Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 37

Capital’s Social High Lights Part 3—10 Pages Miss Patsy Parker, who has returned from the West Coast and joined her parents, Maj. and Mrs. Arthur Parker, at the Kennedy-Warren. Center: Miss Marthena Williams, daughter of Mrs. Mar- thena Harrison Williams, who has just returned from a visit in Tezas. Miss Williams is the granddaughter of Mrs. Russel B Harrison and the great-granddaughter of the late President Benjamin Harrison. Diplomats Leave Capital For Vacations at Resorts Comte van der Straten-Ponthoz to Return Tomorrow From Long Island—Minister of Irish Free State Recovering. THE Belgian Ambassador, Comte Robert van der Straten- Ponthoz, will come to Washington tomorrow from South- ampton, Long Island, for a few days’ stay. He will join Comtesse van der Straten-Ponthoz later this week on Long Island. THe Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. Michael MacWhite, returned to his apartment in the Shoreham the end of the week from the hospital, where he has been seriously ill. Because of his illness, the Minister has canceled the dinner party which he planned for tomorrow evening in honor of the newly appointed United States Minister to the Irish Free State, Mr. John Cudahy. The Norwegian Minister and Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne and their infant daughter went to Bluemont, Va., yesterday and are at Bishops Gate, the place they have leased for the Summer. The Colombian Minister, Senor Don Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, who left Washington Thursday for Miami, flew from there to Havana, where he will be for several® 5 = weeks attending the Coffee Congress, which will open tomorrow The Bulgarian Minister, Mr. Di- mitri Naoumoff, is spending the week- end at Rehoboth Beach. ‘The Charge d'Affaires of Mexico, Senor Don Luis Quintanilla, and | Benorita Lutecia Quintanilla, will re- turn tomorrow from Bethany Beach, Del,, where they went by motor Fri- day with Dr. Healy, Dean of George- town School of Foreign Service. The Counselor of the British em- bassy, Mr. V. A. L. Mallet, will sail| within a fortnight to return to his duties at the embassy after a vaca- tion spent in England. He is expected to arrive August 23. Mrs. Mallet, who accompanied him home, will not return to Washington until the Autumn, The Counselor of the Japanese em- bassy and Mme. Suma, who were guests of the Ambassador and Mme. Baito at the embassy for a short time after their arrival here, have moved to the Broadmoor where they have taken an apartment. The Counselor of the Norwegian legation, M. Jorgen Galbe, is expected to saeil shortly for this country and will.arrive about August 20. He will come at once to Washington where Mme. Galbe will join him in the Autumn, 3 The First Secretary of the British embassy, Mr. Philip Mainwaring Broadmead, will sail Wednesday in the Queen Mary for England on leave. Mr. Broadmead will return to Wash- ington the first week in October. The First Secretary of the Argen- tine embassy, Senor Don Hector Diaz Leguizamon, is making a several ‘weeks trip through New England and stopped at Rumsen, N. J, for a few days en route. At Rumsen he at- tended the polo matches and was among the players in several of the games. He will go on to Sugar Hill, N. H, and return to Waghington the end of the month. The Commercial Counselor of the British embassy, Mr. H. O. Chalkley, 48 closing his house on Cleveland ave- nue and will sail Tuesday for Eng- 1and where he will join Mrs.’Chalkley and their children for a vacation. Mrs. Chalkley and the younger mem- bers of their family went home early in the Summer and will accompany A Mr. Chalkley when he returns in the late Autumn. The Secretary of the Colombian legation and Senora de Vargas have returned from several weeks' stay at Ocean City, N. J. The First Secretary of the Czecho- slovakian legation, Mr. Otaker Kabelac, will sail this week to spend a vacation in his homeland. The Second Secretary of the Brazilian embassy, Senhor Decio de Moura, is spending a few days in New York and is expected to return to- morrow. The Second Secretary of the Ecuador embassy and Senora de Crespo will go to New York today to remain several days. The Commercial Attache of the Chilean embassy and Senora de Campbell and their family have gone to Asbury Park, K. J, to spend the month of August. o Miss Gartner P—icks Her Attendants for Wedding Sept. 1 ISS CHARLOTTE GARTNER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gartner, has chosen September 1 as the date of her marriage to Mr. Joseph F. Daly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Daly. The wedding will take place at St. Martin's Church at 9:30 o'clock in the morning. Miss Regis Boyle, daughter of the