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Parties of Varied Types Continue to Fill the Early Spring Calendar
Mrs. Hull Honor Guest
At Luncheon Yesterday
Of Wife of Minister
Minister of El Salvador Host—Other Social
Activities in Official and Diplomatic
Circles in the Capital.
MRS. CORDELL HULL, wife of the Secretary of State, was the
guest in whose honor Mme. Fotitch, wife of the Yugoslav
Minister, entertained at luncheon yesterday. The guests were
Mme. Saito, Mme. Ertegun, Mme. Peter, Mme. Hurban, the newly ap
pointed United States Minister to Norway, Mrs. Borden Harriman;
Mrs. William King, Mme. Wankowicz, Frau Thomsen, Mrs. Ernest G.
Draper, Signora Coppola Viola, Mrs. Wallace Murray, Mrs. Adolf
Miller, Mrs. Frank Simonds, Mrs. Maynard Barnes, Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, Mme. Schlatter, Mrs. Campbell Prichett, Miss Har
riet Winslow, Miss Mary Randolph and Mme. Franges.
The Minister of El Salvador, Senor Dr. Don Hector David
Castro, entertained at luncheon today in honor of Dr. James Brown
Scott, secretary general of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna
tional Peace, at the Metropolitan Club.
The guests were the Mexican Ambassador, Senor Dr. Francisco
Castillo Najera; the Cuban Ambassador, Senor Dr. Pedro Martinez
Fraga; the Ecuador Ambassador, Senor Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro;
the Minister of Colombia, Senor Don Miguel Lopez Pumajero; the
Minister of the Dominican Republic, Senor Don Andres Pastoriza;
the Minister of Venezuela, Senor Dr. Don Diogenes Escalante; the
Minister of Panama, Senor Dr. Don Augusto S. Boyd; the Minister
of Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don Carlos Brenes Jarquin; the Minister of
Haiti, M. Elie Lescot, the Charge d’Affaires of Honduras, Dr. Julian
N. Caceres; the former President of Panama, Dr. Richard J. Alfaro;
the Minister of the Dominican Republic in London, Dr. Max Enrique
Urena; the Consul General of Costa Rica in charge of the Legation,
Senor Arturo Fernandez; Dr. George E. Finch and Mr. Alan T. Hurd.
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida, with Mrs. Pepper, who make
their home at the Wardman Park Hotel, left today for a two-day
tour of historic Virginia with other Senators and Representatives
and their wives.
Representative Robert L. Mouton and his niece, Miss Theodora
Olivier, have been joined by the latter’s sister, Miss Dorothy Olivier
of Lafayette, La., who will remain with them for a month or more.
Representative Dewey W. Johnson of Minnesota is at the Ward
man Park Hotel at the present time.
Mrs. Richard M. Kleberg, wife of Representative Kleberg, enter
tained at lunch at the Shoreham yesterday.
Mrs. Jesse P. Wolcott, wife of Representative Wolcott, enter
tained at dinner Wednesday evening on the occasion of a reunion
of the Bruncheon Club from Port Huron, Mich. Mrs. Wolcott is
a member of the club.
Guests at the dinner were Mrs. Mervin Tomlin, Mrs. A. L.
Easter, Mrs. Burr Stevens. Mrs. S. Curtis, Mrs. A. Hughes. Mrs.
W. T. Wilson, Mrs. Harry Gillow, Mrs. John Gerber, Mrs. James
Mugan, Mrs. Russell Tretty, Mrs. C. Conley, Mrs. James B. Scholler,
Mrs. E. Russell, Miss Evelyn Murphy. ,
The Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr will
entertain at dinner this evening in their house on Wyoming avenue.
The Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Theodore A.
Walters were joined yesterday at their apartment at the Roosevelt
Hotel by their daughter, Mrs. Robert R. Coker of Hartsville. S. C.
Mrs. Coker was Miss Lois Walters before her marriage in October.
Mrs. R. T. Van Uden, sister of Mrs. Coker, has been in Harts
ville for the past two weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. Coker. She
accompanied Mrs. Coker to Washington yesterday.
The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Ernest G.
Draper entertained at dinner at the Shoreham last evening. They
remained for the ice carnival.
Mrs. Stuart A. Rice, wife of the chairman of the Central Statis
tical Board, entertained at luncheon today at her home on Beech
wood Circle, Arlington, in honor of her house guest, Mrs. Donald
Young, who, with her husband, Dr. Young, arrived yesterday from
their home at Mamaroneck, N. Y., for a few days’ visit.
Dr. Young is professor of sociology at the University of Penn
sylvania, and also is the secretary of the Social Science Research
Council at New York City.
Other guests at the luncheon yesterday were Mrs. Harry B.
Mitchell, Mrs. R. D. W. Connor, Mrs. .Corrington Gill, Mrs. Leon
Henderson, Mrs. T. J. Woofter, jr.; Mrs. Paul Young, Miss Collie
Enders, all of Washington; Mrs. Frank Bane, Mrs. E. R. Gray and
Mrs. Paul Betters of Arlington.
Yellow and green was carried out with Spring flowers and the
guests were seated at two tables.
