Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1937, Page 21

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1937. SOCIETY, < Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs el L L R B TR a0 1S LOVIrons Guests Are Entertained Over the Week End At Hyde Park T Mr. Harry L. Hopkins and Daughter ‘At Home of the President. Mrs. Roosevelt to Return. RS. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT is expected to return to Washington Wednesday. She is remaining at Hyde Park with the President to cast her ballot in the Hyde Park and Dutchess County elections tomorrow. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt had as their guests over the week end Mr. Harry L. Hopkins and his young daughter, Diane. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, jr., By the Way— Beth Bloine oo e | KNUDSEN, Attache of the Norwegian Legation, is to leave Wuhlngmn after the first of the year. After two years here Ditlef, who has been a great success and very popular with the younger set, will returr. to the home office. His Ign.me of tennis is outstanding and besides being a fiood athlete Ditlef is a very studious person and a student of English literature and languages. He will be missed here by his many friends. * % % ¥ SATURDAY night’s little dinner given by the Robert Joyces and Rebecca Wellington for the departing Avis Thayer Bohlen was quite perfect in every respect. The Georgetown house of the Joyces is tiny, but with the dining room on one floor and the living room upstairs there was no congestion and the guests partook of one of the better meals—buffet style. Countess Roberti, who is a constant source of interest to us and always a treat to the eye, wore that night something which can be termed nothing else but the dernier cri. With was the guest Friday of the President and Mrs. Roosevent and went from Hyde Park to Princeton to attend the Princeton- Harvard football game. Mr. Henry Morgenthau, 3d, is & junior at Princeton and the Secretary was a guest of his son at the Princeton Inn. Secretary Morgenthau spent yesterday at his farm, at Fishkill, and probably will remain there to vote in the elections. a very tight-fitting long black satin skirt, almost a hobble model, she wore a pale pink three-quarter-length wool blouse. Trimmed with dgllstening bead work about the cuffs of the long sleeves and neck and all uf the front, the blouse turnasd out to be a zipper number! It is hard to describe, but be assured that Mary Roberti looked too smart for words. Avis Bohlen, the guest of honor, wore a bright fuchsia-eolor shiny satin dress trimmed with a purple flower which made a per- fect background for her milk-white skin. Also ‘wearing shiny satin was Mrs. Creighton Peet, whose dress was “paddy” green. The Peets did not have far to go that night, since their house is but one away from the Joyces. In her many travels Jane Joyce has lived in Homolulu and Panama and she is adept at doing the dances of both places. To the accompaniment of some Panamanian records, which were brought back from Panama, Jane gave us an ezhibition of the dances of that 2(17! of the world and after- ward showed us some steps of the hula, at which she could not be better. Betty Hardie, doing the polka with Count Roberti, may put Helen Davis and Olin Dows in the shade if they don’t keep in practice! Meanwhile, downstairs on the dining room table a game of vingt-et-un was in progress which continued until far into the night. So, Avis is off and we hate to see her 0, but that is the trouble with the life of the foreign service and, also, there is just nothing to do about it. Representative Bertrand H. Snell of New York is spending a short time in Chicago on his way to his home, in Potsdam, N. Y., from a vacation in Hawaii. Representative Snell will attend the Republican National Committee meeting in Chicago Friday. Capt. F. L. Ankenbrandt, U. 8. A, of Wright Field, Dayton, ©Ohlo, is spending several days at the Martinique. Maj. R. A. Isker, U. 8. A, and his family of Fort Clark, Tex., are MISS LIN. A spending several days at the Martinique while in the Capital. ROSALIND SWAIN, Daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Swain of Durham, N. C., who announce her approaching marriage to Mr. Donald Gerald Prunty of West Union, W. Va. The wedding will take place Thanksgiving Day in the First Baptist Church in this city. Lt. Harold V. Packer, U. 8. N.,, and Mrs. Packer have issued eards for tea Thursday afternoon at the Army-Navy Country Club. Lt. D. C. Doubleday, U. 8. A., of Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, is g S spending several days at the Martinique. MRS. PORTER ROWLAND ROWZEE, Who before her marriage in August was Miss Noreen A, Greatrex, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter William Greatrer of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Mr. Rowzee is the son of Mrs. Miriam G. Rowzee. Mr.and Mrs. Rowzee are now at home at 9200 Colesville pike, Silver Spring, Md. * % Xk % OTORING