assistant solicitor of agriculture and Mrs. Charles W. Boyle, will be maid of honor. Miss Eileen Daly, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Margaret O’Donnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J. O'Donnell, will be brides- maids. Miss Boyle and Miss O'Donnel] were high school and college class- mates of Miss Gartner. : Mr. Edward Daly will serve his brother as best man. The ushers will be Mr. Eugene Daly and Mr. Carlton Gartner, The bride-elect received her bache- lor’s degree from Trinity College and her master of arts from Catholic University, where she has since done post-graduate work. She has taught at Visitation Convent and for the past year was head of the biology depart- ment at Manhattanville College, Mr. Daly received his master of arts de- gree from Catholic University in 1934. He is now instructor in the mathe- matics department of Princeton Uni- versity and epgaged in further re- search there. SOCIETY - The Su WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY SECTION MORNING, AUGUST 8, iy Star 1937. ‘%fi_fl_?_ GARDENS FORM CHARMING BACKGROUND IN MIDSUMMER e T ———— e—————— Miss Margaret Vogel, shown in the garden of the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Barney Vogel, in Chevy Chase. Interesting Engagements Made Known Miss Sherman to Wed Mr. D. Verner Smythe. R. AND MRS. DENNIS H. SHERMAN of Washington and Chicago announce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Eleanor E, to Mr. D. Verner Smythe, son of Mrs. D. Verner Smythe of Washington. The wedding will take place in November. Miss Sherman, president of Student Council in her senior year, was an honor graduate at Margaret Morrison College of Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology in 1935. She made Phi Kappa Phi Society in her junior year and Mortar Board in her senior year; re- ceived her B. S. degree in secretarial course; now studying for master's de- gree in Emglish at George Washing- ton University. Mr. Smythe, a Cornell graduate of the class of 1928, was active in publications, being editor of the uni- versity’s annual, the Cornelian. Pass- ing the bar in 1934, he was a graduate of George Washington Law School and made the honorary legal fra- ternity, Phi Deita Phi. His social fraternity is Phi Gamma Delta. Mr. Smythe is now an assistant examiner in the Patent Office. He is an active yachtsman, prominent in small boat racing both locally and nationally. Miss Helen Walker Engaged to Marry. RS. LESTER A. PRATT an- nounced the engagement and coming marriage of her niece, Miss Helen E. Walker, to Mr. Hans Werk- meister of Washington at a party given at her home, 5545 Potomac ave- nue, Monday, August 2. The mar- riage will take place August 24 at St. (Continued on Page §, Column 3.) s Midsummer Weddings Marriages Here and Elsewhere Recorded in the News. Richard Mack Lawton of Plainfield, N. J., was married there MISS SARAH CORNELIA LAWTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. at noon yesterday in the First Church to Dr. James Scott Mansfield, son of Dr. and Mrs. George Rogers Mansfield of Wash- ington. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Charles E. Park of the First Church of Boston. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore her mother’s wedding gown of ivory satin, trimmed with old Venetian point lace and orange blossoms. Her veil was of tulle, held in place by orange blossoms and lace. She car-«¢- ried roses and lilies of the valley. The attendants were Miss Fanny Louise Hillsmith of Boston and Miss Lucy Winslow Van Boskerck of Plain- field, N. J., and Frances Helen Sprague of Wellesley Hills, Mass, was the flower girl. Dr. Harvey Claflin Mansfield of New Haven, Conn., was his brother’s best man. Henry Clarke, jr., and Mr. Frederick Clarke Lawton of Plainfield, N. J.; Dr. Robert J. Parsons of New York and Mr. Birdsey Renshaw of Cambridge, Mass. After a short wedding trip Dr. and Mrs, Mansfield will live in New York. Miss June Hall And Mr. Halstead Wed. THE marriage of Miss June Eileen Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Hall of Washington, and Mr. George Walter Halstead, son of Capt. and Mrs. Theophilus S. Halstead of Washington, took place at noon yes- terday at St. Paul's M. E. Church. The Rev. W. F. Locke officiated. Mrs. J. Nelson Anderson, organist, played the wedding music. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, wore a long gown of white mousseline de soie with short, puffed sleeves and flaring skirt, and a large white horsehair-braid hat with streamers of white moire ribbon. Her bouquet was of white roses and lilies of the valley. The bride's only attendant was Miss Anita Holtzclaw, who wore a long gown of blue mousseline with pink ac- cessories. Bhe carried a bouquet of pink roses. ) The ushers were Mr. Roger | ‘The best man was Mr. Robert Wal- ton of Washington. The bride and bridegroom are grad- uates of the class of '34 of Central High School in Washington. On their return from their wedding trip to New York City they will make their home in Washington. Miss Loretta Young Mr. Joseph Hopping Wed. MISS LORETTA YOUNG, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Creswell Young of 623 Keefer place was mar- ried to Mr. Joseph Halstead Hopping, son of Mrs. Mary E. Hopping and the late Mr. Silas V. Hopping of 3217 Warder street, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the McKendree M. E. Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Samuel E. Rose, and Miss Mabel Loftus, & cousin of the bride, sang, accompanied by Miss Kate Jef- fries at the organ. The church was decorated with palms, ferns and white gladioli. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, wore a white satin dress with a v-neck, short puffed 8leeves, a long, full skirt and the waist shirred in the front, and a Queen Anne collar of lace. She wore & hat of white satin with a lace crown, pleated across the front with a tulle veil to her shoulders, and long white lace mittens. She carried an arm bou- quet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Miss June Teresa King, wore a blue dress of starched mousseline de sole, a matching hat (Continued on Page 8, Oolumn 1.) - Residential And Official Social Notes The Postmaster Gen- eral Spending Week End in New York. HE Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, is spending the week end in New York with Mrs. Farley and their children. He will return to Washing- ton the middle of the week. The “Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, will return to Wash- ington tomorrow from Green Mountain Falls, Calif., where he has been with Mrs. Wallace and their children. Mrs. Wallace will not return to the Capital with her family until later in the Summer. Col. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Wain- wright were hosts at a buffet supper last night in their residence, at Fort Myer, entertaining for Maj. and Mrs. Arthur P. Thayer. The 35 guests in- tluded Cavalry officers and their wives and was in the nature of a fare- well for Maj. Thayer, who will soon relinquish his post as squadron com- mander and attend ‘the Army War College, where he has been detailed. Maj. and Mrs. Thayer have taken & house on Ninth road, north, in Arl- ington, Va., and will move some time during the week. Mrs. Crane, wife of Lieut. Col. John Alden Crane, with her daughter, Miss Mary McKim Crane, has left for a Northern motor trip which will in- | clude a visit in the Adirondacks and | a trip to Quebec, Canada. Maj. and Mrs. Adolphus W. ‘Roffe have as house guests at their quavters on the Army post Maj. and Mrs. Rich- ard Trimble and their daughter, Miss Coates Trimble, of Athens, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Warner H. Parker and (Continued on Page 8, Column 7.) v Part Three Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, wife of the Secretary of War, in the garden of her home, on S street. —Harris-Ewing Photos. Two Career Diplomats To Sail This Month Miss Margaret Hanna, First Woman Consul; to Leave for Geneva—Mr. Carr to Go to Prague. BY KATHARINE BROOKS. ASHINGTON will bid bon voyage to two prominent offi- clals of the State Department before the month is out— one a career man and the other a career woman, and both s0 long in the department as to have become “cave dwellers” in the District. The first to leave will be Miss Margaret M. Hanna, the first woman to be appointed as Consul for the United States. She will set sail Wednesday in the Manhattan and plans to motor from Havre, her port of debarkation, to Paris for a few days’ visit en route to her post at Geneva, Switzerland. Toward the end of the month, the newly appointed Minister to Czechoslovakia and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr will start their journey to Prague. Miss Hanna, a pioneer in the Consular field of this country, is descended from pioneers, her grandfather, the late B. F. J. Hanna, having aided in the founding of Salina, Kans. Mr. Hanna was editor and publisher of the first newspaper in that community, the Herald, having edited and published the Alton, Ill., Daily Courier for some years before going farther West. He was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and frequently drove with him over the circuit in Illinois. The Consul-elect at Geneva came here in the 90s, her father, the late Edwin Philip Hanna, having been made - solicitor of the Navy Department, where he remained until his death. Miss Hanna's first work in the State Department, where she has been for 42 years, was as secretary