Capt. C. M. Austin, U. S. N„ and Mrs. Austin, accompanied
by their two daughters, Mrs. A. S. Richardson and Miss Margaret
Austin, have arrived in Washington from the West Coast and have
taken an apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel. Capt, Austin, who has
been stationed in California, is now on duty in the Navy De
partment.
Maj. and Mrs. Frank H. Hastings entertained at dinner at the
Shoreham last evening. Their guests were Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Stanley D. Embick, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herman W. Schull, Col.
and Mrs. Henry T. Burgin, Col. and Mrs. George W. Cocheu, Col. and
Mrs. Francis H. Lincoln, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Robert H. Van Volken
burgh, Lieut. Col and Mrs. Clarence H. Danielson.
Miss Marjorie Jane Dampman, daughter of Capt, and Mrs. Paul
E. Dampman, gave a luncheon party at the Shoreham today.
Miss Alison McDaniel
Wed Yesterday to
Mr. Anthony Bisgood
'T'HE marriage of Miss Alison Mc
Daniel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alien Boyer McDaniel of Chevy Chase,
Md., to Mr. Anthony Francis Bisgood,
son of Mr. Wilfred Philip Bisgood of
London, England, took place yester
day afternoon at 4 o’clock in the
chapel in the residence of Mr. Charles
Mason Remey, uncle of the bride.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Kenneth Lyons.
About 40 relatives and intimate
friends witnessed the ceremony, which
was followed by a reception in the
home of the bride’s parents, on Graf
ton street, in Chevy Chase.
The bride was given in marriage by
hei father and wore a starched mous
eeline de soie gown made with a red
lngote over a plaited white chiffon.
She wore a tiara of small blue and
I>‘ pie iris, larkspur, delphinium and
ytaow and white blossoms, and car
ried a bouquet of the same flowers.
Mrs. Samuel Sloane Auchincloss of
New York was the bride’s only at
tendant, wearing a gown of white
chiffon. Her headdress was made of
the same flowers as that of the bride’s
and she carried a similar bouquet.
Mr. Francis Thornton Greene of
Warrenton, Va., was the best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Bisgood left later for
a wedding trip and will travel for an
indefinite period and then make their
home in New York. Mrs. Bisgood has
been living in New York for the last
year and was a member of the staff
of the magazine Mademoiselle. She
made her debut in Washington sev
eral years ago.
Over 36,000,000 crossed Sydney Har
bor Bridge, in Australia, last year.
Miss King Bride
of Mr. Johnston
The marriage of Miss Ruth King,
daughter of Mr. H. I. King and the
late Mrs. King, to Mr. Richard Leiter
Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Johnston of Hagerstown, Md., took
place today at high noon at the Cal
vary Baptist Church, with the Rev. W.
S. Abernethy, D. D., officiating.
A wedding luncheon followed at the
Carlton Hotel.
Miss King, who wore a navy blue
ensemble with matching accessories
and a corsage bouquet of orchids, had
as her only attendant Mrs. Frank
McLemore. Mrs. McLemore’s suit was
of rose crepe with blue bolero and
accessories. Her flowers were roses
and lilies of the valley. Mr. Harold
Johnston, brother of the bridegroom,
was best man.
After the wedding luncheon, the
couple left for their wedding trip in
the North and will return to Wash
ington before making their residence
in Chicago, 111.
Miss King is from Dublin, Ga„ and
graduated from the Wesleyan Con
servatory of Music before coming to
Washington three years ago. Mr.
Johnston is a graduate of the Johns
Hopkins University and the George
Washington Law School. He has been
a well known patent attorney here
for the last few years.
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Diplomat Host.
The Minister of Venezuela, Senor
Dr. Don Diogenes Escalante, enter
tained at luncheon yesterday at the
Mayflower in compliment to the Min
ister of the Dominican Republic to
Great Britain and Mrs. Henriques
Urena, who have been in Washington
for about three months and are leav
ing in time to attend the coronation.
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Entered in Show
MISS SUZANNE OYSTER,
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Larmour Oyster of 116 Inverness
driveway. Chevy Chase, who will take part in the pony classes at
the American Legion Charity Horse Show, to be held next Sun
day. May 2. in Rock Creek Park, at Chevy Chase, Md. Proceeds
will be used to maintain the Legion’s orthopedic clinic for chil
dren at Montgomery County General Hospital.
—Star Staff Photo.
Maryland-Virginia News
Mrs. Fieser Hostess Yesterday at Lunch
eon in Edgemoor Home.
MRS. JAMES L. FIESER of
Edgemoor, Md., was hostess
at a luncheon yesterday at
the American Association of
University Women, having as her
guests Mrs. Gaston Summers. Mrs.
John Lowe, Mrs. Proudfoot and Miss
Northup, all of Boston, Mass., who are
spending the week end in Washington.
Mr. Northrup Church and his
brother, Mr. Elbridge Church of Falls
Church, Va„ will sail today from New
York City on the He de France for a
three-week trip abroad. They will
spend a week in Paris and visit other
places in France.
Mrs. Daniel Landis Detwiler was
hostess at luncheon, followed by
bridge and anagrams, Wednesday, in
her home in Herndon, Va. Assisting
the hostess were Mrs. David Murray
Aud, Mrs. Lawrence Detwiler, Mrs.
Ralph O. Ennis, Mrs. Charles Fisher,
Mrs. Frank Humme and Mrs. Stanley
B. Hanes. Among the guests were
Mrs. Harvey Earlton Hanes, Mrs.
