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Gay A1 Fresco Party
At Embassy Proclaims
Silver Jubilee of King
Britons in Washington Enjoy Tribute to
Ruler, With Dame Nature and Society
. . Smiling Upon Scene.
DAME nature and society smiled
blandly on the British Em
bassy yesterday afternoon,
when the Hon. Sir Ronald
Lindsay and the Hon. Lady
Lindsay held court in honor of the
silver jubilee of his majesty the King's
accession to the throne. The terraced
gardens of the embassy gave full op
portunity to look over the gathered
throng from many points of vantage
and from the pillard portico at the
south front of the embassy where the
hosts stood to receive, they were able
to enjoy the gay scene on the lawn.
Guests entered the embassy from
the Massachusetts avenue side and
passing through the great entrance
hall passed on to the portico where
the hosts greeted their guests. Sir
Ronald stood In receiving, but Lady
Lindsay, who is yet more or less of
an invalid from a protracted illness,
•at during the reception hours. From
4 to 6, the invitations bearing the
gold shield read, and promptly at the
stroke of 6 the ununiformed orches
tra played the British National An
them.
* * * *
pROM the vantage point of the
" hosts one descended the black
and white paved steps and broad ter
race with his show of flowers at either
Bide, and further down the lawn was
the marquee surrounded by gay flow
ers, from which iced refreshments
were served. Between that and the
embassy, which is only stately from
its south front, were all the members
of the President's cabinet and their
families, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court and Mrs. Hughes and
associate members of the august body
and others from official life includ
ing Senators, Representatives and
other officials and the diplomatic
corps, who enjoyed the entire two
hours of the reception.
British subjects were almost the
only guests outside the official ranks,
and the informality with which the
guests, enjoyed and admired the
landscaping of the grounds was in
teresting. The swimming pool with
Its mirrored blue water, the long
w alks bordered w ith rhododendron and
mountain laurel and other blooming
shrubbery, and the long walk just back
of the embassy at the end of which
punch in which to pledge the health
and long life of their majesties was
eerved, all lent glamour and interest.
oxfords to match. Mrs. Dern wore
a fingertip length coat of pale gold
silk and a wide-brimmed hat turned
up at the back.
Among those who wore truly lovely
garden or afternoon gowns was Mrs.
Henry Mprgenthau, jr., who arrived
early with the Secretary of the
Treasury and remained late. Her
gown was of black and white figured
chiffon, made on graceful lines the
skirt quite long and flowing. With
a medium size hat of black straw
trimmed at the front with a black
and white flower, a smart black and
white bag and other accessories to
correspond Mrs. Morgenthau was a
striking figure. She wore also a hand
some scarf of deep bands of pointed
fox. Mrs. Emil Hurja, the petite wife
of the vice chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, was an
other in a typical garden frock, her
dress being of a pale green and ofl
white figured chiffon with motifs of
bright green ribbon on the bodice
and along the lower part of the full
skirt. She wore an off-white straw
hat, which like her bag. carried out
the color scheme of her costumes.
* * * *
DEPRESENTATIVE EDITH
1V NOURSE ROGERS and Repre
sentative Florence P. Kahn were
among the feminine members of the
house at the party. Representative
Rogers wore a cardinal red crepe
gown made with a hip-length cape
and her shiny straw sailor hat trim
med with a narrow band of flowers
to match her gown. Mrs. Rogers Is
scarcely ever without a flower of
some kind and at the function yester
day she had attached to her hand
bag a cluster of white gardenias.
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel C. Roper were accompanied
to the party by their daughter. Miss
Grace Roper, who wore a coral red
sport costume with white accessories.
Mrs. Roper was In blue and white
figured silk, with a blue hat with a
narrow brim.
Mrs. Keyes, wife of Senator Henry
Wilder Keyes of New Hampshire had
under “her wing" the new members S
of the Congressional set from her
State, including Mrs. Brown, wife of
Senator Fred H. Brown and Mrs.
Rogers, wife of Representative Will
iam N. Rogers. Mrs. Keyes wore a
pearl grey afternoon gown, a turban
of flowers to match and a chinchilla
scarf. Mrs Brown was in a gown
of blue lace made with a jacket, 1
and she wore a dark blue straw' hat, ,
slippers and gloves to match. About 1
her shoulders she wore two hand
some sable scarfs. Mrs. Rogers was
in an aiternoon gown of pastel fig
ured chiffon, made with a flowing,
skirt and the neckline caught at the
front by a large flower of the same
material.
