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SPANISH EMBASSY SCENE OF BRILLIANT BALL FOR OFFICERS ABOARD "ELCANO"
Dinner-Dance At Army And Navy
Country Club Will Climax
Busy Day For Visitors
The Spanish Embassy presented a gala scene last evening
for the dinner given by the Ambassador and Senora de
Cardenas, in honor of Capt. J. Lopez Cortijo, commander
of the Spanish training ship, “Juan Sebastian de Elcano,”
which anchored, in the Potomac late Thursday afternoon.
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SENORA DE CARDENAS
Senora de Cardenas wore a princess gown of beige satin
modeled on the newest lines, the front of the bodice cut
high with straps caught at the back of the neck with two
gold and pink tourmalene buttons. With this costume she
wore a double strand of beautifully matched pearls, and
gold slippers.
The various reception rooms and the ballroom were deco
rated with great clusters of Spring flowers, fruit blos
soms predominating against a background of palms and
ferns. A string orchestra played for the dancing, which
lasted until the “wee” small hours, and a buffet supper
was served at midnight.
Tea Dance at “Brick House’’
Yesterday, Captain Cortijo made a round of calls, visit
ing the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Swanson; and Admiral
Pratt.
The Spanish midshipmen plan to spend today sight-seeing,
and this afternoon they, together with the senior officers,
will be entertained at a tea dance to be given by Col.
Robert Davis, U. S. A. retired, and Mrs. Davis, at their
charming country home, “Brick House” in Falls Church,
Virginia.
The hosts will be assisted in receiving by their four at
tractive daughters. Mrs. Davis will wear a graceful gown
of royal blue lace, made on simple lines with long flowing
sleeves. Miss Edwina Davis has selected a frock of pepper
mint stripe chiffon with large puffed sleeves while Eliza
beth and Barbara will wear ecru lace and white net. re
spectively, each gown made on the princess lines with puffed
sleeves. The party will be in the nature of an unofficial
“debut” for Adele, who is fourteen. She will wear a white
organdie frock.
The drawing room will be effectively decorated with
sprays of dogwood and Spring shrubs and an orchestra will
play in one corner of the room. The tea table will be
adorned with Spring flowers in pastel shades and white
tapers in silver candlesticks.
This evening, the Spanish visitors will be entertained at
an informal dinner dance at the Army and Navy Country
Club, and prior to that, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Mac-*
Cracken, jr., will give an hors d’oeuvres party in their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel.
The training ship will leave Washington Monday, to con
tinue on its world cruise.
_ The luncheon in honor of Capt. Cortijo at which the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt, was to
have been host on Thursday and which was postponed be
cause of the delay in arrival of the ship, will be given Mon
day at the Mayflower.
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White House Supper
The President will attend the
Gridiron dinner to be given this
evening at the Willard, when
the guests will include prom
inent men in official life, to
gether wth many who have
come from out-of-town for this
semi-annual event, which is out
standing in the history of the
Capital.
Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain
at a buffet supper this evening
at the White House when the
Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances
Perkins, the wives of the mem
bers of the Cabinet, Mrs. Ruth
Rryan Owen, newly appointed
Minister to Denmark, and
the women correspondents in
Washington will be guests.
Receives Members
Mrs. Roosevelt received the
members of the Congressional
Club this morning at the White
House. The Club is celebrating
the twenty-fifth anniversary of
its founding with a series of
events which opened yesterday
with a luncheon at which about
three hundred members were
present.
The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt entertained a few
friends at dinner last evening,
and they have as their house
guests for the week-end, seven
girls from the Todhunter School
in New York, of which Mrs.
Roosevelt is associate principal,
and in which she retains an
active interest.
The President and Mrs. Roose
velt entertained at luncheon
yesterday in honor of the mem
bers of the Philippine mission
now in Washington.
* * ♦
Luncheon Monday ‘
The Vice President, Mr. John
N. Garner will attend the
luncheon which Admiral Cary
T. Grayson will give on Monday
in honor of the new Ambas
sador to Italy. Mr. Brecken
ridge Long, at the clubhouse at
Pimlico, preceeding the opening
of the Spring meeting.
The guests who numbered 96, were
seated at three large tables, each
adorned with flowers of a different
hue, carrying out the colors of the
Spanish flag, red. yellow, and purple.
