Evening star. [volume], February 12, 1940, Page B-3, Image 19

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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs
Diplomats and Others Pay
Tribute to King Farouk
At Legation Reception
The Minister and Mme. Hassan
Hosts at Celebration of Young
Monarch’s Birth Anniversary
His Majesty King Farouk I of Egypt celebrated his 21st birthday
anniversary yesterday and at Washington the Envoy from his govern
ment. Mahmoud Hassan Bey, and Mme. Hassan gave a large reception
at the legation to celebrate the day. The several hundred guests drank
toasts to the youthful monarch to wish him health, prosperity and long
life. The Minister and Mme. Hassan received their guests in the draw
ing room of the attractive Legation on Sheridan Circle, the hours having
been set from 4:30 to 6:30 o’clock, but many lingered well into the evening.
Atmosphere of Spring
In Reception Rooms.
The reception rooms were gay with early spring blossoms, roses
and carnations in varied hues, and the long windows were opened now
and then to let in the breath of spring-like air which made yesterday
so delightful.
Mme. Hassan was dressed in a very becoming gown of beige crepe,
the skirt long and moderately full and about the rather high neckline
and the edge of the short, puffed sleeves were heavily beaded bands.
Members of the Legation Staff and their wives assisted, many old friends of
the Attache, M. Andre Cattaui, and Mme. Cattaui greeting them and
welcoming them back to Washington. M. Cattaui was attached to the
Legation some years ago, when he made a wide circle of personal friends
as well as many for his country.
M. Cattaui is gifted with his paint brush as well as his bow, for he
was a member of a string quartet during his former station here, join
ing a group of diplomats who also were gifted as musicians. The ef
fective mural in the entrance hall of the Legation was done by M. Cattaui.
The Legation has other equally beautiful paintings, the very handsome
puiuuu, ui iving r:aua x in me
drawing room, and the new paint
ing, hung just in time for yester
day's reception, done by Mahmoud
Said, the famous Egyptian artist,
which attracted considerable atten
tion yesterday among the art-mind
ed guests. The scene is of ancient
Egypt, with fishermen typical of
that day. Mahmoud Said is the son
of the Egyptian Prime Minister.
Dean of Diplomatic
Corps Among Guests.
The dean of the diplomatic corps,
the Peruvian Ambassador, Senor
Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander,
was among those arriving early and
remaining some time to enjoy his
hosts, the other guests and do honor
to the young King of the country
on the Nile. Others from the
diplomatic corps who were there in
cluded the Turkish Ambassador and
Mme. Ertegun, the Ecuador Am
bassador, Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro:
the Japanese Ambassador and Mme.
Horinouchi, the Venezuelan Am
bassador and Senora de Escalante,
the Italian Ambassador and Princess
Colonna, the Chilean Ambassador
and Senora de Cabero, the Spanish
Ambassador and Senora de Cardenas,
the dean of Ministers of the corps,
the Swedish Envoy, and Mme
Bostrom; the Guatemalan Minister
and Senora de Recinos, the Portugese
Minister and Senhora de Bianchi
and the latter’s daughter, Senhorita
Sinila Skildelsky; the Minister of
Thai and Mme. Rajamaitri, the
V-;
Yugoslav Minister and Mme. Fotitch,
the Irish Minister and Mrs. Brennan,
the Netherlands Minister and Mme.
Loudon, and the Honduras Minister
and Senora de Caceres.
Many others from the executive
and legislative branches of the Gov
ernment were in the large company
which filled the drawing rooms and
dining room of the Legation. Sena
tor Arthur Capper was there, as
were Representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom, and
the Governor of Alaska and Mrs.
Ernest Gruening. who are back for
a brief stay after getting settled
in the Governor’s mansion at
Juneau.
The Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Henry F. Grady, the As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Herbert Gaston, the Direc
tor of the Division of International
Communications of the State De
partment and Mrs. Thomas Burke,
and the Special Deputy Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue and Mrs.
Eldon P. King were present.
The director general of the Pan
American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe,
was at the party for some time,
chatting with representatives of
European countries as well as those
of Central and South America.