'T'HE answer to “what to wear to a
garden party" will well be found
In the descriptions of the costumes
worn by the ladies attending the gay
al fresco party. Everything from the
most formal afternoon frock to the
severest tailored sport costume was
In evidence. For the gentlemen, there
was also a varied selection of attire
for the party, some wore formal cut
away coats with stripped trousers—
this was Sir Ronald’s choice; others
wore white flannels and not a few
just their business suits. Secretary
of War Dem hurried from his office
to the party, and he was among those
In the less formal attire.
Lady Lindsay's costume, a most be
coming one. wras of the informal
atyle. The gown was of dark blue
crepe figured in a pale pink flower
pattern, a bit of lace at the V neck
line and the redingote was of dark
blue matching her medium size
brimmed hat of straw’ and her other
accessories.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull w’ere accompanied to
the party by their young niece, Miss
Sara Dean Witz, a lovely picture in a
white eyelet mull over black taffeta,
the skirt quite long and full, her pic
ture hat of black straw’ and a coat of
white corduroy. Mrs. Hull wore a
gown of dark blue figured in green,
the belt matching the green of the
design. Her generously brimmed
straw hat was of dark green as were
her other accessories.
* * * *
VI7ITH Secretary Dem was Mrs.
” Dern and Miss Betsy Dem, both i
of whom wore frocks of figured Sum
mer silk. Miss Dern’s in pastel shades ,
and designed along tailored lines. She
Wore a small w’hite hat and sport1
RS. JAMES J. DAVIS, wile of the
Senator from Pennsylvania, in a
becoming gown of yellow chiffon with
a picture hat of yellow straw, laugh
ingly pointing out that the Davis
children were watching the party
from the roof. The Davis home ad
joins the embassy grounds, and
prizes of the grounds are their spread
ing locust trees and in passing Mrs.
Davis called attention to the trees
now in full bloom.
Representative and Mrs. Herman
Koppiemann were among the Con
gressional guests, Mrs. Koppiemann
in an afternoon gown of black fig
ures in flowers of soft blues and rose.
Her hat was a picture model of black
straw and she wore a black fox scarf.
Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom
had with them their daughter. Miss
Vera Bloom, who had on a Spring
like costume of blue figured silk. Her
hat was of blue straw with a cluster
of red and blue flowers at the im
mediate front of the narrow brim.
A striking figure was Countess van
der Straten-Ponthoz, wife of the Bel
gian Ambassador, her costume of
black and white flowered chiffon and
her hat with a generous brim was
of black straw.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, in a fig
ured crepe with a floppy brimmed
hat among the early arrivals who left
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Bedtime Stories
Peter Takes a Chance.
BY THORNTOV XV. BURGESS.
Be sure you always couni the cost
In case the chance you take is loit.
—Old Mother Nature.
A LOT of people seem to fail to
count the cost. II they really
counted the cost they wouldn't
take a lot of the chances they
do take. It would save much
worry and trouble and sorrow in this
world.
Peter Rabbit is one who fails to
count the cost. He does things on
impulse, and more often than not
is sorry afterward. But he doesn’t
seem to learn. A lot of people are
just like him. They seem to think
that because they want to do a thing
that is reason enough for doing it.
Peter had stayed i.t home in the
dear Old Briar Patch because since
Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy had be
come neighbors he had feared to
make the long run across the Green
Meadows to the Green Forest or the
Old Orchard, or the Old Pasture.
At first it hadn't been so bad. Hav
ing nothing else to do he had spent
his time eating, sleeping and just
idly sitting in his form But after
a while this grew irksome. Mrs. Peter,
having the children to look out for.
was to much occupied to think of
anything else. Peter, having nothing
to do, could think of nothing but
getting away. He wanted to know
what was going on outside the dear
Old Briar Patch. You know he is
full of curiosity, is Pete- Rabbit. His
feathered friends made is worse by
coming over and teasing him, telling
him how be was missed by his friends
In th% Green Forest, „he Old Orchard
and the Smiling Pool.
Peter grew more grumpy and dis
satisfied. Little Mrs. Peter knew the
signs and tried to keep an eye on him,
but she had so many others to keep
ah eye on that she couldn’t keep
watch of Peter all the time.
"He is planning to try to get away.
I just feel it in my bones." said little
Mrs. Peter to herself. “Oh. dear. I
do wish he could be contented at
home.”
Little Mrs. Peter was right. Peter
was planning to get away from the
dear Old Briar Patch. I've got to,”
he said over and over to himself.