The newly-appointed United States
Ambassador to Spain, Mr. Claude G.
Bowers, was present, as was Rear Ad
miral William V. Pratt, Chief of Naval
Operations, together with other high
ranking United States Naval officers
and their wives, and the Spanish of
ficers stationed aboard the training
ship.
The dinner was followed by a ball,
to which several hundred additional
guests were invited, and they were re-'
ceived by the Ambassador and Senora
de Cardenas, assisted by Captain
Cortijo.
Mme. Simopoulos, wife of the
minister of Greece, returned
yesterday from New York,
where she spent several days.
* * *
The Minister of Bulgaria and
Mme. Radeff will entertain at
a dinner party at the Legation,
Friday evening, May 5, in honor
of the Archbishop Antonin, of
! Alaska.
The Minister and
Radeff were hosts at an in
formal luncheon today at the
Legation.
* * *
Mme. Wadsted. wife of the
Minister of Denmark, has been
obliged to cancel her engage
ments for several weeks owing
to illness.
* * *
The Charge d’Affaires of
Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don
Henri De Bayle, will entertain
at a men’s dinner Monday eve
ning at the Shoreham, in honor
of the following members of
the staff of the Mexican Em
bassy; Senor Dr. Don Pablo
Campos-Ortiz, first secretary;
Senor Don Luciano Joublanc
Rivas, second secretary; Senor
Don Francisco VazquezTre
serra, third secretary; Senor
Don Carlos Peon-del-Valle,
third secretary, and Senor Dr.
Don Francisco Nunez Chavez,
secretary of the Embassy.
Mrs. Enid de Lima, chancel
lor of the Nicaraguan Legation,
will be the guest of honor and
speaker at the luncheon to be
given Tuesday, by the Woman’s
Party, in Baltimore. Her sub
ject will be, ‘‘Nicaraguan
Women.”
* * *
Former Governor Frank O.
Lowden and Mrs. Lowden of
Illinois, are at the Willard for
a short visit.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Leshure
Hinkle, who were married yes
terday, are at the St. Regis.
. in New York, where they will
| remain for a few days.
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John E. Fowler in Sixteenth Street.
Embassy Dinner
For New Envoy
The Ambassador of Cuba
and Senora de Cintas will en
tertain at a dinner this eve
ning at the Embassy, in honor
of the new United States
Ambassador to Cuba and Mrs.
Sumner Welles.
* * *
Tea Hostess
Mrs. William Livingston
Crounse entertained at a small
tea yesterday afternoon at her
home in Wyoming Avenue in
compliment to Counte s Sze
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Hill, Virginia, where with her young daughters she makes her home. Two of the
more important members of the household are in the foreground.
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Dinner for Guest
The Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. James H.
Douglas entertained at dinner
last evening at their residence
in Kalorama Road in honor of
their house guest, Miss Alice
Coonley, of Stockbridge, Mass.,
who arrived yesterday to be
their guest for several days.
* * *
The former Secretary of War
and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley will
go to Williamsburg, Va., tomor
row and on Monday Mr. Hurley
will make an address at William
and Mary College to commemo
rate the founding of Phi Beta
Kappa, the famous honor fra
ternity which had its beginning
at the College, which is the sec
ond oldest in the United States.
The National Daily
Tea for Members
of Institute
The Solicitor General and
Mrs. Thomas Day Thatcher
have issued cards for a tea from
five to seven o’clock on Thurs
day, May 4th., at their resi
dence 1647 Thirtieth Street,
Georgetown, in honor of the
members and guests of the
American Law Institute, meet
ing here next week.
The newly nominated Solici
tor General, Mr. James Craw
ford Biggs, of Raleigh, North
Carolina, is in Washington,
stopping at the Mayflower
where he will be joined shortly
by Mrs. Biggs.
SATURDAY—APRIL 29—1933
Dinner Is Given
In Honor of
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was the
guest in whose honor Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, sr., and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgen
thau, jr., entertained at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham.
Their guests included the
Minister of Greece and Mme.
Simopoulos; the Minister of the
Irish Free State, Mr. Michael
Mac White; Senator and Mrs.
James F. Byrnes; Senator Ar
thur Capper; Representative
Florence P. Kahn; Representa
tive Marvin Jones; the Director
of the Mint, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe
Ross; the Governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Board and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer; Mrs. J. Borden
Harriman; Col. and Mrs. E. T.
