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In Washington
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Many members of society were present yesterday at the
opening of the National Capital Horse Show Association’s
annual spring meet at Bradley Farms. After waiting two-'
days for the sun to shine, the show got under way yesterday
morning at 9 o’clock. Though it was somewhat threatening
in the morning, the afternoon was delightful, and there
was enough of feminine finery and furbelows intermixed
Mr*. John Hay Whitney
charity,” the Army Relief Society being the chief benefi
ciary.
Horse Show Attracts Cay Throng
Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson, wife of the Secretary of State,
who is the president of the Army Relief Society, headed the
list of patronesses for the luncheon, which attracted many
of the spectators between the morning and afternoon ses
sions; and there were a number of jolly little tea parties
in the late afternoon.
The grounds where the show is being held are among the
hest in the country and several fine saddle classes were
shown yesterday afternoon, the entries including some of
the best-known stables in this section.
The box-holders for the show include the Minister of
Hungary and Countess Szechenyi, the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Hurley, Senator and Mrs. James N. Couzens, Mr.
James N. Andrews, of Bethesda; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Chiswell, Miss Ruth H. Hitchcock, Mrs. Simon Patterson,
of Pittsburgh; Mrs. David J. Dunigan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
J. Cotter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. Corby, Mrs. D. C. Staple
ton, Col. and Mrs. C. D. Herron, Dr. and Mrs. James Alex
ander Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, Mr.
and Mrs. Carlos Del Mar, Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry P. Erwin, Major and Mrs. George S. Patton, jr.,
Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mrs. Thomas 11. C.
Reed, Mrs. Percy 11. Stewart, Mr. N. Horace Lutterell, Miss
Frances M. Dodge, of Michigan; Miss Helen Lee Eames
Doherty, Mrs. Florence F. Dibble, of Massachusetts; Mr. and
Mrs. William G. Hill, Mrs. Marbury Stamp, Mrs. Fred
Sanderson, and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock.
Seen at Horse Show
Among those seen at the show,
some of whom were members
of box parties and others walk
ing about in the enclosure, were
the Ambassador of Belgium and
Mme. May, the Mexican Ambas
sador and Senora de Puig
Casaurane, the Minister of Aus
tria and Mme. Prochnik, who
were guests in the box of Col.
and Mrs. M. Robert Guggen
heim. Others invited to be with
Colonel and Mrs. Guggenheim
were the Counselor of the Argen- 1
tine Embassy and Senora de .
Traverso. Miss Joan Guggen
heim, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Wettach, of Shrewsbury, N. J.,
and the second secretary of
the Spanish embassy, Senor Don
Ramon Padilla y de Satrustegui.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney, of New York and Middle
burg, were in their box, and Mrs.
Whitney looked particularly
smart in a tailored suit of the
finest blue and white check
cloth with a black topcoat
trimmed with blue fox. and a
small blue hat. Several guests
joined them during the after
noon.
Col. and Mrs. Harry N. Cootes
had a party of friends with
them in their box. and Major
and Mrs. C. T. George, of Fort
Myer, were also in a box.
Senator and Mrs. James Couz
ens entertained a family party
In their box, having with them
their daughters, Mrs. William R.
Yaw, of Detroit, who is their
house guest; Mrs. William Jef
fries Chewning, jr., and Miss
Betty Couzens.
Others Present
Among others present were
Mrs. John B. Cochran, Mr. and
Mrs. Karl W. Corby, Mrs. David
St. Pierre Gaillard, Comdr, and
Mrs. T. L. Schumacher, Miss
Louise Howser, Miss Elizabeth
Bowser. Mrs. Allan Potts, of Vir
ginia; Miss Helen Robbins, Mr.
Warren Delano Robbins, Miss
Elsie Ekengren, Miss Isabel
Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Caln, Miss Mary Pieston Gib
son, Miss Evelyn Walker, Mrs.
Alexander W. Gregg, Miss Helen
Strauss, Miss Olive Sherley, Mrs.
