Evening star., 1927-12-05


for brilliant week of opera,
i which celebrates the tenth con-
secutive season of the Wash
ington Opera Co. and which opens
this evening at Polls Theater. when
the opera "Mignon" will be presented.
A long list of distinguished patrons
and patronesseS. with many proml-
nent officials and diplomats, will form
a representative audience of the Ma
tianal Capital.
A number Of dinner parties will
precede thep erformance and inter
esting supper parties will follow the
opera Senator Lawrence c. Phipps
of Colorado will entertain a company
at dinner, as will Assistant Postmaster
General an Mrs. Warren Irving
Glover. Mrs. William J. Boardman
and Mrs. Stokes Halkett.
The Vice President and Mrs. Dawes
will be the guests of honor at dinner
this evening Of Mrs. Thomas f.
Walsh, who will entertain a company
of ~.
Nine Matsudaira. wife Of the Am.
bassador of Japan, entertained com.
pany of 20 at luncheon today in CON-
pliment to Mrs. William Howard
Taft, wife of the Chief Justice. The
other guests were: Mrs. Curtis d.
Wilbur, Mrs. John B. Kendrick. Mrs.
Thomas r. Marshall, Mrs, Harry p.
Huse, Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard. Mrs.
John B. Henderson, Mrs. Samuel Jor-
dan Graham, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs.
Charles DENLY, Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood, Mrs. James NJ. Green, Mrs.
William Fitch Kelly. Mrs. Francois
Berger Moran, Mrs. Robert F. Mac
kenzie, Nine. Lawada. Nine. Togo.
Nine. Okomoto, Nine. Morishima and
Nine. Satow.
The Ambassador of France, NJ.
Claudel. was the guest of honor at
Frederick Starr, who entertained at
the RitZ-Carlton Hotel New York.
Secretary and Mrs. Davis
Present Daughter at Tea.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dwight F. Davis will entertain at tea
this afternoon in their home, 1920
Twentieth street, when they will pre-
sent their daughter, Miss Alice Brooks
Davis, to society. The tea is one of
the most interesting of the season,
Miss Davis being the first cabinet bud
for some years.
Dawes. wife of the Vice President;
Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the Secretary of
State; Countess Szechenyi, wife of the
Minister of Hungary; Nine. Ciecha-
nowska. wife of the Minister of Poland;
Mrs. Joseph Letter and Mrs. John F.
Wilkins. With the bud will be
Princess Elizabeth de Ligne, daughter
of the Amba ssador of Belgium and
Princess de Ligne; Countess Cornelia
Szechenyi. Miss Elizabeth Chiffon,
Miss Louise Spencer, Miss Katharine
Wilkins, Miss Janet Newbold, Miss
Katharine Carlisle, Miss Ellen Thoron
and Miss Victoria Tytus.
The debutante will stand before a
screen of palms, festooned with flow
ers sent to her. She will wear a
charming frock of cherry red geor-
gette crepe. designed along straight
lines, with tiny tucks beginning at
the shoulders and continuing down
half the length a the skirt, where
they fall into narrow pleats. The
gown is made with a high neckline
and long. close-fitting sleeves.
Mrs. Davis will wear gown of black
in rich cream color. The gown is
made along semi-draped lines with
long fitted sleeves.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Jardiile were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. r. Eakin at dinner last
evening in the presidential dining
room of the Mayfiower.
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
James J. Davis were the ranking
guests at dinner last evening of Rep.
resentative anG Mrs. Fred A. Britten.
Others in the company were the Min
lister Of Switzerland and Nine. Peter,
the charge d'affaires of Germany and
Frau Kiep, Admiral and Mrs. Charles
F. Hughes and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric d. McKenney.
The Minister of China and Nine.
SEE are the guests in whose honor
Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom
will entertain at dinner at 1922 Six
teenth street Saturday, December II.
The Minister of Colombia and Mime.
Olaya entertained at luncheon yes.
terday, having as guests the Ambassa-
dor of Mexico and Nine. Teller, the
Chilean Ambassador and Nine
Davilla, the Minister of the Domini.
can Republic and Sonora de Morales,
the Minister Of Salvador and Sonora
de Lima. the charge d'affaires of
Paraguay and Sonora Ramirez, the
chief of the Latin American division
and Mrs. Morgan, the military at
tache of the Spanish embassy, the
second secretary of the Colombian le-