Watson; Miss Sidney Thomp
son; Mr. Arthur Sulzberger; Mr.
Forbes Morgan and Mr. Henry
Fox.
Miss Thompson gave recita
tions to music following the
dinner.
* * ♦
Annual Show at
Bradley Farms
With the coming of the Na
tional Capital Horse Show, be
ing sponsored by the Junior
League of Washington, May
10th to 13th inclusive at its
show grounds at Bradley Farms,
many parties are being planned
for out-of-town exhibitors and
guests.
The Sixth Annual Spring
Horse Show will be most inter
esting as many novel features
are being arranged by the mem
bers of the Junior League, com
mittees having been formed es
pecially for this purpose.
Many reservations have been
made, and boxes have been
taken by Countess Szechenyi,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rust Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Douglas,
Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son, Mrs. Karl W. Corby, Dr.
and Mrs. James Alexander
Lyon, Rep. and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins, Col. and Mrs.
Morris E. Locke, Col. and Mrs.
M. Robert Guggenheim,. Mr.
Horace Luttrell, Mr and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur O’Brien, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Marvin Haynes, Mr. Wallace
Chiswell, and Mrs. McFarland.
* * *
To Honor Mrs. Owen
The newly-appointed United
States Minister to Denmark,
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, will be
the honor guest at the dinner
to be given tomorrow evening
by the Military Attache of the
Mexican Embassy, Brig. Gen.
Francisco J. Aguilar, at the
Shoreham.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman will
entertain at a tea tomorrow
afternoon from 4:30 to 6:30
o’clock, at Uplands, her home
in Foxhall Road, in compliment
to the new Minister.
Mrs. Harriman will go to
New York, Monday, to spend
a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Harriman Russell.
* * *
Col. Reynolds Landis will
sail aboard the Excchorda for
Mediterranean Ports on Tues
day. to be absent for several
weeks.
* * *
Here for Meeting
Mrs. William H. Schofield,
President of the New Hamp
shire Society of the Colonial
Dames of America, has arrived
at the Carlton for the Bi ennial
Meeting of the National Society
of the Colonial Dames to be
held at the Carlton from May
Ist to sth.
The promotion of the following
is announced:
John F. Clapham to colonel:
Paul A. Hodapp to major; George
H. Zautner to major: Ezra
Davis to major; George E. Pruit
to captain: Henri A. Luebber
mann to first lieutenant; Solo
man F. Clark to major; James
F. Collins to first lieutenant :
Harold J. Coyle to first lieu
tenant; William J. Davis to
colonel; Albert S. J. Tucker to
lieutenant colonel; Marion O.
French to lieutenant colonel;
Clarke K. Fales to major; Stowe
T. Sutton to captain; James A.
Brown to captain: Elliott R.
Thorpe to captain; Oscar D. Sugg
to captain; Joseph H. Gilbreth
to first lieutenant; Horace A.
Quinn (detailed in Ordnance De
partment), to first lieutenant; Lee
R. Williams to first lieutenant;
James V. Thompson to first lieu
tenant; Paul E. Meredith (de
tailed in Q. M. C.), to first lieu
tenant; Olaf H. Kyster, jr., to
first lieutenant; Leßoy A. Walt
hall to captain; Lucas V. Beau,
jr., to captain.
Col. Charles F. Martin assigned
to Fort Riley, Kansas.
Lieut. Col. Andrew J. White, to
Philippine Department.
Major William S. Eley, to Pan
ama Canal Department.
Major Eugene M. Landrum, to
Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
First Lieut. Paul Cooper, to
Fort Lewis. Wash.
.First Lieut. Louis Q. McComas,
to Fort George Wright, Wash.
Second Lieut. Lawton Butler, to
Fort George Wright, Wash.
Social Notes
Mrs. John J. Cummings, of
Newton Centre, Mass., with her
daughter, Miss Polly Cummings,
is at Wardman Park Hotel for
an indefinite time.
* * *
Mr. George Link will enter
tain guests at the supper dance
at the Kenwood Country Club
this evening.
* * *
Mrs. Henry Adams Bellows,
who with her daughter, Miss
Eleanor Bellows, has been
spending the past three months
at Wardman Park Hotel with
Mr. Bellows, has returned with
her daughter to her home in
Minneapolis for the Summer.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Hol
brook who spent the winter at
Palm Beach. Fla., are at the
Shoreham for the week-end be
fore returning to their home in
Newton, Mass.
