Evening star., 1925-12-09
Large and Distinguished
Audience for Opera Last Night.

officials, diplomats and members Of
smart residential circles attended
the second performance of this sea
sons series of the Washington Opera
Company, in the Washington .tudito
rum, last evening. The opera was
Gounod's Romeo and Juliet" the
performance having been postponed
from Monday evening. November so.
because Of the illness Of the con
Guctor.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Hoover were among those hav-
ing guests. Their party included
Mrs. Jardine. wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture; Mrs. Arthur Capper,
wife of Senator Capper. and Miss Rita
Hulme, niece If Mrs .Iardine.
The Minister Of Norway and Nine.
Eryn occupied the presidential box at
the opera last evening. having as
guests the Minister Of Finla nd, Mr..
ANel Leonard Aslrom; the Minister
of Austria and Nine. rrochnik. Mr..
and Mrs. William Il. Castle. ir.:
Sieurd Nilssen and Miss lnser Rryn.
Sonora de RorGran, wife of the
Minister of Honduras. had in her box
Sonora de lzaquirre. wife of the sec
retary Of the leea ton.
Mrs. Geneva Dunham entertained
in her box Mrs. Henry Davis of New
York, Mrs. Gish of Louisville. Ky.
Mr.. Louis Clarke. DR.. Nadona and
Mr.. Archibald Welles.
Mr.. and Mrs F,doua rd Albion had
"a their guests. in their box the Min
lister of Greece and Nine. Simopoulos,
Sir Adrian Bailue of the British EN-
hssy staff and Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury and Mrs. Mckenzie
Moss.
Col. and Mrs. Robert y. Harper en-
I.,.-
Weidcl. counselor of the Swedish lesa-
lion. and Nine. Weidel. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Selden. jr., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Barnard.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Phelps Stokes
occupied A. box.
Miss Margaretta CHM. who enter
tanned a party of friends. occupied
Miss Mabel Boardman'S box.
Others in the audience We're Mrs.
Stephen B. El>ins and her sister. Mrs.
Arthur Lee: Mrs James r. Mann.
Miss Julia Maths, Mrs. William
Rarret Ridgely. Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest G..
Walker, Mr. ManniN Walker. Mrs La
Sale Corhell Pickett. Mr.. Frederic l..
Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. IL. n. Bush
Brown, Maj and Mrs. Ulysses :.
Grant. Sd. and Miss Edith Root Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, il; Surg.
Gen. and Mrs. Edward Rhodes Sttt,
Miss Mary Stitt. Mr.. and Mrs. Cam
eron Burnside, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
philus Parsons. the superintendent
of public schools and Mrs. Rallou. Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Barber Clark, Miss
Frances Clark, MIR. and Mrs. Samuel
II. kauffmann. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
\. Aspinwall. Mr.. and Mrs. Beale r.
Howard. Dir. and Mrs. &. Augustus
Simpson. Mr.. and Mrs. David Meade
Lea. Mr.. William Phelps Emo. Mrs.
George Ehle Mr.. and Mrs. Hampsnn
Gary. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander G.
BENTLEY. Mrs. :. \. Kimberly. Mr..
and Mrs. Gerrit :. Miller ir.: Mr.. and
Mrs Blaine Malan and DIR. and Mrs
Loren Johnson.
Miss Lois ayden Meek has return
ed to her suite at Meridian Hill
studio apartment after a trip to the
Pacific coast and Southwestern States,
where she was extensively entertain
ed by prominent club Women. While
I'm Austin. Tex, she was feted by Mrs.
Clarence Ellsworth, formerly of this
city. and Mrs. John d. claNbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph w. Ellis of
Springfield. Mass, who are spending