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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
The Elusive Mrs . Bromwell a Visitor
Here, But Slips Away Before Discovery
.Completes Sale of Her
. Washington Home to
! Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Augustus Jay
Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell
seems to be- s most elusive
person. Except for a few
of her intimates, her friends
never seem to discover that
idle is in town until after
she has left—-perhaps be
cause it is usually a matter
of business which brings her *
to ns and, if she were once
discovered, she’d have" too ,
much partying to do to at
, tend to business.
Gone Again
At all events Mrs. Bromwell,
who was both prominent and
Popular in Washington during
her long residence here, has
a visitor in town for sev- I
erml days, the guest of Mrs.
Sidney Cloman, but left today
for Hot Springs, where she will
be for a time with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs*.
Scott Bromwell, before sailing
for England.
Bouse Sold
The business whifch brought*
Mrs. Bromwell to Washington this
time had to do with the sab of
her house, 1815 Q St., to Mr. and
Mrs. Piter Augustus Jay. They
have had the house on a lease
last autumn, but now it is
their own, the details of the trans
action having just been completed.
The house came to Mrs. Bromwell
from her mother, the late Mrs.
Matthew T. Soott. It had been
her home and the home of her
daughter. Miss Mildred Bromwell,
for the years between the latter’s
debut and her marriage two years
or so later to Capt. Sidney Bailey,
R. N.. then naval attache of the
British Embassy. Previously it
had been owned by the late Frank
■P. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell,
who built it. It Is decorated in
the French manner and is per
fectly' appointed, all the door
knobs, windpw latches and what
not having been especially made
of bronze in France under Mrs.
Mitchell’s own direction. Mrs.
Bromwell has been living abroad
constantly for several
years and her house was occu
pied for a long time by the Egyp
tian Legation.
The last time Mrs. Bromwell
-was in this country, she came
over to attend the marriage of
her son, Scott Bromwell, and Miss
Mari Smith, of 43h!cago,—with
Whom she is to stay at Hot
Springs; On her return to
j Europe She will rejoin her son
in-law and daughter. Captain and
Mrs. Sidney Bailey, who have
taken a house at Cowes in the
ISle of Wight for the summer
months. The Baileys have one
small daughter, Patricia, who is
* the apple of her grandmother’s
eye. The baby is named for
“Princess Pat.” The former Mil
dred Bromwell has not revisited
her own country since her mar
riage and seems to be most
enthusiastic about her English
i home.
Mr. and Mrs- Peter Augustus
, Jay are pleasant acquisitions to
j Washington and their friends ar«
delighted that they are to become
1 permanent residents. A diplomat
j of long and distinguished service,
; Mr. Jay’s last post was as
j American Ambassador to Ar
rgeatine, but he resigned from the
|?Foreign Service at the close of
l his period of duty in Buenos
"Alras.
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j The Minister of Panama and
i Mme. Atfaro and the Minister of
l Renta, Mlrza Davoud Kahn Mef
t tah, were the ranking guests at
.* the dinner dance given last eve
, Bing by Mrs. Karl Klemm in the
’ Mayflower, when there were 100
'guests.
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{Former governor Samuel B. Mo-
Kelvie, of Nebraska, is at the
I Willard where he plans to remain
; throughout the week.
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f Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont
; will leave Washington today for
, Newport to see that Belcourt,
f their house there, is made ready
\ for the summer. They will re
. turn to town early next week,
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' Mrs. Car! Joerissen will give a
luncheon on Tuesday, May 22.
1i Dance 1N&,
Band
that kec p s aSt
things pepped
up till two-in
the-moming. Jjy
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cuisine and clever C
featnres of
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MISS RAHEL DAVIES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, has just returned from Asheville, N. C„
where she visited her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Patton qheeseborough, jr. Miss Davies
will make her debut in Washington hext winter.
Japanese Ambassador* :*
And Mme. Matsudmra
Guests At Dinner
The Minister of Siaqj, Lieut!
Gen. Phya Vijitavongs, enter
tained at dinner last evening in
honor of the Japanese. Ambassa
dor and Mme. Matsuadatra, when
the other guests were the Am
bassador of Peru, Dr. Herman
Velarde; the Minister of China
and Mme. Sze; the Minister of
Egypt and Mme. 8a my Pasha;
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. William R. Castle; Governor
Hunt, -of Arizona; the counselor
of the Siamese legation. Edward
LOftue; Col. R. H. Williams and
Mho Marie Williams. Mrs.
Thomas H- Wilson, Comdr. and
Mrs. Harold Hunter and Miss
Barrine Drake.
* * *
Mrs. Joseph Leiter entertained
at luncheon today in compliment
to Mr. and Mrs. John Borden, of
Chicago, who are visiting the lat
ter’s mother, Mm Frank C. Letts.