Sidney F. Taliaferro. Mrs James
Ellwood Jones, Mrs. Arthur Con
don, Mrs. S. W. Sommerville,
Lieut. William A. Bugher and
Mr. Frederick T. Drum Hunt.
The show will be held tomor
row in order that the delayed
entries may be run off, and it
should attract a very large
crowd as nothing could be more
ideal than this combination of
fine horses and smart people in
the picturesque setting which is
to be found at Bradley Farms.
* * *
At Horse Show
The Vice President, accom- I
panied by his brother-in law, Mr.
Edward Everett Gann, at
tended the Preakness at Pim
lico today. Mrs. Gann enter
tained a party of friends at
the National Capital Horse
Show at Bradley Farm today.
I with sou’westers and even fur coats,
| to make the gathering look festive.
The enclosure was thronged and in
timate little groups were assebled in
the boxes overlooking the ring.
Bradley Farms, where the show is
being held, has a picturesque setting.
The clubhouse, which is an old farm
house, is surrounded with fields beau
tifully green after the past several
days of rain: and the trees, many of
them ladened with blossoms, form
an effective background.
Booths, where cigarettes, ice cream,
candies, and the like were dispensed,
were surrounded by gay groups, and
I the venders, composed of fashionable
j matrons and maids of the Capital,
sold their wares in the name of ‘‘sweet
♦
Informal Dance
The Ambassador of Belgium
and Mme. May will entertain
at an informal dance at the
Embassy in Massachusetts Ave
nue this evening following a
small dinner.
* * *
The ambassador of Cuba and
Senora de Ferrara will arrive in
Washington on Monday, and
they will remain at the embassy
until May 22, when they will re
turn t Havana, where Senor
Don Orestes Ferrara will as
-1 sume his new duties as secre-
I tary of state of Cuba.
* * ♦
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson, who
sailed from Italy aboard the
Vulcania, are expected to ar
rive in this country today.
They will come directly to the
Capital and reopen Woodley
for the remainder of the spring
season.
* ♦ ♦
Envoy Host
The Minister of Rumania,
Mr. Charles A. Davila, enter-
I tained at luncheon yesterday at
the legation for the retiring
First Secretary of the Egyptian
Legation and Mme. Aly Ismail
Bey, who will leave Washing
ton tomorrow for New York,
whence they will sail Tuesday
on the Excambion for Rumania.
* * >jc
The Minister of Ecuador and
Senora de Zaldumbide will en
tertain at a dinner this eve
ning at the Legation in Six
teenth Street. when their
guests will number 16. The
Minister and Senora de Zal
dumbide will be hosts at dinner
again on May 27, and the third
dinner of the series they are
giving will be on May 31.
* j|c 3(C
At Wakefield *
The Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
left this morning to motor to
Wakefield to spend the week
end. They will return to their
apartment in the Mayflower
tomorrow evening.
» ♦ »
Mr. and Mrs. Willi, i Kinnan
entertained at dinner last eve
ning at their home in Garfield
Street, in honor of Miss Caro
line Hyde, daughter of the Sec
retary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde. There were
12 guests and bridge followed
the dinner.
* ♦ *
Dinner Hosts Tonight
Senator and Mrs. Walter F.
George will be the guests of
honor at a dinner to be given
this evening at the Chevy
Chase Club by Mr. and Mrs.
Wilton J. Lambert.
i* » »
Major and Mrs. William H.
Jones, jr., will entertain at the
dinner dance at the Shoreham
this evening, in honor of Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O.
Fuqua. Their guests will num
i ber 26.
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News and Gossip of People and Events in Washingtons Mayfair
MINISTER OF PANAMA AND SENORA DE ALFARO ARE HOSTS
Notable Company
Entertained at
Legation
The Minister of Panama and
Senora i.e Alfaro entertained
at r. dinner last evening at the
Ic. tion in New Hampshire
Avenue, when their guests in
cluded the Mexican Ambassador
and Senora de Puig Casaurane,
the Cuban Ambassador to Mex
ico and Senora Sterling, the
Minister of Guatemala and
Senora de Recinos, the Secre
tary of the Legation of Panama
and Senora de Chevalier, Rev.
