Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1937, Page 23

SOCIETY. T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 19317. SOCIETY. %% B—3 Many Dinners and Functions Enliven Spring Season in the Capital Bride at Church Wedding ‘ Diplomats Entertain At Varied Parties as Others Have Visitors Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito Hosts | Tonight and Other Groups Feted at Legations. HE Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will be hosts at dinner this evening in the Embassy on Massachusetts avenue. Mme. Saito was the honor guest at luncheon today of Mrs. Parker W. West. The other guests were Mrs. Harry H. Wood- ring, Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, Mme. Peter, Senora de Recinos, Mme. Rajamaitri, Mrs. Close, Mrs. William B. Bankhead, Mrs. William E. Borah, Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. George Pettengill, Mrs. F. C. Bradley, Mrs. Emil Hurja and Mrs. Emerson Howe. The Ambassador of Turkey and Mme. Ertegun were the rank- ing guests at a dinner given last evening at the Mayflower by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Ernest G. Draper. The Italian Ambassador and Donna Matilde de Suvich were among the guests, also the Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Ralph William Close, the Minister of Siam and Mme. Abhibal Rajamaitri and the Minister of Canada and Lady Marler. Others present were the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. ‘Wilbur J. Carr, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wilson Brown, the governor of the Federal Reserve Board and Mrs. Marriner S. Eccles, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Culbertson, Mr. E. N. R. Trentham of the British Embassy staff, Miss Louise Merritt and Mr. and Mrs. George T. Elliman of New York City. Mr. Elliman is Mrs. Draper’s son. The Italian Ambassador and Signora de Suvich gave a lunch- eon today in honor of Conte Castellani, great authority on tropical diseases, who will give a lecture this evening. The Spanish Ambassador and Senora de los Rios will have guests dining with them this evening in the Embassy on Sixteenth street. The Hungarian Minister and Mme. Pelenyi, who returned early this week from a visit in the South, will entertain at dinner this evening. Mrs. Lodge, wife of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., shared honors with Mrs. Harper Sibley, wife of the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Miss Lydia Cabot Stevens of Boston when they were entertained at tea by Mrs. Cabot Stevens yesterday afternoon. During the reception hours Mr. Stevens joined the party and assisted in receiving. Miss Stevens is the house guest of her brother and sister-in-law and will remain through much of the Spring season. The house was gay with | Bpring blossoms, yellow and pink predominating in the dining room and yellow and white in the drawing room. The hostess had a large group of assistants, who alternated at the tea table and assisted generally. Col. and Mrs. William P. Wooten and Lieut. Sidney C. Wootem‘ have returned from a two months’ cruise around South America. | Col. and Mrs. G. T. Trent, who have spent the Winter in | Orlando, Fla., have returned to Washington and are at the Roose- | velt Hotel. S. M. C, and Mrs. Holmes of Club | Va., have had with them through- | out the Easter holidays Mrs. Holmes’ nephew, Mr. Charles J.| Schmelzer of Kansas City, Mo., who is a junior at Princeton Uni- | versity. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Holmes will spend this week end at | Quantico, where they will attend the horse show being held there. | Lieut. Col. M. G. Holmes, U. Manor Estates, Arlington Ridge, Lieut. R. R. Curry, U. 8. C. G., and Mrs. Curry have as week- end guests at their home in Oak Crest, Va., Mrs. Curry’s father, | Mr. Stephen Ruddy, and his grandson, Stephen Ruddy, 3d, of New ' York City. ers among the young Democrats. She | did active campaign work and public speaking for the Democratic party during the campaign. Dr. Arno Cammerer| To Talk at Tea Today Dr. Arno B. Cammerer, director of National Park Service, will speak on ~Some Glimpses of Our National Parks,” at the regular Friday after- | noon tea at the Congressional Club today. Party Planned for Hard of Hearing The Washington League for the Alternating at the tea table will be Mrs. Charles R. Clason, Mrs. Timothy J. Campbell, Mrs. H. Jerry Voorhis and Hard of Hearing is making plans for | a card party to be held at the Wash- | ington Cub Saturday afternoon, May | 1. Tables for auction, contract and | Mrs. Otha D. Wearin : ! : | The Hospitality Committee, which "_‘?F?MY “_:‘g beThpmlvx%ed.l audt tea will assist today, includes Mrs. Albert ;’;fl :_n?f;; ~anm‘mec edwu ‘:r patron: E. Carter, Mrs. Frank E. Hook, Mrs. | 55 18R o Dow W. Harter and Mrs. Emmet | - O'Neal. Miss Evelyn Adams Guest at Tea Sunday| Miss Evelyn Adams, recorder of the Land Office, will be hostess at the informal tea which the Democratic Women's National Council will give on Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 e'clock at the council's headquarters, | 1325 New Hampshire avenue. This Is one of a series of informal teas which the eouncil is giving every Sun- day afternoon during the Spring sea- son. | Miss Adams is a member of the eouncil and one of the national lead- " A Complete, Safe, Storage Service For Estimates Call NO. 3343 1313 You St. N.W. The Brim’s the Thing! CARTWHEELS « .. to moke you look more beautiful . . . more alluring than ever before. You'll practically live in one of these fine fur felt