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Society Enjoying Teas in Gardens in the Late Spring Afternoons
The Secretary of War
And Mrs. Woodring Guests
At Dinner for Diplomats
German Ambassador Will Be Honored at
Function Tonight—Other News in
Official Circle.
THE Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry H. Woodring were the
ranking guests at dinner last night of the Minister of Yugo
slavia and Mme. Fotitch, who entertained in the Embassy in
honor of the Italian Ambassador and Signora de Suvich.
The other guests were the Rumanian Minister, Mr. Charles A.
Davila, Senator and Mrs. Warren R. Austin, Representative and
Mrs. Ralph E. Church, the naval attache of the Italian Embassy and
the Marchioness of Sant’Orsola, the assistant air attache of the
French Embassy and Mme. Fayet, the secretary of the Italian
Embassy, Signor Benedetto Capomazza; Sir Willmott and Lady
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Belin, Miss Mabel Boardman and Mrs.
Frank Simonds.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
has returned to Washington after a few days’ visit with Representa
tive and Mrs. Patrick Drewry at their home in Petersburg, Va.
The German Ambassador, Herr Hans Luther, will be the honor
guest at dinner this evening of the Italian Ambassador and Signora
de Suvich.
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The Cuban Ambassador, Senor Dr. Pedro Martinez Fraga, has
gone to Havana, where he will spend a week, returning to Wash
ington within a fortnight.
The Mexican Ambassador, Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo
Najera, left Saturday for Mexico, where he will remain for a week.
The first secretary of the Legation, Senor Dr. Don Rafael Fuentes,
will act as Charge dAffaires during his absence.
The French Ambassador and Mme. Bonnet were the guests in
whose honor the Siamese Minister and Mme. Rajamaitri enter
tained at dinner last night. The other guests were the former
President of Panama and Senora de Alfaro, Mr. and Mrs. Green H.
Hackworth, the secretary of the Yugoslav Legation and Mme.
Perazic and Lieut. Col. and Mrs. John B. Coulter.
The Minister and Mme. Rajamaitri entertained at luncheon
yesterday when the guests were Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevens, Dr.
and Mrs. Hugh M. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Green Lynch.
Senator and Mrs. Lewis B. Schwellenbach have taken an apart
ment at Woodley Park Towers for the remainder of the session.
Rear Admiral Rowiston S. Holmes, director of naval intelli
gence, entertained at luncheon today in honor of Capt. Marcos
A. Zarr, chief of the Argentine Air Corps, at the Mayflower Hotel.
The other guests were the naval attache of the Argentine
Embassy, Capt. Saba H. Sueyro, Lieut. Edgardo R. Bonnet and
Lieut. Carlos Gadda, both of the Argentine navy; Capt. Farquhar,
assistant director of naval intelligence; Capt. A. C. Read. U. S. N.;
Capt. H. J. Abbett, U. S. N.; Comdr. M. A. Mitscher, Col. M. G.
Holmes and Lieut. J. F. Greenslade.
F Street Club Open
Tomorrow Afternoon
For Hospital Benefit
'J'OMORROW afternoon, through the
courtesy of the members of the
1925 F Street Club and Mrs. James
Freeman Curtis, the president, the
club house and its lovely garden will
be open to the public for the benefit
of the united hospitals' appeal.
Tea will be served from 4 until 7
p.m. and receiving with Mrs. Curtis
will be the presidents of the ladies’
boards of the nine hospitals in the
drive. The list includes Mrs. Clifford
H. Bangs. Episcopal Hospital; Mrs.
Frederick H. Brooke, Children's Hos
pital; Mrs. Clarence Dodge. Homeo- .
pathic Hospital; Mrs. D. Lawrence
Groner, Columbia Hospital; Mrs. Gil
bert Grosvenor, George Washington
Hospital; Mrs. J. L. B. Murray, Provi
dence Hospital; Mrs. L. B. Norris,
Georgetown Hospital; Mrs. George P.
Bcriven, Emergency Hospital, and Mrs.
