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Capital Prepares Parties
To Greet Mr. Menzies,
Australian Premier
Richard G. Caseys to Honor
Prime Minister at Legation;
Mrs. Berle Fetes Novelists
The many distinguished visitors to these shores continue to hold
the limelight in social Washington, with the latest arrival, the Australian
Prime Minister, Mr. Robert; Gordon Menzies, due today in New York.
The Australian Minister and Mrs. Richard G. Casey flew this morning
to meet Mr. Menzies on hisj arrival, and later this week the newcomer
W'l'l be in Washington for d brief stay. Mr. Casey will entertain at a
stag dinner Friday night for jthe Prime Minister, and Saturday the visitor
will be honored at a coctail £artv at the Legation by his majesty's Aus
tralian Minister and Mrs. Cgse.v in the afternoon and at a stag dinner
that evening at which the British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, will be
host. Sunday there will be another cocktail party for the visitor at the
Australian Legation, and the next day he will speak at the National Press
Club before leaving for New York.
Before his visit here Mr. Menzies plans a briei stay in Ottawa.
Mrs. Berle Gives a Party
For Latin American Writers.
The three leading Latin American novelists who are also visitors
here were honored yesterday, at the cocktail party given by Mrs. Adolf A.
Berle, jr., wile of the Assistant Secretary of State. Mr Berle was unable
to be present, due to the pressure of diplomatic business. Prominent
members of the Latin American contingent in the Capital mingled with
high-ranking Slate Department officials at the party, which was held in
the Berle home on Nebraska avenue. The terrace outside was the scene
of most of the gathering, where tables were set up at each end.
Castillo Najeras Also Fete
Visiting Guests of Honor.
The hostess wore a tea gown of
blue and white print for the party,
where the honor guests included the
first-prize winner. Ciro Alegria of
Peru; Cecilio J. Carneiro of Brazil
and Enrique Gil Gilbert of Ecuador.
Senor Alegria Is the house guest of
Mrs. Concha Romero James, who
acted as interpreter at yesterday's
party, and her family for the next
six months, and the other two
writers will spend several weeks vis
iting various parts of this country.
After the delightful cocktail party
the guests of honor were further
entertained at the reception given
by the Mexican Ambassador and
Senora de Castillo Najera to cele
brate the 79th anniversary of Mexi
can independence. Other guests in
cluded Mexican residents in this
city.
Pr. Romp Gives Luncheon
For I,atin Novelists.
The Director General of the Pan
American Union, Dr. L. S. Rowe. 1
entertained at luncheon today at
the Annex of the Pan-American
Union in honor of the authors and
of Dr. Roberto Prudencio and Dr.
Carlos Salamanca, members of the
Bolivian Chamber of Deputies.
In addition to the guests ot honor
those present were the Ambassador
of Peru. Senor Don Manuel de
Freye y Santander; the Ambassador
of Ecuador, Senor Capitan Colon
Eloy Alfaro; the Ambassador of
Chile. Senor Don Rodolfo Michels; i
the Minister of Bolivia. Senor Dr. ;
Luis Fernando Guachalla: the'
United States Ambassador to Co
lombia. Mr. Spruilie Braden; the
Minister Counselor of Brazil, Dr.
Arno Konder: the Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior. Mr. Oscar L.
Chapman; Mr. Stanley M. Rine
hart. jr„ one of the sponsors of the
contest; the Assistant Director of
the Pan-American Union, Dr. Pedro
de Alba; Senhor Dr. Jorge Ameri
cano. rector of the University of
Sao Paulo: Dr. Charles A. Thom
son. Mr. Philip W. Bonsai. Dr.
Richard Pattee and Mr. Edward G.
Trueblood of the Department of
.State: Mr. George A. Finch, presi
dent of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace; Dr. Lewis
Hanke. director of the Hispanic
Foundation of the Library of Con
gress: Dr. John C Merriam. former
president of the Carnegie Institu
tion; Mr. Edward Stuntz and Mr.
Alburn D. West of the Associated
Press: Mr. Sol S. Hirsch of Reuters
and Mr. Harry Frantz of the United
Press Association and Senor Alberto
Barreto of the Times-Herald.
Among the Pan-American Union
staff present were Dr. William
Manger, Mr. William V. Griffin. Mr.
