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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
Brilliant Reception at Turkish
Embassy to Mark Anniversary
Diplomats Assemble as
Guests of Turkish En
voy; Resident Society
Represented
To celebrate the anni
versary of the establishment
of the Turkish Republic, the
ambassador of Turkey,
Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, enter
tained a large and brilliant
company at a reception yes
terday afternoon.
Family Portraits
The embassy is occupying 1708
Massachusetts Ave., the home of
Mrs. Arthur Lee, a daughter of
the late Senator Henry Gassa
way Davis, and portraits of
bygone Lees and Davises smiled
down upon 'the assemblage. The
drawing rooms were charmingly
decked with autumn flowers and
roses and chrysanthemums were
used on the long table in the
dining room from which tea was
served.
In Receiving Line
Members of his staff assisted
the ambassador in welcoming his
guests and the two ladles of the
embassy group, Mme. Bedy Bey
and Mme. Kadry Riza Bey, re
ceived with the host.
There was a pleasant babble of
many tongues. While the diplo
matic contingent was most nu
merously represented, there was
a considerable leaven of resident
society folk. The Secretary of
State and Mrs. Kellogg made an
early tour of the rooms, as did the
Belgian ambassador and Princess
de Ligne. A bit later one spied
the British ambassador, dean of
the Diplomatic Corps,* and Lady
Isabella Howard —the former in
animated converse with pretty
Mme. Peter, while Dr. Peter,
minister of Switzerland, hovered
in the offing.
Others among the diplomats
present were the Minister of Den
mark, Mr. Brun; the Minister of
Panama and Mme. Alfaro, Mme.
Varela, wife of the Minister of
Uruguay, who had her pretty
debutante daughter with her; the
Minister Os Persia, the Minister
of Greece and Mme. Simopoulos.
the Minister of Austria and Mme.
Prochnik, the Minister -of the
Dominican Repunlic and Mme.
Moralete, the Counselor of the
Peruvian Embassy and Mme.
Prada and Mr. and Mrs. Mer
chant Mahoney, of the Canadian
legation.
Among Those Present
Charming Mme. Agacio, a smart
beige costume accentuating her
pretty coloring and lovely red
hair, was surrounded all after
noon, her friends seizing this op
portunity to express their regret
at her approaching departure.
Her husband, the counselor of
the Chilean embassy, has been
named Chilean minister to th"!
Central American Republics and
they will leave in January for
their new post. Their headquar
ters will be in Cot-ta Rica, Mme.
Agacio’s home so she is happy m
this prospect although sne de
plores leaving Washington.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock had her
daughter, Mme. Catalan!, with
her and the latter's niece, Dora
Catalani, now Mrs. McClure Kel
ley. Mrs. William E. Borah was
an early arrival and lingered to
chat with groups of friends.
Others glimpsed among the guests
were Commissioner and Mrs. Sid
ney Taliaferro, Dr. tnd Mme.
Pan are toss. Mrs. Ira Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kauffman,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles B.
Drake, Mrs. Effingham Lawrence
Townsend, Mrs. Samuel J. Henry,
Mrs. Adelaide Henry, Mrs. Alvin
Dodd, Mrs. Morris Evans; Miss
Meta Evans.
Also' Mme. von Lewinskl, Comdr,
and Mrs. F. L. Sandoz, Col. and
Mrs. George T. Thorpe, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman —the
latter’s first venture into society
after an illness; Mrs. Osmun La
trobe. Mrs. Robert Imbrie, Mrs.
Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. Emerson
Howe, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh T. Nelson and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Tait. Mrs. Tait,
who was Miss Elizabeth Nelson,
is a translator for the Turkish
embassy, and a sort of liaison
officer between the French speak
ing members of the staff and their
rapidly growing group of American
friends.
* * ♦
Recital
The Director General of the
Pan-American Union has issued
Invitations to a concert of Latin-
American music by the United ’
Service Orchestra and Assisting
Artists in the Hall of the Ameri
cas of the Pan-American Union
on December 18, at 9 p. m., in
honor of the delegates to the Pan-
American Conference on Arbitra
tion and Conciliation.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker
Stone have moved Into their new
house near Silver Spring, Md.
Before her marriage in the sum
mer Mrs. Stone was Miss Frances
McKee, daughter of Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke.
* * ♦
Mrs. Andrew J. Miller and her
daughter, Miss Frances M. Miller,
Vork city, are guests at
the Mayflower on their way home
from Hot Springs, Va., where they
spent the early autumn.
* * *
Members of the congregation
of Grace Episcopal Church have
sent out invitations for a recep
tion in the Parish Hall on Friday
evening from 8:30 to 10:30 o’clock
in honor of the Rev. Meade Bol
ton Macßrlde and In celebration
of the tenth anniversary of his
having been made rector of the
Church.
