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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs
Social Notes of Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Capital
Belgian Ambassador Is Returning
From New York Today; Family
Is in Homeland
The Belgian Ambassador, Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz,
la expected to return today from New York, where he has been for 10
days. Countess van der Straten-Ponthoz and her daughter sailed a few
weeks ago for their homeland to spend the remainder of the stimmer, and
the Ambassador is expected to join them later for a vacation.
The Polish Ambassador. Count Jerzy Potocki. was the ranking guest
at dinner last evening when Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt entertained at her
rilla, Beaulieu, at Newport. The dinner party preceded the performance
in the Casino Theater of "Private Lives,” with Doris Dalton and Philip
Tonge in the leading roles. The Ambassador is among Mrs. Vanderbilt’s
house guests at Beaulieu.
The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, has returned to
his apartment at Wardman Park Hotel from Des Moines, Iowa, where he
attended the wedding of his son, Mr. Henry Browne Wallace and Miss
Florence Kling Friday.
The Greek Minister, Mr. Demetrios Silicianos, is expected to return
tomorrow to attend the wedding of Miss Sophia Chotas, daughter of Mrs.
Eli Nicholas Chotas. and Mr. Frank E. Basil which will take place in the
Church of St. Sophia at noon. The Minister is spending a short time at
Hot Springs.
The Dominican Minister and Senora de Pastoriza are spending today
in New York where they went to attend the ceremonies and festivities at
the World Fair in observance of Dominican Day. The Minister and Senora
de Pastoriza will return tomorrow.
Mr. Rafal Lepkowski. Secretary of the Polish Embassy, entertained
informally at luncheon yesterday at the Shoreham for Mr. Michal Budny,
retiring Second Secretary, who will leave Washington at the end of the
month for Warsaw, where he will assume a post in the Polish Foreign
office.
The new Second Secretary of the Rumanian legation. M. Brutus Coste
and Mme. Coste. have come to Washington and are staying at the Shore
ham. M. and Mme. Coste arrived in New York Monday on the Normandie
and came at once to Washington. Before being assigned to the Washington
legation M. Coste has been on duty at the Legations in Paris and London.
The Controller of the Currency and Mrs. Preston Delano returned
the first of the week from a brief stay at Hot Springs. They will be here
until early next month when they will go to Seattle, Mr. Delano to attend
the convention of the American Bankers Association. Mrs. Delano will re
main in the West through October making a series of visits in Portland,
San Francisco and Southern California.
Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, U. S. A . new Assistant Chief of Staff
who has succeeded Maj. Gen. Robert McC. Beck, jr., will be joined the
latter part of the week by Mrs. Andrews who has been visiting at Langley
Field.
Mrs. Watson, wife of Brig. Gen. Edwin M. Watson. Military Aide to the
President and a member of the latter's Secretariat, is in the Berkshires
were she is a member of the house party being entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Barrett at Sky Farm, their place at North Egremont. Mr. and
Mrs. Barrett were hosts at a buffet supper Sunday evening in honor of Dr.
Serge Koussevitski. conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who is
there fo the Berkshire Festival of Music. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett are hosts
at the house party through the festival.
Regatta Will Add
Zest to Lagging
Social Season
Washington’s lagging social season
will take on a new lease during the
annual regatta of the President’s
Cup Regatta Association, which this
year will be extended over two week
ends, September 16 and 17 and Sep
tember 22, 23 and 24. The many
parties which feature this array of
racing drivers always starts the fall
season off with a bang, and officials
of the association are already plan
ning numerous social events.
Saturday evening. September 23.
has been selected as the date for the
annual President’s Cup Regatta
banquet, always a high light of the
social events contingent on the races.
It is expected that this function
will be held again at the National
Press Club, as last year.
Parties galore will be held at
Washington's several yacht clubs,
and spectators who watch the events
from their boats will entertain their
friends on board. As soon as the
regatta queen is selected a program
of luncheons and other events in
her honor will be mapped out. Last
year Miss Elizabeth Reed, daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. A. B. Reed and a
Emith College student, was chosen
queen.
Count Rossi, the popular Italian
who is always entertained by mem
bers of the Italian Embassy staff, is
expected to be back again for the
races. Last year he was the winner
of the President’s Cup.
