The Washington times., 1929-03-11


There is arriving In New York
on Sunday. If all goes well, the
Symphonic Band of the Royal
Belgian Guards on a concert tour
In this country, The musicians
will come to Washington soon
after their arrival to be received
at the White House, where IL liz
probable they win give pro.
gram.
Concert Tour
The organization has q person.
mel of. so, and for a long period
II has been considered one of
the outstanding military. musical
groups in Europe.
While in Washington. the band
will give concert under the
patronage of the Belgian embassy
perhaps at the Belgian EN-.
bassy. There are to be given so
concerts before the Symphonic
returns to Europe.
The welcome to the Belgian
band, when 1t arrives in New
York, will take on a highly Of.
ficial aspect. The Ambassador,
Prince de Ligne, will be present,
accompanied by Sir Esme How
ard, the British Ambassador and
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps;
the Canadian Minister, Vincent
Massey, and officers Of the State,
War and Navy Departments.
This tour of America was arr
ranged by the Belgian govern.
ment at the request of His
Majesty, King Albert.
Cantabile Chorus
Under the auspices of the Can
table chorus, Miss Mary O'Don.
oghue will sing Thursday evening
at the clubs annual musical fes-
tival at the Washington Club,
Seventeenth and X Streets N. w.
Patronesses are Mrs. Howard
Moran, Mrs. Alexander .5cnpe-
man, Mrs, James F. Hartnett,
Mrs. James e. Colliflower, Mrs.
Emma Hughes. Mrs. Margaret
Smith, Mrs. Homer L. Kit, Mrs.
Thomeides, Mrs. C. ]. O'Neill, Mrs.
Thomeides, Mrs. C. J. ONeill. Mrs.
Edwin B. Higgins, Mrs. Joseph
r. Parent, Miss Alice Donnelly.
Miss Margaret OLone, Miss.
Catherine Ann O'Neill.
Members of the chorus, whose
director is DIR. Alexander Henne.
man, are Mrs. Frank Schrider.
president: executive board, Mrs.
James E. Colliflower, Mrs. Fred
erick j. Rice and Mrs. George 7.
Thomaides, accompanist; Miss
Margaret Higgins, secretary. and
Miss Telula Hayden, treasurer;
Miss Estrella Amores, Miss Be
atrice Deeds, Miss Rita Dolphin,
Miss Helen Higgins Miss Edna
Jones, Miss Eugenia Lieutaud.
Miss Rita Mower, Miss Clarissa
MulIikin, Miss Helena O'Neill, Miss
Mary Parent, Miss Nellie Roman.
Mrs. Mary A. Scherer, Miss Helen
Smith and Miss Vera Whitty.
The public is invited.
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Representative and Mrs. e..
william Ramseyer. and Represen.
tative Hatton w. Summers were
guests of the Commissioner Gen
eral of immigration and Mrs.
Harry e. Hull at supper last
evening at the Wardman Park
Hotel. The other guests were
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John HUH,
Major and Mrs. Thomas w. Ham
mond and Miss Annette Huh.
Representative and Mrs. Ernest
Alderman have gone to their
home in Plainfield, N. j.. where
they will pass short time be-
fore returning to their apartment
in the Wardman Park Hotel.
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Giuseppe Catalani, second coun-
selor of the Italian embassy. will
go to New York tomorrow for a
short visit.
MFR. and Mrs. Lewis Rutherford
Stuyvesant have returned from
New York, where they made a
short stay.
Mrs. Arthur Hale and her
granddaughter. Miss Elsa Diede.
rich, will sail on. Saturday for
Greece.
Nine. Weidel, wife of the com.
merclaI counselor OF the swedish
Legation, has gone to Marietta.
Ohio, to spend a fortnight with
her father, Charles Pope.
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Mrs. Crane Chadbourne has as
her guest. w. b. E. Rankin, the
English painter, who will pass a
week here.
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Mrs. Parks Martin, of Boston,
has arrived in Washington follow.
ing a months visit in Atlantic
City, and is again at the May.
flower where she has spent part
of the spring season each year
since its opening.