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JV'irrenton Annual Horse Shozv Claims
Society's Interest Throughout the East
Whirl of Entertainment for Spectators
Makes Gay Week End in Hunt Country
By Margaret Hart Canby
Society Editor. •
Southern hospitality in capital
letters is being dispensed down
Warrenton way this week end.
Every waking hour and far into the
night is crowded with gay parties.
It’s horse show time in the Vir
ginia town—the 47th annual show
is being held there. One of the
outstanding hunter exhibitions in
the country each year, it draws
hundreds and hundreds of lovers
of King Horse to its ring side. And
with twice as many exhibitors this
year the place is bubbling over with
excitement.
Almost every home in Warrenton
and the surrounding country is
overflowing with guests and the
Entertainment Committee for the
show has included on its crowded
program very special festivities for
those five important men —the
judges.
Getting off to an early start yes
terday the show will continue
through tomorrow—with a night
exhibit set for this evening. Even
while some of the finest horses in
the country go through their paces
the party whirl is not slowing down.
This year great stress has been
placed on the luncheons being
served in a huge tent near the ring.
Many of the boxholders and of
ficials of the show entertained large
private parties at the tent luncheons
yesterday and again will be hosts
there tomorrow. And a very happy
part about these luncheons will be
in the fact that while the guests
are enjoying the delicious food they
also will be helping a worthy cause.
Ths proceeds will go to the Fau
quier County Tuberculosis Associa
tion.
The curtain rose on this merry
Warrenton week end with a morn
ing cocktail party given by Mrs.
Grace Hendricks Eustis at the Fau
quier Club. Her honor guests were
those five Important judges—Mr„
Frederick Pinih of Montchonin,
Del.; Mr. Daniel Shea of Hyde, Md.;
Col. Marion Voorhes, Col. Floyd
Sager and Mr. Otto Furr. All were
accompanied by their wives with
the exception of Mr. Furr, who is
a bachelor.
From Mrs. Eustis’ function the
judges and their party went to the
benefit luncheon tent where they
were the special guests of Mrs.
James C. Hamilton, president of the
show.
The first of the show was cli
maxed with the large bufTet dinner
at North Rock, the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis DeLashmutt
Thomas, and then there was the
dance at the Spring Field Club—
the old barn transformed to its
present attractive setting by Mr.
Walter Chrysler.
North Rock is a handsome field
stone house surrounded by lawn
and trees, and guests there last
night enjoyed the wide porch and
the view of the rose gardens and
swimming pool.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are Just
back from a three-week stay at
Poland Springs and Saratoga. Their
daughter Nancy, who made her
debut in Washington last year, ac
companied them there and will be
off next week for Vassar.
In addition to the honor guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had at their
party Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ceballos.
Mr, and Mrs, Albert Qinckley, Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory McIntosh, Mr.
and Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh, Mr.
Martin Vogel. jr„ Mr. and Mrs.
North Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. George
Sloan. Mr. Robert W. Winmill and
the Misses Shearer—all exhibitors
at the show.
Also present were Mr. and Mrs.
James C. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Scruton, Mr. and Mrs. Ian
S. Montgomery, Mrs. Eustis, Col.
and Mrs. George Cutting, Mr. and
Mrs. Sterling Larrabee, Mr. Hugh
Spillman, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Duffy, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Green
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Waller
of Washington, who are house guests
of the Thomases.
One of • the busiest ladies at the
show is Mrs. William Doeller. She
is chairman of the Luncheon Com
mittee—also has charge of what’s
going on in the kitchen. She, how
ever, has a score of capable assist
ants and the service ran smoothly
at the opening yesterday.
Mrs. Frederick Hasrick arranged
the decorations of the tables and
the tent. Heading the Waitresses
Committee is Miss Sarah Warrenton j
and serving with her are Mrs. Mar- ;
shall Wallach, Mrs. Arthur Gray
and Miss Agnes Warren.
Mrs. Robert Winmill was to have
taken over the chairmanship of
the Entertainment Committee but
due to illness was unable to carry
on, so Mrs. Ceballos has taken her
place. Mrs. Winmill has been in
a Washington hospital and only just
returned last week to her Warren
ton residence. <
Others responsible for a well ar
ranged entertainment program are,
See CANBY, Page B-15.)
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A BALCONY SCENE.
At the reception at the Dominican Republic Embassy pic
tured on the balcony overlooking the garden are Mr. Frank
Wolpert, Senora de Nin and the new resident Commissioner of
Puerto Rico, Dr. Antonio Fernon Isern. Senora de Nin is the
wife of Dr. Provina V. Nin of Puerto Rico.
