The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-07
/ NEWS OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
MRS. Hurley Makes Her Entrance
/ As the Youngest Cabinet Hostess
Wife of New Secretary of
! War Well Known in
4, Capital Society

her husband to succeed his
late chief, Mrs. Patrick Jay
Hurley, wife of the Assistant
Secretary of War, becomes
the youngest of the Cabinet
hostesses.
Mrs. Hurley is so well
known in Washington both
since her husbands appoint
ment to the Little Cabinet
and prior to her marriage in
1919 that she needs no in
production in her new posi-
ton.
Navy Daughter
AS Miss Ruth Wilson, the
daughter of Admiral and Mrs.
Henry B. Wilson, she was a
familiar figure in washington
society. Admiral Wilson, 1t Will
be rem e m b red, was COM
Ynander in chief of the United
States Fleet, commander of the
United States Naval Base dur
ing the World War and super
intendent of the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis.
Miss Wilson married the
romantic young soldier-lawyer
from Oklahoma in 1919, shortly
after his return from France.
where he had served his coun-
try with distinction. The
coung couple have three chill
tiren-Patricia, Ruth and Will
son.
HoOver's Friends
The Hurleys have always
been particularly close to the
Hoovers. Colonel Hurley was
one of the original Hoover
men" and, with Mrs. Hurley,
was a member of the little
group of friends invited to stay
at the Hoover S Street resi-
dence during Inauguration. At
present they are occupying the
house on Belmont Road form
erly the home of Ambassador
and Mrs. Dawes and occupied
by them during the AmbasSa.
doris term Of office as Vice
President.
Fete Japanese
The japanese Ambassador
and Nine. Debuchi are the
guests in whose honor Mrs.
Robert Whitney Imbrie will
entertain at dinner tonight IN
the White House suite at the
Willard, when there will be 20
guests.
!. Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn,
wife of Lieutenant Commander
Dunn, u. S. NJ, who has been
the guest Of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Frederic Duncan
McKennev, has returned to New
York, where her husband is
stationed. She will come to
Washing On in about two weeks
for a brief visit.
At Home
Mrs. Porter H. Dale, wife of
Senator Dale, of Vermont, will
be at home at the Congress.
sional Club, 2001 New Hamp-
shire Ave-, on Thursday after
noon, December IL, at 4 o'clock.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward
Slater Dunlap have as their
guest their daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward Clinton Thomas, jr., of
New York. ...... .
M. G. Brumbaugh, of Hunt
ingdon, Pa, former governor Of
his State, is at the Willard over
the week end.
Hunting
The Riding and Hunt Club
is staging a hunt this after
noon, leaving Kauffman'S Field
at 3 o'clock.
Major w. M. Grimes will be
NJ F. H. for the day .
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Lynne, of Cynwyd, Pa, are at
the Dodge Hotel,
Mr.. H. F.. Arthur Schoenfeld.
newly appointed Minister to
Costa Rica, and Mrs. Schoen-
field are making their home at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
where they propose to remain
until Mr.. Schoenfeld leaves for
his new post.
Mr.. Schoenfeld has been on
duty at the State Department
for some months.
X II
Mrs. John w. Dwight, of
Washington, has taken an
apartment at the Carlton for
the season,
Ladies' Night
The annual Kiwanis ladies'
night dinner dance will be held
at the Mayflower Hotel on
Wednesday evening. Arrange
ments have been made for $50
guests.
The program is in charge of
Merritt o. Chance, John j.
Boobar, Edgar Morris, James B.
EdmundS, George H. Winslow,
e. Burton Corning, Fred East,
William F. Raymond, Mark
Lansburgh, Sidney Seidenmann,
A. B. Van Voorhees,, Robert S.
Thomas and Vincent Callahan.
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