The Washington times., 1929-10-24
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON sOCTETY
Brilliant Company Will attend
PliU0te VieD Of Belgian Art Exhibit
Work Sponsored d by
President Hoover and
King Of Belgians Open
To Public Tomorrow


to Public Tomorrow
The Belgian Ambassador
and Princess de Ligne will
entertain a, large and distin-
guished company at dinner
this evening after which
they will take their guests
to the opening private view
81 the exhibition Of con-
temporary Belgian art at the
Corcoran Art Gallery.
The doors Of the gallery
viii open at 8 80 o o'clock and
the reception, which viii be
informal, will begin at 8
o'clock. Among the guests
IN the Belgian party will be
Frederick Starr, president Of
the European and American
Art Committee; Louis Pier
ard, of Brussels, who came
over to install the exhibit,
and DR.. Christian Brinton,
I who aided in preparing the
exhibit.
Are Hoping
The exhibit IS sponsored by
pregident Hoover and King
Albert of Belgium. And the
trustees Of the Gallery, who will
be hosts tonight, are hoping
1 that the President and Mrs
Hoover may come IN for q few
moments.
However, they will not ar
rive from Ohio until $3.50 or
osclock this afternoon and may
not feel equal to festiyity so soon
after the rather strenuous trip.
Invitations
Tnvitatfons we're sent to approxi.
xsiatsly I, 800 people. Those invited
Included the Diplomatic Corps,
che Cabinet and other Official
roups, members Of the art or
anizations Of the city and resi-
dent society.
The exhibit has been placed In
two large rooms at the head Of
the stairway In the old Gallery
with an overflow of drawings and
I sculpture in the halls of these
eoonls.
while there win be no receiving
Nne the Director OF the Corcoran
Art Gallery, G. Powell Mtnnige-
rode ana the trustees Of the Gal
lery will be on hand to welcome
the guests,
NJ. Pierard viii give a lecture
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
~ the Gallery when his topic will
be Past and Present Belgian
Art.
From Uruguay
il. Molinart and hts daugh-
asrs. Miss M. c. Molinari and
Miss n. Molinari. Of Montivideo,
Uruguay, are guests at the VIII
lard for several days. They were
guests yesterday at the luncheon
a the Hall Of the Americas given
- the governing board Of the
Tan-American Union in honor OF
the members Of the Institut de
Drott international, which has
been holding its sessions "a this
country for the first time In the
history of the organization.
- 1xy.SI eAs,...g esna,.A4.,.,y
ec the Interior. Il q guest at the
willard Tor q few days before re-.
turning TO his home Ia Chicago.
Mr. West d Republican national
committeeman from Illinois.
Miss Patricia Ainsa and Miss
Marian Ainsa, who have been
visiting their uncle and aunt, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Luke McNamee,
win leave Washington on Sunday
for their home n El Paso, Tex.
Mrs. Robert HinckIey is enter.
tanning informally at tea this
Historical
Mrs. Benjamin Rush Logic,
treasurer Of the D. G. wakefield
Committee: Mrs. Percy Edwards
Qutu, president Of the Club OF
Cononial Danes; and Mrs. =. a.
Hartman, president of the League
~ Republican Women viii head
groups of hostesses today at the
exhfhitfon Of Washing toniana now
peing held daily in the wakefield
Room oe the Dulin and Martin
Building on Connecticut Avenue.
Important pieces in the collec.
lion to be placed In the restored
Wakefield manor are q corner
chair and & tilt top table, both Of
which were In Wakefield prior to
its burning In 1850; also an im-
snlense banquet table, with the
candelabra used for its lighting,
4 Davenport sofa and an old secre-
farv OF unusual beauty and unique
design. all Of which were owned at
some time by the Washington
family.
The exhibition is being given
under the auspices Of the District
OF Columbia Society of the Wake.
field National Memorial Associa-
4ion. Mrs. Howard Il. Hodgkins,
regent Of the local society, Is being
assisted il receiving at the exhibi-
ton by many women prominent In i
social and club life in the city.
Mrs. Gorham Clifton has arrived
al washington, coming from her
home III Overlook, Philadelphia,
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