Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1936, Page 23

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON., D. O, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1936. SOCIETY, »%» B—3 The President and Mrs. Roosevelt to Entertain Visitor at White House Mme. Jusserand Will Visit At the Executive Mansion Today and Tomorrow Mrs. Roosevelt Will Give Small Luncheon Honoring Visitor—Ambassador Entertained. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt have as their guest at the White House Mme. Jusserand, widow of the former Ambassa- dor of France, who has been visiting the Ambassador and Mme. de Laboulaye at the French Embassy for several days. To- morrow Mrs. Roosevelt will be hostess at luncheon in honor of her distinguished guest, who came to this country for the dedication tomorrow of the memorial to the late Jules J. Jusserand, Ambas- sador at this Capital for 23 years, and much of that time dean of the diplomatic corps. Yesterday Mme. Jusserand was the guest of honor at tea, which the Newspaper Women's Club gave in its headquarters in the Admiral, where Mme. Jusserand and the late Ambassador lived when they first came to Washington. The house at 1640 Rhode Island avenue remained the embassy until the house on Sixteenth street, which the French government purchased from the late Mrs. John B. Henderson, was completed. Mme. Jusserand received with the president of the club, Miss Margaret Hart, in the club room which, when the residence of the Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand, was the Ambassador’s study. In that room he wrote a number of his famous books. Accompanied by Mme. de Labou- laye, the guest of honor arrived shortly after 4 o'clock and re- mained for an hour, wandering about the rooms where she had spent so many years, and explaining how the house was before the entrance was changed from Rhode Island avenue to Seven- teenth street. In the private dining room, where the members of the club meet for dinner, Mme. Jusserand and the late Ambassa- dor spent the early evenings, reading. Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, who {s an associate member of the club, arrived early and was among those who alternated at the tea table. The table had a center piece of tiny white chrysanthemums flanked by low white crystal candlesticks with black tapers. Others who assisted at the tea table were Mrs. Sallie V. H. Pickett, Mrs. Lucie Eberle, Miss Mar- garet Germond, and for a brief time Mme. Jusserand poured tea, “just to feel more at home in her former home.” During the afternoon Mr. Sid Willoughby played the Hammond organ, loaned for the occasion through the courtesy of Mrs. Callie Shaw, and after the tea hour members of the club stood about the organ and sang popular songs to Mr. Willoughby’s accompaniment. Generally assisting were Mrs. Hope Ridings Miller, chairman of entertainment; Mrs. Lillian Arthur, chairman of the House Com- mittee; Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks, honorary president; Mrs. Leila Bathon, and Miss Katharine Brooks. Among other associate members present were Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin, Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie, Mrs. Charles Stanley White and Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock. Members of the club were limited to one guest each. Mrs. Roosevelt was accompanied to Washington last evening by Miss Marion Dickerman, who drove with her from Hyde Park. ‘Tomorrow morning Mrs. Roosevelt will hold her press conference. The Chinese Ambassador, Mr, Sao-Ke Aldred Sze, was the honor guest at luncheon yesterday of Dr. Herbert F. Wright, pro- fessor of international law at the Catholic University of America, who entertained at the Cosmos Club. The other guests were the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr; Assistant Secre- tary of State, R. Walton Moore; Most Rev, James E. Walsh, M. M., superior general of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society; Right Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, rector of the Catholic University of America; Robert Lincoln O'Brien, chairman of the United States Tariff Commission; Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Mr. James Clement Dunn, special ‘Assistant to the Secretary of State; Capt. George V. Stewart, U. 8. N., head of the Post-graduate School, United States Naval Academy; Dr. James Brown Scott, secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs, Department of State; Dr. Cyril Wynne, chief of the division of research and publications, Department of State; Dr. Quitman F. Beckley, O. P., Catholic chaplain at