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MRS. GEORGE GRANT MASON, who is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall, at Kentsdale.
On leaving Washington she will rejoin Mr. Mason at their
home in Havana.
British Embassy Party
Foy Charming Bride;
Dinner This Evening
The British Ambassador and
Lady Isabella Howard entertained
at luncheon today in compli
ment to Princess Ida Cantacuzene
and her fiance. John Hanbury-
Williams, of England, whose wed
ding will take place on Thursday.
Other guests were the Belgian
Ambassador and Princess de
Ligne, Prince and Princess Can
tacuzene, parents of the bride
elect; Gen. Sir John Hanbury-
Williams, father of the bride
groom; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Smith,
of Louisville, Ky., brother in-law
and sister of Princess Ida; Miss
Mary Randolph, the Hon. Anne
Lytton-Milbanke. of England, who
is a guest at the Embassy: and
Prince Michael Cantacuzene, of
Chicago, brother of Princess Ida.
Prince and Princess Cantacu
zene will entertain at dinner this
evening at The Mayflower for
their daughter and her fiance and
the members of the bridal party.
The Honorable Anne Lytton-
Milbanke is a goddaughter of
Lady Isabella and has come to
spend the winter with her. She
is the niece pf Sir Edwin Luvtens,
famous English architect, who
designed the new British Embassy
now under construction and whom
she accompanied to Washington
a few days ago.
♦ ♦ ♦
Double Debut
The Assistant Secretary of War
Col. Charles B. Rnhbins.’ will pre
sent his daughters. Miss Anna
Robbins and Miss Julia Robbins,
to society at n tea at the May
flower on December 18.
These two charming sisters will
have a double role in society
this winter, as they are hostesses
for their widower father.
* * *
Gustave Pabst of the United
States Embassy Staff in Berlin
and Mrs. Pabst have arrived in
Washington from a visit to their
former home in Oconomowoc,
Wis., and are guests at the May
flower,
* * ♦
Birthday Celebration
Mrs. Walter P. Montague, who
celebrated her eighty third birth
day yesterday, received many let
ters and telegrams of congratu
lation, her rooms were filled with
flowers and there was a birthday
cake, with the traditional num
ber of candles and the two dates,
presented by her granddaughter.
Mrs. Henry Suydam.
For some years Mrs. Montague
has made her home alternately
with her daughters, Mrs. George
Barnett and Mrs. C. Phillips Hill,
but of late she has been ill and
is recuperating in a sanitarium.
Another daughter of this charm
ing lady, now 83 years young, is
Mrs. George Murray.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Polish Minister Will
Entertain President
Os Vassar College
The Polish Minister and Mme.
Ciechanowska will entertain at
dinner tomorrow* evehing in honor
of Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken,
president of Vassar College, who
will come to Washington to re
ceive a decoration from the Polish
government.
Dr. MacCracken will be the
honor guest and speaker at
luncheon tomorrow of the Wash
ington branch nf Vassar Alumnae,
which will be given at the Grace
Dodge Hotel. Miss Margaret Bar
ber, president of the local group,
will preside. And there will be
about 50 in the company attend
ing the luncheon.
♦ » ♦
Miss Emma Scott, Mrs. Coy
"Wells and Mrs. Charles Irwin, of
Frankfort, Ky.. who have been
visiting Miss Amelia K. Weitzel,
at 2540 Massachusetts Ave., have
left Washington for Boston, Mass.,
and will make the trip by motor.
♦ * ♦
Mrs. Julius Yopng Talmadge of
Athens. Ga., candidate for presi
dent general. Daughters of the
American Revolution, entertained
at a dinner last evening for the
candidates on her ticket: Mrs. '
William M. Burney, of South Caro
lina, chaplain general; Mrs. New
ton D. Chapman, of New York,
recording secretary general; Mrs.
William A. Dodenburg, of Illi
nois, corresponding secretary gen
eral: Mrs. Frederick W. Mattison,
of Washington, registrar general;
Mrs. Edwin Erie Sparks of Penn
sylvania, historian general; Mrs.
Jesse H. Shreve, of California, re
porter general tn the Smithsonian
Institution, and Mrs. Lucius Ellis
Holland, of Michigan, curator gen
eral.
Mrs. Talmadge, a vice presi
dent general, D. A. R., came to
Washington io attend the meet
ing tomorrow of the national
hoard of management. D. A. R.,
when she, as .national chairman
of the D. A. R, Magazine will
make her report on the work of
her committee.
** * ♦
For Bride
Miss Helen Gatiey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Prescott. Gat ley,
and her fiance. Edward Man ton
Martin, were the honor guests at
dinner Sunday evening of Edwin
Farrar and Frederick F'arrar, who
entertained at the Olney Inn.
Other guests were Miss .lane
Love, Miss Fannie Dial, Miss
Mary Matin. Miss Mabe] Mead.