Among the officers who are work
ing hard over plans for the forth
coming social events are Mr. John
A. Remon, president of the Regatta
Association; Mr. R. Lyman Sexton,
Mr. H. P. Somerville, Mr. Robert V.
Fleming and Mr. J. A. Councilor.
Mr. Thomas P. Morgan, jr., is chair
man of the Promotion Committee,
the Coronation Committee is under
the guidance of Mr. Minor Hudson,
and other committee heads include
Gen. Albert L. Cox. Mr. Harold A.
Long. Mr. G. R. Wilhelm. Mr. I. A.
Bickelhaupt and Mr. Samuel A.
Byrne.
Miss Lazas to Wed
Mr. R. A. Dungey
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lazas last
•vening announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Mary Lazas,
to Mr. Richard Allen Dungey of
Baginaw, Mich. The announcement
was made at a dinner party honoring
the bride-elect which was given by
her parents at their home on Irving
street.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
William Hitz, Jr.,
Weds Miss Witte;
To Live Here
Miss Frances Evelyn Witte and
Mr. William Hitz. jr.t assistant
United States attorney for the
District of Columbia, were mar
; ried yesterday by Associate Jus
tice Peyton Gordon of the United
States District Court for the
District of Columbia. The wed
ding took place at noon in the
apartment of the bride’s parents.
Dr. and Mrs. William C. F. Witte
of Milwaukee, who are staying
at the Shoreham for a short time.
The bride wore a costume of
dark blue crepe trimmed with
white, a dark blue and white hat
and a bouquet of gardenias.
Mr. and Mrs. Hitz left after
the wedding breakfast to motor to
their summer home in Maine.
After October 1 they will be at
home in the Falkland, where they
have taken an apartment. Mr.
Hitz is a son of Mrs. William Hitz
and the late associate justice of
the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and
was graduated from Princeton
University and the law school at
Harvard University. His bride
is a graduate of Mount Vernon
Seminary here and with her
parents came to Washington the
first of the week.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Campbell
are spending their vacation at Park
View Inn, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
MRS. SAMUEL A. WALKER,
Formerly Miss Theresa Patter
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Patterson. Mr. Walker
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur E. Walker.
—Edmonston Photo.
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MRS. C. LACEY COMPTON,
Formerly Miss Claudia Thom
asson. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. thomasson of Man
assas. Va. Mr. Compton is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Compton of Manassas.
—Benson Weeks Photo.
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By the Way—
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Mary Louise Marsh writes that en route to the Canadian woods to
visit friends she stopped off in Winter Harbor, Me., for several days with
Mrs. Noyes Lewis.
Ethel's house sounds most attractive. Built of native logs, it has
enormous window boxes of flaming marigolds extending the length of
i the screened-in porch. The house is not too large, but is adequate for two
or three house guests, Ethel and her sturdy young son.
The drawing room is pine paneled—has lots of comfortable
chintz-covered sofas and roomy chairs, a great open fire, photo
graphs, fresh garden flowers and a piano for the sort of gay,
informal parties so popular in Winter Harbor. Ethel gave one such
in honor of her house guest, and it sounds as if it were great fun.
The party began as a picnic, but since the afternoon turned cold
and damp, it ended with every one cooking supper over the fire
place in Ethel's drawing room. There is a most attractive group of
people in the Winter Harbor summer colony, and since there are
only some 40-odd cottages, it is a very intimate one.
Sailing is one of the favorite sports in Winter Harbor, and. of course,
there's lot of tennis, golf and bridge. Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett have
several times motored over to see Ethel from Northeast Harbor, where
they are spending the summer, and are. according to all reports, in the
best of form and adore Maine for a summer vacation.
AND
BY THE WAY—
Lord Eustace Percy—The Rt. Hon. Lord Eustace Percy, to be correct—
, is meeting numbers of old friends in New York since he arrived Monday
aboard the Normandie. It seems unfortunate that his visit is in the
| summertime when the scores of his friends in Washington are so widely
: scattered. He was attached to the British Embassy—Third Secretary'
; —before the Great War and came back during May. 1917, with Lord
Balfour when the latter was on special mission. He was greatly in
demand among the hostesses here being young, attractive and a bachelor.
