Informal Small Entertainments Continue as Lenten Season Closes
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Governor of Canada
And Lady Tweedsmuir
To Stop at White House
Visitors to Be Feted at Many Parties During
Stay Here—Chilean Ambassador
Host Last Night.
THE President and Mrs. Roosevelt will have as their guests
next week at the White House the Governor General of Can
ada and Lady Tweedsmuir, who will arrive in Washington
Monday. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull will
» give a luncheon Wednesday at the Sulgrave Club in honor of the
visitors. Friday, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, Sir Ronald
Lindsay, will entertain a group of men at luncheon for Lord Tweeds
I* muir.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest of honor at
a tea at the Congressional Club from 3:30 until 5:30 o’clock. The
committee in charge of the tea includes Mrs. Richard Duncan, Mrs.
Otis Bland and Mrs. Harry Englebright. The entire board of the
club will receive with Mrs. Daniel Reed, the president, and Mrs.
Bankhead, wife of the Speaker of the House, and Mrs. Burns, wife
of Senator Burns, will pour tea.
The Chilean Ambassador was host at dinner last night in
honor of the Argentine Ambassador and Mme. Espil. Other guests
were the German Ambassador, Herr Hans Luther; the Greek
Minister, M. Demetrios Sicilianos; the Netherlands Minister and
Mme. Van Haersma de With, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Alfred Johnson,
the first secretary of the German Embassy and Frau Herbert
Scholz, the third secretary of the French Embassy and Mme. Saint,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Finkenstaedt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hinton,
Mrs. Charles Worthington and Mrs. Peyton March.
The Minister of Norway and Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne
have as their guest at the present time in the legation Prof. A. W.
Brogger of the University of Oslo. Prof. Brogger is the foremost
Norwegian authority on the early voyages of the Norsemen to the
American continent.
Mme. Fotitch, wife of the Yugoslav Minister, will not be at home
, tomorrow, Good Friday, afternoon.
The Italian Ambassador and Donna Matilde de Suvich were
the guests in whose honor Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom en
tertained at dinner last night, when their other guests were the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, the Minister of
Switzerland and Mme. Peter, Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson,
Representative Caroline O'Day, the Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Sumner Welles, the commercial counselor of the British Em
bassy and Mrs. H. O. Chalkley, Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Miss Vera
Bloom and Mr. Ralph W. Snowden Hill.
Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts has returned to his
apartment at the Carlton after a visit to his home in Clinton, Mass.
Senator and Mrs. Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina will have
their son, James H. Pou Bailey, with them at the Mayflower during
his Spring vacation from the University of North Carolina. He is
expected here when his mother returns April 12 from a trip to
* Panama. Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Walter F. George and Mrs. Malcolm C.
Tarver, wife of Representative Tarver of Georgia, sailed from New
York on Tuesday.
The Counselor of the French Embassy entertained at dinner last
night in honor of Capt. Henri Latham, commanding officer of the
French cruiser, Jeanne d’Arc. The guests were Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Edison, the chief of naval operations
and Mrs. William D. Leahy. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hugh Matthews,
Admiral and Mrs. William S. Pye. Admiral and Mrs. Thomas C.
• Hart, Capt. and Mrs. W. Puleston and Capt. and Mrs. P. H. Bastedo,
Chief Engineer Manach, Chaplain Galiocy. Capt. Birot, Chief Sur
geon Lafarque and Capt. Bonnet of the cruiser Jeanne d’Arc; the
naval attache of the French Embassy and Mme. Sable, the military
attache of the Embassy and Mme. Lombard, the air attache and
Mme. Champsaur, the first secretary of the Embassy, M. Roger
Gaucheron, and his sister, Mile. Simone Gaucheron, and the attache
of the Embassy and Mme. Lucet.
Mrs. Gantz. wife of Comdr. Benjamin S. Gantz, entertained
at luncheon and bridge yesterday at her home, 2347 South Arlington
Ridge road, Arlington, Va., when her guests were members of the
Executive Board of the American Women’s Legion. Included among
4 the 20 guests was Mrs. Charles Demonet, national president of the
American Women’s Legion. Mrs. Gantz is the national vice presi
dent of the organization.
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. William E. Sullivan have as house
guests at their home, on North Pershing drive. Arlington. Va., Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. J. E. Dingwell and their daughters, Joan Dingwell
and Beatrice Dingwell, who arrived today from their home, in
Philadelphia. They will remain over Sunday.
Saturday evening Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Sullivan will enter
tain informally with games and a buffet supper for their guests.
Mrs. Linke, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Gerald D. Linke. U. S. N., was
hostess at tea Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mme. Zoulfikar,
wife of the attache of the Egyptian Legation, who, with him, will
leave shortly for Egypt for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Linke was assisted by Senora de Sueyro, wife of the naval
attache of the Argentine Embassy; Mrs. R. E. Webb, Mrs. William
Miller and Mrs. Louis C. Arthur.