The Egyptian Consul General in
New York. Dr. Hussein Chawky,
who was attached to the Legation
here for some time, came down for
the party.
Miss Nelle Hoyt
And Mr. W. E. Lewis
Are Married
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watts Hud
gens of Chevy Chase, Md„ announce
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Nelle Hoyt, to Mr. Walter Elon
Lewis, son of Mr. E. J. Lewis of
Kansas City, Mo. The ceremony
Was performed bv the Rev. Sher
wood S. Day of Catskill, N. Y„ at
the home of the bride s parents, at
6 o’clock Thursday evening.
The bride wore a pastel-blue street
dress and carried a bridal bouquet
of orchids. Out-of-town guests were
Mr. Earl Furman of Greenville,
S. C.; Miss Alice Webber of Mont
gomery, Ala., and Miss Helen Car
mine, Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Mrs. Lewis attended Sweet Briar
College and George Washington
University. She formerly lived in
Greenville and moved to Washing
ton a year ago when Mr. Hudgens
became assistant administrator of
the Farm Security Administration.
Mr. Lewis was graduated from
the University of Missouri, where
he was a member of the Kappa
Sigma Fraternity. He has done
graduate work at George Washing
ton University and is associated with
the Retail Credit Corp. in Wash
ington.
After Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Lev
vis will be at home at 211 Delaware
avenue S.W.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hodges an
nounce the birth of a son, Grant,
Jr., December 18 in Johnson City.
Tenn. Mrs. Hodges formerly was
Idiss Pearle Glenn of this city.
Hendersons Hosts
In Celebration
Of 50th Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. William Henderson
entertained at an attractively ar
ranged reception yesterday at their
residence in Forest Glen. Md„ in'
celebration of their golden wedding
anniversary. They were assisted!
in receiving the more than 75 guests
by their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. William Haslet Hen
derson of Trenton, Mich., who, with
their daughter Peggy, are spending
I several days in Forest Glen.
Mrs. Henderson wore a becoming
gown of blue velvet, with a corsage
: of yellow rosebuds, the gift of the
Forest Glen Reading Club, of which
! she has been president for the past
1 seven years. The tea table was
; centered with yellow roses and white
narcissus flanked on either side with
! white tapers, and a profusion of
early spring flowers decorated the
various rooms. Particularly effec
tive were the mantel decorations
of yellow calla lilies and greens.
Assisting were Mrs. H. F. Deland,
Mrs. Malcolm Chandler, Miss Fran
ces Fletcher, Mrs. Lucille Herndon,
Mrs. H. H. Howlett, Mrs. Harry
Lowe, Mrs. Dorsey McPherson and
Mrs. J. P. Greene.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Hender
son celebrated their anniversary
yesterday, the anniversary date is
today. They were married in Wash
ington, February 12, 1890, and re
sided in this city until they moved
to Forest Glen about 37 years ago.
Luncheon Planned
Mrs. Gladys Lackard will enter
tain at luncheon Saturday at Nor
j mandy Farm.
for a Junior
A frothy formal of net and
lace over a whispering rayon
. taffeta slip will make some
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tnd floor
MISS ELEANOR WERMOVTH.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Wermouth announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Wermouth, to Mr. Stokes T. Henry,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith T. Henry of Spruce Pine, N. C.
—Bachrach Photo.
Annual Breakfast Given
Mrs. Roosevelt Is Honored
At Congressional Club Event
The annual breakfast of the Congressional Club in honor of the
President’s wife was given at the Raleigh Hotel today, with Mrs. Edward
R. Burke, wife of the Senator from Nebraska, president of the club, pre
siding and introducing Mrs. Roosevelt, who made a brief talk. The
ballroom was decorated with flags and a large emblem of the United
States, in a standard on the stage at one end of the room, waved in an
artificial breeze. The scarlet-coated members of the Marine Band, under
the direction of its new leader, Capt. William Santelmann, played before
and during the luncheon. The tables had clusters of red and white
carnations and blue iris to carry out the patriotic colors, and Mrs. Roose
velt was presented a white orchid, gift of the club, on her arrival.
Mrs. Kooseveit. was met at tne
front door of the hotel by Mrs.