•‘I’ve just got to. Here it is the time
of year when most is going on and
I'm just missing everything. I’ll take
a chance. Reddy Fox never has
caught me yet and he won't catch me.
I'll just watch until I m both Reddy
I
and Mrs. Reddy go out hunting.
Then I’ll just run over to the Old
Orchard. Once I am there, I’ll be
safe.”
So Peter took to sitting on that
side of the Old Briar Patch nearest
the home of the foxes. It seemed to
him' that he never would get the
chance he was waiting for. If Reddy
was off hunting, Mrs. Reddy was sure
to be at home. If Mrs. Reddy was
off hunting Reddy was likely to be
lying near the doorstep, watching the
little Foxes at play. But patience
brings its own reward. The time
came when one afternoon Peter saw
Reddy and Mrs. Reddy leave together.
He watched them. He saw them sep
arate, one going toward the Green
Forest and the other toward the Old
Hg| WATCHED THEM.
Pasture. He watched them out of
sight.
“Now is my time,” thought he. “1*11
take a chance. I won’t go over to the
Old Pasture and I won’t go over to
the Green Forest, for if I tried that I
might meet one of them. I’ll run
over to the Old Orchard I’ll be safe
enough doing that. There are plenty
of safe places in the old stone wall.”
So with a hasty look over his shoul
der to make sure that little Mrs.
Peter wasn't about, Peter slipped out
of the Briar Patch ant) started, lip
perty, lipperty, lip, across the Green
Meadows straight toward the Old
Orchard. He wasn’t thinking of how
he was going to get home again. He
wasn't thinking of other possible dan- j
gers.
(OanrriaM. 1MU J
A
To Participate in Unveiling
Mr. George H. Calvtrt, jr„ with his daughters, Miss Eleanor Calvert (left) and Miss Mar
garet Peyton Calvert, who will today unveil the statue by Hans Schuler, representing "Freedom
of Conscience,” which has been erected at St. Marys City through the efforts of the Committee of
the Maryland Tercentenary Commission, of which Miss Elizabeth Chew Williams of Baltimore is
chairman. Mr. Calvert is a direct descendant of the Calverts who founded Maryland and has
been prominently mentioned as a Democratic candidate for Governor of Maryland.
long before the party was brought
to a close by the orchestra playing
"God Save the King.”
* * * *
AIRS. ROBERT LOW BACON,
handsome wife of the Repre
sentative from New York, wore a gown
ot deep purple crepe with black hat.
gloves and slippers; Miss Mary Eliz
abeth Damon with her mother, Mrs.
Mull, and Comdr. William P. Mull,
wearing a smart all-black costume of
crepe, the only contrasting note being
a bit of white at the neckline of her
frock. Mrs. Mull was in a smart blue
and gray costume.
The younger members of the diplo
matic set were much in evidence
Mile. Nella Veverka, with her parents,
the Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Mme. Ververka, was in a sport cos
tume of gold crepe with dark brown
accessories. Mile. Gladys Broz. daugh
ter of the first secretary of the Czech
oslovakian Legation and Mme. Broz,
wore a figured silk with a dark blue
wrap and small hat.
The Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. Close were among
the diplomats present. Mrs. Close In
a smart caped frock of black crepe
trimmed with a bright blue check
which corresponded in color with her
perky black straw hat.
The Minister of Panama and Senora
de Alfaro were early arrivals, Senora
de Alfaro in one of the most striking
costumes at the fete, the gown a
flowing black crepe, was trimmed at
the front by a deep jabot effect of
pale flesh organdy, and her small hat
matched the jabot.
* * * *
A/TRS. EMILY NEWELL BLAIR,
chairman of the Consumers' Ad
visory Board, N. R. A., was among the
women officials at the function. She
wore a figured silk frock with a black
straw hat.
The special deputy commissioner of
Internal Revenue. Mr. Eldon P.
King, was accompanied by Mrs. King,
who wore a gown of blue flowered
crepe with a blue wrap and smart
straw hat.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt accompanied
her mother. Mrs. Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt, wearing a costume of dark
blue trimmed with blue and white
check, her perky straw hat of shiny
blue straw with a blue and white or
nament at the front.
Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, wife of
Senator Lewis, in animated conver
sation with Mrs. Emily Hurja before
her departure from the embassy. Mrs.
Lewis wore a figured black crepe with
a tailored black straw hat trimmed
with gardenias.
* * * *
FATHERS in the company were the
Ambassador of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Mme.
