Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1936, Page 25

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Y, JULY 1, 1936. BOCIETY. Diplomats Share Honors at Large Dinner Given Last Evening Mr. William C. Bullitt And Italian Ambassador Guests of Tpoyanovskys Mrs. Long Given Luncheon in New York. Other News in Diplomatic and Official Circles. THE Ambassador of the Unlon of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mrs. Troyanovsky entertained at dinner at the embassy last evening in honor of Mr. William C. Bullitt, American Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Signor Augusto Rosso, who has recently been appointed Italian Ambas- sador to Moscow. The guests included Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, the Minister of Czechoslovakia and Mme. Veverka, and Miss Nella Veverka, Dr. Alfred Bilmanis, the minister. of Latvia; Mr. Dimitri Naomoff, the minister of Bulgaria; Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom; Mr. R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, and Miss Jennie Moore; Mr. Jules Henry, the French chare d'affairs; Mr. Robert F. Kelley, chief of Eastern European division of the State Department; Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, chief of the Far Eastern division of the State Department; Mr. Keith Merrill, executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.; the assistant chief of the Eastern European division of the State Department and Mrs. Earl Packer, the assistant to the Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Charles Bohlen, Mr. and Mrs. George Vukmanic. The counselor of the Embassy and Mrs. Constantin Oumansky and Comdr. and Mrs. Vladimir Burzin also attended the dinner. The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Manuel Trucco, and his daughters, Senoritas Marta and Rebeca Trucco, were among the members of the Chilean Embassy staff present at a dinner party at the Shoreham terrace last evening in honor of the first secre- tary of the embassy and Senora de Rodriguez, who expect to sail from New York on the Santa Barbara Friday night for Lima, Peru. where Senor Rodriguez will become the first secretary at the Chilean Embassy. y Among others at the farewell dinner were the first secretary and Senora de Huneeus, the air attache, Comdr. Puga, and Senora de Puga; the second secretary, Senor Fernando Illanes; the com- mercial attache and Senora de Campbell and their daughter, Senorita Eleanor Campbell. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone will leave the Capital tomorrow for their home in Isle du Haut, Me.,, where they will spend the Summer. = Mr. Justice Stone will make an address at the tercentenary celebration of Harvard Law School in August. Mrs. Breckinridge Long, wife of the United States Ambassador to Ttaly, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Charles G. Ayres gave a lunch party at the St. Regis in New York Monday. Mrs. Long and her daughter, Miss Christine Long, arrived in New York last week and will join the ambassador in their Summer home at Nantucket, where he will go from the Mayo Clinic. Representative Virginia E. Jenckes returned yesterday from Philadelphia, where she served as honorary assistant secretary for the Democratic National Convention. Mrs. Jenckes will remain here with her daughter, Miss Virginia Jenckes, w.ho is recovering from an illness and will be unable to make the trip to their home in Terre Haute, Ind. Representative Louis Ludlow of Indiana and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Hudson, will leave today by motor for Thomasville, Ga., where the marriage of his son, Mr. Louis Ludlow, jr., and Miss Evelyn Luff Jarrell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs, William W, Jarrell will take place Saturday. Mrs. Ludlow will leave the Capital tonight by train for Savannah, Ga., where she will meet the party and accompany them for the rest of the trip. