Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Hoover Enjoying
Fleeing Visits From Elder Son,
With Them for Week End.

" HE President and Mrs. Hoover
are having pleasant but brie1
visits from their elder son, Her
bert Hoover, jr., who while
transacting business affairs II
this section stops with them from time
to time. He is with them over the week
end.
The Minister of Greece, Mr.. Charalm-
hos Simopoulos, has joined Nine. 81
mopoulos in Aiken, S. G.
The Minister of Nicaragua and Sonora
de Sacasa will entertain at dinner this
evening in honor of the newly appoint
ed United States Minister to Nicaragua
and Mrs Matthew E. Hanna, who Will
leave shortly for the formers new post.
Important Diplomats and
Society Folk Attend Concert.
The Minister of Venezuela and Sonora
de Grisanti were among those In the
large audience which attended the Sec
ond of the concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra given yesterday
afternoon in Constitution Hall, with
Hans Kinder, conductor. Mr.. GustaVe
Strube of Baltimore conducted three
short compositions of his own. Others
in the audience were the Speaker OF the
HOUSE. fL6DTSSSIlbdb1NC ANAOAAOAuO
worth; Representative and Mrs: Robert
Low Bacon. Mrs Sol Bloom, Miss Vera
Bloom. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H.
Droop, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Cas-
mar Miller, Mr. and Mrs Eugene
Never, ir.; Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A.
Droop, Mrs. John Philip Hill. Mrs.
Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe Mrs. Duncan Phillips, MI ana
Mrs Gideon A. Lyon, Miss Laura Har-
Ian. the Rev. Dr. Florian Verpillot, Mrs.
Morris Evans and her daughter, Miss
Meta Morris Evans. and Mrs. Frank j.
Frost, wife of the president OF the or
chestra, who had guests with her IN
her box.
Representative and Mrs. Charles A.
Mooney have gone to their home IN
Cleveland Ohio, and will be absent
several days.
Representative Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick, who has been in her home in
Georgetown for some days, left yester-
day afternoon for her home in Illionis,
to be absent for short time.
Mrs. Chester c. Bolton, wife of the
Representative from Cleveland, who has
been in their home at Lyndhurst. Ohio,
returned here today and joined Repre-
sentative Bolton in their home, at 1901
wyoming avenue.
The dinner which Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Corby were to have given to-
night in honor of Vice President Curtis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gam has
been Cancelled out of respect to the late
former Chief Justice Taft.
Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien will
entertain about 80 young people at
dinner this evening for the latter's
daughter, Miss Caroline Roebling.
The marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Coyle
Kendall. widow of the late Mr.. Lyman
B. Kendall, to Mr.. John o. lawson
Johnston of London will take place
this afternoon at Kentsdale in Mont
gomery County, Md. Only members OF
the two families and few intimate
friends will witness the ceremony. Mr..
William Matthews Sullivan Of New York
will give Mrs. Kendall in marriage and
Capt. Percy lawson Johnston VIII be
best man for his brother.
The ceremony will be performed In
the spacious drawing room of the house,
which stands on a hill far back and
out of sight from the road. The place
was completed shortly before the death
of the late Mr.. Kendall, In March, 1929.
Mrs. Kendall has been for some years
one of the most popular hostesses In
washington and her daughter, as Miss
Jane Kendall, made her debut several
seasons ago, and was married to Mr..
George Grant Mason, Sd, of New York
in the Spring after her debut. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason now live in Bermuda.
Mr.. Lawson-J Johnston and his bride
will leave later in the day for a brief
wedding trip before sailing for England,
where they will make their home III
London.
Mr.. Alv Bey Ismail former first secre-
tary of the Egyptian legation, but who
went to Egypt with Nine. Ally Bey Isman
some months ago. has returned 10
Washington and will replace Mr.. Ahmed
Mandolin Moursi as charge dananes
lister to succeed Mahmoud Samy Pasha,
who was retired.
Nine. Ally Bey Ismail did not accom-
pany her husband to Washington, but
will join him here in a short time
Miss Mary E. Thomas, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. John Thomas, went
yesterday to Philadelphia, where she
will be the guest of Mrs. Robert Sea-
graves. Miss Thomas will join her par
ents in their apartment at the ward
man Park Hotel after the week eno.
Mr.. and Mrs. MacCracken Hosts
Mr. william p. MacCracken, jr., has
Joined Mrs. MacCracken in their apart
T1ent at the Wardman Park Hotel Tor
the week end. Mr.. and Mrs Mac
cracker will entertain at dinner this
evening in honor of the air attache OF
the British embassy and Mrs. T. @.
Hetherington, There will be 16 in the
company.
Miss Hester Laning, daughter Of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Harris Laning, who,
with her mother, is passing the Spring
at the Warkman Park Hotel, Will go TO
Annapolis today for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic D. McKenney
were hosts at dinner last evening, en-
tertaining in compliment to Mrs. Nc
Kenney's sister, Mrs. William Luther
Croll of London, who is their house
guest.
Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, who has
been at Miami Beach, Fla, with her
sister, Mrs. Blodgett, in the latter's new
Winter home has been spending sew
eral weeks with another sister, Mrs.
Edward p. Porcher, on Cocoa Island,
Fla.
Mr.. Cleveland Perkins was host at
dinner last evening.
Miss Rebecca Dial will be hostess to a
small company informally this evening
in compliment to Miss Aileen Shane Of
Richmond, who is her guest over Sun
day. Miss Dial will entertain in her
studio in the Portland Hotel, and will
have among her guests Maj. and Mrs.
Raymond S. Bamberger.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley entertained at
luncheon yesterday, when her guests In
cluded Mrs. Nina Allender, Miss Laura
Berrian, Mrs. George F. Bowerman,