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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs
News Notes of the Social
And Diplomatic Sets
In Nation’s Capital
Wives of Supreme Court Members
Are Guests of Mrs. Roosevelt
Prior to New York Trip
Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at luncheon today entertaining in honor
of wives of members of the Supreme Court. The party was scheduled for
last month, but was postponed because of the death of Mr. Justice Pierce
Butler.
Tonight the President’s wife will go to New York for two days re
turning in time for her party Saturday evening for the Gridiron "widows.”
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, will join Mrs. Hull in their
apartment in the Carlton this afternoon after spending last evening In
Chicago. The Secretary addressed the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion at its annual convention, when 40 States were represented.
The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, also was at
the convention and made an adddress, the other speaker of the evening
being the president of the federation, Mr. Edward A. O’Neal.
The United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr. Joseph
P. Kennedy, arrived in this country today aboard the Dixie Clipper, and is
expected to come at once to Washington. The Ambassador is accom
panied by his son, Mr. John Kennedy. They were guests of the United
States Minister to Portugal, Mr. Herbert Claiborne Pell, In the Legation
at Lisbon for a day or more while awaiting the departure of the Dixie
Clipper.
The Attorney General, Mr. Frank Murphy, has returned from a
brief visit in New York, where he was at the Ambassador.
The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Horinouchi went to New York
this morning to remain until Sunday. Last evening they were hosts at
dinner entertaining in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Girard Hale of Santa Bar
bara, Calif., who are making a visit In the East.
Mrs. Hale before her marri«je was Miss Kathleen Burke McLean
of England, and during the World War was known as the "Angel of
France” for her untiring work. Mr. Hale is a well-known artist.
The Canadian Minister, Mr. Loring Christie, will be the guest In
whose honor the South African Minister and Mrs. Close will entertain at
dinner tomorrow evening.
Senora de Munilla, wife of the Military Attache of the Cuban Em
bassy, will entertain at luncheon Tuesday in honor of Senora de Castro
Beeche, wife of the retiring Costa Rican Minister, who will leave the
end of the week for her native country.
Benefit Style Show
To Aid Goodwill
Welfare Work
A dress rehearsal at 4 o’clock to
morrow afternoon In the west ball
room of the Shoreham Hotel will
precede the style show which will
be held in the same place Friday
from 1 to 6 o'clock for the benefit
of the welfare work of Goodwill
Industries.
Among those who will take part in
modeling are Miss Sarah Frazier,
Mrs. George Ward, Mrs. I. B. Kirk
land, jr., Mrs. Albert Warner, Mrs.
Lacy Reynolds, Mrs. Newton Jef
fress, Miss Nancy Torklinski, Miss
Betty Bliss. Miss Rosalyn Buchanan,
Miss Nancy Lee Lawes, Miss Jean
Sexton, Miss Elaine Trimble, Mrs.
John Dinsmore, Miss Frances
Crownover. Miss Caroline Ihrie Pou
Wadden, Mrs. Henry F. Grady, Mrs.
George Romney. Miss Virginia
Wesner, Mrs. W. Harold Snape, Mrs.
Elmer Frazier. Mrs. F. D. Wilson,
Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Mrs. Henry
Ralph, Mrs. Tilman Bacon Parks,
Mrs. Ryland Bryant, Mrs. A. S. Mc
Allister, Mrs. Mary Famous, Mrs.
George Allen and Mrs. Chesly Manly.
Farm Exhibit Sale
Opens Tomorrow
Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau. jr., and Mrs
Daniel C. Roper, honorary members
of the Woman's National Farm and
Garden Association, are sponsors for
the exhibit and sale of the Capital
division of the association to be held
tomorrow, Friday and Saturday in
the Virginia Public Service Co.'s au
ditorium in Alexandria, Va. The
event will be given for the benefit of
the association's scholarship fund.
#The exhibition and sale will be of
rural arts and crafts. Christmas
greens and farm produce and cooked
foods.
Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman. Mrs.
Adrian Busick and Mrs. Edward A.
Keyes are members of the Commit
tee on Sponsors and Arrangements.
Miss Gruenbaum
Engaged to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gruen
baum of Takoma Park, Md.. an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lucile Margaret
Gruenbaum, to Mr. Thomas Mc
Kerrol Crum, jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas M. Crum of Pitts
burgh.
Mrs. Hartz Gives
Buffet Luncheon
For Daughter
Mrs. Barge Llewellyn Hartz
entertained at a buffet luncheon
today in her home for her daugh
ter, Miss Janet Hartz, in honor
of two of the season's debutantes.
Miss Patricia Uline Hill and Miss
Rosalyn Buchanan.