Fulmer, wife of Representative
Hampton P. Fulmer of South Caro
lina, who substituted for Mrs. Lea.
wife of Representative Clarence F.
Lea of California, who is ill. Seated
at the long speakers’ table with
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Burke were
wives of cabinet officers and asso
ciate justices of the Supreme Court
as well as members of the Board
of Governors of the club and past
presidents.
Among those at the table today
were Mrs. Robert H. Jackson, Mrs.
Harold L. Ickes. Mrs. Henry A Wal
lace, Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes,
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. Hugh
L. Black. Mrs. Stanley F. Reed. Mrs.
Felix Frankfurter and Mrs. William
O. Douglas, who were guests of the
club.
Former presidents of the Congres
sional Club who were present today
t
were Mrs. Daniel A. Reed. Mrs.
James F. Byrnes and Mrs. Horace
Mann Towner. Present officers who
were seated with the honor guests
were the four vice presidents. Mrs.
Clarence E. Hancock of New York,
Mrs. Robert L. Doughton of North
Carolina, Mrs. Ernest Lundeen of
Minnesota and Mrs. R. Ewing
Thomason of Texas, the recording
secretary, Mrs. John R. Murdock
of Arizona; the corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. Robert F. Rich of Penn
sylvania, and the treasurer, Mrs.
Clyde H. Smith of Maine.
Mr. Reino Luoma, Finnish pian
ist, who played with the National
Symphony Orchestra at one of its
Water Gate concerts, and was heard
more recently in a recital for the
benefit of the Finnish relief fund,
gave a group of numbers before the
close of the luncheon.
Republicans Plan
Dinner Parties
This Evening
A number of prominent Repub
licans are planning dinner parties
for guests who will attend the Lin
coln Day ball at the Raleigh Hotel
this evening. Among these are Mrs.
Edward E. Gann and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard H. Sanger.
Among the guests who will be en
tertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs.
Sanger are Mr. and Mrs. Robinson
Mcllvalne. Mr. and Mrs. Merton A.
English, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Wells
Church, Mr. R. Duncan Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Carroll Morgan
and Miss Tuckerman.
Mrs. Gann's guests will include
Mrs. Ralph Harris, Republican na
tional committeewoman for Kansas;
Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Le Roy and
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Culbertson.
Dinner $2—Sat. $2.25
Including Cover
Supper Cover, 50c
Saturdays $1 Plus Tax
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Mr. and Mrs. Branch
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The vice chairman of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority and Mrs.
Harllee Branch and their daugh
ter, Mrs. Donald Leslie, were the
guests in whose honor Mr. and
Mrs. JameS Craig Peacock enter
tained at a buffet supper last
evening. There were 50 guests in
the party. Mrs. Leslie is visiting
her parents at Wardman Park
Hotel.
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Mrs. George Marye is one Washington hostess who spends much time
and thought on the selection and arrangement of .flowers—and, Hintwg
there the other night, several guests remarked that the table decora
tions were the loveliest they had seen anywhere this winter. Dosens of
pale yellow and deep bronze talisman roses were arranged in a very low
silver um in the center of the table and at each end there was a smaller
matching urn filled with the same exquisite combination.
Mrs. Wallach Merriam, Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. Breckinridge Long, Comdr.
and Mrs. William D. Thomas, Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. William Littauer, John
Philip Hill and Edward Gardner were among the friends who enjoyed the
delicious dinner and stayed on to play bridge afterward.
To go back to table arrangements, one of the most effective we
have ever seen was used at a children’s party which Mrs. William E.
Doeller gave some years ago for her then small son (he is now 6 feet
tall!). In the center of the enormous long table there was a complete
miniature pond with pebbles and fresh growing plants, and swim
ming in the real and very clear water were a dozen or so live and
fluffy yellow ducks, which the children were given to take home after
the party!
Lou Doeller, who is one of the best hostesses in the world,
started the very delightful custom (at least in Washington) of '
serving hard-boiled eggs with the sandwiches and champagne toward
the end of the evening—a custom which is followed in so many
smartly run houses here now.