Capt. and Mrs. John H. Gibbons entertained at a dinner Tuesday
night at Palm Beach, in honor of their house guest, the chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Adolphus Andrews._
Sailed Yesterday.
' Mr. S. Pinkney Tuck, secretary of
the American Embassy in Paris, and
Mrs. Tuck sailed yesterday from New
York on the Queen Mary. Sailing on
the same ship was Mr. J. Theodore
Marriner, United States Consul Gen
eral in Beirut, Syria, who has re
cently been spending a short time in
Washington.
Miss Anne Chilton, daughter of Sir
Henry Chilton, British Ambassador to
Spain and one time British Minister
in Washington, who has' been in
America for some weeks, also sailed
yesterday on the Queen Mary. Miss
Chilton when in Washington two
weeks ago stopped with the Misses
Cynthia and Helen Davis.
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Preparing for Horse Show at Quantico Next Month
Upper right: Maj. C. A. Wilkinson giving Mrs. J. R. White a
lesson in tightening the cinch. Mrs. White ivill participate in the
horse show to be held at Quantico April 10 and 11.
Left: Capt. T. A. Holdahl, Capt. William M. Mitchell and
Mrs. C. L. Fike pictured with the trophies which will be presented
to the winners in the various classes at the show to be held at
Quantico.
Lower right: Mrs. C. A. Wilkinson stops during the rehearsal
for the show, while Mrs. George R. Tucker holds her mount.
—Harris-Ewing Photos.
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Residential Social News
Mrs. Preston, the Former Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Feted at Tea.
MRS. THOMAS JEX PRES
TON, who as Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, wife of the late
President, was very popular
in Washigton, was the guest of honor
at tea yesterday of Mrs. Harry Doug
las, who entertained at Belleair, Fla.
Prof, and Mrs. Preston are spending
the Spring vacation in the South
and will return after Easter to Prince
ton, where he is a member of the
faculty at the university.
Mrs. Ogden Mills, wife of the former
Secretary of the Treasury, who has
been in Florida, has gone to Aiken,
S. C., to spend Easter. She will be
at Willcox for the brief holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Crosby ex
pect to return this week from Miami,
Fla., where they have been since early
in February. Mrs. Crosby’s mother,
Mrs. W. I. Morris of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., who has been in Florida with
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, returned to the
Crosby home in Chevy Chase, Md„ on
Wednesday. She brought with her
James Crosby, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Crosby.
Mrs. Alvin Barton Barber left this
week for a visit with her son-in-law
and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel
Drury Clark, in Hartford, Conn.
Before returning to her home, Sky
Meadows. Bradley Hills, Md„ Mrs.
Barber will visit her son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lombardi
Barber, in Cambridge, Mass.
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will come tomorrow to spend the Eas
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Mrs. Robert F. Fleming, in Edgemoor,
Md. Miss Fleming is a student at
Wellesley College, in Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Eberhart Haynes
have as their guests at the Mountain
Lake Club Mr. and Mrs. David St.
Pierre Gaillard. They have also had
visiting them Mr. and Mrs. William
B. Willard and Mr. and Mrs. Evan
Wilson. -
Mrs. B. Fritz Smith will leave today
(See RESIDENTIAL, ;Page- B^47)
Rep. O’Day’s Son
Wed in Venezuela
Announcement has been received of
the wedding in Caracas, Venezuela,
March 18. of Miss Lydia Maria Diaz of
Puerto Rico, to Mr. Charles O'Day,
son of Representative Caroline O'Day
and the late Representative Daniel
O’Day of New' York. Mr. O’Day is
United States Vice Consul in Caracas.
The engagement of the former Miss
Diaz and Mr. O Dav was announced
several weks ago. Mr. and Mrs. O'Day
will spend the Summer in Venezuela
and in the Autumn are expected to
come to this country to visit Mr.
O'Day’s mother.
Miss Adele Alsop
Engaged to Marry
Hon. Mr. Howard
J^JRS. BASIL DE SELINCOURT of
Far End, at Kingham, England,
and Sky Hill Farm, at Tyringham,
Mass., announces the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Adele Alsop, to the
Hon. Henry Anthony Camiblo Howard,
youngest son of former British Am
bassador at Washington Sir Esme
Howard, now Lord Howard, and Lady
Howard.
Miss Alsop is a daughter of Mr.
Reese D. Alsop of New York and a
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert W. Chapin of 34 Kensington
Square, London. She attended Mil
ton Academy, Milton, Mass., and was
a member of the first graduating
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nington, Vt. The bride-elect made
her debut in Boston in the season of
1933-’34, and is a member of the
Junior League. She expects to return
to New York in April, and will be
with her father at 1170 Fifth ave
nue.
Mr. Howard was graduated from
Sandhurst. He served four years as
an officer in the Coldstream Guards
and a year and a half with the
Somaliland Camel Corps during the
Italo-Ethiopian War. He Is a member
of the Guards’ Club.