Troyanovsky the Ambassador of Ar
gentina and Senora de Espil. the latter
in a brown and beige gown with a
beige straw hat: the Ambassador of
Germany, Herr Hans Luther: the Am
bassador of Chile. Senor Don Manuel
Trucco, with his daughters'the Seno
ritas Marta. Graciela and Rebeca
Trucco; Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns. wife of
the Speaker: also the Minister of
Austria and Mme. Prochnik. the Min
ister of the Netherlands and Mme.
van Haersma de With, with their
daughter. Mile. Nora de With; the
Minister resident of Casta Rica and
Senora de Gonzalez, Sir Willmott
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name.
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.
M
ffioobmard
'THIS surname is derived from the
1 office of a forest keeper, “one who
walked with a forest-bill and took
cognizance of all offenses commit
ted." The first mention of the fam
ily name appears in the Hundred Rolls
of England, in 1273, where we find the
name of La Wodeward.
The coat of arms here displayed
is accredited to the colonist William
Woodward, who settled in Maryland
about the middle of the eighteenth
century. William Woodward had been
a goldsmith, a member of the Guild
of London, 1700-1774. He was the
son of Henry Woodward of Newing
ton, County Surrey, England. Ar
riving in the Maryland Colony, he
established his home in Baltimore and
it is recorded that the inherited large
estates in- Anne Arundel County, un
der the will of his uncle. Amos Gar
rett, a wealthy merchant.
In the New England Colony, es
pecially in Massachusetts, we find a
number of early arrivals bearing the
name Woodward. Perhaps the first
of them was Henry Woodward, who
came in 1635 and settled in Dorches
ter, Mass. Peter Woodward was a
freeman in Dedham in 1642. Ralph
came from Dublin, Ireland, and set
tled in Hingham In 1637. Richard, a
miller, hailed from Ipswich, England,
and settled in Watertown in 1635.
Descendants of these early found
ers are now living in practically every
State.
Army and Navy Events
Stay Here Follows Tour of Duty
in the Orient.
Lieut. Col. Karl Truesdell. TJ. S. A.,
and Mrs. Truesdell. who arrived in
New York last week from a tour of
duty In China, have come to Wash
ington and will spend some time at
the Martinique.
Col. and Mrs. Alvin Barton Barber
of Bradley Hills, Md., have with them
for a few days their son, Mr. C. L.
Barber, who is a student at Harvard
! University.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Lynch were
the dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs.
i James G. Cumming last evening at
the Little Tea House.
Col. Chandler Campbell. U. S
M. C., and Mrs. Campbell have ar
rived at the Martinique from Ports
mouth, N. H., for a brief visit.
Col. and Mrs. R. R. Pickering en- i
tertained at dinner last evening at
I the Little Tea House, their guests
being Col. and Mrs. E. L. Field of Bos- j
ton and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Houditte.
_
Maj. Lincoln F. Putnam. U. S. A., j
has arrived in Washington from
Manila, P. I., accompanied by his
! family, and will spend a few days at
! the Martinique before going to their
new station, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
• -
Capt. and Mrs Herman U- Wagner
entertained at dinner in the ball room
at the Shoreham last evening. The
company of guests numbered 22.
Mrs. Hackett, wife of Capt. Wallace
E. Hackett, U. S. A., has arrived In
Washington from Oklahoma City and
will spend several weeks at the Mar
tinique.
Comdr. Raymond F. Frellsen, U. 8.
N., and Mrs. Frellsen are at the Ward
man Park Hotel for a short time,
coming here from their'home in An
napolis.
Comdr. Cortland C. Baughman, V.
S. N., and Mrs. Baughman have
come to Washington from Chicago
for a stay of several weeks and are
at the Martinique.
Comdr. Harry D Johnson, U. S N.,
and Mrs. Johnson have come from
Melrose, Mass., where they make their
home, to spend a short time, and
they are at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Lieut. Comdr. Elliott M. Senn., TJ.
S. N.. and Mrs. Senn have arrived in
Washington from Coronada. Calif.,
and will spend some time at the Mar
tinique.
Lieut, and Mrs. J. Butler have
come to Washington and will be at
the Willard until they return to San
Diego. Calif., where Lieut. Butler will
join the U. S. 8. Simpson.
Lewis, the charge d'affaires of Bul
t- garia and Mme. Petroff, the charge
d'affaires of Nicaragua and Senora de
De Bayle, the Minister of Switzerland
and Mme. Peter. Senator Arthur Cap
per. Senator and Mrs. Warren R.