W. Coleman Nevils, Major and
Mrs. Parker W. West. Senora
de Sacasa, wife of the former
minister of Nicaragua: Mrs.
Hoggatt Clopton. Dr, and Mrs.
J. E. Lewis, Lieut. Comdr, and
Mrs. Lelan D. Webb, Dr. and
Mrs. Vict< and Dr.
Fenton Lradford.
The Minister and Senora de
/.Ifar ill be hosts at another
dinner this evening at the
legation.
♦ ♦ ♦
Lady Lindsay Tea
Hostess Today
Lady Lindsay, honorary presi
dent of the Queen Elizabeth
Chapter of the Daughters of the
British Empire in the District
of Columbia, will entertain the
members of the chapter at tea
in the British embassy this after
noon.
The Daughters of the British
Empire in the United States of
America is a nation wide organ
ization formed many years ago
to stimulate good fellowship and
philanthropy among women of
British birth or parentage. Its
principal charitable object is to
maintain homes for aged British
men and women in the United
States.
A State Society of the organi
zation for the District of Colum
bia has recently been formed in
Washington, the first chapter
being the Queen Elizabeth Chap
ter. The members are helping
to support the Victoria Home at
Ossining, J). Y., to which a new
wing is being added to be for
mally opened by the British Am
bassador early in June.
* ♦ ♦
To Fete Sister
Miss Lucille Claire Smith will
entertain at a bridge tea Thurs
day afternoon, May 26, at the
Army and Navy Country Club,
in honor of her sister, Mrs.
John Howard Hoover, who will
come from Newport Monday,
to be the guest of her mother,
Mrs. George Richard Smith,
for several weeks, before join
ing Commander Hoover at
North Island, Calif., where the
latter will be commandant of
the naval station.
♦ * *
Give Luncheon
Mrs. Absalom Waller and
her daughter, Miss Louise Du-
Bose Waller, entertained at a
luncheon today in honor of
Miss Margaret O’Hanlon, of
Winston-Salem, N. C., who is a
student at Gunston Hall, The
other guests were Miss Estelle
Follin.o f Winston-Salem; Miss
Alison Thomson, of California;
Miss Ellen Archer, of Texas;
Miss Louise Gildersleeve, Miss
Anne Irvine. Miss Arabelle
Davis, of Winchester, Va.; Miss
Mary Manning, of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Miss Sue Harriet Patingill,
of Illinois.
* ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik
now in Paris, will remain abroad
for the summer. They will be
at their villa in Newport in Sep
tember to pass the winter.
Issue Invitations
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy
have issued invitations for the
marriage ot their daughter,
Olive, to Mr. Donald Gibbons,
of Hamilton, Bermuda. The
ceremony will take place,
Wednesday evening, June 1, at
8 o’clock, at the Hamilton
Hotel, and a reception will
follow.
Mr. Gibbons and his bride
will be at home after July 1 in
Hamilton, Bermuda.
♦ * *
Mr. Gregory Prince, of this
city, will be one of the ushers
at the marriage of Miss Winnie
Davis Long, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Christian
Long, jr., of Beacon Street,
Hartford, Conn., to "Mr. Bruce
Crane, son of Mrs. W. Murray
Ctane and the late Senator
Crane of Massachusetts, which
will take place this afternoon
at 4 o’clock in the Asylum Hill
Congregational Church in
Hartford. Miss Mabel T. Board
man. of this city, aunt of the
bridegroom-elect, will be pres
ent at the ceremony.
* * *
Mrs. Joseph Willard and her
daughter, Mrs. Kermit Roose
velt, are at the Willard for a
few days.
♦ * ♦
Mr. Daniel Gainey announces
the marriage of his daughter,
Mrs. Deborah Gainey Zimmer
man. to Mr. Owen Sullivan, at
St. Mary's Church, Annapolis,
Md., on April 23.
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MRS. R. M. BRADY, of Rapidan, Va., and Mrs.
