Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1937, Page 27

SOCIETY. Informal S£1a11 Governor of Canada And Lady Tweedsmuir To Stop at White House Visitors to Be Feted at Many Parties During Stay Here—Chilean Ambassador Host Last Night. THE President and Mrs. Roosevelt will have as their guests next week at the White House the Governor General of Can- ada and Lady Tweedsmuir, who will arrive in Washington Monday. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull will give a luncheon Wednesday at the Sulgrave Club in honor of the visitors. Friday, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lingsay, will entertain a group of men at luncheon for Lord Tweeds- muir. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest of honor at a tea at the Congressional Club from 3:30 until 5:30 o’clock. The committee in charge of the tea includes Mrs. Richard Duncan, Mrs. Otis Bland and Mrs. Harry Englebright. The entire board of the club will receive with Mrs. Daniel Reed, the president, and Mrs. Bankhead, wife of the Speaker of the House, and Mrs. Burns, wife of Senator Burns, will pour tea. The Chilean Ambassador was host at dinner last night in honor of the Argentine Ambassador and Mme. Espil. Other guests were the German Ambassador, Herr Hans Luther; the Greek Minister, M. Demetrios Sicilianos; the Netherlands Minister and Mme. Van Haersma de With, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Alfred Johnson, the first secretary of the German Embassy and Frau Herbert Scholz, the third secretary of the French Embassy and Mme. Saint, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Finkenstaedt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hinton, Mrs. Charles Worthington and Mrs. Peyton March. The Minister of Norway and Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne have as their guest at the present time in the legation Prof. A. W. Brogger of the University of Oslo. Prof. Brogger is the foremost Norwegian autharity on the early voyages of the Norsemen to the American continent. Mme. Fotitch, wife of the Yugoslav Minister, will not be at home tomorrow, Good Friday, afternoon. The Italian Ambassador and Donna Matilde de Suvich were the guests in whose honor Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom en- tertained at dinner last night, when their other guests were the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, the Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter, Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, Representative Caroline O’Day, the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Sumner Welles, the commercial counselor of the British Em- bassy and Mrs. H. O. Chalkley, Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Miss Vera Bloom and Mr. Ralph W. Snowden Hill. Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts has returned to his apartment at the Carlton after a visit to his home in Clinton, Mass. Senator and Mrs. Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina will have their son, James H. Pou Bailey, with them at the Mayflower during his Spring vacation from the University of North Carolina. He is expected here when his mother returns April 12 from a trip to Panama. Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Walter F. George and Mrs. Malcolm C. Tarver, wife of Representative Tarver of Georgia, sailed from New York on Tuesday. The Counselor of the French Embassy entertained at dinner last night in honor of Capt. Henri Latham, commanding officer of the French cruiser, Jeanne d’Arc. The guests were Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Edison, the chief of naval operations and Mrs. William D. Leahy, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hugh Matthews, Admiral and Mrs. William S. Pye, Admiral and Mrs. Thomas C. Hart, Capt. and Mrs. W. Puleston and Capt. and Mrs. P. H. Bastedo, Chief Engineer Manach, Chaplain Galiocy, Capt. Birot, Chief Sur- geon Lafarque and Capt. Bonnet of the cruiser Jeanne d’Arc; the naval attache of the French Embassy and Mme. Sable, the military attache of the Embassy and Mme. Lombard, the air attache and Mme. Champsaur, the first secretary of the Embassy, M. Roger Gaucheron, and his sister, Mlle. Simone Gaucheron, and the attache of the Embassy and Mme. Lucet. Mrs. Gantz, wife of Comdr. Benjamin S. Gantz, entertained at luncheon and bridge yesterday at her home, 2347 South Arlington Ridge road, Arlington, Va., when her guests were members of the Executive Board of the American Women'’s Legion. Included among the 20 guests was Mrs. Charles Demonet, national president of the American Women’s Legion. Mrs. Gantz is the national vice presi- dent of the organization. