Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1936, Page 35

“followed by dancing and refreshment. All Norwegians and their Capital’s Social | High Lights SOCIETY SECTION_ he Sy Star mE Part 3—14 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1936. THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AIDS LITTLE SICK CHILDREN Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr., chairman of the ball, going over a few of the elaborate features being arranged for the worthy benefit. Many Receptions Mark Official and Diplomatic Activities of Yuletide The President and Mrs. Roasevelt Will Enter- tain at Children’s Party Tomorrow Afternoon at White House. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain at a children’s party tomorrow afternoon at the White House for their little grandson, Curtis Roosevelt Dall, more familiarly known as Buzzie. Mrs. Roosevelt spent Christmas with her son, Mr. Franklin Delano Roogevelt, jr., in Boston, but no word has been announced as to her return to the Capital. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull are on the high seas en route from Argentina, where the Secretary attended the peace conference. Mrs. James A. Parley, wife of the Postmaster General, came to Washington yesterday for the debut of Miss Mary Senate Howes, and is expected to return to her New York residence today. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will entertain a company of 30 at dinner tonight in the Embassy in honor of the newly appointed United States Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. The Soviet Am- bassador and Mme. Troyanovsky will be the ranking guests. The Brazilian Ambassador and Senora de Aranha will leave, Argentina about the middle of, next month for this country. The Polish Ambassador and Countess Potocka will entertain at | a dinner, followed by a dance, Wednesday evening, January 6, at| the Embassy. The Ecuadoran Ambassador, Senor Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro, will entertain at a reception tomorrow evening in honor of the members of the 1913 class of West Point. The diplomat was a member of this class. | The Austrian Minister and Mme. Prochnik will entertain at a dinner in the Legation Thursday evening, January 7. The Norwegian Minister and Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne will be the honor guests at the annual Christmas party of the Norwegian Society Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, in the Washington Club, at Seventeenth and K streets. There will be a short program | friends are cordially invited to attend. The Czechoslovakian Minister, Col. Vladimir Hurban, will return from New York tomorrow. Mme. Hurban will join the Minister in Washington after the first of the year. The assistant to the controller general and Mrs. James L. Balty entertained at dinner at the Shoreham last evening in honor of Mr. Claude Porter, member of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, and Mrs. Porter. There were 10 in the company. Lieut. and Mrs. D. A. Powell, U. 8. N,, retired, and their son, Douglas Powell, jr., of Burnsville, N. C., and Fort Myer, Fla., are the house guests for the holiday season of Mrs. Powell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Mountford, Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Powell was formerly Miss Donna Marie Mountford. Mr. and Mrs. Mountford will entertain at a tea Sunday after- noon, January 3, from 5 to 7 o'clock. The hostess will be assisted at the tea table by Mrs. R. L. Sexton, Mrs. Frank Kelly, Mrs. C. Flavell Koss, Mrs. Glenn Phelps and Mrs. J. B. Clee. * The retiring chief of naval operations and Mrs. William H. Standley will be the guests in whose honor Maj. and Mrs. Parker West will entertain at a cocktail party this afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in their apartment at 2101 Connecticut avenue. : Justice and Mrs. Peyton Gordon are spending some time in Miami, Fla. 3 Col. and Mrs. Townsend Whelen have visiting them their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Boling of St. Louis. Col. and Mrs. Townsend will entertain at a tea in their honor Wednesday afternoon. : Mr. L. Bruce Hord, deputy administrative assistant, office of the adjutant general of the Army, and Mrs. Hord of 3121 Adams Mill road have left for their Winter home in Miami, motoring by way of Southern Pines and Aiken, where they are making brief stops. Florida visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Hord have spent the Winter season in their Coral Gables home for the past 10 years. —Underwood & Underwood Photos. 