Miss Lillian Latimer, Miss Fram es
Gore, Miss Frances Hill. Miss
Florence Wetherill. Miss Harriet
Whitford. Miss Helen Clifford,
Miss Margaret Kerr. Richard
Schulze. Robert Morrow, Douglas
Clephane, Paul Lutes, Brashear
Avis, James Marshall, Harnett
Douglas, Royce Hough and Jack
Haves.
SOQETY GOES
NUMEROUSLY
INTO TRADE
Can No Longer Look
Down Upon Trade
in Society
Mrs. Leonard Lispenard Nichol
son, jr., will entertain at a “tea
and fashion exhibit” this after
noon from 3 to 7 o’clock at
Lenwil, her charming country
home on the Rockville Road.
Yes. that means that Mrs.
Nicholson, who was May Slack
and who has had her own partic
ular niche in Washington society
since her girlhood days, Is a re
cruit to the ranks of the busi
ness women and is selling smart
frocks at home for a well-known
New York firm.
Society in Trade
One wonders what our grand
mothers, who sniffed at the idea
of ‘‘trade” getting into society,
would say if they could see half
society going into trade.
A great-great-granddaughter of
Thomas Jefferson, Mrs. Flora
Mason Nicholson, is making a
huge success of* the manufacture
and sale of organdie roses, dainty
holders for powder puffs, which
she sells to department stores
all over the country.
And Marthena Harrison Wil
liams. granddaughter oi another
President, William Henry Harbi
son, is not only marketing an elec
tric vibrator,-but gives treatments
with it intended to produce the
svelte lines which are now so fash
ionable. Mrs Williams, the daugh
ter of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison
and.a granddaughter of the late
Mrs. Alvin Saunders, made her de
but in Washington and was a belle
here until her marriage to Harry
A. Williams, of Norfolk. So when’
that was dissolved it was natural
that she should return to her old
home to live. Her father, the
youngest son of President Harri
' son, is a member of the Indiana
State Senate and her brother. Wil
liam Henry Harrison. 3d. is just
finishing a term in the Indiana
legislature.
Rendezvous
Moreover, the surest place In
which to meet one’s friends now
adays is in the smart shops; for,
if not making purchases there,
they are frequently to be found
on the other side of the counter.
Mrs. Joseph Leiter. Mrs. Jimmie
Curtis and Mrs. Richard Porter
Davidson, of course, have shops
of their own and among charm
ing maids and matrons are to
he found—to name but a few
at random —Mrs. Ormsby Mc-
Cammon. Mrs. Charles Hume.
Miss Nancy Benoist. Miss Helen
Minnigerode, Miss Elizabeth Jobe,
Miss Peggy Burch, Miss Eliza
beth Hummel, Miss Cynthia Black
burn and Miss Jocelyn Beard.
Mrs. Agnes Ashford Roberts
has left her post in the society
department of one of the Wash
ington papers to sell novelties
in a Connecticut Avenue shop
and in the same place one finds
Mrs. James Haley in charge of
the sports department. Mean
while Miss Inger Bryn, daugh
ter of a former Minister of Nor
way to the United States, has
slipped into Mrs. Roberts' place
on the paper. Annie Wright
Reiniger, who was Annie Wrignt
Huske, has returned to Wash
ington. her old home, after liv
ing in Asheville, N. C., for two
years and is busy running the
Washington branch of a Balti
more establishment. And Marie
Edelin Smoot has taken up in- ,
terior decorating In a serious
and successful wav.
♦ ♦ ♦
Debutantes Arrange
Red Cross Roll Call
“Boarding Party”
Tn preparation for launching the
“hitrh seas roll call” of. the Amer
ican Red Cross next Monday on
the Mayflower, the President's
the debutante committee
will meet on Thursday morning
at 10:30 o’clock at the home of
the chairman, Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty.
Miss Adair Childress Is vice
chairman of the group and the
membership of the committee in
cludes Miss Marian Jardine, Miss
Anna Robbins, Miss Elizabeth
Kennedy, Miss Rahel Davies, Miss
Phyllis Hight. Miss Elizabeth
Dunlop. Miss Mary Lee Phillips,
Miss Carol Ellicott Henderson,
Miss Faith Phillips and Miss Elise
Alexander.
Annually a group of debutantes
hoards the Mayflower to sign up
the entire personnel from the cap
tain to the “bosun tight and the.
midshipmitc” ss a preliminary to
the annual Red Cross roll call,
which begins nn Armistice Day.
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Wednesday
Special Sale
Street Frocks
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Seldom at the beginning of the season do you have
an opportunity to obtain these lovely silk and cloth
dresses at such reductions. You’ll need and can afford
several!
