Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10


evening reception in honor oil
i Congress tonight. The reception
starts at 9 o'clock and a mum.
Der of the guests who came from New
York and New England to attend the
dinner which the Attorney General
and Mrs. Sergeant gave for the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge Tuesday night
will attend There are also several
guests remaining over who came to at
tend the dinner party entertained for
the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes
Tuesday night, with the secretary to the
President and Mrs. Everett Sanders
as hosts.
Mrs. James j. Davis was hostess to a
party of six at luncheon yesterday in
the presidential dining room Of the
Mayflower following the musical morn
ing concert.
Dinner at British Embassy
For Visiting Artists and Others.
The Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard gave a dinner at
the embassy last evening in compliment
to Mr. Paul Kochanski and Mr. Felix
Salmond, who were artists at the morn
ing concert at the Mayflower earlier
in the day. Other guests were Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon,
Lady Lister Kaye, Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend, Miss Stourton. Mr. Ronald
Campbell and the sons of the hosts Mr.
Edmond Howard and Mr.. Henry
Howard.
His majesty the King of italy has
ordered court mourning of so days for
the death of the Grand Duke Nicholas
of Russia. The italian Ambassador and
Donna Antoinette de MARITIME have on
this account Cancelled all social engage
merts and the members of the Italian
embassy staff will observe mourning
Tor the same period.
Sonora de Ferrara, wife of the AM
Ssssador of Cuba, will not observe Fri
day afternoon at home at the embassy
this week.
The Ambassador of Belgium and
Princess de Ligne will return from New
York Saturday morning. They were
honor guests at dinner last evening Of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Mitchell.
Nine. Debuchi was the guest for
whom Mrs. George C. Thorpe enter
tanned party at luncheon at the May
flower Yesterday, following the morning
musicale.
The Minister of Canada and Mrs
Massey have gone to Chattanooga,
Tenn, where the former will deliver an
address They will return to Washing
ton Saturday.
The Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Nine. Veverka held a reception Tuesday
Chr the members of the Prague Teachers
Chorus, following the concert given in
~ he itaro <.fC Nva
gresS.
Mime. Simopoulos, wife of the Minister
of Greece, will be at home tomorrow
afternoon from 4 to $50 o'clock.
Chief Justice Taft entertained at din
ner last evening for members of the
Supreme Court Building Commission,
including Senator Henry Wilder Keyes.
Senator James A. Reed, Representative
Richard N. Elliott, Representative Fritz
Mrs. Hoover was the guest at luncheon
yesterday of Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman,
who entertained following the Paul Ko-
chanski and Felix Salmond concert.
Senator Edward I. Edwards and his
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Edwards, went
to New York today, where Senator Ed
wards will pass the week end. Miss Ed
wards will return to their apartment in
the Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday ac-
companied by Mrs. j. A. Bruckner, wife
of Lieut.. Bruckner, U. S. A., of Gov
errors Island, N. Y, and their small son,
who will be the guests Of Miss Edwards
at the hotel.
Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland
have returned from New York and are
again in their apartment in the Ward
man Park Hotel. Mrs. Copeland is re-
cilperating from an illness. She will be
at home informally in the afternoons
after o'clock.
Representative and Mrs. s. Wallace
Dempsey win be hosts at dinner tonight
In the presidential dining room of the
reception at the White House.
Mrs. Dempsey, who is giving series
of luncheon parties, had as her guests
yesterday in the presidential dining
room of the Mayf1ower, following the
concert, Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Mrs.
Charles S. Deneen, Mrs. Charles w.
Waterman, Mrs. Ernest r. Alderman,
Mrs. Fred Purnell. Mrs. John H. Bart
lett, Mrs Hugh Cumming. Mrs. Walter
Wells, Mrs Frank Mondell Mrs. Lucy
Wilder Morris, Mrs. Frederick M. Dav-
export. Mrs. Alex Trowbridge, Mrs.
Merchant Mahoney, Mrs. William E.
Hull, Mrs. E. Hart Fem, Mrs. Henry
Alyah Strong. Mrs. Bertrand Smell Mrs
Harcourt Pratt, Mrs. Irving Glover, Mrs.
Edmund Plat. Mrs Mcpherson Crich-
ton. Mrs. Herbert Kendall. Mrs j. j.
Hamilton, Mrs. Thomas Creighton, Mrs.