Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1936, Page 25

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936. - . SOCIETY. « B-3 Diplomatic Receptions and Wedding Mark Social Calendar in Capital Bride of Yesterday * . : Mrs. Roosevelt Going Week End; Here Tuesday at the White House—News of the Diplomats and Officials. MRSA ROOSEVELT, who is in New York completing her Christ- return here to greet the President on his return Tuesday. Mrs. Roosevelt has given her name as a patroness for the fifth annual Miami Biltmore Fashion Show and Ball tomorrow evening of the Goddard Neighborhood Center. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife of the Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, wife of the Governor of New York, and Mrs. Henry L. Doherty are Yesterday Mrs. Roosevelt issued cards for an at home Monday evening, December 21, at 9 o’clock, which is to be her third annual party for Gridiron “widows” and newspaper women. The first year program; the second year the Gridiron “widows” and cabinet hostesses, and this year the newspaper women are expected to give a brief program. Inclosed in the invitations to the newspaper communicate with Mrs. Malvina T. Scheider to make arrange- ments. The Women’s National Press Club, whose annual stunt party is set for March 1, when Mrs. Roosevelt will be guest of’] of the program, but all the entertainment will be done by news- paper women and are not undertaken as organization, as many of the guests will be women writers who attend Mrs. Roosevelt’s Cards Out for Party to Gridiron “Widows” mas shopping, will spend the week end in Hyde Park and at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, which is given for the benefit among the other patronesses. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger, gave the women is a card suggesting that any one wishing to do a “stunt” honor, and the Newspaper Women’s Club have met for discussions press conferences and are not members of either organization. The reception which the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mme. Troyanovsky are giving at the Em- bassy this evening will be in celebration of the new Soviet consti- tution adopted last Saturday by the All-Union Congress of Soviets in Moscow. Several hundred guests will be present, including quite a num- ber from New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia. There will be music and dancing. The Siamese Minister and Mme. Rajamaitri will be hosts at a reception this afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock at the Legation in cele- bration of the anniversary of Constitution day. The Canadian Minister, the Honorable Sir Herbert Marler, returned yesterday morning to the Capital from New York, where he went the first of the week. The Minister was the guest in whose honor Mr. H. T. Fuller entertained Tuesday. Last week the Minister was in Montreal, where he was the guest of honor at a dinner given by Sir Charles Gordon. Representative James M. Fitzpatrick of New York City arrived in Washington yesterday and has leased an apartment at the Roosevelt for the Winter. He ‘will be joined after Christmas by Mrs. Fitzpatrick and their son, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, who will enter Gonzaga College for the second term. Representative Fitzpatrick will spend Christmas in New York, returning here soon, accompanied by his family. Representative and Mrs. Richard J. Tonry of Brooklyn are at the Wardman Park Hotel during their visit in Washington. Mrs. Chalkley, wife of the commercial counselor of the British Embassy, entertained at luncheon yesterday. Mrs. Samuel King, wife of the Delegate from Hawaii, and her two daughters, Miss Charlotte King and Miss Pauline King, arrived in Washington yesterday and have taken an apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel. Mr. King, who accompanied his family from Honolulu to San Francisco, remained in the West and will join them here in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. King had a most harassing trip from Honolulu to San Francisco. Due to the seaman’s strike their ship was stopped 30 miles outside of Honolulu and they were forced to con- tinue their trip on a small pineapple barge. The Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr, iIs in New York for a brief stay and is at the Ambassador. Mrs. Mariner F. Eccles, wife of the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. George W. Romney entertained at tea yesterday afternoon. Miss Anderson Guest Of Faculty Women Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the ‘Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, will be the guest of the Faculty Women’s Club of the George ‘Washington University at the home of Mrs. Lloyd H. Sutton tomorrow at 2 pm. She will speak to the group on the subject of “Women Workers.” Assisting Mrs. Sutton as hostess will be Miss Alice Henning, Mrs William Crane Johnstone, Mrs. John Lapham, Mrs. Carvel Richard Benson, Mrs. John Donaldson, Mrs. Walter L. Cheney and Mrs. john A. Mclntire. CHRISTMAS GIFTS BOOKS in Fine Bindings. in Sets and Single volumes. THE LATEST BOOKS—Biog- raphy. History and Piction. CHILDREN’S BOOKS COLOURED SPORTING and Military Prints Mezzotints and Etchings COLOURED FLOWER and Bird Prints You are cordially invited to view our collection JAMES F. 