Evening star. [volume], October 01, 1935, Page B-2, Image 20

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Secretary and Mrs. Hull
To Fete Delegates to
Pan-American Assembly
Cabinet Members in Company Witnessing
Wedding Ceremony of Sister of
Secretary Wallace.
THE Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull will entertain at
a reception Friday, October
18, at 5 o'clock at the Carlton
Hotel, for the delegates to the second
Assembly of the Pan American In
stitute of Geography and History.
The other guests will be the diplo
mats from Pan American countries.
Invitations will be sent out in a
few days.
The assembly will open in Wash
ington October 14. and will con
tinue through October 19, and sev
eral other social functions will be
given in honor of the visitors. Dr.
Wallace W. Atwood, president of
Clark University, at Worcester, Mass.,
is organizer of the assembly.
Of more than usual interest in
official circles and to residential so- J
ciety as well, will be the wedding j
this aftemon of Miss Ruth Wal- j
lace, daughter of Mrs. Henry C. Wal- i
lace and the late former Secretary
of Agriculture, to the commercial
counselor of the Swedish Legation,
Mr. Per Wijkman, which will take
place at 4:30 o'clock in the apart- j
ment of the bride’s brother and j
sister-in-law, the Secretary of Agri- j
culture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace
at Wardman Park Hotel.
The arrangements for the wedding
are informal, and with the exception
of the brides immediate family and
a few colleagues of the bridegroom,
including the Minister of Sweden. M.
Bostrom, the only other guests wit
nessing the ceremony and attending
the reception following will be the
members of the cabinet and their
wives who are in the city, including
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson and the
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel C. Roper.
A profusion of white dahlias against
a background of feathery ferns and
palms will afford an effective back
ground for the wedding of the youth
ful bride and the popular diplomat.
Vari-colored dahlias have been used
In the dining room.
The bride will be escorted by her
brother and the ceremony will be
performed by Canon G. Freeland Peter
of the Washington Cathedral. She
will wear a lovely gown of ivory satin
designed on princess lines, with long
fitted sleeves and a graceful train.
The neckline is quite high and semi
cowl in effect.' Her tulle veil will
be held by a coronet of lace with
clusters of orange blossoms over the
ears and she will carry a bouquet of
lilies of the valley and maiden-hair
fern. The bride and bridegroom have
dispensed with attendants.
Receiving the bride and bridegroom
after the ceremony will be Secretary
and Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Henry C.
Wallace, mother of the bride. The
bride's mother will wear a black velvet
gown with a cluster bouquet of or
chids. The brides sister-in-law will
wear a crepe gown in two shades of
purple.
Later In the afternoon Mr. Wijkman
and his bride will go to New York
preparatory to sailing Thursday on
the Grisholm. The bride's going-away
costume is a green wool suit, with
which she will wear green accessories.
After a wedding trip in Sweden, Mr.
Wijkman and his bride will return to
Washington.
In addition to the bride’s mother,
others of her family here are Mr. and
Mrs. John Wallace of St. Petersburg,
Fla.: Mr. Angus MacClay of Detroit
and Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace of
Des Moines.
The Chief Juslre and
Mrs. Hughes Back.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes are again In their home
on R street after spending the Sum
mer traveling through New England
and the West.
The charge d'affaires of Egypt.
Nicholas Khalil Bey. left today for
New York to meet the newly appointed
Minister, Mr. Amine Youssef, who will
arrive there the last of the week on
the Bremen.
The charge d'affaires has Issued
Invitations to a reception Wednesday
afternoon, October 9, from 6 to 7
o’clock in celebration of the anniver
sary of the acoession of his majesty,
King Fouad I of Egypt. The Minister
will be present at the reception and
will meet the guests.
The United States Minister to the
Dominican Republic and Mrs. H. F.
Arthur Schoenfeld and their family,
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One o
officeoi^chool
is in Washington for a lengthy stay,
and have taken an apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Representative and Mrs. William F.
Brunner of Rockaway Beach, N. Y.,
are in town for a few days' visit and
are occupying a suite at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the District cf Columbia and
Mrs. Alfred A. Wheat, who were In
Europe during the early part of the
Summer, recently returned to their
apartment at the Mayflower Hotel
after spending the late Summer at
Marblehead, Mass.
Col. George F. Baltzell, TJ. S. A.,
and Mrs. Baltzell have come to
Washington from Fort McClellan,
Ala., and they plan to spend a week
at the Martinique.