Princeton University; Mr. George A. Finch, assistant secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Rev. Edward P. McAdams, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church; Mr. Joseph M. Murphy, registrar of the Catholic University of America; Lieut. Comdr. Harry W. Need, U. S. N,, of the Post-graduate School, United States Naval Academy; Dr. Arthur Deering, associate professor of English, Catholic University of America, and Mr. Frederic William Wile, The Ecuadorian Ambassador and Senora de Alfaro were the ranking guests at a dinner at the Shoreham last evening given by Capt. Juan Althaus, naval attache of the Peruvian Embassy, and Benora de Althaus. \ Among others present were several members of the Peruvian Boundary Commission, who are in Washington, including Dr. and Mrs. Arturo Garcia, Dr. and Mrs. Gonzalo Ulloa and Senor Carlos (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ¢ Wlodl S nc. 1303 £ § Specially Priced Group of Fine Model Shop EOATS 0 Many of our most at- tractive smartly tai- lox:lg ooavtvs at excitintg savings. We urge you see them today. Charge Accounts Invited s / Mme. Jusserand, widow of the former Ambassador of France, snapped at the tea given yesterday in her honor by the members of the Newspaper Women’s Club at their headquarters, at 1640 Rhode Island avenue. Mme. Jusserand is seen here with Mrs. Daniel C. Roper (left), wife of the Secretary of Commerce, who is an associate member of the club—Underwood & Underwoad Photo. Mile. de Laboulaye Honor Guest Today Of Miss Grosvenor ]VILLE. MARIE THERESE DE LA- BOULAYE, daughter of the Am- bassador of France and Mme. de La- boulaye, was the guest of honor at a luncheon today, when Miss Gloria Grosvenor entertained 20 guests at Wild Acres, the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, near Bethesda. The guests were received by Miss Grosvenor and her mother and Mrs. Neitah King. The large drawing room and the dining room, where the luncheon was served, was decorated with bowls of yellow chrysanthemums. The lunch- eon table, with its Japanese favors and pieces of embroideries, collected by Mrs. Grosvenor on a trip to the Orient several years ago, carried out the Japanese suggestion of the chrysan- themums. At each place at the table was a tiny Japanese doll, each doll having its own gayly decorated little parasol. Those attending the luncheon wereq] Miss Ethel Worthington, Miss Bet- tina Belmont, Miss Hebe Raynolds, Miss Jean Macklin, Miss Stellita Stapleton, Miss Mary Crane, Miss Alice Tuckerman, Miss Mary Senate Howes, Miss Eula Council, Miss Carlisle Porter, Miss Silvine Cla- gett, Miss Frances Sinclair, Miss Manvillette Sullivan, Miss Mar- garet Sampson, Miss Bette Hartz, Miss Susanne Kappler, Miss Ann Thomp- son, Miss Beverly Marshal and Miss Henrietta Talbott. —_— Italian Ambassador And Signora Suvich Feted in New York 'HE Italian Ambassador and Signora Suvich were guests of honor at dinner last evening of the Italy Amer- ica Society and the American Society of Royal Italian Orders. The party was given in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, where the Ambassador and Signora Suvich are spending this week. @ Left to right: Mrs. William W. Mackall, jr., gusident of the Junior League; Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke and Mrs. Harper Sibley, snapped at ¢ Mayflower. Mrs. Sibley was the guest speaker. honor at luncheon today of La Mar- gherita Society, the luncheon being given at the Waldorf-Astoria. Ambassador Gibson Guest of the Dunns The special assistant to the Secre- tary of State and Mrs. James Clement Dunn have as their guest the United States Ambassador to Brazil, Mr. Hugh Gibson. The Ambassador was the guest in whose honor the Ambassador of Brazil and Senhora de Aranha en- tertained at dinner Wednesday eve- ning. Hamiltons Hosts? Mr. and Mrs, John J. Hamilton en- tertained at a dinner dance last eve- Signora Suvich was the guest of ning at the Chevy Chase Club. 