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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Guests From Many Cities Attend
Supreme Court Dinner at White House
A Few Officials and a
Group of Distinguished
Washington Women
Are Among the Guests
The President and Mrs.
Coolidge were hosts at din
ner last night, entertaining
for the Supreme Court group,
headed by Chief Justice and
Mrs. Taft.
Justice and Mrs. Oliver
; JWendell Holmes and Justice
I and Mrs. Louis Brandeis
were absentees, since indis
j position prevents their ac
! cepting invitations for the
evening. But Justice and
Mrs. Van Devanter, who
had missed the judiciary
reception last week, were
present, as were the others
of this distinguished little
coterie—Justice Mcßeynolds,
Justice and Mrs. Suther
land, Justice and Mrs. But
ler, Justice and Mrs. San
ford and Justice and Mrs.
Stone.
Small Official Group
The other officials present
were Attorney General John G.
Sargent, Senator and Mrs. Lee
S. Overman, Senator and • Mrs.
Frederick H. Gillett, Representa
tive Hatton W. Sumners- and
the Solicitor General and Mrs.
William D. Mitchell.
The Governor of Maryland,
Albert C. Ritchie, was a guest,
and the company also included
the members of a little house
party at the White House—
Dwight W. Morrow, U. S.
ambassador to Mexico, who is
a delegate to the International
Conference of American States'
on Conciliation and Arbitration;
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gallagher,
of Cleveland; Judge and Mrs.
Edward Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hemenway,of Northamp
ton, Mass., and Frank W.
Stearns, of Boston. Mrs. Stearns
is also visiting the President
and Mrs. Coolidge, but was not
sufficiently recovered from her
recent illness to attend the
dinner.
From Other Cities
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, of
Detroit, were among those who
had come from other cities for
The dinner —an unusually large
graup—since the honor guests for
this party are few in number.
Others were Mr. and Mrs. Louis
K. Liggett, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ar
thur Pierce, of New York; Mr. and
Mrs. Bentley W. Warren, of Bos
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Willard,
of Baltimore, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jonathan Bryan.
Also present were Mrs. Henry
C. Corbin, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
Mrs. William C. Gorgas and Mrs.-
J. Borden Harriman, a quartet
of distinguished Washington wo
men; Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, of
Kansas City, who spends her win
ters in the Capital; Miss Mary Pol
lard, a distant cousin of President
Coolidge; Mrs. Joel T. Boone,
whose husband. Commander Boons,
one of the President’s physicians,
is now with President-elect Hoover
on his good will tour; the Rev; W.
Coleman Nevils. S. J., president of
Georgetown University; Mr. and
Mrs. Edward T. Clark. Col. Osmun
Latrobe and Capt. Wilson Brown.
The table was decorated with
pink chrysanthemums, stevia and
maidenhair fern.
Other guests Joined the company
for the musicale which followed.
The program was presented by
Miss Sophie Braslau, contralto,
and the Elshuco Trio, of New
York, founded by Willem Wil
lecke, who played the ’cello. The
other artists were William Kroll,
violinist, and Aurelio Giorni. pian
ist. Miss Louise Lindner was ac
companist for Miss Braslau.
Mrs. Coolidge received the At
water Kent singers at noon today.
Judge and Mrs. Edward Shaw,
who were guests over night at the
White House, have returned to
their home in Northampton. Mass.
The Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis will have their niece.
Miss Esther Ford Jones, with
them for, the Christmas holidays.
She will arrive on December 21.
Secretary and Mrs. Davis and
their children are in Pittsburgh,
to remain until Tuesday.
* * *
The retiring minister of the
Irish Free State, Timothy Smiddy,
is the guest for whom Representa
tive and Mrs. Sol Bloom will enter
tain at dinner this evening.
* * *
The Egyptian Minister and
Mme. Samy Pasha are spending
some time in New York, where
tljey are staying at the Ambas
sador Hotel.
* ★ *
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, wife
of the United States ambassador
to the Argentine, is in Washing
ton for a few days, and is a guest
at the Mayflower.
* * *
Princesa Cantacuzene Speran
eky has gone to New York and
is staying at the Sherry-Nether
land.
* * *
The Visayan Circle will hold its
second literary and social pro
gram at the clubhouse at 1410
Fifteenth St. N. W. tomorrow
evening at 8 o’clock.