The wedding is expected to take
place in the Fall.
By the Way—
-■- Beth Blaine -
ESTERDAY afternoon every one “se trouvait chez” the naval
attache of the French Embassy and Mme. Sable. The Sables’
hospitable house on O street was filled to overflowing with
uniforms and still more uniforms, for a tea was given in honor of
the commanding officer, Capt. Latham, and the officers of the
French training ship Jeanne D’Arc, anchored at Baltimore. The
Jeanne D’Arc has 100 midshipmen aboard, of whom 30-odd were
present yesterday.
Mme Sable, in a steel-colored gown of faille, received with
Cavt Latham and Admiral Sable, both resplendent in gold
braid. The Sables have been popular members of Washington
socieiv for the past three years, and our host’s recent elevation
to the rank oj admiral has delighted his many admirers, as his
advancement has been conceded him several years prior to
the usual age limit. _ _.
Tne Swiss Minisier ana mme. rcwi wac auiuus ’
and nearby Mme. de Bianchi, in a fur-trimmed suit, with her hus
band, the Portugese Minister, and her daughter Miss Sibilla
Skidelsky, looking very chic in a black gown, undoubtedly acquired
during her recent shopping trip to New York.
The hostess was assisted in receiving by the wives of the secre
taries of the embassy, also Mile. Simone Gaucheron, who has re
turned to spend the remainder of the season with her brother, M.
Roger Gaucheron, first secretary of the French Embassy. Mme.
Champsaur, in a becoming off-the-face hat, moved among the guests,
presenting the young midshipmen to the numerous attractive girls
present Outstanding among them was Caroline Cecil, who will
make her debut next Winter. On a convenient sofa we glimpsed
Mrs Joseph Cecil in a black broadtail cape with Mrs. Russell-Ben
nett whose cartwheel taffeta hat and black pleated sheer with
touches of gold was most becoming. Mme. Nikola Perazic, in an
ankle-length coat of broadtail trimmed with silver fox, joined the
couch-sitters, and among those paying their respects to this chic
triumvirate was the Yugoslav Minister, Mr. Fotitch; Dr. Rastko
Petrovic and Nikky Perazic.
Without exaggeration, Mme. Charles Lucet and Mme.
Charles Saint were the belles of the afternoon, and when we
say that we counted as many as seven officers and midship
men dogging their footsteps, refusing to be sidetracked with
presentations, we are not giving you the lie!
The officers and midshipmen were the handsomest and most
amusing group of men we have been fortunate to find together in
a long time. Most of them are tall and blond, with clear-cut fea
tures and blue eyes. One in particular, Lieut. Ferte, whose length
of limb would rival Gary Cooper’s, seemed most attractive. The
majority of the midshipmen are over 25 years of age; the French
Navy grades its officers differently from our Navy. They enter
the academy at 19 or older and by the time they graduate they hold
the rank of a junior lieutenant. One in particular, Midshipman
Roger, a tall, blond Breton, the possessor of “beaucoup d’esprit,’’
was most sympathetic, relative to our Middies, who enter at 16 and
are so young that they are kept in for four years! However, a
French midshipman, providing his grades are good, is entitled to as
much leave as is thought advisable during his three years of
training. , „ A ,
A cinema wmi a navai udc^iuuuu ucvci iauo «■
of “buddies,” who pal around together, and such was the combina
tion presented by Jean-Guy de Vandiere de Vitrac, whose tallness
and Adonis-like profile is as imposing as his name, and Iwes
Lenough, whose round merry face and retrousse nose proclaimed
him the humorous member of this duet. Asked how they liked
America they answered without hesitation. “I like your post
cards ... I like your records .. . those I no like, my friend he do...
we like the color of your automobiles . . . and neither of us like
inquisitive women!” Recovering from the last sally we managed
to get on the subject of the American girl, and imagine our astonish
ment when De Vandiere de Vitrac and Lenough announced they
didn’t like the American girl! Why? “Bien, you see it’s this way,
she eez all right, but we don’t like her boy friends!” In France a
girl has one boy friend, but in America it’s plural! Further investi
gation disclosed that these sailors greatly resent upon their return
! to their ship at 10 in the evening finding several “boy friends”
■ waiting on the dock to take their girl for a joy ride!
Moving in and out of the brilliant throng we glimpsed
Mrs. Claud Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Gen.
and Mrs. Dion Williams, Miss Evelyn Peyton Gordon, the naval
attache of the Italian Embassy, who is just back from Cali
fornia, and his charming wife, Marchesa di San’Orsola; the
Counselor of the Cuban Embassy and Senora Baron, and many,
many others.
When Mme Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador, returns
from Charleston Sunday Washington will have a second chance
i of remeeting these delightful officers at the reception which she
and the Ambassador will give at the Embassy Monday afternoon,
to which we have all been told to bring cards of admittance. So
l don’t forget yours or you mightn’t get in!
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