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It was the first big meeting of the year, and Mrs. Harper Sibley, the very attractive wife of the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, addressed the assembled company, The varied types which comprise the Junior League are always a fascinating subject, for they represent the American girl from the gay little debutante to the serious-minded young married woman. Bright-eyed, beautifully-gowned members just home from Europe, sat next to demure, quiet little members clad in sombre tweeds. De- butantes shyly clustered together, waiting for some efficient ezecutive to herd them to their tables. No matter what the type, under- neath there is the common interest and the great desire to do one's part in the world. All the tables bore placards denoting the different groups, each one headed by their respective chairmen. There was the Children's Hospital group; the Braille group, whose members work harder than almost any other, for they slave hours a week learning the Braille system and then teaching it to the blind; there was the Library Committee at one table and the Heart Hospital Committee at another, and so on. ‘Throughout the United States, the Junior League has done more to train young women in their duties of good citizenship and responsibility to soclety than any other organization we know. A young girl who has just been grad- uated from school, knowing nothing of poverty, or sickness and affliction for those less fortunate, when elected to the Junior League is on probation for one year. She is allowed to select the group she would like to work with, and, like & butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, within a few months she is spending her allotted number of hours a week. perhaps in the Children's Hospital, cut- ting out paper dolls, or transporting in her smart little car some poverty- stricken old woman to and from a public clinic. In no better way can girls be taught that life is not always a bowl of cherries, and that they must play & part in the world to bring happiness to others. Among those at the speakers’ table were the president, Mrs, William W. Mackall, jr.; Mrs. Bishop Hill, Mrs. Cary Grayson, Mrs. Oscar Coolican and Miss Gloria Chandler, guest speaker, from New York. We glimpsed at other tables throughout the room Mrs. Wood= ring, the wife of the Secretary of War; Mrs. Samuel Beach, Mrs. George Morris, whose lovely house on Belmont road is nearly completed; Miss Eleanor Flood, and so many more, many whom we were delighted to see. The Junior League may give a ball in January, and, like everything else they have done, it will undoubtedly be a tremendous success. * *x x % ING through Massachusetts Park the other day to pay our farewell respects to Simon Whitney, who left yesterday to hang up his shingle with Edie, Davidson, investment counsel in New York, we found him and his house buddies living in opulence and luxury. This Autumn the “Three Musketeers,” S8imon, Sherlock Davis and Frank Currie, moved into 2601 Thir= tieth street, joining William Brewster, Alanson Wilcox, Philip Bastedo, who has since returned to live in New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Joyce of the State Department. Speaking of the Joyces, in the past few days their plans have been completely changed. Mr. Joyce was all set to leave for Buenos Aires for the peace conference, but news has come to us that they are not going after all, and will, therefore, remain at 2601. The addition of the Joyces was cause for pride, as these bachelors now require that dinner guests leave cards. With four servants to tend their needs and an excellent housekeeper who came with the mansion (not to mention a music room), they are leading the “life of Riley.” Their most prized possession is one Curtis—hired as a butler-valet— Curtis, since his addition to this masculine-by-majority domicile, has spent most of his time in the cellar, staggering forth occasionally with 10 pressed suits! The inmates decided that Curtis was doing so well that he deserved a just reward—after d%e consideration an “awarding committee” was appointed, the outcome being that with great formality Curtis was recently presented with a 20-pound tailor’s pressing irom. As justice never has been known to go unrewarded, it looks as though these gentlemen will establish a precedent along the lines of correct sartorial creases. Bill Brewster is an amusing member of this household, hailing Jrom Boston, where his ancestor stepped from the planks of the May- flower into one of the first governorships in this country. Bill has pride of lineage, and has composed a bit of doggerel about his family tree which goes something like this— “Eleven generations of Brewster have we— Nine raised corn—one was & doctor—and behold, here I be!” SATURDAY—KAPLOWITZ DAY In Full Swing.... The “BALLERINA” A New “Swing” Coat of Broadcloth A stunning new ‘‘swing’’ dress coat—striking, graceful, different —a welcome silhouette, in Paris’ favorite black broadcloth, with trimming of finest Persian. A coat you'll be glad to wear, and more than glad to show to your friends, It's a beauty!l 95 Other New Dress Coats $58 10 $155 YA NG NEW SPORT COATS for misses and women, in two sensational groups, $16.95 to $29.50. 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