Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
SOCIETY
The Chief Executive and First Lad of
the Land Hosts at Dinner
Last Evening.
Last Evening.

"HE President and Mrs. Hoover
entertained at dinner in thu
White House last evening, theil
4 guests including the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Stimson, Sen
ator and Mrs. William E. Borah, Sen
Ator and Mrs. Key Pittman, Senator
Thomas j. Walsh, Senator Frederick
Hale, Senator and Mrs. George H
Moses, Senator Arthur Capper, Senator
and Mrs. Walter E. Edge, Senator and
Mrs. Pat Harrison, Senator and Mrs
David A. Reed, Senator and Mrs. Wal
ter F. George, Senator Simeon D. Tess,
Senator Frederick H. Gillett, Senator
and Mrs. Guy Despard Golf, Senator
Robert M. LaFollette, jr., Senator and
Mrs. Hugo L. Black, Senator and Mrs,
Arthur H. Vandenberg, the United
States Ambassador to the Court OF st.
James and Mrs Charles G. Dawes, the
Cotton: the United States Ambassador
designate to Cuba and Mrs. Henry F.
Guggenheim, the Assistant Secretary OF
State and Mrs. William r. Castle, lr.,
and Mrs. Melvin B. Ericsson, daughter
of the Ambassador and Mrs. Dawes,
and with them guest In the Executive
Mansion.
The table had dainty pink chrysan-
themumS in vases and sprays of oak
clusters of California fruit always in
evidence on the tables presided over by
the present Chief Executive and First
Lady of the Land.
Mrs. Hoover attended the chrysanthe-
mum show this morning with Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture, having with her Mrs,
Dawes and her daughter, Mrs. Ericsson.
At noon the First Lady received the
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will entertain q large company at tea
this afternoon at the White House.
Mrs. Hoover attended the first concert
Of the Philadelphia Orchestra OF this
season yesterday afternoon, when Leo
pold StokowsN conducted before large
and fashionable audience. The concert
was given in the new Constitution Hall,
which was built by the N. s. D. A. r.
Mrs. Hoover had as her guests Mrs.
Henry L. Stimson, wife of the Secretary
of State: Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, wife Of
Court of st. James; Mrs. Henry Gug-
genheim, wife of the newly-appointed
Ambassador to Cuba, and Mrs. M. B.
Ericsson, daughter of the Ambassador
and Mrs. Dawes, who are house guests
at the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Hoo
ver's costume was of black velvet, with
which she wore black felt hat turned
of her face and wide crap fox fur col
lar. Mrs. Stimson wore gray cloth
fashioned in an ensemble and hat
In the some tones, which had a generous
brin. Mrs. Dawes had a tailored suit
Of Autumn brown, with which she wore
o cloSe-fitting brimleSs hat to match.
Mrs. Guggenheim had black satin
gown and close-fitting hat.
Others in the large company included
Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, wife
Of the Attorney General; Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Lady Isabella Howard,
wife Of the Ambassador Of Great Brit
ain: Sonora de Davila. wife of the
and Princess Elizabeth de Ligne, wife
and daughter Of the Belgian Ambas-
sador; the Ambassador of Germany,
and Frau Won Prittwitz und CAT
from, the Minister of Switzerland
and Nine. Peter. the Minister of
Hungary and Countess Szecheny,
with three Of their daughters, occupied
o box; the Minister of Finland, Mr.
Astrom; the Minister of Canada and
Mrs. Massey, Mr.. Justice James Nc
Reynolds, Mrs. Van Devanter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank B. Moves, Mr.. and Mrs.
.Adolph Caspar Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Mrs Thomas w.
Phillips, IT,; Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. Maxim
Karolik, Mrs. z. A. Hartman, Mrs.
Robert Hinckley, Mrs. j. Borden Harri-
man, Mrs. John Crayke Simpson, Mrs.
o. H. p. Johnson, Mrs. Edmund Pendle-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmott Lewis, for
mer District Commissioner and Mrs
Cuno H. Rudolph, Capt. John H. Glib
bons, the counselor of the German en-
basSy and Frau Kiep, Mr.. Charles
Mason Remey, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett,
Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Mrs. David
st. Pierre Gaillard, Mrs. Calderon
Carlisle Mrs. w Sinclair Rowen and