Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Hoover Surrounded
by Notables of Society at Benefit
Game for Unemployed.

Miss Elizabeth Howry was hostess at
luncheon today in her apartment on
SXteentn street In compliment to Miss
Sally Falr1ax Harrison, debutante
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfax Har-
rison.
Yellow roses and candles formed the
attractive centerpiece for the table and
small toy. dogs were placed at each
cover as favors for the 10 guests, who
included Miss Adele Jahncke. Miss
Marian T. Hopes Miss Kathleen Knox,
Miss Louise Hoehling, Miss Beatrice
Patton, Miss MAira Archbold, Miss
Mango Wyeth, MIS- Helen Lee Wash
ington and Miss Helen Eames Dohertv.
Miss Harrison's iove Of horseback rid
ing and dogs prompted the idea of
having the ices and cakes nodded In
the shapes Of animals.
Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will not
be at home tomorrow afternoon, but
Will resume her day at home the first
Sunday in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler p. Anderson
will entertain at dinner this evening
for their debutante daughter, Miss
harriet ANDERSON, and have invited
additional guests for a dance after the
dinner.
The air attache of the French en-
bassy and Nine. Thenault will 90 to
New York today for a short stay at the
Ritz Tower and will return the middle
of next week.
The first secretary of the Canadian
legation, Mr.. Merchant Mahoney, left
this morning for Canada
to join Mrs. Mahoney, who was called
home by the serious illness of her
father. Mr.. Curtis p. de Roche, which
resulted in his death yesterday.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Walter Ewing Hope will
give reception this afternoon In their
home, on N street. to present their
Miss Marian Talcott Hope, to
society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Anderson Marshall
will entertain at supper party this
evening at 6 O'Clock at the Andrews
Studio, near Seminary, Va.
Mrs. Harry Turner Malpass of Chest
nut Hill, Philadelphia, announces the
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Rosina Dowker Malpass, and Mr.. Wal
lace Truman Backus, son of Mr.. and
4N1l (IlOcfC1lOl IlyQC odChuS vi NGW
York, New Hampshire and this city.
Miss Malpass made her debut in 1927
and is member of the Junior League.
Mr.. Backus attended Brasenore Col
lege, Oxford. and Amherst College, in
Massachusetts,.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bowie Chip
man will entertain this evening at din
ner in honor Of Judge and Mrs. john s.
MacLane of New York.
Capt. Louis Sable, naval attache of
the French embassy, will entertain at
dinner this evening in the patio of the
Carlton Hotel, his guests numbering 20.
Both residential and official society
were represented at the luncheon given
today at the Shoreham Hotel by Mrs
Llewelyn d. Cardwell
The guests included Mrs. Dwight Nor
row, Mrs. Alben w. Barley, Mrs. Rush
LaMotte Holland, Mrs. Delos Blodgett,
Mrs. Clyde Aitchison, Mrs. Hart Fem,
Mrs. Adam Wyant. Mrs. Percy Quin.
Mrs. William @. Wheeler, Mrs. Charles
j. Williamson, Mrs. w. K. Daugherty,
Mrs. w. F. Dennis, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs.
Conrad Syme. Mrs. Woolf Smith, Mrs.
Rufus w. Weaver, Mrs. Jessie Nichola-
son, Mrs Peter Drury, Mrs. Theodore
Tiller, Mrs. Frederick I. Cox. Mrs
Henry, Mrs. Moberley Poteet, Mrs. Abb
SALON. Waller, Mrs. Owsley Stanley. Mrs.
Ernest Alderman, Mrs. James Hatch.
Mrs. w. A. Rodenburg and Mrs. Harry
Borjes.
Mai Reginald L. Foster will entertain
AZ dinner this evening at Chevy Chase
CLUB, In compliment to the commandant
Of Fort Myer and Mrs. Harry N. Cootes.
Covers will be laid for 70.
Mrs. Neuhauser Hostess at
Dance This Evening.
Mrs. Roy L. Neuhauser will entertain
at dance this evening in her home
on Kalorama road, when a company
OF 30 will be present. The house has
Deen attractively decorated in Oriental
nangings and pictures, some Of which
Mrs. Neuhauser has collected for her
annual costume parties, which she
usually gives, but which she will forego
this year.
Mrs. John Robert Ash is now at the
Snoreham, where she has taken an
apartment for the Winter season. Mrs.
Ash's sisters, Miss Emo Kingston and
Mrs. Ralph w. Pierce of Buffalo. N. Y.
also have taken apartments at the
Shoreham. Miss Kingston will leave
Ior Panama December 10, returning to
about the first of January
after spending the holiday period in
the West Indies.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown,
who are now in Providence, will 20
to Baltimore December IS to spend a
short time with Mrs. Browns parents,
the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Kin
solving. Mr.. Brown is the nephew
CT Mrs. Gerry, wife Of former Senator
Peter Goelet Gerry.
Brig. Gen. Edward L. King and Mrs.
King, who have spent some time at
the. Martinique. have taken possession
Of their apartment at 4100 Cathedral
avenue.
Mrs. David H. Kincheloe, wife Of
the newly appointed judge Of the
United States Customs Court in New
York and former Representative in
Congress from Kentucky, will be the
guest of honor at luncheon Monday of
Mrs. George M. Young. who will enL
terrain in her home, on Riverside Drive,
IN New York.
Gel George H. Paddock, retired, and
Mrs. Paddock are spending several
In Washington and have taken
a suite at the Martinique.
Mrs. H. Conger Pratt has gone to
New York to meet Miss Louise Boyd on
her arrival aboard the George Wash
lngton from Europe. Mrs. Pratt and
Miss Boyd will be at the Ritz-Carlton
for a few days before coming to WASH
lngton.
Lieut.. j. A. Wilson of the Boston
Airport has arrived in Washington and
IS stopping at the Potomac Park Apart
merts.
Arts Club to Hear Musician
In illustrated Lecture Tomorrow.
Miss Julia Schelling will give lee
on Tristan and Isolde"
with piano Illustrations by Mr.. Law
renee White Of the Boston Symphony