TWELVE THIRTEEN F
TA« /Vatremrf Daily
“Cabinet Dinners”
The Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes will entertain at dinner
on November 27 for the Presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. This
will be followed by the series
of dinners with members of
the Cabinet as hosts. The
dates are:
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Keilogg r December 4.
The Secretary of the Treas
ury. December 11.
The Secretary of War and
Mrs. Davis, December 18.
The Attorney General -and
Mrs. Sargent, January 8.
Tlie Postmaster General and
Mrs. New, January 15.
The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Wilbur, January 22.
The Secretary of the In
terior, January 29.
The Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Jardine, February 5.
The Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Whiting, February 12.
The Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis, February 19.
Mrs, Frederick Coolidge
Has Luncheon Before
Chamber Music Concert
Mrs. Frederick S. Coolidge, who
atriVed in Washington yesterday
from Massachusetts, entertained
at luncheon today at the May
flower, where, she is staying. The
Barty was given as a preliminary
to the first chamber music con
cert o fthis season to be held to
night i/i the Elizabeth Spi*ague
Coolidge Auditorium at the
Library of Congress and the
guests of honor were the mem
bers of the Roth Quartet of Buda-
which will present the
program. This organization made
its first American appearance at
Mrs. Coolidge’s annual chamber
music festival in the Berkshires a
few weeks ago.
The, guests at the luncheqn to
day included Baron and Baroness
Van Boetzelaer, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Engel, Mr, and Mrs. John
Colt, Mrs. A. 8. Coolidge, daugh
ter-in-law of the hostess; Miss
Lillian Littlehales, Miss Gladys
North, Dr. Charles Moore, Miss
Grace Guest, Mrs. Frank Bohlen,
of Philadelphia, and Percy Ather
ton. The members of the Roth
Quartet in addition to Seri Roth,
are Jeno Antal, Ferenc Molnar —
not the playwright—and Albert
Van Doorn.
♦ ♦ ♦
Luncheon
Mrs. Wilbur, wife of the Secre
tary of the Navy, was the ranking
guest at the luncheon and bridge
given today at the Army. Navy
and Marine Country Club by Mrs.
George Richard Smith and Miss
Lucille Claire Smith. Others pres
ent included Mrs. Richard C. Tay
lor, Mrs. Peter A. Drury. Mrs. Cor
nelius Gardiner. Mrs. Chase Ken
nedy, Mrs. William W’olff Smith,
Mrs. Theodore H. Tiller, Mrs.
Thornton Boland and her sister,
Miss Eleanor Hellmuth, of St.
Louis; Mrs. Charles Knowles
Koones. Mrs. Edward Webster,
Mrs. Nannie G. Jobe, Mrs. Ryan
Devereux, Mrs. Ogilvie Shumate,
Mrs. Charles J. Williamson. Mrs.
James W. Orme. Mrs. George
Whitecotton, Mrs. B. F. Saul. Mrs.
Everard R. Todd, Mrs. Leroy
Hight, Mrs. Freeman Clark, Mrs.
George Carpenter and Mrs. John
ston Wilson, of Portland, Ore., who
is her guest; Mrs. Richard Hill,
Mrs. Henry Lyne. Mrs. A. Camp
bell Pryor. Mrs. Joseph R. Defrees,
Mrs. Emmet Gudger, Mrs. War
wick F. Montgomery, jr.; Mrs. W.
W. Spaid. Mrs. John R. Waller,
Mrs. John Gilman Bullard. Mrs.
W'illiam Morgan. Mrs. William
Roberts, Mrs. Georgeia Knox
Berry. Mrs. Jules Calle, Mrs. Mon
cure Burke. Mrs. Dabney Elliott,
Mrs. Lewis Arthur, Mrs. Harold
Phillips, Mr«. Charles Clay Bayly,
Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker. Mrs.
Camden R. McAtee. Mrs. Edward
Tierney, Mrs. John Howard
Hoover, Mrs. William Calhoun
Stirling, Mrs. Jerome M, Graham,
Mrs. Colby Dodge, Mrs. Koones
Drury, Mrs. Rudolph Fritsch, of
Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. Roy L.
Neuhauser, Miss Nora Hill. Miss
Ada Hill, Miss Blanche Wingo,
Miss Cornelia Bowie, Miss Frances
Saul, Miss Audrey Carter, Miss
Frances W’ebster. Miss Elena Cal
deron. Miss Helen Newton, Miss
Elizabeth Jobe. Miss Barendina
Gardiner and Miss Martha Gardi
ner. ♦ * *
Mrs. William McLellan Ritter
gave a luncheon yesterday in
honor of Mrs. McClure Kelley,
who was Miss Theodora Catalani.
* * *
Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, of
Chicago, recording secretary gen
eral of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, has returned
to Washington for the season and
is again in residence at the May
flower, where she has spent the
last two winters.
* ♦ ♦
Mrs. R. E. Browning of Mel
bourne, Australia is making an
extended stay at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
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