Exclusively Yours,
--—Betty Beale
Party Cause of Real Dutch Treat;
Notes From Chesapeake Countryside
If you have been thinking that
everybody who’s anybody is in B.
H. or on B. B. or L. I. (Bar Harbor,
Bailey’s Beach or that long, nar
row island), you have only to go to
a party to discover that nothing
can ever really overshadow the
glamour of the Nation’s Capital.
What’s more, you can sit in the
delicious comfort of Washington’s
first cool summer since the history
of post-neolithic man and happily
contemplate the nor’easters that
keep drenching the better resorts.
More stimulating subjects than
the weather, however, kept interest
high at a certain party the other
evening. Up from Warrenton had
come Bobby and Hildy van Royen
and their guests from Holland, a
real Dutch treat for their friends
in Washington, Herman and Anne
van Royen, Bobby’s brother and
sister-in-law. They came to this
country a fortnight ago for a much
needed vacation and will be in this
part of the world for several weeks
to come. Later they will go to
New York so Mr. v. R. can take
part in the United Nations discus
sions.
The van Royens are fascinating
people. Despite the harrowing ex
periences of six war years, the
most marked characteristic of each
is a sense of humor that makes
their eyes twinkle. Herman van
Royen, who became Foreign Minister
of the Netherlands with the advent
of peace and was probably the
youngest Foreign Minister that
country ever had, is slim, and boy
ish and wise looking, both at once.
Now resigned from his cabinet post,
he has been reinstated in the Dutch
Foreign Service, which brought him
to Washington years ago, and is
relaxing until he receives his next
appointment.
His attractive blond wife brought
the latest word of Paris fashions.
Everything in the way of a jacket, fur
or otherwise, she said, is fashioned
after the British battle dress jacket,
while hats are much smaller than
they were. Deeply Interested in the
comments of her distinguished hus
band was Gardner Carpenter of our
State Department, who deals with
German documents and has been
overseas to interview former Ger
man leaders. His wife Lisa is
brunet and good looking, and so
is Elena Cullen, another of the
feminine contingent on this supper.
8he is the sister of Alex Cullen of
the Argentine Embassy, and has left
Buenos Aires behind to find a job
in New York.
George West left the party at
midnight while others stayed on to
i
play bridge until the small hours.
The daily grind has become a little
rugged lately—he’s on the Yugo
slavian desk in the State Depart
ment. The Robert van Royens betook
themselves and their guests back to
Warrenton the same evening, to
their beautiful place, St. Leonard’s,
where they entertained at dinner
last night after the Warrenton Horse
Show, going on later for dancing to
Warrentonians pet Saturday ren
dezvous spot, the Spring Field Club.
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One of the most popular men in
the Foreign Service of the United
States (he might even be the most
popular if a poll were taken) has
been transferred to a new post and
will be breezing through his old
stamping grounds in the not too
distant future. It is none other than
that likable personality, good hoofer
and excellent dinner partner, Dorsey
Fisher, whose able services have been
enlisted since 1941 by the American
Embassy in London, where he was in
charge of press relations. He will go
to a similar job in Mexico City in
December after three weeks in
Washington around Thanksgiving
time. His mother, Mrs. Ronald
Fisher, had a superb time visiting
him last winter in London, where
Dorse, of course, knows everybody
anybody wants to know.
The Noel Macys have a tough
life. For the past week they’ve had
nothing to do but cruise off the
Eastern Shore in their modest, com
fortable yacht, stopping at Solomons
Island, Gibson Island and Annapolis
for parties and the like. They came
ashore at the latter place t’other
day, putting in at the Admiral’s
pier, no less, and whisked off to
the Town Club for cocktails and
the North Severn Club for dinner
in the pleasant company of the
William Burkes, Margaret Charles
and Russ Burke (no relation to
aforesaid). If they had cruised up
the South River to a point Just 3
miles from Annapolis they would
have seen the Leon Hendersons'
attractive white frame rambling
bungalow that sits up on a green
bluff overlooking the river.