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Residential Social News Mr. and Mrs. Auchincloss to Entertain at Merrywood R. AND MRS. HUGH D. AUCHINCLOSS will enter- tain at a dinner this evening | at their estate, Merrywood, in McLean, Va. Helen Howe, the American mono- loguist who last Summer scored a notable success in London at the Mer- cury Theater and at private parties attended by the Duke and Duchess of Kent, is to give a special ‘program | of her solo entertainments tonight following the dinner. Last Summer | Miss Howe gave two performances of her sketches before subscription audi- ences at the Arts Theater in London which attracted so much attention that Ashley Dukes, the well-known English playwright, critic and theatri- cal manager, engaged her to give a series of full-evening-long entertain- ments at his Mercury Theater, which in turn led to her being engaged to | give more of her repertory of sketches | at the fashionable Trocadero night | club. | Mayflower for a few days. Former United States Ambassador | to Japan, Mr. Larz Anderson, has gone | This Evening. to White Sulphur Springs for a fort- night's stay. Mrs. Frederick H. Payne of Green- field, Mass., wife of the former As- sistant Secretary of War, is at the Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Barnes of New York, the latter formerly Miss Carolyn Payne, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Payne, are now en route to Mexico City, where they will spend several weeks. Their marriage took place Thursday, December 3, in Greenfield. Mrs. Robert E. Lee has canceled 4all social engagements for the week owing to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Flaherty of New Castle, Pa., are at the Ward- man Park Hotel while in Washington. Mrs. Flaherty is the former Miss Mary Jane Semmes, whose marriage was an- nounced a short time ago. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kasehagen have as their house guest this week Miss Margaret Petter of Hannibal, Mo. TOMORROW! 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Mrs. Truxton Beale flew all over South America several years ago and afterwards wrote a fascinating book about her experiences. We saw in the drawing room Mrs. E. Hope Slater, very handsome in black, chatting with Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, who has just returned from Kentucky and is opening her apartment at 1785 Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Homer Cummings was in black as was also the Marchioness Rossi Songhi. Mrs. Matthews Dick wore a most intriguing black lacquered hat. The Ben- Jamin Thaws were there, and also Miss Irene Boyle, more lovely-looking than ever, who was holding a reception of her own! Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss wore & beautiful black and white costume, and we saw, too, Mrs. Philip Coffin in black with Mrs. Emory Sands looking very smart in dark blue, and many, many others. It was such a nice informal reception we hated to tear ourselves away to dress for an early dinner before going to the play, 5% 'HE National proved to be full of friends last evening, but no one laughed as hard, loud and long as Tommy Leiter, whose great guffaws could be heard echoing throughout the theater! Unfortunately he was not far enough front to receive one of those trinkets which Beatrice Lillie tossed from “her moon” as she swung over the audience! Mrs. Leiter and Nancy were there, too, and others seen—and heard—were Natalle Prichett, Jimmy Mitchell, jr.; Eleanor Flood, George Garrett, who was with his brother-in-law, Alasdair Maclean; Laura Tuckerman, Bill McComb and Mary McDowell with flowers perched becomingly on the top of her head. From the theater it was another dash, without time to catch our breath, to the Pall Mall room of the Raleigh, where a party, put on in co-operation with The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam- paign, was in full swing. There we found young Bette Hartz, in the lovely mauve mousseline de soie dress, edged with bands of purple velvet and a bunch of violets at her waist which she wore at her recent debut tea, making her debut last night as the mistress of ceremonies in a night club. “Our hat is off to you, Bette; if we had not known that you were one of this season’s debutantes, whose parents had just introduced you at a formal tea, we would have thought that you had sung before the mike, to admiring crowds time and time again.” With utmost poise, a lovely speaking voice, a delightful smile and a charming manner, Bette stepped up to the mike, sang several songs, afterward introduced the dancers, Sara Bella and Jacqueline McGraw; made apropos comments on the ezcellence of Eddie Elkins Orchestra and finished her little piece with the remarks that she was sure the little children of Washington would think that there is a Santa Claus— and added, “And I know there is.” On all sides were debuntante friends of Bette, including Hebe Reynolds, Mary Senate Howes and Connie Marlatt. “Ouisie” Meyers, in & white satin dress, was surrounded by friends from New Orleans—Norton Wisdom from “old Louisiana,” with his cousin, Billy Bell, whom he is visiting, and the Hudson Grunewalds, who were formerly of New Orleans. 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