The Washington times., 1925-01-27


Major and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten, who entertained them in
formally at dinner before the
opera.
c. Bascom Slemp had with
him Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Mott
Gunther, Congressman and Mrs.
Robert Bacon, and Miss Elizabeth
Howry.
william Phelps Emo entertained
in his box Mrs. George Ehle, Mrs.
Henry C. Corbin and John Batch
elder.
tertained at dinner before the
opera and had as guests Senator
and Mrs. William Cabell Bruce,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Brew
ster, of Baltimore, Mrs. Whites
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Belin were
also dinner hosts, later attending
the opera, where they occupied a
box. Their guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Page, and Richard Flournoy.
With Mrs. William j. Boardman
we're Justice and Mrs. Edward T.
Sanford, the minister Of Portugal,
Viscount d'Alto; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Warren, Mr.. and Mrs.
Anson Phelps Stokes and Miss
Mabel Boardman. Mrs. Boardman
entertained her guests informally
at dinner before the opera.
The Minister of Poland and Nine.
Wroblewska were box holders and
had two Of their children with them
as guests.
Mrs. John B. Henderson had in
her box Senator and Mrs. George
Moses, Senator and Mrs. w. w.
King, Miss Synder and Miss Bea-
trice Henderson.
Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman
entertained in their box Nine.
Peter, wife Of the minister Of
Switzerland, and Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood was hostess at the
opera, entertaining in her box
Major General and Mrs. George
Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson
Gary, Major and Mrs. Robert Goetz
and Miss Mary Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun were
hosts to Mrs. John Marshall and
John Howard at dinner, later at
tending the opera.
Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes were hoStsAat dinner, later
taking their guests to their box.
With them were Governor Horace
Towner, Congressman and Mrs.
Ernest Ackerman and Mrs. Brew
ster Warwick.
Mrs. Mary Stewart had in her box
Judge and Mrs. William Bailey La
mar, William Shoust, Mrs. Stewart
and John BarIies.
1n1l NJ 1o6 wrrftk In1s
in her box Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Phelps Stokes.
Faithful Friends of Opera
Company Noted in Audience
1t was interesting to look around
and see such people in the audience
as Colonel Arthur o'Brien, who
had fought the opera company's
legal fight when the Chicago
Opera sought to enjoin Chaliapin
from singing, and Mrs. Stephen
B. Elkins, who came to the rescue
year ago when it seemed that
lack of funds might prevent the
company from going on with its
production.
Colonel and Mrs. O'Brien had
previously Deen hosts at dinner
and had with them in their box
Senator and Mrs. George Wharton
Pepper, Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey
Lowell Cabot and Admiral and
Mrs. Leigh Palmer.
Congressman and Mrs. Richard
S. Aldrich, who had given dinner
before the opera for Mrs. Winthrop
Aldrich, of New York, had their
guests with them in their box.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman,
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs.
Josiah Pierce and Mrs. Robert Hol-
lister Chapman shared a box.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran en-
tertained in her box the Minister
of Panama and Nine. Alfaro, 1sear
Admiral and Mrs. Benjamin +.
Hutchinson, the Military Attache
of the Italian Embassy and Mar
quise di Bernezzo and Mrs. Horace
MacFarland.
Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long
was among the guests in the box Of
Colonel and Mrs. Henry May.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Lester Jones had
with them Judge and Mrs. Stephen
Davis, Judge Walton Moore and
Miss Cecil Lester Jones.
Colonel and, Mrs. Robert N. Har-
per had with them MIR. and Mrs.
Atwood Fisher and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Evans, jr. They entertained
them at supper after the opera.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest. Walker had