Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1937, Page 27

SOCIETY. ‘Round of Festivities ,in_ Speaker of the House and Mrs. William M. Bankhead Honor Guests at Dinner The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts at State Dinner at White House— Other Official News. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave the annual state dinner in honor of the Speaker of the House and Mrs. Wil- liam M. Bankhead last evening at the White House. The state rooms had charming arrangements of Spring flowers from the White House hothouses, and on the horseshoe- shaped table there were low mounds of pink carnations, stevia with Adiantum Baldi fern trailing the length of the table. The handsome gold service purchased by President Monroe in France, with the mirrored plaque, candelabra and compotes were used along with the flatware which Mrs. Harding had dipped in gold during her husband's regime, and the china service selected by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt for the White House two years ago. The guests at the dinner were the Speaker and Mrs. Bankhead, Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, Senator Frederick Hale, Senator Kenneth McKellar, Senator and Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Senator and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, Senator and Mrs. Hugo L. Black, Senator Tom Connally, Senator and Mrs. Gearge McGill, Senator and Mrs. James F. Byrnes, Senator and Mrs. Fred H. Brown, Senator and Mrs. Augustine Lonergan, Senator and Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys, Senator and Mrs. Guy M. Gillette, Representative Sam Rayburn, Representative Henry B. Steagall, Representative and Mrs. Bertrand H. Snell, Representative and Mrs. Clarence F. Lea, Representative and Mrs. Fritz G. Lanham, Representative and Mrs. William J. Driver, Representative and Mrs. Robert L. Bacon, Representative and Mrs. Arthur H, Greenwood, Representative and Mrs. Sam D. McReynolds, Representative and Mrs. Lister Hill, 'Rgpresentauve Mary T. Norton, Representative and Mrs. William M. Whittington, Representative Patrick J. Boland, Representative and Mrs. William P. Cole, jr.; Representative and Mrs. Fred M. Vin- son, Representative Frank H. Buck, Representative E. M. Owen, Representative Caroline O'Day, Representative Nan W. Honeyman, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Hon. and Mrs. Hugh Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Walker S. Buel, Maj. and Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, Hon. and Mrs. William Denman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Essary, Mr. | Henry S. Hooker, Mrs. Parkinson Keyes, Mrs. William B. Meloney, | Bishop James H. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Taylor, Mr. Ralph | Beaver Strassburger, Miss Elizabeth F. Read and Miss Marguerite | Le Hand. Following the dinner additional guests joined the company for | music in the east room. The artists of the evening were Miss Char- | lotte Boerner, soprano; Miss Joan Field, violinist; Mr. Rene Le Roy, | flutist; Mr. Coenraad V. Bos and Miss Juliet Arnold were the ac- | companists of the evening. Mrs. Daniel C. Roper was the ranking guest at luncheon yes-| terday when Mrs. Justin Miller entertained in honor of Mrs. James | Crawford Biggs. The other guests were Mrs. Joshia W. Bailey, | Mrs. Robert H. Jackson, Mrs. David H. Blair, Mrs. Thomas E.| Sebrell, Mrs. William T. Joyner, Mrs. Gilbert J. Korner and Mrs Thomas Wadden. Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, wife of the United States Am- bassador to the Court of St. James, has just arrived in Washington and is stopping at the Carlton. The Ambassador of Turke’y‘zi;d Mme. Ertegun will entertain | THE EV NING STAR, WASHINGTON, Engagement Announced MISS ELLITA STEERS, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walter Steers, whose engage- ment to Mr. Norman Toust Neal of Short Hills, N. J., has been announced. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Residential Sociql_ News Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Robert Return From West Indies Cruise. HE former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Law- rence Wood Robert have re- turned to Washington after an absence of several weeks, when they were on a West Indies cruise. They are once more established in their apartment at the Mayflower, where they will remain for an in- definite period. Mrs. Wingrove Bathon has returned | from Waukesha near Milwaukee, where she was called by the death | | of her cousin, Mrs. Byron M. Caples, | { who before her marriage to Dr. Caples, was Miss Grace Stelle of Washing- ton, well known newspaper women. The late