His stay will not be very long as he came to attend the Teachers' College
at Columbia University where a series of meetings are being held for
education and for the maintenance and spread of democracy.
Residential
Social
Notes
Mrs. George Dern
Entertains Her
Son Here
Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the
late Secretary of War, has had with
her in her home here her son, Mr.
James Dern, who will return to his
home in New York today after a
visit of a fortnight.
Mrs. William N. Doak, wife of the
late former Secretary of Labor, went
to Roanoke. Va„ today and will re
turn late Friday in time for the
party which she will give that eve
ning at Notre Nid, her home over
looking the Potomac River at Chain
Bridge. The party Friday is in
honor of the seven queens appear
ing in the pageant “The Birth of the
Flag,” which is being presented in
the stadium in Arlington County.
Mrs. Doak is the official hostess for
the committee arranging the pag
eant and was on hand last evening
to welcome Senator Harry Flood
Byrd and the Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, Mr. Melvin C.
Hazen.
Mrs. Doak will make a brief visit
in Wytheville en route home from
Roanoke Friday.
Miss Dorothy Quincy Tirrell, who
has been spending some time in
Canada, will leave Halifax, Nova
Scotia, this week and go to Maine
for a visit. She will return to Wash
ington in the fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo L. Snow en
tertained a small company at din
ner last evening on the Shoreham
terrace for Maj. and Mrs. David G.
Lingle and Maj. and Mrs. John S.
Gullet.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Cunning
ham will spend several weeks with
their daughter, Mrs. E. B, Hartshorn,
in Hanover, N. H. Mrs. Hartshorn
is the wife of Prof. Elden Bennett
Hartshorn, head of the department
of chemistry at Dartmouth College.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Fritz Smith closed
their apartment at the Shoreham
yesterday to go to New York and
Atlantic City for an indefinite stay.
Hempstones to Go
'To Atlantic City
Capt. Smith Hempstone, U. S. N..
and Mrs. Hempstone. with their son.
Smith Hempstone. jr„ and Mrs.
Laurence H. Green and her son.
Theodore Prentice Noyes, jr„ who
are stopping at the Vanderbilt Hotel
in New York, will leave this evening
for their summer cottage at Atlantic
City, N. J.
Miss Carr Engaged
To Mr. Daly
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leo Carr
announce the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Helen Claire Carr,
to Mr. Patrick Joseph Daly, son of
Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Daly of Chippewa
Falls. Wis.
The wedding will take place Sep
tember 9.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Willard W'ohlfarth
have announced the birth of a son,
George Willard Wohlfarth. on
August 11 at Sibley Memorial
Hospital.
MRS. EVERETT W. HEITZ,
Before her marriage she was Miss Ruth Rothwell Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Weller Smith. The wedding took place
Saturday afternoon, July 1, in the home of the bride’s parents in
Chevy Chase. —Harris-Ewing Photo.
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Weddings Announced
Miss Booth and Mr. Peter Married
In All Souls Memorial Church
Before a candle-lighted altar
adorned with palms, pink gladioli
and white jasmine. Miss Evelyn
Booth, daughter of Mrs. Maud Lyon
Booth of Maury City. Tenn., became
the bride of Mr. Walter Gibson
Peter, j?., of Georgetown at 11
o'clock this morning in All Souls'
Memorial Church.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. G. Freeland Peter, uncle
and godfather of the bridegroom.
Mr. William R Hamill played the
organ as friends and relatives as
sembled.
Given in marriage by her brother
in-law, Dr. Charles Jefferson Al
bright, the bride wore a navy blue
crepe dress with a marquisette
jacket of matching shade. Her ac
cessories were navy blue and white,
and she wore a corsage of white
orchids. She carried a prayer book,
which had been carried by the
bridegroom's mother at her wedding
Mrs. Charles Jefferson Albright
served as matron of honor for hei
sister. She w^ore a midnight blue
sheer ensemble with a matching hat
and her flowers were Johanna Hill
rosebuds.