9 o TEmeS— . | ——r T the Children’s Hospital. o R | T | Mrs. Neill Raymond, pictured massaging the foot of a tiny infantile paralysis sufferer at The ball January 7 will be given to cover the deficit of one of the league’s charities, the social service branch of the.Children’s Hospital. Residential Washington Social News Mrs. Frederick Keep| and Miss Board- man to Entertain. RS. FREDERICK KEEP and Miss Mabel Boardman will entertain at 4 Welsh rarebit supper at the Sulgrave Club Saturday evening following the diplo~ matic reception at the White House. Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor will entertain at a dinner party at the Shoreham tomorrow evening in honor of Miss Suzanne Kappler. The guests will include those debutantes assisting at Miss Kappler’s debut party and a few others. Miss Kappler's formal bow to society will take place tomor- Tow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer enter- tained at a dance last evening at their residence on Crescent,place. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tumulty are entertaining at a house party over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. George Gould Lincoln will entertain at a reception tifis after- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) Musicale Series To Open Tomorrow At the Mayflower Mmm of Washington society are looking forward to the first of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's morn- ing musicales tomorrow at the May- flower Hotel. In previous years these popular recitals have been given on ‘Wednesdays, but this year because of several outstanding events being planned for Wednesday the day was changed. Many luncheon parties will follow the concert tomorrow. Mrs. Town- William Howard Taft. Mrs. Roose- velt stated several weeks ago that she would be t. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Peter C. Bullard have as their guests the former’s father and the latter's mother, Lieut, Gen. and Mrs. g L. Bullard, who will nmdn‘untu the “first of the New Ye: presen Among the subscribers are Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, wife of the Sece retary of War. } Engagements Announced Miss Helen Payne Peeples to Be Bride of Mr. John Summerlin. gangement of their daughter, Helen Payne, to Mr. John MRA AND MRS. HOWELL COBB PEEPLES announce the en- Vandergrift Summerlin, of Panama City, son of Mrs. Blair Spencer of Gloucester, Va., and Mr. George T. Summerlin, United States Minister to Panama. Mr. Summerlin attended Hill and graduated from the Virginia civil engineering. He is now private secretary to his father. The wedding will take place in February. Miss Alice McIntosh Frink To Wed Mr. Charles Westover. LIEU'L COL. AND MRS. JAMES LUKE FRINK announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Alice Mc- Intosh, to Mr. Charles Bainbridge Westover, son of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Oscar Westover. Miss Frink is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Blagrove McKelden of Washington, and of the late Judge and Mrs. James Arthur Frink of Spring- field, Mo. Mr. Westover is a member of the graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The wedding will take place in June. Miss Fay Sumner to Wed Lieut. Francis Pachler. LI!UT. COL. AND MRS. HENRY N. SUMNER, Quarry Heights, Panama - Canal Zone, recently of ‘Washington, announce the engagement of their daughter Fay Givens to Lieut. Prancis T. Pachler, U. 8. A, Miss Martha Bishop Engaged to Mr. Henderson. MRS. F. C. BISHOP announces the engagement of her daughter Martha to Mr. Martin Henderson, son of Col. and Mrs. Paul Henderson. The wedding will take place the latter part of January. Miss Mary Lombard To Marry Cadet Robinson. |mwzaumw Lee Lombard will be announced to Cadet William Leslie Robinson of Wayne, Pa., by her mother, Mrs. Flor- {ence M. Lombard, aj & tes given at her home this afternoon. Receiving with Mrs. Lombard will be Mrs. Han- son Robinson. Miss Lombard, who is & senior at ing his bachelor of science degree ind: School, the University of Virginia Military Institute in 1929, receiv- the United States Military Academy in June, at which time the wedding | will take place. | Assisting Mrs. Lombard will be Mrs. Vinnetta Wells Ranke, Miss Lou Lom- bard, Mrs. Edwin E. Vrooman and Mrs. Charles Jones, all of this city. Assisting Miss Lombard will be the | Misses 'Helen Hull Jones, Jane Vroo- man, Marie Leonard of this city and Julia Brett of «Amsterdam, Holland; Laura Muller of St. Davids, Pa.; Hen- rietta Curll, Wayne, Pa., and Mar- jorie McKee of Reisterstown, Md., who are classmates of Miss Leonard at Hood College. Miss Ellita Steers To Marry Mr. Neel. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES WAL~ TER STEERS of Washington announce the engagement of their daughter, Ellita, to Mr. Norman Touet Neel of Short Hills, N. J. Miss Steers is a sister of Mrs. Ber- nard Pope Day of Short Hills and New York, who is & member of the (See ENGAGEMENTS, Page E-6.) Mrs. Cabot Stevens Will Be Hostess in Honor of Mrs. Sibley Miss Kate Hyde Scully, Miss Betty Beale, Miss Eli- zabeth Houghton and Mrs. Reginald Mead, shown at a meeting where plans were made for the Junior League’s costume “Cele- brity Ball,” Thursday eve- ning, January 7, at the Mayflower Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Erana Hosts Last Night ‘The midshipmen and cadets who have been chosen to represent the Philippine Isiands at Annapolis and West Point were the guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs. Mariano A. Erans entertained at & dinner party at the S8horeham last evening. The company included Senor Colon Eloy Alfaro, jr, and Senor Jaime § Alfaro, sons of the Ambassador of Senor Antonio Chanco of the Mili- tary Academy; Midshipman Carlos tillo of the Naval Academy; Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Villalon, Miss Elisa missioner of the Philippines, Mr. Quentin Paredes; Miss Camilla Beam, Josephine Wieckowski, all of Phila- delphia; Miss Cornelia Gray, Miss Marguerite Justemant, Lieut. Jose Francisco of the Philippine Air Force, Mr. Sergio Osmena, jr.. Mr. Rafael Alunan, jr.; Mr. Leopoldo R. Agui- Mr. Pelixberto Rustos. e Christmas . Miss Margaret Shee- Raymond Du Four. 1SS MARGARET VERONICA M and Mrs. Maurice J. Shee- han, became the bride of of Mr. Eli Du Four of Haverhill, Mass., yesterday morning. by Father O'Leary, president of Georgetown University and cousin of St. William’s Chapel of the uni- versity. It was followed by the The bride wore white satin, made on princess lines, and a lace veil, waistline in front. The veils were topped by a Dutch cap of pearls. to wear this headdress, the pearls having been worn by four sisters, who carried calla lilies and the chapel was decorated with the same beauti- Mrs. Du Four was attended by her sister, Miss Prances Sheehan, and a small hat of copper velvet and cloth of gold. She, too, wore colored veiling. She carried gold and bronze chrysanthemums. in Washington, was attended by Mr. John R. Garvein of New York as T. Leohl O'Brien and Mr. Walter Costello. party returned to the bride’s home, where Mrs. Du Four changed into & terial trimmed in beaver and brown accessories. The wedding breakfast was held and Mrs. Du Four will board the S. 8. Rotterdam for s Southern will spend several days there before coming to Washington, where Connecticut avenue northwest. Several dis members of Ecuador and Senora de Alfaro, and Albert and Midshipman Marcelo Cas- Paredes, daughter of the resident com- Miss Martha Wilson and Miss Vivian Jenkins, Miss Celia Costa, Miss Dr. Prancisco Erana, Mr. Angel Cruz, naldo, ir.. Dr. Aristedes Palacios and Weddings han Is Bride of Mr. SHEEHAN, daughter of Mr. Mr. Raymond Albert Du Four, son The ceremony, which was performed the bride, took place at 9 o'clock in nuptial mass. with a face veil which hung to the Mrs. Du Four is fifth in her family were married rreceding her. She ful flowers and palms and ferns. who wore a gown of copper lame a face veil, hers being of the copper- Mr. Du Four, who is in business best man. The ushers were Mr. Following the ceremony, the bridal traveling costume of ma- on a train for New York, where Mr. cruise. After returning to New York, they will make their home at 4007 (Continued on T 5, Column 1) 2 d Right: Miss Virginia Flannery, helping a little paralysis victim to regain the use of her arms by exercising on a hori= 2o0ntal bar at the hospital. For Miss 'Brilliant Party Given Mary Howes Prominent Members of Official, Diplomatic and Residential Set Guests at Coming Out Yesterday Afternoon. NE of the most brilliant coming-out parties of this season took place yesterday afternoon at the Mayflower when the Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. W. W. Howes, presented their daughter, Miss Mary Senate Howes, to society. The large company included many officials as well as members of the diplomatic and residential circles. In addition there were many out-of-town guests at the debut of this popular young woman. Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, assisted Mrs. Howes, as did five cabinet hostesses, including Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, Mrs. James A. Farley, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Daniei C. Roper. Others who assisted were Mrs. Wil- liam J. Bulow of South Dakota, Mrs. Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming, Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. Harry W. Blair, Mrs. J. Monroe Johnson, Mrs. Marvin H. McIntyre, Mrs. Nellie Tay- loe Ross, Mrs. Lawrence Wood Rob- ert, Mrs. Benton McMillin, Mrs. Bruce Kremer, Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen, Mrs. Julien N. Priant, Mrs. Vincent Miles, Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr.; Mrs. Laurence Rubel, Miss Fanny Sessions and Mrs. Vincent Dailey of New York | City. Assisting Miss Howes were Miss Mary Virginia Dailey of New York City, Miss Katherine Friant, Miss Genevieve Marsh, Miss Martha Downs ‘Talley, Miss Mary Agnes Young, Miss Randolph Richardson, Miss Henrietta Talbott, Miss Hebe Reynolds, Miss Suzanne Kappier, and two of her classmates from National Park Sem- inary, Miss Catherine Findley of Niagara Falls, N. Y, and Miss Rita McQuaile of Willimantic, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Howes and the detutante received in the Chinese room of the hotel and dancing fol- lowed in the grand ball room. Miss Howes wore an especially be- coming frock of an aquamarine shade of net made with a very full skirt and a jacket-effect bodice with small lapels sprinkled with gold beads cor- responding to a similar band around the hips. A gold kid belt with a tailored bow at the center fsent gave an additional chic touch to the gown. Mrs. Howes wore a gown of black vel- vet with a corsage bouquet of orchids. The debutante alternated her flowers during the afternoon carrying the various bouquets sent her by many of her friends. The debutante, known to her friends as Senate, atlended National Park Seminary for four years, com- pleting a general academic course last June. She was an honor student in journalism, showing marked interest and ability in short story writing, and her greatest ambition is to become a short story writer and perhaps & novelist. She is an accomplished mu- sician and in sports excels in riding and swimming. Miss Howes studied piano under Henry Smidt Gregor, & recognized composer and musician. She was president of the Journalism Club st National Park, also cheer leader and ‘song leader of her senior class, also senior of her sorority, in “The Swan. Mr. Howes has been a member of the Democratic National Committee for the past 13 years and served for four years as State’s attorney. At the time of Miss Howes' birth her father was a member of the State Senate and his co-workers passed an act naming her Senate, mry‘* | Mrs. Howes, the former Hazel | Donna Gordon, is a descendant of “The Gallant Gordons of Gay” from Scotland, always closely associated with leaders of the Methodist Church, Rev. M. L. Gordon being among the outstanding ministers in this country and noted as an author of many | religious works. Mr. John Alexander Stewart enter- tained at a dinner dance following the reception in honor of Miss Howes and her assistants, who were accom= panied by their escorts. Miss Howes has been the honor | guest at & number of parties in the last few weeks and many more are being planned for her, Mrs. Arthur Mullen will entertain at luncheon for Miss Howes December 28, and on Wednesday Mr. West Cure- ton and Mr. Stuart Cureton will give a cocktail party for her. Mr, John Alexander Stewart was host at a dinner party at the Shore- ham last evening in honor of Miss Howes. Mr. Stewart's guests included seve eral out-of-town guests who had come for the debut. In the party were Miss Mary Virginia Dailey of New York City, Miss Rita McQuaile of Willimantic, Conn.; Miss Catherine Pindlay of Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Miss Randolph Rishardson, Miss Katherine Friant, Miss Henrietta Talbott, Miss Suzanne Kappler, Miss Hebe Reynolds, Miss Mary Agnes Young, Miss Martha ‘Talley, Miss Genevieve Marsh, Mr, Roberi JacksomDrewes, 3d, of Carmel, Calif., who came from Harvard Unie versity for the debut; Mr. West Cure- ton, Mr. Rishard Dear, Mr. Corwin Lockwood, Mr. John A. Sobotks, jr.; Mr. Reese King, Mr. James Smith, Mr. Stewart Cureton, Mr. Lowell Bradford and Mr. Alan Warfield. Open House Planned For New Year Day ‘The president general of the Nae tional Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and Mrs. Mess- more Kendall of New York and Dobbs Ferry will come to Wasihngton on New Year day and will observe the old custom of “open house” with the secretary general and Mrs. Frank Steele at the national headquarters of the society, 1227 Sixteenth street, from 4 to 7 o'clock. No cards are being issued. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall will leave shortly afterward for their Winter vesidence at Palm Beach. At-Home Plans. Canon and Mrs. Raymond Wolven will be at home New Year day from 4 to 6 o'clock in theg afternoon. Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman wil} nob receive this afterncon at her home A