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. William E. Sullivan have as house guests at their home, on North Pershing drive, Arlington, Va., Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. J. E. Dingwell and their daughters, Joan Dingwell and Beatrice Dingwell, who arrived today from their home, in Philadelphia. They will remain over Sunday. Saturday evening Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Sullivan will enter- tain informally with games and a buffet supper for their guests. Mrs. Linke, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Gerald D. Linke, U. S. N., was hostess at tea Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mme. Zoulfikar, wife of the attache of the Egyptian Legation, who, with him, will leave shortly for Egypt for an indefinite stay. Mrs. Linke was assisted by Senora de Sueyro, wife of the naval attache of the Argentine Embassy; Mrs. R. E. Webb, Mrs. William Miller and Mrs. Louis C. Arthur. Capt. and Mrs. John H. Gibbons entertained at a dinner Tuesday night at Palm Beach, in honor of their house guest, the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Adolphus Andrews. ‘Washington. Sailed Yesterday. Miss Anne Chilton, daughter of Sir Mr. S. Pinkney Tuck, secretary of | Henry Chilton, British Ambassador to the American Embassy in Paris, and | Spain and one time British Minister Mrs. Tuck sailed yesterday from New |in Washington, who has’ been in -~ York on the Queen Mary. Sailing on the same ship was Mr. J. Theodore Marriner, United States Consul Gen- eral in Beirut, Syria, who has re- cently been spending a short time in America for some weeks, also sailed yesterday on the Queen Mary. Miss Chilton when in Washington two weeks ago stopped with the Misses Cynthia and Helen Davis. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. Entertainments Continue as Lenten Season Closes < Preparing for Horse Show at Quantico Next Month Left: Quantico. Upper right: Maj. C. A. Wilkinson giving Mrs. J. R. White a lesson in tightening the cinch. Mrs. White will participate in the horse show to be held at Quantico April 10 and 11. Capt. T. A. Holdahl, Mrs. C. L. Fike pictured with the trophies which will be presented to the winners in the various classes at the show to be held at Capt. William M. Mitchell and Lower right: Mrs. C. A. Wilkinson stops during the rehearsal for the show, while Mrs. George R. Tucker holds her mount. C., THURSDAY, —Harris-Ewing Photos. o Residential Social News RS. THOMAS JEX PRES- TON, who as Mrs. Grover Cleveland, wife of the late President, was very popular in Washigton, was the guest of honor at tea yesterday of Mrs. Harry Doug- las, who entertained at Belleair, Fla. Prof. and Mrs. Preston are spending the Spring vacation in the South faculty at the university. Mrs. Ogden Mills, wife of the former Secretary of the Treasury, who has been in Florida, has gone to Aiken, S. C., to spend Easter. She will be at Willcox for the brief holiday. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Crosby ex- pect to return this week from Miami, Fla., where they have been since early in February. Mrs. Crosby's mother, Mrs. W. I Morris of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, who has been in Florida with Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, returned to the Crosby home in Chevy Chase, Md., on Wednesday. She brought with her James Crosby, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. John Crosby. Mrs. Alvin Barton Barber left this Drury Clark, in Hartford, Conn. Before returning to her home, Sky Meadows, Bradley Hills, Md., Mrs. Barber will visit her son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lombardi Barber, in Cambridge, Mass. Miss Edar von Lengerke Fleming Friday Specials Flying Needles_ __45¢-35¢ Feather Ring - 55c-45¢ 0dds and Ends of Yarns and Cottons Embroidery Shop 829 11th St. N.W. and will return after Easter to Prince- | ton, where he is a member of the week for a visit with her son-in-law | and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel | Mrs. Preston, the Former Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Feted at Tea. | will come tomorrow to spend the Eas- ter holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Fleming, in Edgemoor, Md. Miss Fleming is a student at Wellesley College, in Massachusetts. have as their guests at the Mountain | Lake Club Mr. and Mrs. David St. Pierre Gaillard. They have also had | visiting them Mr. and Mrs. William | B. Willard and Mr. and Mrs. Evan | ‘Wilson, - Mrs. B. Pritz Smith will leave today (See RESIDENTIAL, Page B-4) SmEen Y 9 Rep. O’Day’s Son Wed in Venezuela Announcement has been received of the wedding in Caracas, Venezuela, March 18, of Miss Lydia Maria Diaz of Puerto Rico, to Mr. Charles O'Day, son of Representative Caroline O'Day and the late Representative Daniel O'Day of New York. Mr. O'Day is United States Vice Consul in Caracas. | The engagement of the former Miss | Diaz and Mr. O’'Day was announced several weks ago. Mr. and Mrs, O'Day | will spend the Summer in Venezuela | and in the Autumn are expected to come to this country to visit Mr. O'Day’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. F. Eberhart Haynes | MARCH 25, 1937. <@ ‘Miss Adele Alsop Engaged to Marry Hon. Mr. Howard | RS. BASIL DE SELINCOURT of Far End, at Kingham, England, | and Sky Hill Farm, at Tyringham, | Mass., announces the engagement o(l her daughter, Miss Adele Alsop, to the Hon. Henry Anthony Camiblo Howard, | youngest son of former British Am- bassador at Washington 8ir Esme | Howard, now Lord Howard, and Lady | Howard. Miss Alsop is a daughter of Mr. Reese D. Alsop of New York and