George F. Buell, Mrs. Richard Glenn
Hawthorne, Mrs. J. L. Nachman, Mrs.
L. H. Johnson, Mrs. Carroll Murphy,
Mrs. Russell Allen Lynn, Mrs. T.
Edgar Aud, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk, Mrs.
j William H. Dawson, Mrs. Arthur
j Hyde Buell, Mrs. George Ramsey
; Brcady, Mrs. Ruth Keyes, Mrs. Calvin
| Kidwell, Mrs. Ernest C. Shull, Mrs.
Bert Sasher, Mrs. Horace Turner, Mrs.
William Meyer, Mrs. Russell Gillette,
Mrs. William S. Blanchard, jr.; Mrs.
Cassius M. Lawrence, Mrs. Walter C.
Carter, Mrs. Roscoe S. Crippen, Miss
Matilda Decker, Mrs. Willis W. Mc
Glincy, Miss Nora Ellmore. Mrs.
Harry Breckepridge, Mrs. Maurice A.
Yount, Mrs. Henry Piggott, Mrs. Beu
lah Anderson and Mrs. Harry Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Barbour of
Fairfax. Va., will leave today for
i Charlottesville, where they will at
tend the wedding of Mr. Barbour's
niece, Miss Ellen Barbour Compton,
to Mr. Lewis Meriwether Walker, jr.,
which will take place tomorrow eve
ning at 8:30 o'clock at the university
chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Glendenning,
who are returning after spending the
Winter in Bradenton, Fla., visited
their son and daughter-in-law, Dr.
| and Mrs. Harold Machlan, in the city,
i and were also guests of Mrs. A. C.
Tinsley in Takoma Park. They have
now gone to their home in North Leo
minster, Mass.
Mrs. F. B. Kaye gave a luncheon to
day in her Aurora Hills home, which
was followed by games and contests.
The hostess used daffodils, tulips
and ferns for table decorations, and
guests were Mrs. Charles Wolz and
her house guest, Miss Irene Fowler
of Covington, Ky.; Mrs. Ada Heath,
Mrs. William Cunningham. Mrs. Wil
lard Sudenga, Mrs. Anita Youngman,
Mrs. Harry Jacobs. Mrs. Edgar Wer
ner, Mrs. Harry Wood, Miss Laura
Kaye, Miss Aurora Larson and Miss
Dorothea Cutting, all of Washington;
Miss Nannie Lee Ballenger of Alex
andria, Mrs. J. R. Simmons, Mrs. W.
J. Cronin, Mrs. Chester Waldron of
Aurora Hills, and Miss Hazel McCord
of Ottawa, Canada, who is spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. Kaye.
Mrs. Charles Robertson and Mr.
Francis Kirk of Eutawville, S C., will
arrive in Fairfax, Va., today to visit
Mrs. Robertson’s sister. Miss. Virginia
Frazer, at Singing Pines, and Mr.
Kirk’s brother-in-law and sister, the
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert A. Donovan,
at the Episcopal rectory.
Mrs. Owen E. Williams entertained
MRS. ROBERT D. FRlBOfJRG,
Formerly Miss Minnie Aurelia
Herndon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Herndon of Vir
ginia.
at a tea yesterday afternoon from 2
until 4 o’clock at her home cm Twenty
sixth street south, Arlington, Va„ In
honor of Miss Amy White of Attle
boro, Mass., who is the house guest of
Dr. and Mrs. I. C. Brown of Aurora
Hills.
Mrs. David Wark and Mrs. Chester
Waldron presided at the tea table.
Additional guests at the tea included
Mrs. X. C. Brown and her mother, Mrs.
L. J. White; Mrs. Hugh A. Allen, Mrs.
G. O. Basham, Mrs. C. E. Kellogg, Mrs.
R. D. Karr, Mrs. Carlos Campbell, Mrs.
Housden X^ane Marshall, Mrs. A. W.
Longaker, Mrs. K. C. Beeson, Mrs.
Arthur Gardner, Mrs. William K.
MacMahon. Mrs. E. J. Skidmore, Mrs.
Oscar Reynolds and Mrs. Julia lee
Richart, all of the Aurora Hills sec
tion; Mrs. John C. Gall of Country
Club Hills and Mrs. FYancis Gall of
Washington.
Miss Coda Kincheloe will arrive from
Fredericksburg, Va., where she Is a
student at the State Teachers’ Col
lege, to spend the week end with her
parents, the commissioner of the rev
enue and Mrs. .^ames U. Kincheloe, in
Fairfax, Va.
Mrs. Charles S. Weston and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herbert R.
Weston, entertained 22 guests at
luncheon Tuesday at their home in
Silver Spring, Md. The guests were
members of the Goodwill Bible Class
of the Woodside Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mrs. Raymond C. Moffett enter
tained at a bridge party Wednesday
night at her home in Woodside Park,
Md. Among the guests were Mrs.
Ernest F. Klinge, Mrs. Charles W.
