The Washington times., 1930-12-03
White House
EntertainS
At Dinner
President and Mrs. Hoover
Inaugurate Season of For
NAL Entertaining With
Cabinet Fete
By Anne Patten

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Ushering in the season Of
formal entertaining the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover enter
tanned at dinner at the White
House last evening in comph-
ment to the members of the
Cabinet and the ladies of their
families.
The First Lady wore for the
occasion a gown Of beige lace
and velvet and for her jewelry a
necklace Of pinky-brown Chalce-
domy. The dress was made with
yoke and sleeves Of the lace and
the skirt with a deep flounce OF
the lace reaching nearly to the
waist.
In the Blue Room
The guests were received by
the President and Mrs. Hoover
in the Blue Room. Later the
President escorted Mrs. Slim
son wife of the Secretary Of
state. to the state dining room,
where dinner was served on q
table brilliant with lights and
the famous gold service and
candelabra. A profusion OF
bronze chrysanthemums, POM
pons and asparagus spengeri
decorated the dining room and
formed the centerpiece of the
table.
The Secretary of Labor-elect
and Mrs. William N. Doak
were included among the guests,
outranking the former Secre-
tary and Mrs. James j. Davis,
who have joined the Senate
group.
List Of Guests
The guests were:
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Stimson, the Secretary Of
the Treasury, The Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Hurley, the At
torney General and Mrs. Mitch
ell, the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Brown, the Secretary Of
the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the
Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Wilbur, Mrs. Arthur M.
Hyde, the Secretary Of Com
merce, Robert Patterson La
mont; the Secretary Of Labor
elect and Mrs. William N.
Doak, Senator and Mrs. James
j. Davis, Representative Ruth
Pratt, Hon. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Campbell, Hon. and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer, Hon. and Mrs.
Samuel A. Eliot, Hon. and Mrs.
Cleveland A. Newton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Campbell, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Herbert Case, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred G. Coburn, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Glover, Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Lorimer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson E. Reynolds, Mr..
and Mrs. Felix Warburg, DIR.
William H. Welch, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. F. Whitney, Capt. and
Mrs. Charles Russell Train and
Col. Campbell B. Hodges.
At the concert which fol-
lowed the dinner Alfred Wallen-
stein, tenor, and Miss Emma
Otero, soprano, Metropolitan
Opera stars, were the guest
artists. Mr.. Wallenstein is an
old friend of the President
and Mrs. Hoover and has oeen
a frequent White House visitor
during the present Administra-
tion. The artists were accom-
panied by Mrs. Virginia Wallen-
stein and Charles King, pianistS.
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Returning Here
The Ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de Ferrara will return
to Washington tomorrow morn
ing from New York, where they
went to attend several social
functions.
The Minister of Panama and
Madame Alfaro will be the
guests in whose honor Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee will en-
tertain at dinner this evening
at the Mayflower.
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Guests of Mrs. Berry
Mrs. Eric Hendrix Louw, wife
of the Minister of South Africa,
and Mrs. Keith Crowther, wife
of the Third Secretary of the
Canadian Legation, were among
the guests of Mrs. M. de Clare
Berry, Who entertained at lunch
'eon TODAY at the MavfloWer