Evening star., 1924-03-01
CzechOsIOvRkian Minister
To New York for Opera.

The minister or C2echosIovakia, DR..
Chvalkovsky. went to New York this
morning to .,ttend the concert tomur-
row evening arranged by the Metro
politan Opera Company The program
will be of music of GZechoslovakia
and is in commemoration of the GEN.
tenary of the birth of the great
CZechoslovak composer Smetana.
The minister has issued invitations
for reception Friday afternoon,
March Z. from to : o'clock, at the
New willard in celebration of the
seventyfourth birthday anniversary of
Mr.. I. G. Masaryk. president of the
Czechoslovak republic. DR.. Chval-
kovsky will give a smaller reception
that evening for the Czech colony in
| Washington to celebrate the presi-
dents birthday anniversary.
Mr.. Jan Masaryk. son of the presi-
dent, who was the first representa-
| tive of the Czechoslovak republic in
| Washington and for several years
| charge d'affaires, has arrived in this
, country and is in New York for a
visit.
| The minister of the Netherlands and
! Nine. de Graeff will! entertain infor-
| mally at dinner this evening in honor
] Of the retiring secretary of the lega-
ton and Nine. Hubrecht.
b, Nine. de Graen will be at home
Tuesday evening. March II. from 10
! to II o'clock, at the legation, 18th
and Euclid streets.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas f. Bayard
Will entertain at dinner this evening.
senator and Mrs. Walter F. George
of Georgia are at the Lee House.
Representative and Mrs. b. Carroll
! Reece will be hosts at a buffet supper
this evening in their apartment at 1916
18th street.
The charge d'afraires of Hungary
and Nine. John Pelenyi will entertain
at dinner this evening in honor of Mr..
William Mather of Cleveland. who is
: visiting them.
The charge d'affaires and Nine
Pelenyi will entertain at luncheon to-
morrow for their guest
Gen. George A l.. Dumont of the
FRENCH embassy will entertain at din
, ner this evening at the Hotel Hamilton.
| Mrs. George D. Hope has just re-
turned to her apartment at Wardman
| Park Hotel after several weeks spent
: in New York and in Florida and
Louisiana. She entertained infor-
| mally at lunch today for the secre-
! tary of embassy at London and Mrs.
: Post Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
! Hope will leave Washington Monday,
! going to New York for the opera.
The marriage of Miss Anne Lock-
wood Lackey, daughter of Capt and
Mrs. Henry Ellis Lackey, United
! States Navy, to Mr.. Augustus Lowell
Putnam, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
; Lowell Putnam of Boston, will take
! place this afternoon at o'clock at
St. Margaret's Church. The ceremony
will be performed by the Rev. Her
! bert Scott Smith, assisted by the Rev.
s. 3. Booths of Philadelphia, uncle of
the bride, and will be followed by Il
reception for relatives and few in
innate friends at the home of the
! brides parents. The church is deco
rated with lilies, roses, ferns and
palms. and quantities of spring bios
SONS have been used at the house.
! The bride will wear gown of
! white satin made on long. simple
+ lines. with a court train falling from
the shoulders. Wide rose point lace
will form the collar and fall in a
- cascade down the front of the gown.
Her tulle veil will be held by orange
! blossoms.
: Miss Katherine Lackey will attend
! her sister as maid of honor. wearing
; a gown of pale green Japanese silk
made on simple lines. a hat to match
trimmed with pink flowers. and will