The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-19
THE MILITARY
WHITE HOUSE
GUESTS
Army-Navy Reception To-
night; Mrs. Coolidge
Navy Sponsor
BY JEAN ELIOT.

/" HE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
COOLIDGE will be hosts to-
night at the Army and Navy
reception, the last of the series OF
four state levees, which are always
a part of the official season a the
White House. The Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Weeks and The Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. VIII
bur will be in the receiving line
with the hosts, after having first
been greeted with the others or the
Cabinet circle in the private apart
nnents of the President and Mrs.
Coolidge.
This afternoon Mrs. Coolidge is
attending Kochanski's recital at the
National Theater, and will have a
few guests with her.
Mrs. Coolidge has been made an
honorary member of the Society or
Sponsors, composed OF women VINO
have christened vessels OF the
American navy, which is now hold
ing its annual meeting in Washing
ton. She received the officers OF
the society on Monday afternoon,
and was presented with the IN
sigma Of the organization.
Society To Present New
Actress To Stage; Debut Soon.
Washington society is giving an
ether actress to the stage. This
time the gift" is Miss Olyve Graef,
a playmate" of Miss Ailsa Mellon,
daughter of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Miss Graef is in re-
hearsal for the part Of a French
maid in which role she will nave
six or eight lines to memorize.
The play, it is reported, will have
its premiere in about two weeks,
but its name is being closely guard
ed by the family and friends or the
young Thespian.
Miss Graef was an important
member of the Dramatic Club. the
little group Of Washington elite.
which, with Miss Betty Hanna as
its head, was organized three sea-
sons ago and functioned for two
seasons--or until Miss Hanna gave
up histrionic expression for matri-
mony nearly year ago.
Having signed up for life last
spring in the role Of Mrs. Richard
Porter Davidson this granddaugh.
ter Of Mark Hanna and niece OF
Mrs. Medill Mccormick lost interest
In playing the part Of fictitious
characters. Following her lead
away from the imaginary roles OF
the Dramatic Club came Miss Louise
Todd Of Louisville. KY, who used
to spend her winters with her
aunt. Nine. Hauge, in Washing.
on and who in the autumn became
the wife Of s. Parker Gilbert, Jr.,
the brilliant young agent general
for reparations under the Dawes
plan. As Mrs. Gilbert she went
to Europe and consequently was
lost to the Dramatic Club in q
double sense.
The next feminine star OF this
group to marry was Miss Marjorie
Wright. daughter OF General and
Mrs. William Mason Wright. who
have been living in Washington
since the formers retirement. Miss
Wright married David McKendree
Key, son of Commodore Albert
Key, retired, of Tennessee, about
q fortnight ago and they are now
honeymooniDg in the south.
The marriage Of Miss Wright left
Miss Graef as the only unmarried
feminine member of the Dramatic
Club. In these amateur theatricals
she always won special applause for
the high character of her work.
Now that she is seeking to enter
the professional ranks her friends
are waiting in high hope for her
debut. She is rehearsing in New
York.
Other Washington society girls,
who in recent years have had the
stage as a profession, are Miss
Juliette Crosby NOW Mrs. Arthur
Hornblow. jr.), daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar T. Crosby, and Miss
Theresa Crosson, daughter of Doctor
and Mrs. II. J. 'Crosson. The num-
Der of "just Washington girls
whose names are headliners on
Broadway, are too numerous TO
mention.
An impulse toward the stage that
was never definitely and publicly ex-
ago by Mrs. T. A. Scott Thropp,
one of the most beautiful women
in Washington. 1t was reported
that Mrs. Edward B. Mclean was
the chief promoter in getting Mrs.
Thropp to try to carve a car0er as
a motion picture actress and that,
through her aid, David Wark Grit
fifth, was interested u giving Mrs.
Thropp a try-out. But another
angle of the story, which is said to
account for Mrs. Troops remain
ing a social leader in Washington,
IL that she was unwilling to play
any part except that Of the leading
lady.
Baroness de Cartier, wife Of the
Belgian Ambassador, will receive