Charles E. Babcock, Mr. Low-ell
Curtiss. Mr. Jose L. Colom. Miss
Elsie Brown. Senor Don Enrique
Coronado. Miss Beatrice Newhall.
Miss Annie d'Armond Marchant,
Mr. Charles K. Ludewig. Mrs.
Concha Romero James. Dr. William
Sanders. Mr. Ernesto Galarza, Mr.
Harry Snodgrass. Mr. Julian G. Zier,
Mr. Francisco J. Hernandez. Miss
Anne Louise O'Connell, Miss Julia
MacLean. Mrs. H. Gerald Smith,
Miss Janeiro V. Brooks, Mrs. Clara
bel H. Wait. Senor Don Francisco
Aguilera. Spnhor Angel Flores. Senor
Don Erimundo Lassalle. Miss Elena
Calderon. Mrs. G. Harold Keatley,
Senor Don Rogelio Alfaro. Mr. Paul
W. Murphy, Miss Gertrude V.
O Connell. Mr. Paul R. Kelbaugh.
Senor Don Manuel Canyes and Mr.
John M. Leddv.
Renora de Palenria Feted
By Miss Craig McGeachev.
Other famous autnors arriving to
day in the city for the book-and
author gathering at he Willard
Hotel tonight include Carl Sand
burg. Douglas Freeman, Marquis
James and Isabel de Palencia.
Senora de Palencia was honored at
the luncheon given today by Miss
Craig McGeachev at the Sulgrave
Club, and tomorrow she will be en
tertained at a cocktail party by Miss
Mary Anderson During their stay
here Mr. Sandburg. Mr. and Mrs.
James and Senora de Palencia will
be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Mever.
Secretary and Mrs. Hull
Return From Dedication.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull are back in their Ward
man Park apartment from Staun
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| ton. Va„ where they went for the
dedication of Woodrow Wilson's
birthplace. Mrs. Hull is taking a
few days of rest after this event, for
she was the chief worker for months
beforehand preparing for the dedi
cation.
The costumes of the distinguished
women present at the ceremonies
added an unusually striking effect
to a perfect May day. Most of the
women had chosen blue for the key
note of their costumes, and the
shades ranged from dark navy to
the lovely pastels, and were worn
with varied accessories that made
each one distinctive.
Mrs. Wilson Becoming
In Violet-Blue and White.
Mrs. Hull, w ho in Her home town
was a chief figure of interest, looked
particularly well in a dark blue en
semble with touches of white at the
throat and a corsage of orchids. Her
hat was sailor-shape with crisp
white accents.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was most
becdmingly gowned in a violet-blue
and white jacket suit and with it
had a straw hat swathed in violet
blue tulle. She also w ore orchids.
A dark blue sheer ensemble was
chosen by Lady Haiilax, her match
ing hat. trimmed with white flowers,
being most becoming. With Lord
and Lady Halifax was Mrs. Herbert
McKelden Smith of Staunton, na
tional secretary of the Woodrow'
Wilson Birthplace Foundation. Inc..
who wore a pastel blue wool tallleur
and a smart matching straw hat
trimmed with contrasting blue pom
poms.
Mrs. Carter Glass also wore a
taiUeur. but in dark blue, with a
frilled blouse and bright red hat.
Mrs. James Price, wife of Vir
ginia's Governor, wore dark blue
accented with deep collars and cuffs j
of white and dark blue straw with j
white accents. Gov. and Mrs. Price
had with them their schoolgirl j
daughter, whose rose wool coat suit
with hat of natural-colored straw'
struck a contrasting note.
Mrs. Nellie Tavloe Ross, director
of the United States Mint, who wore
a blue ensemble with matching hat
and accessories, was warmly greeted
and much admired.
Mrs. Cootes Chooses
Dark Blue Jarket Suit.
Mrs. Cootes, wife of the portrait
painter, F. Graham Cootes of New
York, whose much admired portrait
of Woodrow Wilson hangs in the
parlor of the shrine, was very smart
in a dark-blue moire jacket suit, a
flesh-color blouse and gloves and
blue hat with touches of flesh-color
trimming.
After the President's departure
guests proceeded to Ingleside, hotel
country club a few miles from the
city, for luncheon which was served
at small tables on the terrace which
commands a sweeping view of the
Shenandoah Valley. The lower club
rooms were banked with branches
of dogwood and redbud and the long
serving tables were graced with great
bowls of vari-colored tulips, spirea
and other May flow;ers.