cortwheels all Spring and Summer. Sketched: A Carnelian Felt with two-toned band of mavy and carmelian chiffon. sobh @A 1224 F ST MRS. WILLIAM F. STAFFORD, Jr., Who, before her marriage yesterday in St. Matthews Church, was Miss Marian Joan Somerville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Philip Somerville of Was. of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Stafford of New York and Huntington, Long Island. Resideptial Soqial News Miss Ethel du Pont Will Be Joinkd by Her Fiance Today. ISS ETHEL DU PONT, who is the guest of Miss Barbara Kane, in Locust Valley, on Long Island, will be joined today by her flance, Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, jr., son of the Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. The former Cuban Ambassador to this country and Senora de Ferrara are arriving in New York today on the Bremen from Europe. They will prob- _bly come to Washington for a visit. Miss E. Agnes Dillon and Miss netta S. Dillon have as their house guests their sister, Mrs. Susan A. Dun- kle, and her three grandchildren, Miss Betty Dunkle, Miss Irene Dunkle and Mr. Jjohn Dunkle; Mr. Lewis Brown and Miss Katherine Ennis, all of Pittsburgh, who came to Washington | by motor to see the cherry blossoms. Col. and Mrs. Brady G. Rutten- cutter will sail today for England for the coronation ceremonies. They will later tour Europe and will return to this country in about six months. The former attorney general of Alaska, Mr. John Rustgard, is at the Willard for a few days. Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay returned to her home here yesterday {rom Palm hington. Mr. Stafford is the son —Harris-Ewing Photo. | Beach, Fla, spent | | several weeks. where she has Mr. Denis W. Brogan, vice presi- dent of Corpus Christi College, Ox- | ford University, was guest of honor at | a party given by his host, Mr. Hurl- but Dunlap. Saturday Mr. Brogan | left Washington to speak at Amherst | University before sailing for England. | Mr. Brogan has been hailed as the | successor of Lord Bryce by Mr. Har- old J. Laski, who recently gave two talks in the course of the Bronson | Cutting lectures. Mr. Brogan expects | | to return in & few months for speak- | ing engagements. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lothrop Stoddard, Mrs. Celeste Crosby Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Morley, Mrs. Minna S. Adams, Mr. Sherman Mittell, Mrs. | Roberta Martin and Mr. Kenneth | | Watson. | Mr. and Mrs. John Drake of De- troit announce the birth of their second son Wednesday, April 7, in Detroit. Mr. Drake is & son of former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Walter Drake and married Miss | Eleanor Bryan Smith in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Gordon of (Continued on Fourth Page.) " Sizes, hat are 95 | furnishings may be seen for a small | andria, the first house visited on the | Miss Somerville Married Yesterday To Mr. Stafford THE marriage of Marian Joan Somerville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Philip Somerville of Wash- ington, to Mr. William F. Stafford, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Staf- ford of New York and Huntington, Long Island, took place yesterday morning at St. Matthew’s Church. The ceremony was performed by Msgr. Edward L. Buckey in the pres- ence of both families. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, wore a white duchess satin gown fashioned simply with a long train, and a voluminous veil falling from a small halo cap of tulle, and she carried a spray of white orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss Greta Stafford, sister of the bridegroom, was the bride’s only attendant. She was attired in pale yellow chiffon with a coronet of deep yellow lady-slipper orchids in her hair and carried a spray bouquet of the same flowers. Mr. Joseph Vincent Shields of Northport, Long Island, was best man. A small reception for members of both families was held at the Willard Hotel immediately following the ceremony. After a wedding trip to the West Coast Mr. and Mrs. Stafford will reside in New York City. Visiting Here House and. C;:den Tours Denote the Arrival of Spring GEORGETOWN houses and gardens | on view today start the annually | arranged tours of old houses and gar- dens which residents of the National | Capital look forward to each year. With many visitors from out of town these tours become of value aside from the charity to which the proceeds are given. Following the Georgetown tour will be a tour of old houses in Alexandria Saturday, April 17, when 15 of the homes of statesmen of the early days of this country will be | opened. | Mrs. Harrison C. €ruikshank and Mrs. Charles Beatty Moore of Alex- andria have charge of the list of houses to be shown and patronesses | for this tour include Mrs. Cordell Hull, Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Harry H. Wood- ring, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. Malin Craig, the Misses Moore, Mrs. Benton McMillin, Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mrs. George Barnett, Mme. Lombard and Mrs. Grant Cantacu- zene. The old Presbyterian Meeting House | . | will be opened for this tour and the| Hosts at Dinner visitors may be guests of the Alexan-| T | dria Association, which is sponsoring Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Birla of Cal. the tour, at tea at Gadsby's Tavern, | Cu!ta, India, who are in Washington While at Gadsby's the famous Hen- | for the Textile Conference, enter- derson collection of early American | tained at