The program will include vocal
selections by Miss Margorie De
La Mater and addresses by Fran
eieco Tolententio, member of the
elub debating team; Pedro Gue
vara. resident commissioner from
the Phillipines. and Raoul Liza ire,
charge d’affaires of Haiti.
Felix Bayaya. president of the
circle, will introduce the artists.
Louis Fernandez and Mrs. Vir
gillo Velasquez will give several
piano numbers.
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and Mrs. Edward Alexander, who is to be presented to
society this afternoon at a tea at her mother’s house.
NOTES OF SOCIETY
Senator and Mrs. Daniel O.
Hastings, of Dover. Del., with
Miss Elsie Saxton, are staying at
the Willard and were hosts at
luncheon there yesterday after
the Senator took the oath of of
fice at the Capitol.
♦ * *
Mrs. Hugh Cumming, wife of
the surgeon general of the Pub
lic Health Service, was the honor
guest at luncheon today of Mrs.
Bolivar. J. Lloyd, wife of Dr.
Lloyd, of the Public Health
Ser vici.
* * *
Off For Arizona
Mrs. G. D. Webster, who has
been at the Mayflower for sev
eral weeks will leave Washington
on Monday for Phoenix, Arizona,
where she has a winter home.
She will be accompanied on the
private car, in which she always
travels' on long Journeys, by Miss
Laura Mohun and her sister, Mrs.
Walter Hulme. They have taken
a bungalow near Phoenix for the
winter months.
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Princess Margaret Bencompagni
w’iil occupy a box at the benefit of
Cornelia Otis Skinner at Memorial
Continental Hall tomorrow eve
ning. Those who have recently
taken tickets are Mrs. William
Hard. Mrs. Wilhelmus Bryan, Miss
Florence Grandin. Miss Frances
Allen, Mrs. Andrew Parker, Mrs.
7hno
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William Wallace Wotherspoon, Ap
pleton Clark, Jr., Mrs. Howard R.
Hodgkins, Mrs. Charles F. R.
Ogilby and Joseph Sanders.
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Lieut, and Mrs. Richard S.*
Baron* are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of a daughter,
Marie Louise Swann Baron.
Wednesday. Mrs. Baron is making
her home with her father, Repre
sentative Stephen G. Porter, this
winter, while Lieutenant Baron
is. on sea duty.
♦ ♦ ♦,
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton
will arrive in Washington Monday
to be the guest for the week of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Hood Watson, at
their home, 1805 Kennedy pi. Mrs.
Seton has taken a box for the ball
of the District League of American
Pen Women next Tuesday evening
♦ ♦ ♦
The League of American Pen
Women of the District of Colum
bia will hold the iniid of a series
of monthly book reviews tomor
row evening at S o’clock at the
club rooms. Miss Agnes Winn,
chairman of the reviews, an
nounces the following program:
“The Father,” by Katherine Hol
land Brown, reviewed by Mrs.
Edward Nelson Dingley; “Whither
Mankind,’* a panorama of modern
civilization edited by Charles A.
Beard, reviewed by Mrs. Aaron
Newman.
PRETTY MAID
PRESENTED
TODAY
Miss Elise Alexander to
Make Her Debut In
Mother’s Home
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Renick
Alexander are giving a reception
this afternoon at their residence,
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, to
present their, daughter, Miss Elise
Hoban Alexander. Mrs. Alexander
who as Miss Elise Hoban, was a
belle in the Capital a generation
ago, took a house in Washington
for the season in order that her
daughter might make her debut
in her mother’s old hdme. Mr.
Alexander’s business keeps him
in Cleveland most of the time, but
he spends the week ends with hia
family, and he has come on to be
present at the tea today,
Mrs. Henry W. Fitch, a cousin
of the hostess, will receive with
Mrs. Alexander and her daughter
and the group of ladies at the
tea table and the punch bowl will
include Mrs. Robert Hinckley,
Mrs. Lawrence Heap, Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Mrs. William B.
Mason, Mrs. William Barrett
Ridgely and Mrs. Granville
Fortescue.
The group qf pretty girls assist
ing Miss Alexander will Include
Miss Marlon Jardine, Miss Adele
Varela, Miss Faith Phillips. Miss
Phyllis Hight, Miss Rahel Davies
and Miss Anne Carter Greene.