Here Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Hull
'See PARTIES, Page B-4.'
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MISS FRANCES NATALIE EELLS.
The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Crosby Eells, she will
be the bride of Mr. Warren Newton Martin, May 30. The en
gagement of Miss Eells and Mr. Martin, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Martin of Greenville, S. C., recently was an
nounced. ~-Hessler Photo.
Connecticut Society
To Hold Spring
Dance Thursday
The Connecticut State Society
will hold Us annual spring dance at
Hotel 2400 May 22. Reservations
may be made at the office of any
Connecticut Senator or Repre
sentative.
The committee is headed by Mrs.
J. Frederick Day as chairman.
Guests of honor will include Sen
ator and Mrs. Francis T. Ma
loney. Senator and Mrs. John A.
Danaher, Representative and Mrs.
J. Joseph Smith. Representative
and Mrs. James A. Shanlev, Rep
resentative and Mrs. William J.
Fitzgerald. Representative and Mrs.
Herman P. Koppleman, Representa
tive and Mrs. Lucien J. Maciora
and Representative and Mrs. Le
Roy D. Downs.
The Arrangements Committee in
cludes Mr. Robert Howard. Mr.
George Timms. Mr. Howard Dewey,
Miss Alice Slozer, Miss Arlene
Fields. Miss Ceilia Lisinsky, Miss
Rose Lisinsky, Mr. Charles Clark.
Mr. William Cronin. Mr. Dominic
Liberti. Miss Catherine Flynn, Miss
Ann Grickas. Mr. Max Herzog. Mr.
Joseph Donahue, Mr. Edmond Fitz
gerald. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gea
ge! and Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez
Lambert on.
A meeting will be held tomor
row at the office of Representative
Shanlev. Room 1610, New House
Office Building.
Rothschilds Here
Baron and Baroness Edouard
Rothschild of Paris are in Wash
ington and are staying at the Hotel
Raleigh.
Keating-Connolly
Cards Issued
Cards have been issued by Miss
Eleanor Mary Connolly and Mr.
Edward Keating announcing
their marriage Saturday. May 3,
in the Cathedral of St. Matthew.
Inclosed is a visiting card of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Keating with
the address, 1426 Thirty-third
street, Washington.
Miss Fleming
To Be Married
To Lt. Heasty
The marriage of Miss Clarissa
Fleming, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Lrwin Fleming, to
Lt. Charles Heasty, U. S. A., will
take place Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel
of Washington Cathedral.
Canon Albert H. Lucas will
officiate.
Miss Sarah Beverly Fleming
will be her sister’s maid of honor
and Emily Stewart Cross, cousin
of the bride-elect, will be flower
girl.
The other attendants will be
Miss Katharine H. Ostermann,
Miss Barbara Bradley. Miss Sally
P. Bradley. Miss Clara A Sasscer
and Mrs. C. W. Hilderbrant of
Ambler, Pa.
Lt. Heastv will give his bachelor
dinner Thursday night at the
Army Navy Country Club.
Miss Margaret G. Lincoln,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gould
Lincoln, will give a cocktail party
today for the bride and bride
groom elect, and others enter
taining will be Miss Sasscer. who
will give a dinner party, and Miss
Clarissa Fleming, who will en
tertain at luncheon. A dinner
party will be given after the re
hearsal Friday by Mr. and Mrs.
Robert F. Fleming, and a lunch
eort the day of the wedding will
be given by Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Perry Howze.
Tea Dance to Aid
Civic Theater
The committee for the tea dance
to be given for the benefit of the
Washington Civic Theater at the
Hotel 2400 Tuesday afternoon. May
20, from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock has as
its chairman Mrs. Joseph L. Miller.
Mr. L. Metcalf Walling is vice
chairman, and members of the com
mittee, Mr. Lyle Brookover. Mrs.
Donald H. Cooper, Miss Natalie Core,
Miss Cecil Lester Jones, Mr. James
De V. Mann. Miss Nancy Ordway,
Miss Gertrude Prisley, Mr. Mannix
Walker and Mr. Paul Walter.
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Weddings of Interest
To Capital Residents
Miss Martha E. Muckley Married
To Mr. Youart Herbert Kerslake
In Ceremony at Chicago
The wedding of Miss Martha E. Muckiey and Mr. Youart Herbert
Kerslake which took place in Chicago Saturday evening, Is of more than
usual interest in Washington, where the families of both bride and bride
groom live. The bride is a sister of Mr. G. H. Muckiey who, with Mrs.