* * *
The officers of the American
Institute of Banking and the of
ficers of the Security Club will
entertain at the dinner dance at
the Shoreham this evening for
the members of the cast who re
cently presented a play which
is staged annually by the Club.
♦ * *
Columbian Group
At Luncheon
One hundred and fifty women
associated with George Wash
ington University attended the
luncheon given today by The
Columbian Women at one-thirty
o’clock at the Hay-Adams
House.
The program, arranged by
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., included
talks by Representative Kathryn
O’Loughlin McCarthy, of Kan
sas, and Representative Virginia
Jenckes, of Indiana. A program
of music was given by Mrs.
Florence Sindell, well-known
Washington singer, with Mrs.
Mabel Lincoln Williams at the
piano.
Miss Elizabeth Peet, President
of The Columbian Women, pre
sided and introduced the speak
ers.
At Speaker’s Table
Miss Peet will be the toast
mistress and those at the
speaker’s table will include the
guests of honor, Representative
McCarthy, Representative
Jenckes, and Mrs. Sindell, Mrs.
Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife of the
President of the University;
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., and Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong, members
of the Board of Trustees of the
University; Mrs. Lawson, wife
of Mr. Alfred E. Lawson, of
the Board of Trustees; and
other officers of The Colum
bian Women, Miss Harriet Gar
rels, first vice president; Mrs.
Joseph W. Cox, second vice
president; Mrs. W. Hayes
Yeager, recording secretary;
Miss Margaret Maize, corre
sponding secretary; Miss Mil
dred Getty, treasurer; Mrs. Rus
sell McNitt, assistant treasurer;
Miss Margaret Pepper, his
torian: and Miss Bertha
Frances Wolfe, parliamentarian.
Among Those Present
Others in the company were
Mrs. William Cline Borden, Mrs.
D. Kerfoot Shute, Mrs. William
A. White, and Mrs. William
Carl Ruediger, Mrs. John R.
Lapham, and Miss Janet Me
William.
Many of the members brought
guests. Mrs. Vinnie G. Barrows
had as her guests Mrs. William
John Cooper and Mrs. Karl
Fenn in g; Mrs. Thomas C.
Thompson entertained Miss
Etta Taggert; Miss Ruth War
ren and Miss Grace Haley were
the guests of Mrs. William J.
Mallory: Miss Elizabeth Cullen’s
guests were Miss M. Brooke
Bright and Miss Louise Easton;
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake had
as her guest Miss Olive Deane.
RECENT ARMY ASSIGNMENTS
First Lieut. Robert C. Andrews,
to Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
First Lieut. George L. Dewey,
to Fort Sam Houston. Tex.
First Lieut. John M. Evans, to
Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
First Lieut. Philip M. Kernan,
to Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
First Lieut. Robert B. McCleave,
to Fort Francis E. Warren.
First Lieut. Murray E. Mc-
Gowan, to Fort Francis E. War
ren.
First Lieut. Virgil R. Miller, to
Fort Francis E. Warren.
First Lieut. John W. Ramsey,
jr.. to Fort Sam Houston.
First Lieut. C. Elford Smith, to
Fort Francis E. Warren.
Second Lieut. Carl S. Graybeal,
to Fort Sam Houston.
Second Lieut. William J. Phe
lan. to Fort Francis E. Warren.
First Lieut. Richard L. Baugh
man, to Fort Howard, Maryland.
First Lieut. William H. Brunke,
to Fort Jay, New York.
First Lieut. Elvin H. Burger, to
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
First Lieut. Marcel G. Crombez,
to Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
First Lieut. Albert J. Dombrow
sky, to Fort Adams, Rhode Island.
First Lieut. Ridgely Gaither,
Jr., to Fort Devens.
First Lieut. Silas W. Hosea, to
Fort Wadsworth, New York.
First Lieut. Daniel H. Hundley,
to Jefferson Barracks. Missouri.
First Lieut. William E. Long, to
Fort Crook, Nebraska.
First Lieut. William H. Maglin, I
to Fort Jay. 1
Nuptials Today
In St.
Church
The marriage of Miss Betsy
McAllister, daughter of Lieut.
