Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Hoover Entertained
Guests at Dinner at White House
Last Evening.
Last Evening.

Green of Chicago and Mr.. Harry Var
Dyke.
The attache and secretary to the
Ambassador of Cuba. Senior Lera, re-
turned to Washington yesterday from
Cuba with the Ambassador and Sonora
de Ferrara.
Mai. Gen. William D. Connor COM
mandant, Army War College, and Mrs
Conner will entertain at dinner tomor-
row evening for Mai. Gen. Peyton March
retired, for some years statioed IN Wash
ington, but now at BaySide, Long Island
Gen. and Mrs. Connor will entertain
! guests at dinner tonight.
Wife of Italian Ambassador
PatroneSs for Bal BOheme.
Prominent women of the Nations
Capital, many of them wives of dis
tinguished foreign diplomats and out
standing representatives Of the American
people. are graciously accepting the
invitation of the Arts Club of Wash
ington. to become patronesses Of the
Bal Boheme, to be called the Ball OF
the Americas" which is to take place
the evening of Monday, January 81, at
10 o'clock at the Willard Hotel
Acceptances have been received from
Donna Antoinette de MARITIME, wife of
the Ambassador of Italy; Nine. Peter,
wife of the Minister of Switzerland;
Mime. Bostrom, wife of the Minister of
Sweden; Sonora de Morales, wife Of
the Minister Of the Dominican Republic:
Nine Backe, wife of the Minister of
Norway; Sonora de Argueta. wife Of the
Minister of Honduras; Mrs. Royal 5.
Copeland. wife of Senator Copeland;
Mrs James Couzens. wife of Senator
Couzers; Nine. de Couto Aguirre, wife
of the naval attache Of, the Brazilian
embassy; Sonora de Prieto, wife of the
military attache of Cuba; Mrs. Hugh
Cummings, Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. Evans,
Miss Helen Cannon, Mrs. Frank Mondell,
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs. VIII
liam Wheatley, Mrs. David Hunt Blair
and Mrs. John Hamilton.
This seasons Bal Boheme, the play
ball of the Western world" is attracting
wide interest throughout the East. and
will undoubtedly prove to be the most
beautiful and brilliant event in tho
history of the Arts Club, with its stun
ming pageantry of the centuries. as
depicted in The Adventures" colorful
epic of the Americas, set against a
gorgeous background of decorative
scenes, ranging from the tropical jungles
of South America to the Snow-capped
mountain peaks of Alaska.
For the first time in the history Of
the Arts Club balls, not only the big
ball room at the Willard, but the small
ball room, the corridors, and the stair
ways leading from the ninth to the
tenth floor, will be included in the
alluringly modern scheme Of decoration,
with North, South. East and West
where the eagle flies, or the condor
scars, from the Skyscraper to the Golden
Gate, as imagination's field.
The newly appointed United States
Minister to Portugal and Mrs. John G..
South will arrive today from Panama,
where the former has been Minister
and will be the house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin P. Morrow.
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin will enter
tain at luncheon Thursday In compli.
ment to Miss Barbara Vandenberg,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Arthur
H. Vandenburg.
Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham will be
at home informally this afternoon and
succeeding Mondays in January.
Mrs. Joseph Edwin Washington has
sent out cards for tea Monday, jan
uary 20, at S o'clock, at her home, 1902
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