a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob- | ert W. Chapin of 34 Kensington | Square, London. She attended Mil- | ton Academy, Milton, Mass., and was a member of the first graduating ISADOR MILLER DOES IT GOOD FUR REPAIRING 809 11th_St. N.W. _ Natl. 5628 Between H & I class of Bennington College, Ben- nington, Vt. The bride-elect made | her debut in Boston in the season of | 1933-'34, and is a member of the| Junior League. She expects to return | to New York in April, and will be with her father at 1170 Fifth ave- nue. Mr. Howard was graduated from Sandhurst. He served four years as an officer in the Coldstream Guards and a year and a half with the Somaliland Camel Corps during the | Italo-Ethiopian War. He is a member | SOCIETY. By the Way— Beth Blaine ESTERDAY afternoon every one “se trouvait chez” the naval attache of the French Embassy and Mme. Sable. The Sables’ hospitable house on O street was filled to overflowing with uniforms and still more uniforms, for a tea was given in honor of the commanding officer, Capt. Latham, and the officers of the French training ship Jeanne D’Arc, anchored at Baltimore. The Jeanne D’Arc has 180 midshipmen aboard, of whom 30-odd were present yesterday. Mme. Sable, in a steel-colored gown of faille, received with Capt. Latham _and Admiral Sable, both resplendent in gold braid. The Sables have been popular members of Washington society for the past three years, and our host’s recent elevation to the rank of admiral has delighted his many admirers, as his advancement has been conceded him several years prior to the usual age limit. The Swiss Minister and Mme. Peter were among those present, and nearby Mme. de Bianchi, in a fur-trimmed suit, with her hus- band, the Portugese Minister, and her daughter, Miss Sibilla Skidelsky, looking very chic in a black gown, undoubtedly acquired during her recent shopping trip to New York. 3 The hostess was assisted in receiving by the wives of the secre- taries of the embassy, also Mlle. Simone Gaucheron, who has re- turned to spend the remainder of the season with her brother, M. Roger Gaucheron, first secretary of the French Embassy. Mme. Champsaur, in a becoming off-the-face hat, moved among the guests, presenting the young midshipmen to the numerous attractive gxles present. Outstanding among them was Caroline Cecil, who will make her debut next Winter. On a convenient sofa we glimpsed Mrs. Joseph Cecil in a black broadtail cape with Mrs. Russell-Ben- nett, whose cartwheel taffeta hat and black pleated sheer with touches of gold was most becoming. Mme. Nikola Perazic, in an ankle-length coat of broadtail trimmed with silver fox, joined the couch-sitters, and among those paying their respects to this chic triumvirate was the Yugoslav Minister, Mr. Fotitch; Dr. Rastko Petrovic and Nikky Perazic. Without ezaggeration, Mme. Charles Lucet and Mme. Charles Saint were the belles of the afternoon, and when we say that we counted as many as seven officers and midship- men dogging their footsteps, refusing to be sidetracked with presentations, we are not giving you the lie! The officers and midshipmen were the handsomest and most amusing group of men we have been fortunate to find together in a long time. Most of them are tall and blond, with clear-cut fea- tures and blue eyes. One in particular, Lieut. Ferte, whose length of limb would rival Gary Cooper’s, seemed most attractive. The majority of the midshipmen are over 25 years of age; the French Navy grades its officers differently from our Navy. They enter the academy at 19 or older and by the time they graduate they hold the rank of a junior lieutenant. One in particular, Midshipman Roger, a tall, blond Breton, the possessor. of “beaucoup d’esprit,” was most sympathetic, relative to our Middies, who enter at 1 and are so young that they are kept in for four years! However, a French midshipman, providing his grades are good, is entitled to as much leave as is thought advisable during his three years of training. 3 A cinema with a naval background never fails to have a pair of “buddies,” who pal around together, and such was the combina- tion presented by Jean-Guy de Vandiere de Vitrac, whose tallness and Adonis-like profile is as imposing as his name, and Iwes Lenough, whose round merry face and retrousse nose proclaimed him the humorous member of this duet. Asked how they liked America they answered without hesitation. “I like your post cards ... I like your records . . . those I no like, my friend he do... we like the color of your automobiles . . . and neither of us like inquisitive women!” Recovering from the last sally we managed to get on the subject of the American girl, and imagine our astonish- ment when De Vandiere de Vitrac and Lenough announced they didn’t like the American girl! Why? “Bien, you see it's this way, she eez all right, but we don’t like her boy friends!” In France a girl has one boy friend, but in America it’s plural! Further investi- gation disclosed that these sailors greatly resent upon their return to their ship at 10 in the evening finding several “boy friends” waiting on the dock to take their girl for a joy ride! 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