Col. John A. McAllister, re
tired, and Mrs. McAllister, and
Lieut. James T. Hardin, U. S. N.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Hardin, of Sulphur Springs,
Tex., took place today at noon.
The ceremony, which was per
formed by the Rev. Leon A.
Shearer in St. John’s Church,
was attended only by the mem
bers of the two families and a
few close friends.
The church had a charming
decoration of white lilacs,
pink snapdragons and blue del
phinum, and the bride, who
was given in marriage by her
father, wore an afternoon gown
of slate blue crepe, made with a
short jacket. The bodice was
trimmed in navy blue, as was
the jacket, and she wore a small
navy blue hat with matching
accessories. Her bouquet was a
shower of bride roses.
The bride’s only attendant
was Miss Marjorie Simonds,
daughter of the Commandant
of the Army War College and
Mrs. George S. Simonds, and
she wore a smart model of Navy
blue crepe, made with a short
jacket, which was lined with a
lighter shade of blue. Her hat
was also of Navy blue, and her
bouquet was of yellow roses and
lilies of the valley.
The best man was Ensign
Herman A. Pieczentkowski, U.
S. N., and the ushers included
Mr. Neil Brown and Mr. Christie
Flannigan.
Following their wedding trip.
Lieutenant Hardin and his bride
will reside in Annapolis, where
the former is on duty.
* * *
Marriage Takes
Place Today
Mr. and Mrs. James Rich
ard Shaw, of this city, an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Geneva, to
Mr. Thomas Littleton Suter,
son of Dr. and Mrs. W.
Given Suter, also of Washing
ton, at noon today, in Balti
more, Md. The bride wore a
suit of gray wool trimmed with
platinum fox, with matching
accessories and her corsage bou
quet was of orchids and lillies
of the valley. The couple
left by motor for a honeymoon
in the North, immediately fol
lowing the ceremony.
* * *
Hostess at Tea
Miss Dorothy Nicholson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
W. Nicholson, will entertain at
a tea from 4:30 to 6 o’clock
this afternoon at the residence
of her parents in Newlands
Street. Chevy Chase, in honor
of the Dramatic and Glee Clubs
of Holton Arms School.
She will be assisted by Miss
Florence Hardy, president of
the Dramatic Club, Miss Va
lerie Prochnik. Miss Emlen Dav
ies, Miss Sarah Lee Perot and
Miss Alice Fleming.
Miss Nicholson will go to New
York next week to be the guest
of her uncle, Mr. B. Frank
Davis, for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson will
entertain at dinner tomorrow
evening in honor of former Rep
resentative William D. Jamie
son, of lowa.
* * Jfc
Representative Allen T.
Treadway and Mrs. Treadway
are spending a few days with
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Heaton I. Tread
way at the Cross ways in Stock
bridge.
First Lieut. George A. Millener,
to Plattsburg Barracks, New York.
First Lieut. Nicholas J. Robin
son, to Fort Ontario, New York.
First Lieut. William J. Stephen
son, to Fort Hamilton, New York.
First Lieut. Robert G. Turner,
to Plattsburg Barracks.
Second Lieut. Jesse F. Dressier,
to Fort Devens.
Second Lieut. Charles B. Ew
ing to Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Second Lieut. Henry L. Flood,
to Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Second Lieut. James M. Gavin,
to Fort Sill.
Second Lieut. Philip D. Ginder,
to Fort Missoula. Montana.
Second Lieut. Ernest B. Gray,
to Douglas. Utah.
Second Lieut. Harry W. Halter
man, to Fort Williams, Maine.
Second Lieut. Walter M. John
son, to Fort Missoula.
Second Lieut. Carl E. Lundquist
to Fort Brady, Mich.
Second Lieut. Harry E. McKin
ney to Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.
Second Lieut. Antulio Segara to
Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.
Second Lieut. James W. Smyly,
jr.. to Fort Williams, Me.
Second Lieut. Edgar D. Stark to
Fort Brady, Mich.
Second Lieut. Vachel D. What
ley. jr., to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Second Lieut. Ralph W. Zwicker
to Fort Snelling, Minn.
Capt. Ernest A. Guillemet to
Fort Missoula. Mont.
First Lieut. James W. Freeman
to Picatinny Arsenal.’Dover, N. J.
I First Lieut. Conrad L. Boyle to
'Fort Monmouth, N. J.