H. H. Semmes, president of the Ladies'
Board of Garfield Hospital. In addi
tion. Mrs. Philip O. Coffin, president
of the board of Children’s Country
Home, will be among the hostesses.
The garden of 1925 F Street is in
the most perfect condition, and a
lovely spot in which to sit of a Spring
afternoon under the beautiful spread
ing trees. The club, ever since its
opening, has been famous for the ver;»
excellent food served within its walls,
and Mrs. Curtis has made every ar
rangement to make this benefit tea
e gay and attractive affair. The ad
mission is $1 and it is the first time
the club has ever been open for an
event of this kind.
The lovely furniture with which the
club is filled, all belonging to Mrs.
Curtis, has been written about many
times, and now the chance has come
for every one to see it with their own
eyes and their admission fee will go
toward the united hospitals’ appeal.
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Argentine Official '
Entertained at Tea
Capt. Marcos A. Zar, director gen
eral for aviation in the Argentine, was
the guest in whose honor the naval
attache of the Argentine Embassy and
Benora de Sueyro entertained at tea
yesterday afternoon at the Mayflower.
Today the visitor was the honor guest
at a luncheon given at the Mayflower
by a group of officers of the U. S. N.
Capt. and Senora de Sueyro, with
Capt. Zar, received in the east end of
the presidential dining room, where
the tea table was laid. The hostess
was dressed in a black gown, enlivened
by a gavly figured overblouse.
The guests included officials, diplo
mats and prominent officers of the
Navy and their wives.
St. Gertrude’s Guild
Sets Benefit May 24
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie, presi
dent of St. Gertrude's Guild, has
named the committee for the annual
Spring bridge tea to be held this year
Monday afternoon, May 24, at the
Wardman Park Hotel. The chairman
is Mrs. James Edward Duke and others
in charge are: Treasurer, Mas. Augus
tus E. Giegengack: chairman of pa
tronesses, Mrs. Raymond Francis Gar
rity; refreshments, Mrs. James Gamier
Haskell; school exhibit, Mrs. Ellis
Searles; homemade cakes and candies,
Mrs. Francis Callahan; aprons, Mrs.
James Bernard Flynn, and novelties
Mrs. Frank Slingluff, jr.
The proceeds of this party will be
used for the work at St. Gertrude’s
School of Arts and Crafts.
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Mrs. James Freeman Curtis, president of the 1925 F Street Club, who with the members will
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___—Underwood & Underwood Photo.
Mrs. Giegengack
To Aid Benefit
Mrs. Augustus E. Giegengack, wife
of Public Printer Giegengack, heads
the Ticket Committee for the annual
card party to be held by the St. Gert
rude’s Guild Monday, May 24, in the
continental room of Wardman Park
Hotel. Tickets for the party to be
given for the benefit of the St. Gert
rude’s School will go on sale within
the next few days.
Mrs. James Edward Duke is in
charge of arrangements.
Tables for the party will be set up
on the terrace overlooking Rock Creek
Park.
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Mrs. Ober Here.
Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober of Nor
folk, national president of the dera
tion of M.usic Clubs, who was elected
last week at the convention in In
dianapolis, will be at the Sulgrave
Club today and tomorrow. While
here she will attend the various music
week festivities.
Mrs. Ober will be the guest of
honor at the sacred choir festival
today and also at the annual banquet
tomorrow. Other honor guests at
the banquet and concert by Wash
ington composers will be Dr. and
Mrs. Hans Kindler, Mr. C. M. Tre
maine, chairman of National Music
Week, and Mrs. Tremaine, and Mrs.
Joseph Byron of Hagerstown, na
tional corresponding secretary of the
federation.
Weddings of Note
Miss Moore Bride in Church Today of
Mr. Cornelius Keefe.
HARMING in its simplicity
was the wedding this morn
ing at 10 o'clock in St.