down to Middleburg yesterday was quite the perfect thing to do. Never has the country looked lovelier and the fresh clear air was ideal after a wearing week of gayety in the city. At Mrs. Emory Perkins’' we encountered quite a gathering—some of whom dropped in for a short visit and others who had lunched with Mrs. Perkins. There we saw Mrs. Bayard Warren of Boston, the former Lilly Sears, sister of Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman, who was spending the week end with Leita Perkins while paying a visit to her young daughter, Carol, who is at Foxcroft this year. Tennis was indulged in by Mrs. Perkins’ young niece, Leita Amory of Boston, whose father, Austin Amory, is Mrs. Perkins’ brother. Leitc, after a hard week of work trying to master the arts of shorthand and typing, was ready for some strenuous exercise and took to the court with vim and vigor with Betty Hardie. Mrs. Perkins, herself an excellent and Residential Society News | Former President Herbert Hoover Is Guest in Princeton. ORMER President Herbert Hoo- ver is the guest in Princeton of Mr. and Mrs. H. Alexander Smith, with whom he attended the Princeton-Harvard football game | Saturday. Mr. M. 8. Szymczak, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will be the guest of honor at a testi- monial dinner tonight in appreciation of his efforts in connection with the patriotic ceremonies on Pulaski Day, October 11, The dinner, to take place at the Wardman Park Hotel at 6:30 e'clock in the Dragon room, will be given by citizens of Washington [ of Polish extraction and friends of Mr. Szymczak. | Mr. Szymczak was toastmaster at the dinner on Pulaski Day| || | | | Concert Season Opens IS v . at Wardman Park Hotel which celebrated the 150th anniversary Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, well of the signing of the Constitution. known lecturer and traveler, will speak at the Sulgrave Club tomorrow morn- ing at 11:30. National Symphony Attracts Large Social Gathering. Mrs. J. Orman Lawson-Johnston of D.A.R.Chapter Plans Continental Ball Next Month. LANS for the eighteenth conti- nental ball of the Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, D. A. R, to be held Baturday, November 20, from 10 to 1 o'clock at the Fay-Adams House, are progressing rapidly. Mrs. Edgar E. Good is chairman of the ball, Miss Josephine Davis, vice chairman, and Mrs. Harvey P. Baxter, chairman of the Patroness Committee. The ball is held each year near the Thanksgiving season and the proceeds are devoted by the chapter to providing scholarships for mountain children at Crossnore School, contributing toward the upkeep of other schools for under- privileged children and to sending children to camps during the summer months. A partial list of patronesses includes Mrs. William A. Becker, president general, D. A. R.; Mrs. Julius Young ‘Talmadge, recording secretary gen- eral; Mrs. Julian G. Goodhue, historian general; Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, honorary vice president general; Miss Helen Harmon, past State regent; Mrs. George Madden Grimes, past Btate regent; Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State regent; Miss Lillian Cheno- weth, State vice regent; Mrs. T. Temple Hill, State chaplain; Mrs. Catherine B. Strong, State recording secretary; Mrs. Earl Brentwood Fuller, State corresponding secretary; Miss Linda V. Nance, State treasurer; Miss Mary E. Black, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Elmer E. Curry, State registrar; Mrs. Lee R. Pennington, State historian; Mrs. Samuel B. Woodbridge, State librarian; Mrs. Clayton E. Emig, founder of Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter; Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mrs. William D. Leetch, Mrs. Mallette R. Bpengler, Miss Ramona J. Newman, Mrs. Earle W. Richardson, Miss Luella P. Chase and Mrs. W. H. Hartman. Kappa Beta Pi Holds Reception Sunday. Kappa Beta Pi International Legal Borority will hold & reception Sunday st the Mayflower Hotel from 5 to 7 o'clock in the afternoon to honor its national officers and special guests. The reception is sponsored by Eta Alumnae Chapter, and by the three local chapters of the sorority, Nu of George Washington University, Epsilon of the Washington College of Law, and Omricon of National University Law School. Miss Elizabeth Reed is grand dean of the sorority and will head the re- eeiving line. Mrs. Grace Stiles, grand registrar, also will be presented to guests at this reception, as will Miss Marguerite Rawalt, & member of the National Board of Directors, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, province dean. Other prominent guests of the so- rority will be Judge Ellen K. Raedy of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, Dean Grace Hays Riley of the Washington College of Law, Dean Charles F. Pergler of National University, Dean W. C. Van Vieeck of George Washington University. Mrs. Oliver Geiger Faircloth is dean of Eta Alumnae Chapter; Miss Ruth Cleve- land, dean of Nu Chapter; Miss Mary Chadwick, dean of Epsilon Chapter, and Miss Helen Goodner, dean of Om- icron Chapter. Mrs. Grace 8. Dawson is chairman of the Reception Commit- See and is in charge of arrangements. DRES “ONE-OF-A-KIND" STREET, DINNER, FORMAL ES JACQUELIN STORY Teke Elevator—Suite 805 Amer. Bidg.