The Hendersons’ hospitality is
such that they are apt to have a
steady stream of visitors. Leon took
his two pretty daughters up to Man
hattan last week for a three-day
whirl of the best clubs, shows, etc
Certainly they couldn’t have had a
better dancing partner. While they
were gone, the indefatigable MerlK
painted their automobile, sans aid
or Instruction, and will proudly dis
play it at the drop of a hat. TTiej
will move back to town September 23
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Margaret Cotter
Becomes Bride
Of Dr. Kramm
At a morning service yesterday in
St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Miss
Margaret Cotter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph J. Cotter of Tra
vilah, was married to Dr. August
Kramm, son of Mrs. Gregor Kramm
of Washington and ,the late Mr.
Kramm. The Rev. Joseph M. Moran
officiated.
Escorted by her father, the bride
wore a white gown with a bouffant
hoop skirt, a fitted bodice and a
finger-tip veil held in place by a
cap of lace and seed pearls. She
carried a white orchid on a white
prayer book.
The bride's only attendant was
her sister, Mrs. John Lewis Smith,
jr„ who was gowned in peach satin
and carried a bouquet of peach
gladioluses. Dr. James Costello of
Washington, brother-in-law of the
bridegroom, served as best man and
the ushers were Dr. Philip Tumulty
of Baltimore, brother-in-law of the
bride, and Mr. Ray Ingolosby of
Washington.
Jolea Farms, home of the bride’s
parents, was the scene of the re
ception following the ceremony.
Later the couple left for their wed
ding trip to Sea Island, Ga. When
they return, they will reside in
Washington.
Mrs. Kramm attended Sacred
Heart Convent and Gunston Hall.
She was presented to society in
Washington and during the war
served overseas two and a half
years with the Red Cross. The bride
is prominent in riding circles and
(See MARGARET COTTER, B-li)
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NEWCOMER AT FUNCTION.
Senora Jose de Colom, is shown with Mr. Thomas Burke.
Senora de Colom recently came to Washington from Puerto
Rico with her husband, who is Chief of the Division of Agri
culture Co-operation of the Pan American Union.
DELICIOUS REFRESHMENTS SERVED.
Maj. Roderic O’Connor serves Senorita Aura Estele Garcia Godoy refreshments from the
attractively appointed buffet at the party given by her parents last week.
_ —Harris & Ewing Photos.
News of Embassy Parties and Personnel
By Ann Cline
Cuba has sent 10 of Its loveliest (
young girls to this country in the
interest of the good-neightor policy.
In selecting the youthful’good-will
ambassadors they chose the tops in
South American senoritas. The girls
are talented and represent the most
prominent families of the republic.
The delegation, representing the
Good Neighbor Foundation of Ha
vana, of which Dr. William Camp
bell is president, is composed of
Senoritas Olga Peraza, Finita Men
diola, Maggir Rodda, Herlinda Urre
chaga, Mitzie Dell Llano, Georgina
Rodriquez Caseres, Georgina Gomez,
Anna Victoria Arango, Hilda Gon
zalez and Merci Ferrer. Chaperon
ing the group is Senora Joila Fer
nandez de Carreras.
Thursday the girls were enter
tained at the Pan American Union,
and later in the afternoon of the
same day the Cuban Ambassador.
Senor Guillermo Belt, was host at
cocktails for them. The members of
the Embassy staff were the other
! guests.
Still on their schedule is a visit
to Hyde Park, where they will place
a wreath on the late President
Roosevelt’s grave. Before going
home the senoritas will return to
Washington to meet President Tru
man.
Another group touring the coun
try is the Norwegian Glee Club.
They came from Oslo and are ex
pected in Washington around the
10th of September and it will be
one of their last stops. When they
arrive they will be entertained at
the Embassy.
And speaking of singing, the
younger contingent of the diplo
matic corps should make a note to
reserve the night of September 10
for the Pan American Union, for
on that date a gala concert of
popular Latin American music will
be offered by the Celsa Vega Quin
tet, well-known radio stars. They
will be accompanied by the Navy
Band Orchestra.
The top popular tune sweeping
the Latin American countries is
"Le Caiman," the English transla
tion being “The Alligator." The
quintet offers a rendition of this
that is hard to beat, and their easy
to-take singing is accompanied by
realistic interpretations of the alli
gator’s movements.
The concert will commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the death
of Carlos Gomez, outstanding Bra
zilian composer.
Senor Jorge Prado, the newly
appointed Peruvian Ambassador to
the United States, will arrive in
Washington tomorrow morning with
Senora de Prado.
Senor Prado, who has been serving
his country as Ambassador to Great
Britain, came direct from England
to the United States, accompanied
by Senora de Prado. They have
been in this country for some days
and will come down from New
York tomorrow by train.
