Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
SOCIETY
The President and Mrs. Hoover Hosts to
Guests at Dinner Last Evening
at Executive Mansion

and Mrs. Lorenzo d. Gasser. Col. and
Mrs. Clark Lynn, Col. and Mrs. Donald
Mai. and Mrs. G. M. Patten,
Mai. and Mrs. Berkeley T. Merchant.
Mai. and Mrs. Henry Terrell, Maj. and
Mrs. William HI. Gruber, Mai. and Mrs.
Simon B. Buckner. Mai. and Mrs. B. @.
Jones, Maj and Mrs. Richard Newman,
Mai. and Mrs Horace NJ. Hiekam. Maj.
Raymond e. McQuillan, Capt. and Mrs
Dallas Bache Wainwright, jr., u. S. NJ;
Capt. and Mrs. Kintner. Lieut.. Hugh
Waddell, Mr.. and Mrs. William Conant
and Mrs. c. S. Mitchell.
Col. and Mrs. Robert r. Ralston were
among the hosts to large dinner parties
before the Army dance. Their party
consisted of Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Edgar
Jadwin, Mai. Gen and Mrs. William
D. Common, Col. and Mrs. Harry l..
Steele, Col. and Mrs. Walter K. Wilson,
Col. and Mrs. Phillip Worcester, Col. and
Mrs Edwin j. Moran. Col. and Mrs.
wilder willing, Col. and Mrs. William
Dryden, Maj. and Mrs. Everett Hughes,
Mai. and Mrs. Richland Park, Maj. and
Mrs. w. A. johnson, Maj and Mrs.
John N Hodges, Mai. and Mrs. William
flanagan and Lieut.. Orville Walsh.
Mai. and Mrs: Dabney o. Elliott had
as their guests at dinner prior to the
Army dance Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Mason
Patrick, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert
Deakyne, Mai. and Mrs. D. H. Con-
molly, Mai. and Mrs. Livington Watrous,
Mai. and Mrs. John A. Carruth, Maj.
and Mrs. Donald Dawson, Mrs. Samuel
Sturgis, Capt. l.. B. Gallagher. Lieut..
and Mrs. Herbert Lopez. Yellow tulips
and yellow ionquils were used on the
table. Mrs. Elliotts gown was of black
lace.
The dinner party of Maj and Mrs.
Murray at the Willard pre-
ceeding the dance last evening included
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Frank B. Cheat
ham, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. william j.
Snow, Col. and Mrs John K. Herr, Col
and Mrs. Foy, Col and Mrs. c. B
Hodges and Mrs. William G. Crane.
Mai. and Mrs. ]. Huntington Hill en-
tertained at dinner last evening preced-
ing the Army dance at the Willard in
honor of Representative and Mrs. VIII
liam C. Ramseyer. Other guests were
Gen. and Mrs. Edgar A. Kreger, Col
and Mrs. P. T. Hayne. Col. and Mrs
John B. Shuman. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
Hugh Smith, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. VIII
liam v. Carter. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
Walter Drysdale, Maj. and Mrs. F. l.
Whitley, Maj. and Mrs. r. F. Walsh
Mrs. c. L. Maxwell, Miss Loretta Nc
Keever and Capt. K. B. Bush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
will entertain company of young peo-
pie at the concert of the Dartmouth
College Musical Clubs this evening in
the Mayflower at $3.50 o'clock, the COM
pany remaining for the dance after the
program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot Stevens will be
hosts at dinner before the concert for
Mrs. Stephens nephew. Mr. George
Conklin, cellist for the clubs, and Mr..
A. c. Bertch, manager.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Gutelius an
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Catharine Howell, to Mr. Roscoe Reeves
at Baltimore yesterday afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs. Reeves are motoring to Lis
bon, N. H., where Mr.. Reeves will be
engaged In topographic mapping for
several months in the service of the
United States Geological Survey. The
bride has been a kindergarten teacher
in the district Of Columbia public
schools.
In addition to the patronesses already
for the Dartmouth Glee
Club concert and dance, to be given by
the Dartmouth College Musical Clubs
this evening in the grand ballroom of
the Mayf1ower at $50 o'clock, under
the auspices of the Dartmouth Alumni
Association of Washington, the follow
ing names have been added: Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. George
Bowie Chapman. Mrs. j. Warren Bishop,
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.; Mrs. George
Maurice Morris, Mrs. Paul S. Redding-
ton, Mrs. James B. Reynolds, Mrs.
Harry H. Semmes, Mrs Alfred A. Wheat
and Mrs. William B. willard. Those
announced are Mrs. George
H. Moses, Mrs. Fletcher Hale, Mrs.
Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Wendell P. Stat
ford, Mrs. Edward Stafford, Mrs. Frank
w. Mondell, Mrs. william Gerry
Morgan, Mrs. John H. Bartlett and
Mrs. Marshall Orme Exnicios.
Mr.. George Maurice Morris Is presi:
lent of the Dartmouth Club of Wash
ngton, Mr.. John H. Bartlett, first vice
president, and Senator George H.
Moses, second vice president. Other
,fficers of the club are Mr.. w. w.
1ggleston, third vice president; Mr..
Howard Stoughton, secretary-treasurer,
md Mr.. Edmund A. Freeman, historian.
An important event Of the week end
will be the authors breakfast of the
National League of American Pen
Women, which has been held annually
n April for the past half dozen years.
It will take place Friday at l o'clock,
md some so tables will be laid in the
arge ballroom of the Willard Hotel
Prominent on the list Of speakers are
Ruth Baker Pratt Of
New York and Representative Ruth
Hanna Mccormick of Illinois. Mrs
Clarence M. Busch, national president,
will preside, and Mrs. Grace Geldert,
last national president and founder of
he breakfast, viii assist as toastrnis-
,reSs. Among the subscribers to the
event are Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. George E.
Akerson, wife of the secretary to Presi-
wife Of Commissioner Dougherty, and
0iaz, noted tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera Co., will sing two groups OF songs
and the list Of speakers Is q brilliant
me.
Mai. and Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Mil
ton entertained at a farewell bridge
party in honor of her sister, Mrs. Daisy
Seymour Fronheiser, who will leave
shortly for Pennsylvania to take part
in the golf matches of the Philadelphia
Golf Association. Mrs. Fronheiser will
sail for Europe on June % to spend the
Summer abroad. The guests invited to
meet her were Mr. Dirnitrio of the Ru-
manian legation, Mr.. Luang Debavadi
and Mr.. Luang Chara. secretaries of the
Siamese legation; Mr.. Wongs Sveta-
lekha and MIR. Svasti of the Siamese ie-
cation: Col. Amara and Mai. Deves of
the Siamese legation, Senior Don Carlos
Mantilla of the Ecuadorean legation:
DR.. and Mrs. C. c. Pierce, DR.. and Mrs.
H. NJ. Spillan, Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Wells, Capt. and Mrs. Charles H. Frank
lin, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Bethart, Mr..
and Mrs Richards Miss Virginia. Rlis-