—1317 F St Miss Pilkinton And Mr. Byron Engaged. MRS. ROBERT G. BUTCHER of Richmond, Va. announced the engagement of her niece, Miss Emily Blanton Pilkinton, to Mr. David Wil- son Byron yesterday afternoon at a reception at the Washington Club. Miss Pilkinton is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Pilkinton of this city and Richmond, Va., and is a graduate of George Wash- ington University. Mr. Byron is the son of Mrs. Joseph C. Byron and the late Maj. Joseph C. Byron of Hagers- town, Md. He is a graduate of Phil- lips-Exeter Academy, Yale University and George Washington University Law School. Assisting Mrs. Butcher were Mrs. Joseph B. Fray of Madison, Va.; Mrs. William D. Byron of Williamsport, Md.; Mrs. Carl H. Claudy, jr.; Mrs. J. Edward Burroughs, jr., and Miss Mar- tha Frances Allen of Washington. The club was decorated with au- tumn flowers. Mrs. Butcher wore black velvet and Miss Pilkinton blue crepe with a blue sequin jacket, No date has been set for the wed- ding. Not Safe “Under Hat.” LOUISVILLE (#).—You have to do more than keep something “under your hat” to keep it a secret, B. A. Johnson decided today. Finding himself in & “tough” neigh- borhood, Johnson hid $21 inside the inner band of his hat. A moment later & colored man seized the hat and fled. TKE SUIT SHOE IN SELBY HE National Symphony Or- chestra, Dr. Hans Kindler con- ductor, opened its seventh season yesterday afternoon at the first of the Sunday afternoon concerts for this winter. The audi- ence was large and very enthusiastic, the stanch supporters of the local orchestra giving its conductor and the men in the organization spon- taneous and thunderous applause. Mrs. Tracy Dows, a member of the Board of Directors of the Orchestra Associa- tion, who has been abroad for more than a year, again was in her box for the concert yesterday afternoon. During the intermission she held a veritable reception there. Others of the Board of Directors who were pres- ent were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mr. Corcoran Thom and Mrs. Thom; Mr. Clarence Aspinwall and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who, with Mr. Bliss, former United States Am- bassador to Argentina, had guests with them in their box; Mr. George Hewitt Myers and his mother, Mrs. John J. Myers. The Czechoslovak Minister and Mme. Hurban were guests of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, and with Mrs. Hans Kin- dler, wife of the conductor, was their daughter, little Miss Kindler. Visitors from overseas also were at the con- cert and included Mr. S. Bottenheim of Amsterdam, who is & prominent im- pressario of the Netherlands, and Mr. Henk Noort, also of the Netherlands, who is one of the tenors in the group of five Wagnerian Festival singers, the other four being soclosists with the symphony yesterday. Others from out of town were Mrs. Adele Prertice Hughes, sister-in-law of Rupert Hughes and at one time manager of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; ARCH PRESERVERS Hand in hand with all this pared-down perfection in clothes, the trim, smooth lines of the Suit Shoe are more subtly alluring than any amount of frou-frou! This particular style is in black or brown suede trimmed with calfskin—and, of course, has those exclusive Selby Fea- tures for greater comfort and better fit. Sizes to 11, AAAA to C, 10.75 HAHN Exclusively ot 1207 F Mr. T..Michaux Moody of Richmond, where he is a leading manager of con- certs; Miss Elizabeth Ellen Starr and Mrs. Lillian P. Bonney, prominent in music circles of Baltimore, and Mr. Hugh B. Hostetter of Hanover, Pa. Others in the large sudience were Rear Admiral and Mrs. Emory Scott Land, Mr. and Mrs. James Clement Dunn, Dr. and Mrs. C. Augustus Simp- son, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Hol- combe, Mrs. Charles W. Fairfax, Mrs. M. Webster Dawley, Mr. and Mrs. Curt C. Schiffeler, Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Preston and their son, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Leisinring and Mr. John O. Gheen. The first of the midweek concerts of the symphony this season will be given Wednesday evening, November 10, at 8:30 o'clock, when Lucrezia Bori, soprano, will be the soloist. The second of the 12 Sunday concerts is set for November 14, when Moritz Rosenthal, planist, will be the soloist. Marine Corps Chief Plans at Home. ‘The Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb will be at home tomorrow afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock for the first time this season. They will re- ceive in the commandant’s house at the Marine Barracks. Although Monday has been the customary day at home