Hensey, Mrs. Karl Jarrell, Mrs. John
Brookbank and Mrs. C. L. Sowers of
Wynnewood Park. Md., Mrs. Gomer
L. Davies of Woodside Park, Mrs. J.
Harold Kilcoyne, Mrs. Raymond
Brown and Miss Rc*e Bowling of
Chevy Chase, Md., Miss Katherine
Richards and Mrs. H. Stanley Stine
of Washington and Mrs. Aloysius I.
Sheehan of Bethesda, Md.
Mrs. Frank Neumann was hostess
at luncheon Thursday at her home in
Blair, Silver Spring, Md. The guests,
numbering 16, were members of the
Woman's Guild of the Church of
Ascension.
Mrs. H. W. Hawthorne entertained
at luncheon and bridge yesterday at
her home in Kensington, Md.
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Gray Ladies Feted
After Graduation
At Walter Reed
'p'EA was served in the Red Cross
House at Walter Reed Hospital
yesterday afternoon following the
graduation of 21 Gray Ladies of the
Walter Reed Unit of the Hospital and
Recreation Service of the District of
Columbia Chapter. Mrs. Ira E. Ben
nett, Mrs. George L. Dunlop, Mrs.
Royal Reynolds and Mrs. John W.
Meehan presided at the tea table
which was decorated with Spring
blossoms.
The Senior Gray Ladies, carrying
their Red Cross flag, escorted the
members of the graduating class to
their seats, the Army Band playing
a martial air for accompaniment.
Chaplain Albert C. Oliver, jr., gave
the invocation; Brig. Gen. Wallace
DeWitt, commanding officer of the
Army Medical Center, presented the
certificates; Miss Margaret H. Lower,
field director of the American Red
Cross, presented each graduate to
Gen. DeWitt. Mrs. Henry R. Rea of
Pittsburgh, who founded the Gray
Ladies and is their honorary chair
man, presented each graduate with
her pin. Mrs. Rea was field director
of the American Red Cross at Walter
Reed during the World War. Chaplain
Patrick J. Ryan pronounced the
benediction.
The Surgeon General of the Army,
Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds, made
the address to the graduates and was
introduced by Col. Joseph F. Siler,
assistant commandant of the medical
department of Professional Service
Schools. Following the benediction,
the Army Band played “The Star
Spangled Banner,” after which tea
was served.
The class yesterday included Helen
McLaughlin Await, Mary Eleanor Bick
nell, Martha Williamson Bradley, Ellen
Bryden, Gertrude Camp, Jane Cul
bertson, Hilda Higgins Doyle, Dorothy
Tuttle Ferrell, Colden Ruggles Flor
ance, Georgiana Butler Joyes, Florence
Ferguson Mackay. Elizabeth McCart
ney. Antoinette Reynolds, Mary Vir
ginia Scrivener, Ruth Smith, Dorothy
Cammer Thompson, Hope Durfee Wag
ner. Mary Belle Ward, Lillian R.
Wardman, Frances Weems Wheeler
and Mary Lloyd WiUli.
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Shakespeare
Anniversary
Celebrated
Prominent Men and
Women Attend
Lecture.
ROMINENT officials, diplomats
and outstanding figures in
the world of letters observed
the anniversary of the birth
of William Shakespeare last evening
when they attended the lecture of
Mr. George Lyman Kittredge, pro
fessor emeritus of English at Harvard
University. The lecture was given in
the quaint little theater in the Folger
Shakespeare Library and Prof. Kit
tredge spoke on ‘ Shakespeare and the
Critics.”
Before the lecture Prof. Kittredge
was the guest in whose honor Dr. and
Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd enter
tained at dinner. Among others at
the lecture were the Swiss Minister
and Mme. Peter, Mr. Justice and Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator and
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, Repre
sentative and Mrs. Sol Bloom and
Miss Vera Bloom, Representative and
Mrs. Allard H. Gasque, the Apos.
tollc Delegate the Most Rev. Am*
leto Glovanna Cigognani, accom
panied by the Very Rev. Mgr. Leo
Binz; Mr. Leander McCormick-Good
hart of the British Embassy and Mrs.
McCormlck-Goodhart, the president
of Amherst College and Mrs. Stan
ley King, the librarian of the
District of Columbia, Dr. George
F. Bowerman; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
eric* a. .tsrascn, Mr. ana Mrs.
Hylton L. Bravo, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred H. Brooke, Miss Gertrude Brooks,
Miss Mary Louise Brown, Miss Eliza
beth Bryan, Dr. and Mrs. Frank F.
Bunker, Rev. Charles H. Butler and
Mrs. Butler, President H. C. Byrd of
the University of Maryland, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis G. Caldwell, Miss Jean
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cantrell,
Miss Agnes Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs.
Chauncev P. Carter, Mr. James B.
Childs, Mr. Victor S. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. William L. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs.
Stan wood Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Lau
rence Vail Coleman, Mrs. Avery Coon
ley, Miss Anna Pearl Cooper, Prof,
and Mrs. William L. Corbin, Judge and
Mrs. J. Harry Covington, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel M. Croft, Dr. and Mrs.
De Witt C. Croissant. Miss Mildred
Dean, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Deering,
Miss Agnes De Lano, Miss Katherine
Dougal, Mr. and Mrs. Fayette B.
Dow, Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Droop.
Dr. and Mrs. George S. Duncan. Mrs.
Day Dunlap, Mrs. James R. Ellerson,
Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Emley, Mrs.