dinner at the Shoreham last additional charge, these proceeds to (o mempermothne be given to the American Legion Post | American delegation to the confer- No. 24 |ence. Mr. Birla represents the em- Tickets for the tour may be obtained | ployers' delegation from India, at the George Mason Hotel in Alex- | MRS. BIRLA, Wife of Mr. Biajmohan Birla of Calcutta, who is a delegate to the Textile Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Birla are stop- ping at the Shoreham while in Washington. —Underwood Photo. | Mr. and Mrs. Birla evening for Mrs. B. J. Harrison Hostess at Dinner tour, or at the A. A. A. in Washington. | FinalfiDancing Class | by Virginia Leasure, soloist, who I Beth Blaine HE other day the postman brought an announcement from the Baron and Baroness Johan Beck-Friis, formerly of the Swedish Legation, requesting ocur presence at the marriage of their daughter, Ewa Gunilla Christina, to Charles Elvin Seibert. The wedding 1s scheduled for May 15, at 4 o'clock, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China. If you want to be on time, our advice to you is to start now! ‘HE Military Attache of the British Embassy and Mrs. Torr gave a tea yesterday in one of the small ball rooms at the Shoreham. The guests included many friends who were welcoming this popular couple back to Washington, for Col. Torr’s job keeps them very much “on the go.” They have just returned from Haiti, Puerto Rico and Panama and the first of May they are off again, this time for Seattle and we are going to see tha they meet Col. and Mrs. Arthur O’Brien, who have spent the past two years there and adore it. The O'Briens have been in Washington for a short \blisli)l. with Grace O’'Brien’s daughter, Mrs. Alex Hagner, and her new aby. We heard some interesting stories yesterday from friends who were living in Madrid about 1929 when Col. Torr was military attache there. Apparently the Torrs were the only couple in the diplomatic corps who were ever accepted “as members of the family” by their Majesties King Alphonse and Queen Victoria. There was a great friendship between the two couples for they had many interests in common— horses and riding being the paramount ones. We were told that there was an unwritten law that royalty could go to private houses or embassies, but never to apartments. However, one time when Col. Torr was ill their majesties called every day at the Torr’s apartment and sat by his bedside The harrowing and sad news of Spain found daily in the newspapers must conjure up many memories for the Torrs of glorious bygone days. % % 'I‘HE weather was kinder toward the Junior Cherry Blossom Fes- tival, which was held in the garden of Wardman Park Hotel yesterday afternoon, than it was later in the day. The presiding guests of honor were the two attractive little daughters of the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito. Mme. Saito accompanied her two daughters, Sakiko and Masako, but took a back seat on the colorful platform erected in their honor. The little Saitos, clad in smart wool coats of green and mustard, reviewed the pageant from the grandstand with befitting aplomb. After several minutes the orchestra started playing a familiar Japanese air, and from two adorable houses on either side of the music stand rushed a bevy of little girls in flowered kimonos, with spotted kerchiefs tied on their heads. Perfectly trained by Marion Chace, they performed a typical Japanese folk dance, the details of which were worked out with the help of the Smithsonian Institute and the Japa- nese Embassy. Little Mme. Yoshizawa, the wife of the Japa- nese counselor, chose the pattern of the fiowered kimonos and cut them all out herself. As they danced around the large flower bed facing the conservatory, with a convenient cherry tree in bloom in the center, not to mention the im- posing flowered Japanese platform housing the musicians, it was a very lovely and refreshing sight. Then came the tumblers, aged 8 and 10 years, little boys from | Gordon Junior High School. The astounding leaps of little Benja= min Roedill kept us ali breathless. The finale was a flower dance ooked fragile and dainty in a black flowered wig and an enormous obi. One of the dancers, Senator and Mrs. King’s little daughter, presented flowers. Then followed the grand parade by white-coated w holding fascinating concoctions of spun sugar, one of wh a Japanese Pagoda and garden. The kick of the afternoon, neel to say, was ice cream—each plate was ornamented w a wee parasol in bright colors—and then came the rain! With the last mouthful of ice cream the first drops began to patter and neces- iters, was dless ! sitated a mad dash into the Continental room. * x % % HIS week end bids fair to be a gay one. Tomorrow afternoon one has the choice of races in Middleburg with various breakfas beforehand. and the sixth annual Hunter Trials of the Rid | and Hunt Club out at Bradley Farms, in nearby Maryland In the evening again there is a choice of entert Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Morgan’s dance at the Sulg e s is a sure-fire success right now and then, proceeding out (Continued on Fourth Page.) T | Former United States Ambassador G lo? Metet rl\;l]aid7 | to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods e closing meeting of the Friday | i | Evening Dancing Class will take piace | Pliss were \theigucats l,n i Friday, May 7. As usual, the dance | Mrs. Bernard J. Harrison, jr., enter- | will take place at the Willard, and | tained at dinner last evening. 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