in Washington and are stopping at the Fairfax. Tea Given by Mrs. Warburton Mrs. Clyde W. Warburton, wife of the director of extension work of the Department of Agriculture, enter- tained the woman leaders who are at- | tending the tenth National 4-H Club camp now in session at tea yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Warburton had as- sisting her Mrs. M. L. Wilson, wife of the Assistant Setretary of Agricul- ture, and Mrs. C. B. Smith, wife of the assistant director of extension work of the Department of Agri- culture. f l l | Two Prominent Washington Families Are United by Marriage, Simply Arranged, Which Takes Place at Grasslands. ‘WO families prominent in resident circles of Washington society were united yesterday when Miss Eliza Mitchell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James F. Mitchell, became the | bride of Mr. Corcoran Thom, jr. The wedding took place at Grass= lands, the quaint and popular country club for several generations of Washington residents. Only members of the two families and a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony, when Msgr. Edward L. Buckey, pastor of St. Matthew's Church, officiated at 4 o'clock. An improvised altar was arranged at one end of the drawing room | of the club, feathery Australian ferns formed the background and at each side tall cathedral candles burned and on the wall hung baskets filled with shasta daisies and white larkspur. An aisle was marked by white satin ribbon tying clusters of lilles to standards and falling in graceful festoons. Dr. Mitchell escorted his daughter, < The Norwegian Minister, M. Wil- | of honor. who was dressed in white satin, simply | and gracefully made, the long skirt falling into & square train at the back. Her veil of tulle followed the modern ! mode and was short, falling from a coronet of lace. and she carried gar- | dentas and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Walter F. Chappell, aunt of the bride, was matron of honor, and, Miss Janet Ayer of Chicago was maid ‘They were dressed alike in hyacinth blue mousseline de soie made with ruffied shirts and short capes arfd their horsehair braid hats were in the same shade, the velvet bands being of a deeper shade. They carried clusters of talisman roses. ‘The bride’s other attendants were Mrs. Daniel C. Long, Mrs. James Mc- Millan Gibson, Miss Kathleen Knox and Miss Elizabeth Shouse, who were more, formerly of Forest Hills, Long island, N. Y., and Chevy Chase, Md, took place at 5 o'clock yesterday aftere noon in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Dr. J. Hillman Hol- lister officiating. The church was dec- orated with palms, ferns and Summer flowers. A wedding reception at the Shore- ham Hotel followed the ceremony. Decorations similar to those at the (commued on Sixth Page) Mrs.\.J Brumbaugh Will Entertain at Tea This Afternoon MRS N. J. BRUMBAUGH will be hostess at tea this afternoon in dressed like Mrs. Chappell and Miss | por home at 3001 Sixteenth street Aver, their hats differing only in the |, ineast, receiving from 4 to 6 o'clock shade of the velvet band, which Was | i, y,onor of her brother-in-law and sis- lighter instead of darker than the | | ter, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Homer Bright hats. Their bouquets were of Johanna | and their son, Mr. Calvin Bright, who Hill roses. Mr. Huntington Thom was best man | for his brother and the ushers in- cluded Mr. Nathanial B. Saltonstall of Boston, Mr. Joseph Morrill of Rye, | N. Y.; Mr. Gardner Cox of Cambridge, Mass., and Mr. Lawrence M. Prichard | of New York, classmates of the bride- groom at Harvard University; Mr. James F. Mitchell, jr., brother of the bride, and Col. Robert L. Walsh, brother-in-law of the bridegroom. A reception followed to which addi- tional guests were asked. Mrs. Mitchell, mother of the bride, and Mrs. Thom, mother of the bridegroom, received, the former wearing hyacinth-blue chiffon with a peach-color lace hat and Mrs. Thom was in dubonnet mar=~ quisette with a hat to match. Later Mr. and Mrs. Thom left for | a wedding trip, the bride choosing for | a traveling costume a dark blue dress trimmed with white and a becoming dark blue hat. Mrs. Thom was pres- ented in Washington several seasons ago and has been an active memper of the Junior League and one of the most popular members of the younger cir- cles of the National Capital. She at- tended Holton Arms School here and graduated from St. Timothy’s at Cat- onsville, Md., and later attended Mile. Boissier’s School in Paris, Mr. Thom graduated from Middlesex- School at Concord, Mass., and from Harvard University in the class of 1928. He is a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Iastitute of 1770 and the Spee, and in Washington of the Metropoli~ tan, the Racquet and the Chevy Chase Clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Thom will make their home at 4109 Forty-ninth street. Miss Ruth Johnson Bride Of Mr. Ralph Everitt Bell. The wedding of Miss Ruth Loraine Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Johnson of Washington, formerly of Greensboro, N. C., and Mr. Ralph Everitt Bell, son of Mr. and | Mrs. George n-u.?a.u of Balti- | recently returned from China. The Rev. and Mrs. Bright have been mis- sionaries in North China for 25 years and have lived in Ping Ding Chou, Shansi Province. They have | been instrumental, with about 30 others, in their field in the establish= ment of Christian churches and train« ing Christian teachers and workers in North China. Mrs. Bright also has taught needle art work, organizing and supervising hundreds of the natives. Mr. Calvin Bright. son of the Rev. and Mrs. Bright, brought with him to this coumtry his collection of curios and very ancient antiques. He has made a special study of the ancient Chinese customs and history during his school and oollege work in Peiping and this collection will be on view this afternoon. Mrs. Brumbaugh will be assisted by Mrs. Dora Lynch, Mrs. T. P. C. Willis and Mrs. William Duncan as hostesses. Others assisting will be Mrs. Clayton C. Marsh, Mrs. James May, Mrs. Jo« seph Weare, Mrs. E. A. Kerr, Mrs, Katherine Sherwood, Mrs. George Jae cobson, Mrs. Paul N. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Sydney, Fenteman, Mrs. Harry B. Mce Clure, Mrs. Glen M. Brumbaugh, Mrs, A. L. Poore, Mrs. Anna Strieby, Mrs. R. J. Haskell, Mrs. S. L. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Paul Flory, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Granville M. Brumbaugh of Westport, Conn. Mrs. George Smith has arranged a program of music which will be given by Mrs. Fay Bruce Swenson, Mrs, Dore othy Long, and Mrs. Mareitta Brume baugh, with Mrs. Flora Bennett at the piano. Mrs. Garner En Route To Texas Residence Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, has left Washing- ton for her residence in Texas for the Summer and the Vice President will join her after Congress adjourns the end of this month,