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. J. Monroe Johnson have returned to their apartment at the Shoreham from attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Mrs. Johnson spent a portion of last week visiting a former school- mate at Riverton, N. J. R Col. and Mrs. Johnson are expecting his sister, Mrs. Frank La Roque, and her daughter Alice to arrive today for a visit. Miss La Roque will be a sophomore at Meredith College in Raleigh, N. C., | next season. The counselor of the Swiss Legation and Mme. Feer are in New York for a short stay and are at the Westbury. The Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and Mrs. David Foote Sellers are among those sailing today aboard the Gripsholm for Sweden. Mrs. Hayne Ellis will join Rear Admiral Ellis at Newport next week and they will be at the LaForge during the Summer while Admiral Ellis is attending the Naval War College. Admiral Will M. Garton, U. S. N., and Mrs. Garton are at the Martinique from San Diego for an indefinite stay. High Lights of International Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Joyce daughter of Mrs. Rowland and Broderick greeting guests at the reception following their wedding Monday evening. Mrs. Brod- erick was before her marriage Miss Katherine Darling Rowland, the late Mr. G. Edwin Rowland. Residential Washington Social Notes Lady Reading.Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Davis. | ORMER United States Ambas- sador at Large and Mrs. Nor- man H. Davis have as their | guests at Oronogue, their Sum- mer home at Stockbridge, Mass., Lady , widow of the former British ador to Washington, and Mrs. Howe of London. Mr. and Mrs. Da- vis gave a dinner party Monday eve- ning for their guests. JFormer United States Minister to Gilmore-Helm Wedding Announced In Washington “'ASHL\'GTON friends today re- ceived announcements of the marriage of Miss Margaret Marshall Helm of Alexandria, Va., and Mr. John Alexander Gilmore of Charlottes- ville, Va., which took place on Satur- day, June 27, at noon, in St. Paul's Church, Alexandria. The bride, Pickett and Agnes Marshall Helm of | Warrenton, Va., wore a smart white | sien the two chiefs complet going-away suit with navy blue acces- | Should one desire acquaintance with these two The altar was decorated with | colorful gentlemen, they are to be found near sories. candles, white roses and snapdragons, and the ceremony was performed, to the soft strains of music, played by the church organist, Mr. Sherman B. | Fowler, in the presence of the imme- | diate members of the two families. The bride was given in marriage by & | history, is over 70 years old and participated in daughter of the late Mr. William | the Civil War, Sweden and Mrs. John M. Morehead, | her brother, Mr. William Pickett Helm who were guests of Mr. and Mrs.|of Washington and Riverdale, Md. Rufus L. Patterson at Lenoir, then"‘Mr. Spencer Gilmore of Richmond, residence on Southampton, =LODE |y, nepnew of the bridegroom, acted Island, have gone to their place at Rye, N. Y, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. O'Connor as best man, After their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore will reside in Charlottesville, Va. Following the ceremony, the wed- will be at home at 307 Bedford street, | ding party was entertained at a wed- | North Lexington, Mass., after July 15. | ding breakfast at the home of Miss Mrs. O'Connor was formerly Miss Josephine V. Robinson in Alexandria, An interesting trio at the wedding of Miss Rowland and Mr. Swiss Minister, Mr. Marc Peter; Mrs. Frederick Tabor, aunt of the bridegroom, and his Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay. Beth Blaine “"fl'H the departure of the Czechoslovakian Minister, Dr. Ferdinand Ver- verka, who is soon to take up his duties at his new post in Vienna, we will lose a most delightful family, whose hospitality we have enjoyed for the past eight years. Imagine our horror and surprise, one morning recently, when strolling along Massachusetts avenue, to see wandering around the rococo bal- conies of the Czechoslovakian Legation, scores of American Indians in full regalia! We rushed to the door, prior to the arrival of the police force, to be told by the butler that Mme. Ververka was painting the portraits of Chief White-Ice, of the Sioux Tribe and Chief Red-Star of the Cheyennes, who are planning a trip to the Ververka's native land the latter part of this year. Chief White-Ice, who helped to make _Every morning now one may see a great limousine draw up to the legation out of which e with tomahawks! Mount Vernon where they are encamped and receive visitors gladly! MME. VEVERKA. VI ASSACHUSETTS AVENUE seems to have become the street of the uncrpected, and one must never be surprised at what one encoun- For