Simon T. Patterson, of Pittsburgh, pictured at the Na
tional Capital Horse Show at Bradley Farms on the
• opening day. Mrs. Patterson’s horse, “Thundercrash,”
is showing in the model hunters class.
Foster-Childress
Nuptials Today
A wedding of wide interest
to society took place this af
ternoon at 4:30 o’clock, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Childress, when their daugh
ter, Miss Charlotte Childress
became the bride of Mr. Gray
Southerland Foster, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Gray Foster,
of New York.
The house was very effec
tively decorated with a variety
of spring flowers, and great
sprays of bridal wreath, inter
mingled with southern smilax,
adorned the walls of the draw
ing room, where the ceremony
was performed by the Rev. C.
Ernest Smith, rector of St.
Thomas’ Church, the couple
kneeling on a white satin prie
kneeling on a white satin Prie-
Dieu for the blessing.
The bride, who was given
in marriage by her father, wore
an exquisite gown of ivory
tinted satin trimmed with old
point Applique which had
adorned her mother’s wedding
gown. It was made on very
simple lines, the skirt termin
ating in a long graceful train,
and a deep bertha of the point
lace fell from the neckline.
She wore a tulle veil and car
ried a sheaf of Calla lilies.
Mrs. Francis Mead Tomp
kins, sister of the bride, at
tended her as matron of honor,
and she wore a lovely gown of
peach-colored chiffon, with a
garden hat ot natural paper
straw, trimmed with velvet rib
bon of the same shade as the*
gown. She carried a bouquet
of Talisman roses and snap
dragons.
Reception Follows
Only the members of the
two families and the small
group of intimate friends who
witnessed the ceremony were
present at the reception which
followed, when the bridal
couple were assisted in receiv
ing by Mrs. Childress, mother
of the bride, who wore a hand
some afternoon gown of beige
lace and chiffon, with a corsage
bouquet of gardenias; and
Mrs. Foster, mother of the
bridegroom, who wore an ef
fective costume of green chif
fon with hat to match.
The buffet table in the din
ingroom was adorned with
white lilacs and phlox; and
tall white tapers, which burned
in silver holders, were tied with
bows of white tulle.
Mi*, and Mrs. Foster left
later for their wedding trip,
which will take them to White
Sulphuu; and they will make
their future home in Nash
ville, Tenn., where they have
taken a bouse on the Dicker
son Pike.
The out-of-town guests here
for the wedding included, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Foster, of
Plainfield. N. J.. Mr. Hegeman
Foster. Mrs. lo'on Coffin.
Mrs. Gregg Birdsall, jr.. and
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Scott, all
of New York: and Mr. and
Mrs. Avent Childress, of Scars
dale.
77»e National Daily
Pageant at Ball
Novel Feature
Restaging of the pageant of
New England State flowers is
an added feature of the charity
ball to be given tonight at the
Mayflower by the New England
States Society for the benefit
of the unemployed in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The pageant
was enacted for the first time
at the Bicentennial ball given
by the same society in Wash
ington on George Washington’s
Birthday.
The affair is sponsored by
membersof the Diplomatic Corps
and of official circles, those
already announced in this
group include the Vice Presi
dent, Mr. Curtis, the Ambassa
dor of Italy and Nobil Donna
Antonietta de Martino, the Am
basasdor of France and Madame
Claudel, the Ambassador of
Japan and Madame Debuchi,
the Ambasador of Belgium and
Madame May, the Minister of
the Irish Free State and Mrs.
Michael Mac White, the minis
ter of Rumania, Mr. Charles
A. Davila; the Minister of
Venezuela and Senora de Ar
caya and the Minister of Bo
livia and Senora de Abelli.