Mr. and Mrs. Doeller, by the way, have taken a house in Nassau for
some weeks and are planning to leave here the middle of the month. They
will certainly find plenty of Washington friends there—Mrs. Higglnson
Rogers, for one; the Snowden Pahnestocks, and now Mrs. Noyes Lewis
has decided to make a visit to the quaint resort before Joining her family
in Palm Beach.
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Just as Mr. and Mrs. Selden Chapin are about to take off for Hobe
Mn. Ni(Mu Lonrworlh.
sound, Fla., to visit Mrs. Hamilton Me>
i Cormick-Goodhart, Col. Pitzmaurice Day
| writes that he has rented his delightful
1 little house there and will be coming North
| for a visit any day now. The Robert Posts,
who were in town last week on leave from
Bob’s newspaper work in London, plan to
take a Florida vacation before going back
to England.
The Argentine Ambassador and Mme.
| Espil are Jekyl Island-bound, where the
| Hugh Auchinplosses are already doing some
| serious fishing, and Alex Hagner plans to
I join the general exodus for Florida the
I middle of this month. So much for the
I travelers. For the stay-at-homes there
was Mrs. Pearsons Rust's dinner Saturday
| night, and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth’s very
| gala supper party for Elsa Maxwell follow
» ing the latter’s lecture at Town Hall last
i night, and yesterday afternoon Sammy
Biddle gave a very gay and amusing cock
tail party for the younger set.
AND
BY THE WAY—
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pell have returned from a trip to the Dominican
Republic, where Mr. Pell went on official business regarding the refugee
situation. They both report they had the most marvelous trip—with so
many parties arranged in their honor that they returned to the States
completely exhausted.
Eugene Hinkle, who is our Charge d’Aflaires at the American Legation
and was such a popular bachelor here several years ago, is now married
to a most charming and beautiful young wife, and along with the rest of
the Legation staff is looking forward to the arrival of the Robert Scottens
(he has Just been made Minister to the Dominican Republic).
Col. Ralph Hallett
And Wife Hosts
Col. and Mrs. Ralph Hubbard
Hallett entertained at tea yesterday
at the Washington Club in honor of
Miss Ruth Hale and Mr. Wiley
Buchanan, whose marriage will take
place early in April in Midland,
Mich.
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At Luncheon
The Secretary of the Italian
Embassy and Countess Robert!
entertained at luncheon today in
compliment to the latter's par
ents. former United States Am
bassador to Spain and Mrs. Og
den H. Hammond, who are guests
for several days of the Spanish
Ambassador and Senora de Car
denas.
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Some sensible and loving for family and friends
Some charmingly sentimental .
Some delightfully humorous
Some just mushy
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Her engagement to Mr. Ernest Neal Cory, jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. Cory of College Park, Md., is announced by her parents,
Lt. Col. William Anderson Raborg, U. S. A., retired, and Mrs.
Moorg.—Messier Photo.
Eleanor Wermouth
Engaged to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Wer
mouth announce the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Eleanor Wer
mouth, to Mr. Stokes T. Henry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Smith T. Henry of
Spruce Pine, N. C.
Miss Wermouth attended Bucknell
University, the Washington School
for Secretaries and was graduated
from the Critcher School of Art.
Mr. Henry is a graduate of the
Wharton school of business and
finance at University of Pennsyl
vania. He is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta social fraternity.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Plan to Entertain
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Freeland,
1806 Kilboume place, have reserved
a table ir the Valentine dinner
dance ormandy Farm Thursday.
As their guests they will have Dr.
and Mrs. Lewis Cassidy.
Miss Herd Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Iindaey B. Herd
announce the recent marriage of
their daughter, Miss Evelyn Louise
Herd, to Mr. William J. King, jr.
Dinner to Be Given
Senator and Mrs. Charles L. Mc
Nary will entertain at dinner this
evening.
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Mrs. Huron W. Lawson la
spending today in Baltimore,
where she went to attend the an
nual Bohemian night of the Bal
timore Music Club this evening.
Mrs. Lawson will be the guest
at the party tonight of Dr. How
ard R. Thatcher, professor of
harmony and theory at the Pea
body Conservatory of Music, and
Mrs. Thatcher. She will remain
overnight in Baltimore and will
join Dr. Lawson in their Wash
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