The Washington times., 1930-08-01
'Officialdon
Will Fete
Visitors
Brilliant Program Is Ar.
ranged for Barristers by
Officials and Diplomats

W1J0 Ile ETCSluCklb nAl0 N1ASs
Hoover, members Of the Cabi-
net, and Diplomatic Corps, as
hosts, awaits the arrival of the
delegates of the British. French,
Scottish, Irish and Canadian
Bar Associations. when they
come to washington for q
three-day visit, August 26.
The Chief Executive and
First Lady will give a garden
party at the White House on
the afternoon Of the arrival Of
the distinguished barristers.
In case Of their absence on q
vacation. members of the Cabi-
net, presumably will act as
hosts.
To Canada and Chicago
The delegates will sail from
Southampton, August 6, and
will attend a meeting Of the
Bar Association in Canada and
Chicago. While In this coun-
try they will be guests of the
American Bar Association.
There will be about 300 in
the party. On the first day of
their visit two luncheons will
be given. one for the ladies
in the party by the ladies
committee arranging the feS.
tivities, and the other by the
mems committee for the mas.
culine visitors.
Dinner and Reception
In the evening, the Attorney
General and Mrs. william De-
Witt Mitchell will give a re-
ception and dinner at the Pan
American Union for the dele
gates, and the following day
will be devoted to a luncheon
given by Mr.. and Mrs. George
E. Hamilton at their home,
Stone Ridge, on the Rockville
Pike; a reception in the after
noon in the gardens Of Wood
ley by the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Henry L. StimSon,
and in the evening the AM
basSador of Great Britain, Sir
Ronald Lindsay, will entertain
at a stag dinner preceding the
reception at the embassy.
Other Hosts
August %, the men will be
entertained at luncheon on the
Washington Hotel roof by the
Barrister's Club and the ladies
will again be guests of the ladies'
committee. The Secretary OF
the Navy, Charles Francis
Adams, will be host on q trip
to Mount Vernon in the after
noon and in the evening a re-
ception will be given at the
French embassy by the charge
d'affaireS, Jules Henry. Pre-
ceding the reception, M. Henry
will entertain the French dele
gates at dinner. A number OF
small dinner parties are being
arranged for the. other dele
gates that evening.
Mrs. William P. MacCracken,
wife of the secretary Of the
American Bar Association. who
was formerly Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce for Aeronau-
tics, has been selected chair
man of the ladies committee
for the visit Of the delegates.
Ladies Assisting
She will be assisted in ar
ranging festivities for the ladies
in the party by Mrs. How
ard S. LIE Roy, Mrs. Sidney F.
Taliaferro, Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, Miss Annabel Mat
theWs, Mrs. Bright, Miss ingalls,,
Mrs. F. Regis Noel, wife of the
secretary of the mems commit
tee for the visit. The assistant
solicitor Of the State Depart
ment, william r. Valance, is
vice chairman Of the mems COM
mittee. Miss Grace Knode is
acting secretary for the COM
mitteeS.
In Maine
z. Pendleton Turner. Of
Washington, is the guest of
Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney and
her son, John F.. Sweeney, at
their summer home. Petunia
Cottage, in Bar Harbor.
Engaged
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Lock
wood, of Tucson, Ariz., an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Elizabeth, to shiras
Morris, son Of Mrs. Shiras
Morris and the late Mr.. Nor
ris, of Hartford, Conn. Miss
Lockwood has been spending
the winter with Capt. and Mrs.
Theodore Richards at the Ma
val Hospital and has many
friends in Washington. Miss
Lockwood is a graduate of
Wellesley College, and Mr..
Morris graduated from Har-
ward in 1927. The wedding will
take place in Tucson in the
fall.
Mrs. Richards and Miss
Dorothea Richards are motor
ing to Kent, Conn.,, where they
plan to spend the remainder
Of the summer.
In Albania
The Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L.
Mills and Representative Ruth
Pratt have arrived at Tirana,
Albania, by yacht.
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