Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-14
Dinner at French Embassy
Tonight Celebrates BaStile Day,

Dinner at French Embassy
Tonight Celebrates BaStile Day.
The charge d'affaires of France, M.
Jules Henry, will entertain a company
of men at dinner this evening, in cele-
braticn of the anniversary of the fall
of the Bastile, which took place July
IA, 1889, and was the demolishing of
the 400-year-old prison, and is to
France a symbol of independence.
Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch has
been joined at the Hotel Carlton by
Mrs. McCulloch. who made short visit
in the early Summer to their Ohio
home.
Representative and Mrs. Louis c.
Cramton, with their daughter, Miss
Margaret Cramton, and son Kay, left
Washington today to spend the re-
mainder of the Summer in their home,
at Lapeer, Mich.
Mrs. Harry F. Guggenheim, wife of
the United States Ambassador to Cuba,
is the guest at Newport of Mrs. Paul
Morton The Ambassador will join
Mrs. Guggenhein in a few days, max
ing the trip to the resort by aIplane.
Mrs. Roy William Baker, wife of the
United States vice consul in London,
will sail from England Wednesday,
July %, accompanied by her two small
sons, and will come at once to Wash
ington to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Walker Holcombe.
Maj. Gen. G. A. Lejeune, superin-
tendent Of the Virginia Military Inst-
tute, and Mrs. Lejeune, Miss Laura Le-
jeune and Miss Eugenia Lejeune are
spending the month Of July in James
town, R. l., at the Bay Voyage Hotel.
They Y ii take a motor trip through
Canada in August.
Capt. L. B. Cumberland of London
was at the Dodge Hotel over the week
end. Capt. Cumberland was accom-
panied by his sister, Miss N. H. Cumber-
land.
Lieut.. Joseph Lenoir Bird, U. S. N,
after spending his vacation with his
mother, Mrs Aida NJ. Bird, is pursuing
q postgraduate course in construction
at the Naval Academy. Since his grad
uation four years ago Lieut.. Bird has
been with the Pacific Fleet and on as
signment in Nicaragua.
Miss Washington to Make
Formal Bow to Capital Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lee Washing
at 1880 Phelps Place, known for many
years as the Tuttle House, and next
Winter will occupy the house at 2200
r street, formerly the home of former
Senator and Mrs Marion F. Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington will present
their daughter, Miss Helen Lee Wash
ington, to society next Winter. Miss
Washington was presented at the Brit
fish court in Buckingham Palace last
week. She is a direct descendant of
an uncle of Gen. George Washington,
and is niece Of Mrs. Francis Ben
nett Poe and graduated from school
In Washington this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, who
are spending the Summer at Newport,
entertained at dinner last evening.
Lady Maureen Stanley, daughter-in-
law of the Earl of Derby, is arriving
in New York today on the Majestic.
Lady Maureen visited in this country
several months ago with her father
in-law when he came to attend the
Kentucky Derby. During his visit the
earl came to Washington as the guest
Of the former United States AInhaSSa-
dor to France and Mrs. Hugh Camp
bell Wallace.
Mrs David Hunt Blair is expected to
join Mr.. Blair in their apartment In
Wardman Park Hotel in a short time.
Mrs. Blair is with her Son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Rushton,
in their home in Winston-Salem, N. c.,
where she has made the acquaintance
Of her small granddaughter, born July
4. Mrs. Rushton, as Miss Adelaide
Douglass, made her debut in Washing
ton society several years ago.
Miss Frances Mae Bronson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bret Bronson
of Chevy Chase, will sail shortly for
Europe, where she will travel extern
sively. returning to Washington about
October l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence r. Norment
are spending mid-July in Atlantic City,
where they are staying at the Chal-
Gonte-Haddon Hall.
Mrs. @. Fuller Winters win enter
tain with bridge luncheon at the
Hotel Roosevelt Wednesday, In honor
of her guest, Mrs. Zealand Potter
Grant Of New York, who is making
O short visit in the Capital City en-
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