Miss Hill is the daughter of
Mrs. Uline Hill, and Miss Buch
anan's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
J. Wesley Buchanan. Both of the
honor guests’ mothers assisted
Mrs. Hartz. In addition, others
assisting were Senora de Munilla,
wife of the Cuban Military At
tache; Baroness von Pagenhardt,
Mme. Orlicz Dreszer, Mrs. Neitah
King, Mrs. William Shearer, Mrs.
Abner B. Drury. Mm. McKenzie
Davidson and Mrs. Robert Pat
terson.
Sterling to Speak
Matthew W. Sterling, explorer and
chief of the Bureau of Ethnology of
the Smithsonian Institution, will give
a talk on Mexico at a meeting of the
District Society of the Dames of the
Loyal Legion tomorrow at 3 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Frank Steele, 1227
Sixteenth street N.W., headquarters
of the National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution. Mr.
Sterling headed a joint expedition
of the National Geographic Society
and the Smithsonian Institution in
Mexico last January.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Russell
of Sligo Park Hills, Md., have an
nounced the birth of a son, Michael,
November 25 at Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. Russell was formerly Miss Vir
ginia Rinaldi, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Rinaldi of Sligo Park
Hills.
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MRS. A. E. CROWE,
Who, before her marriage in October, was Miss Edith M. Taps
cott. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Tapscott of this city.
Mr. Crowe, who is originally from Alabama, and his bride will
make their home in Washington. —Harris-Ewing Photo.
Weddings of Interest
Miss Clara Katherine Savage
Is Bride of Mr. O’Connell
Of interest here are the details of
the marriage of Miss Clara Kath
erine Savage, daughter of Prof. El
mer S. Savage of Ithaca, N. Y., to
Mr. Francis Thomas O’Connell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John F. O'Connell
of Moravia, N. Y. The ceremony
was performed Thanksgiving morn
ing at 9:30 o'clock in the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, Ithaca.
The bride is a daughter of the late
Mrs. Clara Blandford Savage and
niece of Mr. Joseph H. Blandford of
Brandywine, Md. Her aunt. Miss
Sara Reeves Blandford of Clinton,
Md., went to Ithaca for the wedding.
The Rev. Roland Thompson offi
ciated, with the Rev. William Byrne
celebrating the nuptial mass. Mrs.
Geraldine Furey and Miss Mary Bell
sang, accompanied by Miss Mary
Clines.
The b lde’s three sisters were her
attendants. They are Miss Mary
Savage, maid of honor, who wore
Spanish rose moire made on bouf
fant lines, with a matching halo,
and a bouquet of Rapture roses and
pompons, and Mrs. Edwin S. Harri
son and Miss Joan Savage, who each
wore hyacinth blue moire with
i matching halos and carried Queen
Anne roses.
Mr. William O'Connell of Moravia
was his brother’s best man, and the
ushers were Mr. Joseph O’Connell i
and Mr. Bernard O'Connell, also
brothers of the bridegroom: Mr.
Douglas Hewitt of Ithaca and Mr.
John Murray of Ovid, N. Y.
The bride, who was escorted by
her father, wore a white slipper
satin gown with a train, and a circu
lar double net veil held by a cap of
Brussels lace. Her arm bouquet
was of white roses and sweet peas.
A wedding breakfast followed the
ceremony, after which the couple
left on a short wedding trip. They
will reside in Ithaca at 116 West
Seneca street.
Both Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell are
teachers at the Boynton Junior
High School in Ithaca. Mrs. O’Con
nell was graduated from Cornell,
and is a member of Kappa Delta
Sorority. Mr. O'Connell, a graduate
of Cortland Normal School, was
affiliated with Kappa Kappa Kappa
Fraternity. He received his B. S.
degree from Ithaca College.
Miss Hardy and Mr. Wilkinson
Wed on Thanksgiving.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hardy,
daughter of Mrs. Sussanna Surratt
Hardy of Glenmont, Md., and the
late J. Francis Hardy, and Mr. Ray
Sylvester Wilkinson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sirel Wilkinson of Layhill,
Md., were married Thanksgiving
morning in St. John's Church, For
est Glen, Md. The ceremony took
place at 9 o'clock, the Rev. Francis
Malloy officiating. The church was
decorated with palms and white
chrysanthemums.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother, Mr. Francis
Hardy of Glenmont, wore a peri
winkle blue ensemble with black ac
(See WEDDINGS, Page B-4.)
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Kalorama road, which is perfectly charming. The Griffins have a farm
in Maryland, near Frederick, where they plan to spend their summers, but
luckily for their friends here, they will winter in Washington. Mrs. Griffin
is the former Victolre Conley, whose family have been so long and promi
nently identified with the State of Maryland. Last night the Griffins
were guests of honor at the small and very pleasant dinner which Mr. and
Mrs. Woodson Houghton gave at their Eighteenth street house.