Come September 15, five Central
American republics—Guatemala, El
n
Salvador, Nicaraqua, Costa Rica
and Honduras—will celebrate the
anniversary of their independence
from Spain, in 1821. All of the
Embassies here, with the exception
of Honduras, will hold open house
for the local colonies. The Hon
durans will postpone their celebra
tion until after the stall moves into
the new quarters—sometime around
the first of October—at 4715 Six
teenth street.
Out of town for the holiday week
end are the Brazilian Ambassador
and Senhora de Martins, and their
two daughters. They are visiting
friends in Southhampton. Also
away is the newly appointed Argen
tine Ambassador, Senor Oscar Ivan
issevich. He and Senora de Ivan
tssevich are in New York. They will
be back Tuesday.
The First Secretary of the Nor
wegian Embassy and Mrs. Scott
Hansen have left by automobile foi
a vacation in Kalamazoo and will
be gone about a fortnight. Others
vacationing are the Counselor ol
the Syrian Legation, Mr. Husni A
Sawwaf, accompanied by Mr. Georgs
Hakin, a member of the Lebanese
delegation to the Economic Social
Council of the United Nations. They
have gone to Vermont and will be
there the rest of the week.
Returnees include the New Zea
land Minister and Lady Berendsen
who came back Thursday nighl
after a vacatlon.ln Maine. The tw<
(Sea CLINE, Page B-14.)
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Society Js'bpd
IN AN EMBASSY RECEIVING LINE.
The newly appointed Governor of Puerto Rico, Senor Jesus T. Pinero (left), pictured with
the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic and Senora de Garcia Godoy at the reception
they gave in his honor at their embassy. Included among the guests were members of the
diplomatic corps and residential circles of the Capital.
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Travel Popular
With Members
Of Little Cabinet
By Katharine M. Brooks
One of the indications that war
restrictions are being relieved is that
many members of the Little Cabi
net are enjoying vacations—brief
for the most part. The Undersec
retary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson,
who has been acting secretary since
the Secretary went to Paris, is to
have his first vacation in some time.
He and Mrs. Acheson hope to get
off this morning for a fishing camp
in Canada. They expect to be gone
about a fortnight. The newly ap
pointed Undersecretary and Mrs.
William L. Clayton are staying at
home over the holiday, the latter
having recently returned from a
vacation in Maine. They have with
them their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McAsham,
who have come from their home
in Houston and probably will re
main through part of this month.
Fishing also has attracted the
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. John
H. Hilldriaig who are enjoying the
sport in Chesapeake Bay. They ex
pect to be back the first of this
week.
Another of the Assistant Secre
taries of State, Mr. James Clement
Dunn, who is the newly appointed
United States Ambassador to Italy,
with Mrs. Dunn is in Paris. He is
attending the Peace Conference and
although they had planned to be
back this month they probably will
not return until October. They are
expected to spend a short time in
their home here before he goes to
Rome to assume his new duties.
The Undersecretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. O. Max Gardner will
be back the first of next week from
a fortnight's stay at Shelby, N. C.
After dedicating Isle Royale in
Lake Michigan as a National Park
the Undersecretary of the Interior,
Mr. Oscar L. Chapman, joined Mrs.
Chapmah in their apartment in the
Westchester the end of the week.
They are remaining in town over
the holiday.
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. William Benton have gone to
Southport, Conn., and will be there
for two weeks returning to their
house on Foxhall Road about Sep
tember 15.
The Treasury’s Assistant Secre
tary, Mr. John H. Foley, with Mrs.
Foley wil be back in their house on
Thompson Circle by the middle of
the month after spending some time
in Newport.
In Rhode Island also are the Soli
citor General and Mrs. J. Howard
McGrath who have been at Narra
gansett Pier for some time. The
Solicitor General will be home Tues
day or Wednesday but the family is
not expected to join him until later
in the month.
Absent for many months have
been Mrs. Howard C. Petersen, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of War,
and their children who returned to
Washington yesterday. Mrs. Peter
sen and the younger members of
the family, have been in Bermuda
since early July and no time has
been set for the return of Mr. Peter
sen who is on an inspection trip in
the Pacific and China where United
States troops are on duty.
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ANIMATED CONVERSATION.
The Ambassador of Guatemala, Senor Don Jorge Garcia
Granados, (left) finds attentive listeners in Senora de Fer
nandez-Davila, wife of the Peruvian Minister Counselor and
the Dominican Republic Ambassador to Peru and Chile, Senor
Tulio M. Cestero.