Also the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams, the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, the Secretary of Labor
and Mrs William N. Doak,
Senator Arthur Capper, Sena
tor and Mrs. Hiram Bingham,
Senator and Mrs. Jesse H. Met
calf, Senator and Mrs. Warren
R. Austin, Senator and Mrs.
Marcus A. Coolidge and Miss
Helen Coolidge, Senator and
Mrs. Felix Hebert, Representa
tive and Mrs. Richard B. Wig
glesworth. Representative and
Mrs. Menalcus Lankford, Rep
resentative Samuel A. Kendall,
Representative and Mrs. Rich
ard W. Goss, the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. James
Grafton Rogers and the Assis
tant Secretary of War and Mrs.
Frederick H. Payne.
Among other sponsors are
Mrs. Larz Anderson, Miss Eva
Walling, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic
Vernon, Mrs. Thomas Wilson,
Miss Cora Noyes and Mr. James
E. Wilson.
* ♦ ♦
Fete House Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos del Mar
wete hosts at dinner last eve
ning when they entertained in
honor of their house guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Jacoby, of
New York.
Their guests were the As
sistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, Repre
sentative and Mrs. Fred Britten,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark
Bristol, Mrs. John Allan Dough
erty, Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Mr. C.
Bascom Slemp, Mr. George Bon
cesco, financial counselor of the
Rumanian legation, and Col.
Charles H. Patterson.
Tomorrow afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. del Mar will entertain at a
tea in compliment to Mr. and
Mrs. Jacoby. Mrs. del Mar’s
mother, Mrs. Hartley Given,
will preside at the tea table, as
sisted by Mrs. John P. Jackson
and Mrs. M. llobert Guggen
heim.
SATURDAY—MAY 14—1932
Secretary Adams
and Wife Fete
House Guests
The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams
have as their guests over the
week-end their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Morgan, of New York; their
son, Mr. Charles Francis Adams,
jr., apd Mrs. Robert Emmons,
of New York, who arrived yes
terday and will remain with
them until tomorrow night.
Secretary and Mrs. Adams
and their guests motored to
Annapolis today to see the crew
races, with the Naval Academy,
Harvard University, the Univer
sity ot Pennsylvania and Massa
chusetts institute of Technology
participating.
Preceding the races Secre
tary and Mrs. Adams and their
guests attended the luncheon
which the Superintendent of
the Naval Academy, Admiral
Thomas C. Hart, and Mrs. Hart
gave when their guests num
bered 65 and Included the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke.
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Italy-America
Society Meets
at Embassy
The Ambassador of Italy and
Nobil Donna Antonietta de
Martino will entertain the Italy
America Society at the embassy
this afternoon at 4 o’clock. This
will be the last gathering this
season of the members of the
society which maintains its
headquarters at the Mayflower.
“The Message of Goethe’’ will
be the subject of the address
to be given at the meeting by
Prof. Giuseppe Antonio Borgese,
eminent Italian author and lit
erary critic, of the University
of Milan, who occupied the
chair of Italian culture at the
University of California during
the past winter.
* ♦ ♦
During the hour before tea
yesterday, the members of the
Congressional Club on New
Hampshire Avenue, enjoyed an
unusual program presented by
members and associate mem
bers of the club.
Mrs. Carl R. Chlndblom, wife
of Representative Chlndblom, of
Illinois, arranged the program
and she also played several of
the musical numbers.
Mr. Fell to Usher
in Wedding
Today
Mr. John R. Fell, jr. son of
Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, wife of
the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. Mills and Mr. Dwight F.
Davis, jr., son of the former
Governor of the Philippines and
Mrs. Davis, will be among the
ushers at the wedding today of
Miss Laura Hazard Holmes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dun
can Argyll Holmes, of New
York, and Mr. Austen "ownsend
Gray, son of Mrs. Kenneth P.
Budd and Mr. Austen Gray, of
New York, which will take place
in the Church of the Advent, at
Westbury, Long Island. A re
ception will follow at the home
of the bride’s parents t Brook
ville, Long Island.
* * *
To Fete Guests
Senator and Mrs. Royal S.
Copeland will entertain at a
dinner this evening in compli
ment to their son, Lieut. Royal
S. Copeland, jr., and his .fiancee.
Miss Virginia Duryee, who are
their house guests over the
week-end.