Muckiey, went to Chicago for the wedding. The bridegroom is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Richard Kerslake of Burnt Mills, Md.
The ceremony was performed in St. Chrysostom’s Church, the Rev.
Dr. Dudley Stark officiating. Only candlelight was used in the church,
which was decorated with white lilies, snapdragons and palms. Mr.
Muckiey gave his sister in marriage. Her wedding gown was of Ivory
satin fashioned on princess lines with a lace veil, an heirloom in her
family. Her only ornaments were seed pearl pendant earrings and she
carried gardenias and lilies of the valley.
Miss Emily Meares of Asheville, N. C., was maid of honor. The
bridesmaids were Miss Drucella Thompson of Denver and Miss Louise
Sherman of Chicago. They were dressed in simple frocks of lace, the
maid of honor in turquoise blue and the others in mauve. Miss Metre*
carried Johanna Hill roses and others carried talisman roses.
Preceding the bride was the flower❖—
girl, Emily Jane McFeatters of
Cleveland, who wore a.dainty frock
of mauve lace and carried an old
fashioned nosegay
Mr. Kerslake had his father as
his best man and the ushers were
Mr. Albert Ely, jr . of Cleveland, and
Mr. John Blair. Mr. Phillip Thomp
son and Mr. Fritz Thompson of
Chicago.
Tht reception was held in the
Ambassador Hotel in Chicago, alter
which Mr. and Mrs. Kerslake started
on their wedding trip. After June
1 they will be at home in Chicago.
Mrs. Kerslake attended Miss Ma
deira':: School here. Wells College
in Aurora, N. Y„ and the School of
Music at Fontainebleau, France.
Mr. Kerslake attended Friends
School here. Haverford College at
Haverford, Pa., and the school of
law at George Washington Univer
sity.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Quirk, Mrs.
J. G. Nettleton, Mrs. M. J. Gormley,
Mrs. J. R. Bell and Mrs. Paul Hen
derson went to Chicago for the
wedding. Others who attended were
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hartman of
Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wake
field. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Bentley,
Mrs. D. M. Buxton and Miss Bar
bara Buxton of Kansas City, Mo.,
and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mc
Featters and Mrs. Albert Ely, jr,
of Cleveland.
.Miss Virginia Ann Davis
Is Bride of Mr. Lock.
Miss Virginia Ann Davis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Davis, be
came the bride of Mr. James j
Leonard Lock, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Lock, Saturday morning
The ceremony, which was performed
by the Rev. John Spence in St. An- !
thonv’s Church, was followed by a
nuptial mass and Miss Walsh played
the wedding music.
The bride wore a powder blue
dress with a silver fox fur Jacket
and a large blue picture hat. Her
shoulder corsage was of orchids.
The maid of honor and the bride's
only attendant was Miss Katharine
V, Nallv of Boston, who wore an
| ensemble of navy blue and white
: accessories and a corsage of roses.
Mr. Thomac Lock, brother of the
bridegroom, was the best man.
Following the mass a wedding
breakfast was served in the home
of the bride's parents for the im
mediate family of the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Lock left on an ex
tended trip through the South vis
iting Miami and Havana. Mrs. Lock
is a graduate of Notre Dame Acad
emv and attended Maryland Uni
i versity. Mr Lock is a graduate of
St. John's College.
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Miss Miriam Hilton Married
To Mr. John W. Coffin.
The Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church was the scene Saturday
evening, April 12. of the wedding of
Miss Miriam Ada Hilton and Mr.
John Wilbur Coffin. The Rev. Dr.
Albert Joseph McCartney officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
(See WEDDINGS, Page B-4J
Miss Jones
Elected to
League Post
Made Director
Of Region III
Of Association
Miss Cecil Lester Jones, chairman
of the Junior League Committee of
of Washington Horse Show, has
been elected director of Region III
of the Association of Junior Leagues
of America. She also is chairman
of the Advisory Committee of the
social service department of the
Children’s Hospital, which will di
rectly benefit by the proceeds of
the horse show next week.