J. Fred Essary, Miss Anne M. Fauntle
roy, Mr. and Mrs. James Waldo Faw
cett. Miss Claire Fawcett, Mrs. Isabelle
S. Farrington, Mr. Richard Foley,
Dr. and Mrs. Harold N. Fowler, Dr.
and Mrs. Herbert Friedenwald, Miss
Mae M. Friedman, Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
Furness, Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Gar
field, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Garfield, Mrs.
Allard Henry Gasque, Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Geissman of Flushing, N. Y.;
Miss Martha Gibbon, Dr. and Mrs.
Raleigh Gilchrist, Dr. and Mrs. Wil
liam T. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
Glassie, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winslow
Gordon, Rev. John E. Grattan, S. J.,
chancellor American University: Mrs.
Joseph M. M. Gray, Rev. G. M.
Greenewald, Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Grover, Miss Grace Dunham Guest,
Mrs. Jennings Hackett, the Hon.
Charles S. Hamlin and Mrs. Hamlin,
Dr. William A. Hammond, Dr. Susan
E. Harman. Mr. Collas G. Harris. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hart. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Hastings, Mr. and Mrs.
David J. Haykin, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Jay Heath, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Heil
man, Mr. and Mrs. Guy T. Helvering,
Dr. and Mrs. Francis J. Hemelt, Mr.
and Mrs. Burton J. Hendrick, Prof,
and Mrs. Marvin Herrick. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul R. Heyl, Miss Madeline Hicks, Dr.
and Mrs. E. C. Higbie, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry O. Hine, Prof, and Mrs. John
D. Hird, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hogan,
Miss Elizabeth Holland, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Holmes, Mrs. J. M. Holton, Dr.
Annette B. Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs.
Homer C. House. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
W. Hummel. Miss Patricia Hunt, Mr.
and Mrs. William Chapin Hunting
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hutchins, Mrs.
J. Franklin Jameson, Mrs. Hennen
Jennings, Mrs. William Chanmng
Johnson, Miss Maiy B. Kerr, Rev.
and Mrs. Paul L. Kirby, Mr. Paul
Franklin Kirby, Mrs. Jennie Kunst,
Mrs. John B. Lamer, Mr. F. M.
Lemon, Dr. Patrick J. Lennox. Miss
Alice H. Lerch, Mr. H. LeRoy Lewis,
Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward G. Lowry, Mr. and Mrs.
Gideon A. Lyon, Col. and Mrs. Wil
liam Lyster, Miss Jessie MacBride,
Rev. Vincent McDonough, S. J.; Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Bennett McLean,
Mrs. W. C. McSparren, Miss A. M.
Macfadyean, Mr. and Mrs. George R.
Mansfield, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Mayer,
Miss Leila Mechlin, Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer, Mr. Joseph L. Miller,
Dr. and Mrs. John Minor, Mr. and
Mrs. Sol Minster, Mr. Leo G. Mona
ghan, S. J.; Mr. Lewis L. Moneyway,
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Morley, former
Senator George H. Moses, Mr. and
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Naigles, Miss Helen Nico
lay, Mr. Norman J. Nelson, Dr. and
Mrs. Elmer S. Newton, Mrs. William
F. Notz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, Msgr. D. T. O’Dwyer, Mrs.
Eliot O’Hara, Rev. Arthur A. O’Leary,
S. J.; Comdr. John J. O’Malley, Mr.
Richard S. Ould, Col. and Mrs. Edwin
P. Parker, Rev. and Mrs. Cornelius
H. Patton of West Hartford, Conn.;
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. G. Freeland Peter,
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Miss
Elizabeth W. Plimpton, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Pockmann, Rev. E. S. Pressey,
Dr. and Mrs. Arch L. Riddick, Mrs.
Hugh Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
E. Rogers, Miss Mary R. Rogers, Mrs.
Alys Rickett, Miss Cara Ann Riggsbie,
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Robertson, Dr.
Sterling Ruffin, Mr. Rene Samson,
Mr. W. LeRoy Saunders, Mr. and Mrs.
Israel Schapiro, Miss Julia E. Schel
ling, Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, Miss
Isabel Sedgley, Miss N. P. Sedgley, Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Shepard, Miss Virginia
M. Shull, Miss Sarah E. Simons, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarke Winship Slade, Mr.
William Adams Slade, Dr. and Mrs.
Harvey A. Smith, Mr. Frank Smith,
Mrs. Owen F. Smith of Manhasset,
N. Y.; Mr. Philip M. Smith, Miss
Florence P. Spofford, Justice and Mrs.
Wendell P. Stafford, Judge and Mrs.
Harold Stephens, Mr. and Mrs.
Faber Stevenson, Mrs. Anson Phelps
Stokes, Dr. and Mrs. Alan Stone,
Mr. Frederic N. Stone, Mr. and Mrs.
George Winchester Stone, jr.; Mr.
William Morrell Stone, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Strunk, Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran
Thom, Mr. and Mn. Merle Thorpe,
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By the Way— j
-- Beth Blaing ■ .
fyJR- AND MRS. HENRY BLAKISTON WILKINS’ home at 1701
Twenty-second street will be open Monday, May 3, from 3 to
6, for a Book Binding Exhibition to aid the Children’s Hospital.