to the late Alvey A. then Assistant Secretary of State. was Mr. Adee who first introduced the fashion of having tea served at his desk when work of the department kept him late in his office. At his death Miss Hanna was made chief of the Division of Co-ordination and Re- view, where she served until her recent appointment as Consul at Geneva, The family home of the Hannas was at Twentieth and G streets, in the “West End,” as that section of ‘Washington was known, now largely occupied by George Washington Uni- versity. The Hanna girls were very popular fh the younger circles of the National Capital and their house was a rendezvous for their contemporaries while they lived there. Miss Hanna's sister Lou, now the wife of William Fairbanks, lives in Denver, and the other sister, Alsie, who married Har- old Hudson Martin, Counselor for the German-American Mixed Claims Com- mission, and lived in Washington, died several years ago. Miss Hanna's aunt, Mrs. Alice J. Campbell, known affec- tionately by many of their friends as “Aunty Campbell,” will remain in ‘Washington with Mr. Martin. There is only one other woman “in the field” of the Consular Service, Miss Constance Rae Harvey, who is Vice Consul at Milan, Italy, and Uncle Sam's other career woman in the field is in the diplomatic service, Miss Frances Willis, Third Secretary of the United States Embassy in Brussels. Two other women have blazed the trail as diplomats, Ruth Bryan Owen, now Mrs. Boerge Rohde, who was our first woman Minister, reprefenting this Government at Copenhagen, Denmark, and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, who by this time must be fairly well settled in the legation at Oslo, Norway, where she is accredited as United States Minister. The State Department has opened another field for women in selecting Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins to assist in the furnishing and redecorating of the embassies and legations which are oases of American soil in foreign Capitals. Mrs. Robbins will carry on the fight which the late Rep- resentative Stephen G. Porter vig- orously waged to make our embassies and legations thoroughly representa- tive of the best in this country, not only in the personnel of the staff, but the buildings and equipment. Representative Porter made many trips to these outposts of America and greatly resented a chatelaine of an embassy who bitterly complained of the American china, hangings and rugs, which he had insisted on in Congressional appropriations. Mrs. Robbins has an interesting but not sltogether easy task ahead, a e Adee, for always Congress holds the purse strings which, in the past, have been guided by economy rather than the example of the comfort, beauty and elegance typical of the wealthy and cultivated in this country. Much of the time Mrs. Robbins will be in Wash- ington, where she is welcomed back after recent absence, but her work also will take her on inspection trips to learn, first hand, the needs and possibilities of our buildings in foreign Capitals. She is unusually well equipped for her work, having had experience' as the wife of the late Mr. Robbins, for some years in our diplomatic service, being Minister to Canada when he died. In addition to her experience in “doing over” some of her abodes at foreign Capitals, she is a gifted linguist, with Spanish, Italian, French, German, Polish, Russian and English at her “tongue’s end.” Retiring Naval Aide To President Away. Successor Coming 'APT. PAUL H. BASTEDO, U. 8. N, naval aide to the President, and Mrs. Bastedo went to the Pocono Mountains of ‘Pennsylvania the end of the week. They will remain until the middle of the week before return- ing to their apartment, in Wardman Park Hotel, Capt. Bastedo will con- tinue his duties in Washington through October, although Capt. Wale ter B. Woodson, U. 8. N, who has been appointed to succeed him as naval aide, will arrive in Washington the middle of September. Capt. Bas- tedo has been transferred to duty on the U. 8. S. Quincy on the Pacific Coast, where he will arrive early in December. Capt. and Mrs. Bastedo are very popular members of the Navy circle in Washington and will be greatly missed. Capt. and Mrs. Woodson are not strangers in the Capital, having lived here during a previous tour of duty of Capt. Woodson, and Mrs. Woodson was a debutante in the Capital some years ago as Miss Ruth Halford. She was presented by her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Halford, her father having been in charge of the Washe ington Bureau of the Associated Press for many years. Mrs. Woodson is & niece of Mr. Elijah Halford, who was secretary to the President during the administration of President Benja- min Harrison. Mr. Halford now makes his home in Florida, k4 /