Miss Jones was the unopposed
nominee and took office immediately
after her election at the May board
meeting of the association yesterday
in New York. She will spend the
remainder of the week in New York
at the association meeting in her
capacity as director to represent the
region and to interpret the asso
ciation’s policies to all the leagues
in Region III, which include Balti
more. Erie, Harrisburg. Lancaster.
Lynchburg, Norfolk. Philadelphia, j
Pittsburgh, Reading, Richmond.
Roanoke, Scranton. Washington.
Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and
Wilmington.
Elected president of the Washing
ton Junior League in 1938. which
office she held for two years. Miss
Jones previously served as secretary,
first and second vice president and
chairman of various committees.
She is a board member of sev
eral community organizations—the
Travelers Aid. Georgetown Neigh
borhood Council. National Craft
Teeming Center, Children s Hospital
and Washington Civic Theater.
Mrs. George V. Perguson of Win
nipeg, Canada, is president of the
association: Miss Judith Tripp of
Pall River, Mass., is the newly elect
ed treasurer and Mrs. Victor Shaw
of Pairmont, W. Va., is vice presi
dent.
MISS CECIL LESTER JONES,
With Monty, her favorite pet, Miss Jones is shoun in her home
in Georgetown. She is spending this week in New York where,
as new director of Region III of the Junior League of America,
she is attending meetings of the association. Miss Jones, who
was the unopposed candidate for director, is chairman of the
Junior League Committee for the Washington Horse Show the
end of next week. She also is chairman of the Advisory Com
mittee of the social service department of the Children's Hos
pital, which will be the beneficiary of the show.
—Bachrach Photo,
Rixey Mansion
Tea Fetes Wife of
Undersecretary
Mrs. Wayne Chatfleld-Taylor,
wife of the Undersecretary’ of
Commerce, was the honor guest
at luncheon given today at the
Rixey Mansion in Virginia by
wives of officials of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. Guests included Mrs.
Carroll Wilson, wife of the di
rector of the bureau: Mrs. Gros
venor Jones. Mrs. Lowell Chawn
er. Mrs John Collins, Mrs.
Harvey W. Haun, Mrs. Joseph
Meehan. Mrs. Paul R Mattix,
Mrs. Wilford White. Mrs. Guerra
Everett, Mrs. Rohal H. Brasel,
Mrs. Mary Jane Sevey, Mrs.
Fletcher Rawls. Mrs. George
Wythe, Mrs. Bernard Barton,
Mrs. Nathan Golden, Mrs. Louise
Domeratzkv, Mrs Horace McCoy.
Mrs. B D. Hill. Mrs. Thomas
Lyons, Mrs. Alexander Dye, Mrs.
Griffith Evans. Mrs. James Ed
wards and Mrs. John Morse.
Scott W. Bones
Return to Capital
Mr. Scott W. Bone of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, and Mrs.
Bone, have returned frorr a
week’s stay in New York City
and a visit with friends in Phila
delphia en route. Mr Bone is a
son of Mrs. Scott C. Bone of
California and the late Mr. Bone,
for many years a leading news
paperman in Washington. The
late Mr Bone was managing
editor of the Washington Post
| and established the Washington
‘ Herald in 1906.
Houghton Home
To Be Opened for
Benefit Tea
The beautiful house and garden
of former Ambassador and Mrs.
Alanson B Houghton will be opened
for tea, from 4 until 7 o'clock
Friday, to aid the Guild of St.
John’s Church of Lafayette square
in social service work In case of
rain the fete will be held the follow
ing day.
The house is filled with exquisite
furniture: Flemish tapestries hang
on the walls and the garden is par
ticularly lovely. There is a charm
ing broad terrace with a formal
walled space below, with its beauti
ful boxwood hedges, azaleas, dog
wood and candytuft in bloom The
arrangement has been planned with
great taste and skill. A delicate
bronze figure is placed against a
dark screen of boxwood, with aza
leas -and Iris about her. In thi*
setting the tea will be served.
Tickets may be obtained at the
church office at 821 Sixteenth street,
at the Parrot Tea Room at 2214
Massachusetts avenue and at the
door.
Miss Hebb to Give
Arts Club Musicale
Miss Elizabeth Lambert Hebb,
composer, will entertain some
musical friends at the Arts Club'
Saturday evening with an hour
of music.
The spring songs will be pre
sented by Miss Helen Robichaux,
lyric soprano; piano composi
tions by Mrs Henry Field and
Miss Myrtle Alcorn will be the
accompanist.
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