Previously the property of the Misses Patten, the Wilkins
purchased this residence several years ago after they had sold
their Florentine villa, “Buoninsegni," to Princess Elena of
Greece. The music room downstairs has the original paneling
from the ‘‘Villa Palmiere” in Florence, where Boccaccio wrote
the famous "Decameron.” Princess Elena, not caring for the
paneling which the Wilkins had in their villa, allowed them to
take it down. They brought it back to America, along with
other exquisite objets d’art.
The rotunda-shaped dining room has several handsome Flem
ish tapestries on the walls. Two interesting tables contain large
carved two-headed Austrian eagles, made in Italy during the time
of the Austrian occupation. However, in the drawing room, with its
Aubusson rug and Louis XV furniture, the chandelier of blown
henna-glass from Murano causes guests to marvel as to how its
fragility managed the perilous ocean voyage.
Among the many books on exhibition, with bindings so beauti
fully tooled and in so perfect a state of preservation that they
might have been done recently, is a rare volume which belonged
to Louis Le Grand Dauphin, only legitimate son of Louis XIV
Several of Napoleon’s own, amongst them the “Code for Ruling
Italy,” are outstanding; also a “Book of Hours,” the property of
Henry III, the unique binding of which is embossed with a series
of religious pictures. Among Mrs. Wilkins’ most prized books is one
dating back to 1552, the first edition ever printed outside of Italy
containing Dante’s three great works, not to mention several’
German monastic stamped bindings, dating from 1571. One re
markable red, morocco-bound volume was done by Clovis Eve
considered by many as one of the greatest. Several large and
handsome bindings once were the property of the Vatican, amongst
which four were signed by Nicola Edler, a great rarity, as book
binders seldom signed their work until more modern times. The
only Incunabulum Mrs. Wilkins owns is one which belonged to Pope
Leo X—year 1473. Incunabulum (derivative of “cradle”; means
any book printed up to and including the year 1500.
Standing in the center of the library, we gazed at the
wonderful bindings fashioned of embossed leather• silver
inlaid with semi-precious stones and colorful velvets embroid
ered with silver thread. The coats of arms belonging to many
historical names were visible . . . the balls belonging to the
Medici .. . the three turrets of Mme. de Pompadour . . books
of Philip V of Spain . . . those of Louis XIV . . . Piero Strozzi,
the apostolic secretary of Florence, and countless others.
Mrs. Wilkins has been collecting books for over 30 years and
her collection, numbering 300-odd volumes, is well known for its
careful selection. Incidentally, one of her volumes, at present on
loan to the Library of Congress, is an interesting book which de
scribes m detail the coronation of Charles I of England.
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MRs- ?■ BORDEN HARRIMAN when seen yesterday chez Mme.
Fotitch at luncheon, never looked better in her life and is
really thrilled at the thought of going to Norway. She is starting
lessons in Norwegian immediately.
When we left the Yugoslav Legation after lunch, there
were four mah jong players, who remained to play through
out the afternoon. There is a small group who play con
stantly, including Mme. Saito. Mme. Ertegun and Mme. Fotitch.
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THE other evening Stewart McDonald, Federal housing adminis
trator, entertained at a dinner in honor of his delightful
daughter, Carol and her husband, Dozier Gardner of St. Louis.
Mr. Gardner comes from a very distinguished Missouri
family, his father having been Governor of that State at
one time. They are the most attractive young couple and
CQ’TOl Gardner is now on her way to London to be presented
at the first court--the diplomatic one, which is by tar the
most thrilling and interesting.
The James Roosevelts were at dinner, as Mrs. “Jimmie” and
Mrs. Gardner attended Westover together. The Emmons Smiths
were among those present, for Emmons and Dozier Gardner were
classmates at Princeton. Sooo, it was a veritable “get-together”
evening! It could not have been a more amusing party and we
sat up till the wee small hours listening to an accordion plaver
and Tom Cochrane at the piano.
Kitty and Messmore Kendall of Palm Beach and New
York dropped in after dinner. Messmore was in Washington
making a speech at a banquet that night. The following
evening, at the Colony Restaurant in New York, Stewart Mc
Donald gave another large dinner and the Gardners were
seen off to Europe in proper style when they sailed at mid
night.
Col. and Mrs. Crane
Hosts at Dinner
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. John Alden
Crane entertained a small company at
dinner last night in their quarters at
Fort Myer. having as guests from the
garrison Capt. D. G. Erskine, Lieut,
and Mrs. Joseph Ganahl, Lieut, and
Mrs. Leslie H. Wyman and Liuet. and
Mrs. R. E. Weber and Mrs. Alice Tor
rey Griffith of Washington.
This afternoon Col. and Mrs. Crane
will attend the Maryland Hunt Cup
race at the Green Spring Valley show
grounds, and will later be guests at a
tea given by Mr. and Mrs. John Duer
at their home in Pikesville. Md.
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Miss Dunbar Hostess
To Classmates
Miss Jane Dunbar of Somerset,
Md., is entertaining five of her class
mates at Gettysburg College at a house
party over the week end. Miss Dun
bar's guests—her roommate, Miss
Edith Webster of Westfield. N. J.;
Miss Idamae Harms, also of Westfield;
Miss Winifred Webster and Miss Pris
cilla Haseltine. of Harrisburg, Pa., and
Miss Betty Knecht, of Tower City,
Pa.—came yesterday and will return
to Gettysburg tomorrow night.
