Evening star., 1929-11-18


Mrs. Adams have postponed in
definitely the dinner which the!
were to have given this eve
ming, because of the serious i'll.
ness Of the Secretary of War, Mr.. Good
The dinner was planned for the chief
Of bureaus Of the Navy Department
Ambassador Of Italy Host
Tonight 10 Visiting COuntFymen.
The Ambassador Of Italy, Mobile de
Martino will entertain at dinner this
evening IN honor Of the members OF
the italian cavalry team which COM
peted in the horse show In New York
last week.
Nine. Debuchi. wife Of the Ambassa =
dor Of Japan, was the guest IN whose
honor Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee enter
tanned at luncheon today In the presi-
dental dining room OF the MaynoWer.
Mrs. William Howard Taft viii re-
ceive informally this afternoon at her
home, on wyoming avenue.
Senator and Mrs Lee s. Overman n
Of North Carolina are at the Powhstan
Hotel for the Winter.
Mrs. New, wife Of the former POST
master General, has as her guest Mrs.
Parker Hit of New York and Front
! Royal, Va. who will remain with her
until the return Of MFR. New, who is
on . hunting trip In the woods of
Michigan.
Mrs. New has cancelled the luncheon
she had planned TO give Wednesday.
The military attache OF the Italian
embassy, Gen. Villa has Cancelled the
! luncheon he had planned to give to-
morrow ct the Mayfiower In honor of
the visiting Italian team which COM
! peted in the recent horse show in New
York. The party has been Cancelled
! because Of the illness of Secretary
Good.
Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorpe en-
! tertained at luncheon yesterday for
/ their debutante daughter, Miss Betty
Thorpe, when their guests were the
Italian Ambassador, Mobile de Martino;
the Minister Of Rumania, Mr.. Charles
| G. Davila; the counselor OF the Ru-
manian legation, Mr. Frederick C.
N2no; the first secretary of the Polish
| legation, Mr.. Victor Podoski; the secre-
tary of the italian embassy. Signor
i Mascia; the commercial secretary of the
British embassy. Capt. Arthur Pack;
| Miss Helen Gary, Miss Dorethea Nor
gan, Miss Virginia Peters, Miss Elsie
Ekengren and Miss Ioranda Prochnik.
Miss Laura Tuckerman, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r..
Tuckernan, viii be the guest in whose
honor her cousin, Miss Alice de Peyster,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic de
PeySter, and Miss Margaret Daingerfield
win entertain ct luncheon at Pierres,
in New York, Tuesday. December 10.
i Miss de peystNr was in Washington for
the tea and other festivities which MFR.
and Mrs. Tuckerman gave for their
daughter last week.
Mrs. J. Daniel Ruden entertained at
luncheon today at the willard Hotel
when she presented her daughter, Miss
Mary Perdue Ruden, to the debutantes
Of the season. Clusters of yellow chrys-
anthemums and tall yellow candles were
used on the long oval table. There were
40 guests In the company
Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall. who has been
abroad since the late Spring, is making
brief visit In her country home, Kents-
dale, and has with her her daughter,
Mrs. George Grant Mason. jr. Mrs.
Mason viii return to New York tomor-
Mason's father. Mr.. George Grant
Mason, awaiting her mothers return
from Europe. MRS. Mason will sail later
In the week for Cuba to join Mr. Mason
In their home in Havana.
Mrs. Kendall will only be at Kentsdale
for portion OF this week and will re-
turn to New York, where she has taken
an apartment for the Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Moves will re.
turn to Washington today from q brief
EtaV In New York where thew vvare ovnt.