Austin, Senator and Mrs. Marcus
Coolidge, the Rev. Meade Bolton
MacBryde, Lieut, and Mrs. Richard
Malcolm Cutts, the latter formerly
Miss Dorothea Lane, in a becoming
flowered silk with a picture hat: also
Col. Edwin M. Watson, U. S. A.,
military aide to the President, and j
Mrs. Watson; Mrs. Morris Sheppard,
the Undersecretary of State and Mrs.
William Phillips. Mrs. Hugo Black,
wife of Senator Black: Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. |
Carr, the Minister of Rumania, Mr. |
Charles Davila; the commandant of
the Marine Corps and Mrs. John H.
Russell, Mrs. Chester Bolton, wife of
Representative Bolton; Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Feis, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin,
Mrs. Pat Campbell and her daughter.
Miss Campbell; Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Packer and Mrs. Consuelo Andrew
Seoane and her brother, Mr. Farns
worth, of Boston.
Sigma Theta Banquet
And Dance Tonight
Sigma Theta National Sorority will
hold its annual banquet and dance at
the Washington Hotel this evening at
8 o'clock. The banquet will be pre
ceded by the Installation of officers
for 1935-36, and Miss Irene Stine will
preside as toastmistress at the ban
quet. The dance will mark the climax
of the fifth annual convention of J
Sigma Theta National Sorority. 1
President L. A. P. W.
Hostess at Luncheon
Mrs Victoria Faber Stevinson, pres
ident of the National League of Amer
ican Pen Women, entertained at lunch
eon at the Willard yesterday. Among
those present were Mrs. Azalea Green
Badgley. State vice president; Mrs.
Edna Knight Gasch, first national
vice president; Mrs. Lily R. Hunt, sec
ond national vice president; Mrs.
Eleanor W. Hemsley, third national
vice president; Mrs. Maria Briscoe
Croker, national registrar; Mrs. Har
riet Chambers, Mrs. Theodore Tiller,
Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor. Miss
Laura V. Carmine, Mrs. Theodora
Cunningham, Mrs. Mabel Louise
White, Miss Elena De Sayn, Mrs. Beth
Heath Olmstead. president of tnt Dis
trict of Columbia Branch; Dr. Frances
Moon Butts. Mrs. Eleanor Elliot: Car
roll, president of the Baltimore
Branch; Mrs. Lucille Faster McMillin,
president of the Chevy Chase Branch;
Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs. Leila Pier
King. Mrs. Anne C. Manchester Mrs.
Claudia Rice Scott and Mrs. Inez
Sheldon Tyler. An informal reception
was held later to greet the out-of
town guests, and Mrs. McMillin. civil
service commissioner, dramatist and
magazine writer, gave a talk.
Landladies Study.
To prepare for foreign tourists
Blackpool. England, has started lan
guage classes for landladies.
Zoo Seal Bhythmic.
A seal in the zoo at Cairo. Egypt,
splashes about in time to music played
on a phonograph.
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Nature’s Children
Common Eastern Cottontail.
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
AS A small boy, do you remem
ber what big game Molly
Cottontail was to you?
Whether she was caught in a
trap, chased by you and your
dog until she was out of breath or
cornered or dropped dead of fright,
she was your first prize, and if she
had had only a tiny pair of antlers
you could hang upon your wall as a
memento, it would have been perfect.
Molly has cousins well established
all over North America. Because she
believes in large families, Is clever at
hiding and outwitting her foes, she
has been able to remain, while her
giant neighbors are vanishing from
the face of the earth.
The speed and cunning of cotton
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tails Is well known. It is, however,
the handy lodges with two exits, and
the hldden-to-the-observer dugouts,
and such places into which the racing
rabbit ducks, that save it. A rabbit
never runs, but bounds and hops.
Each hop nets her from 10 to 15 feet
gain, and two bounds per second is
not so bad. At the end of a quarter
of a mile, Molly Is out of breath. It Is
then she begins to quarter, to retrace
her steps and. try to confuse her pur
suers.
There are few animals who do not
iaal ttaak the UtUa bounding eotton
r
tail Is their rightful prey. Hawks and
owls have the same idea. Is it any
wonder the outdoor child is so timid?
That she has one ear cocked north
and the other south most of the time?
That she has perfected the art of
“freezing?” And is one of the clever
est mothers, when it comes to con
cealing her young?
Then add to her accomplishments
the ability to thrive on any kind of
food, with the exception of toadstools,
nightshade and hemlock. She sam
ples everything else along the wav.