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Mrs. Henry Hughes Hough,
wife of Rear Admiral Hough, is
in New York and is staying at
the Ambassador Hotel,
A $ >
Mffc. Edward Goodrich and
Miss Marjorie Sperry have re
turned to New York after pass
ing the week end with Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. Mrs. Thomas
P. Walsh entertained at tea on
Sunday for Mrs. Dougherty and
her guests.
* * *
Mrs. Ollie James will close her
apartment at Meridian Mansions
and leave for Louisville. Ky., on
Thursday, where she will make a
visit before going West for the
summer. She will attend the
Kentucky Derby at Churchill
Downs on Saturday.
* * *
Mrs. Lee P. Warren has as her
guest her daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Blair, who came down from New
York with Mr. Blair-over the week
end. Mr. Blair has returned to
New York.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Porter
Dftvidson will entertain at dinner
this evening.
* a *
On Committee
Miss Caroline F. Smith is chair
man of the Ice cream committee
for the House of Mercy garden
party to be given in Cathedral
Close on Monday afternoon. May
21. Other members of the com
mittee are Mrs. John Vsssar
White, treasurer, Mrs. Joseph
Stiles Wall, Mrs. S. A. Reeves,
Mrs. Carl B. Kefersteifc, Mrs.
Clarence F. Norment, Mrs. Wil
v liana H. Herron, Mrs. Willoughby
6. Chesley, Mrs. A. A. Hoehling.
Miss Le« Perin. Miss Claudine
Clements, Mrs. William D. West,
Mrs. O. B. McLean. Mrs. S. Aus
tin McCarthy, Mrs. Samuel Fisher,
Mrs; Samuel R. Colhoun, Mrs.
Lilia Lloyd, Mrs. William J.
Moore, Mrs. William R. Benham,
Mrs. R. Winston Holt, Mrs. Elmer
*R. Oliver, Mrs. W. N. Sleet, Mrs.
Charles J. O’Neill. Mrs. Guy O.
Dove, Mrs. William Hopkins.
Beck, Mrs. Charles Selden, Jr.;
Mrs. Franz Ridgway, Mrs. A. B.
Bennett, Mrs. William Aspinwall,
Mrs. M. Le Roy Goff. Mrs. Harry
N, Boss, Mrs. Richard Wllmer
Bolling. Mrs. Charles M. Wilkes,
Miss Mary P. Crary, Mrs. Frank
S. Hight, Mrs. H. Worthington
Hilleary, Mrs. Lincoln Green,
Miss Anna Hall Green. Miss Bar
bara Boss, Miss Anne Touhy.
Miss Marion Grimes. Miss Frances
Wall, Miss Mary Ruden, and Miss
Clara Lutz Bolling,
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Sirs. Quin Hostess
Mrs. Percy E. Quin, wife of
Representative Quin., of Missis
sippi, is giving a musical tea at
her home, 2647 Woodley R. N.W..
for the benefit of the endowment
committee of Harmony Chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, on Sat.
urday afternoon- from 4 to 6
o’clock. Mrs. Kincheloe, wife of
Representative Kincheloe, of Ken
tucky, her daughter Jean, aid
Representative Woodrum, of Vir
ginia, will assist Mrs. Quin in en
tertaining. Mrs. Henrietta A ance
and Mrs. Bertha McCromick will
preside at the tea table,
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Mrs. Hoover Is
“Honor Guest”
In New York
Mrs. Hoover, wife of the Sec
retary of Commerce, went. to
New York this morning from
Atlantic City, where she passed
the week-end. She will attend
the luncheon given In her honor
at the Commodore Hotel by the
Westqhester County Republican
Women’s Club and tonight she
Will be the honor guest at a
dinner, followed by a recep
tion, given at the Ritz-Carlton
by a group of women prominent
In various national engineering
societies.
Thf latter is a sort of re
turn hosp.itality, as Mrs. Hoover
entertained the women attend
ing the national convention re
cently held here of the Amer
ican Society of Engineers. And
she was honorary chairman of
the women’s committee of that
convention.
The Secretary is expected to
return to Washington from a
fishing trip within a day or two
—about the same time that Mrs.
Hoover will return.
* * *
In the Cast
Leading roles in the “Pied Piper
of Hamelin.” to be given Saturday
afternoon at “Woodley,” the es
tate of Capt. and Mrs. Hayne
Ellis, will be taken by Miss Kath
ryn Townsend, Miss Betty Seeds,
Miss Rachel Nledomanski, Miss
Mary Middleton, Miss Ina Holtz
scheiter, Mbs Martha Fisher, Miss
Elizabeth Cain, Miss Margery Har
ris, Miss Virginia Robey, Miss
Mary Livingston, Miss Virginia
Plugge, Miss Meta Svantlin and
Miss Evelyn Sligh.
