The Washington times., 1930-04-26
OPERA STARS
HAVE GAY
VISIT
Mr.. and Mrs. Truxton BeaIe
VIII Entertain Artists at
Luncheon Tomorrow

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"Traviata" at the Fox Theater.
The Ambassador Of Spain
and Nine. Padilla entertained
at luncheon today in honor Of
Nine. Lucrezia Bori. The
guests included the Cuban
Ambassador and Nine. Orestes
Ferrara, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden
Mills, the charge d'affaires Of
the Runanian legation, F. G.
Nano; Mrs. Tracy Dows, David
Findiey, Miss Patten, the
counselor Of the British EN-
bassy, Ronald Ian Campbell:
Miss Betty Thorpe. the CON-
mercial secretary Of the Brit
ish embassy, Arthur J. Pack:
the counselor Of the Sapnisa
embassy and Nine. Arnao, and
the Spanish consul In Chi.
cago, s. Muguiro, who Is spend.
ing the week end as the guest
Of the Ambassador and Nine.
Padilla.
Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs. Trux.
tun Beale will entertain the
artists at luncheon in their
home at 20 Lafayette Square.
The party was arranged particu.
larly for Mime. Lucrezia Bori,
lovely star Of "Traviata," who
is an old friend Of Mrs.
Beale's, and has visited her
frequently in Washington.
Embassy Party
Afterward the party will go
to the Italian Embassy, where
the Ambassador and Nine. Mar
tino will be hosts to a notable
gathering for members of the
Italy-America Society. Under
the direction Of Maestro Tullio
Serafin, q musical illuStra-
ton" Of the, opera "L'Elixir
d'Amore" viii be given, with
Gigli, Giuseppe de Luca, and
Ezio Pima as the artists.
The Speaker Of the House,
Representative Nicholas Long
worth, attended the opera
yesterday afternoon. Earlier in
the week he, with Representa-
tive Aldrich and Representative
Robert Low Bacon, entertained
Nine. Bori at luncheon.
ImpressariO Is Missed
Lawrence Townsend was
there, chatting with various
friends. Mrs. Townsend, who
has brought so many Of the
Met" stars to Washington for
her delightful morning muSi-
Gales, has been greatly missed
at the performances. She is
in Europe, and will not return
to the Capital for several weeks.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson at
tended yesterday as the guest
of Mrs. william McClain Rit-
ter. who had previously enter
tanned at luncheon for a party
including Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Carter Glass, Mrs. Guy v.
Henry, Mrs. Randall Hagner
and Mrs. Alvin Dodd, all Of
whom were with her in her
box. Mrs. Karl D. Klemm also
entertained q matinee party,
her guests being Mrs. Harlan
Fiske Stone, Mrs. Wilbur j.
Carr, Mrs. Edward Everett Rob-
bins. Mrs. Sol Bloom and Mrs.
Lindsey Morehead.
Other NOhahlAa
Other notables in the audi
ence were the Minister of Hun.
gary and Countess Szechenyi,
Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh, who
had Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose
and Mrs. John Allan Dough-
Bacon, Mrs. Frank Brett Noyes
Tracy Dows, Mrs. Robert Low
erty among her guests; Mrs.
and her daughter, Mrs. VIII
mott Lewis; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer. Miss Vera
Bloom and Miss Vittoria Cata-
lini, Mrs. Ross Thompson, Mrs.
Reeve Lewis, Miss Persis Myers.
with q group Of girls; Frank
Frost, Ralph Snowden Hill and
Victor Podoski, Of the Polish
Embassy.
Guest at Luncheon
Miss Virginia Chaplin and
Francis Augustus Drake, who
win be married on Tuesday in
the Collegiate. Church Of st.
Nicholas, in New York, were
guests Of honor at q dinner
given by Miss Jane Brand. Of
washington, at the Club st.
Regis. Later Miss Louise Rort-
n1er was hostess to the party
at supper and for dancing In
the Seaglade Of the hotel.
The guests included Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Patterson, Mr..
and Mrs. Carlos Drake, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hackl, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. John Louis de Ruyter, the
Misses Iris Sellar, Justine Town.
send, Gertrude Finucane, Doro-
thy Havemeyer, Patricia Silver
thorne and Jane Erdmann;
also William Silverthorne, Al
phonse Kenison, Jr., Hyde Gil
lette, John Cutler, Thomas Field,
Frank Veeder, Seymour Morris,
James Rorimer. Lyn Thrasher
and Alexander Fogarty.
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Edward Heating will be the
guest Of honor and speaker at
the weekly forum luncheon Of
the Woman's National Demo
cratic Club next Monday. the
last Of the winters series OF
forum luncheons. Mr.. Keat.
ing, who is editor of Labor"