Pish, frogs and reptiles are never mo
lested unless stark hunger drives her
to it. and at such a time she has
even been known to attack a weaker
brother.
It is one thing to find one of Molly s
lodges, with its well-hidden back
door, but it is an achievement to dis
cover the beautifully-made nursery.
Peep into it, and you will see the flne
grass walls and the wool mattress
and quilt, made by the loving mother
to protect her babies from the cold.
When she goes for her food, she pulls
the wool comfort over them, for rab
bit babies come into the world with
out a stitch of clothes on, and are
blind and helpless.
However, In two weeks, the thumb
sized Infants have grown to list-size,
and in one month will be informed by
their devoted mother, "It 1s time you
children earned your own living.”
Besides, another set of children will
soon be needing her care.
Unless in deep pain or frightened,
Molly never utters a sound. She has
a temper, and she thinks little of
chewing off an opponent’s ear, but
she gives fair warding by stamping
her hind feet. You must learn to
read each thump, whether it is ol
anger, challenge or fear. The effect it
has on another rabbit is your cue,
when taking the first lessons in in
terpreting them.
“““
Cabinet Women Help
Plan Tea May 22
Mrs. George H. Dem, wife of the
Secretary of War; Mrs. Marcus Cool
ldge, wife of Senator Coolldge; Mrs.
Donald Richberg, wife of the chair
man of the board, National Recov
ery Administration, and Mrs. Marvin
Hunter McIntyre, wife of the secre
tary to the President, have accepted
invitations to serve on the Cake and
Candy Committee of the annual garden
party of the Woman’s National Demo
cratic Club, according to announce
ment made by Mrs. William Mark
Conrad, the chairman.
The party Is to be held on May 22
at 2:30 o’clock at Ridgeland, the home
of Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman of
Nevada. 2820 Foxhall road northwest,
and promises to be largely attended.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be tha guest of
honor.
Other members on Mrs. Conrad's
committee are Mrs. Emmett O’Neal,
wife of Representative O’Neal of
Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Max Gardner,
wife of former Gov. Gardner of
North Carolina: Mrs. Eugene Sykes,
wife of Commissioner Sykes of the
Communications Commission: Mrs
Basil Manly, wife of Commissioner
Manly of the Federal Power Commis
sion, and Mrs. Harry Baxter, daugh
ter of the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dem.
Also Included in the list of young
women who will assist are Miss Marie
McIntyre, Miss Adelaide Moffett and
Miss Elizabeth Adams.
Informal Parties
Today and Yesterday
Gen. John J. Pershing entertained
informally at luncheon yesterday at
the Carlton.
Capt. R. L. Purdon, U. S. A., en
tertained a company of 28 at dinner
last evening at Brooke John's Old
Barn.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin
will not be at home at Arbremont
the next two Sundays.
Mrs. Erwin will be hostess at tea
this afternoon lor which she has
issued cards.
Mrs. Elmer O. L. Leatherwood of
Salt Lake City and Mrs. Florence j
Price were the guests of Mrs. John 1
C. Pyles yesterday at the Little Tea
House.
Mrs. J. J. Mack will have assisting
her at her home this afternoon, from
4 to 7 o’clock, Senora de Alfaro, wife
of the Minister of Panama: Mrs.
James J. Davis, Miss Lyla Townsend,
Mme. PetrolT-Tchomakoff. Mrs. Rob
ert E. Lee. Baroness Lowenfeld and
Mrs. Edward Everett Gann.
Mrs. Cazanove Lee, Mrs. William H
Myer and Mrs Richard Franchot
were the guests in whose honor Miss
M. Louise Kelly of Rochester, N. Y.,
entertained yesterday at the Little
Tea House.
Mrs C. Milton McCorkle enter
tained at luncheon today at the Al
bemarle in honor of her daughter,
Mrs. Gordon Heiner, jr., who came
from Fort Hoyle. Md.. yesterday for
a stay of several weeks before leav
ing with Capt. Heiner for Madison
Barracks, N. T. There were 25 guests.
Among the executives of the Home
Owners’ Loan Corp. and the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board who plan to
attend the garden party given by
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House
this afternoon are Mrs. Elizabeth
Glover. Mrs. E. Sunday. Mrs. Nancy
Ray, Mrs. Lula Young. Mrs Florence ,
Blumberg, Mrs. Marion Prince and
Miss Helen Holt.
Legations Scene
Of Entertainments
The Minister of Austria and Mme
Prochnik will be hosts at an informal
dinner party this evening in honor
of their house guests. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Laird of Wilmington. Del.,
who will be with them over the week
end.