Mrs. Alexander will wear a
gown of lavender chiffon and lace
dyed to match, while the debu
tante’s frock is a period model,
very bouffant as to the skirt, or
silver chiffon and white tulle.
She will carry an old-fashioned
bouquet of forget-me-nots, sweet
heart roses and lilies of the valley,
edged with silver lace and clasped
in a silver bouquet holder which
had belonged to her great-grand
mother.
Behind the receiving line are
great vases of a new and vivid
rose, between a pink and an
American Beauty, which were
presented to the debutante by
her young brothers and sisters.
The same flowerg are used on the
tea table. ’
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Miss Elizabeth Powell Dunlop
and Miss Lalla Lynn are the guests
in whose honor Miss Elizabeth
McKnew. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard H. McKnew, will en
tertain at a tea dance today in
the garden of the Mayflower-
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Political Study
Senora de Tellez, wife of the
Ambassador of Mexico, and Mrs.
Wallace Streater, wife of Major
Streater. U. S. A., will preside at
the tea table tomorrow afternoon
when the Political Study Club
meets at the Washington Club.
Ronald B. Mahany. former
American Minister to Ecuador,
will speak of "Our Southern
American Neighbors." Mrs. El
vina Rowe, who Joins the Metro
politan Opera Company in May,
will give a group of songs accom
panied by Miss Mary Taylor. The
president of the club, Mrs, Frank
Morrison, will preside.
Mrs. Rose Yates Forrester,
chairman of program, has ar
ranged this lecture.
Mrs. Virgil Miller, chairman of
hospitality, will be assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Ernest Daniel,
Mrs. Bruce Baird, Mrs. William
J. McGee. Mrs. Lewis Battle and
Miss Martha Fitzpatrick.
♦ • »
Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs.
Clarence M. Busch. Mfs. Charles
J. Bell, Mrs. Ann Archbold and
Mrs. Edna M. Colman are among
the patronesses for the series of
classes on “Things Talked About,”
by Mrs. Wolff Smith and Mrs.
, Swaim Reed, which are to be held
on Mondays through January,
February and March at the Wil
lard.
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Boxes Snapped Up For
Junior League Circus
Two Shows Planned
Boxes for the Junior League’s
circus at the Auditorium on De
cember 1», which looms as the
most amusing event on the hori
zon, have been snapped up rapid
ly, but a few still remain for the
afternoon performance, which is
to be a children’s matinee.
Among those who have taken
boxes for the evening perfor
mance are Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke, who will have the Min
ister of Rumania, Mr. Cretziano,
among her guests, and Mrs.
George Thorpe, who will enter
tain the Minister of Austria and
Mme. Prochnik,
Other box holders for this event
are Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs.
John Gibbons, Mrs. Frederick
Sackett, Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvea
ant. Mrs. John A. Johnston, Mrs.
I. T. Mann, Mrs. Harry Coving
ton, Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann,
Mrs. Leander McCormick-Good
hart Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Mrs.
S. J. Henry, Mrs. Alfred P.
Thom, Mrs. William Flather, Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. Eldridge
Jordan. Mrs. Malcolm McConlhe,
Mrs. John Holablrd Towne, Mrs.
Grosvenor Backus, Mrs. Clarence
Williams, Mrs. Frank Hight, Miss
Ixtulse King and Mrs. C. R.
Knrtz.
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake,
Miss Mary Apple and Mrs, Ches
ter Adair will presea c the Y. W,
C. A. Booklover’s Christmas pro
gram at association headquarters,
Monday, December 17, at 8
o’clock. The meeting will be
open to the public. It will be
under the auspices of the Busi
ness and Professional Women's
Department. The program will in
clude three groups of songs by
Miss Apple, contralto soloist, ac
companied by Miss Adair. Miss
Drake will give her group of
poems and will relate “The
Story of Christmas."
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928
Dinner Parties
Precede Army
Dance Tonight
The first of the series of four
Army dances to be given this sea
son will take place this evening
at the Willard Hotel. Preceding
the dance there will be several
dinner parties at the Willard.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dwight Davis will be the rank
ing guests at the dinner given
by Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Luts Wahl.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Creed Ham
mond will be dinner hosts. And
others entertaining at dinner be
fore the dance include Col. and
« r ’* B - Bookmiller, Coll and
Mrs. E. C. Mortimer and Major
and Mrs. E. S. Hughes.
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