for the commandant of the corps, this season Gen. and Mrs. Holcomb have changed the day to Tuesday. enthusiastic player, participated in a couple of sets. At tea time we met up with the Archer Joneses. Mrs. Jones before her marriage was Hope Iselin, daughter of Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin and the late Mr. Iselin. Hope and her husband, both great horse lovers and riders, are spending the hunting season in Middle- burg, while their baby is visiting “Grandma Iselin” on Long Island. Hope has never looked better or prettier in her life. Miss Irene Boyle, resplendent in Scotch tweeds, took a long walk in the country and inspected Mrs. Perkins’ new house which is still in the making, with Philip Broadmead of the British Embassy, Charlie Ritchie of the Canadian Legation and Herbert Ford. A Sunday spent in Middleburg is always a pleasant pastime, especially when the hospitality of Mrs. Perkins, whose household runs so perfectly and who herself is the easiest and most genial hostess imaginable, has been enjoyed. One returns to the big city with a real feeling that “all’s right with the world.” Miss Kelts Wed To Mr. Lindsay. Announcement is made of the mar- riage of Miss Ethel Kelts of Troy, N. Y, to Mr. Charles M. Lindsay of ‘Washington, which took place Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the home of Mrs. K. Austin at 6615 Seventh street NW. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. J. Hillman Hollis- ter of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. Both Mr. Hollister and Mr. Lindsay were formerly of Troy, N. Y. The bride wore a gown of royal blue velvet with a hat to match and a corsage of talisman roses. Miss Pearl Kelts, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and wore & gown of dubonnet velvet with accessories to Miss Swain to Wed Thanksgiving Day. The Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Swain of Durham, N. C. announce the ap-! proaching marriage of their daughter Rosalind to Mr. Donald Gerald Prunty of West Union, W. Va. The wedding will take place at 10 o'clock on Thanks- giving Day in the First Baptist Church in Washington. Miss Swain is employed by the War Department. Mr. Prunty, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Prunty of West Union and Huntington, W. Va., attended Marshall College in Huntington, and is now employed by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. After a short wedding trip, the couple will make sheir home in match and & corsage of talisman roses. | Washington. USE BECKER'S LAYAWAY GIFT PLAN men’s gladstone bags Y initialed without buy your Christmas gifts now and save 20.00Russet Cowhide Gladstones--16.95 25.00Hazel Pigskin Gladstones--_19.95 30.00Saddle Leather Gladstones..22.50 45.00Solid Leather Gladstones.. 85.00 Large Russet Gladstone.. 150.00 Alligator Gladstone s 1314 F Street N.W. Charge Accounts Invited DIstrict 4454 London, who was prominent in Wash- ington a few years back as Mrs. Ly- man B. Kendall, has returned to this | country for a visit. She is in New | York, where she and the late Mr. | Kendall spent much time during the | last few years of his life, and last | evening she was the guest in whose honor her daughter, Mrs. George Grant Mason, jr., of Havana, enter- | tained at dinner in the Neptune room | of the Hotel Pierre. Mrs. Mason, who | a5 Miss Jane Kendall, made her de- but in Washington, met her mother in New York and will remain there several weeks with her. Mrs. Lawson-Johnston, popular and | prominent in music circles as well as society, is the Betty Kendall who col- lected the group of Negro spirituals | which Mildred Kolb Schulze arranged. A number of them were published, the cover design having been drawn byi Mrs. Mason who has a gift for art. Mrs. Lawson-Johnston is expected to Opening the second of her eurrent events lectures with a series of news flashes, Mrs. Howard will give a brief summary of important figures and events of the week. The problems of labor at home and the Palestine con- flict will be discussed, as well as the latest developments in the Far Eastern situation. A personal impression of a much- talked-of play, recently presented in a nearby city, and current fiction of interest, will conclude the morning lecture. A dutch-treat luncheon took place today in the Pall Mall room of the Raleigh. Those present were Mrs. E. Koss, Miss Anne Graham, Mrs Robert Highfield, Miss Joan Mayer, Mrs. Newton Brewer and Mrs, T. Ryder. Miss Louise Edwards Mann, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Prank Jesse Mann wed on Fourth Page.) Portraits for Christmas “fy 1230 Connecticut Avenue 6 for $10 (Bizes 5x7) Studio Bittings il il Ll 5 i . 4 UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD District 4488 “"After Six" A clinging sheath of crepe, with blazing bows of bugle beads, will see you through dinner gdyly dances, the theater, and night club nights. In black or blue. You Are Your Brother's Keeper — Give Through Your Community Chest.