The Minister of Rumania, M.
Charles A. Davila, entertained at a
luncheon yesterday at the legation
in honor of the retiring first secre
tary of British Embassy and Mrs.
Wiggin. Among the guests were His
Britannic Majesty's Ambassador. Sir
Ronald Lindsay; the Japanese Am
bassador and Mme. Saito. the Minis
ter of Sweden and Mme Bostrom,
Mme. van Haersma de With, wife of
the Minister of the Netherlands, and
her sister Mile, van Den Broeck. '
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. The
guests numbered 20.
The Minister of the Netherlands
and Mme. van Haersma de With will
entertain a company of 30 at dinner
Tuesday evening. The guests will in
clude diplomats, officials and mem
bers of residential society.
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Helen Kane Gets Divorce.
CHICAGO. May 18 (JP).—Helen
Kane, "boop-a-boop” singer, yesterday
was granted a divorce from Max
Hoffman. jr„ her actor-husband, by
Superior Judge Francis B. Allegretti.
The singer testified that she and
Hoffman were married in Washington,
D. C., on November 1. 1932; that he
deserted her in Chicago, 1933. She
waived alimony.
Sonnysayings.
An’ forgive Baby fer bein’ mean t*
the brother that hab brought her up
from a child
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Social Events Among People of
Near-by States.
(COMMONWEALTH Attorney and
'"4 Mrs. Wilson M. Farr of Fairfax,
Va., have as their guests Mrs. Harry
M. Quisenberry and Mrs William J.
Floumay of Lexington, Va.. who are
attending the U. D. C. convention be
ing held in Fairfax.
Mrs. A. C. Gibbs was hostess at an
attractive bridge luncheon in her
home in McLean, Va. today, having
as guests Mrs. Ernest T. Trice of Rich
mond, Mrs. Ralph Powell. Mrs. Henry
Shonerd. Mrs. John Smoot. Mrs. John
G. Sadtler, Mrs. Adrian Busick, Mrs.
Bruno Wittig, Mrs. Myrtle Tayloe, Mrs.
Lee Melvin, Mrs. Henry Mackall, Mrs.
Hunter Mack, Mrs. Owen L. Bngg-.
Mrs. Louis Domeratzky, Miss Elizabeth
Bryan, Miss Sallie Ball. Miss May
Walters, all of McLean and Langley,
Va.: Mrs. Ford Swetnam. Mrs. Fred
erick Richardson, Mrs. Robert Gra
ham, Mrs. Amos Chilcott, Mrs. Mabel
Nickel. Mrs. Herbert Donovan and sis
ter, Miss Kirk of Charleston S. C„
and Miss Jenine Moore, all of Fairfax,
and Mrs. Edward F. Vosberry of Falls
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. John S Barbour have
as their guests in their home. The
Oaks, in Fairfax, Va, Mrs. Severn C.
Nottingham of Orange. Va., State
president of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy. Mrs. Nottingham is
presiding at the U. D. C. convention
being held in Fairfax this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Barbour entertained at
dinner last evening in honor of Mrs.
Nottingham, when their other guests
included Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr. R. Walton Moore; the Misses
Moore, Gen. Edwin B. Winans and
Comdr. and Mrs. Arthur William Rad
ford.
The Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Kellar and
their daughters, Miss Helen Kellar,
Mis* Virginia Kellar, and their son,
John Kellar have arrived from India,
where they were located at a mission
station In the Ranchi district in the
presidency of Bengar. The Rev. and
Mrs. Kellar have been in India for
22 years, and before going to India
he was in the Medical Department of
the United States Navy. They will
spend a few days in Washington en
route to Madison, Tenn., where they
will visit their son. Mr. Robert Kellar.
who is a student in the Nashville
Agricultural and Normal Institute.
Mrs. Elsie M. Kelley and Miss Vir
ginia Harrison of Clarendon. Va., will
be among the guests at the garden
party this afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt Is
giving for the woman executives of the
various departments and special
agencies. Mrs. Kelley is secretary to
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bu
reau of Investigation in the Depart
ment of Justice, and Miss Harrison is
secretary to Mr. James M. Preston,
superintendent of the Senate Library.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Watts Pickett of
Fairfax, Va., are receiving congratu
lations on the birth of a son. Edwin
Watts. jr„ Wednesday, May 15. Mrs
Pickett was formerly Miss Elizabeth
Wiley and is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Wiley of Fairfax.
