The Washington times., 1930-12-10
Dinner Party
Is Given for
Executive
Beautiful Chinese Room at
the MaytIoWer Hotel Is Set
ting for Brilliant Affair;
Many Guests Present
BY ANNE PATTEN

By ANNE FAIVEN
The President and Mrs.
Hoover were the guests Of honor
at dinner last evening Of the
Vice President, Charles Curtis,
and his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam.
The distinguished company
Of guests included one Of the
largest groups ever entertained
at an official dinner. The
names read like q selected list
from who's Who" Dinner
was served in the Chinese room
Of the Mayflower Hotel, where
the host and his family make
their home, the company being
seated at a large, oval-shaped
table decorated with plaques OF
pink roses and a rare variety
of crotonS. Pink candles were
used to carry out the color
scheme.
view New film
Following the dinner, coffee
was served in the Pan-Ameri-
i. can room, where the guests wit
messed q showing Of win Rogers
latest picture, "Lghtnin'," and
O short reel Of one of the re-
cent Cabinet meetings. The
Vice President and his. sister
hostess, Mrs. Gam. introduced
the "talkies" as q means OF
after-dinner entertainment in
Washington at a dinner given
in honor Of the former British
ambassador, Sir ESme Howard
(now Lord Howard), and Lady
Isabella Howard.
The picture was a Western
film, which so delighted the
guests that Vice President Curtis
decided to repeat with a Will
Rogers "a favorite Of President
Hoover) film last evening.
Marine Band Plays
A section of the Marine Band
played throughout the evening.
The company included the
Secretary Of the Treasury,
Andrew j. Mellon: the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Patrick
j. Hurley, the Undersecretary Of
the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L.
Mills, the United States AM
baSSador to France and Mrs.
Walter e. Edge, the Governor
Of the Federal Reserve Board
and Mrs. Eugene Myer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson,
Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith and her
son-in-law, Frederick o. Bohen,
Of Des Moines; Mrs. Alvin T.
Hert, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey s.
Firestone, Of Akron, Ohio; Mr..
and Mrs. Lammot du Pont, Of
Wilmington, Del; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, Adolph
s. OchS and his daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Hayes SuIzberger, of
New York city; Mr.. and Mrs.
B. s. Moss, Of New York city;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Mutt, of
Cleveland; Charles M. Schwab,
Of Loretto, Pa; Mrs. Sydney A.
Cloman, David w. Mulvane, Of
Topeka, Kan; Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus II. K. Curtis, of Philadel-
phia; former Senator and Mrs.
Henry F. Lippitt, of Providence,
r. l., the latter the sister Of
Mrs. William Howard Taft; Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick s. Peck, Of
Providence, r. l.; Mrs. George
Mesta, Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Bab-
cock, Of Pittsburgh; Gen. w. w.
Atterbury, of Philadelphia;
Major and Mrs. Charles p.
George and Major John M.
Eager, q. S. A.
Prince Is Banquet Guest
The Belgian Ambassador,
Prince Albert de Ligne, is at
the st. Moritz in New York for
a few days. He is attending
several business conferences
and a banquet to be given by
the international Wild Life
Association. Prince de Ligne
will return to the Capital to-
morrow night.
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Polish Envoy Guest
The Polish Ambassador, Ty-
tus Filipowicz, was the lunch
con guest yesterday at the May.
flower of Leon A. Makielski,
the portrait painter, who is
making an indefinite stay in
Washington at the Mayflower.
Countess RosanSka was also a
guest at the luncheon.
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Secretary Back In u. s.
Robert Douglas Coe,. third
secretary Of the American En-
bassy in Lima, Peru, arrived in
New York today from South
America.
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