Charles’ Catholic Church, in
Clarendon, of Miss Mary Catherine
Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Allston Moore of 802 North Edgewood
street, Arlington, Va„ and Mr. Cor
nelius Joseph Keefe of Washington,
D. C., and Salem, Mass.
The Rev. Father Kenneth M. Rizer
officiated at the ceremony and cele
brated the nuptial mass Present in
the sanctuary were the Rev. Father
John A. Curran and the Rev. Father
James H. McConnell, the latter of
Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Grouped about the altar were
stately palms and ferns, forming an
effective background for the tall
standards of Easter lilies, and on the
altar, which was lighted with cathe
dral tap>ers, were white snapxiragons.
Prof. Armand Gumprecht, organist
of St. Mary's Church, in Washington,
gave a program of nuptial music be
fore and after the ceremony, and
during mass Mrs. Monica McCarthy
sang several selections.
The bride was escorted and given in
marriage by her father. She wore a
gown of ivory satin, fashioned on
princess lines, with a high cowl neck
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line and long sleeves which were full
above the elbows and tight-fitting to
the wrists. Her long veil of net was
arranged about her face in a halo
effect and caught on either side with
tiny clips of calla lilies. She carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley and her only orna
ment was a single strand of pearls
loaned by her aunt carrying out the
tradition that the bride should wear
something "borrowed.”
Miss Helen Moore was maid of
honor for her sister. Her garden
style frock, with its puffed sleeves,
high neckline and full skirt, was of
delphinium blue starched Chantilly
lace. Her picture hat of leghorn was
trimmed with a velvet bow and
streamers to match her frock, and to
complete her costume she wore lace
mits and carried an arm bouquet of
yellow roses and blue delphinium.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
Residential
Washington
Social News
Travel Popular With
Many in Capital
City.
MRS. MORGAN, widow of the
late Mr. W. Forbes Morgan,
returned yesterday to her
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel. Mrs. Morgan has leased the
Green Court estate of Mrs. Norman de
R. Whltehouse at Newport for the
season.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown
will sail tomorrow from New York for
England for the coronation. They will
return In June and will Join Mr.
Brown's mother, Mrs. Nicholas Brown,
In her Providence home. Mrs. Brown,
sr„ Is a sister of Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry and has visited Senator and
Mrs. Gerry here many times.
Former Representative and Mrs.
Richard S. Aldrich are making a brief
visit in New York, where they are
staying at the .Ambassador en route
to their home In Providence. Mr. and
Mrs. Aldrich were guests for a short
time of Representative and Mrs. Rob
ert Low Bacon.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster Knight, 2d,
son-in-law and daughter of the late
former Vice President Charles Curtis,
will open their Summer home at West
Warwick the end of this week. Mrs.
Knight recently made a short visit
with her aunt, Mrs. Edward Everett
Gann, In her house In Cleveland
Park.
Mrs. Parks, wife of former Repre
sentative Tilman Bacon Parks, who is
president of the Political Study Club,
will be the guest of honor at lunch
eon tomorrow of Mrs. Wintemute
William Sloan, who will entertain at
the Shoreham.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Norman Ger
stenfeld will sail the middle of this
month for Europe. They will return
to this country some time in July.
Mr. G. F. Snyder entertained at
dinner at the Chevy Chase Club Friday
evening in honor of Sir Edward W.
Beatty, O. B. E., chairman and presi
dent of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Co. Those present were Judge R. V.
Fletcher, Interstate Commerce Com
missioners Carroll Miller, Charles D.
Mahaffie. B. H. Meyer, Joseph B. East
man, Hugh M. Tate, Myron M. Caskie
and Claude R. Porter.
Mr. sind Mrs. Joseph P. De Marco
announce the birth of a daughter,
Jeanne Marie, at Georgetown Univer
sity Hospital on April 13, the date of
their first wedding anniversary.
Mrs. De Marco was formerly Miss
Margaret Marie Murray, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murray of Wash
ington.
Mr. and Mrs. Sacket R. Duryee of
Worcester, Mass., announce the birth
of a daughter April 28. Mrs. Duryee
was before her marriage Miss Marian
Gardner of this city.
Mrs. Keyes, wife of former Sen
ator Henry Wilder Keyes, is in New
York for an early Spring visit and
is staying at the Vanderbilt.
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JUST before sunset yesterday we arrived at the French Embassy
to have tea with their excellencies, the French Ambassador
and Mme. Bonnet.