The performance is for the bene
fit of the maintenance fund for
1928 of the Young Women’s Chris
tian Association of the District of
Columbia, and many have taken
boxes for the afternoon, with their
small daughters serving as patron
esses for the event. Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker, who is in charge of the
reservation of boxes, announces
Mrs. William Hurd Hill, Mrs.
Charles de Vere Drayton and Mrs.
John S. Flannery to be among re
cent additions to the boxholders
for the alluring fairy opera.
Tickets are to be had at the
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion building, at Seventeenth and
K Streets, all during this week
as well as from members of the
Girl Reserves in the city.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Cabot. Stevens
have returned to Washington
after an absence of 10 days,
during which time they were in
New York and Boston and paid
a' visit to their farm at Cornwall
on-the-Hudson.
* * *
Mrs. Charles Keene is on a
trip through Eastern Virginia,
and while away will deliver a
number of lectures on auction
and contract bridge.
★ * *
William Elderkin Huntington
has recalled his invitations for
Saturday, May 19, due to the sud
den death of his sister. Elizabeth
Putnam Huntington, who was
killed Friday in a motor accident
near Denver, Col.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lyon, of
Dunkirk, N. Y., are making an
extended stay at the Grace Dodge
Hotel.
* * *
Col. and Mrs. Arthur O’Brien
will be hosts at luncheon on May
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KENMOREBALL
PLANNED FOR
JUNE 3
Mrs. Thomas H. Taliaferro,
representing the Kenmore Asso
ciation in Washington, announces
that a Kenmore ball will be
given at the Willard, Monday,
June 3. Kenmore, the home of
Mrs. Betty Washington Lewis, the
wife of Fielding Lewis, and the
only sister of Gen. George Wash
ington, Is located In Fredericks
burg, Va., that great city of
shrines. Through the heroic
efforts of a number of patriotic
women it has nearly been freed
from debt, and is one of .the
finest examples of colonial archi
tecture in the country. It is on
this original estate that Mary,
the mother of Washington, is
buried.
* * *
Major and Mrs. Parker West
will entertain informally at
dinner on June 1 in celebration
of their wedding anniversary.
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Mrs. Edward Clifford was
hostess at luncheon today.
* * *
Mme. Weidel. wife of the com
mercial counselor. of; the Swedish
Legation, will return tomorrow
from Philadelphia, where she has
been making a visit.
* a *
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carlson, of
•Brooklyn, are at the Grace Dodge
Hotel. Miss Flavia A. Carlson is
with them.
* * •
The lowa Society will give a
reception and ball at the Willard
Hotel on the evenihg of May 24.
Senator Samuel Shortidge will be
the guest of honor and will make
a brief address. Mrs. Carl R.
Chindblom, wife of Repreeentative
Chindblora, will present a music
program. Dancing will fpllow.
Judge C. B. Heiserman, of
Philadelphia, arrived today at the
Willard, where he pl#.ns to re
main until next Thursday. Judge
Heiserman is vice president and
general counsel of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
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PLANNED BY
CLUB
The Congressional Club has
sent out invitations for its
twentieth’ birthday party on Fri
day evening. May 26, at 8:30
o’clock. On Friday of this week
the glee club of the University
of Maryland will present a pro
gram at the regular weekly tea
at the stub.
Since the Congressional Club is
to receive the proceeds from the
Congressional baseball game on
May 26. the sale of tickets and
boxes is in the hands of club
members. Mrs. Clyde Kelly,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements, has the sale of boxes
in charge. To date the list of
subscribers includes Secretary
Mellon, of the Treasury; Ogden
L. Mills. Undersecretary of the
Treasury; Senator and Mrs.
Peter Goelet- Gerry, Representa
tive and Mrs- James S. Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Pincl\ot.
Representative and Mrs. Louis A.
Frothingham, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas" W. Phillipe, jr., Mrs. Me
dia McCormick, Mrs. Frank Letts,
Mrs. .William C. Agnew. Mrs.
Lyman Kendall, Mrs. Frederic
M. Sackett, Joseph P. Tumulty,
Frank W. Mondell, Mrs. Christian
Heurich. Thomas Flaherty, Mrs.
Irwin Laughlin, Mrs. Charles I-
Corby and Edward Beale MrL*** l
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There will be an exhibit this
afternoon of the posters made by
the school children of Georgetown
for the Georgetown Flower Show
to be held at Montrose Park, May
25-26. The exhibit will be at the
Hyde School, where the committee
will meet at 3 o’clock to consider
the posters. On the committee are
Mrs. Dean Acheson, Miss Trout,
superintendent of the Georgetown
schools; Miss Ethel Bray, super
visor of drawing in the District
schools, and Mrs. J. Blake Gordon.
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