Mrs. Caples was society edi- | tor for some years of the New York | | Women’s Club gave in honor of Mr. Eugene Ormandy, conductor of the orchestra and Mrs. Ormandy. Miss Catherine Ruane, Miss Mary | Ruane and Mr. James McCeney of | Philadelphia, Pa. will be the guests ,of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Bogan this | week end. A party will be given in their honor tomorrow evening. Princess Margaret Boncompagni, who arrived in New York on the Bremen, is spending a few days there at the Waldorf-Astoria before return- ing to her home in Washington. | sued invitations for a tea on January 17 from 5 to 7 o'clock, at her home in Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. J. Gilmer Korner, jr., has is- | D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937. MRS. LUTHER GILBERT McDOWALL, Who was, before her marriage December 19, Miss Ethel Pope, daughter of Mrs. Frank Carter Pope. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Rebublican Clubs 9 Mrs. O’Day to Speak Lincoln’s Day Ball| At Lunch Tomorrow Republican clubs of Wuhlnnon.l Representative Caroline O'Day will Maryland and Virginia will sponmr! be the guest speaker at a luncheon i ;,‘:bz_:‘;'d”‘_‘ e [given by the International Relations Mr. William Mondell has been ap- | Committee of the American Associa- pointed chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. ‘n 1:15 o'clock. She will tell of her Invitations are being placed in the | recent trip to the Buenos Aires con- mails now, but tickets may also be | . obtained at the local headquarters of | S 'the National Republican Scott Circle and at the offices of Com- | ference because of her interest missioner Wilton Allen in Silver peace. Spring, Md. | Prominent Republicans from every | of the International Relations Com- State in the Union are planning to mittee, is in charge of the luncheon. attend the ball, and elaborate ar- Mrs. Richard Hogue, president of the | rangements for entertainment are be- | Washington branch of the American in tion of University "Women tomorrow | Although she was not sent | Club at |3 & delegate, she attended the con- | Miss Mary Louise Brown, chairman | and Paris Heralds. Known for her beauty and wit, Mrs. Caples was a Mrs. William H. Beeson and Mrs. | | ing made. Association of University Women, will preside. & E SOCIETY. ~ »3 B3 Official Circle Marks Social Calendar Recently Married By the Way— | Beth Blaine 'HE Italian Embassy in Washington has one of the most artistic interiors we have ever seen, with its exquisite furnishings of paintings, tapestries and | objet d’art. In 1861 the kingdom of Italy was proclaimed, thus bringing the | dreams of that great statesman, Count Camillo Cavour, into reality. The uni- | fication finally culminated in 1870, when Vittorio Emanuele swooped down upon | Rome, left undefended by Napoleon III during the Franco-Prussian War, causing the Pope to imprison himself as a protest. The acquisition of Rome was the last link in the chain and the unification of Italy. However, neither the great Cavour nor Vittorio Emanuele saw the problem and expense which faced them when all the sumptious palaces of Florence, Mantua, Padua, Milan and Venice were deprived of their former ducal liege lords, who had the cities’ exchequers, as well as the resources of the surrounding provinces, at their disposal. The King of Italy found himself with many imposing palaces vacant on his hands. The result was a parallel of the real estate prob- lem such as was attendant in New York following the crash of '29. In the succeeding years these “white elephants” gradually became museums, while their priceless treasures either found their way into art galleries, were sold, or were sent to furnish Italy’'s embassies abroad. This explains the wonderful and distinctive interiors found in the royal Italian embassies the world over. Yesterday Italy's Embassy here was the scene of one of the most delightful teas. His excellency, the Italian Ambassador, Signor Suvich and his beautiful blond wife, Donna Matilde, in a becoming gown of black velvet, received their numerous guests, numbering well over a thousand, in the small re- ception room of the embassy hung with paintings attributed to Romano and Botticelli. Passing into the paneled library, one found both Signor Coppola and the Marchesa Rossi Longhi greeting their friends, assisted by the Marchese Capomazza and the Prince Del Drago of the embassy. The main room of the embassy has a unique mantel of carved stone, over which the Lion of St. Marks hangs on a carved gilded-wood coat of arms. On a comjortable sofa we found the Portugese Minister and his always-chic®ife, Mme. de Bianchi, with Mrs. Sol Bloom, wearing