Miss Dunbar, their hostess, is the
daughter of the assistant chief of the
Food and Drugs Administration and
Mrs. Paul B. Dunbar. In college she
has been active in dramatics and re
cently took the leading woman’s part
in the annual college play. She is the
secretary of the freshman class at
Gettysburg College.
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Mrs. Fletcher Guest
May 1 of Ohio Girls
Mrs. Brooks Fletcher will be the
guest speaker at the Ohio Girls’ Club
banquet Saturday evening, May 1, in
the Italian gardens of the Mayflower.
Miss Ernestine Brown, at 916 Barr
Building, has charge of banquet reser
vations and the banquet will be fol
lowed by a dance, to which Ohioans
and their friends are invited. Tickets
for the dance may be obtained from
Miss Esther Ameson at 2440 Six
teenth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Josephus C. Trimble,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred S. Tupper, Miss Mabel
Turner, Dr. Harry W. Tyler, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter S. Uflord, Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Vance, Mrs. Van Noyes Ver
Plank, Dr. and Mrs. Carl Voegtlin,
Miss Sabra Vought, Mr. Bernard
Wagner, Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, Mr.
and Mrs. John Waldron, Mrs. Hugh
Campbell Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Wallis, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Walter,
Miss Josephine Watson, Dr. Donald C.
Weeks, Mr. Edward M. Weeks, Mrs.
Enoch H. Wells of Stoney Brook, Long
Island; Mrs. Walter Wheatley, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter P. White, Dr. and Mrs.
William Charles White, Mrs. Matthew
John Whittall, Dr. and Mrs. E. V.
Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic William
Wile. Mr. John Cabell Wilkinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred W. Wilson, Mr. Doug
las Emory Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Wilson, Miss J. D. Wishart,
President Amos W. W. Woodcock of
St. John’s College of Annapolis, Dean
and Mrs. George B. Woods, Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred E. Wright, Mr. W. Lloyd Wright,
Dr. and Mrs. W. Hayes Yeager, Miss
Matilda Young, Miss Bertha L. Zoel
ler and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Zook.
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Judge Soffel Feted
At Luncheon Today
Judge Sara M. SofTel was feted at
i luncheon today at the club house of
the American Association of Univer
sity Women, 1634 I street, by members
of her class and friends at Wellesley
College, of which Judge SofTel is a
graduate. A well-known jurist from
Pittsburgh. Pa., Judge SofTel will ad
dress the twentieth annual dinner of
the Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia to be held this
evening.
Among those present at the lunch
eon will be Mrs. Hamilton Alexander,
Mrs. Clarence E. Handcock, Mrs. Wal
ter D. Brookings, Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
Mrs. Edwin G. Nourse and Mrs. Harry
B. Caton, president of the Wellesley
j College Club of Washington.
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Louisiana Society
To Hold Reception
The Louisiana State Society will
hold its first reception and dance of
the year Monday evening at the
Washington Hotel, at which guests w'ill
include delegates to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress. Mr.
Clarence J. Bourg is president.
Dfmcing will be in the rose room,
starting at 9:30 o'clock. There also
will be several entertainment features.
Members of the Louisiana congres
sional delegation, some of whom are
serving their first terms, and their
wives will be among the guests and
will form the receiving line. Accept
ances have been received from Sena
tor and Mrs. John H. Overton, Sena
tor and Mrs. Allen Ellender, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Rene DeRouen,
Representative and Mrs. Paul Ma
loney, Representative and Mrs. J. O.
Fernandez, Representative and Mrs.
A. Leonard Allen, Representative and
Mrs. John K. Griffith, Representative
and Mrs. Overton Brooks, Repre
sentative and Mrs. Newt V. Mills and
Representative Robert L. Mouton.
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Women Democrats
Plan Spring Rally
Much interest is being shown in
the Spring rally of the Woman's
Democratic Club of Montgomery
County, Md., which will be held Mon
day night at 8 o'clock at the court
house in Rockville.
Representative Caroline O'Day of
New York will be the guest speaker.
Among those assisting Mrs. Charles
Y. Latimer, president of the club, in
arrangements for the affair are Mrs.
Raymond Clapper, Mrs. Charles E.
Roach, Miss Laura Gilliland, Mrs. E.
A. Merritt, Mrs. Walter Perry, Mrs.
Vernon H. Brewster, Mrs. Edith P.
Allnutt, Mrs. Eugene Casey, Mrs. John
Diamond, Mrs. A. L. Reynolds, Mrs.
Ralph Chase, Mrs. Ralph A. Wells,
Miss Anne Snure, Mrs. P. J. Fischer,
Mrs. F. Eliot Middleton, Mrs. Roger
Shaw, Mrs. W. W. Skinner, Miss Mar
garet Jones and Mrs. Marion L. Clark,
i Activities planned by the club for
j the year, which include a fashion show
| and bridge party the latter part of
| May, will be outlined at the meeting.
All Democratic women are Invited to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. B. Watson of
Rye, N. Y„ have arrived in Washing
ton for a visit of several days. They
will be at the Wardman Park Hotel
while here.
Residential
Washington
Social News
Mrs. Chatfield Spend
ing Week End in
Leesburg.