Mr. and Mrs Merle A Crandall arr
at home at 139 Clarendon avenue, in
Clarendon. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Cran
dall. the latter formerly Miss Bettve
L Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
K Taylor, were married in Maryland
Saturday. March 30. the Rev Albert
E Thomas officiating. Miss Murrir
Wrenn nf Clarendon and Mr. Richard
Gant of Louisiana were the attend
ants. Mrs. Crandall is the daughter
of the late Mr. Charles R Taylor ol
Clarendon and Mr. Crandall formerly
lived in Edinboro, Pa.
Robbins-Auchincloss
Marriage Today
_
The marriage of Miss Louise Auchin
closs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor
don Auchincloss, to Mr. Edward
Hutchinson Robbins, son of Mrs. War
i
ren Delano Robbins and the late Mr.
Robbins, will take place this afternoon
in Locust Valley. Long Island. Ar
rangements for the wedding are less
formal than originally planned, owing
to the recent death of the bride
groom's father, who was United States
Minister to Canada.
Mrs. Robbins, mother of the bride
groom. went to New York the middle
of the week to attend the wedding and
is expected to return to her George
town home within a few days.
Of interest is the wedding of Miss
Cynthia Townley Beatty, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clifton Beatty
of Mingo Lodge, at Skaneateles, N. Y„
and Lieut. Comdr. William Goodwin
Ludlow, jr., of Washington, son of the
late Mr. and Mis. William G. Ludlow
of Worcester. Mass. which will take ,
place this afternoon at 4 o’clock in
the home of the bride's parents. A
reception will follow the wedding.
Miss Anne Spottswood Harrison, 1
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Ran- i
dolph Harrison of Martinsburg, Pa., i
and Mr. Bennett Taylor of Martins
burg. son of Mr and Mrs. Lewis Ran- 1
dolph Taylor, will take place this after- 1
noon at 4 o'clock in the home of the <
bride's parents. 3
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London Travelers
Guests at Tea Party
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Coleman of Lon
don and Paris were guests in whose
honor Miss Laura L. Waters enter
tained at tea in her travel studio on H
street northwest yesterday. Mr. and i
Mrs. Coleman have traveled well over
1.000.000 miles by evert- known means
of transportation and have visited
practically every corner of the world
in their travels.
In addition to English they speak
French. Spanish. Russian, Italian and
German and have more than a speak
ing acquaintance with the difficult
languages of China and Japan.
Mrs. Coleman, who was bom in
Prance, thinks the United States
holds a combination of all the beau
ties found in the other countries of
the world.
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Senorita Lefevre
Visiting in Capital
Senorita Ramona Lefevre has ar
rived from Panama and will spend a
few days at Wardman Park Hotel.
Senorita Lefevre has many friends in
Washington, made when she iived here
with her brother, Senor Don J. E.
Lefevre. who served as secretary of the
Panama Legation and was charge
d'affaires for his country for some
time. Senor Lefevre and his sister
were among the most popular of the
members of the diplomatic corps and
have been greatly missed since Senor
Lefevre's transfer to other posts
where he has served as Minister of his
country.
Decatur House Tea
Chairman Selected
Mrs. John R. Williams, chairman
jf the Thrift Shop Committee spon
soring the opening of Decatur House
to the public on Wednesday and
rhursday of next week, has selected
Mrs. Reeve Lawis of the Columbia
Hospital Board as general chairman
m charge of arrangements for tea.
n hich will be served in the charming
Did garden of the house on both days
3f the exhibition.
Mrs. Lewis, in turn, is appointing
ner committees, which will be respon
se for all arrangements for the tea
ables on both days.
On the opening day. Wednesday
nembers of her own board. Mrs. John
Martin Wright. Mrs. J. Spauldint
tannery, Mrs. James H Patten. Mrs
i W. Turrentine. Mrs. Frank Conger
Baldwin. Mrs D. Buchanan Merry
nan. Mrs. Walter Distler and Mrs
rohn Edwards will be in charge.
One of the delightful features ot
he tea will be the huge punch bowl
vhich Mrs. Thomas Ash Claytor
Bhild Welfare Board, and Mrs. Wil
iam Payne Meredith, Children'!
Bountry Home Board, have been com
r.issioned to keep overflowing on bott
lays.
Navy women will assist at the tea
ables. which will be presided ovei
iv Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, wifi
f the Assistant Secretary of thi
tavy, a fitting arrangement and quit!
n keeping with the naval tradition!
if the old house.
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