Dr. Henry Beall Gwynn was best
man, and the ushers were James
Francis Greene and Albert Beale
Greene, brothers of the bridegroom
Following the ceremony the couple
left immediately for a cruise in the
West Indies. They will make their
home after September 4 at the Cor
dova Apartments.
The bride is a graduate of Mil
ligan College and Mr. Peter was
graduated from the architectural
school of George Washington Uni
versity.
Miss Carmen Montes Wed
To Mr. J. F. McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel B. Montes
announce the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Carmen A. Montes,
to Mr. Jesse Frederick McDonald,
son of Mrs. Lydia McDonald of
Springfield. 111., this morning at 10 i
o’clock in the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament. The Rev. Thomas Smyth
officiated.
Mr. Montes escorted his daughter.
| who wore a wedding dress of white
i net and lace made long with a “train,
a bodice of lace and a sweetheart
neckline and short puffed sleeves.
' The tulle veil was held by a wreath
of orange blossoms and the bride
i carried a shower of gardenias and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Mortimer Naff. Jr., was
j matron of honor for her sister,
wearing a blue marquisette gown
with a hat to match. She carried a
bouquet of peach-color roses.
Miss Gloria Montes and Miss
Jeannette Montes, sisters of the
bride, were bridesmaids, wearing
similar costumes of blue and peach
color nets and hats to match. They
carried peach-color roses and blue
! delphinium.
Mr. Herschel H. Johnson was best
man, and the ushers included Mr.
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Suburban
Social
Notes
Cleveland Visitor
In Somerset Is
Luncheon Hostess
Miss Viola Sutliff of Cleveland,
who Is visiting friends in Somer
set. Md., was hostess yesterday at
a luncheon followed by a bridge
party. Miss Sutlifl’s guests were
Mrs. James B. Carry and Mrs. T.
M. Anderson of Drummond, Md.;
Mrs. J. E. Shillinger of Highland,
Md ; Mrs. William B. Horne. Mrs.
J. W. Stohlman, Mrs. John B Shep
ard and Mrs. A. W. Starratt of
Somerset, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Osaar Rauh. their
daughter, Miss Gladys Rauh, and
son, Mr. Gilbert Rauh of Cherry
dale, Va„ are spending their vac^
tion motoring through the New
England States, and en route home
they will stop in New York City to
visit the World's Fair.
Mrs. John M. Barr of Takoma
Park, D. C., the former Miss Eliza
beth Cruitt of Takoma Park, Md.,
was given a surprise shower Mon
day night at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Clyde Larkin, in Silver
Spring, Md., when the guests num
bered 40.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson V. Shelton
and their daughters Martha and
Vivian will arrive at their Chevy
Chase home Monday from Cape
May, N. J.. where they stayed at
the Admiral. Miss Frances Bowie
was with them and, with Miss Mar
tha Shelton, left yesterday for a
week's stay in New York.
Mrs. Cecile Littlefield has come
from her home in St. Petersburg,
Fla., for an extended visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Ben D. Shreve at their
place in Arlington, Va. Mrs. Lit
tlefield is a frequent visitor to the
county, having lived here several
years ago.
Mrs. J. Douglas Bradshaw of Ta
koma Park, Md., accompanied by
her sister-in-law, Miss Vera Brad
shaw of Charlottesville. Va., has
arrived from a plane trip to New
York, having spent the week end
at the World's Fair. Mr. Bradshaw
was in Stafford, Va., visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. Linda' Matson and her
daughter, Miss Ethel Matson, are
again in their home in Ballston,
Va.. after spending the past 10 days
motoring through southeastern Can
ada and New York State. They
visited Niagara Falls. Callandar and
Ottawa. Canada, and also stopped
to see friends in Albany and New
York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stormer
have returned to their home in Ta
koma Park from a vacation in At
lantic City, N. J.
Mrs. Mary W. Cashell of Silver
Spring, Md.. was given a surprise
birthday party Thursday evening
at her hajjje on Silver Spring ave
nue by her^son and daughter-in
law. Dr. and Mrs. Irving M. Cashell
of Washington, in celebration of
her 77th anniversary.
Besides the guest of honor and
the hosts, those present include^
Dr. G. O. Monroe. Miss Louise Mon
roe and Mr. Eldredge Monroe of
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