MRS. FREDERICK R. CHAT
FIELD went to Leesburg, Va ,
today to spend the week end
with her uncle, Mr. Frederick
Saunders. She will return the first
of the week to join her mother, Mrs.
William H. Saunders, and remain for
a longer visit before returning to her
New England home. Mrs. Chatfield
formerly was Miss Edna Saunders,
daughter of the late Mr. William H.
Saunders of this city.
Mrs. Frederic A. Keep will be host
ess at dinner this evening.
Mrs. James A. Frear, wife of former
Representative Frear, was hostess
today at a luncheon at the Shoreham.
Mr. John Christie Duncan has been
joined at the Mayflower by Mrs. Dun
can, who motored from their home in
Pelham Manor. N. Y., and will remain
here over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Gud8
announce the birth of a daughter,
Deborah Mead, Thursday.
Mrs. Stanley J. O'Connor enter
tained today at luncheon the visiting
wives of the delegates to the Confer
ence of National Retail Lumber Deal
ers' Association being held in Wash
ington this week. The guest of honor
was Mrs. George La Pointe of Meno
mine, Wis., wife of the retiring presi
dent, and the luncheon was given in
the Pall Mall Room at the Raleigh
Hotel Among those present were
Mrs. W. C. Bell of Seattle, Wash.;
Mrs. Roger Pinkbine of Des Moines,
Iowa: Mrs. Ormie Lance of Minneapo
lis. Minn.; Mrs. Leo Clair of Louis
ville, Ky.; Mrs. Alice Hoegh of Meno
mine. Wis.; Mrs. H M. Gains of
Detroit. Mich.; Mrs. H. M Montgom
ery, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. William
Anderson, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Dean
Prescott, Fresno, Calif ; Mrs, A. J.
Fehrenback. Chicago. 111.; Mrs. F. H.
Ludwig, Reading. Pa ; Mrs. Bruce
Wilson, Miss Janet Carnahan and
Mrs. J. C. McLaughlin, all of
Washington.
Miss Claire de Hedervary. who
arrived in this country from Belgium
a few weeks ago. is at the Carlton
Hotel. Miss de Hedervary is one of
the foremost women lecturers in Bel
gium and while in New York gave
several lectures on Belgium.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Mather of
Brookline, Mass., are at the Shoreham
w'hile in the Capital to see Mrs.
Mather's brother, Mr. John E. Parker,
and Mrs. Parker, of 3712 Ingomar
street northwest. Later they will
visit the gardens in Virginia, return
ing home the first of May.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Thompson
of Providence, R. I, are stopping at
the Wardman Park Hotel while in
Washington for several days.
Mrs. James B. Sweeney and her
daughter, Miss Mary Sweeney, of
Naugatuck, Conn., are spending a few
days at the Shoreham.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Curtis of
Winthrop, Mass, are at the Wardman
Park Hotel while in town for several
days.
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley King of
Amherst. Mass., who came to Wash
ington for the Shakespeare celebra
tions at the Folger Library last eve
ning are at the Shoreham for a brief
stay.
Dr. King, who is president of
Amherst College, was formerly Special
Assistant to the Secretary of War.
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Chinese Ambassador
And Mme. Sze to Be
Honor Guests Tonight
^ FAREWELL dinner to the Chinese
Ambassador. Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred
Sze, who will retire shortly as Am
I bassador to this country, and Madame
j Sze, will be given tonight at the
Carlton Hotel by the Cornell Club of
i Washington.
In addition to the local members of
| the Cornell Club, other nationally
important alumni of the university will
be present to honor Dr. Sze. who is a
Cornellian of the class of 1901.
Among those who arrived this
morning for the dinner tonight was
Dr. Jacob Gould Shurman. president
of the university when Dr. Sze was
a student. Dr. Shurman was at one
time United States Ambassador to
Germany and Minister to China. Ha
came from his home in Mount Kisco,
N. Y., and is staying at the Carlton
Hotel while here.
Mr. Clarence B. Kugler, one of Dr.
Sze's classmates at Cornell, arrived
from Philadelphia and will be a guest
at the Chinese Embassy.
Among those sitting at the head
table with the guests of honor will
be Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft Ghcrardi of
New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Reeve
Vanneman of New York City, Prof.
Charles L. Durham of Ithaca, who will
represent the Cornell faculty at the
dinner; Mr. E. B. Whitman of Balti
more, Md., and Minister of Paraguay,
Dr. Alfredo Busk Codas, who is a
Cornell alumnus, and Senora Codas.
Grosvenors Hosts
At Dinner Last Night
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor
entertained 20 guests at dinner last
evening at their country place, Wild
Acres, on Grosvenor Lane, in lower
Montgomery County, Md.
Guests present at the dinner were
the Japanese Ambassador and Mme.
Saito, the Turkish Ambassador and
Mme. Ertegun, Senator and Mrs. Wal
lace H. White, Representative Virginia
Jenckes, Representative Allen T.
Treadway, the President of George
Washington University and Mrs.
Cloyd Heck Marvin, Gen. and Mrs.
Malin Craig, Dr. and Mrs. James
Alexander Lyon, Commissioner of the
District and Mrs. George E. Allen and
Dr. and Mrs. John Oliver La Gorce.
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