Victoire Griffin wore a lovely bouffant gown of changeable
green and black brocade and Mrs.
Houghton was smartly dressed in two
shades of gray—the jacket a darker
tone and the skirt a pale pearl gray.
Mrs. Carroll Morgan came without her
husband, who is home nursing a bad
cold, and the other guests included
three very attractive Rumanians—Mr.
and Mrs. Brutus Coste and Mr. Teo
doriscu — and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCam
mon and Mr. Ralph Snowden Hill.
As always in this household the
food was delicious. After dinner we
sat in the lovely, cool green and white
drawing room playing games until it
was high time to go home.
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Mrs. William Thomas returned to Wash
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ranch In Nevada. Since she and Comdr.
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More parties to come: Clarence Hewes has Issued invitations to a
dance in honor of his popular debutante niece, Ellen Hewes Flowerree, on
Friday evening, January 5, at the Sulgrave Club. Audrey Campbell has
asked friends to dine Thursday, December 21, preceding the dance which
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hendrix Himes will give for Marilynn at the Sul
grave Club. Mrs. Joseph Leiter wall give a small dinner tomorrow eve
ning at the home of her mother, Mrs. John R. Williams, W’here she is
spending the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jones will have dinner guests
Friday evening and this afternoon Mrs. Ffoulke Dewey is giving a small
cocktail party.
Parties past: Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Du Bose's dinner last night and
Mr. and Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock's small party later on. Mrs. McCeney
Werlich's cocktail party in honor of that newly returned bride and bride
groom, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Downs.
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Travel notes: Mr. and Mrs. Blaise de Sibour have returned from
New York, where they went for several days of shopping and the theaters.
Mary Louise Marsh is in New York until tomorrow. Mrs. Harold Hinton
is back from a week in Concord, N. H.. where she went to visit her son
Harold at St. Paul's School. Thomas Leiter is in Chicago for several days.
AND
BY THE WAY—
Young LawTence Baker appears in the new play, “Three After Three,”
which opens in Baltimore next Monday night with practically an all-star
cast, Including Simone Simon, Mary Brian, Mitzi Green and Art Jarrett.
The Baker family and a group of friends will motor over for the event.
Flemings Recall
Wedding Invitations
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fleming
of Edgemoor, Md., have recalled
the invitations to the wedding of
their daughter. Miss Edar von Len
gerke Fleming, to Mr. Henry C.
Beerits of Philadelphia, Pa., which
was to have taken place December
16 in St. Alban's Church.
The engagement has been bro
ken off by mutual consent.
Archival Exhibit
And Tea Planned
The Board of Directors of the
Washington Unit of the World
Center for Women's Archives has
issued invitations for an exhibit
of archival material and a tea to
meet Mrs. Mary R. Beard next
Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6
o’clock in the clubhouse of ttw
American Association of Univer
sity Women at 1634 I street N.W.
Cards of admission are inclosed
in the invitations.
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Musicale Boxes Taken
Two of Season’s Newcomers
Among the Subscribers
Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould
has come from Newport for the
winter and has taken a box for Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend's Morning Mus
icales which will begin Monday in
the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Gould
has taken the home of Prince and
Princes Burhaneddin on McGill
Terrace for the season.
Another newcomer for the winter
who has taken a box for the series
is Mrs. Lewis Emery of Bradford,
Pa., who is at the Mayflower. Mrs.
Emery has many friends here, made
when she occupied the home of
former Representative and Mrs.
Thomas W. Phillips on Sixteenth
street. Mrs. Emery has a home in
Jamaica but is expected to remain
here most of the season.
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Boxes for Season.
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the list of distinguished hostesses
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who have boxes for the season are
Mrs. Walter H. Schoellkopf, Mrs.
James Alexander Lyon. Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, Mrs. Paul H. Bas
tedo, Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs.
Rushmore Patterson. Mrs. Eliot
Wadsworth, Mrs. J. Harry Coving
ton, Mrs. Price Whitaker, Mrs. Gil
bert M. Hitchcock and Miss Belle
Gurnee.
Mrs. Townsend returned the end
of the week from New York, where
she went for the opening of the 46th
season of Bagby Musicales when
Miss Lina Pagliughi, coloratura so
prano. made her debut in this coun
try. Miss Pagliughi is a native of
California and went abroad when
she was 14 or 15 years old. She haa
been on tour in South America and
will give 10 concerts in this country
before returning to La Scala opera
in Milan. Italy. Miss Pagliughi will
(See MUSIC ALE, Page B-4.)
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