Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15

Mansion in honor of Gen. jar
i SHUTS famous South African
fighter and former premier o
the British commonwealth. The com
pany included the Secretary Of War
Mr. Patrick J. Hurley; the Secretar!
of Commerce. Mr.. Robert Patterson
Lamont; the Minister of South Africa
Mr.. Eric Hendrix Louw; the Acting
Secretary of State, Mr.. Joseph o. Cot
ton; the Undersecreta ry Of the Treasury
Mr.. Ogden L. Mills; the chief of Staff OF
United States Army, Gen. Charles P
Summerall: Gen. John j. Pershing, the
assistant to the Attorney General, Mr.
John Lord O'Brian; Mr.. Charles Mac
Veagh, Sir Herbert Baker. Mr.. Philip
Kerr and Mr.. Prentiss Gilbert.
President and Mrs. Hoover were the
honor guests at dinner last evening OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Andrew w. Mellon, who entertained in
his apartment at l785 Massachusetts,
avenue. Invited to meet the Chief Ex-
ecutive and Mrs. Hoover were the
Speaker of the House and Mrs Long
worth, the Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Mr..
and Mrs Adolph Caspar Miller, Miss
Mabel Boardman and group from out
of town, including Gen. and Mrs. w.
w. Atterbury and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia; Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Heinz and the brother
and sister-in-law of the host. Mr. and
Mrs. Richard B. Mellon of Pittsburgh;
Mr. and Mrs. Myron c. Taylor, Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. Baker of New York and
the Secretary's son-in-law and daugh-
ter Mr. and Mrs. David K. E. Bruce
of Long Island. Mrs. Bruce was hostess
for her father. The party last evening
was the third of the series of official
dinners given annually in honor of
President Hoover and the First Lady
of the Land, by the Vice President and
members of the Chief Executives Of
fetal family.
Mrs. Hoover occupied the presidential
box at Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's
morning musicale this morning in the
ballroom of the Mayfiower, when Ben
iamino Gigli and Nina VereZ-Dance-
reau gave the program. Mrs. Hoover
was accompanied by Miss Sue Dyer, a
house guest at the White House, and
Miss Mary Randolph, who were among
her guests in the box.
Reception to Vice President
At Congressional Club Tuesday.
The Vice President, Mr.. Charles Cur
tbs, and his sister and official hostess,
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, are the
guests in whose honor the Congressional
Club has sent out invitations for re-
ception Tuesday evening at o'clock in
the club house at 2001 New Hampshire
avenue.
Mrs Hoch. wife of Representative Ho-
mer Hoch. and the officers and members
OF the hostess committee of the Con-
greSsional Club, of which she Is chair
man, will give a tea Monday afternoon
in the club house in honor of Mrs. Gam.
Mrs. Gam has for some years been an
invaluable member of the hostess COM
mittee Of the club.
This committee includes, besides the
chairman and Mrs. Gam, Mrs. Charles
S. Deneen, Mrs. Charles w. Waterman,
Mrs. Carter Glass. Mrs. Morris Shep-
pard, Mrs. Frederick w. Magrady. Mrs.
Richard Yates, Mrs. Charles A. Eaton.
Mrs. Fletcher Hale, Mrs. James H. Mac
Lafferty. Mrs. Wallace H. White, tr.:
Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial, Mrs. Bertrand
H. Smell, Mrs. w. e. Evans, Mrs. Frank
lin w. Forte. Mrs. Harry G. Ransley,
Mrs. Frederick M. Davenport, Mrs. L. j.
Dickinson. Mrs. C. C. McChord, Mrs. S.
Otis Bland and Mrs. Charles c. Kerns.
The young daughters Of members Of the
committee who are in the city will assist
at the party This group includes Miss
Jean Hoch, Miss Katharine Evans, Miss
Starr Eaton, Miss Dorothy DIAL Miss
Louise Smell. Miss Alice Sheppard. Miss
Elizabeth Ransley, Miss Barbara Daven-
port, Miss Ruth Dickinson, Miss Bar
bara MacFadden, Miss Ruth Reed and
Miss Bina Day Deneen.
The officers Of the club are Mrs.
Porter H. Dale, president: Mrs C. Will
liam Ramseyer, Mrs. Clarence F. Lea.
Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey. Mrs. Louis
T. MacFadden, Mrs. Tom Connally,
Mrs. Daniel A. Reed, Mrs. Joe Grail
and Mrs. Clay Stone Briggs. The ON
GERS and members of the hostess COM
mittee will also assist at the reception
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Gam was entertained at lunch
con today at the Mayf1ower after Mrs.
Townsend's musicale by Mrs. Lucy