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. A. J. Drexel
Biddle of Philadelphia are at the
Carlton for a stay of a week or 10
days.
Comdr. Cary W. Magruder. U. S. N.,
and Mrs. Magruder are at the Vander
bilt Hotel in New York for a few days.
Maj. F. M. Davidscn will be host
tomorrow at a stag luncheon at the
Occidental Hotel in honor of the
retiring superintendent of streets, Mr.
Frank B. Couch.
Mrs. Samuel Conner, Democratic
national eommitteewoman for the
State of Kentucky, has arrived in
Washington and is at the Carlton.
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News of Members
Of Local Society
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Bassett have
as their guests the latter's parents,
Judge and Mrs. Kimbrough Stone,
and their daughter, Miss Marjorie
Stone, who arrived in Washington to
day en route from Rehoboth. Del.,
where they spent the Summer, to
their home in Kansas City, Mo. They
will be in Washington until the end
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Olmstead of
Chattanooga, Tenn., are spending to
day with their cousin, Mrs. Carson,
widow of Col. Lawrence Carson, U. S.
A., who is spending the Pall season
with her aunt and cousin. Mrs. James
H. Draper and Mrs. Samuel A. Kim
berly. Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead are
en route to their home from a Summer
trip to Canada and New England and
a stay in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Steuart Maddox
have returned to their apartment at
the Shoreham, after spending the
Summer at the nearby mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. David Lawrence, with
David Lawrence. jr„ and Mark Law
rence, are in New York City for a
short stay at the Ambassador Hotel
on Park avenue.
Mrs. B. F Langworthy of Winnetka.
111., Is at the Wardman Park Hotel
while visiting in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ford of
Miami Beach, Fla., are at the Carlton
for several days, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Margaret Ford.
Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Herff of San
Antonio, Tex., have arrived at the
Shoreham for a visit of several days
after spending some time in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bell have
come from their home in New York
City to spend the Autumn season and
have taken an apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Marquis
Sail for Rome Visit
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cyde Marquis will
leave tonight for Rome, Italy, where
they will spend the next three months.
They will sail tomorrow from New
York on the S. S. Roosevelt for Havre,
going from that city to Rome. Mr.
Marquis, who is the director of In
formation of the Bureau of Agricul
ture Economics, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, will be associated
with the International Institute of
Agriculture at Rome during his stay
there.
September Bride
MRS. J. KENNETH COLLINS.
Who was, before her marriage Saturday, Miss Mary E. McCarthy,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy. After a wed
ding trip Mr. and Mrs. Collins will be at home in this city.
—Hessler-Henderson Photo.
Entertainments of
Capital Residents
Mrs. C. Durand Chapman enter
tained at luncheon yesterday at the
Washington for her niece, Mrs. Harry
Tompkins of Pasadena, who is en
route to her California home after
spending the Summer In Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Johnson, cousins
of Mrs. Tompkins, with whom she is
staying in Washington, were hosts at
dinner last evening at the Shoreham
in compliment to her. Mrs. Tompkins,
who has a reputation as a water-color
artist on the West Coast, brought
with her her charming sketches made
during her trip in Belgium. Holland,
Switzerland, Germany, Italy and
Spain. She will leave later in the
week for Pasadena. She is a daughter
of the late Joseph R. Johnson of this
city, whose widow now lives in her
old home in Newark, N. J.
Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington was the
guest in whose honor Mr. McCall Lan
ham, New York composer, entertained
a company at dinner at the Madrillon
last evening. The other guests in
cluded Col. and Mrs. Henry C. Pills
bury, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Marion B.
Humphrey. Mrs. Herman Gasch and
Mrs. Goodwin Locke.
Mrs. Evelyne Hall-Turner and Miss
Dorothy Huneycutt entertained Jointly
at luncheon yesterday at the La Fayette
Hoel in the frontier room in honor
of Miss Jane Elizabeth Newton, whose
marriage to Mr. Arthur Welts Dew
will take place Tuesday evening, Oc
tober 8, in the Foundry Methodist
Church. Other guests at the luncheon
were Mrs. Ralph Beall, Miss Louise
Newton, Mrs. Robert E. Adams. Mrs.
William H. Hessick, jr., Mrs. Hester
Provenson, Mrs. J. Stuart Yow, Mrs.
James Bost. Mrs. Harold Keatley, Miss
Leslie Hunt. Miss Nolye Hunt and
Miss Virginia Leah Hearne.
Mrs. Merrill Visits
Here on Way Home
Miss Pauline Yates Long, who re
cently returned to her home In
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