As always when we enter that lovely house, memories
spring up o1 by-gone days. It was so interesting to see the
changes that have been made in the past year. They are
excellent improvements. Enlarging the drawing room has
made it so much brighter and the dining room has been en
larged in the same way.
Mme. Bonnet received her guests on the large circular terrace
which juts into the garden, a part of Rock Creek Park.. One has
the impression of being miles away in the country, and it Is with
distinct surprise that from a certain spot through the trees one
catches a glimpse of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, and by listen
ing intently the steady low hum of distant traffic can be heard.
Mme. Bonnet is so pretty, with that eager, vivacious manner
which makes French women so attractive. His excellency is most
amusing. Though his English is not as fluent as Mme. Bonnet’s, he
is learning rapidly. The other Sunday we were tremendously
amused—only eight of us were lunching with Celeste Crosby Miller
at her lovely house in Warrenton. The Ambassador was silent for a
few moments in deep thought—suddenly we heard him murmuring
crazee — crizee —“crazy.” Mme. Bonnet, who has a delicious
sense of humor, said “Oh. do not pay any attention, he is learning
to say that word properly as a very pretty young friend of ours
exclaimed at a recent party that ‘she was crazy about him!’”
It was beautiful on the terrace with the sun setting and the
flowers taking on almost an iridescent glow. There we saw Mina
Legare win the prize for hats—we were very bad losers, some of us,
but we all conceded that her hat was probably the "goofiest”! Now
don t misunderstand, it was a lovely hat and vastly becoming to
Mina, but it was a typical 1937 Spring creation and the very last
word. It consists of bands of deep yellow and black straw shaped
like a cone, with a visor and a pert quill through one side. The
touch that defeated all the other hats and made them hang their
brims in shame was the saucy little band which went under Mina’s
chin and tied in a neat little bow. Mrs. Jack Newbold almost won
the hat contest. Ferry Heath remarked to her, “Now I know, Kitty,
w’hy hats are sometimes referred to as a ‘lid.’ ” Kitty’s was a coarse
straw “flat lid” set up in the back on a blue grosgrain ribbon.
% A most attractive young Frenchwoman—I am. sorry I did
not learn her name—held honors at the beginning of the
afternoon with a henna-colored “lid” barely covering the top
of her head. In the center it sprouted a bunch of flowers
znd on the back of her head, holding in her curls, the “lid”
suddenly developed a “bib”! I think she was awarded
second prize. Two lovely ambassadresses, Mme. Espil and
Donna Matilde Suvich, wore very becoming and conservative
hats.
Mr. and Mrs. McGrath came up from Warrenton. Mrs. Mc
Grath is beautiful, with large, dark eyes. Her husband confided
1 thaAt“ey had. Just returned from Paris and his wife had bought
j eight hats which she has not had the “courage” to wear!
Army-Navy League
Rummage Sale Opens
Tomorrow Morning
EMBERS of the Women's Army
and Navy League, of which Mrs.
Roosevelt Is honorary president, are
completing arrangements for their an
nual rummage sale, which will open
tomorrow at 1201 Connecticut avenue.
The sale will continue through Thurs
day and Friday.
Mrs. Bimie, wife of Maj. Gen. Upton
Bimle, is in charge of the sale this
year, and is being assisted by Mrs.
S. D. Embiek. Members of the league, j
representing the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps, have charge of various
j departments for the sale.
Mrs. William Leahy, wife of the
j chief of Naval Operations, will pre
side at the flower table, assisted by
Mrs. W. S. Pye, the flowers and plants
being contributed by Mrs. Leahy
from her own conservatory. Mrs.
Walter Reed has charge of the lunch
eon and food counter, assisted by
Mrs. W. P. Boschen, and Mrs. Nor
man Murry Smith has charge of the
picture department, assisted by Mrs.
Edward Seibert. Mrs. R. E. D. Hoyl*
will preside at the furniture depart
ment and Mrs. Claude E. Brigham
and Mrs. William H. Tschappat arc
In charge of draperies.
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