silver fozes. Col.and Mrs. Joseph Cecil, the latter in a white ermine-trimmed suit, were with Mrs Efingham Townsend. Mrs. Frank Letts was present. Little Mrs. Philip Coffin, in a becoming off-the-face hat with a veil, was greeting Mr. and Mrs. William MacCracken, Mme. Jarnefelt, wife of the Finnish Minister, in a gray costume with a sable scarf, passed to exchange greetings with Mrs. Fotitch, the Yugoslav Min- ister's wife. Mme. Jarnefelt has just returned from several weeks in Cuba and her tan is most becoming. Mme. Saito, the Japanese Ambassador's wife, in black, came in with | the Czechoslovak Ministgr and Mme. Hurban, wig were immediately joined by Mrs. Clarence Goodwin whose touches of emerald green on her ensemble formed a lovely contrast for her titian coloring. Mrs. Claude Swanson, whose ice-blue satin blouse and silver fox scarf carried a hint of Spring, was seen greeting Mr. and Mrs. Pred Britten Mrs. Elonzo Tyner in a silver fox trimmed suit was with her attractive daughter, Mrs. Dugdale, formerly Peggy Tyner, who wore over her becoming gown a shoulder-length cape of chinchilla with a bunch of {resh violets. Mrs, Tyner was joined presently by Mr. and Mrs. Jochn Farr Simmons of the State Department, while not far away Ralph Hill and Mrs. Granger Blair in a twisted worsted tweed surveyed the throng. So numerous was the crowd that it is safe to say that “the world and his wife” were present. . . . Diplomatic, official and residential society was there “en masse.” Some years have passed since we have had a chatelaine at the Italian Embassy, as the former Ambassador, Signor Rosso, was a bachelor. His predecessor, Signor di Martino, how= ever, had a striking wife, Donna Antoinetta, who was also a grace- ful blond, and her Friday afterncons were veritable levees. One last look around that slowly milling t#®ong backed by the mage nificent hue of the Venetian red of the satin brocaded curtains, at the beau- tiful paintings attributed to Salvator Rose's pupils and at the wonderful Murano chandeliers, and we slipped away. delighted to have found the roya} an Ambassador and Signora de Suvich “at home.” —_—_— at dinner this evening in honor of the counselor of the Japanese member of the Huguenot Society of | Embassy and Mme. Yoshizawa, who are leaving America in the| very near future to return to the foreign office. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will be the ranking guests at din- ner tonight. The Chinese Ambassador and Mme. Sze entertained at lunch- | eon today when their guests were the Japanese Ambassador and | Mme. Saito, the Siamese Ambassador and Mme. Rajamaitri, the | counselor of the Japanese Embassy and Mme. Yoshizawa, the major general commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Thomas Hol- comb, the United States Consul General at Tientsin and Mrs. John Kenneth Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Dooman, the second secretary of the Japanese Embassy and Mme. Okazaki, the attache of the Soviet Embassy and Mme. Grigoriev, Mrs. James D. Taylor, | the first secretary of the Chinese Embassy, Mr. W. S. Lao, and the second secretaries of the embassy, Mr. Tswen-lin Tsui and Mr. Pei- Chih Huang. Mme. Peter, wife of the Minister of Switzerland, Is leavin, today for New York, where she will spend the week end. She wil not observe her day at-home next Friday, January 22. Senator and Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys have issued invitations for a reception at their home on Wyoming avenue for Tuesday afternoon in honor of the new Gov. and Mrs. Clifford Townsend. Representative Warren G. Magnuson of Seattle, Wash., who arrived in town a few days ago, is now established in his apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for the congressional season. . — | R gresentatlve and Mrs. Richard J. Welch of San Francisco, %am., ave taken an apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel for the inter. i The Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Theodore A. Walters have as their guest at their apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel their daughter, Mrs. Robert R. Cooker of Hartsville, 8. C. | Mrs. Cooker was Miss Lois Walters before her marriage in the | Fall. She will be with her parents until after inauguration. | Secretary Walters, who has gone to El Paso, Tex., for a short trip, expects to return to the Capital the first of next week. | Newest HAMILTON DIAMOND WATCHES At the Lowest es in History! P Brilliont diamonds . . . exquisite . . . exclu- sive fashions . . . accurate, 17-jewel move- ments—these are the features you'll find in the new Hamilton watches for 1937. 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