ezample: One sunny morning this last Winter a Portuguesc peasant, in brilliant hues of orange and green, was jound desperately trying to hail a doubtful tari driver—upon investigation it turned out to be Sybilla Skydelsky, the daughter of the Portuguese Minister and Madame de Bianchi, who was returning home from a sitting for an excellent crayon sketch by Gracia del Pulgar, NATIONS celebrate centennials and bi-centennials, but Dietlef Knudsen helped his confrere Stig Unger celebrate his “Annuenial”—in other words Stig/has been In Washington one year! The party was a very intime buffet supper and dance in the garden of their residence. Comfortable chairs and Japanese lanterns lent a festive air and the excellence of the continuous Smorgasbord made one suspect that these two bachelors have secreted some- where a perfect gem of an housekeeper complete with the traditional “apron ters. D v td Broderick, (Left to right) The derwood & Underwood Photos. Maryland And Virginia ders Visits Her Mrs. H. L. Richardson, and Mrs James Buzzerd, in Berke In the News, Daughter. | MRS ROBERT L. SAL‘NDERS‘ Mrs Ralph Conradis of Washington left today for a short Springs, W. Va. Yesterday Mrs. | Saunders entertained her sister and Mrs. Robert L. Saun- of Bethesda and her sister. visit with the former's daughter, | three of her cousins at luncheon at | | her home in Bethesda. Those present | | were Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. | Maurice Emerson of Washington and Mrs. James Barnsley and Mrs. Brook Johns, both of Olney, Md. sses Mary and Catherine Miller of Greenville, S. C.. accompanied by " (Continued on Fourth Page.) | | mony. | riage by her grandfather, Weddings In and Near Washington Miss Hazel Monroe Is Bride of Mr. Walter Mullen. HE home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben- jamin Munroe in Takoma Park, Md, was the scene of a well arranged wedding yes- terday when their daughter, Miss Hazel Lucille Munroe, became the bride of Mr. Walter William Mulle of Washington, son of Mr. and Owen Mullen of Philadelphia Rev. Reno S. Harp, rector of Triniiy Episcopal Chuich, performed the cere= | mony at 4 o'ciock bhefore the fireplace, | which was banked with palms, ferns and white flowers. ‘The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a long white lace gown made on the princess fashion with long sleeves and a veil of tulle which fell from a cap held on either side of the head by clusters of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white roses and baby's breath. Miss Elizabeth Munroe, sister of the bride, was the only attendant ard | wore a long lace dress of powder b with a jacket to match and carried |an arm bouquet of mixed garden ! flowers. Mr. Roy Thomas of Takoma Park was the best man. A reception for about 50 clowe friends and relatives was held imme- diately after the ceremony. After a wedding trip the bride and bridegroom will live at 3224 Wisconsi avenue, Washington. A navy silk dress with white dots and white coat and white accessories com- pleted the bride's travelling outfit. Mrs. Mullen, who has lived in Ta- koma Park all her life, is a graduate of Central High School and a mem: ber of Theta Mu Sigma Sorority. Mr. Mullen attended schools here and is with the Home Owners' Loan Corpor- ation. Miss Dorothy Harley Wed To Mr. Haile in Baptist Church. A lovely wedding in Northern Vi last evening at 8 o' Hill Baptist Chu: that of Miss Dor daughter of ley of Round Hill, Hamilton Halile, jr k Hamilton Haile, sr, and the late Dr. Haile of Lynchburg. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Henry B. Cole. performed the c The church was effectively decoratea with Summer flowers, field daisies and evergreens, and was softly lighted with cathedral candles. The nuptial music was rendered by Mrs. Robert N. Schane of Harrisonburg, V. The bride, who was given in m; Mr. Joh: of m Alexander Lynch. wor wedding dress and veil. of cream satin with long (Continued on Sixth Page.) JULIUS GARFINCKEL & COMPANY HAVE THE BEST AND SMARTEST CLOTHES FOR THE SUMMER FUN THAT IS AHEAD FOR MISSES . .. JUNIORS AND ALL THE YOUNGER GIRLS SIMPLY PRECIOUS STYLES REMARKABLY . (Continued on Fourth Page.) i Frances A. Rowland of Washington | where the bride and her sister, Miss | i = and their marriage took place May 20 | Virginia A. 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