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Capital Silhouette
-By Frances Fide
Wife of New Labor Undersecretary
Experienced as an Official Hostess
Mrs. Keen Johnson, wife of the
new Undersecretary of Labor, joins j
the Little Cabinet circle with a!
background as an official hostess in !
rvciibui&,y lux iici
husband served
as Governor of
the Blue Grass
State from 1939
to 1943.
On the more
personal side,
she collects old
amber glass as
a hobby, belongs
to numerous
civic and patri
o t i c organiza
t i o n s —though
she hasn’t been
active in them
recently — and
Mrs. Johnson.
has a special fondness for news
papers.
Her interest in the press dates1
back to the days when she wrote
“personals" for the weekly Mr. |
Johnson acquired in Elizabethtown,
Ky„ shortly after their marriage
and to the course in journalism she
took later at the University of Ken- j
tucky while her husband was com-!
pleting his work for his A. B. de-;
gree there.
Her husband continued to be ac
tive in the newspaper field until he
entered public life, but Mrs. Johnson ;
gave up her work after a few years.:
Newspapers are still her favorite
reading matter, however, and she
is pleased that her attractive
daughter, Judith Keen, also seems
to have a bit of printer's ink in her
veins.
Judy, as she is better known, will |
enter her junior year at the Uni- i
versity of Kentucky this fall. She i
is majoring in journalism with a
special interest in radio script writ
ing.
A striking-looking brunette, Judy
has her mother’s pretty brown eyes
and brown hair, and she also
bears a strong resemblance to her
tall father.
Both Mrs. Johnson and Judy came
up from their home in Richmond,
Ky., to see the new Undersecretary
sworn into office August 20 and
spent several days apartment hunt
ing. Mrs. Johnson expects to re-1
turn to the Capital this month if I
her efforts to locate a place to live'
are as successful as she hopes.
Richmond has been the John
son home since 1925, when Mr.
Johnson became editor of the
Richmond Daily Register. Com
ing to Washington will mean leav
ing the new house they bought
a year or so ago, but most of their
furnishings probably will remain in
Kentucky—including the old amber
glass collection which now has
grown to about 100 pieces.
Mrs. Johnson also loves old silver
and china and a more recent hobby
r
has been collecting souvenir plates,
which she uses as service plates.
Associated with various civic and
patriotic organizations for a num
ber of years, Mrs. Johnson laugh
ingly says that, like most wives of
newspapermen, she usually has been
appointed to publicity committees,
with frequent assignments also as
program chairman.
When she went to Frankfort dur
ing her husband's administration as
Governor, she gave up most of her
club work, and now her only activi
ties of that nature are centered in
the Mothers’ Club of Judy's Chi
Omega Chapter at the University of
Kentucky. She is president of the
mothers’ group, which has just com
pleted anangements for leasing and
furnishing a new chapter house.
The former Eunice Nichols, she
is a native of Fayette, Mo., and
it was there she met Mr. Johnson.
She was a student at what was then
Howard-Payne Junior College and
he was attending Central College at
Fayette. She became a war bride
when Mr. Johnson left college to
enter the first officers’ training camp
at Fort Riley, Kans. After his
return from overseas, they moved to
Elizabethtown, where he started his
newspaper career.
Mr. Johnson served as Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky from 1935 to
1939 and then succeeded Gov. A. B. *
Chandler when the latter entered
the United States Senate. After the
completion of his term, he joined
the Reynolds Metals Co.
Because of troubled world condi
tions, entertaining at the executive
mansion was on a modest scale dur
ing Mr. Johnson’s administration as
Governor, but his wife found the
official life most interesting. Teas
and small dinners are the forms of
entertaining she likes best.
Mrs. Johnson's favorite color is
brown, which goes nicely with her
coloring. She likes to wear suits,
but prefers lines that are not too
severe.
George Chipmans
Are Grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. George Bowie Chip
man, who spent the summer at Clif
ton Springs, N. Y„ |rrived home
Friday morning and yesterday re
ceived by cable from Paris news of
the arrival in Neuilly Hospital of
their first grandchild, Claudette
Chipman.
The baby is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Morris B. Chipman and
was born yesterday morning. The
infant’s mother is the former Miss
Fanny Bunand-Sevastos. Her mar
riage to Mr. Chipman, who now is
second secretary of the United?
States Embassy in Paris, took place
10 years ago in St. Thomas’ Episco
pal Church.