The Washington times., 1928-04-11
PatrOnesses Named
For Opera Concert;
Stars Viii Sing

The Secretary of the Treasury,
Andrew W., Mellon, heads the
list of patrons of the Washing
ton National Opera concert which
is to be given at 4:3O o'clock on
Monday afternoon, April %. in
the ball room Of the Mayflower
Hotel.
The Secretary of the Interior,
DR.. Hubert Work, is another
member of the Cabinet who is a
patron of the concert, which
promises to be successful not only
artisticalIy but socially.
Mrs. Nicholas LongWorth, wife
Of the Speaker OF the House; Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Fred
erick c.. Hicks Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Mrs. Henry w. Fitch
and Mrs, Joseph E. Washington
are among the prominent women
who have charge Of the recital,
for which Mrs. Rose Gcuvehneur
Hooes is acting as executive Sec
rotary.
Paul Althouse. noted American
tenor. who has won such unusual
success in grand opera here. will
make his first appearance in re-
cital in a joint program with
Rosa Low, American soprano,
who received an ovation on her
last appearance in opera here In
the role Of Musetta in la b.
heme'' last year. Proceeds OF
the concert will be turned into
the producing fund Of the opera.
A partial list of patrons and
patronesses includes: Secretary
Mellon, SECRETARY Work, Nine.
Ferrara, Nine. Simopoulos. Nine.
Prochnik, Mime. Morales, Nine.
Bachke, Mrs. Louis Brandeis, Mrs.
Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Lawrence
C. Phipps, Mrs. Frederick Sackett,
Mrs. Copley Amory, Mrs. Charles
]. Bell, Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs.
Mitchell Carroll, Mrs. o. B.
Campbell, Mrs. Henry Getty Chill
ton. Mrs. Parker Corning, Mrs.
Tracy BOWS, Mrs. w. S. Groes-
beck Fowler, Mrs. Francis T. A.
Junkin, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Mrs. Lawrence Heap, Mrs. Mar
shall Langhorne, Nine. Lombard.
Mrs. James E. Mann, Mrs. Will
liam McClennan Ritter. Mrs. Carl
ton van Valkenburg, Mrs. Bates
Warren, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, Mrs.
Edward C.. Walker, and Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood.
Parties for Bride
Miss Marie LANCE, Miss Vivian
Wildman and Mrs. Mary Miller
will be hostesses at luncheon
on Saturday at the st. Marks
Club for Miss Dorothy Isabel
Crandall, whose coming marriage
to John J. Payette will take place
in the Sacred Heart Church on
April IS. Among the guests will
be Miss Katherine Doyle, Miss
Olga Crandall, Miss Dorothy Col
Inns, Miss Ruth Babcock and Mrs.
Earl Kennedy.
DR.. and Mrs. James w. Heustis,
of Pasadena, Calf. have taken an
apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel for an extended stay. Mrs.
Heustis, who Is better known as
Bertha Lincoln Heustis, is in
Washington to attend the Conven-
ton of the League OF American
Pen Women. She is president Of
the California Chapter.
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Miss Frances Youngblood, Of
Birmingham, Ala, is the guest of
Mrs. Joseph Kerr Maxwell at her
residence, 1898 Window Place, for
the period Of the annual conven-
ton of the League of American
Pen Women now in session here.
Miss Youngblood, who is a news
paper woman and has a position
with the Birmingham News, or.
ganized the Birmingham branch
OF the Pen Women's League,
and is a candidate for vive presi-
dent Of the national organization.
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Mrs. William North SturteVant
has gone to Canada where she
will be the guest for few days
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fulford,
ir., in Toronto. Mrs. Fulford was
formerly Miss Josephine Weller.
Mrs. Forbes BeaIe In staying
at the Grace Dodge Hotel for
an indefinite period.
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Mrs. Huntington Kidd will re.
ceive tomorrow from until 7
o'clock at her GEORGETOWN studio,
"HearthcOte.''